Match Previews

RG Women’s Final Preview

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Lots of questions surrounding our Women’s final preview.

(1) Serena Williams v (13) Lucie Safarova

Serena will try to win her 20-th Grand Slam title when she faces surprising first time Grand Slam finalist Lucie Safaroava in Saturday’s final. If she wins, Williams who is a winner here in 2002 and 2013, will tie Steffi Graf’s record of 22 Grand Slam Titles, with Margaret Court’s 24 looking closer and closer.

The inconsistency of the American these two weeks continued with yet another come from behind win in the semifinals versus the Swiss Timea Bacsinzsky. This however was the most dramatic one to date, as Serena was visibly sick.

RG Men’s Semi Final 2

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(14) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga v (8) Stan Wawrinka

This semifinal may be overlooked, but both are in very good form coming in and if they show the same high level of tennis this could be an epic 4 or 5 setter that can compete for the match of the tournament.

Both will be looking to make only their second Grand Slam final. And while Stan The Man succeeded while getting there by defeating Nadal in 2014 Australian Open, Tsonga dropped a 4 set decision to Novak Djokovic 7 years ago in the same tournament.

Has been long time coming for the Frenchman as he missed significant time with a persisting

RG Men’s Semi Final 1

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(1) Novak Djokovic v (3) Andy Murray

Novak Djokovic did what only one man alive previously has done – defeating Rafael Nadal in the French Open. It was a sweet victory for the Serbian as this was a long time coming, 6 times he had previously lost against Nadal in Paris, but it was worth the wait. It marks as the first time the Spaniard has lost in straight sets in 3 of 5 format on clay.

“It is definitively a match I am going to remember for a long time. I managed to stay aggressive, didn’t let him dictate the rallies, but rather be the one doing it.

RG Women’s Semifinal Preview

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Women’s Semifinals is the theme for Thursday in Paris.

(1) Serena Williams v (23) Timea Bacsinszky

Timea’s great form these 2 weeks continued with a straight sets win over another surprising participant in the latter stages in a GS tournament – Alison Van Uytvanck. Timea hit 39 winners from which 26 came from her backhand, and from that wing she completely dominated the Belgian. This is the first time a Swiss player has made it into a GS SF since Patty Schnyder in Australian Open 2004. Alison didn’t play bad at all, she was lacking a good game plan and hitting constantly to Timea’s backhand was not

Women’s RG Quarterfinal Previews

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Surprise, surprise! Despite the Women’s side delivering a fair amount of unpredictability and surprises, it’s good to see different names making it further in the Grand Stage.

(1) Serena Williams v (17) Sara Errani

Serena has fought really hard to get to this point in the tournament and with the rest of the players that are left, is quite safe to say she is a really big favourite to not only to win this match against Errani, but the title as well. Serena was down a set and 4-5 in the second vs Sloane Stephens , but on serve, and succeeded a remarkable turnaround once again