Justine Henin took yet another step towards retaining her French Open title by defeating Serena Williams in the quarterfinals yesterday. She inflicted a defeat on Serena, arguably her strongest opponent in the tournament till date, with a score line of 6-4, 6-3. Henin, a two-time defending champion at the Roland Garros, adopted an aggressive strategy [...]
The second seed Rafael Nadal of Spain and sixth seed Novak Djokovic of Serbia (Belgrade) will face each other in the Semi – Finals of the Men’s French Open 2007. Nadal beat Carlos Moya in straight sets 6-4, 6-3, 6-0. Carlos Moya had won the grandslam in 1998. However, the 20-year-old and the third Serb, [...]
The semifinals at French Open had different fates in store for top two seeds of the tournament. While Maria Sharapova was beaten by Ana Ivanovic, Justine Henin stormed into the finals. Amidst all this, the dream of an all-serbian clash in the finals was over. In the first semifinal, 19-year old Anna Ivanovic – who [...]
It will once again be No. 1 versus No. 2 in the finals of French Open. What seemed a foregone conclusion, even before the Grand Slam began. Yesterday’s semifinal wins for Nadal and Federer have confirmed that both of them will square off again in the finals at Roland Garros. The two top seeds of [...]
Justine Henin demolished Anna Ivanovic in the women’s finals at the Roland Garros on Saturday to win her third title in a row. Rafael Nadal, who handed defeat to Roger Federer on Sunday, matched her feat 24-hours later. Henin vs. Ivanovic – a mismatch of sorts Anna Ivanovic had a wonderful French Open. She had [...]
As expected, Roger Federer and Justine Henin have been given the top seedings in the men’s and women’s singles respectively at this year’s Wimbledon tennis championship. Britain will have its hopes pinned on 20-year-old Andy Murray who has been seeded eighth in men’s singles. Murray’s participation, however, remains shrouded in a cloud of uncertainty as [...]
