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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Howard Fendrich / The Bulletin
May 29, 2008
PARIS — Start with this statistic on a busy, blustery day at Roland Garros: Maria Sharapova hit 17 double-faults. It bears repeating: 17.
She hammered hard serves, and they sailed long. She tapped soft serves, and they landed in the bottom of the net. And she played poorly enough....