Roland Garros
Singles – Final: (3) R Nadal def. (4) D Ferrer 6-3 6-2 6-3
How does one even talk about a match which was interrupted in the second set by protesters who charged the court, one of whom set off a flare and started a fire which lasted several minutes? It was, obviously, disturbing for everyone involved — but it didn’t seem to affect the actual match very much. The first set was a grind, but one in which David Ferrer couldn’t take any advantage of his chances. And that was really just about it for drama. From then on, Rafael Nadal was in charge.
As usual, at Roland Garros. It’s title #8 — the most any man has ever won at any individual Slam. He has won more than 98% of his matches here. It hardly seems worthwhile to repeat the statistics — no player has ever dominated a surface the way he has dominated clay.
He’s pretty well dominated everything so far this year. He is now 43-2, with his only two losses coming in finals. Despite not playing the Australian Open this year, we show him with 7125 points already in 2013. Novak Djokovic has a mere 5250, Andy Murray 3300, Roger Federer only 2850, and David Ferrer 4525 (some of which, however, likely will not count).
Nadal’s dominance of 2012 makes it ironic to note that his ranking will be falling. Because Nadal merely defended his points, and Ferrer added, Ferrer moves up to #4, dropping Nadal to #5. On the other hand, Nadal has only 90 more points from 2012 to defend. It looks as if he’ll be climbing. Soon.
****** TODAY’S FEATURE ******
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******** THIS WEEK IN TENNIS ********
THIS WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:
Halle (250/Grass). Defending Champion: Tommy Haas
Queen’s (250/Grass). Defending Champion: Marin Cilic
NEXT WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:
Eastbourne (250/Grass). Defending Champion: Andy Roddick
‘s-Hertogenbosch (250/Grass). Defending Champion: David Ferrer
******** STATS AND FACTS ********
RANKINGS
Estimated ATP World Tour Rankings
As of June 9, 2013
Rank &
Prior…Player………..Points
1..(1) Djokovic……….11830
2..(2) Murray………….8310
3..(3) Federer…………7640
4..(5) Ferrer………….7220
5..(4) Nadal…………..6895
6..(6) Berdych…………4515
7..(8) Tsonga………….4155
8..(7) Del Potro……….3960
9..(9) Gasquet…………3090
10.(10) Wawrinka………..2810
11.(14) Haas……………2585
12.(11) Cilic…………..2570
13.(15) Nishikori……….2495
14.(12) Tipsarevic………2390
15.(16) Raonic………….2225
16.(13) Almagro…………2195
17.(18) Simon…………..1985
18.(19) Kohlschreiber……1885
19.(20) Querrey…………1810
20.(17) Monaco………….1740
21.(21) Isner…………..1735
22.(23) Janowicz………..1598
23.(25) Anderson………..1510
24.(24) Dolgopolov………1500
25.(26) Paire…………..1450
26.(22) Seppi…………..1440
27.(34) Robredo…………1435
28.(27) Chardy………….1416
29.(28) Dimitrov………..1400
30.(31) Youzhny…………1355
**DRAWS
Roland Garros — Week of May 26
WINNER: Rafael Nadal
…………………3R……………..4R………….QF………SF……..F
1 Djokovic………..(1)Djokovic……..Djokovic…….Djokovic…Djokovic
26 Dimitrov……….(26)Dimitrov
22 Dolgopolov……..Hanescu
16 Kohlschreiber…..(16)Kohlschreiber..Kohlschreiber
12 Haas…………..(12)Haas………..Haas………..Haas
19 Isner………….(19)Isner
29 Youzhny………..(29)Youzhny……..Youzhny
8 Tipsarevic………(8)Tipsarevic
3 Nadal…………..(3)Nadal………..Nadal……….Nadal……Nadal…..Nadal
27 Fognini………..(27)Fognin
24 Paire………….(24)Paire
13 Nishikori………(13)Nishikori……Nishikori
9 Wawrinka………..(9)Wawrinka……..Wawrinka…….Wawrinka
21 Janowicz……….(21)Janowicz
28 F Mayer………..Davydenko
7 Gasquet…………(7)Gasquet………Gasquet
5 Berdych…………Monfils
32 Robredo………..(32)Robredo……..Robredo……..Robredo
20 Seppi………….(20)Seppi
11 Almagro………..(11)Almagro……..Almagro
14 Raonic…………(14)Raonic
23 Anderson……….(23)Anderson…….Anderson
31 Granollers……..Lopez
4 Ferrer………….(4)Ferrer……….Ferrer………Ferrer…..Ferrer…..Ferrer
6 Tsonga………….(6)Tsonga……….Tsonga………Tsonga…..Tsonga
25 Chardy…………(25)Chardy
17 Monaco…………Troicki…………Troicki
10 Cilic………….(10)Cilic
15 Simon………….(15)Simon……….Simon
18 Querrey………..(18)Querrey
30 Benneteau………(30)Benneteau
2 Federer…………(2)Federer………Federer…….Federer
STATUS OF SEEDS
1 Djokovic………….lost SF (Nadal)
2 Federer…………..lost QF (Tsonga)
3 Nadal…………….WON TOURNAMENT
4 Ferrer……………lost F (Nadal)
5 Berdych…………..lost 1R (Monfils)
6 Tsonga……………lost SF (Ferrer)
7 Gasquet…………..lost 4R (Wawrinka)
8 Tipsarevic………..lost 3R (Youzhny)
9 Wawrinka………….lost QF (Nadal)
10 Cilic……………lost 3R (Troicki)
11 Almagro………….lost 4R (Robredo)
12 Haas…………….lost QF (Djokovic)
13 Nishikori………..lost 4R (Nadal)
14 Raonic…………..lost 3R (Anderson)
15 Simon……………lost 4R (Federer)
16 Kohlschreiber…….lost 4R (Djokovic)
17 Monaco…………..lost 1R (Gimeno-Traver)
18 Querrey………….lost 3R (Simon)
19 Isner……………lost 3R (Haas)
20 Seppi……………lost 3R (Almagro)
21 Janowicz…………lost 3R (Wawrinka)
22 Dolgopolov……….lost 1R (Tursunov)
23 Anderson…………lost 4R (Ferrer)
24 Paire……………lost 3R (Nishikori)
25 Chardy…………..lost 3R (Tsonga)
26 Dimitrov…………lost 3R (Djokovic)
27 Fognini………….lost 3R (Nadal)
28 F Mayer………….lost 1R (Istomin)
29 Youzhny………….lost 4R (Haas)
30 Benneteau………..lost 3R (Federer)
31 Granollers……….lost 1R (Lopez)
32 Robredo………….lost QF (Ferrer)
Halle — Week of May 10
1 Federer
–bye
Stebe (WC)
J Wang (Q)
Zverev (WC)
Goffin
Petzschner
7 Janowicz
3 Haas
–bye
Baghdatis
Gulbis
Hernych (Q)
Brands
Monfils
5 Raonic
6 Kohlschreiber
Berlocq
Kamke
Kubot
Youzhny
Gimeno-Traver
–bye
4 Nishikori
8 F Mayer
M Fischer (Q)
Struff (WC)
L Mayer
Melzer
Ghedin (Q)
–bye
2 Gasquet
Queen’s — Week of May 10
1 Murray
–bye
Mahut
Williams
Nielsen (LL)
Matosevic
Llodra
15 Andujar
12 Rosol
Groth (Q)
Becker
Tomic
Giraldo
Levine
–bye
7 Dolgopolov (WC)
4 Tsonga
–bye
Rufin
Roger-Vasselin
Ito
Sijsling
And. Kuznetsov
14 Istomin
9 Paire
J Baker (Q)
Delbonid
Kudla
de Schepper
R Ram
–bye
8 K Anderson
6 Querrey
–bye
Bedene
Mathieu
Hewitt
Russell
Sela
10 Dimitrov
13 Nieminen
Harrison
Pella
Evans (WC)
Garcia-Lopez
Malisse
–bye
3 del Potro
5 Cilic
–bye
Dodig
Ward (WC)
Lopez (Q)
Berankis
Mannarino
11 Benneteau
16 Zemlja
Edmund (WC)
Corrie (WC)
Stakhovsky
de Bakker
Bozoljac (Q)
–bye
2 Berdych
******** SCORES ********
SUNDAY
Roland Garros
Singles – Final
(3) R Nadal def. (4) D Ferrer 6-3 6-2 6-3
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