Venus Williams

Hungary’s Agnes Szavay scored the biggest upset of the 2009 French Open so far early on Friday by ousting third seed Venus Williams.

Szavay handed Williams a blistering 6-0, 6-4 defeat to advance into the fourth round of Roland Garros. It was a disappointing performance for the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour’s world number three. She struggled to win her opening matches in three sets against Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Safarova, but today against Szavay she could not force a deciding set.

Although Szavay played more tentatively in the second set, she converted her first match point when a tight backhand by Williams ended in the net.

After starting the 2009 season winless in the first two months, Szavay finished in the fourth round at Miami and Indian Wells and reached the quarterfinals at Acapulco and Madrid.

Venus Williams

Hungary’s Agnes Szavay scored the biggest upset of the 2009 French Open so far early on Friday by ousting third seed Venus Williams.

Szavay handed Williams a blistering 6-0, 6-4 defeat to advance into the fourth round of Roland Garros. It was a disappointing performance for the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour’s world number three. She struggled to win her opening matches in three sets against Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Safarova, but today against Szavay she could not force a deciding set.

Although Szavay played more tentatively in the second set, she converted her first match point when a tight backhand by Williams ended in the net.

After starting the 2009 season winless in the first two months, Szavay finished in the fourth round at Miami and Indian Wells and reached the quarterfinals at Acapulco and Madrid.

Venus Williams

Hungary’s Agnes Szavay scored the biggest upset of the 2009 French Open so far early on Friday by ousting third seed Venus Williams.

Szavay handed Williams a blistering 6-0, 6-4 defeat to advance into the fourth round of Roland Garros. It was a disappointing performance for the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour’s world number three. She struggled to win her opening matches in three sets against Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Safarova, but today against Szavay she could not force a deciding set.

Although Szavay played more tentatively in the second set, she converted her first match point when a tight backhand by Williams ended in the net.

After starting the 2009 season winless in the first two months, Szavay finished in the fourth round at Miami and Indian Wells and reached the quarterfinals at Acapulco and Madrid.

french open

french open


The women’s game for the French Open 2009 is more open than it has been for a number of years, and the lack of a dominant player means that there are several big contenders for what promises to be a great Roland Garros.
Since gaining the World No.1 ranking in 2008, Roland Garros finalist Dinara Safina has been in great form on the claycourt, picking up two the titles in Rome and Madrid compiling a 14-1 record. Safina's booming groundstrokes and much improved movement have been too much for most players and she goes into the French Open full of confidence. Safina is the favourite with the bookies although she's still value at odds of 4/1 with Blue Square.
Ana Ivanovic has struggled somewhat since lifting the Roland Garros crown twelve months ago, allowing too many errors to creep into her rock solid ground game.

french open

french open


The women’s game for the French Open 2009 is more open than it has been for a number of years, and the lack of a dominant player means that there are several big contenders for what promises to be a great Roland Garros.
Since gaining the World No.1 ranking in 2008, Roland Garros finalist Dinara Safina has been in great form on the claycourt, picking up two the titles in Rome and Madrid compiling a 14-1 record. Safina's booming groundstrokes and much improved movement have been too much for most players and she goes into the French Open full of confidence. Safina is the favourite with the bookies although she's still value at odds of 4/1 with Blue Square.
Ana Ivanovic has struggled somewhat since lifting the Roland Garros crown twelve months ago, allowing too many errors to creep into her rock solid ground game.

french open

french open


The women’s game for the French Open 2009 is more open than it has been for a number of years, and the lack of a dominant player means that there are several big contenders for what promises to be a great Roland Garros.
Since gaining the World No.1 ranking in 2008, Roland Garros finalist Dinara Safina has been in great form on the claycourt, picking up two the titles in Rome and Madrid compiling a 14-1 record. Safina's booming groundstrokes and much improved movement have been too much for most players and she goes into the French Open full of confidence. Safina is the favourite with the bookies although she's still value at odds of 4/1 with Blue Square.
Ana Ivanovic has struggled somewhat since lifting the Roland Garros crown twelve months ago, allowing too many errors to creep into her rock solid ground game.