Roland Garros is in the books for another year for the women after Saturday’s singles final. I successfully managed to make it through the entire day avoiding the result of the final and sat down this evening to watch the match. This post reviews the 2019 French Open final between Ash Barty and Marketa Vondrousova.…

The 2019 French Open final is all set for Saturday! Friday’s semi-finals were a dramatic pair of matches that featured plenty of twists of turns. Following on live scores was a hoot this morning 🤣. I won’t be able to watch the final live on Saturday so i’ll be turning off all social media notifications…

After a Wednesday wash-out, the quarter-finals from the bottom half of the draw were played early on Thursday. The results have produced an eclectic final four and the guarantee of a new Slam champ! The semi-finals are set for Friday and while I understand the scheduling, i’m still very disappointed that the women’s semi-finals will…

Quarter-finals day on Tuesday ended with a late night thriller on Suzanne Lenglen court between Marketa Vondrousova and Petra Martic. There’s a detailed review of that match in this post, as well as coverage of the first quarter-final between Sloane Stephens and Johanna Konta. Read on for highlights of day 10 at the 2019 French…

The quarter-finals are all set at the 2019 French Open. I thought the last 16 matches were a tad subdued and I was disappointed by the scheduling that placed Monday’s women’s matches first and last on both courts with the final match of the day rather predictably moved from Suzanne Lenglen to Simonne Mathieu. I’m…

Welcome to the second week of the 2019 French Open. The first three singles matches produced first-time French Open quarter-finalists, while the fourth match saw last year’s finalist, Sloane Stephens, lay down a marker to the rest of the field. There was a big gap between the first three and last women’s match so I…

The first week of the 2019 French Open is in the books. Saturday was another dramatic day in Paris with a pair of noteworthy upsets and a load of players breaking new ground at a Slam. Read on for the highlights from day 7 of the French Open including match reviews of Halep vs. Tsurenko,…

The last two days at the French Open have been pretty wild. Chuck in Lucie’s retirement and it’s been too much to handle! I missed practically everything on Thursday but did manage to catch up with Osaka-Azarenka in the evening which was fantastic, a great match. There were patches of vintage Azarenka but Osaka was…

Calm prevailed for a time but Wednesday soon turned into the most dramatic day of the tournament. Lucie Safarova officially retired from tennis with a doubles loss, and this was followed by two high profile departures in the singles including one of the favourites. Kiki Bertens retired during her second round match against Viktoria Kuzmova…