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Where to start on the penultimate day at Paris? At least the good people at Roland Garros had the sense to ensure that anyone who had tickets for last night’s thriller were allowed to come and watch the continuation of the semi-final between Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray.
And thus in came to pass, dear readers, that the end was nigh in Paris. OK that might sound a little dramatic, but on a day that was predicted to be stormy, steamy day in Paris we had two very different semi-finals.
After what had been quite a turbulent year for the 2008 champion, Ana Ivanovic looked like she was going to breeze into the Roland Garros final, on a beautiful day in Paris.
The scene is set for the business end of Roland Garros, as if having eight Grand Slam finalists in the men’s quarter-finals had not been grand enough.
By now the footage of a part of Chatrier court that blew down onto spectators has done many a round on social media.
It is not often that we ever have to be thankful for the rain, but the second week of the French Open started with a superb line-up as the organisers grappled with the schedule.
We knew it could not possibly last, and finally the rain came, sending the crowd scurrying for the scant dry areas – believe us there is nowhere for punters to shelter when it rains.
After the sublime ease of Roger Federer’s advance, Maria Sharapova’s grit and determination and the adulation for the most dramatic of the French players, it was time to watch the pendulum swing ever closer to THAT looking quarter-final.
Red, vibrant, show-up-on-your-clothes clay. You want to know how we know. Because the wind has been whipping up a storm today in Paris and it is everywhere.
More blue sky, and a stacked day on the big two courts, but our peace and solitude was disturbed but the sounds of upset klaxons ringing in the air.
In a pleasing change from the ubiquitous pink Nike wear (sported by her opponent Vitalia Diatchenko) a still coughing and spluttering Maria Sharapova rocked les bleus et les blancs again to keep her defence intact.
This was the day pretty much everyone was waiting for – how would Rafael Nadal perform when he came out onto Court Philippe-Chatrier against French wildcard Quentin Halys? Nadal started bullishly, swinging his brutal lasso forehand...
After the stylish black of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Ana Ivanovic, obviously harnessing their inner Roland Garros ball-kid (also all dressed in black this year), not to mention Roger Federer’s neon shorts, it was time for 14th seed Agnieszka Radwanska to break out this year’s disco-dress...
Ah Roland Garros – the queues for the concessions, the laid back Sunday start, and some interesting things on day one. Here goes with our recap!
Roland Garros draw one of the most wide-open in recent years?
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