2012 Roland Garros Order of Play Qualifying Day 4 | Thursday, 24 May

Court 6

10:00 AM Start
Men's Qualifying Singles - 3rd Round
Tommy Haas(GER)[11] vs. Ivan Navarro(ESP)

Men's Qualifying Singles - 3rd Round
Greg Jones(AUS) vs. Nicolas Devilder(FRA)

Men's Qualifying Singles - 3rd Round
Jurgen Zopp(EST)[3] vs. Josselin Ouanna(FRA)

Women's Qualifying Singles - 3rd Round
Karolina Pliskova(CZE)[11] vs. Laura Robson(GBR)[15]

Court 7

10:00 AM Start
Men's Qualifying Singles - 3rd Round
Michael Berrer(GER)[12] vs. Romain Jouan(FRA)

Men's Qualifying Singles - 3rd Round
Martin Alund(ARG) vs. Florent Serra(FRA)

Men's Qualifying Singles - 3rd Round
Andrey Kuznetsov(RUS) vs. Axel Michon(FRA)

Men's Qualifying Singles - 3rd Round
Marc Gicquel(FRA) vs. Jesse Levine(USA)[22]


Court 8

10:00 AM Start
Women's Qualifying Singles - 3rd Round
Garbine Muguruza Blanco(ESP)[10] vs. Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino(ESP)[21]

French Open Results | Qualifying Day 3: Thursday, 24 May

Men's Qualifying Singles - 2nd Round
Horacio Zeballos(ARG)[8] def. Peter Polansky(CAN) 3-6 7-6(3) 6-0

Josselin Ouanna(FRA) def. Gianluca Naso(ITA)6-3 6-4

Greg Jones(AUS) def. Kenny De Schepper(FRA)6-4 3-6 6-3

Axel Michon(FRA) def. Aljaz Bedene(SLO)[28]6-3 7-6(1)

Andreas Haider-Maurer(AUT) def. Maxime Teixeira(FRA)6-4 7-5

Marc Gicquel(FRA) def. Marinko Matosevic(AUS)[1]6-4 6-3

Daniel Brands(GER)[5] def. Franco Skugor(CRO)6-4 6-4

Matthias Bachinger(GER)[2] def. Jan Mertl(CZE)6-3 6-3

Jerzy Janowicz(POL) def. Inigo Cervantes(ESP)7-6(3) 6-2

Pedro Sousa(POR) def. Ze Zhang(CHN)6-2 4-6 6-2

Igor Sijsling(NED)[17] def. Hiroki Moriya(JPN)6-3 6-3

Filip Krajinovic(SRB) def. Bobby Reynolds(USA)[24]6-2 3-6 6-4

Peter Gojowczyk(GER) def. Maxime Authom(BEL)6-4 6-0

Jesse Levine(USA)[22] def. Thiago Alves(BRA)4-6 6-4 6-2

Eduardo Schwank(ARG) def. Denis Kudla(USA)6-3 6-3

Jurgen Zopp(EST)[3] def. Martin Fischer(AUT)6-1 6-3

Andrey Kuznetsov(RUS) def. Yannick Mertens(BEL)6-3 6-1

Babolat Electronic tennis racket makes world debut with Nadal and Tsonga at Roland Garros

A new Babolat tennis racket stuffed with electronic sensors capable of tracking a player's every slice, spin and smash made its public debut at Roland Garros.

Rafael Nadal and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga were among those who tested the racket at a launch event on a sun-baked clay court.

As Nadal and Tsonga traded shots before an audience of Babolat employees and journalists, their prototype rackets wirelessly communicated data to two display screens.

Stroke type, category of ball spin, shot power and the positioning of the ball impact were all tracked live by the rackets, which are due to go on sale in 2013.

Eric Babolat said the "Play & Connect" rackets, which feel and weigh the same as a normal racket, represented a great leap forward for the game.

Monfils pulls out of Roland Garros with knee injury

Bad news for French tennis fans who were waiting to watch one of their favorite players... Gael Monfils...

Monfils announced his withdrawal from the French Open because of a right knee injury.

The Frenchman was hurt in his second-round loss to Brian Baker at the Open de Nice on Wednesday. He is expected to need three weeks to recover.

He will be replaced in the draw by a "lucky loser" - a player eliminated in the qualifying tournament.

To beat Nadal you have to play like Nadal says Borg

Bjorn Borg, who has as many French Open titles to his name as Rafa, talks about Nadal...

Borg on how he would try to beat Nadal. “Tennis is very different now to when I was playing it, as the guys hit the ball so much harder now than they used to, but I think the best way to play Nadal is to play Nadal’s usual game, which to keep getting the balls back into play and to keep on making your opponent play one more shot.”

Borg on Nadal’s superstitions. “Yes, he likes to rearrange his water bottles and to clean the baseline with his shoe, but it’s normal for players to have superstitions. I had my superstitions in Paris, but I didn’t have any on the match court. Superstitions are okay, unless you have 100 of them, and they stop you from playing matches.”

Borg on his admiration for Nadal. “Playing Nadal at the French Open is incredibly tiring, as you know he is not going to give you very much at all. You’re probably going to have to win most of the points yourself, and you’re going to have to do that for five sets. He’s just a great champion, but he’s also humble, and that’s great to see.”

Help Roger: White or Black socks for Federer at Roland Garros??

I really laught at low when I saw this on Facebook.... Roger Federer is asking which, white or black, socks, look better for him to wear at Roland Garros.... He is the best!!!! hahaha

Go to Federer´s Facebook page and leave him your opinion....

"I was wondering what you thought looked better? Shall I wear white or black socks during Roland Garros?" He wrote....

Video: Rafa Nadal 1st practice at Roland Garros in 2012

Roland Garros 6 times champion Rafael Nadal is in Paris ! Here's the video of his 1st practice on centre court this year...


Rafael Nadal's 1st practice at Roland Garros in... por rolandgarros

Photos: Federer practice at Roland Garros | May 23rd 2012

Enjoy some tennis pictures of Roger Federer during a practice session at the Philippe-Chatrier ... Also watch him on video...

Videos: Dusseldorf 2012 Wednesday Highlights

Watch highlights of Wednesday's doubles clash between Germany's Christopher Kas and Philipp Petzschner, and Croatia's Ivan Dodig and Lovro Zovko at the Power Horse World Team Cup.... Plus, Carlos Berlocq beating Go Soeda and Philipp Kohlschreiber playing Lovro Zovko ...

Video: Tsonga practice at Roland Garros

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga took the Philippe-Chatrier court at Roland Garros for a nice practice...

Nice and Dusseldorf Schedule | Thursday, May 24, 2012

ATP World Tour 250
Düsseldorf, Germany
May 20-26, 2012
Surface: Clay

CENTER COURT 1 start 1:00 pm
V Troicki (SRB) vs F Mayer (GER)
T Berdych (CZE) vs C Berlocq (ARG)
A Roddick (USA) vs G Soeda (JPN)
USA vs JPN Doubles – Possible Court Change

CENTRE COURT 2 start 1:00 pm
R Harrison (USA) vs T Ito (JPN)
I Kunitsyn (RUS) vs I Dodig (CRO)

ATP World Tour 250
Nice, France
20-26 May, 2012 Surface: Clay

CENTER COURT start 11:00 am
P Hanley (AUS) / J Knowle (AUT) vs [4] J Cabal (COL) / S Gonzalez (MEX)

Not Before 1:00 PM
[Q] T Bellucci (BRA) vs [2] G Simon (FRA)
[1] J Isner (USA) vs N Davydenko (RUS)
S Darcis (BEL) vs [3] N Almagro (ESP)

Not Before 7:30 PM
[Q] B Baker (USA) vs M Kukushkin (KAZ)

COURT 1 start 5:00 pm

Not Before 5:00 PM
O Marach (AUT) / F Polasek (SVK) vs [WC] J Isner (USA) / S Querrey (USA) – After Suitable Rest

Nice and Dusseldorf Results | Wednesday, 23 May

ATP World Tour 250
Düsseldorf, Germany
May 20-26, 2012
Surface: Clay

Round Robin – Red Group
F Cermak (CZE) / R Stepanek (CZE) d A Roddick (USA) / R Harrison (USA) 76(5) 57 10-8 (CZE 3, USA 0)
C Berlocq (ARG) d G Soeda (JPN) 63 64 (ARG 2, JPN 0)
J Brzezicki (ARG) / J Chela (ARG) d T Ito (JPN) / B Sato (JPN) 67(3) 61 10-7 (ARG 3, JPN 0)

Round Robin – Blue Group
D Tursunov (RUS) / I Kunitsyn (RUS) d M Jankovic (SRB) / N Zimonjic (SRB) 75 76(6) (SRB 2, RUS 1)
P Kohlschreiber (GER) d L Zovko (CRO) 62 76(2) (GER 2, CRO 0)
C Kas (GER) / P Petzschner (GER) d I Dodig (CRO) / L Zovko (CRO) 64 16 10-3 (GER 3, CRO 0)

ATP World Tour 250
Nice, France
20-26 May, 2012 Surface: Clay

Singles – Second Round
[1] J Isner (USA) d X Malisse (BEL) 76(3) 76(5)
[2] G Simon (FRA) d [Q] G Dimitrov (BUL) 63 63
[3] N Almagro (ESP) d E Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 76(5) 64
[Q] B Baker (USA) d [4] [WC] G Monfils (FRA) 63 76(9)
M Kukushkin (KAZ) d [5] B Tomic (AUS) 36 62 75 – Saved 4 M.P.
N Davydenko (RUS) d [7] D Istomin (UZB) 64 16 63
S Darcis (BEL) d F Volandri (ITA) 36 62 64
[Q] T Bellucci (BRA) d [WC] J Ferrero (ESP) 64 63

Doubles – Quarter-finals
[1] B Bryan (USA) / M Bryan (USA) d D Bracciali (ITA) / J Murray (GBR) 46 62 10-7
[3] A Qureshi (PAK) / J Rojer (NED) d S Lipsky (USA) / R Ram (USA) 63 62

Doubles – First Round
[WC] J Isner (USA) / S Querrey (USA) d [2] R Bopanna (IND) / D Marrero (ESP) 63 63
P Hanley (AUS) / J Knowle (AUT) d E Butorac (USA) / B Soares (BRA) 36 63 11-9

List of French Open men's singles champions

List of French Open men's singles champions:

2011 Rafa Nadal (Spain) beat Roger Federer (Switzerland) 7-5 7-6 5-7 6-1

2010 Rafa Nadal (Spain) beat Robin Soderling (Sweden) 6-4 6-2 6-4

2009 Roger Federer (Switzerland) beat Robin Soderling (Sweden) 6-1 7-6 6-4

2008 Rafa Nadal (Spain) beat Roger Federer (Switzerland) 6-1 6-3 6-0

2007 Rafa Nadal (Spain) beat Roger Federer (Switzerland) 6-3 4-6 6-3 6-4

2006 Rafa Nadal (Spain) beat Roger Federer (Switzerland) 1-6 6-1 6-4 7-6

2005 Rafa Nadal (Spain) beat Mariano Puerta (Argentina) 6-7 6-3 6-1 7-5

2004 Gaston Gaudio (Argentina) beat Guillermo Coria (Argentina) 0-6 3-6 6-4 6-1 8-6

2003 Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spain) beat Martin Verkerk (Netherlands) 6-1 6-3 6-2

2002 Albert Costa (Spain) beat Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spain) 6-1 6-0 4-6 6-3

2001 Gustavo Kuerten (Brazil) beat Alex Corretja (Spain) 6-7 7-5 6-2 6-0

2000 Gustavo Kuerten (Brazil) beat Magnus Norman (Sweden) 6-2 6-3 2-6 7-6