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Jun/23
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Swiatek Clobbers Coco Again At French Open
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Iga vs Coco was supposed to become a WTA rivalry however the American isn’t holding up her side of the bargain. Once again Gauff got clobbered by the Polish Powerhouse to the tune of 64 62. It was a rematch of the 2022 final. The top seed and defending champion Swiatek is now 7-0 vs […] Continue to read full article...
Asics · Coco Gauff · French Open · Iga Swiatek · on · Roland Garros · Technifibre
Su-Wei Hsieh is playing her first Grand Slam since 2021 US Open after a 17 month hiatus from competition. The former world no. 1 in doubles returned to play in Madrid and is back in winning form at Roland Garros. In doubles with her new partner Xinyu Wang of China, she has won two rounds […] Continue to read full article...
One of the best stories of the 2023 French Open is the reemergence of Kayla Day after six years of struggles. Back in 2016 Day was a teen phenom and the top ranked ITF junior in the world after winning the US Open girls title. At that US Open main draw, as a 16 year […] Continue to read full article...
Babolat · California · Kayla Day · Roland Garros · US Open
Bettina Bunge on the Roland Garros crowd treatment of Taylor Fritz in the Rindernech match yesterday: “Taylor Fritz is a very well brought up young man, he didn’t do ANYTHING to deserve this. Trust me, I lost a similar match vs Sue Barker at Wimbledon, and was reduced to tears, in fact I was wailing, […] Continue to read full article...
Jun/23
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Altmaier KOs Sinner, Sarasota Open Champ Shocks Again At Grand Slam
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There must be something in the air in Sarasota, Florida. For the second year in a row, the Sarasota Open ATP Challenger champion has pulled off a major upset at a Grand Slam. Last year’s champion Daniel Elahi Galan defeated world no. 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas at the US Open in the first round 60 61 […] Continue to read full article...
Daniel Altmaier · Jannik Sinner · Roland Garros · Sarasota Open
May/23
31
Tsitsipas Feels Spirituality On Clay
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It’s a different tennis experience to play on red clay compared to hard court, carpet and grass and world no. 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas describes the process in his own original terms. “It’s a cleansing of the soul,” said the former 2021 Roland Garros finalist and semifinalist. “It’s just like a knife. You let the old […] Continue to read full article...
May/23
30
Greatest Upsets Of French Open History
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Today’s shocking upset by unheralded Thiago Seyboth Wild over no. 2 seed Daniil Medvedev in five sets ranks up there with some other previous giant surprises at Roland Garros… King of Clay Rafael Nadal lost in the fourth round to 23 seed Robin Soderling. Rafa had won four straight French Opens and beat Soderling on […] Continue to read full article...
Gustavo Kuerten · Iva Majoli · Kathy Horvath · Michael Chang · Roland Garros · Serena Williams
May/23
30
Clothing Changes At French Open 2023
Plenty of clothing changes this week at the French Open… Belinda Bencic has joined forces with Asics after a long relationship with Nike. Grigor Dimitrov has also parted ways with Nike and teamed up with Lacoste. Elina Svitolina will no longer wear Nike but now she wears the colorful and creative Paka, a Ukrainian sports […] Continue to read full article...
Zhang Shuai lost her eighth match in a row 61 61 to Magdalena Frech of Poland and suffered a semi-meltdown at the press conference as she couldn’t stop the tears lamenting problems with Chinese tennis federation among other griefs. 34 year old Zhang was seeded 29. Ugo Humbert won his first match ever at Roland […] Continue to read full article...
Elle Mandlik · French Open · Jessica Pegula · Roland Garros · Sebastian Korda · Ugo Humbert · Zhang Shuai
John Isner was fighting for career survival at this French Open. He’s 38 now and ranked 90, which is the lowest he’s been since 2008. Today Isner had a beatable opponent to try to rejuvenate himself back into ATP relevance. Isner faced Nuno Borgues of Portugal today and the two veterans engage in an epic […] Continue to read full article...
Fila · French Open · Georgia · John Isner · Prince racquets · Roland Garros
