It was Women’s SF’s day on day 12 of Roland Garros 2014 and it certainly didn’t disappoint. In the first SF, Maria Sharapova for the 3rd straight match conjured up a stirring comeback against Eugenie Bouchard and reach her third successive French Open Final. In the 2nd semi-final, it was World No. 4 Simona Halep…
Andy Murray survived yet another five set thriller to reach his 2nd French Open semi-final. The reigning Wimbledon champion went up against home favourite Gael Monfils, who had reached an unlikely grand slam quarter-final. The Frenchman has been dogged by injuries aplenty over the past few years, so was really glad to have made the…
Just when it seemed yet another major upset would occur in the women’s draw at the French Open, Maria Sharapova somehow wrestled back from the brink to beat Spain’s Garbine Mugurza. Muguruza’s flat-hitting popwerful game had stunned defending champ Serena Williams in the 2nd round and after hammering Sharapova in the first set 6-1, it…
Andy Murray appeared as fresh as a daisy on day 9 of Roland Garros, giving Fernando Verdasco a lesson in how to play precision tennis. The 7th seed was playing for the third day in a row, having only finished his epic 3rd round match with Philipp Kohlschreiber yesterday, going 12-10 in the fifth. Murray nevertheless didn’t…
1 player was going to exit Roland Garros feeling bitterly disappointed, after coming back the next day and losing the match. Unfortunately for Philipp Kohlschreiber, he was that unlucky person in his 3rd round match with Andy Murray. The German ultimately lost an epic 5 setter 12-10 in the fifth set, to the reigning Wimbledon Champion.…
Andy Murray and Philipp Kohlschreiber will have to wait till tomorrow to finish their match, as bad light suspended play at Roland Garros. The 3rd round encounter was literally teetering on the edge as Murray wasted a big lead in 4th set, to allow Kohlschreiber back into match and level at 2 sets all. With…
Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic got their first real workouts at Roland Garros, as they battled past two very inspired opponents. Firstly the 17 time Grand Slam champion was put through the ropes by Russian Dmitry Tursunov, who claimed the 2nd set off Roger in a tie-break. Federer though too classy for his fellow 30…
For only the 4th time in history, both Venus and Serena Williams sensationally crashed out in the same day of the same round of a Grand Slam. Yes one can scarcely believe that both Legendary Sisters were undone by young and upcoming rising talents, by the name of Anna Karolina Schmiedlova who stunned Venus in…
There must be something in the air for the defending Australian Open Champions at Roland Garros. That’s because it seems Stan Wawrinka’s shock defeat yesterday caught on to China’s Li Na today, who fell apart in her first round match. The 32 year old was seen as one of the contenders for the French Open…
For the first time since the 1998 French Open, the reigning Men’s Australian Open champion has lost in the first round of the next Major. Yes Stan Wawrinka became that unlucky casualty in 16 years to bow out in the first round of Roland Garros, thanks to a quite brilliant 4 set performance by Guillermo Garcia Lopez . It…
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