Absolutely crackers. That is the only way I can sum up the events that unfolded on Thursday night as Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray beat the darkness to book their places in the semi-finals. At one stage, it looked like Nadal wouldn’t finish and Murray would, but this flipped round rather dramatically. After two closely…
This has been a really engaging Roland Garros, which has featured the welcome emergence of new faces at the business end of a Grand Slam. Ernests Gulbis, love him or hate him, is a character and his tennis this week has been terrific. Gulbis produced his best performance of the week, tournament and year to…
6-2 6-2 was the order of the day for Simona Halep and Andrea Petkovic. Both players won their quarter-final matches by that scoreline to reach their FIRST Grand Slam semi-final. Petkovic’s victory over Sara Errani was the more surprising of the two. Errani is a demon to break down on the clay. My overriding though…
Maria Sharapova and Eugenie Bouchard will contest the first of the 2014 Roland Garros semi-finals on Thursday. It’s a match-up that is likely to thrill Stacy Allaster as the Bouchard bandwagon keeps on moving forward with full force. Sharapova was first to confirm her place in the semi-finals with a 1-6 7-5 6-1 victory over…
The two mens quarter-finals on Tuesday were both wrapped up in straight sets as Novak Djokovic and Ernests Gulbis set up an enticing semi-final for Friday. I was surprised that Gulbis won, but more so in the scoreline, a 6-3 6-2 6-4 cruise past Tomas Berdych. Djokovic was too solid for Milos Raonic as he…
The first duo of womens quarter-finals saw Maria Sharapova and Eugenie Bouchard confirm their places in the 2014 French Open semi-finals. Both matches sounded really entertaining and a great advertisement for the womens game. Sharapova was taken to three sets again, but as she almost always does, found a way past Garbine Muguruza, 1-6 7-5…
In the first womens match of the day Andrea Petkovic edged the qualifier, Kiki Bertens in three sets to reach her first Grand Slam quarter-final since the 2011 US Open. She will take on Sara Errani, who defeated Jelena Jankovic in two tight sets. Listening to Errani’s grunt on RG Radio this afternoon was a…
A series of drawn out matches on Suzanne Lenglen court saw Svetlana Kuznetsova and Lucie Safarova relegated to court one for the last of the fourth round matches. In the fading light, Kuznetsova defeated Safarova in a high quality encounter, 6-3 6-4 lasting one hour and 20 minutes. The first set was a little scrappy;…
We are getting to the business end of the 2014 French Open and I am already starting to think about the grass court season starting NEXT WEEK! On day 9, Rafael Nadal cruised past Dusan Lajovic for the loss of just four games to set up a quarter-final showdown with David Ferrer, a rematch of…
Day 8 was another fascinating day at Roland Garros. Play opened with a surprisingly comprehensive victory for Eugenie Bouchard over Angelique Kerber. You can read my recap of that match HERE. Bouchard will play Carla Suarez Navarro in the first of the womens quarter-final. The second of the quarter-finals from the top half will feature…
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