Roland Garros 2009 - French Open Tennis Tournament

This can be considered a truly historic moment in the history of tennis. Roger Federer played fabulously today and won the only Grand Slam title he was missing from his incredible career, the French Open, after beating Robin Soderling in the final in straight sets, 6-1, 7-6(1), 6-4.

This is the only Grand Slam title the Swiss player was missing, and by winning this, he equals Pete Sampras' record of 14 grand slam titles won throughout the career.

Federer started the game very determined. The fact that Soderling had eliminated Nadal in his way to the final made Federer weary of the Swedish player's abilities. The first set was won quickly, 6-1. Soderling was simply overwhelmed by Federer's rhythm and better vision.

The second set was evenly matched, but during the tie break Federer was unstoppable. In the 3rd set, he quickly broke Robin's serve and went ahead to win 6-4, even though strong emotions were felt during his match point.

Soderling had an incredible speech, saying that Federer taught him a tennis lesson and that for him, Roger is the greatest player in history. Andre Agassi was the one who handed Federer the trophy.

Roger Federer joins a very select group of tennis players who managed to win all the 4 Grand Slams. These players are Don Budge, Fred Perry, Rod Laver, Andre Agassi and Roy Emerson.

Svetlana Kuznetsova won the women's singles title at Roland Garros after beating her fellow Russian player Dinara Safina in the final, score 6-4, 6-2.

Dinara Safina, the tournament's number 1 favorite is at her second consecutive lost Roland Garros final, after being beaten by Ana Ivanovic in 2008.

On the other end, Kuznetsova (favorite number 7) revenged the last year's defeat in the semifinals by the same Dinara Safina. At 23, this is her second grand slam title in her career, after winning the US Open in 2004. She also lost other two grand slam finals, at Roland Garros in 2006 and at the US Open in 2007. Each time she was beaten by Justine Henin.

Court Suzanne Lenglen
A. Medina Garrigues ESP (3), Virginia Ruano Pascual ESP (3) - Victoria Azarenka BLR (12), Elena Vesnina RUS (12): 6-1, 6-1

Court Philippe Chatrier
Robin Soderling SWE (23) - Fernando Gonzalez CHI (12): 6-3, 7-5, 5-7, 4-6, 6-4
Court Philippe Chatrier
Juan Martin Del Potro ARG (5) - Roger Federer SUI (2): 6-3, 6-7, 6-2, 1-6, 4-6

Court Philippe Chatrier
Dinara Safina RUS (1) - Dominika Cibulkova SVK (20): 6-3, 6-3

Court Philippe Chatrier
Samantha Stosur AUS (30) - Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS (7): 4-6, 7-6, 3-6

Daniel Nestor CAN (1), Nenad Zimonjic SRB (1) - Lukas Dlouhy CZE (3), Leander Paes IND (3): 6-7, 6-7
Court Suzanne Lenglen
Wesley Moodie RSA, Dick Norman BEL - Bob Bryan USA (2), Mike Bryan USA (2): 0-6, 7-6, 6-4

Court Philippe Chatrier

Liezel Huber USA (1), Bob Bryan USA (1) vs. Vania King USA, Marcelo Melo BRA: 5-7, 7-6, 1-0

Sorana Cirstea ROU - Samantha Stosur AUS (30): 1-6, 3-6
Court Suzanne Lenglen
Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS (7) - Serena Williams USA (2): 7-6, 5-7, 7-5

Court Philippe Chatrier
Gael Monfils FRA (11) - Roger Federer SUI (2): 6-7, 2-6, 4-6
Court Suzanne Lenglen
Juan Martin Del Potro ARG (5) - Tommy Robredo ESP (16): 6-3, 6-4, 6-2

Court 1
Daniel Nestor CAN (1), Nenad Zimonjic SRB (1) - Igor Kunitsyn RUS, Dmitry Tursunov RUS: 6-4, 6-2
Court 1
Marc Lopez ESP, Tommy Robredo ESP - Bob Bryan USA (2), Mike Bryan USA (2): 6-7, 6-4, 6-7

Court 1
Cara Black ZIM (1), Liezel Huber USA (1) - A. Medina Garrigues ESP (3), Virginia Ruano Pascual ESP (3): 5-7, 7-5, 2-6
Court 1
Victoria Azarenka BLR (12), Elena Vesnina RUS (12) - Su-Wei Hsieh TPE (9), Shuai Peng CHN (9): 6-3, 7-5

Court Philippe Chatrier
Liezel Huber USA (1), Bob Bryan USA (1) - Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER, Mark Knowles BAH: 6-2, 6-2
Court 2
Nadia Petrova RUS (4), Max Mirnyi BLR (4) - Vania King USA, Marcelo Melo BRA: 2-6, 6-3, 0-1

Court Philippe Chatrier
Dinara Safina RUS (1) - Victoria Azarenka BLR (9): 1-6, 6-4, 6-2
Court Suzanne Lenglen
Dominika Cibulkova SVK (20) - Maria Sharapova RUS: 6-0, 6-2

Court Philippe Chatrier
Andy Murray GBR (3) - Fernando Gonzalez CHI (12): 3-6, 6-3, 0-6, 4-6
Court Suzanne Lenglen
Robin Soderling SWE (23) - Nikolay Davydenko RUS (10): 6-1, 6-3, 6-1

Court 1
Daniel Nestor CAN (1), Nenad Zimonjic SRB (1) - Igor Kunitsyn RUS, Dmitry Tursunov RUS: 6-4, 6-2
Court 1
Marc Lopez ESP, Tommy Robredo ESP - Bob Bryan USA (2), Mike Bryan USA (2): 6-7, 6-4, 6-7

Court Suzanne Lenglen
Su-Wei Hsieh TPE (9), Shuai Peng CHN (9) - Agnieszka Radwanska POL, Urszula Radwanska POL: 2-6, 6-4, 7-5
Court 1
Cara Black ZIM (1), Liezel Huber USA (1) - Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA (10), Nadia Petrova RUS (10): 6-3, 6-3

Court Philippe Chatrier
Nathalie Dechy FRA, Andy Ram ISR - Nadia Petrova RUS (4), Max Mirnyi BLR (4): 3-6, 1-6
Court 1
Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER, Mark Knowles BAH - Alisa Kleybanova RUS, Bruno Soares BRA: 4-6, 6-3, 1-0

Here are the matches that are going to take place in the quarterfinals of the men's singles competition.

Tuesday, June 2nd:
Andy Murray (GBR)[3] vs. Fernando Gonzalez (CHI)[12]
Robin Soderling (SWE)[23] vs. Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)[10]

Wednesday, June 3rd:
Juan Martin Del Potro ARG (5) vs. Tommy Robredo ESP (16)
Gael Monfils FRA (11) vs. Roger Federer SUI (2)

Here are the matches from the quarterfinals in the women's singles competition:

On Tuesday, June 2nd:
Dinara Safina (RUS)[1] vs. Victoria Azarenka (BLR)[9], on Court Philippe Chatrier
Dominika Cibulkova (SVK)[20] vs. Maria Sharapova (RUS), on Court Suzanne Lenglen

On Wednesday, June 3rd:
Sorana Cirstea ROU vs. Samantha Stosur AUS (30)
Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS (7) vs. Serena Williams USA (2)

Court Philippe Chatrier
Virginie Razzano FRA - Samantha Stosur AUS (30): 1-6, 2-6
Court Philippe Chatrier
Aleksandra Wozniak CAN (24) - Serena Williams USA (2): 1-6, 2-6
Court Suzanne Lenglen
Jelena Jankovic SRB (5) - Sorana Cirstea ROU: 6-3, 0-6, 7-9
Court Suzanne Lenglen
Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS (7) - Agnieszka Radwanska POL (12): 6-4, 1-6, 6-1

Court Philippe Chatrier
Juan Martin Del Potro ARG (5) - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga FRA (9): 6-1, 6-7, 6-1, 6-4
Court Philippe Chatrier
Tommy Haas GER - Roger Federer SUI (2): 7-6, 7-5, 4-6, 0-6, 2-6
Court Suzanne Lenglen
Tommy Robredo ESP (16) - Philipp Kohlschreiber GER (29): 6-4, 5-7, 7-6, 6-2
Court Suzanne Lenglen
Andy Roddick USA (6) - Gael Monfils FRA (11): 4-6, 2-6, 3-6

Court 1
Lukas Dlouhy CZE (3), Leander Paes IND (3) - Bruno Soares BRA (5), Kevin Ullyett ZIM (5): 6-2, 7-6
Court 1
Wesley Moodie RSA, Dick Norman BEL - Jose Acasuso ARG, Fernando Gonzalez CHI: walkover

Court 1
Victoria Azarenka BLR (12), Elena Vesnina RUS (12) - Zi Yan CHN (16), Jie Zheng CHN (16): 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
Court 2
A. Medina Garrigues ESP (3), Virginia Ruano Pascual ESP (3) - Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER (11), Patty Schnyder SUI (11): 7-6, 6-2

Court 1 - Quarterfinals
Liezel Huber USA (1), Bob Bryan USA (1) - Ai Sugiyama JPN (5), Andre Sa BRA (5): 1-6, 6-4, 1-0
Court 2 - 2nd Round
Lisa Raymond USA (3), Marcin Matkowski POL (3) - Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER, Mark Knowles BAH: 6-3, 5-7, 0-1
Court 2 - Quarterfinals
Vania King USA, Marcelo Melo BRA - Sybille Bammer AUT, Lukasz Kubot POL: 6-3, 7-5

No one could have predicted this, but the 19 year old Romanian, Sorana Cirstea, defeated the world's number 5, Jelena Jankovic, in a dramatic match, arguably the most beautiful one in this year's women's competition.

Sorana, who is currently ranked 41, came from being one set down and won in an impressive fashion. She won the 2nd set with an impressive 6-0, and then she went on to win the decisive 9-7, after Jelena Jankovic led 5-4 and 30-0 on her own serve.

The Romanian won at her 3rd match point and if she continues to play like this, she will be a force to be reckoned. Sorana will play against the winner from the game between Samantha Stosur and Virginie Razzano in the quarter finals.

There were sighs of relief for Federer who came back from 2 sets down to beat Tommy Haas in a thrilling 4th round match.

The world number 2, Federer, lost the first 2 sets 7-6, 7-5, but made a spectacular comeback, winning the last 3 sets 6-4, 6-0, 6-2.

Now with Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic out of the competition, Federer has the chance of winning the only grand slam title he misses from his prolific career.

Court Philippe Chatrier
Dinara Safina RUS (1) - Aravane Rezai FRA: 6-1, 6-0
Court Philippe Chatrier
Maria Sharapova RUS - Na Li CHN (25): 6-4, 0-6, 6-4
Court Suzanne Lenglen
Victoria Azarenka BLR (9) - Ana Ivanovic SRB (8): 6-2, 6-3
Court Suzanne Lenglen
Agnes Szavay HUN (29) - Dominika Cibulkova SVK (20): 2-6, 4-6

Court Philippe Chatrier
Rafael Nadal ESP (1) - Robin Soderling SWE (23): 2-6, 7-6, 4-6, 6-7
Court Philippe Chatrier
Fernando Gonzalez CHI (12) - Victor Hanescu ROU (30): 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
Court Suzanne Lenglen
Nikolay Davydenko RUS (10) - Fernando Verdasco ESP (8): 6-2, 6-2, 6-4
Court Suzanne Lenglen
Andy Murray GBR (3) - Marin Cilic CRO (13): 7-5, 7-6, 6-1

Court 1
Jose Acasuso ARG, Fernando Gonzalez CHI - Mahesh Bhupathi IND (4), Mark Knowles BAH (4): 7-5, 4-6, 6-4
Court 1
Rik De Voest RSA (14), Ashley Fisher AUS (14) - Bob Bryan USA (2), Mike Bryan USA (2): 3-6, 4-6
Court 2
Daniel Nestor CAN (1), Nenad Zimonjic SRB (1) - Christopher Kas GER, Rogier Wassen NED: 6-0, 6-3
Court 2
Marc Lopez ESP, Tommy Robredo ESP - Michael Kohlmann GER, Alexander Waske GER: 6-3, 6-4

Court 1
Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA (10), Nadia Petrova RUS (10) - Serena Williams USA (5), Venus Williams USA (5): 7-6, 5-7, 7-6
Court 1
Zi Yan CHN (16), Jie Zheng CHN (16) - Samantha Stosur AUS (4), Rennae Stubbs AUS (4): 6-4, 7-5
Court 2
Agnieszka Radwanska POL, Urszula Radwanska POL - Kveta Peschke CZE (2), Lisa Raymond USA (2): 6-2, 6-3

Court 2
Pauline Parmentier FRA, Marc Gicquel FRA - Ai Sugiyama JPN (5), Andre Sa BRA (5): 2-6, 3-6
Court 2
Elena Vesnina RUS (6), Daniel Nestor CAN (6) - Nathalie Dechy FRA, Andy Ram ISR: 4-6, 6-4, 0-1
Court 7
Anastasia Rodionova AUS, Rik De Voest RSA - Alisa Kleybanova RUS, Bruno Soares BRA: 4-6, 2-6