Madrid: Spain's Juan Carlos Ferrero, a former world number one who won the French Open in 2003 but whose career has been hampered by injuries, will retire after playing at his home event next month, he said on Wednesday. "The Valencia Open 500 will be my final tournament, in the best possible scenario," Ferrero told a news conference presenting the ATP event. "This season injuries have prevented me from playing...
08:55 PM, Sep 12, 2012
Paris: Shiv Kapur ran into rough weather early in the final round to return a card of 73 and finish tied 23rd in the Alstom Open de France Golf tournament near here on Monday. Kapur's tied 23rd finish was rather disappointing after having been in the top 15 for the middle two rounds. Jeev Milkha Singh had a roller-coaster of a round with one birdie, one eagle, two bogeys and...
12:55 AM, Jul 09, 2012
Paris: Rafael Nadal has admitted that there were a few butterflies in his stomach during his record seventh French Open win which was played out across two days due to persistent rain interruptions. Nadal's 6-4, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 win over the No. 1-ranked Novak Djokovic came on Monday after play ended the day before with the Serbian in control, and he admitted he had been very nervous. "I wasn't ready...
12:43 PM, Jun 12, 2012
Nadal said beating Novak Djokovic after losing three Grand Slam finals to him made his 7th French Open title more special. ...
10:58 AM, Jun 12, 2012
Spaniard Rafael Nadal beat Serb Novak Djokovic for his seventh French Open title on Monday, the highest by any player. ...
11:48 PM, Jun 11, 2012
Paris: Rafael Nadal has made history by defeating No. 1-ranked Novak Djokovic 6-4, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 in a rain-suspended men's final at Roland Garros, sealing an Open-era record seventh French Open title. The rain-hit match had resumed on Monday with Djokovic serving at 2-1 in the fourth set, and he was immediately broken by Nadal who has now gone past Bjorn Borg at the clay-court open. The win on Monday...
05:55 PM, Jun 11, 2012
Six-time champion from Spain, Rafael Nadal and world number one Novak Djokovic of Serbia resume their unfinished French Open final match on Monday. ...
04:20 PM, Jun 11, 2012
Paris: Whoever is going to make history at the French Open will have to wait at least one more day. The final between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic was called for the day because of rain on Sunday with Nadal clinging to a 6-4, 6-3, 2-6, 1-2 lead. Nadal, going for his record seventh French Open title, and Djokovic, trying to become the first man in 43 years to win...
12:11 AM, Jun 11, 2012
Six-time champion from Spain, Rafael Nadal is up against world number one Novak Djokovic of Serbia. ...
06:20 PM, Jun 10, 2012
Paris: Top seeds Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor captured a second successive French Open doubles title by beating American twins Bob and Mike Bryan 6-4, 6-4 in the final on Saturday. The second-seeded Bryans were bidding to win a record-equalling 12th major doubles crown but were thwarted by the Belarussian-Canadian partnership who looked more at ease on the red clay. Mirnyi picked up his sixth grand slam men's doubles title...
12:03 PM, Jun 10, 2012
Paris: Novak Djokovic has won 27 matches in a row at Grand Slam tournaments. If he can make that 28 by beating Rafael Nadal in Sunday's French Open final, Djokovic will earn a fourth consecutive major title, something no man has accomplished since 1969. Tough to imagine someone so close to such a historic achievement being an underdog, yet that's exactly what Djokovic is. Even the 25-year-old Serb says so....
08:48 PM, Jun 09, 2012
Paris: Already a big name on the red carpet, Maria Sharapova is now a champion on the red clay, too. The Russian star won the French Open on Saturday, defeating Sara Errani 6-3, 6-2 in the final at Roland Garros to complete the career Grand Slam. Second-seeded Sharapova, who was guaranteed of moving to No. 1 in the world regardless of the result, jumped to a quick 4-0 lead against...
08:33 PM, Jun 09, 2012
Paris: When Maria Sharapova's opponent in the French Open final, Sara Errani, was 12 years old, she struck out on her own, leaving behind her family in Italy and heading off to Nick Bollettieri's famed tennis academy in Florida. Far from her parents, and not yet able to speak English well, Errani stuck it out for about 10 months, crying nearly every day. She called home a lot. "I knew...
01:10 AM, Jun 09, 2012
Paris: One day before she plays for the singles title, Sara Errani teamed with Roberta Vinci on Friday to win the women's doubles crown at the French Open. The Italians beat Russians Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 to capture their first Grand Slam doubles title. Errani is the first player since Kim Clijsters in 2003 to reach the singles and doubles final at Roland Garros. Errani and...
10:50 PM, Jun 08, 2012
Paris: For the fourth straight time in a Grand Slam final it will be Novak Djokovic vs. Rafael Nadal. That Nadal won his French Open semifinal in a breeze against David Ferrer was no shock. That Djokovic ran into only a wisp of a challenge from Roger Federer " well, that came as a bigger surprise. The top two players each won in straight sets on Friday " Nadal in...
10:41 PM, Jun 08, 2012
Paris: Rafael Nadal was so good, he might have won with a hand tied behind his back. As it turned out, he was still able to capture one point while sitting on the red clay. Slapping a shot back at David Ferrer even after he'd slipped onto the ground at rain-slicked Roland Garros, Nadal pulled out the point and many others on Friday, advancing to the French Open final with...
07:36 PM, Jun 08, 2012
