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First off we want to thank Babolat for providing GoToTennis the fabulous free tennis gear for the French Open giveaway. We had 173 official entries in the comments, and selected 3 lucky GTT readers using a random number selector from random.org Random selected winners for the Babolat/GoToTennis French Open giveaways are…… *drum roll …… Dari, [...]
Continue Reading →2011 FRENCH OPEN: RAFAEL NADAL POST MATCH INTERVIEW *Again special thanks to our awesome friends at Fue Buena for sending us the entire transcript! *Also video interview on RolandGarros website 7 5, 7 6, 5 7, 6 1 An interview with: RAFAEL NADAL THE MODERATOR: Questions in English, please. Q. Congratulations. First of all, we [...]
Continue Reading →*Special thanks to our friends at Fue Buena for sending us the transcript in its entirety! *Partial video interview on Roland Garros website as well. R. NADAL/R. Federer 7 5, 7 6, 5 7, 6 1 An interview with: ROGER FEDERER THE MODERATOR: Questions in English, please. Q. At 5 2 in the first set, [...]
Continue Reading →Rafael Nadal of Spain (L) and Roger Federer of Switzerland pose with their trophies after their men’s final at the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris June 5, 2011. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau (FRANCE – Tags: SPORT TENNIS) The transition really is quick! The French Open final just finished and Wimbledon’s already [...]
Continue Reading →Roger Federer of Switzerland reacts during his men’s final against Rafael Nadal of Spain at the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris June 5, 2011. REUTERS/Radu Sigheti (FRANCE – Tags: SPORT TENNIS) Yes, Fed Fans, it was torture. Especially given those first thirty minutes or so, when it appeared that [...]
Continue Reading →Li Na of China kisses the trophy after winning her women’s final against Francesca Schiavone of Italy at the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris June 4, 2011. REUTERS/Charles Platiau (FRANCE – Tags: SPORT TENNIS IMAGE OF THE DAY TOP PICTURE) Li Na played almost perfect tennis in Saturday’s ladies’ [...]
Continue Reading →Francesca Schiavone of Italy (L) and Li Na of China pose for photographs the day before their French Open tennis tournament women’s finals at Roland Garros in Paris June 3, 2011. REUTERS/Thierry Roge (FRANCE – Tags: SPORT TENNIS) Forza Francesca! (Sorry, Franny brings out the crazed fan-girl in me.) French Open Order of Play: Day [...]
Continue Reading →Mirka Federer, the wife of Roger Federer, watches the French Open mens semifinal match between Federer of Switzerland and Serbian Novak Djokovic at Roland Garros in Paris on June 3, 2011. Federer defeated Djokovic 7-6 (5), 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (5) to advance to the finals. UPI/David Silpa Wow, Roger’s semifinal win over Novak Djokovic on [...]
Continue Reading →Roger Federer breaks Novak Djokovic’s 43 match winning streak* (41 straight matches in 2011) and denies him the number 1 position by winning the French Open semifinals in a nail-biter of a 4th set tie-breaker! Final score 7-6(5), 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(5). Was this the BEST match of the 2011 French Open so far? I think [...]
Continue Reading →Francesca Schiavone of Italy reacts after winning her quarter-final match against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia at the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris May 31, 2011. REUTERS/Charles Platiau (FRANCE – Tags: SPORT TENNIS) Let us begin this post with the wise words of defending champ and 2011 finalist, Francesca Schiavone, [...]
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