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…
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…
