British Tennis - Lawn Tennis Association

Match of the Day

In a thrilling semi-final former Champion Roger Federer defeated World No.2 Novak Djokovic 7-6(5), 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(5) after three hours and forty minutes of entralling tennis on Court Philippe Chatrier.
 
With the win Federer snaps the Serbian's amazing 43 match winning streak and denied him the World No.1 ranking, but Djokovic could still take the top spot in next week's rankings if Federer can win the title on Sunday.
 
After an exchange of early breaks; Federer saved two set points at 4-5 in the opener and claimed the tie-break at his first opportunity when Djokovic netted a forehand.  The former World No.1 built a 4-1 lead in the second set and eventually took it 6-3.
 
The second seed responded with an early break of the Federer serve in set three and Djokovic maintained the lead to take the match to a fourth set.  It was the Serb who struck first breaking the third seeded Swiss in an epic ninth game to allow him to serve to make the match into a decider.
 
Federer broke straight back with some superbly struck forehands and moved into a 6-3 lead with three match points in the subsequent tie-break.  Djokovic saved the first two before an 18th Federer ace gave the World No.3 a place in his fifth Roland Garros final.

Britwatch

Rafael Nadal broke British hearts as the world No.1 defeated Andy Murray 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 in the first semi-final.

Read more - Murray bows out to Nadal in Paris

Women's Doubles Final

Unseeded Czechs Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka completed a dream tournament by defeating seventh seeds Sania Mirza and Elena Vesnina 6-4, 6-3 to lift the Women's doubles title.
Hlavackova and Hradecka had never previously reached as far as the quarter finals at a major but swept through the draw without the loss of a set beating four seeded teams along the way.  They are the first Czech players to win a Grand Slam title since Jana Navotna won the US Open doubles title in 1998.

The Next Generation

The junior events are heading to a conclusion with the finalists decided on Day 13.  Moving through to the Girl's final are fifth seed Monica Puig of Puerto Rico and Tunisian ninth seed Ons Jabeur.  The Boy's final will be between unseeded American Bjorn Fratangelo and 14th seed Dominic Thiem from Austria.

Vergeer leads Wheelchair winners

World No.1 Esther Vergeer won both the singles and doubles wheelchair titles in Paris.  The 29 year-old Dutchwoman dismissed compatriot Marjolein Buis 6-0, 6-2 in the singles final before teaming up with countrywoman Sharon Walraven to win an all-Dutch final in three sets against Jiske Griffeon and Aniek Van Koot.
 
In an all unseeded Men's singles final Maikel Schaffers saw off Frenchman Nicolas Peifer 7-6(3), 6-3 for another Dutch victory.  Peifer made up for that disappointment by taking the doubles title with World No.1 Shingo Kunieda.

Stat of the Day

Esther Vergeer has now won an incredible 418 consecutive singles matches dating back to January 30th 2003.