Australia’s last French Open winner Margaret Court said Sam Stosur had boosted the country’s flagging tennis fortunes after her surprise run to the Roland Garros final.
Australia’s last French Open winner Margaret Court said Sam Stosur had boosted the country’s flagging tennis fortunes after her surprise run to the Roland Garros final.
Samantha Stosur vs. Francesca Schiavone sounds a little like a first-round pairing, and a year ago at the French Open, it was.
Samantha Stosur stormed into the French Open final, beating Jelena Jankovic 6-1 6-2 and she will become the first Australian woman in 30 years to capture a Grand Slam title if she wins again on Saturday.
After his 20th consecutive victory on clay, Rafael Nadal was pressed in an on-court interview to declare himself the man to beat at this year’s upset-filled French Open.
After-shocks rumbled around Roland Garros as Serena Williams became the latest champion to topple.
PARIS - French Open sensation Jurgen Melzer wears a Mickey Mouse charm around his neck, but it was his lionheart determination which fired him into a first Grand Slam semi-final at the 32nd time of asking.
PARIS - Elena Dementieva and Jelena Jankovic, two of the nearly women of the game, will bid for another crack at grand-slam glory in the French Open semi-finals on Thursday.
Sam Stosur was favourite with her country’s bookmakers on Thursday to win the French Open following her wins over Justine Henin and Serena Williams.
Samantha Stosur of Australia wrecked the Grand Slam hopes of Serena Williams on Wednesday, outplaying the world number one and top seed 6-2 6-7 (2) 8-6 in a thrilling French Open quarter-final.
AJMAN — Russia’s Soniya Plotinikova defeated Serbian Lyubica Oskuras 7-5 6-0 in the girls under-12 of the 1st Ajman Kempinski Open Junior Tennis Championships.