Faute! ~ Tennis in 2010 (Part 2)

Vamos!  :

The Clay court season is dominated by one man, “Rafa”, winner of 4 French Open titles & 2010 was no different. However, the Defending champ was not going to give it to him easy. Roger Federer successfully attained the trophy in 2009 which had eluded him for so long, in fact the only Grand Slam which he hadn’t won. Robin Soderling , the ruthless Swede, was another contender having taken out Nadal in 2009 en route to the finals where he lost to a determined Federer.

On the Women’s side, Svetlana Kuznetsova was the defending champion & the competition was wild. With the return of Justine Henin & Kim Clijsters, French Open 2010 was sure to be a stellar show. Henin was the clear favorite having won it 4 times in the past but in Tennis anything can happen.

Up till the quarters there were no “shock exits” apart from Murray’s listless play against Tomas Berdych, 9^th seed Verdasco & 8^th seed Tsonga exits. The Women’s 4^th round had a few upsets such as the defeat of Venus Williams to Russian, Nadia Petrova & the biggest upset would have to be the fall of Justine Henin to Aussie, Sam Stosur. Having won the first set, everyone expected it to be a straight set affair with Henin breezing past her  opponent. However, the Australian took the next two sets  6-1 & 6-4 crushing Henin’s hope of winning a 5^th French Open title.

What happened to the top 8 Men’s & Women’s  in the French Open 2010 is to be continued…