Wednesday, May 6, 2009

French Open 2009

This year's tennis French Open will be held in Paris May 24-June 7. This will be the second Grand Slam event of the year., Although it is still called Roland Garros, the tournament's name could be changed to "Who will beat Rafa Nadal?"

Nadal has won the French Open in four consecutive years. He seems to be unbeatable on clay. He's winning almost every tournaments on clay, beating constantly the world's top players. Federer, Djokovic, Davydenko, Murray: four of the Top 6 players; still, they can't do anythin against Nadal. In last year's Roland Garros final, Nadal beat Federer 6–1, 6–3, 6–0. Pretty impressive against a former world Nr.1.

This year, contenders will try again. Many think that Federer still has the best chance to dethrone the champion. However, he suffered some losses on clay this year, and does not seem to be on the top of his game. Djokovic and Murray, two young guns also have high hope this year, although none of them could beat Rafa so far. In the end, I think Rafa will continue his dominance in Paris. Maybe not in straight sets, but he will win the championship.

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