Federer is probably breathing a sigh of relief. Of course, he needs to handle his end of business, but to not have to face Djokovic means he doesn't have to deal with one rival that's given him a lot of problems recently.In a stunning upset, German, Philipp Kohlschreiber defeated fourth seed, Novak Djokovic, who most
Make sure you read the earlier post on Day 6 action!How often does this happen?You've played ATP World Team Championship with your fellow Serb, Viktor Troicki, and won this Davis Cup wannabe tournament on clay against Germany.You come into the French Open feeling pretty good about your form. You beat two guys that play well
As third round matches begin, there were a few folks that had to complete second round matches. In particular, up two sets to none against Russian, Sergiy Stahkovsky, Djokovic had to wait until today to complete the third set.The third set was merely a formality, taken 6-1 in merely 35 minutes of play. The final
Make sure to read the previous post for results from earlier in the day. Despite close matches with Czech Ivo Minar in the past and despite only getting to the 3rd round of Roland Garros once, Andy Roddick made quick work of his 25 year old opponent, serving 15 aces. Score was: 6-2, 6-2, 7-6
Jose Acasuso, 45th ranked player from Argentina, can add his name to the list that includes Tomas Berdych and Janko Tipsarevic, men who gave Roger Federer a scare in a major.Acasuso was effectively trading groundstrokes with Federer, pressuring him off the ground, leaving Federer scrambling much like Andy Murray was scrambling.A day after Andy Murray
Former world number 1's have been doing well. Juan Carlos Ferrero won his first round match over Ivan Ljubicic. Lleyton Hewitt beat Ivo Karlovic in the first round. Today, he had a nice victory of Kazakh, Andrey Golubev (age: 21, rank: 88), 6-4, 6-3, 6-1. Hewitt's reward for this? A date with current world number
After a convincing first round victory over former top 20 player, Juan Ignacio Chela, it was fashionable to believe that Murray was starting to figure out this clay surface, and that a deep run might be possible. 27 year old Italian, Potito Starace, ranked 107 in the world (but in the top 30 only 2
Although it's been more than 25 years since Yannick Noah won Roland Garros for his country, the French have generally performed reasonably well. The two superpowers in tennis might boil down to France and Spain with Spain having fared a bit better than their Gaelic counterparts.Gael Monfils had to be considered one of the most
Hard to believe, but Andy Roddick has never been past the third round of the French Open, and his best run was his first in 2001 when he lost in the 3rd round. Last year, Roddick didn't play due to an injury he sustained in Rome. He lost in the first round the previous two
As an aside, Essential Tennis Tour News currently focuses on the men's professional tour. As popularity increases, there will be efforts to include the women's tour as well. Now to Day 2. Today, Rafael Nadal opened up his defense of Roland Garros against Marcos Daniel of Brazil. It's easy to assume that some unknown player,
