Fourth seed Andy Murray battled into the French Open quarter-finals.....and got a bit of help from a ballboy along the way.

Murray had fought back superbly to level the match at two sets all on Monday and the opening five games of the second set on Tuesday went with serve.

Then at the start of the sixth game of the last set a ball boy
inexplicably ran on to the court.....right in front of the Serb as he was
winning the point with a smash.

The umpire ordered them to replay the point which Murray won, leading
to more rage from Troicki and boos from a crowd sympathetic to the
blushing boy.

As

It should have been the sweetest tennis story of the year. Little Serbia's stunning victory over France had all the things you want from a piece of sporting drama: excitement, a rollicking atmosphere and some outstanding personal performances.

But some incidents throughout the weekend have left a sour, bitter taste that Tramlines just cannot wash out of its mouth. None more so than the utterly disgraceful comments from the Serbian captain Bogdan Obradovic after the doubles rubber.

Rather than praise France's Arnaud Clement and Michael Llodra for a fantastic come-from-behind victory, Obradovic

It's rare that Tramlines goes for the
straight line on something, instead preferring the heavily sarcastic response.

But for once sarcasm is the last thing
that is called for as TL wants to pay a genuinely heart-felt tribute to
Frenchwoman Virginie Razzano.

Eight days ago, the 28-year-old's coach
and fiancé, Stephane Vidal, died after a lengthy battle with a brain tumour.

And, in spite what must be an
overwhelming grief, Razzano fulfilled his last wishes by turning out for her
first round match against 24th seed Jarmila Gajdosova.

Razzano lost in straight sets but just
making the start of the

Rafael
Nadal is the number one player in the world. At least in name he is, albeit
with that record seemingly to fall to Novak Djokovic in the next week.

Behind
Djokovic, who has clearly been the best player in the world this season, Nadal
has reached the second most consistent, reaching the last five Masters finals
(only to lose to the Serb in four of them) and also picking up titles in Monte
Carlo and Barcelona.

And
yet the Spaniard is clearly not happy.

He
very nearly crashed out of the first round of the French Open, to the
admittedly tricky, big-serving John Isner, and his performances

World number one Rafael Nadal has called for an overhaul to the
men's ranking system in a bid to protect injured players.

In the wake of Juan Martin Del Potro's third round clash with Novak
Djokovic, Nadal has said called for a change from a one-year rolling system to
a two-year rolling system would ensure that players forced to take an extended
lay-off due to injury wouldn't lose too many ranking points.

"To have a longer career (the solution) is to have two years
of ranking. Not only one year," Nadal said.

"(With a two-year rolling ranking system) if you stop being number
five of the world,

In case you haven't figured it out by now: Bethanie Mattek-Sands is
a character.

Instantly recognisable on court, her playing outfit incorporates
long socks and the black eye patches used by NFL players to reduce glare, after
the American found that she did not like to play in sunglasses.

And now, with time to kill in Paris
after she was knocked out of the French Open by Jelena Jankovic in the fourth
round, the American number two has made a trip to the Moulin Rouge, spiritual home
of the can-can.

The 26-year-old dressed up in the traditional clothes before being
taught how to do the dance.

Kim Clijsters's shock departure from the second round of Roland
Garros on Thursday was followed by the exit of world number one Caroline
Wozniacki and last year's beaten finalist Sam Stosur on Friday.

That makes it the first time since 1971 when both of the top two
seeds have been knocked out of the French Open before the fourth round.

World number three Vera Zvonareva had a scare in the second round
as well, although she battled through and eased through her third round clash,
and seventh seed Maria Sharapova had to recover from a set and 4-1 down before
winning 11 straight games to reach the

Tramlines doesn't pretend to know its Gucci from its Prada but when
it comes to recognising its Adidas from its Nike, TL is unrivalled.

And yet TL was forced to raise an eyebrow when Maria Sharapova
revealed that her dress this year is inspired by the Eiffel Tower?

As nice a dress as it is, and considerably better than the
creations Venus Williams was sporting in Australia earlier this year, TL
just can't see it.

And with Kim Clijsters uncharacteristically crashing out of the
French Open in the second round on day five, Tramlines was left wondering what
could have provoked such a thing.

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