TWO COUNTRYMAN GO AT IT WHERE FEDERER HAD A CHOKE HOLD ON HEAD 2HEAD IN SLAMS 4-0. THIS TIME AROUND STEADY STAN HAD A 90% 1ST SERVE RATIO COMPRED TO 70% BY FEDERER, ON ANY GIVEN DAY THAT WOULD FAIR WELL AGAINST ANY OTHER PLAYER BEYOUND THE TOP 5 BUT NOT TODAY. STAN'S OFFENSE WAS ON POINT, HITTING 43 WINNERS DOMINATING WITH THE BACKHAND WHERE ROGER COULD ONLY SLICE OR SQUASH SHOT IT BACK AS STAN JUST TOOK CONTROL OF THE GAME. THE OUTCOME STRAIGHT SETS 6-4,6-3,7-6(4). IN HIS 4TH SEMI-FINAL HE'S LOOKING TO GO FOR HIS SECOND GRAND SLAM HIS WAS LAST YEAR AT THE AUSTRALIA OPEN. NEXT THE FRENCHMAN JO WILFRIED TSONGA. TSONGA SURVIVED A 5 SETTER BECOING THE SECOND FRENCHMAN IN THE OPEN ERA TO REACH MULTIPLE SEMI-FINALS TSONGA HAD 10 ACES AND HIT 44 MINUTES. A DELAY FOR 30 MINUTES WHERE METAL FROM THE SCORE BOARD FELL TSONGA WAS LEADING 6-1, 5-2, MAINTAINED HIS COMPOSURE THOUGH LOSING SERVE, AND KEI WINNING THE 3RD AND FOURTH SETS CONVERTED ONE OF HIS TW BREAK POINT CHANCES IN THE FIFTH SE FOR ANOTHER WIN TO SEAL THE DEAL 6-1,6-4,4-6,3-6,6-3. NOW HE MEETS STAN THE MAN WHERE THEY ARE EVEN AT 3-3 HEAD2HEAD. ROLAND JE T'AIME HE WROTE AT THE END " I LOVE ROLAND GARROS." |
