Like that old saw about happy hour – it’s always the clay court season somewhere. The tours rolled on the red stuff this past week, crowning four singles champions. It was a bad luck for the hometown hopes – all three players playing in the final of their home country’s tournaments lost. Hungarian player Agnes [...]

We’re getting into the juicy red center of the tournament. I’m still chewing on Roger Federer’s quarterfinal loss to Tomas Berdych. You know, bitter pills, sour grapes, crap pies and all that. . .I was actually comforted by commentary from Mary Carillo and John McEnroe Wednesday on NBC (geeze, has it come to that?) – [...]

Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images via Yahoo Sports Rafael Nadal completed his charge on Roland Garros to regain his title and hoist the Coupe de Mousquetaires for the fifth time in his young career. He beat two time finalist Robin Soderling 6-4, 6-2, 6-4. Vamos! Rafa won the match without being broken.  He took the [...]

But wait, there’s more! Why not take a break from toasting Francesca and tune into the men’s final on Sunday? It’s between this clay court specialist named Rafael Nadal and some ball basher from Sweden going by Robin Soderling. Could be pretty interesting. . . In the U.S., the men’s Roland Garros final will be [...]

It’s a Williams Slam! Q. How does it feel to win here again, even years? SERENA WILLIAMS: It feels good. I mean, we have a Williams Slam. I think we’ve four in a row now. So we were really excited about that. It’s got the Venus and Serena. VENUS WILLIAMS: Yeah, the Williams Slam in [...]

Well, that happened. . . Robin Soderling soundly defeated defending champ Roger Federer 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4, in Tuesday’s French Open quarterfinals. Call it lucky thirteen – appropriate, given Le Sod’s devilish reputation – his record against Roger now stands at 1-12. Federer’s sublime streak of consecutive Major semifinals stops at 23 – a record [...]

NBC viewers – what did you think of today’s coverage? You know, squishing Sharapova vs. Henin, Petrova vs. Venus, Federer vs. Wawrinka and the Williams sisters’ doubles match into one three-hour thick, tape-delayed tennis club sandwich? (Even when there was actual live tennis going on?) It left a bad taste in my mouth, but I [...]

We heard rumor of it, and here it is! Novak Djokovic starring as Shakira – and Troicki as Nadal – in the Roland Garros Karaoke version of “Gypsy.” Big thanks to GTT reader “Ellen” for sending this along! Here are a few more karaoke vids – mostly longer versions of ones we’ve already seen. Are [...]

Sorry, guys, just a little “wrapette” today. Rafael Nadal may not have much competition on clay, but Venus is gaining on him in the “famous ass” category. My God, there were a lot of questions about Venus Williams’s dress on Wednesday. Is it really that big a deal? Am I jaded or just female? Whatever, [...]

Hurray! The 2010 Roland Garros Karaoke booth is open for business! Roger Federer, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Andy Murray, and Robin Soderling all bust a move. I wish they’d given Murray “Anarchy in the UK” or “God Save the Queen” (Sex Pistols’ version), but Motown works surprisingly well for him. More Andy Murray singing karaoke More! More! [...]

I’m wondering – is the French Open website trying to stir things up or did Nadal and Soderling really give one another the cold shoulder on Thursday? Photo by FFT via RolandGarros.com “As the Majorcan came out onto the main show court, a certain Robin Söderling was just leaving after a practice session of his [...]

Wondering why the Monte-Carlo Masters isn’t mandatory anymore? Juan Martin del Potro is pulling out of the tournament due to wrist tendinitis. He hasn’t played since the Australian Open and he’s reportedly out of Barcelona and questionable for Rome, as well. My google translation via ElMundo: Argentine tennis player Juan Martin del Potro will follow [...]