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From the monthly archives: May 2010
Day three at Roland Garros and four-time champions Rafael Nadal and Justine Henin are just stepping out on court to play their first round matches. Also in action: Andy Roddick, Dinara Safina, Maria Sharapova and Team Williams in doubles. Wozniacki and Hantuchova are also pairing up. There are a couple of interesting all-American match-ups: Robby [...]
Continue Reading →Roger Federer was happy with his 6-4, 6-1, 6-2 victory over Peter Luczak on Monday: “It was like a perfect match to get off the French Open campaign, really.” he said after the match. Great! Richard Gasquet played a perfect two sets against Andy Murray later in the day, but – with painful predictability – [...]
Continue Reading →Depending on what kind of Dinara fan you are, this is either great news or a tragedy. Via tennis.com: Dinara Safina has parted ways with coach Zeljko Krajan, reports Russia’s Sport Express. The paper said that Safina, who has repeatedly credited Krajan for her sudden mid-career rise to No. 1, is working with Gaston Etlis [...]
Continue Reading →After a sleepy Sunday start, Roland Garros gets down to business on Monday. Day Two action includes both top seeds, Serena Williams and Roger Federer, along with the marquee match-up of Andy Murray vs. Richard Gasquet. Evgeny Korolev vs. Novak Djokovic might get interesting. Click here for the French Open TV Schedule and here for [...]
Continue Reading →I called it! The first day of the tournament passed and Victoria Azarenka (women’s top 10 seed, fell 1-6, 2-6 to Gisela Dulko) and Ernests Gulbis (popular dark horse pick, retired with hamstring issue vs. Julien Benneteau) are out. I am pretty sure these are the only predictions of mine that will come true. So [...]
Continue Reading →It’s a Sunday start at the French Open this year, and there are plenty of reasons to tune in to first round action. Kuznetsova vs. Cirstea is a heck of the way to start on Chatrier, and the French fans should go crazy when Rezai and Tsonga show up. Azarenka vs. Dulko and Venus vs. [...]
Continue Reading →2010 FRENCH OPEN WOMEN’S DRAW AND PREDICTIONS The women’s draw in Paris is denser than Dementieva’s quadriceps. The fact that No. 22 seed and four-time Roland Garros champ, Justine Henin, doesn’t make the list, below, just shows how jammed the women’s tournament is (and moment of silence for two-time finalist, Kim Clijsters, who is out [...]
Continue Reading →I know the word epic is overused – but at 3 minutes and about 3,000 sports hero cameos, this Nike World Cup spot could win an Oscar next year. Roger Federer has a supporting role, challenging Manchester United striker, Wayne Rooney, to a spot of table tennis at around 1:40. When you think about it, [...]
Continue Reading →The French Open draw ceremony took place on Friday morning, with last year’s Champs, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Roger Federer joining in. Sveta had her game face on – Roger, not so much. 2010 ROLAND GARROS MEN’S DRAW PREVIEW The short version: Roger Federer and Andy Murray are in the top half, Rafael Nadal and Novak [...]
Continue Reading →Nike went wild and crazy on Roger Federer’s French Open kit this year, featuring some “French inspired striping” on his shirt sleeves. Heck, you only live once, right?
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