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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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CANADA'S RAONIC, BOUCHARD STORM INTO FRENCH OPEN QUARTERS

Milos Raonic and Eugenie Bouchard made history for Canada on Sunday as both powered into the quarter-finals of the French Open. Eighth-seeded Raonic dispatched Spain’s Marcel Granollers 6-3, 6-3, 6-3, while Bouchard cruised past Germany’s Angelique Kerber 6-1, 6-2. “I’m not surprised to make by first Grand Slam quarter-final but I would not have thought I would have done it first here....

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BRILLIANT GAEL ADVANCES TO THE QUARTER FINALS

Brilliant and hugely unpredictable, one can never be sure which of Gael Monfils’ alter egos will show up for the job on any given day. Gael the Showman dazzles with court speed and shot selection so removed from the text book it has his fans on their feet. Gael the Fighter wins eight of his 10 five-set matches at Roland Garros, when it seems he is down and out. Then there’s Gael...

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