Tennis - Wimbledon : Forget Roland.

The French tennis relies on its two locomotives Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Aravane Rezai to forget a Roland Garros calamitous, from Monday on the grass at Wimbledon, where we hope to also blow Michaël Llodra after his success in Eastbourne.

London's air quality has often been able to El Tri, present in the quarterfinals in eight of the last nine editions, the only bad recent vintage dating from last year. It is clearly in England that France has won his last major title in 2006 thanks to Mauresmo. The early retiree is also not for nothing in the renewed form of Llodra, who she shares advice in recent weeks. Very good at Queen's, where he offered the world No.12 Marin Cilic, the Parisian confirmed next week by winning his second title on grass.
One of the last followers of serve and volley, which is no longer the ultimate weapon of Wimbledon since the surface is now slower, Llodra knows that a good preparation does not provide assurance of a large tournament. Instead, players raise a trophy just before arriving in London have the bad habit of biting the turf early. This was the case Llodra himself in 2005 when he left in the first round a few days after having triumphed in Rosmalen. To reverse the trend, he will accomplish the feat in the second round against American Andy Roddick, the runner out.

Without Gasquet:
With its seeded N.10, Tsonga was not as formidable obstacle to face at least until the third round. This is fortunate because Manceau could not play tournament preparation due to abdominal injury, now healed, who was forced out at Roland Garros, where he was the only French second week. He also has many strengths to succeed on grass, including a huge first serve. It was at Wimbledon that he had signed his first performance interesting Grand Slam fourth round in 2007.
That year, Tsonga bowed cons Gasquet, Away from London for the second consecutive year, this time because of a rib problem. Without Beziers, the El Tri are not legion to shine in London. Monfils shows his aversion to grass Gilles Simon lack of competition and Jeremy Chardy confidence. Rest Julien BenneteauWhich may have a role to play in a part of the draw, the same as Tsonga, where specialists abound clay.
In girls, unless a pleasant surprise, the candidates for the second week are only two: Aravane Rezai and Marion Bartoli. The Saint Etienne played well in preparation, until a wrist injury forced him to abandon Eastbourne, just after a victory over the World No.3 Wozniacki. This ruled out a priori concern, it could do damage with his strikes dry ideally suited for grass, provided that the mind follows. In addition to a game adapted to the surface, Bartoli also for her experience of her 2007 final. In form, the semi-finalist at Eastbourne has a table open, with the tantalizing prospect of a clash in the eighth against the champion of Roland Garros, the Italian Francesca Schiavone.