Archive for category: Roland Garros
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Nadal – Djokovic 2012 Roland Garros Final To Be Finished On Monday
The 2012 French Open final between the 6 time champion Rafael Nadal and the world no.1 Novak Djokovic will have to be finished on Monday due to consistent rain in Paris. Nadal is leading 6-4 6-3 2-6 1-2 with the Serb on serve. This will be the first time since [...] -
Nestor/Mirnyi claim French Open title, beat Bryan Bros in final
Daniel Nestor and Max Mirnyi successfully defended their Roland Garros title after beating Mike and Bob Bryan in Sunday’s final in straight sets 6-4 6-4. This is the second Grand Slam title for the world no.1 ranked Canadian-Belarussian duo, but Nestor has got 8 slam trophys in total, while Mirnyi [...] -
Djokovic blasts Federer out of Roland Garros, sets up Nadal final
Novak Djokovic sets up a 2012 Roland Garros clash against the defending champion Rafael Nadal. The Serb demolished the former world no.1 Roger Federer in straight sets, winning 6-4 7-5 6-3. Set 1: Federer comes out strong to go a break up but he is immediately pegged back by the [...] -
Nadal vs Ferrer Roland Garros SF match report
Nadal d. Ferrer, 6-2 6-2 6-1 Although Ferrer put up a strong and very convincing fight against Nadal in Barcelona, where he lost 6-7(1) 5-7, and a slightly less convincing one fight in Rome (where he lost 6-7(6) 0-6), this Roland Garros semifinal was a quick, decisive rout in which [...] -
Nadal reaches Roland Garros final with convincing victory over Ferrer
Defending champion Rafael Nadal became the first finalist at the 2012 French Open with a straigh forward win over fellow Spaniard David Ferrer. Having pushed Nadal extremely close in Barcelona two weeks ago, many people were expecting a close contest, but the world no.2 was dominant from the start, winning [...] -
Nadal to play Ferrer in the French Open semis
Rafael Nadal will play fellow Spaniard David Ferrer for a place in the 2012 Roland Garros final. Defending champion Nadal is yet to drop a set at this year’s French Open after defeating Nicolas Almagro 7-6 (4) 6-2 6-3 in today’s quarterfinals. Although the score suggests a fairly straight forward [...] -
Djokovic survives 4 matchpoints to beat Tsonga at Roland Garros, plays Federer in SFs
Novak Djokovic came back from the brink to defeat Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, saving four matchpoints on his way to an epic 6-1 5-7 5-7 7-6 (6) 6-1 victory in the quarterfinals of this year’s French Open. With this win, the Serbian set up a semifinal encounter against his big rival [...] -
Federer battles back to beat Del Potro and moves into French Open SFs
Roger Federer came back from two sets down to defeat the Argentine Juan Martin del Potro, winning 3-6 6-7 (4) 6-2 6-0 6-3 and bookig his place in the semifinals of the 2012 Roland Garros. Delpo managed to break Federer’s serve twice to take a 4-1 lead in the first [...] -
“Let there be Light”, French Open Players cry!
With all the luxuries that have been afforded the world’s top tennis players at Roland Garros this year – spacious dressing rooms and widescreen TVs – you’d think that on-court lighting would be a bit of a necessary. But not so according to tournament officials. Players will have to wait [...] -
Djokovic and Federer to face off again at the French Open
The Roland Garros this year has given us some of the most memorable tennis moments so far this season, not leas the epic four-hour battle that Novak Djokovic miraculously managed to battle his way through to secure his semi-final rematch with fellow top-seeder Roger Federer. For the members of the [...] -
Nadal and Murray advance into Roland Garros QFs
Defending champion Rafael Nadal completely destroyed his opponent Juan Monaco of Argentina, winning 6-2 6-0 6-0 in just 1 hour and 46 minutes. Monaco, who ousted Raonic in the previous round, took a 2-1 lead in the first set. But that was as far as he could get on this [...] -
Del Potro victorious against Berdych in Paris, plays Federer in QFs
Argentine Juan Martin del Potro only needed one more set to win against Tomas Berdych in a match that started yesterday, but got suspended because of darkness. Del Potro managed to wrap it up today and eliminated the no.7 seed Czech, winning 7-6 (6) 1-6 6-3 7-5. The last meeting [...] -
Djokovic avoids huge upset as he beats Seppi and moves into Paris QFs
World no.1 Novak Djokovic avoided a big upset after coming back from two sets down to beat Italian Andreas Seppi 4-6 6-7 (5) 6-3 7-5 6-3 and moving into the quarterfinals of the 2012 French Open. The Serbian took a 3-0 lead at the beginning of the match, just before [...]
