Roland Garros 2018, Paris, France - WTA Grand Slam

[britbox]

Highlights / Interviews - Saturday:

1-Simona Halep (ROU) beat Andrea Petkovic (GER) 7-5 6-0



7-Caroline Garcia (FRA) beat Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) 6-1 6-3



28-Maria Sharapova (RUS) beat 6-Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 6-2 6-1





3-Garbine Muguruza (ESP) beat Samantha Stosur (AUS) 6-0 6-2



Serena Williams (USA) beat 11-Julia Goerges (GER) 6-3 6-4

 

[britbox]

Starting to watch FO today...can the men's side be any less suspenseful lol. Zzzz. =P

Go Serena, hoping for a Serena-Sharapova match!

You got it!

 

[GameSetAndMath]

I don't see any solid well established doubles teams, even though there are several seeded teams still alive. I think the sisters win this one independent of whether Serena wins the singles event.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

I did not realize until I read an article on tennis.com. The champions of Stuttgart, Madrid and Rome (the three most important clay tourneys on the way to RG) have all exited.

 

[the AntiPusher]

Whereas Tossip?

 

[britbox]

Whereas Tossip?

Probably be around for the Masha/Serena match I guess.

 

[britbox]

Remember when?

Internet Explorer had 97% of the Web Browser market.
Gaston Gaudio beat Guillermo Coria (0-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 8-6) at the French Open
Detroit Pistons beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 1 in the NBA finals
"Burn" by Usher was #1 in the music charts.
Ronald Reagan died.

All in 2004... the last time Maria Sharapova beat Serena Williams

 

[the AntiPusher]

Remember when?

Internet Explorer had 97% of the Web Browser market.
Gaston Gaudio beat Guillermo Coria (0-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 8-6) at the French Open
Detroit Pistons beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 1 in the NBA finals
"Burn" by Usher was #1 in the music charts.
Ronald Reagan died.

All in 2004... the last time Maria Sharapova beat Serena Williams

Serena will need her hammer of Thor serve to get passed Pova. Pova is such an idiot when it comes to playing Serena, her A game plan is to hit the ball hard. If that isn’t working, her B plan is to hit the ball even harder which plays into Serena’s strength.

 

[the AntiPusher]

KS, Ebony Smooth is looking pretty fierce, she appears to be able to make it to late the 2nd week. I can imagine Keys wants another opportunity to play her

 

[Hoergren]

Caros match moved to Chatrier

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Caros match moved to Chatrier

Was expecting that. But, interestingly the other match is also over now.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Breakfest. 6 breaks in 10 games so far.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Great comeback from 0-40 by woz. to get up 6-5

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Fittingly goes to TB

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Kasatkina wins the first set. There is not enough time for three sets today. So, that will be weighing on both players' minds as they play the second set.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

I think no one is better than Woz in moonballing.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Both players wanted to stop at 1-1 in the second set when the clock is at 9 pm. But, they were not allowed to. The chair umpire could not do the arbitration and so two different supervisors came out and there was a total waste of time for about 8 mins.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Sunset is expected only at 9.46.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

They wll probably play four more games and if the score is not even, then they will probably finish the second set.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

They stop at 3-3 finally. I guess this means advantage to Woz.