Lleyton Hewitt came back from two sets down to beat 2004 champion Gaston Gaudio and reach the third round at the French Open.
Hewitt, the 14th seed from Australia, won 4-6, 3-6, 6-2, 6- 4, 6-2 on Court Philippe Chatrier. The victory in 3 1/2 hours marked the fourth career comeback from two sets down for [...]
Archive for May, 2007
Hewitt proves he is back
Posted in French Open 2007 on May 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Safin thinks about retirement
Posted in Players on May 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Russian player Marat Safin is not sure whether he wants to continue playing professional tennis. The two-time Grand Slam champion said that he is 27 years old and that he can’t seem to improve his game. He also said that he could not live with the fact that he is a struggling player.
All this came [...]
Djokovic warns Murray
Posted in Players on May 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
World number six Novak Djokovic believes Andy Murray will learn from the wrist injury that threatens to rule him out of Wimbledon.
Djokovic indicated that Murray is not taking care of his body enough, but Murray is part of a group of young players that can challenge the supremacy of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in [...]
A roof in Roland Garros
Posted in General on May 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Roger Federer wants a roof over his head at the French Open, and his wish might come true by 2011. Heavy rain at Roland Garros allowed only 14 matches to be completed over the first two days, forcing 82 matches to be crammed into Tuesday’s schedule. The top-ranked Federer thinks a court with a retractable [...]
Eight American men defeated in France
Posted in French Open 2007 on May 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Eight American men at the French Open were beaten in what will go down not
only as one of the darkest days in U.S. tennis history but the worst day for
U.S. men’s tennis in the Grand Slams during the Open Era, which dates to 1968.
On Tuesday we had Roddick defeated by Andreev, and suprisingly James Blake
defeated [...]
Ljubicic vs Wawrinka
Posted in French Open 2007 on May 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Ljubicic defeated Arnaud Clement 6:1 7:5 7:6 in the first round, advancing to the
Roland Garros second round for the fourth time.
Last year Ljubicic reaches his first Grand Slam semifinal here in France where he
lost to the eventual champion Rafael Nadal.
Ljubicic failed to win back-to-back matches in the four clay court tournaments
he contested this season. He [...]
Weather forecast for The French Open
Posted in French Open 2007 on May 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The forecast says that it will not rain in Paris until Friday,
so maybe we will watch full matches for the next three days.
For more info on weather visit CNN.
Davydenko crushes Galvani
Posted in French Open 2007 on May 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Russian 4th seed Nikolay Davydenko is safely through to the second round of The French Open as he beat Italy’s Stefano Galvani 6:3 6:1 6:1. The match lasted just over 90 minutes.
Davydenko’s serve and his famous flat shots served his well in this match, and the Italian had no answer.
It is interesting that Davydenko [...]
Another interesting match
Posted in French Open 2007 on May 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
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One of the interesting matches of the first round in The French Open
is the one between Olivier Rochus (BEL) and Gael Monfils (FRA).
Rochus comes into Roland Garros on a five-match losing streak and has
won just two matches on clay in 2007. He defeated Chris Guccione in Davis Cup,
and also advanced to the second round [...]
Is Hewitt ready for a comeback?
Posted in Players on May 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Since February, the Australian, Lleyton Hewitt has been training in Andre Agassi’s
home in Las Vegas and in that way try to return to the top of the list.
All this was organized by Darren Cahill, former coach of both Agassi and Hewitt,
and currently he is the coach of the Australian Davis Cup team.
Hewitt himself feels much better after Agassi’s advice, and all this was confirmed
by Hewitt’s current manager David Drysdale. If someone knows how to revive a professional career it is Agassi,
because back in 1997 he dropped to 140. place on the list.
During that time he divorced Brook Shields, ate and slept very little.
But, he regrouped and made a huge success by reaching the top spot,
and even won a grand slam title at the age of 32.
Apart from giving great advice, Agassi has been Hewitt’s idol when
Lleyton was a child, and he has seen a [...]
