French Open: The United States made history for all the wrong reasons in the French Open at Roland Garros today as it failed to provide a single player in the men’s second-round draw for the first time since … via Ireland.com
Sports French Rezai knocks Williams out [ 2007-5-25 ] AFP ISTANBUL, May 24: France’s unseeded Aravena Rezai defeated Venus Williams to advance to the quarter finals in the Istanbul WTA Tournament here on … via Gorkhapatra Sansthan
“The ranking shows you what’s going on” PARIS - The road to French Open glory demands mental and physical gyrations on a surface, treacherous crushed brick, that can leave elite athletes frustrated, flat-footed, or with no footing at all. via TheSpectrum.com
Australia’s Chris Guccione has bowed out of the French Open after losing to Greek qualifier Konstantinos Economidis in four sets at Roland Garros. via The West Australian
By Tennis Week 05/30/2007 Singles success looked like a case of double vision on court 15 at the French Open today. via Tennis Week
“Before I play a tennis match, I like to warm up before with the football. I like to juggle with the ball. “My record is 61.” Martin Verkerk’s return to the French Open didn’t last long. The Dutchman, making his first appearance at Roland Garros in three years, lost to Simone Bolelli 6-1, 6-4, […]
Lleyton Hewitt kept up his proud record of never having lost a French Open first round match in eight visits when he beat former doubles partner Max Mirnyi of Belarus 6-3, 6-1, 6-3 overnight. via Australian Broadcasting Corporation
“My mom, sister Mindy and Tarik Benhabiles, a coach I have worked with for a long time.” Vania King, 18-year-old American, who is ranked No. 74 with one Sony Ericsson WTA Tour title in her career, aims to earn her first match victory at the French Open. via USA Today
“I have this image of being a girl not as tall as the others, not as strong as the others” They are promoting the great women champions of the past at Roland Garros this year. via The Independent
“I really wanted to play today, actually. But I have a little pain in my back, so one more day of rest is good” Top seed Roger Federer won his first-round match at the French Open, beating Michael Russell 6-4, 6-2, 6-4. The top-ranked Swiss star, who needs to win the French Open to […]
Samantha Stosur breezed into the second round of the French Open - the only Australian to complete a match as rain yet again played havoc with the Roland Garros schedule. via The Sydney Morning Herald
“I’m hitting the ball well in practice and I know I’m still capable of playing good tennis, and hopefully I’ll get a few games under my belt in France. If not I’ll get ready for Queens and Wimbledon.” Tim Henman stepped up his self-promotion yesterday by insisting his clay-court game has improved dramatically as […]
Rain could ruin the opening day’s play at the French Open at Roland Garros. Play has already been suspended on the Suzanne Lenglen court where Serena Williams is taking on Bulgaria’s Tsvetana Pironkova. via Online.ie
Filippo Inzaghi scored two goals and AC Milan won European soccer’s biggest prize for the seventh time yesterday, beating Liverpool 2-1 in the Champions League final in Athens. via The San Diego Union-Tribune
“I haven’t had many good results on clay this year, I haven’t been playing too well. “I’m practising well on clay at the moment. “The last couple of results haven’t been so good but I’ve had some of my best results on clay so it gives me some hope.” Standing nearly two metres tall, […]
Venus Williams failed to reach the quarterfinals in her final tournament before the French Open, losing to Aravane Rezai 6-4, 6-4 at the Istanbul Cup on Wednesday. via Southern Illinoisan
Friday, 25 May 2007, 10:07 GMT 11:07 UK Henman to face unfancied Latvian Tim Henman will face Latvia’s Ernests Gulbis in the French Open first round. via BBC News
Experience and reputation are not always enough - ” a fact borne out by the qualifiers for this year’s French Open . via Huliq.com
There’s no reason to give anyone other than Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal a chance to win this year’s French Open. via New York Sun
Venus Williams failed to reach the quarterfinals in her final tournament before the French Open, losing to Aravane Rezai 6-4, 6-4 at the Istanbul Cup in Turkey on Wednesday. via Press-Telegram
“Today my tactics were much better and it feels really good to get this victory, especially because I lost to her last time . . . everything worked well.” We begin our countdown to the 2007 French Open with a look back on Ana’s past performances at Roland Garros: In 2005 Ana entered the […]
Venus Williams failed to reach the quarterfinals in her final tournament before the French Open, losing to Aravane Rezai 6-4, 6-4 at the Istanbul Cup on Wednesday. via Rapid City Journal
“I had too many unforced errors in the first set, and he didn’t really fight for it in the second set. This was no real test for my current form.” Davydenko next will face Ecuador’s Nicolas Lapentti, who defeated Martin Verkerk of the Netherlands. via The Globe and Mail
Rising Ukrainian Alona Bondarenko was among Monday’s first-round winners at the $200,000 Istanbul Cup tennis event. via Kentucky.com
By Tennis Week 05/22/2007 Sneaker soles and skid marks strewn across the red clay signaled the start of Roland Garros today. via Tennis Week
“I’m not putting any pressure on myself. I’m just playing and improving. Every week I’m getting better.” Jelena Jankovic defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova 7-5, 6-1 Sunday to win the Italian Open and join Justine Henin as the only three-time winners on the women’s tour this year. via Peninsula Clarion
Top-seeded Sania Mirza was ousted in Tuesday’s first-round play of the $145,000 Moroccan Grand Prix clay-court tennis tournament. via Moldova.org
“We are not are satisfied when we see poker and snooker on television, but hardly any tennis” Britain’s Andy Murray holds his wrist as he leaves the court during a match against Filippo Volandri of Italy at the Hamburg Masters Tennis tournament in Hamburg yesterday. via Gulf Times
“It is flattering knowing … that I can still be competitive” All the travel, all the tournaments and all the titles, and not one trip for Pete Sampras to his ancestral homeland - until now. via StarNewsOnline.com
Former French Open champion Juan Carlos Ferraro defeated Switzerland’s Stanislas Wawrinka, 6-1, 7-6 , on Monday for a place in the second round of the Hamburg Masters Series. via Independent Online
