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Federer completes Grand Slam sweep

Federer completes Grand Slam sweep

PARIS, June 7 (Xinhua) -- Roger Federer completed a sweep of all four Grand Slam titles on Sunday after beating Swede Robin Soderling 6-1, 7-6(1), 6-4 to lift his first French Open trophy.

Kuznetsova wins French Open after long wait

PARIS, June 6 (Xinhua) -- Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia beat top-seeded compatriot Dinara Safina 6-4, 6-2 to clinch her first-ever French Open title on Saturday.

Federer closer to elusive title, Serena out

PARIS, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Roger Federer came closer to an elusive French Open title on Wednesday, advancing to his 20th straight Grand Slam tennis semifinal after a straight-set win over home boy Gael Monfils.

Nadal Kingdom falls at Roland Garros

PARIS, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Rafael Nadal's domination at the French Open was finally broken as the claycourt king shockingly surrendered 2-6, 7-6 (2), 4-6, 6-7 (2) to a 25th-ranked Swedish Robin Soderling on a bad Sunday for champions.

Djokovic and Dementieva stunned, Federer and Serena fight through

PARIS, May 30 (Xinhua) -- Big names underwent a tough Saturday at the French Open as fourth seeds Novak Djokovic and Elena Dementieva both bowed out and Roger Federer and Serena Williams rallied from a set down to advance into the fourth round.

Gonzalez resigns to Chilean team at Davis Cup

SANTIAGO, May 28 (Xinhua) -- Chilean tennis player Fernando Gonzalez resigned on Thursday to the Chilean team of the Davis Cup through a letter delivered to the Tennis Federation of Chile.

Nadal sets new record, Safina unstoppable

PARIS, May 25 (Xinhua) -- Rafael Nadal eclipsed another mark on his signature red clay court, extending the longest all-win run at the French Open to 29 matches on Friday.

Matches in photos

Fernando Verdasco

Samantha Stosur

Rafael Nadal

Roger Federer

Agnes Szavay

Li Na

Li Na&Olga Govartsova

Ana Ivanovic

Dinara Safina

Venus Williams

Maria Sharapova

Lleyton Hewitt

Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic

Sergiy Stakhovsky

 

 

Editor: Wang Hongjiang

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