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10SBALLS / EPA PHOTO GALLERY FROM RG15, THE FRENCH OPEN TENNIS

Check out the latest gallery from Roland Garros tennis by the amazing photographers at EPA.

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.

LADIES FRENCH OPEN TENNIS REVIEW, SERENA BEATS BACSINSZKY & IVANOVIC LOSES TO SAFAROVA & MORE BY CHERYL JONES

Roland Garros is host to the first two Swiss players to advance to the Semifinals in a major since Roger Federer and Patty Schnyder made it to that level in Australia in 2004.

FRENCH OPEN LADIES RESULTS AND OBSERVATIONS BY CHERYL JONES

Today at Roland Garros, Sara Eranni evidenced what I call “deer in the headlights” syndrome. The idiom itself has been defined as “widely opened eyes; lack of motor reactions; anxiety; fear; panic; or a glazed expression”.

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.

PARIS TENNIS UPDATE VIA TOP TENNIS CORRESPONDENT CHERYL JONES @ THE FRENCH OPEN

Perception can be the bugaboo of human interaction on many levels. It’s not always what’s been said, but what the listener perceives as the intention of the questioner.

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.

EPA / 10SBALLS PHOTO GALLERY FROM THE FRENCH OPEN IN PARIS

Check out the latest photos from the 2015 French Open at Roland Garros.

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...

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?

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!