Friday 1 June 2012

Rafa in a hurry

Rafael Nadal was in ominous form as he brushed aside Denis Istomin to reach the third round of the French Open in Paris.

The Spaniard, seeded second behind Novak Djokovic, is looking for a seventh title at Roland Garros this year and will take some stopping if his performance against Istomin is anything to go by.
Nadal was simply imperious despite a valiant display from his opponent with his forehand reeling off countless winners.
He eventually recorded a one-sided 6-2 6-2 6-0 victory in one hour 50 minutes on Suzanne Lenglen.

Thursday 31 May 2012

Record win for Federer

Roger Federer won a record-breaking 234th grand slam match as he progressed to the third round of the French Open at the expense of Adrian Ungur.

The third seed defeated his opponent 6-3 6-2 6-7 6-3 to move ahead of Jimmy Connors on the list of most matches won at tennis' four major tournaments.
But he was forced to work harder than expected against Ungur, who took the third-set tie-break in fine style but could not maintain a consistent challenge.
The Romanian, playing in his first grand slam, had already shown glimpses of his potential by knocking out David Nalbandian in the opening round.
But he was swept aside comfortably in the first two sets against Federer, failing even to win a point on his opponent's serve in the second set.
However, he picked up his game in the third, bringing down his unforced error count and fashioning two break points in the 10th game which Federer managed to save.

French OPen

Djokovic (1) bt Kavcic
6-0, 6-4, 6-4
  • Del Potro (9) bt Roger-Vasselin
    6-7, 7-6, 6-4, 6-4
  • Devilder bt Berrer
    7-6, 6-3, 6-2
  • Federer (3) bt Ungur
    6-3, 6-2, 6-7, 6-3
  • Seppi (22) bt Kukushkin
    6-7, 6-2, 2-6, 6-1, 6-2
  • Cilic (21) bt Ferrero
    7-6, 6-2, 6-3
  • Wawrinka (18) bt Andujar
    7-6, 6-7, 6-2, 6-1
  • Mahut bt Klizan
    4-6, 6-4, 7-6, 6-3
  • Anderson (31) bt Zeballos
    6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-0
  • Berdych (7) bt Llodra
    6-2, 6-3, 6-3
  • Verdasco (14) bt Muller
    6-7, 6-3, 6-2, 6-
  • Simon (11) bt Baker
    6-4, 6-1, 6-7, 1-6, 6-0
  • Kubot bt Serra
    7-6, 6-2, 7-6
  • Cibulkova (15) bt King
    6-0, 6-2
  • Stosur (6) bt Falconi
    6-1, 6-4
  • Azarenka (1) bt Pfizenmaier
    6-1, 6-1
  • Errani (21) bt Oudin
    6-2, 6-2
  • Wozniak bt Zheng (31)
    6-2, 6-4
  • Ivanovic (13) bt Peer
    6-2, 6-2
  • Medina Garrigues (29) bt Pavlovic
    6-3, 6-2
  • Martinez Sanchez bt Safarova (20)
    6-4, 7-5
  • Johansson bt Cetkovska (24)
    7-6, 6-2
  • Petrova (27) bt Scheepers
    6-3, 6-3
  • Stephens bt Mattek-Sands
    6-1, 6-1
  • Martic bt Bartoli (8)
    6-2, 3-6, 6-3
  • Kuznetsova (26) bt Chan
    6-4, 7-6
  • Pennetta (18) bt Glatch
    6-3, 6-1
  • Radwanska (3) bt Williams
    6-2, 6-3