Author: Alex Gavrilov

Nadal vs Wawrinka to face off in the ultimate battle for the French title Now, we haven’t covered much of this year’s edition of the French Open, but don’t judge us. We left the best for last, and that is the final this Sunday. Of course, the last two weeks have been bumpy rides for some players. Recent sensation  Alexander Zverev left the Paris capital after losing to Spanish veteran Fernando Verdasco in the first round. “Baby Federer” (more like “Parody Federer”) Grigor Dimitrov also collapsed  in the third round, following a spectacular performance at this year’s Australian Open. Further into the second week, Milos Raonic and Gael Monfils both left the courts after  playing some excellent tennis, yet lacking the energy to see their matches through. Perhaps the most surprising exit was the reigning champion’s on Wednesday. Following the trend of small ups and huge downs that has been going on for almost a year, Novak Djokovic failed to defend his title in Paris. After being knocked out 3 sets to 1 from future legend Dominic Thiem, losing the last set 6-0, Djokovic’s dominanceof having all four Grand Slam titles at once last year transitioned to having none of them now. Furthermore, on Monday he will be officially dropping down to No.3 on the ATP Ranking. But Novak’s failures will be left for a future post. After two...