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  • Vive la France

    Eurosport tennis expert and former Grand Slam winner Mats Wilander casts his eye over fine performances from two French players at the French Open at Roland Garros on Friday.

    Watch his video blog below to hear what he thinks of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Nicolas Mahut's displays.

  • Should Murray have received so much treatment?

    Eurosport tennis expert and former Grand Slam winner Mats Wilander considers whether players should receive treatment on court.

    Watch his video blog below to hear what he thinks about Andy Murray's back trouble and events in the other French Open matches on Thursday.

  • Rain could be a game changer

    Eurosport tennis expert and former Grand Slam winner Mats Wilander says that the rain that has arrived in Paris will slow the courts down which will help some and hinder others.

    Watch his video blog below to hear who he thinks the new conditions will benefit the most.

  • Wilander on ‘unbelievable’ Serena loss

    Eurosport tennis expert and former Grand Slam winner Mats Wilander has labelled Virginie Razzano's stunning victory over Serena Williams in the first round of the French Open as "maybe the most dramatic tennis match" he has ever seen at Roland Garros.

  • Delighted to see Mathieu return

    Eurosport tennis expert and former Grand Slam winner Mats Wilander is delighted to see Jeremy Mathieu back in action on a good day for French tennis at Roland Garros.

  • French Open preview: Clay not for Djokovic

    With the French Open starting this weekend, Eurosport analyst Mats Wilander looks ahead to the action.

    The seven-times Grand Slam winner considers how clay is the least favourite surface of world number one Novak Djokovic, who lost to Rafael Nadal in the final of the Rome Masters on Monday.

    He is positive about the chances for French players in both the men's and women's draws.

    And he considers how the weather affects the surface - which makes it the most difficult tournament to win in world tennis.

    On Novak Djokovic

    On the French players

    On the behaviour of the clay

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  • Agassi and Cash on winning in Melbourne

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    Tennis legends Andre Agassi and Pat Cash talk to Mats Wilander about what it takes to win at the Australian Open.

    Agassi says players have to enjoy playing in the heat in Melbourne and to be at the very peak of their physical fitness if they are to succeed.

    He highlights Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic as being the "men of the moment", and explains why the duo are leading the way in the men's game right now.

    Cash, meanwhile, talks about how players must deal with the intensity of the Grand Slam, and how tough, but fun, it can be playing in front of a very loud Australian crowd.

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  • 2011 ATP Tour season review

    After a year dominated by Novak Djokovic, Eurosport
    analyst Mats Wilander rounds up the 2011 season.

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    The Serb shot to the top of the tennis tree after a
    sensational 12 months during which he won three Grand Slams, five ATP World Tour
    Masters 1000 titles and a total of 10 tournaments.

    On the way, he went on an incredible 43-match winning streak
    and ended with an overall record of 70 wins and just six defeats.

    It might just have been the best season ever seen by a
    single player and Djokovic fully deserved his world number one status by the
    end of it.

    The one remaining Grand Slam went to the

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  • 2011 WTA season review

    Mats WilanderAfter a season which saw four different winners of the four Grand Slams, Eurosport analyst Mats Wilander rounds up the 2011 season.

    The year began with victory for Kim Clijsters in the Australian Open, but just as the Belgian looked to be the main force in the women's game, injury cut short her season.

    Li Na, beaten by Clijsters in Melbourne, then won her first Grand Slam at Roland Garros, but poor form then afflicted her as well.

    Petra Kvitova pointed to a bright future with a stunning victory at Wimbledon, before Australia's Sam Stosur surprised the returning Serena Williams in the US Open.

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  • Wilander talks to Djokovic

    Mats Wilander talks to Novak Djokovic after his shortened first round match with Conor Niland and finds the world number one in confident mood.

    World number one Djokovic advanced through to the second round of the US Open when his opponent, Ireland's Conor Niland, retired sick while trailing 6-0 5-1

    Niland, the first Irishman ever to make the main draw at Flushing Meadows, was forced to withdraw after just 44 minutes after suffering from food poisoning.

     Watch the interview below.

     

     

     

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About Mats Wilander

Swedish tennis legend Mats Wilander is one of the greatest players ever to pick up a racquet. The seven-times Grand Slam champion rose to the very top of the game in the late 1980s, and has now become one of tennis"s pithiest commentators. Edgy, opinionated and never less than brutally honest, Wilander exclusively offers Eurosport the benefit of his frankly brilliant chat.

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