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Tennis Grand Slam 2011
Posted by on June 13, 2011
The year is almost half over which means that we are also half way through the tennis Grand Slam tour.
The tournaments that make up the Grand Slam are the Australian Open, The French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open.
The Australian Open took place at the Melbourne Park Stadium from 17th to 30th January and was won by Novak Djokovich of Serbia who beat Andy Murray of Great Britain 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 in the men’s game and Kim Clijsters of Belgium who beat Na Li of China 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the women’s game.
The French Open took place at the Roland Garros Stadium from May 17th to June 5th. The men’s tournament was won by Raphael Nadal of Spain who beat Roger Federer of Switzerland 7-5, 7-6 (7-3), 5-7,6-1 and the female tournament by Na Li of China, making her the first Chinese player to win a Grand Slam Tournament, who beat Francesca Schiavone of Italy 6-4, 7-6(7-0).
The tour is now in Great Britain where the third Grand Slam Tournament of the year, Wimbledon, will take place from June 20th to July 3rd. The Seeding for this tournament will be announced on June 15th and the draw will take place on June 17th.
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