The highlight of action from day 8 saw Ernests Gulbis stun Roger Federer in five sets to book an intriguing quarter-final with Tomas Berdych. It was a fantastic win for Gulbis and a first loss at Roland Garros in a five setter for Federer. I wrote a recap of that match HERE. Please share it…
In a compelling and, at times, perplexing 4th round match, Ernests Gulbis stunned Roger Federer in five sets to progress into just his second Grand Slam quarter-final. Gulbis was surprisingly solid in the deciding set, needing just the one break of serve to win, 6-7(5) 7-6(3) 6-2 4-6 6-3 in three hours and 42 minutes. …
Eugenie Bouchard produced her best performance of the tournament to completely overwhelm Angelique Kerber and book her spot in a first French Open quarter-final and second consecutive Grand Slam quarter-final. Bouchard needed just 52 MINUTES to complete a comprehensive 6-1 6-2 victory over an out-of-sorts Kerber. Bouchard came out swinging from the first point and…
Day 7 finished in dramatic fashion as Andy Murray and Philipp Kohlschreiber were halted for bad light tied at 7-7 in the deciding set of their third round clash. The last couple of games were fantastic entertainment. Credit to Kohlschreiber, who I expected to fold. On three occasions he held with scoreboard pressure. Murray was…
Yes, yes, YESSSSSS! I was absolutely delighted to see Lucie Safarova finally pull off a big win this year. She has been due something special and I am so pleased my prediction of Ivanovic to win in three dramatic sets was wrong! Lucie produced a magnificent performance to defeat Ana Ivanovic, 6-3 6-3 for her…
There have been many surprises at this year’s Roland Garros, but perhaps the greatest of them all is Pauline Parmentier reaching the second week of Roland Garros. The world number 145 has had some reasonable results on the ITF tour this year, winning a title in Grenoble in February. However she had not won a…
After a reasonably quiet day on Thursday, the upset train kicked into gear again as Ajla Tomljanovic knocked out the highest remaining seed in the womens draw, Agnieszka Radwanska, 6-4 6-4. After failing to serve out an upset win over Sloane Stephens at the Australian Open, Tomljanovic steadied herself in Paris to record the biggest…
After a rollercoaster start to Roland Garros 2014, day 5 was somewhat flat. The two womens seeds to fall were Kirsten Flipkens and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Pavs was forced to retire hurt with a back injury against Kiki Bertens. She had break points in the second set that would have seen her serve for the match. …
Away from all the action at Roland Garros, Stanislas Wawrinka has just confirmed his attendance for the AEGON Championships at Queens, which starts in ten days time. It’s a real score for the London event to acquire another top ten player. Andy Murray, Tomas Berdych and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga are also playing Queens. In yesterday’s poll,…
Another day of shocks saw the world number one, Serena Williams ousted by Garbine Muguruza, 6-2 6-2. By all accounts, Muguruza played a sensational match and Serena just had no answers. This was another really STUNNING loss. It has completely opened up the womens draw with the top two seeds both out. Flavia Pennetta, Alize…
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