On Saturday, Russian Maria Sharapova completed her career Grand Slam with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Italy’s Sara Errani. Sharapova won in Wimbledon in 2004, the U.S. Open in 2006 and the Australian Open in 2008, and four years later, the 2012 French Open women’s singles title. She is only the 10th woman to attain…
John Isner relishes the notion of serving for an Olympic Gold Medal against a woman, and it could happen at the 2012 London Games. Mixed-doubles is back and the 6-foot 9-inch Isner is ready to play. His only previous mixed-doubles experience came in the Hopman Cup where he remembers facing Justine Henin in the final, a…
For the third straight time in a Grand Slam final, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal will meet on Sunday in the finals of the 2012 French Open. On Friday, Djokovic defeated world number three-ranked Roger Federer 6-4, 7-5, 6-3 in Paris to set up his historic encounter with the world number two-ranked Nadal, where either Nadal will…
Seeded second, despite winning six titles at the French Open, Rafael Nadal once again proved to have too much power and drive for his close friend, David Ferrer, who was bidding to reach a Grand Slam final for the first time in what was his 37th campaign. Nadal was victorious on Friday at Roland Garros,…
On Thursday afternoon at the 2012 French Open, world number two-ranked Maria Sharapova of Russia defeated fourth-ranked Petra Kvitova, 6-3, 6-3 in the semifinals. Sharapova will play in her first French Open Final and has reclaimed the top spot atop the WTA Rankings in the process, and is one win away from a career Grand…
The last time Novak Djokovic lost at a Grand Slam tournament was a year ago at the French Open semifinals. It was there that Roger Federer ended Djokovic’s 43-match winning streak to advance to the finals. In the 2010 French Open semifinals, Federer won in the fourth set with his 18th ace of the match. The…
The men’s and women’s quarterfinal matches were completed today on Day 11 of the 2012 French Open as the field was further narrowed and the semifinals on each side of the draw began to take shape. World number four-ranked Andy Murray tried to secure his spot in the semifinals along with the other top seeds…
At the 2012 French Open, second-seeded Rafael Nadal defeated fellow Spaniard, the number 12 seed Nicolas Almagro, 7-6(4), 6-2, 6-3 on Wednesday to claim a spot in the semifinals. Nadal is now two wins away from a record seventh title on the red clay of Paris. With his win over Almagro, Nadal increases his lifetime…
Second-seeded Russian Maria Sharapova, a French Open semifinalist in 2007 and 2011, defeated Estonia’s Kaia Kanepi 6-2, 6-3 on Wednesday to advance to the semifinals of the 2012 French Open. Awaiting Sharapova in the seims is the number four seed, Petra Kvitova from the Czech Republic, a 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 winner over Kazakh qualifier Yaroslava…
In its sixth year of televising the French Open, Tennis Channel has seen record ratings during its first week of coverage at Roland Garros. From the period of Sunday, May 27-Saturday, June 2, the network’s live match coverage averaged a 0.61 rating according to Nielsen Media Research, or 319,738 homes, up 17 percent from 2011’s…