Roland Garros is well underway and has already seen it’s fair share of upsets in the early rounds of the tournament. Na Li , Francesca Schiavone and Caroline Wozniacki were all ousted in the first round. Na Li lost to French player Kristina Mladenovic in three sets 7-5, 3-6, 6-1. … [Read more...]
Na Li makes history with first Grand Slam
Li Na became the first Chinese player to lift a Grand Slam as she won the French Open final on Saturday to dethrone reigning champion Francesca Schiavone. The 29-year-old survived a late wobble to win 6-4, 7-6(0) in one hour and 48 minutes and avenge her defeat to Schiavone here … [Read more...]
Li Na in Roland Garros finale
Li Na reached her second successive Grand Slam final in her quest to become the first Chinese woman to win a major after a 6-4, 7-5 victory over Maria Sharapova on the red clay of Roland Garros. The 29-year-old lost the Australian Open final to Kim Clijsters back in January … [Read more...]
Andy Murray completes Viktor Troicki turnaround in Paris
Andy Murray resumed his epic round of 16 encounter with Viktor Troicki at Roland Garros today and completed his comeback after coming back from 2-5 down in the deciding set. He is through to the quarter-finals for the second time in his career and now faces unseeded Argentine … [Read more...]
How can you say that Caroline Wozniacki has already won the French Open 2011?
I was going to write a treatise on the meaning of life this week, but I put it aside at the last moment when I was shown a new video of the WTA Tour with players talking tactics on clay. The clay season 2011 is only a few weeks old and has already given us a few surprises. Elena … [Read more...]
