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I’m sitting here at 8:30 a.m. ET listening to the first men’s semifinal between the world’s number two and three players on Radio Roland Garros over the web.  The announcers are very good, just comparing Nadal’s dominance of Djokovic as a duck hunter who is stalking a duck and taking his time before shooting (Nadal [...]

Quote of the Day from the French Open: “Kill myself? No, I will have some dinner and maybe get drunk or do something. I don’t know. Whatever makes me feel better,” said Jelena Jankovic, according to the BBC. Jankovic lost in three sets Thursday to Anna Ivanovic.

Quote of the Day from the French Open: “Kill myself? No, I will have some dinner and maybe get drunk or do something. I don’t know. Whatever makes me feel better,” said Jelena Jankovic, according to the BBC. Jankovic lost in three sets Thursday to Anna Ivanovic.

With her win Thursday, Dinara Safina, younger sister of 2000 U.S. Open and 2005 Australian Open champion Marat Safin, could make family history and her brother with a Grand Slam cup on Saturday if she wins the French Open women’s finals.
While the Williams sisters are notable as same-sex siblings to each win Grand Slams [...]

In light of his impressive red clay run in Paris, it would seem that Robby Ginepri should get serious Davis Cup consideration when the U.S. plays Spain in Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas in Madrid in the third weekend of September. The 25,000 seat arena is famous for bullfighting; Ginepri’s last win in [...]

Robby Ginepri and Fernando Gonzalez are the first match on Court Suzanne Lenglen at 11 a.m. Monday Paris time, 5 a.m. on the East Coast.   Ginepri for his career is 0-3 against the Chilean, losing twice last year on grass (once at Wimbledon) and once on hard courts in New Zealand in 2005.  They have [...]

Robby Ginepri, his right arm encased in an elaborate bandage brace, took to the Bull Ring (as Court No. 1 is known) and bested Frenchman Florent Serra in straight sets on Saturday, making Ginepri the first American to reach the Fourth Round of the French Open since Andre Agassi in 2003.
The 25-year-old who lives in [...]

Robby Ginepri overcame losing the first set to best 27th-seeded Igor Andreev on Thursday, lining himself up to play the winner of unseeded players Florent Serra of France or Victor Hanescu of Romania in the third round.  Ginepri has the best chance to advance, and is on a course to meet Roger Federer in the [...]

Wayne Odesnik is into the third round of the French Open, and four other Americans–James Blake, Mardy Fish, Robby Ginepri and Bobby Reynolds are waiting to play their second round matches. American losers in the first round are Sam Querrey who had the misfortune of playing Roger Federer first, and Vince Spadea, John Isner, [...]