Caroline Garcia, left, and Kristina Mladenovic of France celebrate winning the women’s doubles final of the French Open tennis tournament against Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina of Russian Federation in three sets 6-3, 2-6, 6-4, at.
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The Serbian champ has three times in his career been in the final at Paris.
Serena Williams has refused to blame her final loss on injuries, as she went down to newly crowned French Open champion Garbine Muguruza in straight sets 7-5 6-4.
Prediction: I think Djokovic takes the title in four sets and joins those with the Career Grand Slam. Neither of us know how many more chances we’ll have to win here.
Novak Djokovic finally has a chance to script his own legend by winning the French Open.
Novak Djokovic fell to the court as he completed tennis’s career slam, overcoming Andy Murray in the French Open final to become the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to hold all four grand slam titles at the same time. Clearly, Murray is the second-best player in the game and could challenge Djokovic in the other majors this season at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open. There, he finished off 28 big wins across 12 big months with a 22-shot point that ended when Murray’s last backhand hit the net. The only player Djokovic has beaten on more occasions than Murray at a Grand Slam is Roger Federer (nine times).
His triumph over Wawrinka – in many ways, Murray’s alter ego, with a junior Grand Slam and two Grand Slams each, despite starkly contrasting styles – seems to suggest that the Scotsman has arrived on the clay court. Whereas in the Davis Cup, even with Tim [Henman] and Greg [Rusedski] in the team, who were two top 10 players, we never won a World Group match. “I didn’t necessarily expect to be in this position a couple of years ago”. If he meets it head on, if he somehow manages to get inside the head of his opponent, he will become the first British man to win the French Open since Fred Perry in 1935.
Novak Djokovic: “I’m sure it’s going to be a final with a lot of emotions and exchanges from the baseline because we have a similar style of game”.
Rusedski said: “Can Murray do it?”
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However, since his surgery in 2013 and a year spent recovering to full fitness, besides an enormous amount of practice with former Grand Slam victor Amelie Mauresmo, Murray has been able hold up better, and thus bring his drop-shot tactic into play both on court and in his opponent’s minds.
