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The sun is shining, the grass is covered in dew and it’s time for us to just take a breath and think about the last two weeks on the vibrant clay of Paris.
The clay court season is over, long live the grass! For an extra week as well no less...
Fifteen days, two men, one defining moment for the winner – it all came down to this. World No 1 Novak Djokovic took on Stan Wawrinka in the Roland Garros final.
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.
Greetings tennis fans. We have so much to share we don't know what to lead with... How about today "The BLACK" shirt came out. What black shirt?
By now the footage of a part of Chatrier court that blew down onto spectators has done many a round on social media.
While the players bash backhands and fling forehands across the net, the French Open entered its second week with several top seeds taking the court.
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.
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