Dominating the world’s No. 1 player with astounding ease, Nadal swept six consecutive games early in the match and swept the final nine games to win 6-1, 6-3, 6-0.

It was Federer’s worst loss in his 173 Grand Slam matches, and the shortest Roland Garros men’s final in terms of games since 1977.

Federer admitted he lost out to the better man. ”Rafa deserves it so much. To lose a final is never much fun but I will try again next year,” he said.

Federer congratulating Nadal after the match

By reaching the final, Ivanovic had already assured herself of being ranked No. 1 for the first time next week.

Saturday produced a nervous performance by both players, but in the end, Ivanovic ultimately conquered her personal demons and won the match on her first championship match point. The match was not of a very good quality as there were too many unforced errors, especially from Safina’s side. The sister of Marat Safin never really managed to play her shots. She appeared to be very tense throughout the match.

Ana Ivanovic kissing the President of the French Tennis Federation, Christian Bîmes.

Justine Henin, the newly retired four-time French Open champion, presented Ivanovic with the Coupe Suzanne Lenglen. Ironically, the last time Henin and Ivanovic were together on court at the Philippe Chatrier stadium, Henin was receiving the winner’s trophy, while Ivanovic was left waiting for a second chance.

Dinara Safina and Ana Ivanovic

In quarter-finals, he lost against his childhood training rival, the Serbian Novak Djokovic (third seed) in a tight three-setter, 7-5,7-6 (7/3), 7-5. The match was a testament to both Ernests’ talent and lack of experience. He impressed everybody with several flashy winners, but displayed his fondness for drop shots a tad too frequently and Djokovic was able to read his tactics by the middle of the match. He also committed unforced errors at the most unfortunate of moments – including a couple of double faults to set up break points.

Nonetheless, it was a tremendous showing by this 19 year-old in only his fifth Grand Slam appearance and a cause for celebration all around. He will head to the grass courts of Queens Club next, in preparation for The Championships at Wimbledon, beginning on June 23rd. In spite of losing in quarter-final, Gulbis could be more than satisfied with his performance. He admitted that he was surprised as anyone by his progress in Paris but was happy to see his decision to skip the Rome and Hamburg Masters, in favour of practice. “I’m not sad at all. I’m happy for the tournament and I think that it was a really good experience for me to play number three in the world,” said Gulbis, who had beaten seventh seed James Blake in the second round. “I’m younger (than him), so I think today he won with experience. I don’t know if I can beat him but at least I can play on the same level so that gives me a lot of confidence for the next tournaments.”

“Going into Roland Garros, I didn’t think the French Open would be where I’d have my best Grand Slam result,” he said. “But I practiced well for three weeks and worked on my physical condition and I changed some tactics. For example, one year ago I was playing some pretty stupid claycourt tennis. I’d go for winners when I didn’t need to and it was more hardcourt tennis. Now I play like a claycourter and only go for winners when it’s possible.” said Gulbis who trained alongside Djokovic at the Munich academy run by Niki Pilic, the former Germany and Croatia Davis Cup coach.

We can surely hope to see and hear more about Gulbis in the coming months and years!

The unseeded Monfils, who will meet on Friday world number one Roger Federer for a place in Sunday’s final, is bidding for a title that has eluded French men since Yannick Noah’s triumph in 1983.

Not only you can watch great matches but you can also walk in the paths of Roland Garros and see tennis players training only a few metres away from you!