Tag Archives: Roland Garros

Richard Gasquet breaks his curse

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– With his epic win over #11 Milos Raonic ( he even saved 1 MP, winning 7-5 in the fifth), the talented frenchman Richard Gasquet finally broke his curse of not progressing further than R4 in any Grand Slam since Wimbledon 2007 [ till yesterday he had a 1-14 record on GS R4’s].

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Evolution of Djokovic vs Tsonga rivalry.

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– The Tsonga-Djokovic rivalry has always been an interesting one. It provided one of the few Slam finals in the last years ( in Australian Open 08′) without neither Federer or Nadal, and it all ended up with Djokovic winning in 4 tight sets to claim his first Grand Slam title.

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Marcell Granollers annual random runs

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– It’s clear that Marcell is not a consistent player, and because of that many people think that he doesn’t deserve his ranking (#23), which may be right, because till RG he had a 7-10 W/L on the season, here in Paris he has done his annually great run, taking advantage of an easy draw to reach R4. However, I think that his run stops at R4 vs Ferrer Let’s take a look at his best runs since 2008: Continue reading