Sport in brief

Tennis

Roger Federer has announced that he will play at the French Open, and the Swiss will prepare for it on home clay at a tournament in Geneva next month. The 20-time grand slam champion, who made his comeback last month after 13 months out with a knee problem, wrote: “Happy to let you know that I will play Geneva and Paris. Until then I will use the time to train. Can’t wait to play in Switzerland again.” The 39-year-old will aim for his 104th career title at the Geneva Open, which takes place May 16-22, shortly before Roland Garros in Paris on May 30. Meanwhile, world No5 Stefanos Tsitsipas claimed his first Masters title with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Andrey Rublev in the final of the Monte Carlo Masters. “I would consider it as the [best] week of my life so far,” Tsitsipas, of Greece, said.

Rugby League

Leeds Rhinos started the 2021 Women’s Super League season in style with a 68-16 victory over York City Knights. The Rhinos enjoyed Grand Final and Challenge Cup success in 2019, but Covid-19 denied them the chance to defend their titles last year. The Rhinos scored 13 tries through Courtney Winfield-hill (2), Adi Akwiwu (2), Elle Frain (2),

Ellie Oldroyd, Chloe Kerrigan, Hanna Butcher, Sophie Robinson, Ella Johnson, Aimee Staveley and Tara Moxon. Winfield-hill kicked 16 points. St Helens routed Bradford Bulls 86-0. England’s Georgia Wilson scored five tries.

Golf

John Catlin defeated Maximilian Kieffer on the fifth hole of a dramatic play-off to claim a third win in eight months at the Austrian Open. The pair could not be separated after the first four play-off trips up the 18th. But Kieffer found water at the fifth attempt and recorded a quintuple-bogey eight to hand Catlin victory.