Maria Sharapova is relieved today after winning her 1st round match against Ksenia Pervak, 6-3, 6-2 during the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris. It was an all-Russian match, pitting No. 12 seed Maria of Nyagan, Russia against unseeded Ksenia of Chelyabinsk, Russia. Ksenia came out determined, and Maria came out a
Ninth seed and former World No. 1 Dinara Safina of Russia came to a crashing halt in the French Open Tuesday as she was defeated by Japanese veteran Kimiko Date Krumm 3-6, 6-4, 7-5. Safina, a beaten finalist here in 2008 and 2009, took the first set but Date Krumm stuck to her task and
Justine Henin took a big step in her return from retirement Tuesday, winning her first French Open match since 2007 when she won the tournament for the fourth time. Her unwilling accomplice in the 6-4, 6-3 win was Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria. Henin was retired for 20 months, and while she's seeded only 22nd, she's
No. 42 ranked Ana Ivanovic of Serbia, has made her way into the 2nd round of the French Open at Paris, with a victory over No. 89 ranked Kai-Chen Chang of Chinese Taipei. The former World No. 1, whose ranking has dropped steadily since achieving her No. 1 ranking after winning the French Open in
World No. 1, Serena Williams of the USA, had a shaky start, but managed a straight-sets victory over Stefanie Voegele of Switzerland. No. 76 ranked Stefanie took the No. 1 seed to a tie-break in the 1st set, which Serena won 7-2. Serena then put the match away with a more convincing second set, 6-2.
No. 3 seed, Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark easily advanced to the second round today in Paris at the French Open. She handily defeated Alla Kudryavtseva from Russia in straight sets, 6-0, 6-3. Caroline is playing with her right ankle taped after spraining it in the semifinals in Charleston on April 17. After returning to play,
Unseeded, No. 45 ranked Gisela Dulko from Argentina embarrassed No. 10 seed, Victoria Azarenka of Belarus, 6-1, 6-2, in the 1st round of the French Open being played in Paris, France. The commentators thought Victoria's play was so bad, they wondered why she even showed up on the court. Gisela had 14 winners and 18
Russian cutie pie, Maria Sharapova, continues her post-injury comeback, reaching the quarterfinals of the 2009 French Open played May 24-June 7, 2009. She played four tough matches in the first four rounds, each going three sets, warding off many set and match points against her. On her road to the quarterfinals, she defeated No. 82
Tennis cutie pie, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, made it into round three of the 2009 French Open. The 17-year-old from Russia ws doing well until she ran ino the world's No. 1, Dinara Safina. In round one, Pavlyuchenkova defeated No. 88 ranked, Raluca Olaru of Romaina, in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2. Round two went to a 2nd
Serbian cutie pie, Ana Ivanovic, is through to the 3rd round of the 2009 French Open after a decisive 6-1, 6-2 win over Tamarine Tanasugarn. Ivanovic started off with a somewhat close match against No. 44 ranked Sara Errani of Italy. Errani took the 1st set to a tie-break, which Ivanovic won 7-3. Ivanovic then
