News Source: The Examiner
| 6 months ago
Those unmistakable shrieks punctuating point after point on Court 1 at the French Open on Monday trumpeted Maria Sharapova 's return to the Grand Slam stage...Sharapova's tennis is not yet back to her lofty standards, as one might expect after...
News Source: Androscoggin News
| 6 months ago
Andy Murray faces Italy's Potito Starace in the second round in Paris. Photograph: Laurent Baheux/AP Andy Murray , having won his first match in straight sets against Argentina's Juan Ignacio Chela, will be looking to make another sharp and incisive...
News Source: Sify News
| 6 months ago
Russian Maria Sharapova shrilled her way into the second round of the French Open with a 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 victory over Anastasiya Yakimova of Belarus on Monday. The former world number one, who dropped to 102nd in the WTA rankings being out of action...
News Source: Sify News
| 6 months ago
Andy Roddick overcame a psychological block on Monday when he clambered into the French Open second round with a 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 win over French wildcard Romain Jouan. French Open 2009 The American sixth seed had not made it past the first round since...
News Source: Channel NewsAsia
| 6 months ago
Rafael Nadal, bidding for an historic fifth successive French Open, and Roger Federer, still seeking a first Roland Garros crown to complete a career Grand Slam, swept into the second round on Monday. But the two great rivals were overshadowed by the...
News Source: Newstalk ZB
| 6 months ago
Venus Williams is also through in three sets. In the men's draw, top seeds Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer have had few problems in reaching the second round, while American Andy Roddick has had his first win in Paris since 2005. Federer glided...