Archive: May 2012
I'm pretty sure John Isner should start avoiding best of five matches against Frenchmen whose last name begins with "Ma."
The loss by Serena Williams did not clinch Petra Kvitova's #4 ranking, but only Samantha Stosur and Caroline Wozniacki can pass her...
What else did you expect when perhaps history's greatest clay-lover faces a clay-hater? Denis Istomin will land just below the Top Forty.
Kvitova, Li & Wozniacki Cruise Into Third Round
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Li Na continued to crush the competition in her French Open title defense Thursday, needing just 52 minutes to get past Stéphanie Foretz Gacon, 60 62, and move into the third round of the clay court Grand Slam. The No.7-seeded Li won the first nine games against Foretz Gacon and ended with almost three times as many winners as the French veteran, 14 to five.
Fifth-seeded Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is one match win away from advancing to the Last 16 for the third time after he completed a 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 win over Cedrik-Marcel Stebe of Germany on Thursday in Paris. The match resumed at 1-1 in the third set.
Second seed Rafael Nadal overwhelmed Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan 6-2, 6-2, 6-0 in their second-round clash at Roland Garros on Thursday. The 25-year-old Spaniard is now 47-1 at the clay-court major in Paris, where he is chasing a record* seventh title.
Here's the newest postcard from 10sballs.com's friend Dusan Vemic, from the match where Novak Djokovic defeated Blaz Kavcic 6-0, 6-4, 6-4.
Fourth seed Andy Murray found a way to beat Finland's Jarkko Nieminen 1-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-2 in two hours and 17 minutes Thursday for a place in the Roland Garros third round. It was his fourth straight win over World No. 48 Nieminen.
Marion Bartoli and the French Tennis Federation (FFT) might be ready to start mending fences. Bartoli had told an American reporter during Rome that because the FFT was not going to nominate for the Olympic team because she had refused to play Fed Cup under its rules, that she would go to "war" with French Tennis Federation after the Olympics.
Tommy Haas is showing that over-30 tennis can thrive in today's game, with the German using his experience to advance at the French Open. The 33-year-old father of an 18-month-old daughter and ranked No. 112 said there is no reason he cannot continue for a few more seasons as well.
Venus Williams refused to indulge in any form of self-pity as her dubious fitness, compromised after being diagnosed last September with Sjogren's Syndrome, contributed to a second round French Open exit. The five times Wimbledon champion who began the year at 134 in the world rankings after the fatigue-inducing autoimmune disease hugely affected her playing schedule, has never won the French Open.
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NBC’s 2012 French Open coverage continues this weekend 12 noon ET, with third round coverage Saturday and fourth round coverage 1:00 Sunday.
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