French Open

With a Federer-less French Open very much underway I thought I’d put together a quick compilation of Federer best ever matches at Roland Garros. Most of them wins, a couple of losses and some of them matches I’ve not had the pleasure of ever watching. Here we go in no particular order… Roger Federer def. Novak Djokovic 7-6 (7-5), 6-3, …

Bad news here as Roger has announced that he won’t be taking part in this years French Open. Rumours had been circulating for the last 3 days that he wouldn’t be able to play in Paris and earlier today the Swiss published the following on Facebook: I regret to announce that I have made the decision not to play in …

Hey guys, here is Roger Federer’s outfit for the French Open 2016. There’s been quite a lot of speculation in the last few days about his participation at Roland Garros but he’s in Paris and practiced earlier today. So whilst there are some doubts as to whether he will play it looks like there is a decent chance we will …

Hey guys, I wasn’t planning on blogging until the Halle draw but I thought I’d do a quick post on today’s French Open final where Wawrinka took down his second Grand Slam title in sublime fashion. This post can also as a place to discuss the final so the previous post on Federer’s loss to the eventual champion doesn’t get …

A hugely impress victory for the Stanimal here as he advanced to the French Open Semi Finals with a 6-4, 6-3, 7-6(4) over Roger Federer in blustery conditions on Suzanne Lenglen. It was Stan’s first win over Fed in a Grand Slam and he executed the perfect gameplan of power hitting and control to come through comfortably in straight sets …

Big win for the GOAT here as he overcame Gael Monfils in their weather effected match 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 to make his 11th Quarter Final at Roland Garros. After dropping the second set in disappointing fashion on Sunday evening Roger came out in fine form, taking the third set with some solid play and then wrapping up the fourth …

A routine win for Roger Federer here as he defeated Damir Dzumhur 6-4 6-3 6-2 to move into the fourth round of the French Open. Dzumhur was coming into the match with an impressive victory over Baghdatis in the second round and whilst he was able to test Federer at times he was no match for the Swiss who broke …

A nice run out for the GOAT here as he defeated Marcel Granollers 6-2, 7-6(1), 6-3 to book his spot in the third round of the French Open. The Swiss was in control for the most part but had to battle back from 2-4 and 0-2 in the second and third sets before going on to set up a tie …

Hey all, Roger’s Paris campaign is underway and he kicked things off with a comfortable 6-3 6-3 6-4 victory over lucky loser Alejandro Falla. This was Roger’s 62nd straight Grand Slam and he recorded the win in just one hour and 49 minutes, firing down 42 winners and breaking the Colombian’s serve 4 times to book his spot in the …

Hey guys, the second slam of the year is almost upon us and earlier today the draw for Roland Garros landed. All the talk pre tournament was where Nadal would slot into things due to his ranking only affording him 6th seed status. Interestingly he’s found himself in Djokovic’s section which could mean a potential Quarter Final between the two. …