Posts Tagged ‘ French Open ’

Maria Slamapova

June 13, 2012
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By winning the French Open, Maria Sharapova added the Roland Garros title to her Wimbledon, Australian and US crowns, thus completing the Career Grand Slam, and in doing so becoming a member of one of the most exclusive clubs in women’s sport. In the open era, only Margaret Court, Billie Jean King, Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf, Serena Williams and now Maria Sharapova have won all four major Championships. The first six are widely regarded as the best female players of all time, corroborated by...

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Upset Alert: No Upsets Likely

June 4, 2012
Upset Alert: No Upsets Likely

Rafael Nadal very nearly got an unexpected Birthday present, as his only two legitimate challengers in his way to an unprecedented seventh French Open Men’s Singles title, teased the Spaniard by pretending they were going to crash out of Roland Garros before the start of the second week. As World Number One Novak Djokovic began his fight back from two-sets-to-one down against Andreas Seppi, Roger Federer went a set, and very nearly two sets as he stared at break points late in the second,...

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