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US Open Stringing 2015 - Day 1

Jet lag is always an issue for the first 2 days after arriving. I beat my alarm clock by an hour and wake at 5.30am. This is not too bad. In past years I have woken up for the first day of stringing as early as 4am. I hit the gym and get ready for work. Jim is thrilled by the early wake up call. In past years we have had to take the train out to Arthur Ashe. But this year the tournament shuttle buses have started running early.The shuttle takes about 35min to get to the tennis centre....

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MURRAY INTO SEMIS AFTER DRAMATIC WIN OVER MONFILS

Huge cheers greeted the entrance of Gael Monfils onto Philippe Chatrier Court. The crowd barely registered Andy Murray’s arrival, save for a smattering of jeers. Murray smirked as he walked onto the court, clearly accepting of his fate of having to enter a cauldron of vociferous Parisian support for a home-grown player. Perhaps he even relished the challenge. It seemed that way judging.....

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GULBIS BEATS BERDYCH TO REACH FIRST GRAND SLAM SEMI FINAL

 

The last eight players to defeat Roger Federer at a Grand Slam tournament lost in their next match. Ernests Gulbis broke the spell on Tuesday at Roland Garros. Two days after knocking out the World No. 4, the Latvian raced past World No. 6 Tomas Berdych 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 to reach his first Grand Slam semi-final. He extended his winning streak to nine matches and his season mark on French...

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BOUCHARD HITS BACK TO REACH SEMI FINALS


WTA Rising Star Eugenie Bouchard came back from the brink to defeat Carla Suárez Navarro, 7-6(4), 2-6, 7-5, at Roland Garros on Friday to reach her second consecutive Grand Slam semifinal. Despite her tender years, Bouchard has already proved a number of times her big match temperament. In the fourth round, she exhibited this quality once more, putting on a clay court...

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DJOKOVIC'S COUNTDOWN TO GREATNESS


The final stage of Novak Djokovic’s drive to complete a career Grand Slam, thereby joining the elite club whose membership also includes his rivals Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, began today, in the second week of the 2014 French Open. I draw a line of demarcation there for a number of reasons, starting with the fact that job number one for top contenders at any Slam is making it...

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