Britain’s Andy Murray overcame Tatsuma Ito of Japan in the first round of the 2012 Roland Garros, beating him in straight sets 6-1 7-5 6-0 after 1 hour and 35 minutes. Murray got off to a superb start, taking the first set in just 25 minutes. After he broke Ito [...]
World no.2 Rafael Nadal started his Roland Garros title defence in style as he crushed Italy’s Simone Bolelli 6-2 6-2 6-1 and moved into the second round. With this win, Nadal improved his French Open record to 46-1 and he will be eager to go down in history as the [...]
Here are some of the first round men’s results from this year’s Roland Garros: Nicholas Mahut def. Andy Roddick[26] 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 – Roddick has not played too much tennis recently, yet he was hoping that the French Open would be the place to get back on his feet. [...]
The German tennis star, who has been ranked as highly as 2 in the world way back in 2002, has recently shown his character and never say die attitude by qualifying for the second prestigious grand slam of the year at the Roland Garros in Paris. Haas has to be [...]
World no.1 Novak Djokovic, who would love to capture the Golden Slam this year, made a good start at this year’s French Open, overcoming Italy’s Potito Starace 7-6 (3) 6-3 6-1 and moving into the second round. Although Djokovic didn’t face a break point throughout the match, he couldn’t convert [...]
With day two of the French Open already getting underway the bookies have once more claimed Rafael Nadal as the favourite to win the Roland Garros crown for the seventh time. Nadal proves to be unbeatable on clay: the Spaniard defeated the Serbian world number one Djokovic 7-5, 6-3 in [...]
26th seed American Andy Roddick bowed out of this year’s Roland Garros after losing to France’s Nicolas Mahut 6-3 6-3 4-6 6-2. Former world no.1 Roddick has been struggling with his form for a while now and will surely be looking forward to the grass court season, where he managed [...]
5th seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and 9th seed Juan Martin del Potro won their first round matches at this year’s Roland Garros. Frenchman Tsonga came back from a set down to beat Russian qualifier Andrey Kuznetsov, winning 1-6 6-3 6-2 6-4. Tsonga said last week that no Frenchman could win this [...]
Despite not playing at a major tournament since she withdrew from her second-round on court appearance at last year’s US Open, Venus Williams didn’t just play at this weekend’s French Open she also won her opening match. The tennis world, and fans of the former world number 1, have been [...]
Although we were all informed that the current top-ranking American player Mardy Fish withdrew from the French Open with fatigue, it turns out that his reasons for withdrawing were a lot more serious than that. Fish was actually suffering with a form of arrhythmia – a condition which causes irregular [...]
Nicolas Almagro ended Brian Baker’s dream run at this year’s Nice Open, beating him 6-3 6-2 in today’s final and retaining his last year’s trophy. This is the 12th ATP Tour victory for the world no.14 Spaniard, who hasn’t lost a single set throughout this year’s tournament. He managed to [...]
The dream comeback doesn’t seem to end for the American Brian Baker after he booked himself a final spot at the Nice Open after defeating Russia’s Nikolay Davydenko 6-7 (5) 6-4 6-2. This will be the first ever ATP Tour final for Baker, who got handed a wild card for [...]
Novak Djokovic won his third consecutive major at the Australian Open in January but has since seen his lead in the rankings reduced with both Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal gaining ground. While both former number ones have moved into striking distance, they will have to break Djokovic’s stranglehold at [...]
Top Half Of the Top Draw Projected 4th round: Novak Djokovic vs. Fernando Verdasco. Projected 4th round: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga vs. Gilles Simon. Both men have experienced an up and down year, so this will be a chance for either of them to capitalize on some success. Plus, it will be [...]
