TAG: Roland Garros
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Tsitsipas Feels Spirituality On Clay
4 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Articles, Scoop
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...
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Greatest Upsets Of French Open History
2 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Articles, Scoop
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
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
By Scoop Malinowski Truth is stranger than fiction and dreams do come true. There is a special chemistry between Novak Djokovic and Aleks Kovacevic… Tennis is a small universe where just about everybody knows everybody. Novak Djokovic actually met his first round Roland Garros opponent Aleks Kovacevic sixteen years ago in 2007. The former ATP […] Continue to read full article...
Aleks Kovacevic · French Open · Lotto · Novak Djokovic · Roland Garros · Wilson tennis
Stefanos Tsitsipas has decided to dismiss Mark Philippoussis as his co-coach heading into Roland Garros. Team Tsip might consider a few different options in the coming days to assist the 2023 Australian Open finalist at this year’s Roland Garros – Boris Becker… Sergi Bruguera, Jim Courier, or Albert Costa. Did you see the Michael Ymer […] Continue to read full article...
Arthur Fils · Lucas Pouille · Michael Ymer · Roland Garros · Su-wei Hsieh
The tennis calendar is interesting because it starts off with a bang, and then enters into a bit of a quiet period. The Australian Open commenced the 2023 tennis season, and saw Novak Djokovic win the title on the men’s side, and Aryna Sabalenka win in the women’s draw. After that, it is four long […] Continue to read full article...
Carlos Alcaraz · French Open · Holger Rune · Jessica Pegula · Rafael Nadal · Roland Garros
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Has Rune Solves The Djokovic Puzzle?
4 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Articles, Scoop
By Scoop Malinowski Everybody remembers when Holger Rune first emerged in the tennis universe as a force to be reckoned with. The Danish teenager’s astounding debut on the world stage happened at the US Open on Ashe Stadium, the night match showdown vs Novak Djokovic. The teenager Rune, 18 at the time, lost the first […] Continue to read full article...
ATP · Babolat · Denmark · Holger Rune · Nike · Roland Garros
Monica Seles may have been the greatest female tennis player of all time. Her eight Grand Slams as a teenager is an untouchable record that could have added one, two or even three to the total as she missed he last three major tournaments as a teen due to being stabbed on court in Hamburg, […] Continue to read full article...
Facing Monica Seles · Monica · Monica Seles · Roland Garros · Yonex
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Roland Garros Rivalries: When the World’s Best Collide on the Parisian Clay
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The clay courts in Paris are where the world’s best tennis players will come together for one of the year’s most highly anticipated events — Roland Garros (also known as The French Open). Unlike the other grand slam tournaments, the playing surface presents an extremely stiff challenge for those looking to add a major title […] Continue to read full article...
French Open · Monica Seles · Novak Djokovic · Rafael Nadal · Roland Garros · Steffi Graf
