good luck to Czech and Australia now :bounce:

Thanks!! :bounce: :hearts:

Amanda :woohoo:

Manana and Lena :yeah: :D
Nadia :hug:

:angel: Good luck to Amanda as well! :hearts:

Don't ever lose before Spain,Lena!:unsure:

Remember my 'last words' before I give up my #1 rank.;) :angel:

I want to win this! :armed:

i knew Gigi would beat me :rolleyes:

congrats :ras: :) :yeah:

;)

Patch, I'll be back in 2.5 hours and if you will not havfe started the matches , I'll write an article :p

:ras: to all others who dont write

Yan Zi and Team Manager Flee From Paris

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After Yan Zi had been defeated by Germany's Tatjana Malek 1-6,4-6,China is now officially out from the French Open and will lose their #1 ranking next week as WTT #2 Spain and #3 Australia,who are close behind the rankings,have advanced to the quarterfinal.

Yan Zi said after the match,"I didn't play my best as I was worried of my safety and the area around me since there were some cases of the bird flu disease around Paris and in this tournament.I couldn't even focus well in my match.Even after losing,I refused to shake hands with my opponent(Malek) because I was worried that she'll transmit the disease if she has any.Anyway,I hope I'll leave here safe and sound without bringing the disease back to my country."

After that,she was seen to be accompanied by her team manager in the Paris International Airport.They haven't commented much about the loss.

Patch, I'll be back in 2.5 hours and if you will not havfe started the matches , I'll write an article :p

:ras: to all others who dont write

I don't deserve this >>>:ras:

:p

Dementieva Beat Ivanovic; Moves Into Slam Quarterfinal

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The new Australian play, Elena Dementieva has played really good tennis this week so far. She has won her first two match against Emma Laine in the first round and against Ana Ivanovic in the second round. Hew next opponent will be the Czech 5th seed Zuzana Ondraskova.

"I love Paris and I love this tournament! The weather, the people, the shopping centre... everything is very good. As for me I was a bit scared because of this tournament but I'm already in the quarterfinal, so I'm glad about it. Zuzana will be very strong rival but I hope I can beat her."

Don't worry about the bird flu Lena!:hug:
Play well and win!!!

and hopefully one of the players in Spain's team gets it.:devil: :p

QF matches now :bounce:

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Another great match from Tadde. Germany are the shocks of the tournament and are grand slam semi finalists - and they came out of nowhere. Three seeds knocked out by the German now. This has been a good tournament from Olga though and she should be very pleased.

BTW there the same pics as yesterday becuase Tinypic.com is down for me ATM :(

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Lena?

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Elena battles through in another tough three setter. As the compittion goes on, she seems to be growing in confidence and now sets her sights on a Grand Slam final. Good win from Lena.

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Go Gigi..

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Manana was just one point away from that first set and thats what decided the match. Georgia are growing as a team and have had a great tournament here but the South Africans love this surface and move on to their first GS Semi Final.

I lost :sad:

1 set all..:confused:

Amanda :woohoo:

Lena :yeah: :D

Gigi :hug:

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Patch, I had 5 pts more in that set and was about to press send when I took them out :sobbing:

Kai, what team do you coach?

south africa

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Spain battle through here but New Zealand should hold their head high after a fantastic clay season. Spian are still in the hunt for the illusive Grand Slam title and they are looking good. Well Played.

I hope NZL wins just so I won't feel I've lost to a shitty team :lol: I mean, player..

Kai is South Africa :D

Patch, I had 5 pts more in that set and was about to press send when I took them out :sobbing:

:( you would have won then

I hope NZL wins just so I won't feel I've lost to a shitty team :lol: I mean, player..

theyre great clay team theyve won two/three titles :lol:

Semi Final line up sorted :bounce:

Winners :woohoo::D::bowdown:

Losers :bigcry::(:sad:

Maybe a few articles :p?

Kittyking :smash:

Germany :eek:
Australia :hearts: Czech R. :hug:
South Africa :yeah: Georgia :awww: :hug:
New Zealand :sad: :hug: Spain :ras:

Kai :woohoo:

Congrats to all winners! :banana: :woohoo: :D

Bad luck loosers. :sad: :hug:

Lena ;)

Dementieva Makes Her First Slam Semifinal

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The 3rd seed Australian Elena Dementieva keeps her good form, she beat Zuzana Onraskova today in 3 sets. Elena played very interesting tennis, she was on fire in the first, but she showed her worst tennis ever in the second. Fortunately she was able to win the match after that.

"Well, to my mind it was a great match, Zuzana is a great player, but today I was better. My next opponent will be German Tatiana Malek, I think we'll play a good match."

Roland Garros Semifinals Predictions

Semifinal 1:
GER Tatjana Malek vs [3] AUS Elena Dementieva

Germany’s road to semifinals:
QF: Tatjana Malek def. [15] BLR Olga Govortsova 7-6(0) 6-3
R16:Tatjana Malek def. [1] CHN Yan Zi 6-1 6-4
R32:Tatjana Malek def. [9] POL Agnieszka Radwanska 6-2 3-6 8-6

Australia’s road to semifinals:
QF: [3] AUS Elena Dementieva def. [5] CZE Zuzana Ondraskova
6-1 0-6 6-3
R16:[3] AUS Elena Dementieva def. SRB Ana Ivanovic 0-6 6-1 6-4
R32:[3] AUS Elena Dementieva def. FIN Emma Laine 7-5 4-6 6-2

#3 seed Australia will face surprising semifinalist Germany,who came out of nowhere,in the first half.Elena Dementieva,who has been given
Australia nationality just before French Open,has been playing pretty well,although all her matches ended in 3 sets.Germany,on the other hand,has made upsets en route to the semis.They have beaten 9th seed Poland,#1 ranked China and #15 Bulgaria,especially the last two matches were won in straight sets!It'll be interesting to see whether Elena is able to hold off her opponent,or will the German pull off yet another biggest upset.

Elena def. Tatjana 5-7,7-6(4),6-4

Semifinal 2:
[12] RSA Amanda Coetzer vs [2] ESP Arantxa Parra Santonja

South Africa’s road to semifinals:
QF: [12] Amanda Coetzer def. GEO Manana Shapakidze
7-6(6) 2-6 6-0
R16:[12] Amanda Coetzer def. SVK Daniela Hantuchova
6-7(3) 6-2 6-4
R32:[12] Amanda Coetzer def. ARG Jorgelina Cravero 0-6 6-4 6-0

Spain’s road to semifinals:
QF: [2] Arantxa Parra Santonja def. [14] NZL Marina Erakovic
0-6 6-2 6-2
R16:[2] Arantxa Parra Santonja def. [16] ROM Sorana Cristea
6-1 6-0
R32:[2] Arantxa Parra Santonja def. THA Tamarine Tanasugarn
6-2 6-2

This is one of the highly anticipated match in this event involving two seeded countries,who are favourites to win the coveted title.Both countries are very strong in this surface.However,Spain definitely has the upper hand as they have more experience and has won many clay titles so far.However,do not count out South Africa as Amanda has made her way through until this stage no matter how difficult her opponent is.She has a tougher road to this stage compared to Arantxa's,who won her matches rather easily.So hopefully it'll be a high quality match which is expected by the crowd.

Arantxa def. Amanda 7-6(3),4-6,7-6(4)

Thanks China! ;)

patrch you didnt get back to me.. Can rossana de los rios change to spanish?

patrch you didnt get back to me.. Can rossana de los rios change to spanish?

yes you can

but I thought you were going to help every week...

semi finals are scored just looking for pics then the matches will go ahead :D!

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Elena Dementieva, in her first tournament as an Aussie has taken them into the Roland Garros final. Amazing! Tatjana has had a remarkable tournament and should be very proud but its Dementieva who will go for her, and her new countries, first grand slam title.

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Spain come back from staring defeat in the face to take a place in their first grand slam. Both clay specialist played great matches but there is only room for one in the final and it went to Spain. They will now battle it out with Australia for not only the Roland Garros title, but the number 1 ranking aswell.

Tatijana:( Congrats lena!

ESP and AUS :bigclap::worship::woohoo: Grand Slam Final! :bowdown:
GER and RSA :sad::( but great tournament for both :yeah:

congrats Spain and Lena :hug:

Tatijana:( Congrats lena!

youve done great - upset three seeds and got to the semi finals ;)

youll have a big ranking jump ;)

Spain and Australia will do battle for the Roland Garros title and world number 1 :drool::drool:

Both teams can change points and players if they wish too

Write articles please too - final is tommorow :bounce:

I predicted the outcome correctly.;)

Although Spain vs South Africa was pretty boring though.:tape:

Congrats Lena & Arantxa!:)

Amanda & Tatjana :awww: :hug: Great effort!:worship:

Ive go teverything ready for the final but I hvae to go out. Final as soon as I get back

This will be a boring final with Spain winning.:o

Final in 10mins in the livescore thread :D!

[2] ESP Rossana de los Rios def. [3] AUS Elena Dementieva 6-1 6-1

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Wow what a beatdown - and in a Grand Slam final! Elena looked so nervous and the Spaniards dictated the play. Spain win their first grand slam and take the number 1 ranking. Amazing tournament for both but congrats to Spain - really well deserved.

Congrats Spain :worship:

Australia :sad:

Rankings tommorow ;)

Thats all for Roland Garros - hopefully some more articles on the way though ;)

hope you enjoyed it and think I did a great job :angel:;)

Patchos :worship:

:worship:

answer my question Zoli ;)

Where is the questin? :lol:

Live Scores thread

someone needs to run a grass exibition this week (wk.20) as your out of Fed Cup do you want to?

Well... I dont know. :lol: I dont think so, I dont have enough time and first of all I have to do the player profiles thread. :lol: ;)

This could be the worst slam final of the whole Games thread!:help: ;)

Well... I dont know. :lol: I dont think so, I dont have enough time and first of all I have to do the player profiles thread. :lol: ;)

ok il ask someone else ;)

This could be the worst slam final of the whole Games thread!:help: ;)

I no :sobbing:

hopefully Wimbledon will be better ;)

This could be the worst slam final of the whole Games thread!:help: ;)

At least it wasnt double bagel. :eek: :p

Ranks from this tournament updated - sorry for the delay :D