Andy Robbick provided a typical uncertain performance on the Paris clay courts a his form on clay continues to fall after a difficult year on the men’s tennis circuit. The 29 year old crashed against Nicolas Mahut, who had never beaten Roddick before and has only progressed beyond the first round at the French open once in his last ten attempts. Roddick Leaving the French Open is of little surprise as he has never been able to translate his game to the French clay pitches and an early exit is almost a French Open tradition.
Roddick’s preparation could not have been much worse going into the competition with only 3 games being played on clay pitches this year before his loss at Roland Garros. This poor preparation is due to a string of injuries which has limited the world number 33’s court time this year and explaining his rapid fall from the top of the world rankings. Nicolas Mahut who is ranked 89 in the world beat Roddick 6-3. 6-3, 4-6. 6-2. Despite Roddick’s poor history in Paris, this was his first opening round deafeat in five years.
The ex-US Open winner has seen his game crumble and has not performed at his best since his historic loss in the Wimbledon final against Roger Federer in 2009. Since then Roddick has only managed a quarter final in any grand slam tournament and the former world number one has fallen down the ranking which may leave him unseeded going into Wimbledon where Roddick is usually a strong candidate for victory. Roddick requires a strong tournament in England to make sure he remains a seeded player in future tournaments to help him recapture his form and ability which led him to the top of the men’s world rankings.
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Serena Williams has won 27 Grand slam titles – with the break up being 13 in singles, 12 in doubles and again 2 in mixed doubles. Serena Williams proved herself again by being the recent female to have held all four grand slam titles consecutively and the fifth female to do so. Since Martina Hingis in the year 1998, Serena along with her sister Venus Williams hold a record of holding four grand slam titles simultaneously.
Serena Williams has also won two gold medals in the Olympics also winning more prize money than any other female athlete till now. In the year 2012, Serena Williams started off her journey with the Brisbane International. However after hurting her ankle while serving in on of the rounds of the match, she suffered a great degree of pain and thus had to back out from the rest of the tournament. Next up came the Australian Open where Serena Williams was seeded 12th, but finally lost to Makarova. After returning from the loss of the Australian Open, Serena Williams took part in the Miami tournament where she avenged her loss by beating Samantha in the fourth round landing up in the quarter finals against Wozniacki. However at the end of the match, Wozniacki defeated her 6-4; 6-4.
Andy Roddick is a former world number one in the Tennis World Rankings, though he’s currently ranked at number 3.
His career first reached the heights at the 2003 U.S Open, when Roddick became the Grand Slam singles champion, defeating Juan Carlos Ferrero in the final. Roddick has also reached the finals of four other Grand slam events, including Wimbledon in 2004, 2005 and 2009 and the U.S Open in 2006. However each time he lost to Rodger Federer.
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