A Change of Pace

Nothing earth-shattering happened today at the French junior championships--if you would like to read Eleanor Preston's chat with Robin Roshardt of Switzerland it's here. Steve Tignor watched some of the match between Philip Bester and Ruben Bemelmans and had these observations. No word from rolandgarros.com on the juniors, even though two of the eight girls' quarterfinalists are French.

With just a few more days until the French championships are over, I'm looking ahead to the Grass Courts, and this story about Ryan Lipman mentions that he'll be playing there. The Nashville City Paper does a really nice job with junior tennis coverage, by the way. Lipman, along with Houston Barrick and Ryan Thacher, gives the Grass Courts a pretty impressive qualifying draw. And when the defending champion returns, as Rupesh Roy is doing, it speaks volumes about the quality of the tournament. Here is the link to the tennislink site with the competitor list. The draw isn't out yet. I won't be reporting from there until Monday, but I'm already looking forward to it.