ITV broadcast a three-year deal for the French Open

ITV broadcast a three-year deal for the French Open is safe.

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Starting next year, the broadcasters on ITV4 and ITV.com will have six hours of daily live coverage, and will show the men's and women's singles finals live on ITV1.

Niall Sloane, ITV controller of sport, said: "It's the first time that a grand slam has been shown live on ITV and with around six hours of coverage over each day of the tournament we'll be offering viewers more free-to-air coverage of the tournament than ever before."

The French Open runs from May 27 to June 10 in 2012, ITV's terrestrial deal, announced a special BBC television coverage of the tournament to finish the move.

The BBC announced this week that his three years at Wimbledon 2017 Broadcast, is a contract extension.

French Open champion Li Na now the London 2012 Olympic Games

French Open champion Li Na now the London 2012 Olympic Games and showed a good performance.

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Li Na to win China's first player to become a Grand Slam singles final of French Open when she beat Francesca Schiavone in August.

Li said, “Competing at the Olympic Games requires a ranking in the top 50.Although my ranking is OK for that now, I still have to work hard to maintain my form”.

According to the Xinhua reports that Li is currently ranked fifth in world rankings.

She said, “I think the London Games next year will be my last Olympics, so I hope I can do well there”.

She said, “Concerning the grass courts for the Olympics, I have a plan for that.After Wimbledon next year, I will stay there to gear up for the Olympics. I hope I can become well accustomed to the grass courts”.

French Open champion Li Na of China lost the first round

French Open champion Li Na of China lost the first round of the U.S. Open, a tournament with the women's Grand Slam champions left.

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Li, seeded sixth, lost 6-2, 7-5 to Simona Halep of Romania, as a first round loser at Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic join.

The Australian Open and reigning U.S. Open champion, Kim Clijsters of Belgium, this year they missing U.S. Open because of a strained stomach muscle.

Rafael Nadal: Wimbledon, French Open for Nadal to Deja Vu's

Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon in the second week is a familiar face in between. Excellent and masterful Spaniard tennis with the talented forward. Rafa Nadal at Wimbledon, with our history will be again.

Spaniard home the opening round of the French Open a few weeks ago I was still looking down.

In Roland Garros, tennis star Roger Federrer more polished as seen on the skin. If not, then Novak Djokovic will take home a grand slam title.

Still, young legs, Nadal got stronger as the tournament progressed. This domination was unquestioned until the end.

However, we found for Federer's opening match in great shape. Nadal has been impressive in the first act is a bit slow. Their work is always slow grass growth.

Gilles Mueller on Saturday in the victory, Nadal, slowed by a lingering foot problem seen to, yet still polished off the German.

Li Na is a first major for Chinese to win at French Open

China's long wait for a Grand Slam champion on last Saturday when Li Na beat Francesca Schiavone 6-4, 7-6 (0) play in the French Open final.

Australian Open second red clay from falling flat on his back in the celebrated match point after a very hit backhand Schiavone.

Roland Garros crowd in red Chinese flags and a small, vocal Schiavone was dotted with rescue groups.

Kim Clijsters is now well from his shoulder, wrist and ankle injuries and is on schedule to play in the French Open, which games start on 22nd May.

"There are no signs anything is going bad," her spokesman, Gert Van Goolen said Friday.

Clijsters is a runner for two time at the French Open and slow clay is generally considered her weakest surface. Over the past week, she had been considered doubtful to compete in Paris.

Early last month after he had been sidelined and the court resumed training only last week. A final decision expected next week to Belgium.

Van Goolen said by phone, "After this weekend she has to be sure whether to focus all on Paris and leave (to go) there, or decide whether to stay home".

Kim Clijsters will miss a month of the season at French Open

Kim Clijsters will miss a month of the season because her's shoulder and wrist injuries, and she had second ranked in the women’s tennis tour.

She will also miss the semifinals of the Fed Cup next week and a tournament in Madrid, she said on her website that the medical staff suggested that she rest between four to six weeks. She should be ready for an event in Rome, starting May 9, and the French Open

She said, “I don’t want to force anything, because I want to prevent it from becoming chronic. I really want to be there at this year’s Roland Garros.”

She said, In this period she’s not allowed to use a tennis racket.

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Tsonga reaches Marseille quarters

The quarterfinals has been reached by the French crowd favorite Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, with a come-from-behind second-round victory Wednesday at the $785,000 Open 13 tennis event.

The first set against Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky has been dropped by Tsonga before charging back for a 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 decision on the indoor surface at Palais des Sports.

The first round concluded here on Wednesday, as fifth-seeded Croat Ivan Ljubicic leveled Kazakhstan's Andrey Golubev 6-2, 6-4 and German Philipp Petzschner ousted seventh-seeded Latvian Ernests Gulbis 7-6 (7-2), 6-1.

Additional first-round action saw Edouard Roger-Vasselin top fellow Frenchman Arnaud Clement 6-3, 6-2 and French favorite Gilles Simon stop fellow former top-10 star Nikolay Davydenko of Russia 7-6 (8-6), 6-4. Simon captured this event in 2007, while the veteran Clement was the 2006 winner.

Soderling beats Cilic in Open 13 final

Marin Cilic of Croatia has been beaten by Soderling in the final of the Open 13 to earn his ninth career title.

17 out of 18 matches has been won by top-seeded Swede,grabbing titles in Rotterdam last weekend and in Brisbane last month.

The French Open finalist saved four set points in the tiebreaker of the first set, but Cilic converted the fifth when a backhand return from Soderling sailed wide.

Soderling hit a forehand pass down the line to take a 4-3 lead in the next set. He leveled at one set apiece when Cilic hit an approach shot wide.

French Open to stay at Roland Garros

Jean Gachassin,President of the French Tennis Federation has confirmed that the French Open will continue to be played on the outskirts of Paris at the iconic Roland Garros site.

To host tennis’ prestigious event three groups had made bids on different parts of the French capital.Gonesse is the first place and second place Versailles,the both eliminated while most of the votes goes to Roland Garros over Marne-la- Vallee.

World class players such as Spaniard Rafael Nadal did not favour of the change of location.

“Roland Garros should remain here, because here we can breathe the history of tennis within these walls. It’s very important, whereas if we move elsewhere, maybe the site is going to be bigger, we’re going to lose part of our soul,” the five time French Open winner had said.

Nadal expects quick recovery

From the leg injury the world number Rafael Nadal expects to have recovered in 10 days.The injury scuppered his attempts to win his fourth grand slam title in a row at the Australian Open.

Nadal had dreamt of holding all four Grand Slam titles at the same time after winning the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open in 2010.He was urged to sit back and see Novak Djokovic (7/1 to win French Open) claim the Australian Open title.

Tests on the injured leg showed Nadal (13/8 Wimbledon Outright) ruptured the adductor longus muscle in his right thigh in Melbourne, but he should not be out of action for too long.

A statement on his personal website said: "Doctors estimate a recovery period of about 10 days from today."

Schiavone aims to play until she's 40

Italian Francesca Schiavone confirms that she can play until she's 40.On a maiden Australian Open quarter-final appearance and career-high ranking she refuses to be satisfied over it.

To acquire a maiden grand slam title by downing Australia's Samantha Stosur in the final of last year's French Open,she became the second - oldest player to achieve it,fell to world No.1 Caroline Wozniacki 3-6 6-3 6-3 at Melbourne Park on Tuesday.

After having led 3-1 in the second,She could easily have blamed fatigue for failing to capitalise on that advantage despite playing the long innings.

But the fitness fanatic refused to use that four hour, 44 minute-triumph over Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova as an excuse, instead blaming herself.

"I should take my chance much more. Next time I want to do it," she said.

Schiavone is through to the quarter-finals

The French Open Champion triumph in a contest that will live long in the memory for those on Hisense Arena by edging the four -hour and 44-minute epic with a 4-6 6-1 16-14.

"It is a fantastic moment for me," said the sixth seed afterwards. "It is one of the most emotional moments of my life. I just told myself to keep going, do it with the heart and go for it."

Schiavone in order to capture a decisive break at 14-14, saved six match points en route after reaching desperately for a crosscourt volley that left Kuznetsova flat-footed at the net.Kuznetsova saved two match points with a baseline winner

Schiavone wil now face top seed Caroline Wozniacki who beated Anastasija Sevastova and recorded another straight sets victory.

Wozniacki, Sharapova, Venus sail into round two of Australian Open

To commence her Australian campaign in style world No.1 Caroline Wozniacki overcame a nervy performance with victory over Argentina's Gisela Dulko.

Wozniacki, playing her first Grand Slam event as world number one, won 6-3, 6-4 in one hour and 41 minutes, the BBC reports.

Maria Sharapova,the former world no.1 and 2008 champion also enter second round by beating Tamarine Tanasugarn 6-1, 6-3.

Reigning French Open champion Francesca Schiavone struggled before silencing Spaniard Arantxa Parra Santonja 6-7, 6-2, 6-4.

Fourth seed Venus Williams was worked hard by Sara Errani before prevailing 6-3, 6-2.

The 30-year-old, whose sister and defending champion Serena is absent through a foot injury, has not played a tournament since the US Open in September.

French Open's future decided next month

To host the French Open beginning in 2016, reviews of bid has been completed by the French tennis federation.

The clay-court Grand Slam from Roland Garros reallocation was considered because it needed more space to remain competitive with the three other majors.

Ahead of next month's general assembly, when the federation will make its decision,Federation officials where given a presentation of the Versailles bid on Saturday.

Three other places are being considered, including first which would see the tournament staying in an expanded Roland Garros venue. The two other bidders are the towns of Gonesse and Marne-la-Vallee, near Disneyland Paris.

Nadal, Federer reached Doha semis

Two-time winner Roger Federer and last year runner up Nadal entered in the semifinals at the season-opening Qatar Open, a hardcourt Australian Open tune-up.

The world No. 1 Nadal got past fifth-seeded Latvian Ernests Gulbis 7-6 (7-3), 6-3, while the second-seeded former top-ranked Federer blew past sixth-seeded Serb Viktor Troicki 6-2, 6-2 at Khalifa Tennis Complex on Thursday

Nadal who have won so many titles like U.S. Open, Wimbledon and French Open will face Russian star Nikolay Davydenko in Friday's semifinals in a rematch of last year's finale here, which was won by the speedy Russian in three sets.

Gulbis who ripped 12 aces in a losing effort, in 1 hour, 51 minutes. The difference in the match was breaks of serve, as Nadal tallied three, compared to only one for the loser from Latvia.

Federer erased Troicki in 65 minutes, as he broke his Serbian counterpart four times, while Troicki failed to enjoy even one break-point chance in the lopsided affair.

Players to watch in 2011

Kim Clijsters:

It's all there for Kim Clijsters, Lets see how focus she is.Can she be improve more than she was in 2010?

I think she has a real chance to dominate the game as Serena is out of picture.

Even if she plays at 80 per cent, it should be enough for her to win major tournaments.


Justine Henin:

Henin after injury next week is due to make her come back and had a great chance.

According to her she would not be able to play in the same rhythm till July,but it seems that she had herself set a way to get relax for some time.

If there would no further injuries I would expect her to be knocking on the door by the French Open and she's one of the favourites to win Roland Garros.

Maria Sharapova:

It has been a staccato few months for Maria as she fights back from injury.

However the old phrase about form being temporary and class permanent really does apply to her.

I wouldn't be surprised to see her challenging in all four Grand Slams in 2011; but, once again, that will only happen if she can stay injury-free.