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Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: May 25, 2015
Those searching for early chaos and exciting play at the 2015 French Open finally got what they wanted on Monday in the continuation of first-round action. While there weren’t any seismic upsets, Monday’s action at least produced more thrilling contests than Sunday’s opening day that featured only one men’s singles match that wasn’t decided in straight sets....
Published: May 25, 2015
At long last, the top seeds are on the verge of taking to the courts and beginning their play Tuesday at the 2015 French Open. Most of the first round is already in the books, but we won’t truly be able to assess how the draws look after Round 1 until the top dogs step onto the Roland Garros courts. While the first two days of action would indicate that upsets will be hard to come by, there promise...
Published: May 24, 2015
Another full slate of first-round matches at the 2015 French Open is on the horizon for Monday, with the best stars in the sport looking to continue the dominant trend set Sunday by the top favorites in play. The first day of play at Roland Garros didn’t produce many dramatic moments, with Steve Johnson’s five-set upset of No. 26 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez serving as the only one of the 32...
Published: May 24, 2015
Chalk reigned supreme in the opening day of the 2015 French Open, with straight-set victories the norm for seeded players and very few upsets among the heavy slate of Sunday matches. No. 2 Roger Federer and No. 3 Simona Halep set the tone as the top seeds in their respective brackets, each posting comprehensive straight-set wins. Those behind them followed suit. Throughout the 32 matches on Sunday’s...
Published: May 23, 2015
The clay courts of Roland Garros are being hosed down in anticipation of the 2015 French Open‘s commencement Sunday, and some of the field’s top stars will be in action. You won’t find either of the top seeds slated to play in Day 1, but the schedule for the first day of matches isn’t short on big names and contenders who figure to go deep into the two-week spectacle. It takes...
Published: May 23, 2015
The year’s second Grand Slam is nearly in full swing, as the first service ball to be tossed into the Paris air Sunday will signal the start of the 2015 French Open. Qualifying has already been going on for some time, but the biggest contenders for the title have known just how tough of a road is ahead ever since the Friday morning draw. There’s no doubt it packed a punch and surfaced more...
Published: May 23, 2015
The 2015 French Open begins Sunday, with reality starting to sink in that this could be the year Rafael Nadal’s reign begins to end. The Spaniard knew he would be in for a fight to win his sixth straight at Roland Garros after a poor start to 2015, and that materialized in the draw. He secured the No. 6 seed, which means he would face top-seeded Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals and Andy Murray...
Published: May 21, 2015
To say the 2015 French Open field will be wide open in terms of contending for the trophy would be putting it lightly. For the first time in over a decade, nine-time champion Rafael Nadal—who has won each of the last five French Opens—looks far from his usual best entering the year’s second Grand Slam. He put the clamps on so much of the competition at Roland Garros over the last...
Published: May 21, 2015
The clay courts of Roland Garros have been tended to, and the start of the 2015 French Open is just days away as the top stars in tennis gear up for a two-week run at the sport’s lone clay Grand Slam. Although the draw doesn’t come out until Friday at 11:30 a.m. ET (5:30 a.m. in Paris), the top seeds are all but secured in the main two draws. Novak Djokovic enters as the undisputed...
Published: May 20, 2015
With qualifying for the year’s second Grand Slam already in progress, the 2015 French Open will finally start to take shape with Friday’s release of the men’s and women’s singles draw. In a seismic change from recent years at Roland Garros, the nine-time champion and winner of the last five tournaments won’t be drawing the top seed on the men’s side. Rafael Nadal’s...