https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Serena Williams turned up the heat on Saturday ahead of her French Open clash with bitter rival Maria Sharapova, saying the claims about her in the Russian's book were "hearsay" and not "necessarily true". https://www.thelocal.fr/20180603/100-percent-hearsay-serena-slams-sharapova-book-ahead-of-french-open Sun, 03 Jun 2018 11:23:18 +0200 100-percent-hearsay-serena-slams-sharapova-book-ahead-of-french-open Novak Djokovic joined the tennis greats on Sunday when he downed British second seed Andy Murray 3-6 6-1 6-2 6-4 to claim his maiden French Open title and hold all four grand slams at the same time. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160605/djokovic-joins-greats-with-maiden-french-open-title Sun, 05 Jun 2016 21:08:42 +0200 djokovic-joins-greats-with-maiden-french-open-title Rafael Nadal on Sunday clinched his ninth French Open and 14th career Grand Slam with a four-set victory over Novak Djokokic, a triumph he believes is payback for his injury-hit Australian Open defeat earlier this year. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140609/nadal-clinches-nin Mon, 09 Jun 2014 11:20:00 +0200 nadal-clinches-nin France is set to present its food waste combat strategy on Friday, which will save French households €400 a month, and reduce by half the 20 kg of food that an average French consumer throws in the garbage each year. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130614/best-before-dates-budged-to-cut-food-waste Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:03:00 +0200 best-before-dates-budged-to-cut-food-waste Rafael Nadal defied David Ferrer as well as a worrying security breach to become the first man to capture the same Grand Slam title eight times with victory in the French Open final. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130609/nadal-defies-protest-to-win-record-eighth-french-open Sun, 09 Jun 2013 20:40:00 +0200 nadal-defies-protest-to-win-record-eighth-french-open Serena Williams won her second French Open title on Saturday, 11 years after her first triumph, defeating title-holder Maria Sharapova 6-4, 6-4 in a brief, but high-quality final. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130609/serena-williams-claims-french-open-title Sun, 09 Jun 2013 08:56:00 +0200 serena-williams-claims-french-open-title Local hero Jo-Wilfried Tsonga sent the crowds at Roland Garros, as well as the media, into raptures after his straight sets victory over Roger Federer. Tsonga is the first Frenchman to reach the French Open semi-finals since 2008. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130605/french-crowd-dares-to-dream-as-tsonga-advances Wed, 05 Jun 2013 11:29:00 +0200 french-crowd-dares-to-dream-as-tsonga-advances Yannick Noah believes that none of the current crop of French tennis players are capable of matching his exploit in winning the French Open 30 years ago. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130525/noah-dismisses-homegrown-french-open-hopes Sat, 25 May 2013 13:33:00 +0200 noah-dismisses-homegrown-french-open-hopes