Who remembers this moment?
This is arguably Amelie Mauresmo's most special victory, when she won Wimbledon in 2006. Since that marvellous year, when she added the Australian Open to her trophy cabinet as well, such moments of joy haven't really happened (we argued that it was because of her appendectomy, and that her appendix was the source of all her powers.)
Well today, a moment of joy could be felt around the tennis world. Amelie looks like she is making a return, baby! Her crushing 6-2, 6-0 romp of Agnieszka Radwanska, the world number nine), at the Open GDF Suez, was a joy to behold (albeit, not to the Pole), as she produced tennis that flowed so effortlessly off the strings of her racket. We have to admit, we have missed the Mauresmo that leapt to the net like a gazelle and produced tennis so beautiful, it was like a van Gogh masterpiece, but all this week she has recreated some of that form.
Just to make the victory even sweeter perhaps, was that Mauresmo was the only Frenchwoman to win in front of her home crowd, as her three compatriots failed to make the last four.
In the semi finals in Paris, the competition will take itself a step up. Jelena Jankovic, the world number three, wearing the most hideous dress we think we have ever seen (not impressed ANTA!) battled hard but managed to defeat teenager Alize Cornet 5-7, 6-4, 6-4. Elsewhere, the rightful top duo in the world (in our opinion), Elena Dementieva and Serena Williams cruised into the semis, dropping just five games against their French opponents Nathalie Dechy and Emilie Loit respectively.
Thousands of miles away, in Thailand, Magdalena Rybarikova set up a semi final with Sania Mirza after a surprise 6-4, 6-1 win over second seed Caroline Wozniacki. In the other semi, top seed Vera Zvonareva will play Israeli Shahar Peer.
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