French Open Tennis 2009 Championship
French Open Tennis 2009, The 2009 French Open Tennis Championship is well into its first week and you can see the main matches and betting for todays big games further down this page.
The French Open Tennis 2009 is the second ‘Grand Slam’ event of the year and is one of four Grand Slams played. The first one of the year is the Australian Open, which is played in Melbourne in January. The French Open comes next and 3 weeks later it is the turn of Wimbledon and finally at the end of August it is the turn of the US Open.
The Australian Open mens singles this year was won by Rafael Nadal, who of course is also the reigning French Open Champion. The Australian Womens champion is Serena Williams.
‘King of Clay’, Rafael Nadal, etched his name into French Open history after matching the record of the the legendary Bjorn Borg and the 1920’s heroine of the Open, Suzanne Lenglen, with four consecutive titles apiece. Justine Henin was not there to defend her title due to her immediate retirement from professional tennis in May 2008. Ana Ivanovic claimed the 2008 women’s singles title for the first time, and the world will be watching to see if she can defend her title at Roland Garros in 2009.
Roger Federer has found the clay courts in Paris to be his nemesis, and he is in good company – Pete Sampras, Jimmy Connors, Maria Sharapova and Martina Hingis are just a few of the tennis legends who have been denied by clay.
