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Archive for the ‘French Open’ Category

May 29th, 2008

French Open Highlights: Third Round Style

So many amazing things happened today at the French Open I don’t know where to start. Okay, for some of the players, it wasn’t so amazing, but I’m a spectator and a blogger for a reason…to not care about how the players who lost felt except for when it’s convenient for me to feel for […]

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May 28th, 2008

Djokovic, Murray Through to Third Round

I love the two weeks at all four of the Grand Slams. They are generally the best eight weeks out of the year, but there is just so darn much going on it’s hard to keep on top of it!
Novak Djokovic is through to the third round after demolishing Miguel Angel Lopez Jaen in straight […]

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May 28th, 2008

Sharapova Struggles in First Round

The new world number one Maria Sharapova wasn’t playing like it in the first round of the French Open. After rain delays, Sharapova finally got on the court Wednesday and barely made it through Evgeniya Rodina with a 6-1, 3-6, 8-6 three-set match.
Sharapova committed 17 double faults and put only 64 percent of her first […]

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May 27th, 2008

Rain Wreaks Havoc in Paris

The first round at Roland Garros has been disrupted by rain for the past three days. I keep hopping online when I get home from work in anticipation of big winners and unexpected losers. With all the rain delays, the tennis action in Paris hasn’t even gotten out of the first round yet.
Three-time defending champion […]

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May 25th, 2008

Opening Day of French Open

And it’s under way! The French Open has officially kicked off and I couldn’t be more excited…until Wimbledon comes up anyway.
Quick recap of what happened today. On the men’s side, Novak Djokovic worked his way through Denis Gremelmayr in four sets. Novak lost the first set but rallied to win the next three. Gremelmayr is […]

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May 23rd, 2008

Draws out for French Open

The pairings are out for the French Open, and there are going to be some interesting first-round matches.
Perhaps one of the most intriguing is Roger Federer’s match-up with Sam Querrey. Querrey had some big results earlier this season on clay; what can he do against the world number one? Lleyton Hewitt has Nicholas Mahut in […]

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