Francesca Schiavone and Samantha Stosur will contest one of the unlikeliest women’s singles finals for years at the French Open later on Saturday.
Francesca Schiavone and Samantha Stosur will contest one of the unlikeliest women’s singles finals for years at the French Open later on Saturday.
AJMAN — Second seed Christian Linge produced a commendable performance to upset top seed Karim Najia 6-2, 6-1 to win the under-12 boys title of the Ajman Kempinski Junior Open Tennis Championships, a press release said.
Rafael Nadal powered into the French Open final with a commanding straight sets victory over surprise semi-finalist Jurgen Melzer on Friday.
Sweden’s Robin Soderling wore down Czech Tomas Berdych 6-3 3-6 5-7 6-3 6-3 on Friday to reach the final of the French Open for the second year in a row.
Serena and Venus Williams clinched the French Open women’s doubles title on Friday to become only the third team to hold all four Grand Slam titles at the same time.
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.