Roland Garros 2015

[Lucas]

Tournament Info
Tier: Grand Slams
Prize Money: $15,980,135
Surface: Clay
Director: Gilbert Ysern

Kod: Zaznacz cały

In the last week of May, the greats of the tennis world descend upon Paris for the year's second Grand Slam and the climax of the European clay court season - the French Open.

Named after renowned French aviator Roland Garros, the tournament, under its various guises, dates back to 1891 and has long been viewed as one of the highlights on the tennis calendar. In its formative years the competition, then staged at the capital's Stade Français club, was open only to members of French clubs, and it was not until 1925 that the French Tennis Federation decided to open its doors to overseas entrants.

With this expansion, and the growth in popularity of the sport on the continent, came the need for a new site. And in 1928 the tournament made the short journey to Porte d'Auteuil, where it has stayed ever since. The newly internationalized event saw winners from nine countries in the inter- and post-war period, including the USA, Great Britain, Germany and, naturally, France. Another important milestone in the evolution of the tournament came in 1968, when Roland Garros ushered in the Open Era by becoming the first Grand Slam to embrace professionalism. The 1970s and 1980s proved to be a golden period in the tournament's history, with seven-time champion Chris Evert, six-time winner Steffi Graf and Martina Navratilova all vying for supremacy on the terre battue.

The following decades saw new names write themselves into French Open folklore, as Monica Seles, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Justine Henin and Serena Williams all captured the Coupe Suzanne Lenglen on multiple occasions. Maria Sharapova became the sixth player of the Open Era to capture the career Grand Slam with her run to the title in 2012, and she was victorious again in 2014. Other 21st century winners include Jennifer Capriati and Li Na, who became the first Asian Grand Slam champion in 2011.

In 2006, the tournament furthered its reputation for breaking the mold by announcing that main draw action would commence on Sunday, as opposed to the usual Monday start day and to date remains the only Grand Slam that conducts play on three consecutive Sundays.

[Lucas]

Bouchard has favourable draw for French Open

Spoiler:

If Canadian tennis star Eugenie Bouchard can break out of her current slump, she has a good chance to make a deep run at the French Open.

The sixth seed has a favourable draw at Roland Garros, starting with a first-round match against France’s Kristina Mladenovic.

The two have met only once in on the WTA circuit, with Bouchard defeating Mladenovic 6-3, 6-2 in the quarter-finals of the 2013 Coupe Banque National in Quebec City.

Bouchard wouldn’t face a seeded opponent until the third round, where she could meet No. 32 Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan.

It would be the second meeting between the two in as many tournaments. Bouchard beat Diyas 6-3, 6-4 in the second round of last week’s Italian Open. That victory ended a troubling six-match losing streak for the native of Westmount, Que.

Should Bouchard reach the quarter-final, she could face a daunting opponent in Perta Kvitova. The No. 4 Czech has won all three career matches against Bouchard, including a 6-3, 6-0 rout in last year’s Wimbledon final.

Bouchard advanced to the semifinals at Roland Garros last year.

In the men’s draw, Vancouver’s Vasek Pospisil plays his first-round match against Portugal’s Joao Sousa. Pospisil will be looking to advance to the second round in Paris for the first time after three consecutive first-round defeats.

Men’s No. 6 Milos Raonic is missing the tournament as he recovers from surgery to repair a pinched nerve in his right foot.

The 24-year-old from Thornhill, Ont., reached the quarter-finals at the French Open last year before falling to Novak Djokovic.

http://www.sportsnet.ca/tennis/bouchard ... ench-open/

[Lucas]

Sharapova rife with confidence

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Matt Wilansky, Tennis editor

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Williams

No. 1 Serena Williams: After a 24-0 start to the season, Williams lost to Petra Kvitova in a swift straight-setter in Madrid and then pulled out of Rome with an elbow injury. Williams says her setback shouldn't affect her French Open campaign, but given her second-round dismissal a year ago, the world No. 1 could be lacking confidence heading into the year's second Slam.
Sharapova

No. 2 Maria Sharapova: A few years ago, we didn't think of Sharapova as a clay-court stalwart, but she validated her prowess by winning a third title Sunday in Rome. With an air of uncertainty surrounding the women's draw (most notably, Serena's recent struggles), the two-time French Open winner looks like the early favorite at Roland Garros.
Wozniacki

No. 5 Caroline Wozniacki: It hasn't been an awful clay season for the Dane, who has recent wins against Simona Halep and Agnieszka Radwanska. But if the tennis gods are on her side, they'll keep a rejuvenated Victoria Azarenka out of Wozniacki's half of the draw in Paris. In all three of their meetings this season, Azarenka has prevailed, including the past week in Rome.
Bouchard

No. 6 Eugenie Bouchard: Bouchard has seemingly reached rock bottom in her young tennis career. Since Indian Wells, she is 1-7, with her only win coming this past week in the opening round of Rome. More disconcerting for Bouchard: She has played just one top-20 player in that stretch.
Suarez

No. 8 Carla Suarez Navarro: If there is any player in the game who deserves more love, it's Suarez Navarro. She had Sharapova looking frazzled in the Rome final with a guileful array of spins early. The No. 8-ranked Spaniard was eventually overpowered late in their two-and-a-half-hour battle, but that shouldn't take anything away from her strong week.
Kerber

No. 11 Angelique Kerber: Perhaps Kerber peaked too early. She started the clay season in rousing fashion, winning Charleston and Stuttgart. Since then, Kerber has fallen in the opening round of Madrid and the second round of Rome, the two biggest clay-court events leading up to the French.
Williams

No. 15 Venus Williams: It's no secret Venus doesn't welcome the clay season with open arms. She reached the round of 16 in Rome before losing to Azarenka but hasn't made it past the second round of the French Open since 2010.
Keys

No. 16 Madison Keys: The 20-year-old American gave us plenty of reason for optimism early this year, as she powered her way into the Aussie Open semifinals. But her performance has been a little squirrelly since. Keys reached the Charleston final -- her first clay event of the season -- but fell in the first and second rounds of Madrid and Rome, respectively.

http://espn.go.com/tennis/french15/stor ... and-garros

[Lucas]

Early Tests on La Terre Battue

Wróżenie na temat losowania

Spoiler:

Are tough third-rounders just what Serena and Maria need? (AP)

The stories in both French Open singles draws are the same: The cream has risen. On the men’s side, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal are in the top quarter; on the women’s side, Serena Williams may have to contend with Victoria Azarenka, Caroline Wozniacki, and her sister Venus just to reach the semis.

In other words, it’s going to get interesting early. Here’s a look at how the women’s event might play out. (View the entire draw here.)

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First Quarter

Azarenka has been cursed with tough draws this season, but it seemed that once she lifted herself back into the Top 32 and earned a Grand Slam seeding, she would be safe. No such luck: The former world No. 1 is scheduled to face the current No. 1, Serena, in the third round. Or maybe that is good luck. We know that if you’re going to knock off Serena, who went out in the second round at Roland Garros last year, it’s probably going to happen early.

Serena also comes in to this Slam a little more vulnerable than normal. She says she had a slow start, preparation-wise, to the clay season, and she hasn’t caught up yet. Williams was beaten badly by Petra Kvitova in Madrid and had to pull out of Rome with an elbow injury. Still, I think if she does face Azarenka on Chatrier, Serena will treat it like a Slam final or semi—i.e., she’ll play well, and win.

On the other side, Wozniacki, while she’s ranked No. 5, hasn’t been past the third round at Roland Garros since 2010.

First-round match to watch: Venus Williams vs. Sloane Stephens
Semifinalist: S. Williams

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Second Quarter

Next question: We know that Petra Kvitova can beat anyone when she’s in Madrid or at Wimbledon; now can she, at age 25, add Roland Garros to that short list of homes-away-from-home? She’s been to the semis here once, but this year her draw makes a second deep run seem plausible. The other seeds in her half are Irina-Camelia Begu, Timea Bacsinszky, and Madison Keys, who just pulled out of a tune-up event with an elbow injury.

Even better for Kvitova, the top seed on the other side is Eugenie Bouchard. The Canadian, as we know, has had a horrid 2015, but she did show signs of life in Rome, where she nearly beat Carla Suarez Navarro. But even if she does right herself for this tournament, Bouchard would be a long shot in a quarterfinal against Kvitova.

Sleepers: Karolina Pliskova and Svetlana Kuznetsova. The Czech and the Russian are in Bouchard’s half.

First-round match to watch: Bouchard vs. Kristina Mladenovic. The Frenchwoman upset No. 2 seed Li Na in the first round here in 2014.

Players of Interest: Taylor Townsend and Belinda Bencic. These two future stars have good draws.
Semifinalist: Kvitova

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Third Quarter

What do we think of Simona Halep’s chances? On the plus side, she almost won the tournament in 2014, she’s had a strong 2015 overall, and at this point she should feel as if a Grand Slam title is within her grasp. On the minus side, because she doesn’t automatically overpower her opponents, she’s not immune to the odd upset on an off day—she can, in other words, get down on herself.

Halep could get a little down looking at her draw: The first seed she’s scheduled to face is the woman who pulled off one of those odd upsets over her earlier this month in Madrid, Alizé Cornet. But if she makes it past the Frenchwoman, Halep could be in the clear. Agnieszka Radwanska and Ana Ivanovic, each of whom has been mired in season-long slump, are two of the seeds in this quarter.

Player of Interest: Caroline Garcia. The Frenchwoman, who snuck onto safe ground as the No. 31 seed, has never done much at her home Slam. This time she’s slated to play Ivanovic in the third round.
Semifinalist: Halep

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Fourth Quarter

The cream rose on thew women's side, as I said, but some of it sank to the bottom as well. Maria Sharapova, Carla Suarez Navarro, Angelique Kerber, Garbine Muguruza, and Sam Stosur are all in the last quarter.

Despite a tough draw, Sharapova, champion in Paris last year and champion in Rome last week, remains the favorite to reach the semis. She’s 4-0 against her opening-round opponent, 49th-ranked Kaia Kanepi, and 14-2 against Stosur, the first seed she could face. But that one could be interesting: The Aussie led Sharapova by a set in Paris last year before folding.

On paper, the other side looks like a three-way duel between Suarez Navarro, a quarterfinalist in Paris in 2014; Muguruza, who beat Serena here last year; and Kerber, a woman who has won two clay titles this spring, and beat Sharapova in one of them.

Name to say, if not remember: Oceane Dodin. The French wild card starts against Kurumi Nara.

First-round match to watch: Stosur vs. Madison Brengle. The American can play on clay, and nearly beat Stosur in their only meeting.
Semifinalist: Sharapova

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Semifinals: S. Williams d. Kvitova; Sharapova d. Halep
Final: S. Williams d. Sharapova

Semifinals: S. Williams d. Kvitova; Sharapova d. Halep
Final: S. Williams d. Sharapova

http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2015/05/ ... WCrzFKfZfA

[DUN I LOVE]

MAIN DRAW

S.Williams [1] vs A.Hlavackova
Al.Friedsam vs A.Glatch
S.Zheng vs L.Hradecka
Mt.Torro-Flor vs V.Azarenka [27]
B.Strycova [22] vs T.Pironkova
D.Allertova vs J.Konta
M.Johansson vs H.Watson
S.Stephens vs V.Williams [15]
A.Petkovic [10] vs S.Rogers
L.Dominguez Lino vs C.McHale
C.Witthoeft vs K.Siniakova
A.Riske vs S.Errani [17]
J.Jankovic [25] vs S.Karatantcheva
I.Falconi vs M.Arcangioli
C.Vandeweghe vs J.Goerges
K.Knapp vs C.Wozniacki [5]

P.Kvitova [4] vs M.Erakovic
S.Soler-Espinosa vs P.Parmentier
M.Gasparyan vs A.Konjuh
B.Mattek-Sands vs I.Begu [30]
T.Bacsinszky [23] vs L.Arruabarrena
T.Smitkova vs T.Townsend
B.Bencic vs D.Hantuchova
V.Lepchenko vs M.Keys [16]
K.Pliskova [12] vs S.Zhang
A.Mitu vs A.Lim
Q.Wang vs F.Schiavone
K.Bertens vs S.Kuznetsova [18]
Z.Diyas [32] vs D.PfizenMayer
Ak.Schmiedlova vs A.Van Uytvanck
K.Koukalova vs D.Kovinic
K.Mladenovic vs E.Bouchard [6]


A.Ivanovic [7] vs Y.Shvedova
P.Cetkovska vs M.Doi
B.Jovanovski vs L.Tsurenko
D.Vekic vs C.Garcia [31]
S.Peng [24] vs P.Hercog
K.Flipkens vs E.Vesnina
F.Ferro vs T.Pereira
L.Chirico vs E.Makarova [9]
A.Radwanska [14] vs A.Beck
P.Kania vs M.Barthel
A.Krunic vs Y.Putintseva
Y.Wickmayer vs E.Svitolina [19]
A.Cornet [29] vs R.Vinci
A.Dulgheru vs N.Gibbs
M.Lucic-Baroni vs L.Davis
E.Rodina vs S.Halep [3]

C.Suarez Navarro [8] vs M.Niculescu
V.Razzano vs V.Cepede Royg
M.Rybarikova vs O.Rogowska
M.Linette vs F.Pennetta [28]
G.Muguruza [21] vs P.Martic
T.Maria vs C.Giorgi
C.Dellacqua vs A.Tomljanovic
T.Babos vs A.Kerber [11]
L.Safarova [13] vs A.Pavlyuchenkova
O.Dodin vs K.Nara
J.Larsson vs D.Gavrilova
M.Puig vs S.Lisicki [20]
S.Stosur [26] vs M.Brengle
A.Hesse vs J.Gajdosova
S.Voegele vs V.Diatchenko
K.Kanepi vs M.Sharapova [2]

Drabinka: http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/draws ... Fl7006K.99

[Mario]

Gdyby ktoś rok temu, kiedy Ana odpadała w 3 rundzie, powiedział mi, że do końca sezonu zrobi finał w Cinci, w świetnym stylu wygra Tokio, dołoży połówkę w Pekinie i w turnieju mistrzyń wygra dwa mecze w grupie, a ja za 5 miesięcy nie będę dawał jej żadnych szans nawet na drugi tydzień w Paryżu to bym wyśmiał. Ale takie są fakty.

Nawet nie będę analizował drabinki (w sumie jej nie znam, wiem tylko, że w R32 jest Garcia, a QF Halep, tyle zapamiętałem z losowania), na dzisiaj każda zawodniczka zdolna do trzech mocniejszych uderzeń/przebicia dziesięciu piłek w wymianie jest ogromnym zagrożeniem dla Serbki, więc wcale się nie zdziwię, jeśli turniej zakończy się dla niej już dzisiaj. A wtedy do Monachium....

[Robertinho]

Ponoć ślub w planach.

[AniaPova]

Gdyby ktoś rok temu, kiedy Ana odpadała w 3 rundzie, powiedział mi, że do końca sezonu zrobi finał w Cinci, w świetnym stylu wygra Tokio, dołoży połówkę w Pekinie i w turnieju mistrzyń wygra dwa mecze w grupie, a ja za 5 miesięcy nie będę dawał jej żadnych szans nawet na drugi tydzień w Paryżu to bym wyśmiał. Ale takie są fakty.

Nawet nie będę analizował drabinki (w sumie jej nie znam, wiem tylko, że w R32 jest Garcia, a QF Halep, tyle zapamiętałem z losowania), na dzisiaj każda zawodniczka zdolna do trzech mocniejszych uderzeń/przebicia dziesięciu piłek w wymianie jest ogromnym zagrożeniem dla Serbki, więc wcale się nie zdziwię, jeśli turniej zakończy się dla niej już dzisiaj. A wtedy do Monachium....

Caroline już nie gra Drabinka otworzyła się dla Any i Serbka ma okazję zagrać tu w R4, a nawet w QF. Następna rywalka to Doi, potem Jovanovski/Vekic, a w R4 pewnie Makarova, która jest w słabej formie i nie wiadomo czy po drodze ktoś jej jeszcze nie pokona. Ajde ma najłatwiejszą drogę do QF z całej TOP 8, jeśli tego nie wykorzysta to

[Mario]

Amandine.

Mecz straszny, takie typowe WTA. Błędy, błędy, od czasu do czasu jakaś dobra akcja (zwykle serwis Francuzki). W następnym spotkaniu prawdopodobnie Stosur, więc zwiedzą panie jakiś lepszy kort.

Alize też zaczyna ogarniać, więc powinno być dobrze.

[Mateuszz91]

Paula Kania pokonuje Monę Barthel w pierwszej rundzie 5-7 6-2 6-4 , tymsamym odnosi swoje pierwsze zwycięstwo w Wielkim Szlemie.

[Mario]

Ja rozumiem, że ES musi czasami pokazać WTA, ale Radwańska na 1 kanale, a Kerber na 2 to już trochę przegięcie. Mogli przynajmniej podesłać swoim użytkownikom jakieś środki pobudzające, żeby przypadkiem nie usnęli.

[Mateuszz91]

Szybko skończył się tegoroczny RG dla Agnieszki . Wszystko wskazuje na to , że to zasłona dymna przed Wimbledonem .

[Robertinho]

Pisia. Za dużo świętowania wczoraj?

[Rroggerr]

Jak Beck zagrywa o 30 winnerów więcej niż rywalka, to faktycznie szału nie ma...

[Mario]

Świetnie wygląda Alize Lim, cudownie się prezentuje, ale niestety w tenisa grać nie potrafi. 5 gemów od niejakiej Mitu wpadło. W sumie, i tak byłem w szoku, że jeszcze próbuje coś grać (dwa finały w ITF-ach nawet wpadły).

[Jacques D.]

Świetnie wygląda Alize Lim, cudownie się prezentuje

Wiadomix...

Spoiler:

A co do AR - jeśli ktokolwiek w jakimkolwiek meczu gra wyraźnie mniej atrakcyjnie od Beck, to chyba już niżej się zejść nie da.

[Sonia]

No i proszę Eugenia zaraz się pożegna z turniejem.

Wysłany przy użyciu Tapatalka.

[Mario]

Radwańska i Bouchard poza turniejem już po pierwszej rundzie. Nie powiem, całkiem fajnie to się zaczyna...

[Robertinho]

Żeby jeszcze Serena przegrała...

[Jacques D.]

Sesil.