French Open--what they said

It’s my biggest win to date. I don’t know how I’ve managed to train, work and play at the same time through these past few weeks, but right now it feels great!Sabine EllerbrockMaria is way too predictable against Serena. She never serves at her body anymore and plays her forehand way too much. She never hits hard down the middle anymore. It’s not a good match-up for her no matter what. Serena is just much better, but Maria has got to give herself a shot.When Maria she was 17 and 18, she was two or three steps faster and defended much better. She may never be able to do that again. Of course when you lose to someone for almost 10 years in a row it’s going become a little mental, but I think most of the mental is because Serena is the only player she can’t dictate to and play the way she wants all the time.Michael JoyceDespite that record and despite me being unsuccessful against her, I believe that I'm happy to be setting up chances to be going out and facing her, someone that's been playing and dominating tennis for almost a year now. Her success has been incredible. But going into a French Open final, that doesn't matter. It all starts from zero. You've got to play until the last point and believe in yourself.Maria SharapovaIt was also very special to reach the final today because Ekaterina has a birthday today. It's very difficult to play on your birthday. Most of the players lose on that day, except Rafa of course, so it was some more pressure on me, but we played very well and we're really happy we won today.Elena VesninaIt feels good to hit volleys. I'm not a player that runs to the net all the time, so it feels really good to be able to hit some good volleys. Sometimes I'm surprised--I'm like, '"Is that me?" You know, I used to hit a lot of drop shots when I was younger. I'm just going back to the young days, I guess.Serena Williams
Source:http://womenwhoserve.blogspot.com/2013/06/french-open-what-they-said_7.html

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Roger Federer's French Open 2013 draw

The draw for the second Grand Slam of the season, the French Open, is out. Roger Federer was seeded No. 2 for the 2013 French Open.No. 2 seed Federer, who captured the 2009 title over Robin Soderling, will face a qualifier in his first and second round matches. The Swiss is bidding to capture his 18th major championship title. Federer could challenge No. 30 seed Julien Benneteau in the third round. He could play No. 15 seed Gilles Simon or No. 18 seed Sam Querrey in the fourth round. No. 6 seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga or No. 10 seed Marin Cilic or No. 17 seed Juan Monaco may be the quarter-final opponents for Federer.No. 4 seed David Ferrer or No. 5 seed Tomas Berdych will be the potential semi-final opponents for Federer. Federer’s career record against Ferrer is 14-0.Novak Djokovic was drawn in the same half of Rafael Nadal which means they will meet in the semi-final.Djokovic would meet the player who beat him at the Mutua Madrid Open, No. 26 seed Grigor Dimitrov, in the third round. Alexandr Dolgopolov, the No. 22 seed, or No. 16 seed Philipp Kohlschreiber may be fourth round opponents. Eighth seed Janko Tipsarevic, who plays Nicolas Mahut in the first round, or No. 12 seed Tommy Haas could face Djokovic in the quarter-finals.No. 3 Nadal starts his campaign against Daniel Brands. Nadal may face Lukas Rosol, who won their 2012 Wimbledon clash, or No. 27 seed Fabio Fognini in the third round. No. 7 seed Richard Gasquet or No. 9 seed Stanislas Wawrinka, who lost to Nadal in the Madrid final, may be quarter-final opponents for Nadal.No. 4 seed David Ferrer, a semi-finalist in 2012. Ferrer will play Marinko Matosevic in the first round. No. 5 seed Tomas Berdych, a semi-finalist three years ago, challenges Gael Monfils in his opener. Berdych may play Ernests Gulbis in the second round. Ferrer and Berdych could meet in the quarter-finals.Absense of important players: Andy Murray (lower back injury), Juan Martin del Potro (virus) and Mardy Fish (heart problem).French Open 2013 draw:Date: 24th May 2013, Source: ATP
Source:http://rogerfedererthechamp.blogspot.com/2013/05/roger-federers-french-open-2013-draw.html

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