Tuesday saw a huge shock in the womens draw as Li Na, the number two seed, was tumbled out in three sets by Kristina Mladenovic, 7-5 3-6 6-1. It came as such a surprise because Mladenovic, though talented, has done barely anything of note in singles this year. Apart from a top ten win over…
This isn’t shaping up to be a particularly rewarding tournament for some of the ATP next generation as Grigor Dimitrov followed Kei Nishikori on an early plane home with a first round exit. Dimitrov was beaten by Ivo Karlovic in straight sets. Dr. Ivo made the final in Dusseldorf so was in good form; however…
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez was always going to be a tricky match-up for Stan Wawrinka. It was the nature of this shock loss that was so stunning to watch. GGL produced a rock solid display to dispatch the Australian Open champion in four sets on Philippe Chatrier court, 6-4 5-7 6-2 6-0 in two hours and 23…
Martin Klizan caused the biggest upset of the tournament so far as he knocked out Kei Nishikori on a wet and miserable start to day 2 proceedings at Roland Garros. After a tight first set, which Nishikori served for at 5-4, Klizan powered through the next two sets as it became very obvious that Kei…
In one of the more difficult matches to call from the womens draw, Varvara Lepchenko comfortably defeated Petra Cetkovska, 6-4 6-1 out on court 2. It was a match that had three hour epic mess written all over it, but Lepchenko beat the darkness to wrap up the first round win in 72 minutes. The…
2014 Roland Garros is officially underway! Agnieszka Radwanska was the first winner of this year’s tournament as she defeated the world number 34, Zhang Shuai, 6-3 6-0. On paper, it looked like a tough match as Zhang has been in good form of late having made the quarter-finals of Rome. It was a competitive start…
The early stages of the mens draw don’t look particularly tempting although things should get very interesting in the second week. Rafael Nadal has not been at his sensational best despite winning Madrid and reaching the final in Rome. Novak Djokovic looks to be over his wrist injury and has a crucial win over Rafa…
The second Grand Slam of the year will begin on Sunday morning with Serena Williams headlining the field. Roland Garros have adopted the early Sunday start for a number of years now. Last year was the first one where they fully committed to the weekend start with many of the top players opening on day…
I enjoy doing fantasy tennis games for the Slams. In January, I posted about Tennis For Free’s game for the Australian Open. Their game for the French Open is now up and after attracting 20 players last time, I have set up a league for anyone who is interested to join again! I have also…
Rafael Nadal Roland Garros wrapped up with a rather uneventful final that saw Rafael Nadal win his eighth title in Paris with a 6-3 6-2 6-3 over David Ferrer. There were some good points here and there, but there was never a doubt that Nadal would be the winner. The biggest talking point from the…
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