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HICCUPS & HIGH-JINKS ON DAY 1 OF THE FRENCH OPEN TENNIS BY GLOBAL CHICK FOR 10SBALLS

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!
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Hi everyone. Here's Sven. Sven here. He sent us these photos. He is obviously a very busy man. He has everyone stopping him every few steps to ask him something...
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Roland Garros 2015 – Women’s draw – is this the most wide-open yet?

Roland Garros draw one of the most wide-open in recent years?
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Roland Garros Draw Breakdown – Eyes left as ‘that’ quarter-final looms large

There is only one ticket in town next week! The French Open is finally here, and after weeks of confidence-issues, first clay court titles, favourites falling and old faithfuls prevailing, it’s all eyes on Paris for the next two weeks!
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TENNIS ALERT: UP THE LADDERS – GLOBAL CHICK’S RANKINGS REVIEW & RECAP 18 MAY

What a week that was! Rome brought us gelato, pizza, pasta, all manner of coffee products and the world’s best in their last bit of action before the start of the French Open.
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TENNIS NEWS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE / THIS WEEK WE ARE IN GENEVA, NICE, NURNBERG, AND STRASBOURG

Put away your ice-creams and prepare to get out your pains-au-chocolat in a week’s time as the best players take a breather before the second Grand Slam of the year, the French Open.
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ROGER FEDERER PLAYS “TIGHT TENNIS” AND LOSES ANOTHER FINAL TO NOVAK DJOKOVIC IN ROME BY CRAIG CIGNARELLI

Tomorrow’s headlines will read, the Rome ATP final finished with Novak Djokovic defeating Roger Federer 6-4, 6-3 in a one-sided contest that saw Federer playing below his ability and Novak staying solid throughout.
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MARIA SHARAPOVA WINS ROME TENNIS TITLE BY GLOBAL CHICK

As we kick back with one last gelato, and gear up for carbs galore in Paris, we just have a little time to look back at the women’s final in The Eternal City.
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A GENUINE MOMENT WITH ROGER FEDERER IN ROME BY CRAIG CIGNARELLI

One of the perks of having a tournament pass and being a coach, is having access to tennis greatness. Today, I got to spend a little time with Roger Federer.
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CRAIG CIGNARELLI CAUGHT SOME SIGHTS BESIDES TENNIS IN ROME MASTERS

The Ancient Romans constructed the Pantheon as a dedication to divinity of the past, present, and future. Today, about one kilometer from the Vatican, the 2000 year-old temple still stands, its diametrically perfect roof hole, the Greek inspired colonnades, the Latin inscription on the front crediting Marcus Agrippa for the build.
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VENI VIDI VICI – WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DIDN’T STUDY LATIN? GLOBAL CHICK GIVES US HER TAKE ON THE LADIES TENNIS FINALS IN ROME

Well we have our women’s semi-finalists in the City of Roma. And boy was there a lot of conquering on Saturday.
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WTA / ATP TENNIS FROM ROME BY GLOBAL CHICK FOR 10SBALLS_COM

We are almost at the end of the final (big) push for preparation for the French Open, so let’s cast a gentle eye over those warriors left standing.
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THE FALL OF ROME BY CRAIG CIGNARELLI

Wikipedia (def) “The most pressing feature of Rome’s decline was the Roman state’s progressive inability to enforce its rule, either through the armed forces or by administrative means...
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A POSTCARD FROM SVEN TENNIS IN ROME

Sven's friends here @10sballs_com put together a few photos off instagram and other sources. The TOALSON training rackets are a oddity here. But anywhere.
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ROME TENNIS EVENT TAKES HUGE HIT IN PULLOUTS BY SERENA WILLIAMS AND EXHAUSTED ANDY MURRAY

It was a day of withdrawals in Rome as two hastily arranged press conferences sent the tennis press scrambling. First in was Andy Murray whose two wins in two tournaments (and in one week, no less) left him fatigued, not surprisingly!

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