Fred Bteich

🇱🇧 Pediatric neurosurgeon in 🇫🇷. 🎾, 🏎 and 🏍 fan. 🤘💀 , series and 📰 addict. Quodophile.

[Fred Bteich @fredbteich]

"He sounded like he was about to cry. But then I heard him take a breath. Then he changed the subject. Everyone did that. When something hurt, well, we just changed the subject."

[Jeu, Set et Maths @JeuSetMaths]

📊 Les 6 derniers tournois du Grand Chelem ont été remportés par 6 joueuses différentes :
🇦🇺 Open d'Australie 2025 : Keys 🇺🇸
🇫🇷 Roland-Garros 2025 : Gauff 🇺🇸
🇬🇧 Wimbledon 2025 : Swiatek 🇵🇱
🇺🇸 US Open 2025 : Sabalenka 🇧🇾
🇦🇺 Open d'Australie 2026 : Rybakina 🇰🇿
🇫🇷 Roland-Garros 2026 : Andreeva 🇷🇺

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇱🇧🇮🇱 This morning, Israel reportedly killed a Brigadier General in the Lebanese Armed Forces, the very military that is supposed to be enforcing the ceasefire in southern Lebanon and working to remove Hezbollah from the area.

This is not just another cross-border strike.

The Lebanese Army has repeatedly come under Israeli fire during the conflict, but killing a senior commander risks undermining the entire arrangement meant to stabilize southern Lebanon.

The strike hit a military vehicle in the Marjayoun district near the Beaufort Heights, where Israeli forces maintain positions overlooking the area.

Images from the scene show the vehicle was completely destroyed, with authorities reportedly struggling to identify all the victims due to the severity of the blast.

If this turns out to be an intentional rather than accidental attack, it raises questions over whether Israel wants peace in Lebanon or whether Hezbollah is a convenient excuse for them to take parts of the country.

Source: Al Jazeera

[Formula 1 @F1]

Posing as the top three in Monaco Qualifying! 😮‍💨

1. Antonelli 🇮🇹
2. Verstappen 🇳🇱
3. Hamilton 🇬🇧

#F1 #MonacoGP

[Bastien Fachan @BastienFachan]

Alexander Zverev’s last six losses:

🇮🇹 Jannik Sinner
🇮🇹 Jannik Sinner
🇮🇹 Jannik Sinner
🇮🇹 Flavio Cobolli
🇮🇹 Jannik Sinner
🇮🇹 Luciano Darderi

He will face an Italian in the Roland-Garros final.

[José Morgado @josemorgado]

19 year old Mirra Andreeva defeats Maja Chwalinska 6-3, 6-2 to win her first (of likely many) Grand Slam titles.

Won 10 of the last 12 games.

Youngest women's singles champ at #RolandGarros since Monica Seles in 1992.

Generational talent.

[Jeu, Set et Maths @JeuSetMaths]

📊 Pour la première fois depuis 16 ans, un joueur s'est qualifié en finale de Roland-Garros sans avoir affronté un seul membre du Top 20 :

🎾 2010 : Rafael Nadal 🇪🇸
▪️ 1/64 vs Mina (N°655)
▪️ 1/32 vs Zeballos (N°44)
▪️ 1/16 vs Hewitt (N°33)
▪️ 1/8 vs Bellucci (N°29)
▪️ 1/4 vs Almagro (N°21)
▪️ 1/2 vs Melzer (N°27)

🎾 2026 : Alexander Zverev 🇩🇪
▪️ 1/64 vs Bonzi (N°95)
▪️ 1/32 vs Machac (N°43)
▪️ 1/16 vs Halys (N°90)
▪️ 1/8 vs De Jong (N°106)
▪️ 1/4 vs Jodar (N°29)
▪️ 1/2 vs Mensik (N°27)

✍️ Tous Grands Chelems confondus, c'est une première depuis l'US Open 2020, déjà avec Alexander Zverev 🇩🇪 :
▪️ 1/64 vs Anderson (N°117)
▪️ 1/32 vs Nakashima (N°223)
▪️ 1/16 vs Mannarino (N°39)
▪️ 1/8 vs Davidovich Fokina (N°99)
▪️ 1/4 vs Coric (N°32)
▪️ 1/2 vs Carreno Busta (N°27)

[Ghassan Abu Sitta, Chair of Conflict Medicine AUB @GhassanAbuSitt1]

I had 20 patients in my Pediatric War Injuries Clinic today, for follow-up care.

Of the 20 children, Israel had killed one or both parents of 19 of them.

[José Morgado @josemorgado]

29yo Alexander Zverev qualifies for his 4th Grand Slam final after beating Jakub Mensik in the #RolandGarros semifinals 7-5, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.

The best ever player that never won a Slam (7 M1000, 2 ATP Finals, Olympic Gold) will have his biggest ever chance to win a Slam on Sunday.

[José Morgado @josemorgado]

Chwalinska:

3rd player in the Open Era to reach her maiden WTA final at a Grand Slam, after V. Williams (1997 USO) and Raducanu (2021 USO).

3rd woman to make the Roland Garros F on her MD debut, after Goolagong (1971) and Evert (1973).

2nd qualifier, male or female, to reach a Grand Slam singles final in the Open Era, after Raducanu

[The National Independent @NationalIndNews]

#BREAKING Germany suffered a major diplomatic defeat after failing to secure a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council for 2027–2028, receiving 104 votes—well below the required 127.

Austria and Portugal won with 131 and 134 votes respectively.

[OptaAce @OptaAce]

104 - Matteo Arnaldi (#104) has become the lowest-ranked player to reach the Men’s Singles semi-final at Roland Garros since Filip Dewulf (#122) in 1997. Survive.

#RolandGarros | @rolandgarros @atptour

[Prime Video Sport France @PVSportFR]

🙁 Les terribles images, le clan de Matteo Berrettini lui demande d'arrêter de jouer mais l'Italien ne veut pas lâcher.

#RolandGarros

[Benoit Maylin @BenoitMaylin]

Nooooon.

Berrettini s’arrête en pleine course.
Quelque chose a lâché.
Encore.
Toujours.

Il abandonne.

Matteo est un des maudits du circuit, à l’image d’un Del Potro et d’un Nishikori.

Terrible.

[José Morgado @josemorgado]

#RolandGarros Men’s singles semifinals:

[10] Flavio Cobolli vs. Matteo Arnaldi

[2] Alexander Zverev vs. [26] Jakub Mensik

[The Tennis Letter @TheTennisLetter]

Felix Auger Aliassime says he is destroyed after his loss to Flavio Cobolli at Roland Garros, ‘I’m in a tough place right now with my tennis career… I usually handle losses pretty well… Right now I feel like I’m not the player I want to be’

“It’s probably difficult to reflect on this right now. But it’s still a Grand Slam quarterfinal. You’re going to be world #4 on Monday. Can you reflect on this tournament and the first part of the season?”

Felix: “Yeah, on one end, in a bigger perspective, I can’t complain with my life. But I’m in a place right now with my tennis career that… it’s tough. I’m destroyed today a little bit. It’s tough. I usually handle losses pretty well. My whole career I was going back to training with optimism and positivity. Right now I feel like I’m not the player I want to be. Today’s a difficult day.”

💔

(via Roland Garros Press)

[FIFA World Cup @FIFAWorldCup]

8 days to go...

Only 8 nations have ever won the #FIFAWorldCup 🏆

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Photos: Relatives mourn loved ones killed in Israeli attack on Lebanon

🔴 LIVE updates: https://t.co/ejKzTcs9VG

[The Tennis Letter @TheTennisLetter]

Maja Chwalinska has earned more prize money at this year’s Roland Garros than she’s earned in her entire career.

Her total career earnings before Roland Garros:

$864,030.

What she’s earned at this tournament:

$870,000.

She will be the new world No. 30 when the new rankings come out.

She started Roland Garros as the world No. 114.

A life-changing journey that started with a dream from qualifying.

She took a 4 month break after a 2 year battle with depression due to the pressure & stress of playing professional tennis.

She didn’t know if she would ever return to this sport.

Everything she’s earned this tournament and throughout her entire career has been earned the hard way.

The fact that she’s where she is today is nothing short extraordinary. 🥹

🇵🇱❤️

[OptaAce @OptaAce]

0/8 - This is the first Grand Slam event without a former Major champion featuring in both the Men's and Women's semifinal lineups since the French Open 1977. Chance.

#RolandGarros | @rolandgarros @WTA

[Olly Tennis 🎾 🇬🇧 @Olly_Tennis_]

🇪🇸💪🇮🇹 Juan Carlos Ferrero says he would now be willing to coach Jannik Sinner:

“It would be beautiful to coach him. A few months ago I would have said no, because I wasn't ready. The breakup with Carlos was too recent”

“But now that I feel stronger I would say: why not? Sinner loves to work hard and is willing to do everything to stay as number 1. I like his attitude”

🗣️ https://t.co/gNkfJHIms8