Rafael Nadal turns 25 today and he celebrates the best way possible by qualifying for the French Open final.
Sure he doesn’t play his best tennis but he’s once again in final, his sixth at Roland Garros. A sixth victory to equal Bjorn Borg?
For more info about Rafa, check out “24 hours of Rafa” we featured last year for his 24th birthday. For more pics and vids, check the Rafael Nadal gallery.
This is the second part of my Day 10 recap.
Court Suzanne Lenglen, fifth set of the fourth round match between Murray and Troicki.
I must be an idiot but I always thought that when you’re injured you’re supposed to shorten up the points. Apparently not. By the way, Murray didn’t seem injured at all and he can thank Troicki who simply gave him the match.
A photo recap of my third day at Roland Garros on Tuesday. I had tickets for for the Court Suzanne Lenglen, but watching players at practice was much more interesting than watching matches.
Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond:
The Legends Trophy (Trophée des Légendes) is a great opportunity to watch some familiar old faces play in a friendly and funny atmosphere. Two men competitions are scheduled: players under 45 and over 45.
Six teams take part in each competition, divided into two pools of three teams. The winners of each pool meet in final.
And for the second year there will also be a women competition, with 3 former world number one (Navratilova, Hingis and Davenport).
Under 45:
Pool A: Enqvist/Muster, Kafelnikov/Medvedev, Boetsch/Pioline
Pool B: Ivanisevic/Stich, Santoro/Woodbridge, Bruguera/Krajicek
Over 45:
Pool A: Gomez/McEnroe, Cash/McNamara, Pernfors/Wilander
Pool B: Bahrami/Woodforde, Nastase/Sanchez, Forget/Leconte
Women:
Pool A: Navratilova/Novotna, Maleeva/Tauziat, Majoli/Martinez
Pool B: Davenport/Hingis, Zvereva/Gigi Fernandez, Temesvari/Testud
Some pics of Peter McNamara and Pat Cash training yesterday:
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