Believe it or not, Federer used a Secret Mind Strategy Federer used to come back and win which you can find here. Read the program I mentionned before, and then see the match again. Secret: look his eyes.
lundi 1 juin 2009
Why Did Federer beat Haas in the Roland-Garros?
Haas was sailing towards an easy win when something happened...
Other than the mental strategy he used here, Roger Federer won squarely and fairly because he's a technical genius.
Nobody can deny it, and if you want to become a technical genius it doesn't take much except practice and knowledge. However, no matter how much you practice you will never become good if you don't know what techniques to use:
I recommend Roger Federer's Training Techniques and Style!
You choose, waste time or become good right away.
Other than the mental strategy he used here, Roger Federer won squarely and fairly because he's a technical genius.
Nobody can deny it, and if you want to become a technical genius it doesn't take much except practice and knowledge. However, no matter how much you practice you will never become good if you don't know what techniques to use:
I recommend Roger Federer's Training Techniques and Style!
You choose, waste time or become good right away.
Federer's time has come to WIN
Federer will win the 2009 French Open. Le Roland-Garros est à lui!
Read why here
And he will also win Wimbledon 2009, because he has the best technique in the world.
Read why here
And he will also win Wimbledon 2009, because he has the best technique in the world.
Day eight (8) - French Open 2009 Men's Singles 4th Round Results
Court Philippe Chatrier
Rafael Nadal ESP (1) - Robin Soderling SWE (23): 2-6, 7-6, 4-6, 6-7
Court Philippe Chatrier
Fernando Gonzalez CHI (12) - Victor Hanescu ROU (30): 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
Court Suzanne Lenglen
Nikolay Davydenko RUS (10) - Fernando Verdasco ESP (8): 6-2, 6-2, 6-4
Court Suzanne Lenglen
Andy Murray GBR (3) - Marin Cilic CRO (13): 7-5, 7-6, 6-1
Rafael Nadal ESP (1) - Robin Soderling SWE (23): 2-6, 7-6, 4-6, 6-7
Court Philippe Chatrier
Fernando Gonzalez CHI (12) - Victor Hanescu ROU (30): 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
Court Suzanne Lenglen
Nikolay Davydenko RUS (10) - Fernando Verdasco ESP (8): 6-2, 6-2, 6-4
Court Suzanne Lenglen
Andy Murray GBR (3) - Marin Cilic CRO (13): 7-5, 7-6, 6-1
dimanche 31 mai 2009
Nadal - Soderling Controversy
Was Nadal cheated? At least he was mentally broken against Robin Soderling. Here's why:
Read on more about the secret...
Read on more about the secret...
Rafael NADAL LOST - FRENCH OPEN 2009 RESULTS
FEDERER'S YEAR?
Rafael Nadal the King of Roland-Garros Lost to Robert Soderling 6-2, 6-7, 6-4, 7-6.
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Rafael Nadal the King of Roland-Garros Lost to Robert Soderling 6-2, 6-7, 6-4, 7-6.
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THE SHOCKER: Nadal LOSES IN 4TH ROUND
Rafael Nadal's domination at the French Open was finally broken as the claycourt king shockingly surrendered 2-6, 7-6 (2), 4-6, 6-7 (2) to a 25th-ranked Swedish Robin Soderling on a bad Sunday for champions.
Soderling, hardly known out of tennis circle before the match, now put his name on everyone's lips after he completed a mission impossible by handing four-time winner Nadal his first-ever defeat at Roland Garros.
For a while, Nadal looked fighting back from one set down when he won a tiebreaker in the second set. While many thought the 22-year-old Spaniard could still roll on to a record fifth straight title in, Soderling refused to let it happen.
As his attempt at an angled volley looped wide in the second tiebreaker of the match, Nadal was finally brought down on his favorite surface on which he has piled up 150 wins against six losses including the most vicious one.
"I lost. That's what I can say," said Nadal, "I played very short and I made him very easy to play at this level. When a player plays bad, he must lose."
"This is not a tragedy, losing here in Paris. It had to happen one day. I have to accept it with the same calm when I lose as when I win," he added.
Also on clay, Nadal had overwhelmed Soderling, 6-1, 6-0, earlier this season in the Round of 16 in Rome, but he insisted he was not surprised by his opponent's powerful performance this time.
"He didn't surprised me, because I know how he play, how dangerous he can be." he said.
"So it was my fault. Sure, he did very well. But I didn't play my tennis and for that reason I lost." he added.
Soderling tried to stay cool as he braced himself for "the biggest moment so far" of his career.
"I'm very, very happy. I couldn't even dream of this before the match, so I will remember this match for the rest of my life. But I also want to try to concentrate on the next matches, so I don't want to feel too happy.
"I kept telling myself, this is just another match. I don't care if it's the fourth round in French Open against Nadal. This is just like any other match. That helped me." he added.
Taken from: www.chinaview.cn 2009-06-01 10:08:14
Soderling, hardly known out of tennis circle before the match, now put his name on everyone's lips after he completed a mission impossible by handing four-time winner Nadal his first-ever defeat at Roland Garros.
For a while, Nadal looked fighting back from one set down when he won a tiebreaker in the second set. While many thought the 22-year-old Spaniard could still roll on to a record fifth straight title in, Soderling refused to let it happen.
As his attempt at an angled volley looped wide in the second tiebreaker of the match, Nadal was finally brought down on his favorite surface on which he has piled up 150 wins against six losses including the most vicious one.
"I lost. That's what I can say," said Nadal, "I played very short and I made him very easy to play at this level. When a player plays bad, he must lose."
"This is not a tragedy, losing here in Paris. It had to happen one day. I have to accept it with the same calm when I lose as when I win," he added.
Also on clay, Nadal had overwhelmed Soderling, 6-1, 6-0, earlier this season in the Round of 16 in Rome, but he insisted he was not surprised by his opponent's powerful performance this time.
"He didn't surprised me, because I know how he play, how dangerous he can be." he said.
"So it was my fault. Sure, he did very well. But I didn't play my tennis and for that reason I lost." he added.
Soderling tried to stay cool as he braced himself for "the biggest moment so far" of his career.
"I'm very, very happy. I couldn't even dream of this before the match, so I will remember this match for the rest of my life. But I also want to try to concentrate on the next matches, so I don't want to feel too happy.
"I kept telling myself, this is just another match. I don't care if it's the fourth round in French Open against Nadal. This is just like any other match. That helped me." he added.
Taken from: www.chinaview.cn 2009-06-01 10:08:14
Day seven (7) - French Open 2009 Men's Singles 3rd Round Results
2009 French Open Results
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Court Philippe Chatrier
Christophe Rochus BEL - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga FRA (9): 2-6, 2-6, 2-6
Court Philippe Chatrier
Paul-Henri Mathieu FRA (32) - Roger Federer SUI (2): 6-4, 1-6, 4-6, 4-6
Court Suzanne Lenglen
Andy Roddick USA (6) - Marc Gicquel FRA: 6-1, 6-4, 6-4
Court Suzanne Lenglen
Jurgen Melzer AUT (24) - Gael Monfils FRA (11): 2-6, 6-4, 3-6, 1-6
Court 1
Philipp Kohlschreiber GER (29) - Novak Djokovic SRB (4): 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
Court 1
Tommy Haas GER - Jeremy Chardy FRA: 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
Court 2
Juan Martin Del Potro ARG (5) - Igor Andreev RUS (25): 6-4, 7-5, 6-4
Court 7
Tommy Robredo ESP (16) - Maximo Gonzalez ARG: 4-6, 7-5, 6-1, 6-0
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Court Philippe Chatrier
Christophe Rochus BEL - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga FRA (9): 2-6, 2-6, 2-6
Court Philippe Chatrier
Paul-Henri Mathieu FRA (32) - Roger Federer SUI (2): 6-4, 1-6, 4-6, 4-6
Court Suzanne Lenglen
Andy Roddick USA (6) - Marc Gicquel FRA: 6-1, 6-4, 6-4
Court Suzanne Lenglen
Jurgen Melzer AUT (24) - Gael Monfils FRA (11): 2-6, 6-4, 3-6, 1-6
Court 1
Philipp Kohlschreiber GER (29) - Novak Djokovic SRB (4): 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
Court 1
Tommy Haas GER - Jeremy Chardy FRA: 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
Court 2
Juan Martin Del Potro ARG (5) - Igor Andreev RUS (25): 6-4, 7-5, 6-4
Court 7
Tommy Robredo ESP (16) - Maximo Gonzalez ARG: 4-6, 7-5, 6-1, 6-0
samedi 30 mai 2009
DAY SIX (6) Women's singles 3rd round results - Tennis French Open 2009
2009 French Open Results
Résultats du Roland-Garros 2009
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Court Philippe Chatrier
Aravane Rezai FRA - Michelle Larcher De Brito POR: 7-6, 6-2
Maria Sharapova RUS - Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ: 1-6, 6-3, 6-4
Iveta Benesova CZE (32) - Ana Ivanovic SRB (8): 0-6, 2-6
Venus Williams USA (3) - Agnes Szavay HUN (29): 0-6, 4-6
Dinara Safina RUS (1) - Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS (27): 6-2, 6-0
Dominika Cibulkova SVK (20) - Gisela Dulko ARG: 6-4, 6-2
Na Li CHN (25) - Olga Govortsova BLR: 7-5, 6-1
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2009 French Open Results
Résultats du Roland-Garros 2009
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Court Philippe Chatrier
Rafael Nadal ESP (1) - Lleyton Hewitt AUS: 6-1, 6-3, 6-1
Fernando Gonzalez CHI (12) - Josselin Ouanna FRA: 7-5, 6-3, 7-5
Sergiy Stakhovsky UKR - Novak Djokovic SRB (4): 3-6 ,4-6, 1-6 (a game from the second round)
Andy Murray GBR (3) - Janko Tipsarevic SRB: 7-6, 6-3, retired
Victor Hanescu ROU (30) - Gilles Simon FRA (7): 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
Robin Soderling SWE (23) - David Ferrer ESP (14): 6-7, 7-5, 6-2, 7-6
Nicolas Almagro ESP (31) - Fernando Verdasco ESP (8): 2-6, 6-7, 6-7
Radek Stepanek CZE (18) - Marin Cilic CRO (13): 1-6, 6-7, 3-6
Nikolay Davydenko RUS (10) - Stanislas Wawrinka SUI (17): 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
Philipp Kohlschreiber GER (29) - Juan Carlos Ferrero ESP: 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, 6-7, 6-3
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DAY FIVE (5) Women's singles 2nd round results - Tennis French Open 2009
2009 French Open Results
Résultats du Roland-Garros 2009
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Court Philippe Chatrier
Court Philippe Chatrier
Virginia Ruano Pascual ESP - Serena Williams USA (2): 2-6, 0-6
Court Suzanne Lenglen
Venus Williams USA (3) - Lucie Safarova CZE: 6-7, 6-2, 7-5
Court Suzanne Lenglen
Jelena Jankovic SRB (5) - Magdalena Rybarikova SVK: 6-1, 6-2
Court Suzanne Lenglen
Alize Cornet FRA (21) - Sorana Cirstea ROU: 3-6, 2-6
Court 1
Virginie Razzano FRA - A. Medina Garrigues ESP (18): 6-2, 6-2
Court 1
Jelena Dokic AUS - Elena Dementieva RUS (4): 6-2, 3-4 retired
Court 2
Jill Craybas USA - Caroline Wozniacki DEN (10): 1-6, 4-6
Court 2
Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS (7) - Galina Voskoboeva KAZ: 6-0, 6-2
Court 3
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ESP - Viktoriya Kutuzova UKR: 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
Court 4
Jarmila Groth AUS - Mariana Duque Marino COL: 6-2, 7-6
Court 6
Samantha Stosur AUS (30) - Yanina Wickmayer BEL: 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
Court 7
Mariya Koryttseva UKR - Agnieszka Radwanska POL (12): 1-6, 4-6
Court 7
Alexa Glatch USA - Lourdes Dominguez Lino ESP: 6-7, 5-7
Court 17
Melinda Czink HUN - Sybille Bammer AUT (28): 4-6, 6-3, 10-8
Court 17
Kateryna Bondarenko UKR - Olivia Rogowska AUS: 4-6, 7-5, 7-5
Court 17
Petra Martic CRO - Aleksandra Wozniak CAN (24): 3-6, 3-6
DAY FIVE (5) Men's singles 2nd round results French Open 2009
Day 5 - Men's Singles 2nd Round Results
Court Philippe Chatrier
Court Philippe Chatrier
Jose Acasuso ARG - Roger Federer SUI (2): 6-7, 7-5, 6-7, 2-6
Court Suzanne Lenglen
Juan Monaco ARG - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga FRA (9): 5-7, 6-2, 1-6, 6-7
Court 1
Nikolay Davydenko RUS (10) - Diego Junqueira ARG: 4-6, 6-3, 6-0, 6-2
Court 1
Jeremy Chardy FRA - Simone Bolelli ITA: 6-2, 6-3, 4-6, 4-6, 6-1
Court 1
Paul-Henri Mathieu FRA (32) - Pablo Andujar ESP: 6-2, 6-3, 6-4
Court 2
Arnaud Clement FRA - Christophe Rochus BEL: 1-6, 5-7, 6-4, 3-6
Court 2
Andy Roddick USA (6) - Ivo Minar CZE: 6-2, 6-2, 7-6
Court 3
Tommy Robredo ESP (16) - Daniel Gimeno-Traver ESP: 6-4, 6-4, 6-3
Court 3
Jurgen Melzer AUT (24) - Guillaume Rufin FRA: 6-2, 7-5, 6-4
Court 5
Martin Vassallo Arguello ARG - Igor Andreev RUS (25): 6-1, 5-7, 7-5, 3-6, 4-6
Court 6
Andreas Seppi ITA - Maximo Gonzalez ARG: 6-7, 3-6, 3-6
Court 6
Leonardo Mayer ARG - Tommy Haas GER: 3-6, 6-7, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6
Court 7
Juan Martin Del Potro ARG (5) - Viktor Troicki SRB: 6-3, 7-5, 6-0
Court 7
Andreas Beck GER - Marc Gicquel FRA: 4-6, 7-6, 6-7, 5-7
mardi 26 mai 2009
First Round Men's and Women's singles - Tennis French Open 2009
2009 French Open Results
First Round
[4] N Djokovic (SRB) N Lapentti (ECU) 63 31 ret.
[5] J Del Potro (ARG) d M Llodra (FRA) 63 63 61
[9] J Tsonga (FRA) d J Benneteau (FRA) 64 36 63 64
[11] G Monfils (FRA) d B Reynolds (USA) 62 63 61
[Q] L Mayer (ARG) d [15] J Blake (USA) 76(6) 75 62
[16] T Robredo (ESP) d [WC] A Mannarino (FRA) 62 61 62
M Gonzalez (ARG) d [22] M Fish (USA) 63 16 64 76(4)
M Gicquel (FRA) d [27] R Schuettler (GER) 60 60 64
[29] P Kohlschreiber (GER) d [WC] B Tomic (AUS) 61 62 62
[Q] V Crivoi (ROU) d [Q] S Greul (GER) 61 76(1) 62
A Beck (GER) d I Navarro (ESP) 76(9) 64 61
V Troicki (SRB) d [Q] L Kubot (POL) 36 63 64 67(4) 63
D Gimeno-Traver (ESP) d E Korolev (RUS) 64 ret.
[Q] S Stakhovsky (UKR) d B Dabul (ARG) 46 75 76(2) 63
J Monaco (ARG) d M Baghdatis (CYP) 63 62 64
A Seppi (ITA) d G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 63 63 61
J Ferrero (ESP) d I Ljubicic (CRO) 26 64 64 36 63
T Haas (GER) d A Pavel (ROU) 61 64 64
[21] D Tursunov (RUS) vs A Clement (FRA) 36 63 - to finish Wednesday
C Rochus (BEL) vs F Santoro (FRA) 63 61 36 53 - to finish Wednesday
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First Round
(2) Serena Williams (USA) d. Klara Zakopalova (CZE) 63 67(5) 64
(4) Elena Dementieva (RUS) d. (Q) Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) 64 63
(5) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. Petra Cetkovska (CZE) 62 63
(7) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) d. (WC) Claire Feuerstein (FRA) 61 64
(10) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) d. Vera Dushevina (RUS) 46 75 61
(18) Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) d. Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 62 57 60
(24) Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) d. Monica Niculescu (ROU) 64 46 63
(28) Sybille Bammer (AUT) d. Nathalie Dechy (FRA) 63 76(1)
(30) Samantha Stosur (AUS) d. Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 64 62
Maria Jos? Martinez Sanchez (ESP) d. (31) Peng Shuai (CHN) 16 62 64
Virginie Razzano (FRA) d. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 63 63
Sorana Cirstea (ROU) d. (Q) Carly Gullickson (USA) 64 62
Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) d. (WC) Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 61 26 86
Melinda Czink (HUN) d. (Q) Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) 36 64 61
Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) d. Urszula Radwanska (POL) 46 63 60
Jelena Dokic (AUS) d. Karolina Sprem (CRO) 36 61 62
Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) d. Sania Mirza (IND) 64 76(3)
Viktoriya Kutuzova (UKR) d. (Q) Zuzana Ondraskova (CZE) 62 64
Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) d. Nicole Vaidisova (CZE) 64 63
(Q) Petra Martic (CRO) d. Mara Santangelo (ITA) 64 62
Suspended due to darkness
(21) Alize Cornet (FRA) leads Maret Ani (EST) 64 44
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
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First Round
[4] N Djokovic (SRB) N Lapentti (ECU) 63 31 ret.
[5] J Del Potro (ARG) d M Llodra (FRA) 63 63 61
[9] J Tsonga (FRA) d J Benneteau (FRA) 64 36 63 64
[11] G Monfils (FRA) d B Reynolds (USA) 62 63 61
[Q] L Mayer (ARG) d [15] J Blake (USA) 76(6) 75 62
[16] T Robredo (ESP) d [WC] A Mannarino (FRA) 62 61 62
M Gonzalez (ARG) d [22] M Fish (USA) 63 16 64 76(4)
M Gicquel (FRA) d [27] R Schuettler (GER) 60 60 64
[29] P Kohlschreiber (GER) d [WC] B Tomic (AUS) 61 62 62
[Q] V Crivoi (ROU) d [Q] S Greul (GER) 61 76(1) 62
A Beck (GER) d I Navarro (ESP) 76(9) 64 61
V Troicki (SRB) d [Q] L Kubot (POL) 36 63 64 67(4) 63
D Gimeno-Traver (ESP) d E Korolev (RUS) 64 ret.
[Q] S Stakhovsky (UKR) d B Dabul (ARG) 46 75 76(2) 63
J Monaco (ARG) d M Baghdatis (CYP) 63 62 64
A Seppi (ITA) d G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 63 63 61
J Ferrero (ESP) d I Ljubicic (CRO) 26 64 64 36 63
T Haas (GER) d A Pavel (ROU) 61 64 64
[21] D Tursunov (RUS) vs A Clement (FRA) 36 63 - to finish Wednesday
C Rochus (BEL) vs F Santoro (FRA) 63 61 36 53 - to finish Wednesday
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First Round
(2) Serena Williams (USA) d. Klara Zakopalova (CZE) 63 67(5) 64
(4) Elena Dementieva (RUS) d. (Q) Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) 64 63
(5) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. Petra Cetkovska (CZE) 62 63
(7) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) d. (WC) Claire Feuerstein (FRA) 61 64
(10) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) d. Vera Dushevina (RUS) 46 75 61
(18) Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) d. Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 62 57 60
(24) Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) d. Monica Niculescu (ROU) 64 46 63
(28) Sybille Bammer (AUT) d. Nathalie Dechy (FRA) 63 76(1)
(30) Samantha Stosur (AUS) d. Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 64 62
Maria Jos? Martinez Sanchez (ESP) d. (31) Peng Shuai (CHN) 16 62 64
Virginie Razzano (FRA) d. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 63 63
Sorana Cirstea (ROU) d. (Q) Carly Gullickson (USA) 64 62
Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) d. (WC) Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 61 26 86
Melinda Czink (HUN) d. (Q) Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) 36 64 61
Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) d. Urszula Radwanska (POL) 46 63 60
Jelena Dokic (AUS) d. Karolina Sprem (CRO) 36 61 62
Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) d. Sania Mirza (IND) 64 76(3)
Viktoriya Kutuzova (UKR) d. (Q) Zuzana Ondraskova (CZE) 62 64
Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) d. Nicole Vaidisova (CZE) 64 63
(Q) Petra Martic (CRO) d. Mara Santangelo (ITA) 64 62
Suspended due to darkness
(21) Alize Cornet (FRA) leads Maret Ani (EST) 64 44
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
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lundi 25 mai 2009
What is the Roland-Garros?
The French Open (French: Les Internationaux de France de Roland Garros or Tournoi de Roland-Garros) is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks between mid-May and early June in Paris, France, at the Stade Roland Garros. It is the second of the Grand Slam tournaments on the annual tennis calendar and the premier clay court tennis tournament in the world. It is one of the most prestigious events in tennis,and it has the widest worldwide broadcasting and audience of all regular events in this sport.Because of the slow playing surface and the five-set men's singles matches without a tiebreak in the final set, the event is widely considered to be the most physically demanding tennis tournament in the world.
Officially named in French the Les Internationaux de France de Roland Garros or Tournoi de Roland-Garros (the "French Internationals of Roland Garros" or "Roland Garros Tournament" in English), the tournament is often referred to as the "French Open" and sometimes simply as "Roland Garros".
The event began as a national tournament in 1891 as the Championat de France International de Tennis. The first women's tournament was held in 1897. In 1912, the French tournament was held with a different surface (at the time all tennis played was lawn tennis), a red clay ("terre battue"), made up from the crushed wastes of red brick. The tournament was open only to tennis players who were licensed in France through 1924.
In 1925, the French Championships opened itself to international competitors with the event held on a grass surface alternately between the Racing Club de France and the Stade Francais.After the Mousquetaires or Philadelphia Four (René Lacoste, Jean Borotra, Henri Cochet, and Jacques Brugnon) won the Davis Cup on American soil in 1927, the French decided to defend the cup in 1928 at a new tennis stadium at Porte d’Auteuil. The Stade de France had offered the tennis authorities three hectares of land with the condition that the new stadium must be named after the World War I pilot, Roland Garros. The new Stade de Roland Garros, and its Center Court, which was named Court Philippe Chatrier in 1988, hosted that Davis Cup challenge.
Suzanne Lenglen Court at Roland Garros.
From 1945 through 1947, the French Championships were held after Wimbledon, making it the third Grand Slam event of the year.
In 1968, the French Championships became the first Grand Slam tournament to go open, allowing both amateurs and professionals to compete.
Since 1981, new prizes have been presented Prix Orange (the most fair-play and the most press friendly player), Prix Citron (the player with the strongest character, personality) and Prix Bourgeon (the tennis player revelation of the year).
Another novelty, since 2006 the tournament has begun on a Sunday, featuring 12 singles matches played on the three main courts.
Additionally, on the eve of the tournament's opening, the traditional Benny Berthet exhibition day takes place, where the profits go to different charity associations.
In March 2007, it was announced that the event will provide equal prize money for both men and women in all rounds for the first time ever.
Rafael Nadal has won the tournament 4 times and is attempting this year at the French Open to win a fifth time.
Taken from Wikipedia: en.wikipedia. org/wiki/French_Open
dimanche 24 mai 2009
Roland-Garros Results: Ivo Karlovic Loses to Hewitt
23 may 2009
It was a frustrating but yet rewarding match for Lleyton Hewitt today. Even with 55 aces did Karlovic lose to the Australian 6-7 (1), 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4), 6-4, 6-3.
Even if he was defeated, he set a new ATP record for the number of aces in a Roland-Garros tournament.
The previous record was helf by Joachim Johansson with 51 and the old record for the French Open 2009 was 37 by the American Andy Roddick.
Joachim Johansson. L'ancien record des Internationaux de France était de 37. Il avait été établi par Andy Roddick.
More reports on the French Open 2009 to come.
It was a frustrating but yet rewarding match for Lleyton Hewitt today. Even with 55 aces did Karlovic lose to the Australian 6-7 (1), 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4), 6-4, 6-3.
Even if he was defeated, he set a new ATP record for the number of aces in a Roland-Garros tournament.
The previous record was helf by Joachim Johansson with 51 and the old record for the French Open 2009 was 37 by the American Andy Roddick.
Joachim Johansson. L'ancien record des Internationaux de France était de 37. Il avait été établi par Andy Roddick.
More reports on the French Open 2009 to come.
jeudi 21 mai 2009
Why is Rafael Nadal so good in Tennis?
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH TOP TENNIS PROFESSIONNALS.
Who will beat the guy? You feel he would beat a wall...
Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu thinks Nadal will only come back stronger for the Rolan Garros. He's going to be a mad bee. And this time the balls won't fly as fast as in Madrid
Andy Murray told "He's the best on clay court in the World, maybe even of all time!"
Three times loser to Rafael Nadal Novak Djokovic Told: "Playing against Nadal on Clay Court is the ultimate challenge.His physical and mental strenght. You're always asking yourself how you're going to play him."
Murray adds: "It's very demanding to play a 3 hours match against him. You have to play safely against him and take some chances when possible. That's why he never lost this Grand Chelem. Beating him in 3 sets is only possible from 2 or 3 good players, and that would mean he's in a bad day and they are in a VERY good day."
Finally, Djokovic adds: "He never gives up one single point. Whether is 5-5 of he's losing 1-5, he plays the same... to win. He just doesn't care about the score."
Hope you now understand better Nadal's mentality and how hard it must be to play him.
From: F-P Agency
Who will beat the guy? You feel he would beat a wall...
Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu thinks Nadal will only come back stronger for the Rolan Garros. He's going to be a mad bee. And this time the balls won't fly as fast as in Madrid
Andy Murray told "He's the best on clay court in the World, maybe even of all time!"
Three times loser to Rafael Nadal Novak Djokovic Told: "Playing against Nadal on Clay Court is the ultimate challenge.His physical and mental strenght. You're always asking yourself how you're going to play him."
Murray adds: "It's very demanding to play a 3 hours match against him. You have to play safely against him and take some chances when possible. That's why he never lost this Grand Chelem. Beating him in 3 sets is only possible from 2 or 3 good players, and that would mean he's in a bad day and they are in a VERY good day."
Finally, Djokovic adds: "He never gives up one single point. Whether is 5-5 of he's losing 1-5, he plays the same... to win. He just doesn't care about the score."
Hope you now understand better Nadal's mentality and how hard it must be to play him.
From: F-P Agency
Who will win 2009 Wimbledon?
Tennis Players all around the world,
please bet on your winner:
Here are the favourites for Winning the 2009 Wimbledon Open
The Horse (Nadal)
The Train (Federer)
The Joker (Djokovic)
The RedHead (Murray)
Somebody else?
What do you think?
please bet on your winner:
Here are the favourites for Winning the 2009 Wimbledon Open
The Horse (Nadal)
The Train (Federer)
The Joker (Djokovic)
The RedHead (Murray)
Somebody else?
What do you think?
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