The 2024 French Open came to a historique close as Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Świątek re-wrote the record books in the City of Light. Très bien, indeed.

Roland-Garros championship weekend is on deck, with a David vs. Goliath women’s final showdown, while the final four men standing signal a changing of the guard in the game.

Bolstered by renewed rivalries, but marred by gut-wrenching injuries, the Roland-Garros semifinals are nearly set, and there’s guaranteed to be a new champion in men’s singles. Serve’s up.

Through rain delays and unusually late play, the Roland-Garros quarter-finals (QFs) are fast approaching, with half of the women’s and men’s singles spots clinched and the remaining eight to be awarded by the end of the day. Magnifique.

From the history and how it works to the players to watch, today’s scroll covers everything you need to know about tennis’ second Grand Slam of the year.

Much to the chagrin of at least two tennis legends, the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) and Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF) entered a multiyear partnership on Monday. The eyebrow-raising but not unexpected alliance comes on the heels of last month’s announcement that the WTA Finals will be hosted in Riyadh through 2026.

On Thursday, the Billie Jean King (BJK) Cup extended its partnership with Microsoft through 2026. It focuses on developing tech solutions for the women’s national team tennis tournament by utilizing the Azure cloud platform, allowing Microsoft to flex its computing muscles in women’s sports amid explosive sector growth.

If this natty round-up feels familiar, it’s because two teams bagged back-to-back ’ships this weekend.

It turns out all the rumors are true. After much deliberation, the WTA Finals will take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from 2024 to 2026. Despite human rights concerns from women’s tennis athletes and journalists, the WTA ultimately followed the money.

According to The Telegraph, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) wants to merge the WTA and ATP tennis tours with a limited-time, $2B offer that expires in 90 days. The rebranded PIF Tour would reportedly replace the proposed Premium Tour, a joint WTA–ATP circuit that’s been in development since January.

New attempt at sportswashing just dropped: Saudi Arabia has reportedly offered to invest $2B to unite the WTA and ATP Tours, the latest effort by the oil-rich country to steer attention away from their atrocious human rights record through sport.

The women’s tour is particularly receptive to the concept, which would produce a new “Premium Tour” to exist alongside the Grand Slams — and offer women athletes equal pay.