Paris: The seventh seeded pair of Indian veteran Leander Paes and Austrian Alexander Peya advanced to the French Open second round after notching up a three-set win in their opening men's doubles match at Roland Garros here. Paes and Peya defeated Italians Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini 6-1, 6-7 (2), 6-3 in a contest lasting a little over two hours. They will now be facing the unseeded Russian-Uzbek combination of...
09:41 AM, Jun 01, 2012
Paris: Just over a year ago, Paul-Henri Mathieu was in a plaster cast and could only manage 15 minutes of tennis. Sitting on a bench, that is. On Thursday, he stayed out for five hours and 41 minutes to beat American John Isner 6-7, 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 18-16 in the second round of the French Open. That too with a broken toe. The Frenchman still cannot train for more than...
08:42 AM, Jun 01, 2012
Paris: The top-seeded players had early starts at the French Open on Wednesday, and both Novak Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka made it to the third round without a problem. A short time later, 2009 champion Roger Federer joined them, earning his record-breaking 234th victory at Grand Slam tournaments. Djokovic was first up on Court Suzanne Lenglen, and he was barely troubled by Blaz Kavcic of Slovenia, winning 6-0, 6-4, 6-4...
08:23 PM, May 30, 2012
Paris: Rafa Nadal's campaign for a record seventh French Open title began with a straight-sets victory over outclassed Italian Simone Bolelli on Tuesday, while Maria Sharapova opened with a whitewash of Romanian Alexandra Cadantu. Nadal, defending champion and second seed, thrashed Bolelli 6-2 6-2 6-1 in just short of two hours on the sunny Philippe Chatrier court. Playing in a shocking-pink shirt, Nadal completely dominated an error-prone Bolelli, who summed...
09:31 PM, May 29, 2012
Paris: Between bites of some "frites" at the players' restaurant, Oracene Price smiled at the thought of being back at the French Open with her daughters, Serena and Venus Williams. The family wasn't at Roland Garros a year ago, making it the first Grand Slam tournament since 2003 without either Williams. Serena was still working her way back from a series of health scares, including two foot operations and blood...
05:38 PM, May 26, 2012
Paris: The French Tennis Federation said the renovation of the Roland Garros complex will be delayed by a year and completed only in 2017. The federation has delayed the complex's expansion into an area that currently hosts a gymnasium for local schoolchildren, and which is due for demolition. Originally, there would have been a gap between the demolition work and the building of new gym facilities by Paris city authorities....
03:23 PM, Feb 04, 2012
Over $300,000 was raised from the charity exhibition match on Sunday. ...
02:48 AM, Jun 09, 2009
Celebs are serious competition to tennis stars on and off court. ...
11:06 AM, Jun 06, 2009
Shocker at Roland Garros; women's holder Ana Ivanovic trounced too. ...
09:57 PM, May 31, 2009
Weather played a little havoc on the tournament Tuesday. ...
05:31 PM, May 27, 2009
Bhupathi and his partner Zheng Jie won in straight sets 7-5, 6-4. ...
01:08 PM, Jun 02, 2008
Featuring in a CNN-IBN show, the destructive left-hander also advised youngsters that their focus shouldn't only be T20s. ...
01:25 AM, May 27, 2008
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