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No matter that Warren Buffett does not offer $1 billion for a perfect French Open bracket like he does for the NCAA basketball tournament. Nobody would come close. Among those in the third round are Jack Sock, Dusan Lajovic, and Donald Young.
A look at the key events for the week of May 26.
Two Canadians were in action on the opening day of play on Sunday at Roland-Garros in Paris, France. / En cette première journée d’activités à Roland-Garros, deux Canadiens étaient en action, soit Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON) et Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON).
The draw ceremony was held on Friday in Paris, France and the table is now set for Roland-Garros, the second Grand Slam event of the tennis season. Four Canadians have earned direct entry into the main draw while three more have a chance to qualify.
One day after reaching his fourth Masters 1000 quarter-final of the 2014, Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON) advanced to his first semifinal of the season on Friday at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome thanks to a 6-3, 5-7, 6-2 win over Frenchman Jérémy Chardy, who upset Roger Federer in the second round.
Here are some more great EPA photos from the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome, Italy. Enjoy!
Kei Nishikori won the first clay-court title of his career--and his fourth overall--by making quick 6-2, 6-2 work of Santiago Giraldo on Sunday in Barcelona. Nishikori broke his opponent five times in eight return games to prevail in one hour and 13 minutes.
For most of the first set of this, Rafael Nadal was holding fairly easily and Milos Raonic was struggling. Then, out of the blue, Raonic had a break point in game ten, and Nadal double-faulted, and that was the set.
Top seed Rafael Nadal thrilled a Spanish-speaking home crowd as he crushed Denis Istomin 6-1, 6-0 to steamroll into the fourth round. The Australian Open finalist fished off his demolition in 59 minutes with six breaks of serve to maintain a perfect 4-0 slate in the series with the Uzbek coached by his mother.
Andy Murray got off to a really slow start -- a sign of his lack of a coach, perhaps? At least he managed to pick up his game. He'll need a lot more that this to avoid falling to #8, though. Matthew Ebden added only a few points, but that may well be enough to take him above #65.
The score makes this look closer than it was -- Roger Federer lost only three points on serve (he won 94% of first serve points, 92% of second serve points). Ivo Karlovic did pretty well on serve, too, but you knew he was doomed if it came to a tiebreak. For a guy who wasn't sure he would play, Federer certainly looks solid...
The reasons for the surprise split between world no.6 Andy Murray and his former coach Ivan Lendl are emerging that the 54 year-old is so enthused by his return to senior competitive tennis on the PowerShares Series and ATP Champions Tour that diary conflicts mean he cannot dedicate sufficient time to the Scot.
Alexandr Dolgopolov’s homeland is currently beset with problems but the Ukrainian is reveling in the freedom he is experiencing in California’s Coachella Valley as he has reached the semi-final of a Masters 1000 series tournament for the first time at Indian Wells’ BNP Paribas Open.
Twelve matches down. Ten to go? That's right; seven days into the BNP Paribas Open, Roger Federer and John Isner boast an incredible combined record of 12-0. They are both 6-0; 3-0 in singles and 3-0 in doubles.
Andy Murray insists he is struggling to reclaim his Wimbledon winning touch after returning to the ATP World Tour from back surgery but insists the absence of coach Ivan Lendl from all but one of his tournaments this year has nothing to do with his travails.
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