French Open

Djokovic beats Granollers in Roland Garros opener

PARIS - Serbia's top-ranked male tennis player Novak Djokovic is off to a successful start to his Roland Garros title defence after beating Spaniard Marcel Granollers 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 in the opening round on Monday.

Djokovic, who won after two and a half hours of play, is now 4-0 head-to-head against Granollers.

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Djokovic holds first training session with new coach Agassi

PARIS - Serbia's top-ranked male tennis player Novak Djokovic on Thursday held his first training session with new coach Andre Agassi.

The session in the Roland Garros complex in Paris officially marked the start of the Serb's collaboration with the legendary American as images of the two became viral on social media networks.

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Novak Djokovic finally crowned Roland Garros champion

PARIS - Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the current world number one in men's tennis, has won his first-ever Roland Garros title after defeating Briton Andy Murray 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 in Sunday's final.

In his fourth career French Open final, Djokovic managed to clinch the only Grand Slam title he had not won,taking the total to 12.

Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova Proceeds to Third Round of Roland Garros

Bulgaria's top female tennis player Tsvetana Pironkova proceeded to the third round of Roland Garros on Thursday.

Pironkova defeated Denisa Allertova from the Czech Republic with 6:3, 7:6 (2) as the two players met each other for the first time.

Thus, Pironkova proceeded to the third round of Roland Garros for the first time in her career, sportal.bg informs.

Nadal crushed as Sharapova slaps down Bouchard

Rafael Nadal's Australian Open dream lay in tatters Jan. 27 with the third seed crushed by Tomas Berdych in the quarter-finals, but Maria Sharapova showed who's boss by slapping down Eugenie Bouchard.
      
The out-of-sorts Spaniard, a 14-time Grand Slam champion, was never in contention against a player he had beaten the last 17 times they met stretching back to 2006.

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