It’s the end of the clay-court season, admittedly there will be another tournaments on clay (Bastad, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Gstaad, Umag, Kitzbuhel and Bucharest) but the best players in the world (Nadal, Djokovic, Federer, Murray) won’t participate in them. So it’s … Continue reading
(1)Rafael Nadal d. (3)Roger Federer 7-5, 7-6(3), 5-7, 6-1 [3:40 h] Federer and Nadal have made the first pair in the Open era to play four finals at one Grand Slam tournament (beside them, three finals at one major played … Continue reading
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Roger Federer ousted Novak Đoković in the semifinal at Roland Garros in four sets yesterday, breaking an impressive streak of the Serb consisted of 43 matches won in a row. Due to loss, Djokovic didn’t secure himself the number 1 … Continue reading
# Only for the fourth time in the Open era, top four seeded players met in the semifinals at Roland Garros (12th time overall in majors). The other interesting historical circumstances: Nadal and Murray joined a relatively modest group of … Continue reading
1st quarterfinal: (2)Novak Djokovic d. Fabio Fognini w/o Fognini [49] suffered an injury (left leg) during his epic win over Albert Montanes and decided to pull out of the quarter-final match against D’Joke. It’s the first case at Roland Garros … Continue reading
The highest ranked player born in the 70’s – Juan Ignacio Chela [34] prevailed in five sets against qualifier Alejandro Falla [120], who was trying to join Thierry Champion, Adrian Voinea, Filip Dewulf and Marcelo Filippini as the fifth player … Continue reading
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As 24-year-old Fabio Fognini [49] and seven years older Albert Montanes [38] a few minutes after 11 a.m. stepped into the Court Suzanne Lenglen, probably no-one thought it would be the most dramatic match of this year’s tournament. I’ve been watching … Continue reading
Just like during an adequate stage of the Australian Open ’11, the third round at Roland Garros disappointed. There weren’t any upsets, only one 5-set match was played, in which the final outcome was predictable in the last two sets… … Continue reading
On Court No. 17, Guillermo Garcia-Lopez [33] and Marsel Ilhan [123] played one of the longest Parisian 5-setters in terms of games in the decider #. The Spaniard, who seeks his first fourth round in majors (26 appearances), saved a … Continue reading
The five-time Roland Garros champion – Rafael Nadal [1] – changed colour of his shirt (from yellow to blue) and stepped onto the court in new shoes with a revealing number “5” which has to indicate the number of his … Continue reading
