In the next two weeks, the tennis fans will enjoy the second Grand Slam this year, Rollan Garros. There are many interesting memories connected with this tournament, but in this post we will remind you of maybe the two most bizarre events that happened on the French Open.

Goran Ivanishevic

The first one includes the former Croatian player Goran Ivanishevic. Ivanishevic got the reputation of the most interesting tennis players in the world, mostly because of his temperament, his great serve, the moos swings and the threats of leaving the tennis court because of the mistakes that the umpires were making during the match. Therefore, in the year 2000 in Brighton , the 134 ranked Goran, was playing against the Korean tennis player Hyung Taik Lee, which became one of the most interesting matches in the history of tennis. In the first set, Lee won the break point for 6-5, and because of that, Ivanishevic broke his racquet. The second set ended with the result 7-6 for Ivanishevic, but in the third set, he missed the double chance of winning a break point, and that is how the second racquet got broken. Right after four points, he broke the third racquet. The Korean player came to a break opportunity, and because of that, Ivanishevic broke his fourth racquet.He got penalty from the umpire.And then, something weird happened. Slightly worried, the Croatian player approached the umpire Garry Armstrong and he whispered: Garry, I have no racquets left. With a smile on the face, Gary Armstrong said: “Well, what can I say, except that I do not have a racquet to land you, and even if I did have, I was not gonna give it to you for sure”. Ivanishevic left the court, and he became the first tennis player in the history that had to give up the match after breaking all the racquets in his bag. After the game, in an interview he said: “I was so nervous. If I had a 100 more racquets, they would all ended up broken”.

Jim Courier

The second event is connected with Jim Courier, who won Rollan Garros from 1991-1994. In the first round, he played against the outsider Jean Philippe Fleurian from France. Courier had a great start, winning the first set with 6-1.But right after that, something unusual happened. Courier started to sweat a lot, and he made seven double faults, so the audience realized that he was in “big trouble”. But Courier got together, and he won the match with the result 6-1, 6-4, 6-4. This match was never going to be noticed as an interesting event, if the reason for Couriers lack of concentration in the second set was not reviled. One extremely hot fan of Fleurian decided to do something after realizing that her favorite player is losing the match. According to the British Times, which published pictures of the hot brunet as a proof, she was spreading the legs every time Courier was looking at her, and yes, she was wearing a short shirt:). After the warning from the security, she stopped doing that, and Courier won the match. Lucky bastard, huh?