Novak Djokovic erased any possibility of a sixth straight French Open title for Rafael Nadal today at Court Philippe Chatrier in Paris, demolishing the Spanish southpaw in straight sets on in their quarterfinal match. The defeat pushed Nadal's career record at the Parisian complex to a tidy 70-2 -- a mark any other man or woman would...
Rafael Nadal continues to show why he is the "King of Clay".
The world number extended his dominance at Roland Garros with a 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-4 victory over his rival Novak Djokovic to claim his fifth consecutive French Open title - and a record ninth overall.
Djokovic was seeking to become just the eighth man to complete the...
Swiss fourth seed Roger Federer was defeated by Latvian Ernests Gulbis in the fouth round 6-7(5), 7-6(3), 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 of the French Open yesterday - his earliest defeat at the tournament in a decade.
Federer, the 2009 champion, was two points away from taking a two-sets to love lead over Gulbis at one point. But Gulbis (ranked...
One day after 2014 Australian Open men's champion Stan Wawrinka fell out of the French Open in the first round, the women's champion followed suit.
China's Li Na, the second seed at Roland Garros, fell to local favorite Kristina Mladenovic 7-5, 3-6, 6-1.
The 21-year old Mladenovic, ranked 103rd in the world, will next face...
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Hope.
It's what the rest of the men's field is feeling today based on the uncharacteristic performance of Rafael Nadal on clay this season. Nadal has been not at his best on his favorite surface. It's not just the losses to David Ferrer and Nicolas Almagro at Monaco and Barcelona respectively, or that emphatic defeat to...
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What do we make of the women's game in this year's French Open? World number one Serena Williams is not having a Serena-type year. Despite winning at Rome last week, Serena has had some strange results so far in 2014 (her loss at Dubai to Alize Cornet comes to mind), plus she's had to deal with some nagging injuries this...
The 2013 tennis calendar was one filled with several special moments and interesting story lines.
We saw Rafael Nadal return from a knee injury to reclaim his number one ranking. We saw Serena Williams continue to dominate the rest of the WTA Tour. We saw history being made, with Andy Murray becoming the first British player in 77...
