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 [...]
Due to compete in the grass court tournament at Edgbaston where she was successful five years ago, former world number 1 Jelena Jankovic is hoping for a career resurgence ahead of the Wimbledon Championships and the London Olympic event. Plagued by injuries this season, Jankovic has been granted a wildcard [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
As Andy Murray sees another chance of winning an elusive Grand Slam title go out the window due to his quarter final loss at Roland Garros to David Ferrrer, tennis legend John McEnroe has given him some sagely words of advice. McEnroe believes that if the world number 4 really [...]
In clinching her first Roland Garros finals appearance yesterday against promising tennis upstart Sara Errani, Maria Sharapova regained the world number one ranking four years after she lost it. But it’s not been an easy ride back to the top for the Grand Slam champion, and she has revealed that [...]
Novak Djokovic (1) versus Roger Federer (3) The dominance currently exerted by the top three players in men’s tennis can have the unfortunate side effect of making any given tournament’s draw look lop sided. At Roland Garros, the world number three Roger Federer will take on Novak Djokovic in the [...]
Despite her devastating semi-finals loss today to Sara Errani, current 5th seed and US Open champion Samantha Stosur still has high hopes of achieving a win at Roland Garros. The three-time French Open semi-finalist had difficulty explaining her 5-7, 1-6, 6-3 loss to the Italian underdog, who she has beaten [...]
The French Open this year has provided us with plenty of twists and turns, many of which have come from the female players on court. Whilst the men’s semi-finals draw holds no surprises – Federer and Djokovic are to face off, whilst fellow Big Four member Nadal is set to [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
