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Roland Garros 2011 Women’s Schedule of Play

The 2011 Roland Garros Championships in Paris, France also known as the French Open, is the 2nd Grand Slam tournament of 2011. Roland Garros is the 9th Major Tournament for the women’s professional tennis tour each year. The women’s event begins on May 17 with the qualifying singles draw and the Women’s Singles Final will be played [...]

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Roland Garros 2011 Women’s Singles Draw

by Editor 20 May 2011 Grand Slams: Roland Garros

The 2011 Roland Garros women’s main draw singles matches will begin on Sunday 22 May at 11am local time in Paris, France. There are 128 main draw spots divided up between 12 Qualifiers (Q), 8 Wild Cards (WC) and 108 Direct Acceptances. The seeded players do not receive a BYE in the 1st round of [...]

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Roland Garros 2011 Men’s Singles Draw

by Editor 20 May 2011 Grand Slams: Roland Garros

The 2011 Roland Garros men’s main draw singles matches will begin on Sunday 22 May at 11am local time in Paris, France. There are 128 main draw spots divided up between 16 Qualifiers (Q), 8 Wild Cards (WC) and 104 Direct Acceptances. The seeded players do not receive a BYE in the 1st round of [...]

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Roland Garros 2011: May 17-June 5

by Editor 21 December 2010 Grand Slams: Roland Garros

The 2011 Roland Garros Grand Slam singles tournament is one of only 4 Grand Slam tournaments held each year and is the only one played on clay courts. Roland Garros is also known as the French Open and is held in Paris, France by the French Tennis Federation. The 1st round of the main draw [...]

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Roland Garros 2011 Men’s Schedule of Play

by Editor 18 December 2010 Grand Slams: Roland Garros

The 2011 Roland Garros Championships in Paris, France also known as the French Open, is the 2nd Grand Slam tournament of 2011. Roland Garros is the 8th Major Tournament for the men’s professional tennis tour each year. The men’s event begins on May 17 with the qualifying singles draw and the Men’s Singles Final will be played [...]

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Roland Garros 2010 Men’s Final

by Editor 7 June 2010 Grand Slams: Roland Garros

photo credit:Warren County CVB The 2010 Roland Garros men’s singles final capped of an amazing clay court season for new World No.1 Rafael Nadal. The 24 year old Nadal won all 4 of the major clay court tournaments this year, to win the “Clay Grand Slam”. The 1.85m left hander won 3 ATP World Tour Masters [...]

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Roland Garros 2010 Men’s Final Preview

by Editor 6 June 2010 Grand Slams: Roland Garros

photo credit:mirsasha The 2010 Roland Garros men’s singles champion will emerge today in an intriguing battle between 2 players who faced off last year at Roland Garros in the round of 16. In 2009 Robin Soderling became the 1st man to defeat Rafael Nadal at Roland Garros. This year is the rematch and thus far [...]

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Roland Garros 2010 Women’s Final

by Editor 6 June 2010 Grand Slams: Roland Garros

photo credit:chascow The 2010 Roland Garros women’s singles final was one of the most inspiring matches for some time. The underdog emerged victorious in a brilliant execution of her strategy, positive energy and mental toughness. No.17 seed Francesca Schiavone defeated No.7 seed Samantha Stosur 6-4, 7-6 (7-2) in 1 hour and 38 minutes to become the [...]