Tennis Tour Tidbits – Tsonga, Raonic, Nadal and more…

Written by: Staff on 10th June 2013

French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros

Tennis Tour Tidbits - Tsonga, Raonic, Nadal and more...

epa03735393 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France in action during his semi final match against David Ferrer of Spain at the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris, France, 07 June 2013. EPA/YOAN VALAT |

Elena Vesnina got a good laugh of being hit twice by her partner Ekaterina Makarova during their Roland Garros title run. . . .

In the last month, Rafael Nadal has beaten Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and David Ferrer all for the 20th time. . .

Toni Nadal, the uncle and coach of Rafael, broke down in tears in front of the media after his nephew s five-set victory over Novak Djokovic and fled to the locker room to recover. His agent, Carlos Costa, also cried. . .

The 10th China Open confirmed that Rafael Nadal will play in Beijing for the first time in four years. Held at the National Tennis Center September 22-October 6, the combined WTA-ATP tournament is the final premier mandatory stop on the WTA calendar, and an ATP 500. . .

As expected, Milos Raonic has hired former Top 3 player Ivan Ljubicic as his coach. Ljubicic officially began working with Raonic at the start of Roland Garros. “Being coached by Ivan will really offer a new dimension to my game, said Raonic. They will work out of the Monte Carlo Country Club.

French Open semi-finalist Jo Wilfried Tsonga traveled to London from Paris by train yesterday and within an hour and a half of arriving at St Pancras Station, he was practicing on grass at London’s Queen’s Club for this week’s Aegon Championships.

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