Dinara Safina lived up to her top-seeded billing and took her appointed place in the finals of the French Open defeating Dominika Cibulkova here at Roland Garros. On a bright Thursday afternoon Safina cruised past the challenge of the young, first time semifinalist in straight sets. Facing her in the finals on Saturday will be Svetlana Kuznetsova, who got past Aussie Sam Stosur. Kuznetsova's scrambling and her ability to turn defense into offence ultimately overcame Stosur's big hitting aggression as she progressed in yet another deciding set. LeanFrench Open
Safina-Kuznetsova in all Russian French Open final
Dinara Safina lived up to her top-seeded billing and took her appointed place in the finals of the French Open defeating Dominika Cibulkova here at Roland Garros. On a bright Thursday afternoon Safina cruised past the challenge of the young, first time semifinalist in straight sets. Facing her in the finals on Saturday will be Svetlana Kuznetsova, who got past Aussie Sam Stosur. Kuznetsova's scrambling and her ability to turn defense into offence ultimately overcame Stosur's big hitting aggression as she progressed in yet another deciding set. LeanFederer makes 20th straight slam semi at French Open
Roger Federer kept his seminal streak of reaching every slam semi over the last 5 years alive as he overwhelmed the Gallic challenge of Gael Monfils in straight sets. The "Jolly Roger" has now reached the last 20 slam semis, a stunning achievement considering the next best is Ivan Lendl's 10. Serena Williams' bid to prove that she is the "Real No.1" took a beating here today as she bowed out to a fighting Svetlana Kuznetsova in a thrilling 3 setter. Kuznetosova now has made her second consecMurray falls in French Open quarterfinals
In an entertaining contest the brawn of Fernando Gonzalez triumphed over the brain of Andy Murray to bring to an abrupt end the Brit's challenge at the French Open. It was predicted by most to be a tough task for Murray and that was precisely what it turned out to be as he was dominated by the sheer pace and spin of Gonzalez' shot in his quarterfinal loss. Dinara Safina in her quarterfinal, progressed after a struggle, overcoming a spirited challengeGreat Escape for Federer at French Open
"In the latest installment in a series of stunning upsets, Roger Federer, the man who after yesterday, was the running favourite for the French Open crown had those dreams come crashing down into the red dust at Roland Garros as he exited the French Open". This is what I had started to write towards the end of the third set in preparation for an early posting for what then looked like Federer's imminent defeat. Thankfully for the millions (and millions) of Federer fans, it remained merely a line in a writer's notes. Instead, Roger Federer, with a little help from Nadal's French Open reign ends
When one makes a list of the impossible, one normally includes such events as the sun rising in the west, division by zero among others. Somewhere in that list one would have Rafael Nadal not winning the French Open. Today we are forced to rewrite that list as the ‘King of Clay' Nadal suddenly found he had feet of clay as he crashed out of the French Open in an upset that has sent shockwaves through the tennis cognisant world. I suppose this was inevitable. The unbeaten series of 31 victories at Roland Garros and 48 best-of-5-sets victories on clay; the streak of 31 straight sets here and of course 4 straight French Open titles. Like all good things, had to comeDjokovic & Dementieva hit the dirt at French Open
The number 4 seeds had a day they would like to forget here on day7 as both Dementieva & Djokovic were bundled out of the French Open, by unfancied opponents. Philip Kohlschreiber proved to be the giant-killer today, as he took out the man many fancied to see next Sunday in straight sets. Samantha Stosur went the distance but dominated for most of the game to take out title aspirant Dementieva. Serena Williams too was taken the distance but overcame the challenge to progress. Roger Federer & Andy Roddick moved seemingly inexorably to their potentiaVenus Williams knocked out of French Open
Day6 saw the third round get underway. It is at this stage of the tourney that we get the first clashes between the seeds and therefore the matches get that bit better, and the upsets start to occur. The first of these was the exit of 3rd ranked Venus Williams to 20 year old Agnes Szavay. Although a 3rd round exit seems to have become customary for Venus here at Roland Garros, it did create enough reverberations in tennis circles, and is still a huge achievement for the young Hungarian. Andy Murray and Maria Sharapova nearly joined Venus on the sidelines but recovered to staMore Articles...
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