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Come out of your comfort zone, Roger
Originally Published: May 19, 2009
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Bonnie D. Ford | ESPN.com
Seven-time French Open champion Chris Evert, one of the most formidable clay-court players in history, rang up ESPN.com's Bonnie D. Ford last week for their annual pre-Roland Garros chat. Topics included the Rafael Nadal-Roger Federer rivalry, the state of flux in the women's game and what Evert has learned about golf from watching her husband, Greg Norman. The following are excerpts from their conversation:
Bonnie D. Ford: Chris, you're certainly familiar with having a ...
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2009 FRENCH OPEN
Women's singles: Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia
Men's singles:
Roger Federer, Switzerland
Men's doubles: Lukas Dlouhy, Czech Republic and Leander Paes, India
Women's doubles: Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual, Spain
Mixed doubles: Liezel Huber and Bob Bryan, United States
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Day 15
- Federer ties Slam mark with French victory
- Intruder runs onto court, stops men's final
- Ford: Federer in a class by himself
- Garber: Is Federer the greatest of all time?
- Garber: From prodigy to excellence
- Garber: Sampras fine sharing the torch
- Photos: Revisiting Fed's 14 majors
- Sampras: Federer is best ever to play
- Berta, Mladenovic win French juniors
- Ubha: French Open analysis
- Bud Collins analysis on Fed's win

- Bodo: What is Federer's legacy?

- Unruly fan accosts Federer

- Enberg on Federer tying Sampras

Day 14
- Kuznetsova upsets Safina for women's title
- Garber: Composed Kuznetsova triumphs
- Who will win the men's final?
- Bodo: Don't expect Soderling to concede
- Enberg on Kuznetsova's title

- Jimmy Arias analysis

Day 13
- Soderling, Federer advance to final
- Garber: Federer survives another thriller
- Who will win the women's final?
- Medina Garrigues, Ruano Pascual win women's doubles
- Day 13 recap

- Federer to face Soderling

- Bud Collins women's preview

- Safina, Kuznetsova to meet in final
- Huber, Bryan win mixed doubles title
- Garber: Men's semifinal preview
- Ford: Finalists seek redemption in Paris
- Safina advances to French final

- Women | Men
- Garber: Federer embraced by the French
- Garber: It was Serena who lost her nerve
- Ford: Women's semifinal preview
- Federer's Biggest Weapon? His Name
- Kuznetsova ends Serena's run

- French Open Day 11 recap

- Technically Speaking: Power forehand

- Women | Men
- The Latest Dirt: Cibulkova nearly perfect
- Ford: Federer's greatest opportunity
- French Open Day 10

- Jimmy Arias analysis

- Women | Men
- The Latest Dirt: Serena hunkers down
- Garber: Federer carves his way past Haas
- Ford: Safina's rise just a matter of time
- Page 2: Don't blame Federer
- Photo Gallery: Week 1 from Paris
- Uncle Toni upset crowd didn't support Rafa
- Spain supports Nadal after stunning upset
- Federer advances to quarterfinals

- Serena wins emphatically

- Cahill analysis on Nadal loss

- Art of the drop shot

- Nadal versus Tiger

- Digital Serve

- Men | Women
- Garber: Nadal's reign in Paris ends
- Ford: How Soderling humanized Rafa
- Latest Dirt: Ivanovic off-kilter in loss
- Ford: Patience, discipline aiding Roddick
- Ford: Tsonga, Monfils electrifying crowd
- Cahill analysis on Nadal loss

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