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Postcard from Paris: Nicole Vaidisova 2007-05-31 22:16:37
Nicole Vaidisova, 18, has six career Sony Ericsson WTA Tour titles but none in 2007. Vaidisova, who is from the Czech Republic but did much of her training in the USA, has become a fixture in the top 10. She’s ranked 10th but reached a career-high No. 7 on May 14. Vaidisova’s goal coming in was to get through the early rounds. So far so good: She has two straight-set victories this week and will face Samantha Stosur of Australia in a third-round match Friday. She talked with USA more… Read more:Postcard
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Nadal is even more impressive up close 2007-05-31 22:16:03
PARIS (AP) — Imagine this: The third tour-level match of your professional tennis career is against Rafael Nadal
in a 9,950-seat stadium at the French Open.
You’ve watched Nadal from afar. You know all about his recently snapped 81-match winning streak on clay. The two consecutive titles at Roland Garros, too. So you have an idea of what to expect, right? Not one bit, according to Flavio Cipolla, the qualifier from Italy who lived the above scenario Thursday.
“I had seen more…
Players can’t seem to shake ‘French Open curse’ 2007-05-31 22:15:25
By Douglas Robson, Special for USA TODAY PARIS — The road to French
Open glory demands mental and physical gyrations on a surface, treacherous crushed brick, that can leave elite athletes frustrated, flat-footed or with no footing at all.
The road back to success has proved even more complicated for some recent standouts in Paris. Six players who won or reached the final between 2003-05 haven’t come close to doing so again.
“It’s the French Open curse,” says U.S. Davis Cup more… Read more:lsquo
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Why does American tennis produce clay pigeons? 2007-05-31 22:14:07
By Mike Lopresti, Gannett News Service According to the Census Bureau, the population of the United States at 8:33 a.m. Wednesday was 301,960,101.
And we can’t find one guy who can play tennis on a clay court?
Apparently not.
In case you haven’t been following the French Open, there is a bloody casualty report. The American
men dropped like Custer’s regiment.
Nine of them landed at Roland Garros and all nine were gone in the first round, the most complete rout for the more… Read more:produce
Venus smacks fastest serve by a woman in a main-draw match 2007-05-31 22:12:43
PARIS (AP) — Venus
Williams hit the fastest recorded serve
in a women’s tour main-draw match, reaching 129 mph at the French Open on Wednesday.
That broke the main-draw mark of 127 mph set by her sister Serena at the Cincinnati hard-court tournament last year. Brenda Schultz-McCarthy hit a serve at 130 mph during qualifying for that same event, and the WTA said Wednesday it considers that to be the fastest serve in women’s tennis history.
Serving at 4-1, 30-love in the more… Read more:woman
Hewitt proves tigerish as ever 2007-05-31 19:48:16
LLEYTON Hewitt
likes nothing more than a dogfight, and that’s exactly what he got against 2004 French Open champion Gaston Gaudio in the second round at Roland Garros.
The No.14 seed produced a trademark performance full of grit and unfailing self-belief to recover a two-set defecit and defeat the Argentine 4-6 3-6 6-2 6-4 6-2 in nearly three and a half hours on Court Philippe Chatrier.
Hewitt, 26, was not surprised that he had to work so hard against a player who more…
Ivanovic crushes injured Mirza 2007-05-31 19:46:21
INDIA’S Sania Mirza
was sent packing from the French Open on Thursday losing 6-1 6-4 in just 64 minutes to Serbia’s Ana Ivanovic
in a second round tie.
The 20-year-old from Hyderabad, who once again had heavy strapping around her right knee, was no match early on for the power-hitting of the No.7 seed and she ceded the first set in just 23 minutes.
She steadied the ship by holding her serve after a marathon opening game to the second set and shook Ivanovic at times with some of her more… Read more:injured
No American men remain in French Open (AP) 2007-05-31 17:21:30
PARIS (AP) — Robby Ginepri heard the news at breakfast before heading out to play Wednesday: He was the last U.S. man in the French
Open.
By early afternoon, he was gone, too, making American
s 0-9 in the first round, the country’s worst showing at Roland Garros in at least 40 years.
“They all wanted to win, like I did,” Ginepri said. “And we’re walking away with a loss. So it’s tough.”
It’s the first time at any Grand Slam tournament since the 1973 Australian Open that no man more…
Venus’ serve reaches 128 mph in Paris (AP) 2007-05-31 17:19:43
PARIS (AP) — Venus
Williams hit the fastest recorded serve
in a women’s tour main-draw match, reaching 128 mph at the French Open on Wednesday.
Brenda Schultz-McCarthy hit a serve at 130 mph during qualifying for the Cincinnati tournament last year, and the WTA said Wednesday it considers that to be the fastest serve in women’s tennis history.
Serving at 4-1, 30-love in the second set of her second-round match against Ashley Harkleroad, Venus Williams smacked the record-breaking shot. more… Read more:Paris
New surface for Aussie Open in 2008 (AP) 2007-05-31 17:18:42
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The next Australian Open will be played on a new surface
.
Organizers of the 2008 event, the year’s first tennis major, have started replacing the cushioned acrylic court at Melbourne Park with more modern technology.
The new surface will have a different cushioning system from the Rebound Ace product that was used, tournament director Craig Tiley said Wednesday. The rubber content will be lower, and it will be firmer under foot.
“The court characteristics for more… Read more:Aussie
Despite early struggles, U.S. still alive in Paris 2007-06-03 20:23:47
By Douglas Robson, special for USA TODAY PARIS — When all nine U.S. men skidded out in the French Open’s first round and most of the women followed suit shortly thereafter, the 2007 American campaign in Paris
seemed stuck in the mud.
It might surprise, then, that the USA is still very much in the hunt for four of the five championships here.
In women’s singles Sunday, Serena Williams kept her calendar Grand Slam hopes alive by dominating Dinara Safina of Russia 6-2, 6-3 to more…
Postcard from Paris: Serena Williams 2007-06-03 20:21:50 SerenaWilliams
continued her quest for the French Open title Sunday with a 6-2, 6-3 victory against Dinara Safina of Russia. Next up is a Tuesday showdown against two-time defending champion Justine Henin. “I know she’s playing great, but I never count myself out,” Williams says. The eight-time Grand Slam champion, who won here in 2002 but missed the last two years because of injuries, discussed her season in an e-mail interview with USA TODAY:
“It’s still the middle of the more… Read more:Paris
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Notebook: Venus Williams’ father says she has injured knee 2007-06-03 20:20:34
PARIS (AP) — Turns out VenusWilliams
played the French Open on a bad knee.
Williams had her left knee checked out by a doctor when she flew home to the United States after losing in the third round at Roland Garros, her father said Sunday.
“Her knee was swollen, and she shouldn’t have played here,” Richard Williams said after watching his other tennis-playing daughter, Serena, beat Dinara Safina 6-2, 6-3 to reach the French Open quarterfinals.
He said he wondered whether more… Read more:Notebook
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Day nine Aussie action 2007-06-03 17:39:38
AUSTRALIANS in action on day nine of the French Open at Roland Garros tonight (AEST):
Prefix denotes seeding
Men’s singles, fourth round
14-Lleyton Hewitt v 2-Rafael Nadal (Spa), second match Court Philippe Chatrier (centre court)
Mixed doubles, quarter-finals
Chia-Jung Chuang (Tpe)-Todd Perry v 5-Zi Yan (Chn)-Mark Knowles (Bah), fourth match court one
Boys singles, first round
Nassim Alilam (Fra) v Bernard Tomic, first match court three
Second round
6-Brydan Klein v Radu more… Read more:Aussie
Gloves off for scrappers 2007-06-03 17:36:41
FORGET strategy. Tonight’s French Open fourth-round match between Lleyton Hewitt and Rafael Nadal will be decided like two men fighting in a car park.
For all the talk of the right hander matching wits with the left hander, Hewitt and Nadal are the two most ferocious animals on the ATP Tour circuit, quite happy to use the racquet like a club and bludgeon opponents.
"His game is obviously wearing a lot of players down," Hewitt said of the Spaniard.
"My game has been, more… Read more:Gloves
Vaidisova into last eight 2007-06-03 17:35:16
NICOLE Vaidisova of the Czech Republic reached the last eight of the French Open with a 6-3 6-1 win over Italy’s Tathiana Garbin.
The No.6 seed will play the winner of the tie between Jelena Jankovic of Serbia and Marion Bartoli of France for a place in the semi-finals.
Vaidisova, employing a new service action to avoid the shoulder pain that sidelined her earlier this year, said that she had learned from her semi-final appearance last year.
"I’ve been working on it to cut out more…
Federer into quarters in straight sets (AP) 2007-06-03 15:58:03
PARIS (AP) — Roger Federer prepared for a long day on court, even though it’s been quite a while since he’s had one at a Grand Slam.
“I’ve got enough shirts for five-set matches in the bag,” he said. “I only used one today, which was good.”
Federer tied the Grand Slam record for most consecutive sets won, taking his streak to 35 by beating No. 13 Mikhail Youzhny of Russia 7-6 (3), 6-4, 6-4 Sunday to reach the French Open quarterfinals.
The No. 1-ranked Federer matched another Open era more… Read more:quarters
V. Williams had bum knee at French Open 2007-06-03 13:17:54 PARIS — Turns out Venus Williams
played the French
Open on a bad knee.
Williams had her left knee checked out by a doctor when she flew home to the United States after losing in the third round at Roland Garros, her father said Sunday.
“Her knee was swollen, and she shouldn’t have played here,” Richard Williams said after watching his other tennis-playing daughter, Serena, beat Dinara Safina 6-2, 6-3 to reach the French Open quarterfinals.
He said he wondered whether something more…
Notes: Federer’s kudos stun Kuznetsova 2007-06-03 13:16:07 PARIS — Svetlana Kuznetsova couldn’t believe it.
After being told that Roger Federer admired her game, the 2004 U.S. Open champion had to log on to the Internet to read it for herself.
“The Russian press told me so, and I thought like ‘No, it was a joke,’” Kuznetsova said Sunday after beating No. 15 Shahar Peer of Israel 6-4, 6-3 to reach the quarterfinals at the French Open. “I wanted to check it myself.”
Federer, a 10-time Grand Slam champion who is trying to win the French more… Read more:Notes
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Sharapova survives as Serena, Federer move on 2007-06-03 10:15:37
PARIS (AP) — Maria Sharapova
saved two match points Sunday and advanced to the quarterfinals at the French Open by beating Patty Schnyder of Switzerland 3-6, 6-4, 9-7.
Schnyder served for the match three times, at 5-4, 6-5 and 7-6 in the third set. She was one point away from ending the match in the 10th game and again in the 14th — and she also was two points away from victory on 11 occasions.
When Sharapova pulled it out on her first match point, as the 14th-seeded more… Read more:Serena
Serena shocked by Paris slump 2007-06-07 02:41:17
AUSTRALIAN Open champion Serena
Williams admitted she was shocked
by her 6-4 6-3 exit to two-time defending champion Justine Henin at the French Open overnight.
Williams, seeking a second Paris
title five years after her first, had vowed to put the humiliation of her title loss here in 2003 to Henin behind her and add to the crown she won in Melbourne earlier this year.
But the 25 year old was once again left banging her racquet in frustration as she was outplayed by her Belgian more…
Nadal cruises to French semis; Djokovic also wins 2007-06-06 21:51:42 PARIS — Rafael Nadal
moved closer to a third straight French
Open title Wednesday, beating 1998 champion Carlos Moya 6-4, 6-3, 6-0 in the quarterfinals.
The second-seeded Spaniard, who is 19-0 in his career at the French Open, has not dropped a set in the tournament this year. He will next face Novak Djokovic, who reached his first Grand Slam semifinal by beating Igor Andreev of Russia 6-3, 6-3, 6-3.
“I feel good,” Nadal said. “I think I am progressing more as the tournament more… Read more:cruises
Djokovic makes date with clay king Nadal 2007-06-06 21:50:29 PARIS — Novak Djokovic hit delicate drop shots and 200 130 mph serves, thunderous forehands and sharply angled backhands, mixing strokes so well even the relentless Rafael Nadal
struggled to chase them down.
That was two months ago at the hard-court final in Key Biscayne, Florida, where Djokovic achieved the biggest victory of his career. Another milestone looms Friday, when the genial Serb plays in a Grand Slam semifinal for the first time at the French Open.
Once again, the more… Read more:makes
‘Grown up’ Henin is on verge of another French Open title 2007-06-06 19:18:01
By Douglas Robson, Special for USA TODAY PARIS — Justine Henin has made privacy her security blanket.
During her rise to the top of women’s tennis, the 5-5, 126-pound Belgian hunkered down with a tight-knit entourage consisting mostly of her husband and coach. She rarely chummed around with peers or made eye contact with strangers, and she used her cool exterior to distance herself from the media and public.
But there are some signs she’s relaxing her guard.
Two matches more… Read more:French
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Friendly fire destroys Moya 2007-06-06 16:25:50
RAFAEL Nadal has pulled no punches, crushing close friend and former winner, Carlos Moya, to move closer to a third successive French Open title.
The 21-year-old cruised to a 6-4 6-3 6-0 victory in 2hr 02min against the 1998 champion, to set up a meeting with Serbia’s in-form Novak Djokovic, who earlier reached his first Grand Slam semi-final by dismissing Russia’s Igor Andreev 6-3 6-3 6-3.
Moya, who like Nadal, hails from the Mediterranean island of Mallorca, could find no way past more… Read more:Friendly
Henin too hot for Serena 2007-06-06 16:24:30
WORLD No.1 Justine Henin kept alive her dream of a fourth French Open title overnight when she brushed aside Serena
Williams 6-4 6-3 to advance to the semi-finals.
The eagerly awaited clash between the two stars, considered by many the final before the final, never lived up to expectations as Henin gave the 2002 champion a lesson in clay court tennis.
The centre court clash also marked the first time Henin and Williams have played at Roland Garros since their controversial semi-final more…
Nadal stays dominant on way to French Open semifinals 2007-06-06 09:17:30
PARIS (AP) — Rafael Nadal
moved closer to a third straight French
Open title Wednesday, beating 1998 champion Carlos Moya 6-4, 6-3, 6-0 in the quarterfinals.
The second-seeded Spaniard, who is 19-0 in his career at the French Open, has not dropped a set in the tournament this year. He will next face Novak Djokovic, who reached his first Grand Slam semifinal by beating Igor Andreev of Russia 6-3, 6-3, 6-3.
“I feel good,” Nadal said. “I think I am progressing more as the more… Read more:stays
Stosur out, Molik progresses 2007-06-06 06:21:12
THERE was mixed news for Australia in the French Open women’s doubles semi-finals, with Alicia Molik progressing to the final but Sam Stosur dropping out.
Molik and Italy’s Mara Santangleo, the No.17 seeds, upset No.2 seeds Cara Black and Liezel Huber 6-3 3-6 6-3.
But the top-seeded pair and defending champions, Stosur and American Lisa Raymond, lost 1-6 6-4 6-3 against No.7 seeds Katarina Srebotnik and Ai Sugiyama.
The defeat was a bitter blow after routing No.8 more…
Jankovic through to semis 2007-06-06 06:20:13
SERBIAN No.4 seed Jelena Jankovic reached her first French Open semi-final when she brushed aside Czech No.6 seed Nicole Vaidisova 6-3 7-5 overnight.
The 22-year-old Jankovic, regarded by many as a grand slam champion-in-waiting, will face either defending champion Justine Henin or Serena Williams for a place in the final.
And in another great result for Serbians, Jankovic’s compatriot Ana Ivanovic also battled into the semi-finals with a three-sets victory over last year’s more…
Federer skips a beat in march to French semis 2007-06-05 23:03:26
By Douglas Robson, Special for USA TODAY PARIS — For someone with an eye on the big picture, Roger Federer remains obsessed with the details.
Tuesday, Federer lost his record 36-set winning streak in majors but stayed on course for a first French
Open title with a 7-5, 1-6, 6-1, 6-2 quarterfinal victory against Tommy Robredo. The top-ranked Swiss and Australian Open champ next meets No. 4 seed Nikolay Davydenko of Russia, a 7-5, 6-4, 6-4 winner vs. No. 19 seed Guillermo more…
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