Roland Garros Day 12: Djokovic to meet Thiem, Serena survives scare
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June 2, 2016
Novak Djokovic overcame Tomas Berdych in straight sets and controversial circumstances at Roland Garros. Meanwhile Serena Williams was involved in a surprising battle for survival against the unseeded Kazakh, Yulia Putintseva. Serena prevailed – but only just. She will now play Kiki Bertens, the Dutch star who beat Timea Bacsinszky 7-5, 6-2. Of the two […]
Roland Garros Day 11: Murray Through To Face Stan In Semis
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June 1, 2016
Andy Murray will face Stan Wawrinka in the Roland Garros semi-finals – but his victory over Richard Gasquet came at what price? The Brit adopted an expensive drop-shot strategy to exhaust his opponent. In doing so he cost himself the first set and almost the second too. The Scot admitted: ‘I was using a lot […]
Roland Garros Day 10: Radwanska and Halep Are Out
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May 31, 2016
The cold, rainy weather at Roland Garros created all kinds of problems for the big stars at the French Open – especially Agnieszka Radwanska and Simona Halep. Number two seed Radwanska crashed out to the little-known Bulgarian, Tsvetana Pironkova. The popular Pole needed medical attention to a sore right hand and wrist at 0-3 […]
The Lucy Shuker Blog: I’ve got a legend on my side
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I’m about to play Roland Garros – and I’ve also officially qualified for Wimbledon as one of the world’s top seven ranked players – so it’s an exciting time for me, as you can imagine. Luckily, I’ve got one of the all-time British greats of wheelchair tennis working with me – Jayant Mistry. He won […]
Roland Garros Day 8: It’ll be Gasquet v Murray after many surprises!
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May 29, 2016
Kei Nishikori and Milos Raonic were knocked out of the French Open on a day of surprises at Roland Garros. Richard Gasquet produced some stunning tennis to down Nishikori 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 in front of the ecstatic Parisian fans who had waited for the rain to clear. Now Gasquet plays Andy Murray, who […]
Roland Garros Day 7: Serena Through But Gives Rivals Hope
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May 28, 2016
Serena Williams found a way, as she usually does. But it took five match points and an awful lot of wasted break points earlier in the contest before she finally got it right. A marvellous tie-break, during which Kristina Mladenovic had a set point opportunity, ended 12-10 in Serena’s favour and she screeched with relief. […]
Nadal Pulls Out of Roland Garros With Wrist Injury
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May 27, 2016
Rafael Nadal has pulled out of Roland Garros with a wrist injury – increasing the likelihood that Novak Djokovic could complete a Career Slam in Paris next week. Novak and Rafa both looked in good form and seemed on collision course for what promised to be an epic semi-final. One school of thought suggested […]
Nadal Achieves Special Landmark
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May 26, 2016
Rafael Nadal reached an incredible 200 wins in Grand Slams with his impressive victory over Facundo Bagnis by 6-3, 6-0, 6-3 at Roland Garros. The superb Spaniard became only the eighth player in history to reach that special landmark. Now he needs just four more wins to arrive at another milestone – 800 career […]
Roland Garros Day 4: Radwanska And Halep March On
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May 25, 2016
Agnieszka Radwanska looked impressive on the fourth evening of Roland Garros as she fought her way past a decent opponent in Caroline Garcia. The Polish star needed three match points but was never in too much trouble as the number two seed defeated the underdog, 6-2, 6-4. A delighted Radwanksa said: ‘It was a […]
Roland Garros Day 3: Murray Scrapes Through In Epic
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May 24, 2016
What a relief for Andy Murray fans! Staring defeat in the face, he dug deep to keep his hopes of French Open glory alive. ‘I knew that potentially playing a fifth set, anything could happen. I fought extremely hard and now I get a chance to play tomorrow,’ he said with a tired sigh. […]