Can it be? Rafa the Great, the Invincible One, has lost a match at the French Open ! Robin Soderling played the best tennis of his life and out-muscled the game’s biggest muscle man 6-2, 6-7 (2), 6-4, 7-6 (2). In a three hour thirty minute thriller, the Swede Soderling powered crisp, penetrating forehand after [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Ana Ivanovic’
Djokovic Chokes, Tsonga, Monfils Move on
Posted by Hiland on June 1st, 2009
The lower half of the men’s draw gave the French plenty of nationalism and a stunning upset in Round Four. The bookmaker’s second choice, Serbia’s Novak Djokovic, made his usual quiet Grand Slam exit and French rock stars Gael Monfil’s (11) and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (9) won convincingly before impassioned, full house galleries. Monfils was particularly [...]
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Tags: Aleksandra Wozniack, Ana Ivanovic, Andy Roddick, Australian Open, Christophe Rochus, Elena Dementieva, Fernando Verdasco, Gael Monfil, Igor Andreev, Jamila Groth, Jelena Jankovc, Jeremy Chardy, Jo Wilfried Tsonga, Juan-Marin Del Porto, Jurgen Melzer, Nikolay Davydenko, Novak Djokovic, Paul-Henri Matthieu, Phillip Kohlschreiber, Tommy Haas, Tommy Robredo, Victoria Azarenka 
No Comments »Once A Champion – Always a Champion
Posted by Hiland on May 28th, 2009
When Day Four at Roland Garros began, three of the game’s hottest babes were on the court. Not surprisingly, the Paris stands were brimming with the prospects for great tennis and stunning eye-candy. India’s doubles starlet, Sania Mirza, Serbia’s Ana Ivanovic, the overlooked reigning French Champion and Russian comeback beauty and former world number one, [...]
Posted in French Open 2009 Tags: Ana Ivanovic, Anastassiya Yakimova, Chia Jund Chuang, Court Suzanne Lenglen, Dinara Safina, Fernando Verdasco, Ipek Senmoglu, Maria Sharapova, Nadia Petrova, Phillipe Chartier Center Court, Roland Garros, Sania Mirza, Tamarine Tanasugam, Yanina Wickmayer No Comments »Fernando Moves On!
Posted by Hiland on May 26th, 2009
With a few players yet to be heard from, the game’s biggest names continue to move along in Paris. Rafa, Roger, Andy Murray and Andy Roddick advanced with ease. Number 7, Gilles Simon, rode just enough local support to survive a five set war against the USA’s Wayne Odesnik and the crowds at Roland Garros [...]
French Open 2009 Draw
Posted by Hiland on May 23rd, 2009
That wonderfully unpredictable Grand Slam is upon us. The one where the points go on and on and the games last forever, where tempers and patience wear thin and where the intensity of the competition gets very personal. The French would have it no other way! The Men’s Draw The Men’s Draw for Roland Garros [...]
Game on For Dinara
Posted by Hiland on May 21st, 2009
If ever the time was right for Dinara Safina, this is it. In Paris, the stage is set for the top-ranked female player in the world to break the ice and master a Grand Slam tournament. At 23 years of age and with seven years of professional experience, the husky Russian brunette needs a major [...]
