At the biggest tournaments in tennis, Michael Llodra is considered a lightweight. At the 2010 Open 13 event in his native country, the left-handed Frenchman lived up to his last name. Mr. Llodra - make that, Monsieur Llodra - was simply a load over the past week at the Palais des Sports in Marseilles, France. […]
On the final day of the 2010 Marseilles Open, Michael Llodra and Julien Benneteau will begin a long afternoon as opponents locked in battle. A few hours later, they’ll be on the same side of the net as they pursue a championship together. That’s not a bad way to spend a Sunday afternoon in the […]
At the Open 13 tennis tournament - which has now completed the quarterfinal round - it’s fair to say that home cooking has been the order of the week. This ATP 250 event held in Marseilles has witnessed three French competitors advance to the final four. Saturday’s semifinals will have a richly Gallic flavor, and […]
The Open 13 tennis tournament in Marseilles, France, is quite literally proving to be an “open” tournament. In Thursday’s round of 16 matches - singles and doubles alike - the smell of cutthroat competition wafted through the sterile indoor air at the Palais des Sports. If anyone thought that the top seeds in this event […]
