What will stay with us from the 2011 French Open tennis tournament…

•    The bright sunshine and multi-colored tennis outfits
•    Caroline Garcia, a seventeen year old French player, who nearly beat Maria Sharapova
•    Roger Federer, after defeating Novak Djokovic in one of his best/biggest wins ever to both end Djokovic's win streak and earn a spot against Rafael Nadal in the final, walking to the net with his right index finger raised and shaking his head as if to say, "don't count me out yet..."
•    The incredible wealth of talented players at the top of the men's game
•    The grace with which Novak Djokovic handled his loss to Roger Federer
•    Li Na's strong play in the final to win her first Grand Slam title
•    Francesca Schiavone showing by reaching the final that she has the game and heart to be more than a "one Slam wonder"
•    An American boy, Bjorn Fratangelo, became the first American since John McEnroe in 1977 to win the Junior Boys' title
•    The Euro-centric feel to the tournament and tennis in general as shown by the dominance of Europeans in the quarters and overall Country Tally
•    Rafael Nadal struggling in his early round matches and looking worried and frustrated, but then coming through to play well at the end and tie Bjorn Borg’s record six titles at Roland Garros