Two french stars made headlines today with big upsets.A 22-year French Miss,Marion Bartoli, demolished Henins' hopes of a long-pending wimbledon dream and 21-year old Richard Gasquet stopped Roddick from facing Federer in the semis.
This is Bartolis' bestever Grandslam performance to date.When fans across the world were predicting a Henin-Williams final,Bartoli had other ideas.At one point,it looked to be a familiar script when Henin was leading 6-1 and 4-3.But, Bartoli went into aggressive mode and bundled out henin to pull off the shock result of the tournament.Bartoli won 1-6,7-5,6-1.
In the other semis,Venus sailed through to the Finals brushing aside Ivanovic in straight sets 6-2,6-4.Venus is the favorite for the title and looks like she is all set for the crown.Let us see if Bartoli could repeat her feat for one another time.
Another French star to shine on the day was Richard Gasquet, who upset Roddick in a thrilling five setter,4-6, 4-6, 7-6, 7-6, 8-6 in a tense and gripping encounter on No.1 Court.As you would read from the scoreline, Gasquet was down two sets and then a couple of costly mistakes from Roddick played to Gasquets' script.Gasquet reaches his first ever Grandslam semis and would face 'king' Federer next.
The prince of clay is also there in the semis and would face Djokovic next.So, an interesting wimbledon weekend ahead.
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