Tag: Roland Garros

  • Federer vs Nadal in Grand Slam Finals Over the Years in Photos

    Federer vs Nadal in Grand Slam Finals Over the Years in Photos

    In the eptimore retro final, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer will play in the final of the 2017 Australian Open, making a surprising final chapter (probably) to their immense rivalry, as the clash for the 9th time in a Grand Slam final. The two stars, both surprising almost everyone by making it this far while […]

  • Novak Djokovic is Owning 2015 With Ease

    Novak Djokovic is Owning 2015 With Ease

    Mark another title for Novak Djokovic in 2015. After winning the Australian Open and the Masters at Indian Wells, the number one player in the ATP rankings beat Andy Murray to claim the title in Miami for a fifth time.

  • Rafael Nadal Can’t Lose in the French Open, Not Even to Novak Djokovic

    Rafael Nadal Can’t Lose in the French Open, Not Even to Novak Djokovic

    The greatest clay court player of all time, Rafael Nadal, proved for the ninth time in his career that beating him in Paris, a best of five match in the French Open, is an almost impossible feat, even if he is far from his best and the player standing on the other side, Novak Djokovic, is actually better.

  • Novak Djokovic – The Best Player in Tennis Once Again

    Novak Djokovic – The Best Player in Tennis Once Again

    We’re not used to seeing Rafael Nadal lose on clay so much, even if it is against Novak Djokovic. The Serbian star and number two in the world beat Rafael Nadal for the second time this season in a Masters tournament final, this time claiming the Italian Open in Rome to make it his third ATP 1000 title, and maybe placing himself as the favorite to win the Roland Garros for the first time in his career.

  • Wawrinka Beats Federer – Not a One and Done

    Wawrinka Beats Federer – Not a One and Done

    Winning a big one is hard, but consistency and greatness is even more difficult. The Monte Carlo Masters isn’t a Grand Slam, but it’s an indication that Stansilas Wawrinka might be here for more than just a short period of dominance, as he walked all over Roger Federer to win his first ATP 1000 tournament.

  • Rafael Nadal Makes Watching the Roland Garros Almost Boring

    Rafael Nadal Makes Watching the Roland Garros Almost Boring

    Nine times Rafael Nadal has played at the Roland Garros in Paris, and eight times now he has left the clay courts of the French Open as a champion, more than anyone has ever won in a single grand slam tournament, reaching the achievement after a rather anti-climatic final against David Ferrer.

  • Rafael Nadal – French Open Champion for a Record 7th Time

    Novak Djokovic lost all the edge he had over Rafael Nadal in less than a year in terms of psychological warfare. Rafael Nadal, on the clay courts of Paris, is simply impossible to beat. He needed two days and four sets to set a new record at the Roland Garros, winning his 7th French Open, leaving Bjorn Borg behind him.

  • Djokovic – Nadal, 2012 French Open Final Prediction

    For the first time in his career, Novak Djokovic has reached the French Open final. In the way of the last piece of the puzzle for him, completing the career and special Novak Grand Slam, is the master of the Roland Garros out to set some records of his own, Rafael Nadal.

  • Rafael Nadal Shouldn’t Care About Who He Gets Next

    The way Rafael Nadal is tearing through yet another French Open, with Nicolas Almagro posing as his latest victim on the clay courts of Paris, he shouldn’t really care about who he faces next in the Semi Final and the Final. The title seems to be as good as his.

  • Can Anyone But Rafael Nadal Win the 2012 French Open?

    Rafael Nadal has won six of the last seven French Open Grand Slam tournaments. He missed out in 2009 because he wasn’t 100% when he lost his only match on the Paris clay. He’s won three clay tournaments in the last couple of months. Can anyone, meaning Roger Federer and/or Novak Djokovic, deny Nadal from his 7th Roland Garros title?