Notable stories 2008 French Open

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1 notable stories

1.1 justine henin s retirement
1.2 williams sisters performance
1.3 guga s goodbye
1.4 prix orange, citron & bourgeon





notable stories
justine henin s retirement

on may 14, 2008, less 2 weeks before start of 2008 french open, defending champion , world no. 1 justine henin, announced in press conference immediate retirement sport. four-time winner in roland-garros, defeated kim clijsters in 2003, mary pierce in 2005, svetlana kuznetsova in 2006 , ana ivanovic in 2007, henin became first player, @ 25, stop career while holding number 1 rank. despite undergoing poor run in 2008 season, henin still considered strong favourite french open crown. retirement left serena williams, 2002 champion , tournament favourite year, former french open champion remaining in women s draw, , allowed wta world no. 2 maria sharapova installed new world no. 1, , become top seed tournament. henin s last match against dinara safina, went on have successful french open, reaching final, beaten ana ivanovic. henin returned @ end of women s tournament, , presented new champion ana ivanovic trophy.


the williams sisters performance

katarina srebotnik knocked serena williams out of french open in third round. triumph ensured there new champion in 2008.


this tournament saw worst performance of williams sisters @ grand slam tournament since 2006 australian open.


serena williams, former french open champion left in draw, stunned in third round katarina srebotnik, ensuring there new champion year. williams had never lost srebotnik in 4 previous attempts, , had defeated in second round of 2001 french open , in third round of 2008 family circle cup, won title part of seventeen-match winning streak compiled between february , may. third round exit worst performance @ tournament since 1999, when fell in third round. 2 espn experts had touted serena williams pre-tournament favourite; same 2 experts predicted ana ivanovic, 2007 runner-up whom serena williams have met in quarter-finals, make exit, when, in fact, exact opposite occurred , ivanovic won championship amidst form slump saw suffer defeats in miami , rome. williams had said prior french open had enjoyed best preparation since winning event in 2002 ; entering tournament, had won 23 matches , lost 2 (to jelena janković @ australian open , dinara safina in berlin) season.


on same day serena williams defeat, older sister venus williams upset world no. 26 flavia pennetta, had never advanced past fourth round of french open, in third round, adding recent history of exits @ french open. marked first time since 2004 french open both williams sisters defeated within 24 hours of each other; on occasion, both defeated in quarter-finals jennifer capriati , anastasia myskina, went on contest semi-final between each other.


guga s goodbye

the 2008 french open saw last appearance on atp tour of former world no. 1 gustavo guga kuerten. 31-year-old brazilian champion, had been awarded wild card play final tournament in roland-garros, won 3 grand slam titles in 1997, 2000 , 2001. kuerten played first round, , final singles match on court philippe chatrier against eighteenth-seeded paul-henri mathieu. kuerten conceded victory in straight sets after little less 2 hours on court. ceremony followed, kuerten awarded trophy encasing multiple layers of french open s clay courts. kuerten played last match in men s doubles sébastien grosjean. pair defeated after 3 sets florin mergea & horia tecău on score of 5–7, 6–3, 6–1, ending final appearance of gustavo kuerten on tour.


prix orange, citron & bourgeon

as each year since 1981, 3 trophies awarded during tournament players of roland-garros: prix orange (orange prize), awarded public player sportsmanship, prix citron (lemon prize), awarded both public , journalists association player strongest nature, , prix bourgeon (bud prize), given journalists improved player of year. in 2008, prix orange received, fourth year in row, roger federer, came first of tally 5 choices, followed rafael nadal, gustavo kuerten, james blake , carlos moyá. prix citron obtained fabrice santoro, preceded novak djoković, maria sharapova, serena williams , juan carlos ferrero in votes. prix bourgeon given press alizé cornet, ahead of janko tipsarević , ernests gulbis. gustavo kuerten, recipient of 3 prix orange in 1998, 2002, , 2004, presented special ten-year prize fair-play, in honor of career , successes @ french open.








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