Juan Monaco (photo) reached his first final of the season. He became a tournament favourite after Tommy Haas' withdrawal, but his last tough opponent will be Jarkko Nieminen from Finland. Nieminen leads in h2h.
Dusseldorf ATP 2013: Guido Pella with his first ATP semifinal
“It was the biggest and one of the toughest matches of my life. The crowd here is amazing and I’m happy to be playing like this,” said Guido Pella (photo), after he beat two Serbs in a row.
Strasbourg WTA 2013: Eugenie Bouchard makes her first semifinal
Eugenie Bouchard (photo), unofficial Maria Sharapova's heir, has just reached her first WTA semifinal. The 19-year-old Canadian defeated Anna Tatishvili from Georgia 6-3 6-2.
Roland Garros 2013 Qualifying Day 2 report + photos
Alize Lim (photo) played probably one of her best matches ever, because the ladies began their competition today. However, the most exciting match was between Denis Kudla and Peter Polansky.
16 pictures of the heroes of our Roland Garros report. Including Pablo Carreno Busta, new Brit Brydan Klein, Canadian Frank Dancevic, Frenchmen Jules Marie, Pierre-Hugues Herbert, Axel Michon, Laurent Rochette and more.
Denis Kudla (photo) made a very good impression with his strong shot. Pablo Carreno-Busta was in the centre of attention, many of his Spanish team mates watched him, and he was also interviewed.
Off-court, the former world number-five and the tournament’s licensee Rainer Schüttler as well as his coach Dirk Hordorff were presented with their bachelorship certificates at the Rochusclub. Both had previously graduated in Coaching in Sports from the Rome branch of the Newport Research University.
Finally comes the Slam that drags to clay these who normally avoid it. Roland Garros qualifying usually gives a hard time to predict the outcome, because it always involves some big surprises. They are tougher to guess than in other slams. Alex Bogomolov Jr. (photo) is the top seed.