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Jeremy Jin, our Longines Future Tennis Aces representative, recaps his week in Paris and meeting Longines ambassador Andre Agassi and Australian Davis Cup player Sam Groth.

5 June 2017 | Tennis Australia

Australian representative, Jeremy Jin, enjoyed a weekend of shoulder-rubbing at the Longines Future Tennis Aces tournament in Paris. The Australian number one in his age group (born after 4 June 2004) enjoyed time with eight-time Grand Slam Tennis champion and Longines Ambassador of Elegance, Andre Agassi, who was in town celebrating his 10-year relationship with the premium Swiss watchmaker.

Agassi spoke to the tennis hopefuls about the tournament being an experience and not about winning or losing, suggesting the road is still long for the 12-year-old champions, so it’s about learning and improving and focusing on today and making yourself a little bit better, win or lose.

To finish off the weekend, Jin met up with Australian tennis player Sam Groth at Roland Garros where he provided some advice to the future ace and discussed his experience of playing at the French Open. Groth narrowly missed out on securing a spot in the quarterfinals of the French Open men’s doubles tournament over the weekend.

Sam Stosur beaten in Roland Garros fourth round by Latvian teen Jelena Ostapenko.

Paris, France, 5 June 2017 | Darren Walton, AAP

A hand injury has cruelled Sam Stosur’s French Open hopes and ended the veteran’s record 452-week reign as Australia’s queen of the court.

Stosur revealed she needed an ultrasound before suffering a painful fourth-round loss to Latvian young gun Jelena Ostapenko in Paris on Sunday.

The former Roland Garros runner-up was closing in on a fifth quarterfinal appearance in eight years before fading to a 2-6 6-2 6-4 defeat following a medical time-out after dropping the second set.

Sam Stosur has eased into the Last 16 in Paris with a comfortable victory over Bethanie Mattek-Sands.

2 Avenue Gordon Bennett, 75016 Paris, France, 3 June 2017 | AAP

Samantha Stosur believes she is peaking beautifully for another second-week tilt at French Open glory.

The Australian No.1 stormed into the fourth round for the sixth time in Paris with a 6-2 6-2 dispatch of American qualifier Bethanie Mattek-Sands.

Stosur blew Mattek-Sands off the court in barely an hour to set up a last-16 meeting on Sunday with Latvian Jelena Ostapenko.

Sam Stosur is ready for a French Open third round showdown with Bethanie Mattek-Sands.

Paris, France, 2 June 2017 | Darren Walton, AAP

Sam Stosur is drawing on a decade of happy Paris vibes as inspiration for yet another French Open title charge.

Former champion Svetlana Kuznetsova and one-time finalist Venus Williams are the only players left in the wide open women’s singles draw boasting more wins than Stosur at Roland Garros after Australia’s perennial contender charged into the third round for the ninth straight year.

While refusing to look beyond her match tonight against American qualifier Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Stosur – a four-time semifinalist and 2010 runner-up – admits her excellent record at the claycourt showpiece continues to drive her bid for an elusive second Grand Slam crown.

Nick Kyrgios beaten by Kevin Anderson in Roland Garros second round.

Paris, France, 2 June 2017 | Darren Walton, AAP

Grief-stricken Nick Kyrgios has conceded his French Open hopes were all but cooked when his grandfather died in April.

Australia’s last man standing crashed out of the season’s second Grand Slam in Paris with a 5-7 6-4 6-1 6-2 second-round loss to tough South African Kevin Anderson on Thursday.

Kyrgios entered the tournament under a fitness cloud – and hip and shoulder niggles undoubtedly contributed to his demise as the 22-year-old coughed up an uncharacteristic nine double-faults in the four-set defeat.

Todd Woodbridge shares an update from the ANZ Tennis Hot Shots Racquet Roadshow.

Melbourne VIC, Australia, 1 June 2017 | Todd Woodbridge

Australian tennis legend Todd Woodbridge shares his blog as he travels across Australia delivering racquets to primary school students as part of the ANZ Tennis Hot Shots Racquet Roadshow…

I’ve had a wonderful few weeks travelling around Australia to celebrate an incredible milestone – 80,000 racquets delivered to primary school students over the past two years, all thanks to ANZ.

As part of the celebration we’ve hit the road with the ANZ Tennis Hot Shots Racquets Roadshow and now we are halfway through our five-week tour it’s a good opportunity to reflect on what we’ve done, where we’ve been and why it’s so important to inspire children to get involved in a great sport like tennis.

Nick Kyrgios and Jordan Thompson stun No.2 seeds in Roland Garros opening round.

Paris, France, 1 June 2017 | Darren Walton, AAP

Nick Kyrgios and Jordan Thompson have given Australian captain Lleyton Hewitt another priceless option with a bumper doubles win at the French Open in Paris.

Hewitt watched on intently as Kyrgios and Thompson silenced home fans with a 7-6(8) 4-6 6-3 dismissal of French second seeds Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut on Wednesday.

Teaming for the first time, Kyrgios and Thompson connected beautifully in a Davis Cup-like atmosphere on packed a Court 3 at Roland Garros in what bodes well ahead of Australia’s semifinal on clay in Belgium later this year.

Sam Stosur is ready for her second round clash with Belgian Kirsten Flipkens in Paris.

Paris, France, 31 May 2017 | tennis.com.au

Riding a six-match winning streak into the French Open second round, there is no wonder Sam Stosur is smiling.

The 33-year-old Queenslander, who has just celebrated 450 consecutive weeks as Australia’s top-ranked female player and last week won her ninth career WTA title in Strasbourg, meets Belgian Kirsten Flipkens tonight (from 7pm AEST).

Stosur holds a 2-1 win-loss record against the No.87-ranked Flipkens, with her only loss on her least-preferred grass surface.

Australian talent is enjoying working with Frenchman Sebastien Grosjean.

Paris, France, 31 May 2017 | Darren Walton, AAP

Conceding it is “time to knuckle down”, Nick Kyrgios has credited his new coach Sebastien Grosjean for bringing calm and positivity to the tennis court.

In his first Grand Slam outing with Grosjean in his box, Kyrgios cracked 20 aces and 40 winners to outclass Philipp Kohschreiber 6-3 7-6(4) 6-3 in an impressive start to his French Open campaign.

The youngest player since Roger Federer to progress to quarterfinals at two different Grand Slams, 22-year-old Kyrgios admits he needs a trusted mentor to help him take the next step.

Thanasi Kokkinakis shows promising signs in his long-awaited Grand Slam return.

Paris, France, 31 May 2017 | Leigh Rogers

Thanasi Kokkinakis might not have walked off court with a win at Roland Garros – but in one way he did.

Just being back on court was a milestone worth celebrating for the 21-year-old South Australian talent.

He had not competed at Grand Slam level since the US Open in 2015, shortly after his ranking peaked at No.69, as a horror stretch with injuries – including shoulder surgery and most recently an abdominal complaint – stalled his promising career.

Nick Kyrgios, Ashleigh Barty, Thanasi Kokkinakis and Jordan Thompson begin their Roland Garros campaigns tonight.

Paris, France, 30 May 2017 | tennis.com.au

Nick Kyrgios is one of four Australians who begin their 2017 French Open singles campaigns tonight.

Australia’s top-ranked player, and the tournament’s No.18 seed, faces German veteran Philipp Kohlschreiber on Court 2.

It is Kyrgios’ first meeting against the No.43-ranked Kohlschreiber.