On May 25, 2011 French Open Champion Rafael Nadal announced the 2012 women’s singles draw for this year’s event. As expected, Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova are the respective number one and two seeds, only potentially meeting each other in the finals. Azarenka should be pleased with her draw. Her first potential challenge comes in…
Of the 18 American players to compete in the 2012 French Open Qualifying Tournament, three players earned a position in the main draw. On the men’s side, Florida resident Jesse Levine secured a spot in his first French Open, defeating France’s Marc Gicquel, 6-2, 6-4 in the third and final round. Jesse will face Benjamin…
France’s Gael Monfils has pulled out of the 2012 French Open due to a right knee injury, an injury he sustained when he lost to American Brian Baker in the second-round of the Open de Nice this past Wednesday. Doctors say it will take Monfils, currently ranked 13th in the world, approximately three weeks to…
Unfortunately, the second round of the French Open Qualifiers did not bode well for Americans in the draw. Of the 11 men and women to move on to the second round, only four remain in contention. Tomorrow, those four players will compete in Day Three of the qualifying tournament, and if successful, will have in…
UNIQLO has announced that it has appointed world number one-ranked Novak Djokovic of Serbia as its global brand ambassador. The five-year partnership will see Djokovic promoting the UNIQLO brand and UNIQLO clothing worldwide. The partnership will also include collaboration on future product lines, as well as co-developing the ultimate UNIQLO functional wear. A preview of the…
This year’s U.S. Open will be the last for former world number one-ranked Kim Clijsters of Belgium. Clijsters has announced that she plans on retiring after the event. She initially retired in 2007 due to a hip injury, but returned in 2009 to win her second U.S. Open title that year. Earlier this year, Clijsters had already…
As the world of professional tennis awaits the start of the 2012 French Open, the qualifying tournament takes place in the day’s preceding. Players whose ranking fall just outside the top tier will compete for a chance to play in the main draw beginning Sunday, May 27. The qualifying tournament provides an opportunity for American young…
Tenth-ranked Mardy Fish and women’s 16th-ranked Andrea Petkovic are among several players who pulled out of the upcoming French Open. Fish, the top-seeded American, has not played a match for more than a month due to an injury. He will be replaced by Canada’s Frank Dancevic. Petkovic has been forced out due to an ankle problem…
Spain’s Rafael Nadal has won his record sixth Italian Open, defeating Novak Djokovic 7-5, 6-3 in a rain-delayed final, regaining the world’s number two ranking in the process. It was a re-match of the 2011 Italian Open finals, where Djokovic was hoping to defend his title. Nadal has now won two straight finals against Djokovic…
The 2012 French Open, the year’s second Grand Slam event, will take place May 27-June 10 at the famed clay courts of Roland Garros. The event was first played in 1891 as a French national tournament on grass. The surface would be changed to red clay in 1912. The first French Open, then called the…