[jimdgoulding]

Man, there is some serious tennis goin on today!  Monfils vs. Ferrar and I'm talking Ferrar- it's in the second set right now and Monfils is the home favorite- for his mental toughness but, boy, what a draw the winner has to play.  And Hantikova and Kusnetsova!  Who wouldn't have thunk it that Hantikova would have blown out Wosniaki in straight sets.  And Schiavoni is a little monster and the quickest female on the court!  She and Sharapova would make for a hella of a match.  Sharapova has looked very strong.  The highest ranked female still alive is Azarenka and very nice to look at.

[rpf]

Go Francesca!

[jimdgoulding]

Man, you gotta love that little peanut.  She's all heart.  Li Na got in the quarters this morning with a strategic win over very tall Kvitnova.  After being down 0-3 in the third set, her opponent had won the opening set 6-1, Na ran her ragged to win 6-3. 

If you saw Mr. Fognini who fought off 5 match points to win and advance, did you notice how effortlessly he could really put mustard on his shots?  That guy hit a ton of outright winners!  He's out as of this morning with a torn muscle, it is said.

[rpf]

So Francesca     vs. Li on Saturday.

Should be a great match!

[woodsyi]

How about the Joker vs. Roger?

[prokennex]

Nadal still the king of clay. Despite rain delays and faster Babolat balls Nadal beats Federer for his sixth French Open title.

[timind]

I watched the last three games of the final.
Although beating Rafa on clay ain't likely, Roger looks good for the grass this year.
Any of you guys play?

[TrungT]

The 4th set, Nadal shifted into another gear though.
Wimbledon coming up, I think Fed may has a chance there.
I play 2-3 times a week.

[jimdgoulding]

I used to.  There were courts near my house and my good buddy was a tourmament class player and all his friends met there.  So, I didn't play him but he got me started.  Love the game.  My wife played, too, as did her brothers.  Had no problem getting someone to play.