Following her burst onto the main stage at Roland Garros in 2014 with that impressive victory against Serena Williams it felt like a matter of time before the Spaniard would win a major. Battles between Garbine Muguruza and Serena became a bit of a thing at Roland Garros. In 2015 Serena got her revenge as... Continue Reading →
Jelena Ostapenko was never at Roland Garros to make up the numbers. The Latvian was ranked at 47 in the world and 19 when the tournament began now she will be ranked as high as 12 and just turned 20 and what a way to celebrate than with your first career title which is just... Continue Reading →
Records continue to be broken at this year's Roland Garros with Kristina Mladenovic and Caroline Garcia ending France' wait for a french duo to win the women's doubles at Roland Garros for the first time since 1971 a 45 year wait. The champions back in 1971 were Gail Chanfreau and Francoise Durr and since then... Continue Reading →
The Roland Garros history books has a new name enlisted in it. 22 year old Spaniard Garbine Muguruza has won her first of potentially many Grand Slam titles with a 7-5 6-4 win over world number one Serena Williams. Back in 2014 Muguruza made her name at Roland Garros with a straight sets win against... Continue Reading →
A couple of years ago Garbine Muguruza name was all over the headlines at Roland Garros as the Spaniard took out the world number one in straight sets and since she has continued to improve and once again Garbine and Serena will go head to head in a Grand Slam final. After making her first... Continue Reading →
I think it's quite remarkable that we are about half way through the season and one of the tours top players is still searching for some momentum and consistency to get their season going. Petra Kvitova's season has been surprising and disappointing. The two time Grand Slam champion came into the second Grand Slam of... Continue Reading →
The biggest news to come up out of Roland Garros this week is the withdrawal of Rafael Nadal. The former world number one and nine time champion on the clay in Paris has this afternoon announced his withdrawal from the tournament due to a wrist injury. Nadal has said he has been struggling with the... Continue Reading →
Having met at Wimbledon for the past couple of years this time it’s a change of scenery for Richard Gasquet and Nick Kyrgios as they are to meet on Richard’s home soil at Roland Garros. Since their first meeting back in 2014 in the Davis Cup their matches have been excellent and unpredictable. The standout... Continue Reading →
Surprisingly Andy Murray has had a difficult path to the third round of Roland Garros. Many would have expected the British number one to win his two matches in three sets but has had to go the full distance in both against an experienced Radek Stepanek and a French wildcard called Mathias Bourgue playing his... Continue Reading →
Two players you would have have had in the favourites bracket have found themselves packing their bags early. Angelique Kerber was outplayed by Kiki Bertens where the exit of Victoria Azarenka from Roland Garros is a really sad one. The former world number in  my opinion has been the form player on the tour this... Continue Reading →
