This year’s final at Wimbledon was a milestone in the history of the sport. For the 1st time in the past 8 years, Roger Federer, the Swiss Maestro, was not present on the court. Rafael Nadal was instead playing Thomas Berdych and Nadal won his second All-England title in straight sets, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4. The [ Read More ]
With the switch from clay to grass following the French Open, the rivals are getting prepared for the most famous tournament of the world, Wimbledon. So what is going on this week? At the Aegon Championship, Andy Murray directed a volley against the umpire Cedric Mourier, after he stopped Murray’s third round match against Mardy [ Read More ]
Nadal was facing Robin Soderling in today’s finals in French Open. Nadal has won the match 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 and regained the #1 spot from Federer. Soderling, the only player to have defeated Nadal in Roland Garros, won the quarter finals match last year against Nadal and opened the way for Federer to win his French [ Read More ]
Robin Soderling of Sweden upset Roger Federer, the defending champion, in the quarter finals of Roland Garrros putting a halt to Federer’sstreak of 23 consecutive Grand Slam semifinals reached. The final score was 6-3, 3-6, 7-5, 6-4. Last year, Robin Soderling ended the reign of 4-time champion Rafael Nadal in the 4th roundof Roland Garros, [ Read More ]
4 time French Open champion Rafael Nadal gave very few chances to former world number 1 Lleyton Hewitt at the French Open on Saturday, winning the 3rd round match in straight sets. The 2 hours 28 minutes match ended with the Spaniard Nadal beating the 29th-seeded Hewitt 6-3, 6-4, 6-3. The 6th-seeded Roddick suffered a 3r -round defeat to [ Read More ]
Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Serena and Venus Williams, and Justine Henin are all on their way to the finals with no surprises as of now.
Andy Roddick is into the third round of the French Open for the second year in a row.
Maria Sharapova advances into the second round of Roland Garros with a 6-3 – 6-2 win over fellow Russian Ksenia Pervak earlier today. Barely bothered by a few drops of rain on Court Suzanne Lenglen, the former world number one, seeded 12th in the torunament, Sharapova was broken early in the opening set against Pervak [ Read More ]
Murray does it again. Andy Murray survived a 5-setter against Richard Gasquet in the 1st round of Roland Garros. We had seen this happen at Wimbledon in 2008 where Murray rallied from 2 sets down to beat Richard Gasquet. The final score was 4-6, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-2, 6-1. Gasquet missed the tournament last year [ Read More ]
Roland Garros 2010 is set to run from May 23-June 6 in Paris. The tennis world is expecting a very likely epic battle between Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer in the finals but there are other interesting players that might surprise everyone on the “red clay” or “terre battue” to contend in the men’s draw. [ Read More ]
Even the mighty Roger Federer can blow a final shot. In the finals of the Madrid Master Final on Mat 16th, Federer apparently missed an easy forehand that sealed the game for Nadal at 6-4, 7-6 (5) victory. Having called the shot easy, it should have been easy for Federer since we have only seen [ Read More ]
