Thursday, June 08, 2006

Tennis news from Paris

Roger Federer of Switzerland saw off Croatia’s Mario Ancic in straight sets to reach the semi-finals of the French Open for the second time. The score was 6-4, 6-3 and 6-4. In the semis, the world number one will play third seed David Nalbandian of Argentina. Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia will face Spain’s Rafael Nadal in the other semi.
Belgium’s World number two Kim Clijsters reached the women’s semi-finals when she ousted Martina Hingis of Switzerland 7-6, 6-1. Clijsters will now face compatriot Justine Henin-Hardenne in the one semi-final, with the Czech Republic’s Nicole Vaidisova and Russia’s Svetlana Kuznetsova squaring up in the other semi.

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