Results tagged “frenchopen”

The best part about the end of summer? Maybe that's the U.S. Open, which starts Monday in Flushing. The tennis season's final Grand Slam provides the players with a grueling test to cap what feels like a condensed hard-court season.

The 2004 US Open kicked off with a bang last night, as evidenced by Serena William’s latest attire. Williams, never one to shy away from spectacle, dispatched Sandra Kleinova of the Czech Republic 6-1, 6-3 in a just 53 minutes.

Jennifer Capriati and Serena Williams both advanced today in straight sets. Capriati beat Nadia Petrova, 6-4, 6-4 while Williams defeated Tatiana Golovin, 6-2, 6-1. The victories by Capriati and Williams set up a head-to-head matchup in the semifinals between the respective seven and one seeds.

The 108th edition of Wimbledon got off to a rousing start today as nine time champion and 47 year old Martina Navratilova won her opening round match against Colombia's Catalina Castano 6-0, 6-1. The match, which lasted a mere 46 minutes, was Navratilova's first singles win in 10 years. It was only Castano's second match ever at The All England Club. "It's almost like playing my mom," said Castano, whose mother is 50. Navratilova will next face Gisela Dulko who she lost to in the opening round of the French Open a few weeks ago.

Both Venus and Serena Williams lost in the French Open quarterfinals yesterday, marking the first time the sisters had lost in the same round, on the same day in a Grand Slam tournament. Fellow American Jennifer Capriati ousted second-seeded Serena, 6-3, 2-6, 6-3, and sixth-seeded Anastasiya Myskina defeated fourth-seeded Venus, 6-3, 6-4.

- It's a lame sports weekend, so sign up for some rec sports.

On Monday Wheaties announced that Andre Agassi would be gracing a special edition of the cereal box to coincide with the start of the French Open. Agassi then went out and suffered one of the most surprising and unexpected losses in the Open era, ranking with Pete Sampras' loss to George Bastl at Wimbledon in 2002, and Lleyton Hewitt's loss to Ivo Karlovic there a year ago. Jerome Haehnel, a 23 year old qualifier from France, ranked 271st in the world, shocked the 1999 French Open champ 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-3.

The 2004 French Open gets underway at Roland Garros today. The pre tourney buzz is, as usual, all on the women’s side of the field.