PARIS, June 6 (Reuters) – An afternoon of eavesdropping and
people watching in Paris awaited Maria Sharapova as she crept
closer to fulfilling her burning desire to hold aloft the
Suzanne Lenglen Cup by setting up a French Open semi-final date
with Petra Kvitova.

The statuesque Russian would like nothing better than to
eavesdrop on Kvitova’s semi-final tactics as she bids to clear
the final hurdles blocking her path towards completing a career
grand slam and reclaiming the world number one ranking.

PARIS (Reuters) – With Roger Federer a point away from going two sets down in his French Open quarter-final, his wife Mirka was spotted in the players’s box sitting with her palms pressed together – perhaps praying for some divine intervention.

To many tennis fans Federer is already a god when he is let loose on a rectangular surface but Argentine Juan Martin Del Potro made him look like a mere mortal for an hour and 39 minutes on Tuesday.

PARIS, June 5 (Reuters) – With Roger Federer a point away
from going two sets down in his French Open quarter-final, his
wife Mirka was spotted in the players’s box sitting with her
palms pressed together – perhaps praying for some divine
intervention.

To many tennis fans Federer is already a god when he is let
loose on a rectangular surface but Argentine Juan Martin Del
Potro made him look like a mere mortal for an hour and 39
minutes on Tuesday.

PARIS (Reuters) – Standing at just 1.64 meters, the petite-framed Sara Errani does not exactly cut the most imposing of figures on a tennis court.

But that has not stopped the Italian from leaving a succession of her illustrious rivals dazed and confused – literally – as she reached her first grand slam semi-final with a 6-3 7-6 win over Angelique Kerber at the French Open on Tuesday.

PARIS, June 5 (Reuters) – Standing at just 1.64 metres, the
petite-framed Sara Errani does not exactly cut the most imposing
of figures on a tennis court.

But that has not stopped the Italian from leaving a
succession of her illustrious rivals dazed and confused -
literally – as she reached her first grand slam semi-final with
a 6-3 7-6 win over Angelique Kerber at the French Open on
Tuesday.

PARIS (Reuters) – A new name will be engraved on the Suzanne Lenglen trophy after the last remaining champion, China’s Li Na, was felled in the fourth round of the French Open by a bespectacled 142nd ranked qualifier better known for her doubles skills.

Li had captured the hearts of more than a billion fans in her homeland a year ago after becoming the first player from an Asian nation to win a singles grand slam crown but joy turned to despair on Monday as she was dethroned with a 3-6 6-2 6-0 humbling by Kazhak Yaroslava Shvedova.

PARIS (Reuters) – A new name will be engraved on the Suzanne Lenglen trophy after the last remaining champion, China’s Li Na, was felled in the fourth round of the French Open by a bespectacled 142nd ranked qualifier better known as a doubles specialist.

Li had captured the hearts of more than a billion fans in her homeland a year ago after becoming the first player from an Asian nation to win a singles grand slam crown but joy turned to despair on Monday as she was dethroned with a 3-6 6-2 6-0 humbling by Kazhak Yaroslava Shvedova.

PARIS, June 4 (Reuters) – A new name will be engraved on the
Suzanne Lenglen trophy after the last remaining champion,
China’s Li Na, was felled in the fourth round of the French Open
by a bespectacled 142nd ranked qualifier better known as a
doubles specialist.

Li had captured the hearts of more than a billion fans in
her homeland a year ago after becoming the first player from an
Asian nation to win a singles grand slam crown but joy turned to
despair on Monday as she was dethroned with a 3-6 6-2 6-0
humbling by Kazhak Yaroslava Shvedova.

PARIS (Reuters) – Nicolas Almagro booked a possible quarter-final date with the man he calls “the Boss” – also known as Rafa Nadal – on a day when Spaniards showed why the nation has ruled Roland Garros for most of the last decade.

Spanish players have won eight of the last 10 men’s titles in Paris and on Monday they showed no signs of relinquishing their hold as Almagro and David Ferrer mercilessly froze out their opponents at a chilly, blustery and wet French Open.

PARIS, June 4 (Reuters) – Nicolas Almagro booked a possible
quarter-final date with the man he calls “the Boss” – also known
as Rafa Nadal – on a day when Spaniards showed why the nation
has ruled Roland Garros for most of the last decade.

Spanish players have won eight of the last 10 men’s titles
in Paris and on Monday they showed no signs of relinquishing
their hold as Almagro and David Ferrer mercilessly froze out
their opponents at a chilly, blustery and wet French Open.