Jo-Wilfried Tsonga closed proceedings on day 1 of 2014 Roland Garros on Philippe Chatrier Court with a comfortable 7-6(4) 7-5 6-2 victory over fellow Frenchman, Edouard Roger-Vasselin. For the most part, it was a good performance from Tsonga and he did well to close out Roger-Vasselin in straight sets as ERV was one of 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…
A couple of weeks ago, I posted a page with links to all the Twitter and / or Facebook accounts of the top 100 WTA players. I have finally got round to finishing my post on the top 100 ATP players. These pages can be permanently found in my “Features” section along the main toolbar.…
Am I the only person wondering where the heck this clay court season has gone? Rome will wrap up today and there will be just one week left for players to fine tune their game before Roland Garros kicks off NEXT SUNDAY. I won’t be investing heavily in next week’s tournaments, but here are my…
After a week full of surprises and some really excellent matches, it’s come down once again to Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. This will be Nadal and Djokovic’s 12th ATP Masters 1000 final. Their routes through the draw have been trickier than most Masters 1000 tournaments. Djokovic has been taken to three sets in his…
Serena Williams will have the opportunity to defend her Rome title when she goes up against Sara Errani in Sunday’s final. Serena exacted revenge on Ana Ivanovic in the semi-finals with a three set victory, 6-1 3-6 6-1 in one hour and 36 minutes. Serena was pretty flawless in the first and third sets. It…
Saturday will deliver four equally enticing semi-finals from the Internazionali BNL D’Italia. There were some excellent quarter-finals on Friday with Novak Djokovic’s 7-5 4-6 6-3 victory over David Ferrer and Ana Ivanovic’s 6-4 3-6 6-4 win over Carla Suarez Navarro the pick of the bunch. As I write this, Nadal v Murray is still to…
