Professional Tennis
American John Isner played an epic five-setter against fellow countryman Ryan Harrison at the 2013 French Open Friday, pulling off a 5-7 6-7 (7) 6-3 6-1 8-6 in three hours 50 minutes. A year to the day that he lost to Paul-Henri Mathieu in a 76-game battle, the most ever played in a men’s match at…
At the 2013 French Open, American Bethanie Mattek-Sands, currently ranked 67th in the world, scored the biggest upset of the event so far, rallying past 2011 French Open champion Li Na 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 in the second round. Mattek-Sands won seven consecutive games to take a 5-0 lead in the final set after the second rain…
Jamie Hampton gave the United States10 women in the French Open’s second round for the second consecutive year, after her 7-6 (5), 3-6, 9-7 win over the number 25 seed, Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic. Hampton’s best Grand Slam showing came at the Australian Open in January, when she pushed eventual champion Victoria Azarenka to three sets…
World number one Novak Djokovic, in search of rounding our his career Grand Slam, moved within two match wins of 500 victories at the 2013 French Open after defeating David Goffin 7-6(5), 6-4, 7-5. In the second round, Djokovic will face Guido Pella who edged Ivan Dodig 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 2-6, 12-10 in three hours and…
Seven time French Open winner Rafa Nadal challenged 100 of his fans to play against him at a Paris tennis club five minutes away from the famous clay courts of the Roland Garros tournament. However, the challenge was not at tennis, but rather, an online poker tournament which was free to enter and played using mobile…
Second seed Roger Federer defeated qualifier Pablo Carreno Busta 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 in his opening round matchup at Roland Garros at the 2013 French Open. Federer is bidding to win an 18th Grand Slam championship and second title at Roland Garros, having won in 2009, and was a finalist from 2006-2008 and again in 2011, losing to…
French Open officials have announced that they are planning to build a retractable roof over center court at Roland Garros which will allow for evening matches. The $440 million project, also include a new 4,850-seat show court and redesigned outer courts. The city of Paris and French Tennis Federation are appealing an April 1 decision by…
World number three-ranked Roger Federer hopped on the Web site Reddit at 1:30 p.m. EST on Friday, May 24 to answer questions posed by fans of Reddit’s tennis community. With questions ranging from the basic, “What Grand Slam was the most important or memorable?” to the absurd “How do you style your hair?," Federer answered as many…
Number one seeded Serena Williams begins her bid for a second French Open championship and 16th Grand Slam title overall by facing 83rd-ranked Anna Tatishvili in the first round of the event at Roland Garros. Serena lost her opening match to 111th-ranked Virginie Razzano at the 2012 French Open, Serena’s only first-round loss in 50 career…
World number one Novak Djokovic was drawn in the same half of the 2013 French Open draw as seven-time champion Rafael Nadal in Paris. Of the top three seeds, Djokovic appears to have the trickier draw. The top seed Djokovic, who is looking to become the eighth player to complete the Grand Slam of all four…