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Watched the French Open and then read this (apropos and interesting) tennis book; a pretty ideal Memorial Day!

Go, Robby!

My beloved Robby Ginepri takes on Novak Djokovic in the round of 16 at the French Open today! Go, Robby!!

BO-ring!

Roger Federer has never done it for me, but I guess congrats to him on just winning his first French Open against (surprise finalist and Nadal-slayer) Robin Soderling.

I was hoping for an upset...

Ooh-OOH!

My two favorite female players, Dinara Safina and Svetlana Kuznetsova, have been dominating the entire clay court season, and now they're meeting in the FINAL of the FRENCH OPEN (on NBC at 6am PST)!

GO, LADIES!!!

Frenchie Open Update

The women's semi-finals of the FRENCH OPEN take place today (on ESPN2 at 5:00am PST).

My two favz, Dinara Safina and Svetlana Kuznetsova, have both advanced to this round. Dinara takes on Dominika Cibulkova, and Sveta takes on Samantha Stosur.

I'm hoping that Dinara and Sveta prevail and meet in the FINAL, but in any case, there's going to be a NEW French Open champ, which is so great!

Allez, Ladies!

Wha happen?

The tennis world was handed a huge shock today as defending champion Rafa Nadal was defeated by Robin Soderling in four sets in the 4th round of the French Open today!!!

WHA HAPPEN!?!?!?!?!

P.S. Booo to Tomas for your spoiler text!

Come on, Chelsea!

CHELSEA vs. EVERTON in the FA CUP FINAL (on FSC at 7AM PST)!!!

COME ON, CHELSEA!!!

P.S. Eye-Candy Alert: Third-round French Open match between Jeremy Chardy and Tommy Haas today too! Allez, Jeremy!

Frenchie Open Update

If you're jonesing for some French Open coverage while at work and away from a TV (as I'm sure I will be for the next 2 weeks), check out French Open Live presented by Capital One via Tennis Channel TV!!

Tennis Channel didn't air any of Jeremy Chardy's match today, but I was thankfully able to see it as an archived match online.

The Frenchies

ROLAND GARROS aka THE FRENCH OPEN starts today!!!!!!!

Coverage starts on Tennis Channel at 2am PST; set your DVRs!

As far as the men's draw, my beloveds drew the following first-round opponents:

1) Marat Safin has drawn Frenchie Alexandre Sidorenko
2) Robby Ginepri has drawn Spainard Pablo Andujar
3) Jeremy Chardy has drawn German Bjorn Phau [*but ended up playing Brazilian Thiago Alves*]

ALLEZ, PRETTIES!!!

Women's Final

Tomorrow's the big day: Dinara Safina and Ana Ivanovic will battle it out for the French Open title (June 7th at 6am PST on NBC)! It will be the first Grand Slam win for the Victor. Although I think Ana is great, I'll be rooting for Dinara!

Frenchie Open Update

The LADIES semis look so FAB! My two favorites, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Dinara Safina (both Ruskies), will meet each other in one semi-final, and the other semi-final will feature the Serbian Surge, with Jelena Jankovic taking on her compatriot Ana Ivanovic.

Set your DVRs for 3am PST tomorrow (Thursday, June 5th on Tennis Channel).

GO, LADY(s)! sic

P.S. On a random note, check out JT on holiday in Disney World.

LHK Sporting News

1) Former Chelsea FC manager, Jose Mourinho, has signed a 3-year contract to manage Inter Milan. Let's hope he doesn't steal any Chelsea players! In any case, I'm bracing myself for a dramatic upcoming season 'cause I certainly wasn't prepared for this past heart-breaking '07-'08 one!

2) Robby Ginepri unfortunately lost his match today at the French Open versus Fernando Gonzalez. But, he had a great run AND has gotten himself a spot on the U.S. Olympic team now! Here's hoping he has a great rest of the season!

3) And, brava to Dinara Safina for saving several match points to come back and BEAT Maria Sharapova!

Frenchie Open Update

1) Bravo to Robby Ginepri for advancing to the 4th round of the French Open!! He beat Florent Serra today in 3 straight sets and is the last American (man or woman) playing singles in the tourney. GO ROBBY!

2) Congrats to Dinara Safina and Svetlana Kuznetsova for advancing today as well!

3) Speaking of the Ladies, with the Williams sisters both knocked out already and no Justine Henin this year, there will actually be a brand new French Open women's champion this year!

Bravo, Gineps!

Robby Ginepri moves on to the THIRD ROUND of the French Open after beating Igor Andreev today in 4 sets! Keep it up, Robby!

Unfortunately, my other beloved, Marat Safin, lost to Nikolay Davydenko today.

Frenchie Open Update

Bravo to Marat Safin and Robby Ginepri on winning their first round matches at Roland Garros!

The Frenchies

Well, I'm hoping that a tennis grand slam will take my mind off of CFC for a bit.

Roland Garros (aka The French Open) starts tomorrow (well, sort of tonight at 2am PST on Tennis Channel; with more coverage during the days on ESPN2).

Robby Ginepri (who actually made it to the quarters of the Hypo Group International recently) takes on fellow American, Donald Young, in the first round. And, my other beloved, Marat Safin, meets Jean-Rene Lisnard of Monaco (who?) in the first round.

LHK Sporting News

1) Only RAFA! How does one come back from being down 1-5 in the first set to Roger Federer?!? Only Rafa Nadal could possibly do it, and he did when he beat Federer in 3 sets in the final of the Hamburg Master Series today.

2) Congrats to Jelena Jankovic on winning the Italian Open today! Go, Lady!

3) (And though I'm slightly more of a AC Milan fan) Congrats to Inter Milan for winning the Serie A league title!

4) My beloved Robby Ginepri is finally back in action this week at the Hypo Group International (in a Portschach, Austria; a city my Parents used to visit when they were newlyweds living in Graz!). Unfortunately, Robby meets (Croatian ace) Mario Ancic in the first round; hmm...

5) The 2nd Grand Slam of the tennis season, Roland Garros (aka the French Open), starts a week from today!

6) Last but least, I can't tell you how excited (and nervous) I am about the Champions League Final between Chelsea and Manchester United this Wednesday (on ESPN2 at 11:30am PST). I'm taking the day off from work because it's probably the biggest day in Chelsea's history!

COME ON, CHELSEA!