Roland Garros 2015 Starts Sunday!

After four months, we are back in Grand Slam season. Both Rafa Nadal and Maria Sharapova are back to defend their singles titles. Clay court season as well, the hardest surface in tennis.

Singles starts this fifteen day odyssey on Sunday morning. No lights, no problem.

SINGLES
First round matches of interest

MEN
(1) Novak Djokovic v Jarko Nieminen
(2) Roger Federer v Alejandro Falla
(3) Andy Murray v Facundo Arguello
(4) Tomas Berdych v Yoshito Nishioka
(5) Kei Nishikori v Paul Henri Matthieu
(6) Rafa Nadal v Quentin Halys
(7) David Ferrer v Lucas Lacko
(8) Stan Wawrinka v Marcel Ilhan
(9) Marin Cilic v Robin Haase
(10) Grigor Dimitrov v Jack Sock
(11) Fernando Lopez v Tomaz Gabashvili
(12) Gilles Simon v Lucas Pouille
(13) Gael Monfils v Edouard Roger Vasselin
(14) Jo Wilfried Tsonga v Christian Lindell
(15) Kevin Anderson v Tim Smyczek
(16) John Isner v Andreas Seppi
(17) David Goffin v Filip Krajinovic
(18) Tommy Robredo v Andrey Golubev
(19) Roberto Bautista Agut v Fernando Mayer
(20) Richard Gasquet v Germain Gigounon
(21) Pedro Cuevas v Sam Groth
(22) Philipp Kohlschreiber v Go Soeda
(23) Leonardo Mayer v Jiri Vesely
(24) Ernests Gulbis v Igor Sijsling
(25) Ivo Karlovic v Marcos Baghdatis
(26) Guillermo Garcia Lopez v Steve Johnson
(27) Bernie Tomic v Luca Vanni
(28) Fabio Fognini v Tatsuma Ito
(29) Nick Kyrgios v Denis Istomin
(30) Adrian Mannarino v Jurgen Melzer
(31) Viktor Troicki v Jan Lennard Struff
(32) Fernando Verdasco v Taro Daniel
Thanasi Kokkinakis vs Nikoloz Basilashvili
Alex Dolgopolov v Nick Almagro
Sam Querrey v Borna Coric
Gilles Muller v Paolo Lorenzi
Vasek Pospisil v Joao Sousa
Donald Young v Santiago Giraldo
Juan Monaco v Federico Delbonis
Ivan Dodig v Radek Stepanek
Sergiy Stakhovsky v Robin Berankis
Jerzy Janowicz v Maxime Hamou
Mikhail Youzhny v Damir Dzumhur
Carlos Berlocq v Ilya Marchenko
Andrey Kuznetsov v Malek Jaziri
Lukas Rosol v Elias Ymer
Nicolas Mahut v Kimmer Coppejans
Jeremy Chardy v Michael Berrer
Steve Darcis v Simone Bolelli
Thomas Bellucci v Matos Matosevic
Benoit Paire v Gastao Elias
Marcel Granollers v Mathias Bachinger
Martin Klizan v Frances Tiafoe
James Duckworth v Andrea Arnaboldi
Ben Becker v Ruben Bemelmans

WOMEN
First round singles of interest
(1) Serena Williams v Andrea Hlavachova
(2) Maria Sharapova v Kaia Kanepi
(3) Simona Halep v Evgenia Rodnina
(4) Petra Kvitova v Marina Erakovic
(5) Caroline Wozniacki v Karin Knapp
(6) Eugenie Bouchard v Kristina Mladenovic
(7) Ana Ivanovic v Yaroslava Shvedova
(8) Carla Suarez Navarro v Monica Niculescu
(9) Ekaterina Makarova v Louisa Chirico  
(10) Andrea Petkovic v Shelby Rogers
(11) Angelique Kerber v Timea Babos
(12) Karolina Pliskova v Shuai Zhang
(13) Lucie Safarova v Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
(14) Aga Radwanska v Anna Beck
(15) Venus Williams v Sloane Stephens
(16) Madison Keys v Varvara Lepchenko
(17) Sara Errani v Alison Riske
(18) Svetlana Kuznetsova v Kiki Bertens
(19) Elina Svitolina v Yanina Wickmayer
(20) Sabine Lisicki v Monica Puig
(21) Garbine Muguruza v Petra Martic
(22) Barbora Zahlavova Strycova v Tsvetana Pironkova
(23) Timea Bacsinsky v Lara Arruabarrena
(24) Shuai Peng v Polona Hercog
(25) Jelena Jankovic v Sesil Karatantcheva
(26) Sam Stosur v Madison Brengle  
(27) Victoria Azarenka v Maria Torro Flor
(28) Flavia Pennetta v Magda Linette
(29) Alize Cornet v Roberta Vinci
(30) Irina Camelia Begu v Bethanie Mattek Sands
(31) Caroline Garcia v Donna Vekic
(32) Zarina Diyas v Dinah Pfizenmayer
Francesca Schiavone v Wang Qiang
Julia Goerges v Coco Vandeweghe
Daniela Hantuchova v Belinda Bencic
Bojana Jovanovski v Lesia Tsurenko
Irina Falconi v Manon Arcangioli
Heather Watson v Mathilde Johansson
Taylor Townsend v Tereza Smitkova
Christina McHale v Lourdes Dominguez Lino
Lucie Hradecka v Zheng Saisai
Kirsten Flipkens v Elena Vesnina
Casey Dellacqua v Ajla Tomljanovic
Klara Koukalova v Danka Kovinic
Silvia Soler Espinosa v Pauline Parmentier
Mona Barthel v Paula Kania
Nicole Gibbs v Alexandra Dulgheru
Mirjana Lucic Baroni v Lauren Davis
Camilia Giorgi v Tatiana Marina
Virginie Razzano v Veronica Cepede Royg
Johanna Larsson v Daria Gavrilova
Jarmilla Gajdosova v Amandine Hesse

Again, first round on Sunday. In the states, ESPN family, Tennis and NBC (in their 33rd consecutive year) handle coverage. Get up early. Also Radio Roland Garros. Try it! Great guys to listen to as well!

Bust Some Moves!

Roland Garros kids day on Saturday. Gael Monfils and fellow Frenchman Laurent Lokoli busting some cool moves for the kids:

Hopefully they won't be sore for their first round matches.

Roland Garros 2014 Starts Sunday!

Ah...clay court season.

Roland Garros 2014 is our second grand slam of the year. After a three month hiatus, we're back into grand slam mode.

It's no surprise that defending men's singles champion (and clay court legend) Rafa Nadal is the #1 seed in the men's singles. Last year, he disposed fellow countryman David Ferrer in three sets in the final at RG's. Serena Williams is the top seed in the women's singles draw.

First round matches of interest
MEN
(1) Rafa Nadal v Robby Ginepri
(2) Novak Djokovic v Joao Sousa
(3) Stan Wawrinka v Guillermo Garcia Lopez
(4) Roger Federer v Lukas Lacko
(5) David Ferrer v Igor Sijsling
(6) Tomas Berdych v Peter Polansky
(7) Andy Murray v Andrey Golubev
(8) Milos Raonic v Nick Kyrgios
(9) Kei Nishikori v Martin Klizan
(10) John Isner v Pierre Hugues Herbert
(11) Grigor Dimitrov v Ivo Karlovic
(12) Richard Gasquet v Bernard Tomic
(13) Jo Wilfried Tsonga v Edouard Roger Vasselin
(14) Fabio Fognini v Andreas Beck
(15) Mikhail Youzhny v Pablo Carreno Busta
(16) Tommy Haas v Jurgen Zopp
(17) Tommy Robredo v James Ward
(18) Ernests Gulbis v Lukasz Kubot
(19) Kevin Anderson v Stephane Robert
(20) Alex Dolgopolov v Albert Ramos
(21) Nicolas Almagro v Jack Sock
(22) Jerzy Janowicz v Victor Estrella Burgos
(23) Gael Monfils v Victor Hanescu
(24) Fernando Verdasco v Michel Llodra
(25) Marin Cilic v Pablo Andujar
(28) Philipp Kohlschreiber v Pere Riba
(29) Gilles Simon v Ante Pavic
(30) Vasek Pospisil v Teymuras Gabashvili
(32) Andreas Seppi v Santiago Giraldo
Lleyton Hewitt v Carlos Berlocq
Nicolas Mahut v Mikhail Kukushin
Juan Monaco v Lucas Pouille
Filippo Volandri v Sam Querrey
Donald Young v Dudi Sela
Steve Johnson v Laurent Lekeli
Radek Stepanek v Facundo Arguello
Lukas Rosol v Jiri Vesely
Sergiy Stakhovsky v Denis Istomin
Julien Benneteau v Facundo Bagnis
Robin Haase v Nikolay Davydenko
Paul Henri Mathieu v Dominic Thiem
Adrian Mannarino v Yen Hsun Lu
Ben Becker v Thomas Bellucci
Alejandro Falla v Benoit Paire
Ivan Dodig v Marcel Granollers
David Goffin v Jurgen Melzer
Jeremy Chardy v Daniel Gimeno Traver

WOMEN
(1) Serena Williams v Alize Lim
(2) Na Li v Kristina Mladenovic
(3) Agnieszka Radwanska v Shuai Peng
(4) Simona Halep v Alisa Kleybanova
(5) Petra Kvitova v Zarina Diyas
(6) Jelena Jankovic v Sharon Fichman
(7) Maria Sharapova v Ksenia Pervak
(8) Angelique Kerber v Katarzyna Piter
(9) Dominika Cibulkova v Virginia Razzano
(10) Sara Errani v Madison Keys
(11) Ana Ivanovic v Caroline Garcia
(12) Flavia Pennetta v Patricia Mayr Achleitner
(13) Caroline Wozniacki v Yanina Wickmayer
(14) Carla Suarez Navarro v Yuliya Beygelzimer
(15) Sloane Stephens v Shuai Peng
(16) Sabine Lisicki v Fiona Ferro
(17) Roberta Vinci v Pauline Parmentier
(18) Eugenie Bouchard v Shahar Peer
(19) Sam Stosur v Monica Puig
(20) Alize Cornet v Ashleigh Barty
(21) Kirsten Flipkins v Danka Kovinic
(22) Ekaterina Makarova v Shelby Rogers
(23) Lucie Safarova v Mandy Minella
(24) Anastasiya Pavlyuchenkova v Kimiko Date Krumm
(25) Kaia Kanepi v Monica Niculescu
(26) Sorana Cirstea v Aleksandra Wozniak
(27) Svetlana Kuznetsova v Sofia Shpatava
(28) Andrea Petkovic v Misaki Doi
(29) Venus Williams v Belinda Bencic
(31) Daniela Hantuchova v Jovana Jaksic
(32) Elena Vesnina v Christina McHale
Francesca Schiavone v Ajla Tomljanovic
Tsvetana Pironkova v Annika Beck
Maria Kirilenko v Johanna Larsson
Urszula Radwanska v Magdalena Rybarikova
Julia Goerges v Michelle Larcher de Brito
Heather Watson v Barbora Zahlavova Strycova
Tamira Paszek v Alison van Uytvanck
Casey Dellacqua v Lourdes Dominguez Lino
Karin Knapp v Mona Barthel
Bojana Jovanovski v Camila Giorgi
Alison Riske v Mirjana Lucic Baroni
Romina Oprandi v Paula Ormaechea
Yaroslava Shvedova v Lauren Davis
Amandine Hesse v Yvonne Meusburger
Taylor Townsend v Vania King
Elina Svitolina v Petra Martic
Petra Cetkovska v Varvara Lepchenko
Iveta Melzer v Coco Vandeweghe
Anna Tatishvili v Kurumi Nara
Silvia Soler Espinosa v Chanelle Scheepers

In the US, NBC, Tennis Channel and ESPN with live or same day coverage, depending on network. DIRECTV should also have the mix channel as well. For best results, Radio RG's (on their website) is great. Try it.

Roland Garros 2013 Begins Sunday!

The only grand slam on clay begins Sunday!

While one returning contender comes back, another one withdraws. Former French Open men's singles champion Rafa Nadal is back after missing over a year with a knee injury. Novak Djokovic has the top seed.

Defending Roland Garros champion in women's singles Maria Sharapova will be second seed in singles, whilst Serena Williams garnered the top seed.

With that in mind...notable first round singles matches...

MEN
(1) Novak Djokovic v David Goffin
(2) Roger Federer v Pablo Carreno Busta
(3) Rafa Nadal v Daniel Brands
(4) David Ferrer v Marinko Matosevic
(5) Tomas Berdych v Gael Monfils
(6) Jo Wilfried Tsonga v Aljaz Bezene
(7) Richard Gasquet v Sergiy Stakhovsky
(8) Janko Tipsarevic v Nicolas Mahut
(9) Stan Wawrinka v Thiemo de Bakker
(10) Marin Cilic v Philipp Petschner
(11) Nicolas Almagro v Andreas Haider Mauer
(12) Tommy Haas v Guillaume Rufin
(13) Ken Nishikori v Jesse Levine
(14) Milos Raonic v Xavier Malisse
(15) Gilles Simon v Lleyton Hewitt
(16) Philipp Kohlschreiber v Jiri Vesely
(18) Sam Querrey v Lukas Lacko
(19) John Isner v Carlos Berlocq
(21) Jerzy Janowicz v Albert Ramos
(22) Alex Dolgopolov v Dmitry Tursonov
(23) Kevin Anderson v Illya Marchenko
(24) Benoit Paire v Marcos Baghdatis
(25) Jeremy Chardy v Benjamin Becker
(26) Grigor Dimitrov v Alejandro Falla
(29) Mikhail Youzhny v Pablo Andujar
(30) Julien Benneteau v
Fernando Verdasco v  Marc Gicquel
Ryan Harrison v Andrey Kuznetsov
Bernard Tomic v Victor Hanescu
James Blake v Viktor Troicki
Jack Sock v Guillermo Garcia Lopez
Lukas Rosol v Pere Riba
Jurgen Melzer v Igor Sijsling
Radek Stepanek v Nick Kyrgios
Robin Haase v Kenny de Schepper
Michael Llodra v Steve Darcis
Gilles Muller v Roberto Bautista Agut
Nikolay Davydenko v Florent Serra
Joao Sousa v Go Soeda
Ernests Gulbis v Rogerio Dutra Silva
Jarko Nieminen v Paul Henri Mathieu

WOMEN
(1) Serena Williams v Anna Tatishvili
(2) Maria Sharapova v Su Wei Hsieh
(3) Victoria Azarenka v Elena Vesnina
(4) Agnieszka Radwanska v Shahar Peer
(5) Sara Errani v Arantxa Rus
(6) Na Li v Anabel Medina Garrigues
(7) Petra Kvitova v Aravane Rezai
(8) Angelique Kerber v Mona Barthel
(9) Sam Stosur v Kimiko Date Krumm
(10) Caroline Wozniacki v Laura Robson
(11) Nadia Petrova v Monica Puig
(12) Maria Kirilenko v Nina Bratchikova
(13) Marion Bartoli v Olga Govortsova
(14) Ana Ivanovic v Petra Martic
(15) Roberta Vinci v Stephanie Foretz Gacon
(16) Dominika Cibulkova v Lesia Tsurenko
(17) Sloane Stephens v Karin Knapp
(18) Jelena Jankovic v Daniela Hantuchova
(19) Anastasia Pavlyunchenkova v Andrea Hlavackova
(20) Carla Suarez Navarro v Simona Halep
(21) Kirsten Flipkens v Flavia Pennetta
(22) Ekaterina Makarova v Svetlana Kuznetsova
(24) Julia Goerges v Zuzana Kucova
(25) Lucie Safarova v Jamie Hampton
(26) Sorana Cirstea v Kiki Bertens
(27) Yaroslava Shvedova v Coco Vandeweghe
(28) Tamira Paszek v Melanie Oudin
(29) Varvara Lepchenko v Mirjana Lucic Baroni
(30) Venus Williams v Urszula Radwanska
(31) Alize Cornet v Maria Joao Koehler
(32) Sabine Lisicki v Sofia Arvidsson
Francesca Schiavone v Melinda Czink
Romina Oprandi v Elina Svitolina
Bethanie Mattek Sands v Lourdes Dominguez Lino
Tsvetana Pironkova v Eugenie Bouchard
Yanina Wickmayer v Anna Karolina Schimedlova
Heather Watson v Stefanie Voegele
Elena Baltacha v Marina Erakovic
Shuai Peng v Camila Giorgi
Ashleigh Barty v Lucie Hradecka
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova v Bojana Jovanovski
Christina McHale v Jana Cepelova
Vania King v Alexandra Cadantu
Madison Keys v Misaki Doi
Virginie Razzano v Claire Feuerstein
Johanna Larsson v Monica Niculescu

All 15 days of Roland Garros 2013 is live here in the states on NBC, Tennis Channel and the ESPN networks. For best results try a) Radio Roland Garros (on the French Open web site) or b) for those here in the states with DIRECTV, there's a French Open Mix Channel, with six channels of action, along with US network feeds.

It's French Open Time!

After a four month hiatus, we're back to grand slam mode.

Roland Garros 2012 is here! Last year, Na Li held off previous French Open champ Francesca Schiavone in exciting fashion on the women's side, while it was business as usual for Rafa Nadal.

Who knows what's gonna happen on the clay surface. The only Grand Slam on clay!

Novak Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka are the top seeds.

NOTABLE FIRST ROUND MATCHES (singles)

Men singles
(1) Novak Djokovic v Polito Starace
(2) Rafael Nadal v Simone Bolelli
(3) Roger Federer v Tobias Kamke
(4) Andy Murray v Tatsuma Ito
(5) Jo Wilfried Tsonga v Andrey Kutznetsov
(6) David Ferrer v Lukas Lacko
(7) Tomas Berdych v Dudi Sela
(8) Janko Tipsarevic v Sam Querrey
(9) Juan Martin del Potro v Albert Montanes
(10) John Isner v Rogerio Dutra Silva
(11) Gilles Simon v Ryan Harrison
(13) Juan Monaco v Guillaume Rufin
(14) Fernando Verdasco v Steve Darcis
(16) Alexandr Dolgopolov v Sergiy Stakhovsky
(17) Richard Gasquet v Jurgen Zopp
(18) Stan Wawrinka v Flavio Cipolla
(19) Milos Raonic v Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo
(21) Marin Cilic v Daniel Munoz de la Nava
(23) Radek Stepanek v David Goffin
(24) Philipp Kohlschreiber v Matthew Ebden
(25) Bernard Tomic v Andreas Haider Maurer
(26) Andy Roddick v Nicolas Mahut
(27) Mikhail Youzhny v James Blake
(30) Jurgen Melzer v Michael Berrer
Lleyton Hewitt v Blaz Kavcic
David Nalbandian v Adrian Ungur
Donald Young v Grigor Dimitrov
Juan Carlos Ferrero v Jonathan Dasnieres de Veigy
Tommy Haas v Filipo Volandri
Marcos Baghdatis v Juan Ignacio Chela
Jesse Levine v Benjamin Becker

Women singles
(1) Victoria Azarenka v Alberta Brianti
(2) Maria Sharapova v Alexandra Cadantu
(3) Agnes Radwanska v Bojana Jovanovski
(4) Petra Kvitova v Ashleigh Barty
(5) Serena Williams v Virginie Razzano
(6) Sam Stosur v Elena Baltacha
(7) Na Li v Sorana Cirstea
(8) Marion Bartoli v Karolina Pliskova
(9) Caroline Wozniacki v Eleni Daniilidou
(11) Vera Zvonareva v Timea Babos
(12) Sabine Lisicki v Bethanie Mattek Sands
(13) Ana Ivanovic v Lara Arruabarrena Vecino
(14) Francesca Schiavone v Kimiko Date Krumm
(15) Dominika Cibulkova v Kristina Mladenovic
(16) Maria Kirilenko v Victoria Larriere
(18) Flavia Pennetta v Su Wei Hsieh
(19) Jelena Jankovic v Patricia Mayr Achleitner
(22) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova v Greta Arn
(25) Julia Goerges v Lucie Hradecka
(26) Svetlana Kuznetsova v Mirjana Lucic
(27) Nadia Petrova v Iveta Benesova
(28) Shuai Peng v Tamira Paszek
Venus Williams v Paula Ormaechea
Melanie Oudin v Johanna Larsson
Sloane Stephens v Ekaterina Makarova
Vania King v Galina Voskoboeva
Heather Watson v Elena Vesnina
Yanina Wickmayer v Tsvetana Pironkova
Michaella Krajicek v Petra Martic
Christina McHale v Kiki Bertens
Ursula Radwanska v Pauline Parmentier

LIVE in the states on ESPN networks, Tennis Channel (I think) and of course, NBC, which will be in their 30th year of covering this Grand Slam event.

Also for radio and live scoring, head here!