The French Open 2010

[Don Sharma]

Rafter and Courier are comparable to the likes of Hewitt and Roddick...Becks and Andre were in a different league though. But there were some specialists for different types of surfaces during Sampras' time - Kuerten, Sergi Bruguera at clay..Krajicek, Henman at grass.. Rafter, Petr Korda, Safin on hard court, etc - whom you don't see that often nowadays which is a kinda sad btw. In my opinion, Fed would have still done well had he played in the early 90s-00s. * Fed was a pr1ck during his boys' tennis time.

[Sooda]

^ yeah... 15 years ago on player winning both the French and Wimby would have been almost impossible. The grass courts were so much quicker that the big servers like Goran and Krajiceck could just bludgeon past players with their serve and volley game. Those types of players would never cope on the Wimbledon surfaces of today. It has made the Wimb games more attractive to watch tho-i.e far more rallies and less of wham bam thank you etc...

[b555]

^ yeah... 15 years ago on player winning both the French and Wimby would have been almost impossible. The grass courts were so much quicker that the big servers like Goran and Krajiceck could just bludgeon past players with their serve and volley game. Those types of players would never cope on the Wimbledon surfaces of today. It has made the Wimb games more attractive to watch tho-i.e far more rallies and less of wham bam thank you etc...

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[b555]

I hope Murray can win

Andy is out of the French Open after a 4-6 5-7 3-6 defeat to Tomas Berdych.

[SachDan]

Andy is out of the French Open after a 4-6 5-7 3-6 defeat to Tomas Berdych.

He was a never a hot contender here at the first place. Didn't expect him to go beyond quarter finals.

[b555]

He was a never a hot contender here at the first place. Didn't expect him to go beyond quarter finals.

But berdych isnt the type of guy u expect to defeat murray

[SachDan]

Upset of the day...Stosur (seeded 7) defeats Henin in a three-setter. 2-6,6-1,6-4 :(

[Riley's Girl]

Missed most of the match. Nadal vs Bellucci: 6-2, 7-5, 4-3 in Rafa's favour. Sh!t happens from time to time, but he'll be wrapping this one up soon.

[Riley's Girl]

...and he does. No surprise.

[SachDan]

Rafa through to the quarter finals :aha::aha: Defeated 24th seed Brazilian Bellucci in straight sets. Honestly score line don't do any justice to Bellucci's peformance. He was quite fantastic today! Made Rafa earn most of the points and showed wide array of shots. He would have stretched any other opponent to 4th or 5th set but not The King of Clay!!

[SachDan]

No surprises that Bellucci has the 4th best record at clay this season.

[Riley's Girl]

Almagro bts Verdasco 6-1, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 to set up a QF vs Rafa.

[SachDan]

3rd seed Wozniacki struggling against 17th seed Schiavone. Lost the first set 6-2 and trailing in the second set 3-4

[SachDan]

Power packed tennis match this! both the players going for the kill with powerful shots.

[SachDan]

Shiavone to serve for the match. If she wins, she will be the first Italian woman to make the semis in open era!

[SachDan]

Shiavone wins 6-2, 6-3 :clap:

[SachDan]

Coming up... Federer v Soderling. Fed's first real test of the competition. Can Soderling do what he did against Rafa last year?

[Zelig]

Let's bury Federer:hitler:..Callin out all Nadal/Soder'/del Porto fans:cheer:

[Riley's Girl]

Roger took the 1st set 6-3 :girldance: Almost time to go home, then I can watch what remains of the match.

[Riley's Girl]

Soderling leads 5-2 in the 2nd. Leaving work now.