(1)Rafael Nadal d. (3)Roger Federer 7-5, 7-6(3), 5-7, 6-1 [3:40 h] Federer and Nadal have made the first pair in the Open era to play four finals at one Grand Slam tournament (beside them, three finals at one major played … Continue reading
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Roger Federer ousted Novak Đoković in the semifinal at Roland Garros in four sets yesterday, breaking an impressive streak of the Serb consisted of 43 matches won in a row. Due to loss, Djokovic didn’t secure himself the number 1 … Continue reading
# Only for the fourth time in the Open era, top four seeded players met in the semifinals at Roland Garros (12th time overall in majors). The other interesting historical circumstances: Nadal and Murray joined a relatively modest group of … Continue reading
1st quarterfinal: (2)Novak Djokovic d. Fabio Fognini w/o Fognini [49] suffered an injury (left leg) during his epic win over Albert Montanes and decided to pull out of the quarter-final match against D’Joke. It’s the first case at Roland Garros … Continue reading
The highest ranked player born in the 70’s – Juan Ignacio Chela [34] prevailed in five sets against qualifier Alejandro Falla [120], who was trying to join Thierry Champion, Adrian Voinea, Filip Dewulf and Marcelo Filippini as the fifth player … Continue reading
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As 24-year-old Fabio Fognini [49] and seven years older Albert Montanes [38] stepped onto Suzanne Lenglen, a few minutes after 11 a.m. probably no-one thought it would be the most dramatic match of this year’s tournament. I’ve been watching tennis for … Continue reading
Just like during an adequate stage of the Australian Open ’11, the third round at Roland Garros disappointed. There weren’t any upsets, only one 5-set match was played, in which the final outcome was predictable in the last two sets… … Continue reading
On Court No. 17, Guillermo Garcia-Lopez [33] and Marsel Ilhan [123] played one of the longest Parisian 5-setters in terms of games in the decider #. The Spaniard, who seeks his first fourth round in majors (26 appearances), saved a … Continue reading
The five-time Roland Garros champion – Rafael Nadal [1] – changed colour of his shirt (from yellow to blue) and stepped onto the court in new shoes with a revealing number “5” which has to indicate the number of his … Continue reading
Novak Djokovic [2], the main contender to the title (along with the defending champion Rafael Nadal), has successfully begun his Roland Garros campaign. The Serb outplayed in the first round Thiemo de Bakker [71] 6-2, 6-1, 6-3, notching the # … Continue reading
