Posts Tagged ‘Tennis’
Djokovic, Federer survive five-set thrillers
Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer staged a couple of magical acts to set up another French Open semi-final at Roland Garros on Friday969 Next up for Djokovic, is third seed and former champion Roger Federer, who also had to dig deep The Swiss master faced the man he lost to in the final of the US Open in 2009, Juan Martin Del Potro The [...]
Samantha Stosur reaches semi-finals
US Open champion and former finalist in France Samantha Stosur coasted past Dominika Cibulkova, 6-4 ,6-10 against the Australian0 sets she's played this year at Roland Garros [subscribe2]
Errani beats Kerber for first Grand Slam semis
Sara Errani, The Italian knocked out Angelique Kerber of Germany, 6-3, 7-6, claiming her first top-ten scalp to reach her maiden Gran Slam semi-final Errani beat two past French Open champions in her previous two matches, 2008's Ana Ivanovic and 2009's Svetlanta Kuznetsova Errani will play US Open champion Sam Stosur in the [...]
Paes-Vesnina reaches semis
India's Leander Paes and Elena Vesnina of Russia beat Max Mirnyi of Belarus and American Liezel Huber 4-6 7-5 10-5, to advance to the semi finals of mixed doubles of French Open 2012 Indian pair of Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi also reached the mixed doubles semi-finals at Roland Garros on Monday Paes and Vesnina will next take on [...]
Bryan brothers enter French Open semis
Americans Bob and Mike Bryan on course to win a record 12th Grand Slam championship together by defeating Oliver Marach of Austria and Horacio Zeballos of Argentina 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 to advance to the semifinals at Roland Garros on Tuesday The second-seeded Bryans will next play either Aisam-ul-haq Qureshi and Jean-Julien Rojer or the third-seeded [...]
Murray moves past Gasquet
World number four Andy Murray had a much harder time against local favorite Richard Gasquet, but battled back to win the match 1-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-2 and remain in contention for his maiden Grand Slam title Murray will play No 6 David Ferrer in the quarterfinals [subscribe2]
Nadal storms into quarter-finals
Rafael Nadal stayed on course for a record seventh French Open title7 straight games to thrash Juan Monaco, 6-2, 6-0, 6-09 games through four matches in the tournament2th-seeded Nicolas Almagro [subscribe2]
Kvitova downs Lepchenko
Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova breezed past Varvara Lepchenko of the USA as the Czech never faced a break point and needed an hour flat to secure a 6-2, 6-1 victory42nd-ranked qualifier Yaroslava Shvedova, a doubles specialist who upset defending champion Li Na on Monday [subscribe2]
Sania-Bhupathi storm into French Open semis
Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi progressed to the mixed doubles semi-finals of the French Open 2012 after beating second seeds Kveta Peschke and Mike Bryan, here on Monday The seventh-seeded Indian pair breezed past the Czech-American pair 6-2 6-3 in just under an hour in the quarter-finals of the clay court Major Another Indian in the fray is [...]
Del Potro beats Berdych
Former US Open Champion Juan Martin Del Potro beat Czech Tomas Berdych in a battle of the big servers2-6, 6-3, 7-5 victory over Berdych on Monday in a match stopped the night before because of darkness after three sets1 against Federer, One of del Potro's losses to Federer was in the 2009 French Open semifinals That's the only time del Potro made [...]
Sharapova reaches last eight
Maria Sharapova has booked her place in the French Open 2012 quarter finals although she was pushed all the way in her last 16 tie1 minutes [subscribe2]
Defending champ Li Na crashes out
Na Li's title defense came to an abrupt end as the Chinese star went crashing out to unseeded Kazak Yaroslava Shvedova, 3-6, 6-2, 6-01 [subscribe2]
Almagro beats Tipsarevic to reach quarters
Nicolas Almagro of Spain beat eighth-seeded Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia 6-4, 6-4, 6-4, to reach the French Open 2012 quarter-finals for the third time0, both ended with losses to six-time champion Rafael Nadal3 Juan Monaco of Argentina, who were scheduled to play their fourth-round match later on Monday [subscribe2]
Tsonga closes out French Open win over Wawrinka
Frenchman Jo Wilfried Tsonga983 [subscribe2]
Federer advances to quarter finals
Roger Federer has advanced to the French Open 2012 quarter-finals with a tougher-than-expected win against lucky loser Daniel Goffin09th, regular service was restored and Federer prevailed 5-7, 7-5, 6-2, 6-46-time Grand Slam champion won their fourth-round match at the French Open
Mahesh-Sania into mixed doubles quarters
Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza advanced to the quarterfinals of the mixed doubles at the French Open 2012 The Indian pair, beat French combine Virginie Razzano and Nicolas Devilder with 7-6 7-4, 6-3 here on Sunday India's other remaining hope at Roland Garros is the mixed doubles team of Leander Paes and his Russian partner Elena Vesnina [...]
Stosur moves into French Open quarters
Samantha Stosur is through to the French Open quarter-finals after win against American Sloane Stephens6th-ranked Dominika Cibulkova, who sensationally upset world No2 [subscribe2]
David Ferrer through to quarter finals
David Ferrer reached the French Open 2012 quarter-finals on Monday with a 6-3 6-2 6-0 win over fellow Spaniard Marcel Granollers6 in the bottom half of the draw [subscribe2]
Djokovic survives
Novak Djokovic, the men's world number one, had to come back from two sets down to beat Italian Andreas Seppi and continue his quest to hold all four Grand Slam titles at once8 Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland [subscribe2]
Top-seeded Azarenka loses at French Open
Top-seed Victoria Azarenka was knocked out in the fourth round of the French Open 2012 on Sunday5th-seeded Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia defeated Azarenka 6-2, 7-6 4 Azarenka shown her frustration in the 2nd set, slamming her racket to the ground, The chair umpire gave Azarenka a warning for racket abuse when she smashed it again during a [...]
