Wednesday, June 6, 2012

French Open: Semifinals

David Ferrer has broken up the big 4 and the women who combined to be 4 of the last six major finalists are still alive on the women's side.  Nadal still hasn't lost and we have a Federer-Djokovic SF yet again.  Sara Errani has backed up her 16-match clay court winning streak with a deep run in Paris by knocking off one of the WTA's rising stars.  Here are last four in each bracket:

Men
1) Novak Djokovic (SRB) - 15th major semifinal (4th at the FO), 7-7 record (0-3), 8th consecutive SF
2) Rafael Nadal (ESP) - 19th major semifinal (7th at the FO), 15-3 record (6-0), 5th consecutive SF
3) Roger Federer (SUI) - 31st major semifinal (7th at the FO), 23-7 record (5-1), 3rd consecutive SF
6) David Ferrer (ESP) - 3rd major semifinal (1st at the FO), 0-2 record, last '11 Aussie Open

Women
2) Maria Sharapova (RUS) - 14th major semifinal (3rd at the FO), 6-7 record (0-2), 2nd consecutive SF
4) Petra Kvitova (CZE) - 4th major semifinal (1st at the FO), 1-2 record, 2nd consecutive SF
6) Samantha Stosur (AUS) - 4th major semifinal (3rd at the FO), 2-1 record (1-1), last '11 US Open
21) Sara Errani (ITA) - 1st major semifinal

Notes:
-The men have now reached a collective 68 semis compared to 23 for the women.
-Federer and Djokovic have now met in the semis of 5 of the last 7 majors, and several before that, too.  Of those five matches, Djokovic has won 3 matches and Federer once...last year's French Open.
-At least 3 of the big 4 have reached the semis of the last eight majors.
-On the women's side, Sharapova and Kvitova have met at last year's Wimbledon final and this year's Aussie Open SF.
-Stosur has reached the French semis 3 of the last 4 years.

Matchups (women Thursday, men Friday):
-Djokovic vs Federer
-Nadal vs Ferrer
-Stosur vs Errani
-Sharapova vs Kvitova

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