Post Tagged with: "french open"
Rafael Nadal Joins Mickey Mouse at Disneyland for Photoshoot
Rafael Nadal has remained in Paris for a few days after winning the French Open and for a nice bit of press he has visited Disneyland Paris. Its nice to not just have the Eiffel Tower in the background, a bit of Mickey Mouse makes a nice change.
French Open Finals Results
Here is a quick round up of the Finals scores of the French Open. So many players had the tournaments of their lives, but the real standout performance has to be Rafael Nadal yet again! Mens Singles Final: Rafael Nadal (ESP) bt. Robin Soderling (SWE) = 6-4 6-2 6-4 Womens Singles Final: Francesca Schiavone (ITA) [...]
French Open Womens Singles Final
Samantha Stosur to play Francesca Schiavone is the French Open Womens singles final. I didnt want to run through the matches and the results again, Im sure you already know! If not check out the French Open website.
Djokovic Cracks and Melzer Through!
Novak Djokovic just couldnt believe he could be up two sets to love against Jurgen Melzer, but find a way to lose the match in 5 stes. The Austrian to his credit played some great tennis and hung in there, eventually winning the match 3-6 2-6 6-2 7-6 6-4.
Sam Stosur Powers Past Serena Williams at the French Open
Sam Stosur has just done it again! After playing one of the matches of her life to beat Justine Henin, she has now backed it up and knocked out Serena Williams in the French Open yesterday. Sam won 6-2 6-7 8-6. Sam hit 30 winners against 24 errors, 6 aces and won 58% of the [...]
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Might Now Miss Wimbledon
After retiring from the French Open Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will most probably miss the whole grass court season, including Wimbledon. The Frenchman underwent scans that confirmed a muscle lesion in his hip and he’ll probably have to rest for the next 10 days. Then he’ll have to undergo another checkup to see if he can play [...]
Samantha Stosur Knocks Out Justine Henin at the French Open
Well in my previous post this morning I thought Justine Henin and Samantha Stosur would have the match of the day, and I was right! Stosur knocked out Henin 2-6 6-1 6-4. This is a great win for Samantha, but it doesnt get any easier with Serena Williams in the next round. Stosur has been [...]
Sam Stosur and Justine Henin: Match of the Day!
Im really looking forward to the match today between Justine Henin and Samantha Stosur. I used to know Sam very well while playing tennis back home in Australia (we are both Queenslanders). It has been amazing how much progress she has made in this past year, moving from just a doubles player to now really [...]
Andy Murray Out of the French Open: Didnt Really Show Up Yesterday
Andy Murray didnt have any answers yesterday for Tomas Berdych. Tomas seems to always be in control and his movement was great around court. Tomas won 6-4 7-5 6-3. Before the match you just knew that Berdych would get off to a great start and he just seemed really up for the match, plus its [...]
Camille Pin Retires from Tennis
Camille Pin has announced her retirement from professional tennis after a 12 year career. Pin’s last match was a first round doubles loss at the French Open. Pin, who never won a title on the WTA Tour, said “it’s a very special day for me, because it’s such a tough decision.” Pin had mainly focused [...]
Roger Federer Talks to the Tennis Channel at the French Open
Roger Federer talks to the Tennis Channel at the French Open. It’s interesting to hear Roger’s response as he weighs in which is more important. 16 slams, 23 consecutive semi-finals, or the weeks at number one record.
Kimiko Date Krumm Turns Back The Years to Kill Off Dinara Safina
The story of yesterdays French Open has to be the great performance by Kimiko Date Krumm. The 39 year old Krumm as 1-4 down in the final set with a leg injury and somehow came back to beat Dinara Safina. She became the second-oldest woman to win a match at Roland Garros in the Open [...]
Lukas Lacko Beats Michael Yani in 71 Game Thriller
American qualifier Michael Yani’s French Open debut lasted one match. It felt like about two or three. Yani lost to Lukas Lacko of Slovakia 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4), 6-7 (5), 12-10 in a marathon that began Sunday and finished Monday, covering 4 hours, 56 minutes of playing time. The 71 games equal the most [...]
Watch French Open Online for Free
The Tennis Channel will be offering free live and on-demand broadband streams, with over 125 matches and 200 hours of play during the first 10 days for the French Open. Visitors to the network’s site, www.tennischannel.com, will be able to view any one of five courts for the first eight days of the event, followed [...]
Roland Garros Could Lose The French Open by 2016
Don’t count defending champion Roger Federer and four-time winner Justine Henin among fans of a proposal to hold the French Open outside Paris beginning in 2016. Gilbert Ysern, general director of the French tennis federation, told a news conference Saturday relocating the clay-court Grand Slam from Roland Garros is being considered because it needs more [...]
Maria Sharapova’s French Open 2010 Nike Dress
Here are some photos of Maria Sharapova’s 2010 French Open outfit from Nike. Im not really too sure if Maria will get many matches in this dress, as Im not really expecting her to do very well!
Ernests Gulbis Makes Early Exit from Roland Garros with Leg Injury
Ernests Gulbis was a player everyone was talking about at this years French Open. The young latvian was an outsider to do really well, but in a first day shock he has been elimintated. Gulbis was 2 sets to love down and retired injured. Ernests hurt his right leg in the match against Julien Benneteau [...]
Rafael Nadal Roland Garros 2010 Photoshoot
This has to be one of the best photoshoots Rafael Nadal has ever done. This shoot took place at the Molitor, which is an abandoned swimming pool near Roland Garros. Im a big fan of the graffiti on the walls, very cool! More shots over at the Roland Garros site.
Rafael Nadal: King of Clay
CNN has done a great interview with Rafael Nadal and tennis in general in Spain, so we thought we would share it around.




