Tennis Country's Top Ten Memories from the 2012 French Open
What will stay with us from the 2012 French Open tennis championships…
• The (slightly unusual) tournament poster…
• American Brian Baker playing at the French Open
• The success of the wildcards and qualifiers
• Serena Williams losing in the first round
• French wildcard, Paul-Henri Mathieu, maintaining his nerve and having the fitness to defeat John Isner in a record-long five set match
• Novak Djokovic saving multiple match points in defeating Frenchman, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, in five sets
• A pink clay court… for “Ladies Day” at Roland Garros… ‘nuf said…
• Sara Errani reaching the singles and doubles finals
• Maria Sharapova mastering the moment and her serve well enough to win her first French Open, complete a “career Slam” and become Number One again
• Rafael Nadal overcoming the rain delays, Novak Djokovic’s mid-match resurgence and his “Djokovic demons” to surpass Bjorn Borg and win his record seventh title at Roland Garros
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