The French Open Tennis Championships or Roland Garros is an annual tennis tournament held in late May and early June in Paris. In 2012, Roland Garros took place from May 27 to June 11. Within its framework, single men's and women's championships, pair competitions, veteran tournaments and youth tournaments were held.
Instructions
Step 1
Our compatriot Maria Sharapova became the real star of the 2012 French Open. The Russian tennis player won seven difficult matches. The first rival of the blond Maria was the Romanian tennis player Alexandra Cadantsu, who did not manage to snatch a single game from Sharapova. Then Sharapova easily dealt with the Japanese woman Ayumi Morita and the Chinese woman Shuai Peng. The most difficult match for Sharapova was the confrontation with the Czech Clara Zakopalova, which lasted three sets. In the final, Sharapova met with the sensation of the 2012 French Open - Italian Sara Errani. This miniature tennis player made it to the final, beating such famous rivals as Samantha Stosur and Anu Ivanovich. However, Sarah did not have enough experience to fight Maria.
Step 2
The Spaniard Rafael Nadal won the men's singles tournament. In principle, the Spaniard was predicted to win even before the start of the tournament. Nadal reached the final with a deafening result, without losing a single set in all six matches. The final match between Nadal and Serb Novak Djokovic took place only on June 11 due to rainy weather. The Spaniard prevailed in three out of four sets and rightfully got the famous "salad bowl" by Roland Garros. It is worth noting that Rafael Nadal climbed to the highest podium of this tournament for the seventh time.
Step 3
As for the pair confrontations, the team of Daniel Nestor (Canada) and Max Mirny (Belarus) turned out to be the strongest among the men's pairs. In the women's doubles tournament, the victory was won by the Italian pair of tennis players Robert Vinci and Sara Errani. In the final, the Italians literally snatched the victory from the hands of the Russians Nadia Petrova and Maria Kirilenko. Among mixed pairs, Sania Mirza and Maleh Bhupati won the first prize. Among juniors, the strongest tennis players were German Anika Beck and Belgian Kimmer Soppejans.
