Menšík falls short of Roland Garros final, Siniaková to play for doubles title

Twenty-year-old Czech tennis player Jakub Menšík has missed out on a place in his first Grand Slam final. In the Roland Garros semi-finals, he lost to world number three Alexander Zverev of Germany 5–7, 2–6, 6–3, 3–6 after more than three hours on court.

It was Menšík's second defeat to Zverev, who had also beaten him at the Madrid Open in April. Even so, the Czech leaves Paris with the best Grand Slam result of his career and is expected to rise to a career-high 17th in the ATP rankings next week. He also narrowly missed becoming the first Czech man to reach the Roland Garros final since Petr Korda in 1992.

There was better news for Kateřina Siniaková, who has reached the women's doubles final and will now bid for a fourth Roland Garros doubles title. Together with American partner Taylor Townsend, the top seeds swept past Gabriela Dabrowski and Luisa Stefani 6–0, 6–1 in the semi-finals. They will face Aleksandra Krunić of Serbia and Anna Danilina of Kazakhstan in Sunday's final.