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] stepped onto Suzanne Lenglen, a few minutes after 11 a.m. probably no-one thought it would be the most dramatic match of this year’s tournament. I’ve been watching tennis for … 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
Novak Djokovic [2], the main contender to the title (along with the defending champion Rafael Nadal), has successfully begun his Roland Garros campaign. The Serb outplayed in the first round Thiemo de Bakker [71] 6-2, 6-1, 6-3, notching the # … Continue reading
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34-year-old Mark Philippoussis won his third straight ATP Champions Tour event, overcoming his peer Carlos Moya, for whom it was a debut in the series (the Spaniard retired from professional tennis last year), after a tight final battle in Bogota. … Continue reading
Roland Garros is the only major which starts on Sunday, it’s a relatively fresh tradition (since 2006). Among most notable players we can’t see in Paris Andy Roddick [11] and David Nalbandian [22]. Also former champion Juan Carlos Ferrero, his … Continue reading
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Hosts (Germans), among all teams, treated in the most serious manner the 34th edition of the World Team Cup – # designated their two best singles players (Florian Mayer, Philipp Kohlschreiber) and their best doubles player (Philipp Petzschner). The most … Continue reading
