French Open
Every year for the two weeks, between the middle of May and the early part of June, in the fascinating city of Paris, France, the French open tennis tournament is held. French open is also known as also known as the Tournoi de Roland-Garros. According to the calendar it is the second grand slam tournament among four. The court surface used in the French open competitions is the clay courts. The court and weather conditions are tough during the whole tournament.
According to French Open tennis history, the competition started off as a national competition sometime in 1891. It wasn't until 1925 that the French Open tennis tournament began inviting international players. The tournament was initially executed on grass-surfaced courts, but the French Open authorities decided to use clay courts later to make the tournament more distinguished. On the clay-surface of the French Open, a tennis ball bounces higher and slower, compared to a ball on a grass court.
Some records by the tennis players in French open really worth to be mentioned when we talk about the tournament. Consider such memorable tennis greats like the 1989 French Open winner, Michael Chang who became the youngest male player to win the French Open tournament, a record, which still stands. 1989 French open winner Michael chang is also the youngest player to win any grand slam. Next in line to the 1989 French Open winner, in age, is Sanchez Vicario, who was just three months older than Chang, with Monica Seles holding the record for the youngest female to hold a French Open title. Rafael Nadal began a winning streak when the 2005 French Open tennis results were in, by defeating Mariano Puerta 6-7, 6-3, 6-1, and 7-5. Nadal has been able to hold on to the title since the 2005 French Open tennis tournament, making himself the first man since Bjorn Borg to win the tournament in three successive tournaments. Nadal won 2007 French open by beating his rival tennis player Roger Federer by set score of 3-1. Other top French open winners are Mats Wilander, Ivan Lendl, Gustavo Kuerten who have won it 3 times each
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Every year during the month of May, tennis fans around the world wait in great anticipation for French Open tennis and television schedule in their areas to catch glimpse of their favorite tennis players in action. The French Open schedule can be found on local television networks or online sites that cover the matches and interesting happenings at the tournament. As the matches schedule, you can log on to the official tournament site. French open tennis and tickets info is available from the official website of French open. In the starting round all matches are not televised due to large number of matches in initial rounds. Also simultaneously two or more matches have been played making it difficult to televise them all.
An interesting point about the French open is slight variation of rules from other tournaments. There is no tiebreak in the final set of the match. The surface is too slow. Due to this reason the tournament is the most physically demanding tournament of the world and for this reason no tie break rule is used. In French open tennis ball bounces higher and slower from the surface. French open is real test of physical stamina of a player.
In French open tennis tournaments major upsets are seen sometimes. Who can forget 2003 French open tennis tournament when Luis horna beat number 5 seeded of that time and current world number 1 Roger Federer in the 1st round. Roger Federer has still the dream to win his first ever-French open title.
