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20th SLAM FOR SERENA WILLIAMS AS NOVAK DJOKOVIC BEATS ANDY MURRAY AT THE 2015 FRENCH OPEN IN PARIS

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.

HOT AND BOTHERED ON A SUNNY/STORMY DAY IN PARIS @ THE FRENCH OPEN TENNIS BY GLOBAL CHICK

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.

LUCIE SAFAROVA AND SERENA WILLIAMS BOTH BATTLE INTO THE FRENCH OPEN TENNIS FINALS IN PARIS BY GLOBAL CHICK

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.

FRENCH OPEN TENNIS RESULTS FROM 10SBALLS GLOBAL CHICK

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.

ROGER FEDERER LOSES IN STRAIGHT SETS TO STAN WAWRINKA & TSONGA GOES FIVE SETS WITH NISHIKORI PLUS MORE NEWS ABOUT THE WIND AND THE METAL PANEL

By now the footage of a part of Chatrier court that blew down onto spectators has done many a round on social media.

FRENCH OPEN TENNIS NEWS AND UPDATE, ROGER FEDERER, RAFAEL NADAL & ANDY MURRAY ALL POST WINS & MARIA SHARAPOVA LOSES

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.

FRENCH OPEN TENNIS RAINED OUT, IVANOVIC WINS AS DOES TSONGA & FEDERER IS AT A SET EACH WITH MONFILS

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.

10SBALLS’ FAVORITE CORRESPONDENT GLOBAL CHICK GIVES US HER PICKS FROM PARIS / THE 2015 FRENCH OPEN

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.

BNP PARIBAS FRENCH OPEN TENNIS NEWS STRAIGHT FROM PARIS BY GLOBAL CHICK; SHARAPOVA, FEDERER, TSONGA, ALL POST WINS

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.

TENNIS NEWS UPDATE FROM PARIS, GLOBAL CHICK REPORTING @ THE FRENCH OPEN: ANDY MURRAY, NOVAK DJOKOVIC, JACK SOCK, BORNA CORIC ALL WIN

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.

GLOBAL CHICK RECAPS THE TENNIS FROM PARIS, COVERS MARIA SHARAPOVA, ROGER FEDERER AND MORE TIDBITS FROM THE FRENCH OPEN

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.

CHAMPIONS PREVAIL IN PARIS BUT SEEDS FALL ON DAY 4 OF ROLAND GARROS TENNIS BY GLOBAL CHICK

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...

FRENCH OPEN TENNIS FASHION UPDATE FROM 10SBALLS GLOBAL CHICK

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...