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Radwanska, Halep Sent Packing At Roland Garros
“The ball gets so heavy after actually a couple of shots”.
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The Stosur-Halep match was also suspended Sunday during the first set.
In addition to the conditions, there was also another force at work, a more psychological one.
“I don’t know who allows us to play in that kind of condition”.
“The second set – we played pretty much in the rain”.
Whoever takes the women’s and men’s singles championships at the waterlogged French Open this year can justifiably say they prevailed over some unprecedented tough conditions in this charming but dated facility. And in that period, both Radwanska and Halep lost from a winning position, making the only headlines of Day 10.
“Everyone was in the same situation, and who was stronger won today”, Halep said. It wasn’t a sacrifice that Radwanska was willing to make on Tuesday.
“The court was okay but the lines, when you step on the line, then you can twist – not twist but stretch your leg and have an injury”.
“The the court was not good”.
In 2009, Roger Federer played the men’s final against Robin Soderling through drizzly rain to win his solitary title at the French Open. “It’s too hard to play tennis in these conditions”. I felt some pain in my back, in my Achilles. Pironkova is easily playing her best tennis of the season and is playing like somebody who is eager to get back in the top-50 or so. Radwanska told reporters. “I don’t think they really care what we think”. But the Australian displayed nerves of steel to overcome the disappointment of losing a second set tiebreak to break Safarova deep into the third set to register a 6-3 6-7 (0) 7-5 victory. But on this day, in these conditions, the World No. 2 was outplayed. Halep and Radwanska both seemed to struggle more with the worsening conditions as their respective matches went on, and conditions got so bad, the French clay almost stuck to the ball at one point.
Stosur, the 2011 U.S. Open champion, will next play either Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria or Agnieszka Radwanksa of Poland.
However, with weather conditions set to improve from Wednesday, Forget was reluctant to suggest that the men’s final would be pushed back to the third Monday. It wouldn’t be a huge surprise to see Stosur come through this, but judging on their most recent matches, Halep deserves to start as favourite.
Kudos to Stosur and Pironkova for doing that.
Top-ranked Novak Djokovic is on Court Philippe Chatrier against 14th-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut for a place in the quarterfinals.
Halep, like Radwanska, was critical of tournament organisers, but praised Stosur for handling the “impossible” conditions better.
Djokovic’s stuggle will be hard from here, and there’s no guarantee that he’ll get this title this year, but our money’s on him based on the way he handled himself on Tuesday. “I’m not healthy enough”.
“Will Roland Garros finish on time?”
“Despite the rain they [organisers] chose to carry on playing so they don’t have to reimburse ticket costs therefore they win money”, he told a media conference. Think slow, soggy clay, long rallies, patience and persistence. “But today the court was still hanging in, it was OK, we could have played, and so we did”. One tournament to the next, smallest tournament on tour and the biggest one.
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Even before controversy broke loose again Tuesday at the French Open, retired American great Chris Evert put some blame at the feet of today’s competitors, saying top players of her generation made sure they made noise and got their way when something bothered them.