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World number three Roger Federer has officially joined millions of Twitter users everywhere today by coming up with his own official account on this social networking site. With the verified account @rogerfederer, the Swiss star has garnered thousands of followers in less than an hour. After five hours, he has garnered nearly 120,000 followers. Federer’s The post Roger Federer joins Twitter bandwagon appeared first on Tennis Guru.

The French Open is here and OLBG.com are celebrating by adding an extra £200 to the tennis prize pool in the OLBG Tipping Competition. That means there is now £500 up for grabs this month to tennis tipsters plus £50 in free bets for those with the best Tennis Betting Tips in the free to enter OLBG Tipping Competition. Here are the thoughts from some of the OLBG members on the French Open: Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic are the big two for this tournament according to the betting and that is reflected in the OLBG Tipping Competition where between them they’ve attracted a total of 93.3% of tips. Nadal has contributed 80% of those tips and he looks set to justify his odds of 8/11 according to OLBG member ‘uls2000’: "He’s been completely dominant through the 2013 clay court season, extending his winning record over Federer with a crushing win in the Rome Masters final, and a phenomenal record at Roland Garros is making Nadal the clear favourite. Only fitness and Djokovic on the very top of his game can stop Nadal winning an eighth French Open.” Serena Williams is just as popular in the women’s event as she’s attracted 77.8% of the which arguably makes her better value than Rafa Nadal as she’s available at better odds of 11/8 with some bookmakers. OLBG tipster ‘kylerob’ really fancies Williams to win and puts forward a strong case with his tip: ”Since her defeat to eventual finalist Stosur in French Open 2010, Williams went on a 27-1 run on clay. Out of those 27 wins she has only dropped 4 sets, destroying fellow frontrunners Azarenka and Sharapova (twice), neither of whom could take more than 5 games from her.  The only defeat in that run was a freak 1st round exit here last year against lowly ranked Razzano, but that defeat came right after Serena withdrew from a match against Li Na due to back trouble. Serena will be desperate to make amends for last year and keen to add another French Open to her CV, as she has amazingly, only ever won it once (2002).” Fancy yourself to do better than these guys? Then you could get amongst the monthly prizes at OLBG.com which total over £5000 in cash each month and £2500 in free bets. All you have to do to get involved in the OLBG Tipping Competition is  Click here to visit OLBG.com and then follow these steps: Click the orange Register button at the top of the home page. Provide your email address, username and password to create an account. To make your first OLBG tip click on the ‘Members Area’ tab in the top menu. Then click on ‘Make A Tip’. Select your required sport and event from the menu. Make your selection, choose your stake in virtual cash and provide reasoning. You can now win cash prizes! There are plenty of other perks of being part of the OLBG community even if you don’t feel confident enough to enter the OLBG Tipping Competition. You can always just follow the most profitable tipsters on the site as their profitability record and tips are available for everyone to see. You can also chat about the latest tennis talking points and events on the OLBG forum or read bookmaker reviews and gain exclusive free bets and bookmaker offer elsewhere on OLBG.com.

Four of the biggest stars in tennis gathered Thursday night in Paris for a quick exhibition.

Roger Federer has joined twitter.

Photo by Beth Wilson Articles: Brain Game: The Art of Nadal – by Craig O’Shannessy (tennis.com) (I thought I’d linked to this before, but I can’t find it now…so, better to link twice than not at all.) News from the French, part III – by Guillaume Willecoq (rolandgarros.com) Keys for Nadal, Sharapova in Paris – via espn.com Nadal back in old routine and looking invincible – by Martyn Herman (nbcsports.com) Burning questions about Serena, Rafael Nadal, more going into French Open – by Courtney Nguyen (si.com) Practising In Paris: Rafa, Roger Reflection – via atpworldtour.com Photos: Stars practice at Roland Garros – by Courtney Nguyen (si.com) Soderling absent but not forgotten at the French Open – by Douglas Robson (usatoday.com). Some nice quotes about Rafa. 2013 Masters 1000 Power Rankings: The Good, The Bad, and the Random (So Far) – by Juan José (changeovertennis.com) Videos/Audio: iB3′s standard “Rafa’s on his way to a tournament” airport footage. And more airport interview footage. Photos: A very nice photoset from Tennis View Magazine on Facebook. Scroll down for some Rafa! Ella Ling’s fab Rafa photos from the Brasil Open. Rafa does social media: Rafa doubted the intentions of the clouds. #MiguelAngelJiménez ya va por su torneo 600! En #Golf es muy complicado entrar en este club tan exclusivo — Rafa Nadal (@RafaelNadal) May 23, 2013 Social media related to Rafa: A vine from the Nike event and another one. [View the story "May 23rd - Rafa in Social Media" on Storify] Other stuff: Looks like we are in for some rough weather at Roland Garros. Get some books to read for the rain delays.

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Rafa had a shortened practice session today. Shortened for two reasons: he was late; it started raining. Here’s a few pictures: Photos by AFP PHOTO/MIGUEL MEDINA and EFE/CORINNE DUBREUIL. Later in the day, he joined a few other career slam holders for a Nike event. Photos by AFP PHOTO/KENZO TRIBOUILLARD

(May 23, 2013) With a combined 47 singles Slam titles among them, Nike athletes Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova took part in a tennis exhibition at the Espace Clacquesin in Paris prior to the start of Roland Garros. (Click to enlarge) The quartet played tennis on a court lit with black lights for the “Kings of the Lights” Nike promo event, but also enjoyed each other’s company on court in white lights. Young fans also took part in the exhibition, taking court themselves under the black lights. (Click to enlarge) (Click to enlarge) (Click to enlarge) (Click to enlarge) (Click to enlarge) Afterward, the stars posed with fans and answered journalists’ questions.

British doubles pair Colin Fleming and Jonathan Marray made it into the semi-finals of Power Horse Cup 2013 in Dusseldorf on Thursday.

Stephanie Vogt is trying to qualify for the French Open and put her tiny home country on the tennis map.