Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic earn places in the last 16 at Roland Garros after respective four-set victories on Friday. Headlines were also made by Ernests Gulbis and a women’s match between Angelique Kerber and Daniela Hantuchova.
Roger Federer is through to the last 16 at Roland Garros after holding off Dmitry Tursunov 7-5, 6-7(7), 6-2, 6-4 on Friday. Federer became the first man to reach the French Open fourth round on 12 occasions. He is joined there by Novak Djokovic–a four-set winner over Marin Cilic–and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who thrashed Jerzy Janowicz in straight sets.
“At the start of my career, clay was not my favorite surface,” Federer reflected. “I got my best results in indoor courts or hard courts, so people thought at that time that I was only a fast-court player. But that’s not the case, so I’m very happy with this record, and I’m enjoying it.”
Next up for the 32-year-old Swiss is Ernests Gulbis, who was at the forefront of a controversial day in Paris. Gulbis destroyed Radek Stepanek 6-3, 6-2, 7-5 in less than two hours, saving the drama for the press room. When asked if he wanted his two younger sisters to become professional tennis players, the Latvian delivered this:
“Hopefully they will not pursue professional tennis career. Hopefully. Because for a woman, it’s tough. I wouldn’t like my sisters to become professional tennis players. It’s tough choice of life. A woman needs to enjoy life a little bit more. Needs to think about family, needs to think about kids. What kids you can think about until age of 27 if you’re playing professional tennis, you know. That’s tough for a woman, I think.”
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Speaking of women, No. 3 seed Agnieszka Radwanska went down to Ajla Thomljanovic. For the first time in any of the four Grand Slams during the Open Era, every one of the top three women’s seeds is out prior to the fourth round.
But perhaps an even bigger story came in the the Angelique Kerber vs. Daniela Hantuchova match, when the chair umpire incorrectly awarded a point to Kerber. A shot by the German had been called out, to which Hantuchova responded by hitting back over the net, in the court of play. The mark showed the ball to be in, however, and for no apparent reason, Kerber was given the point.
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I think Gulbis was referring to the biological clock with regards to women and babies(whereas theoretically, a man can impregnate a women even in their elderly age) and the fact that having kids while being a professional tennis player impacts a women more than a man.(as augusta said)
I think you’re right @tj600. Thanks to his lack of articulacy, he came across as a tard misogynistic……………
After his opening statement, Gulbis took the conversation well beyond his sisters when he opined about how a woman should live.
Just as men, women should lead a life and make the life decisions that make them most fulfilled. Gulbis’ statements imply that the optimal path for “a woman” is having children before they are in their late 20’s.
While this is no doubt perhaps the most satisfying path for some, he shouldn’t presume that this is the best path for all women.
Or more suscinctly put, he’s an idiot.
Yes that is the site.
It is much better for ATP level events when it has OOP and completed scores as well with full statistics including h2h, match stats, etc.
In the notes below, it lists improvements to come including full ITF (slam) support.
The slam info is currently limited to matches in progress. I hadn’t realized this until recently.
However, in this aspect, it outperforms the RG site as you can see game point scores and match stats for all matches simultaneously (which you can’t do for even one match very easily only by launching the score tracker which still presents the data in a bloated fashion).
#MoronGulbis
BTW, fantastic comments by ed, ritb and nny!!! So well put!
They put it much better than I can (probably in no small part because I’m a guy).
Gulbis is a dinosaur.
do you?
#Rhyno
This whole thing is been blown out of proportion. He speaks his mind while answering the questions and it’s always going to offend somebody especially people who are biased or have strong opinions. Unlike many people in the public eye, including tennis players, he is not trying to be politically correct and diplomatic and his comments are not cleared by a legal team.
this
Very happy to see Genie has thrashed Kerber after her lack of sportsmanship.
so big
https://twitter.com/BenRothenberg/status/473436364378476544
#PreachItPetkorazzi
Wow. Finally watech that Kerber point. How did the chare and director both miss the fact that that should have been a let?
However, it shouldn’t be up to Kerber IMO. It’s the umpire’s job (as inept as she was).
#Fail