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| TENNIS |
| FRENCH OPEN Day 2 review - Monday 26th May 2008. |
| SEEDWATCH - Mens Singles 1 - Roger Federer (SUI) - Through to round 2 2 - Rafael Nadal (ESP) v Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) 3 - Novak Djokovic (SRB) - Through to round 2 4 - Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) v Thomas Johansson (SWE) 5 - David Ferrer (ESP) v Steve Darcis (BEL) 6 - David Nalbandian (ARG) - Through to round 2 7 - James Blake (USA) - Through to round 2 8 - Richard Gasquet (FRA) v Florent Serra (FRA) 9 - Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) v Philipp Kolschreiber (GER) 10 - Andy Murray (GBR) - Through to round 2 11 - Tomas Berdych (CZE) - Through to round 2 12 - Tommy Robredo (ESP) - Through to round 2 13 - Juan Monaco (ARG) v Robin Soderling (SWE) 14 - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) - Withdrawn 15 - Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) v Benjamin Becker (GER) 16 - Carlos Moya (ESP) - Eliminated round 1 17 - Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) - Eliminated round 1 18 - Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) - Through to round 2 19 - Nicolas Almagro (ESP) - Through to round 2 20 - Ivo Karlovic (CRO) v Alejandro Falla (COL) 21 - Radek Stepanek (CZE) v Gilles Simon (FRA) 22 - Fernando Verdasco (ESP) - Through to round 2 23 - Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) v Marcos Daniel (BRA) 24 - Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) - Through to round 2 25 - Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) v Nicolas Mahut (FRA) 26 - Jarkko Niemenen (FIN) v Marc Lopez (ESP) 27 - Igor Andreev (RUS) v Potito Starace (ITA) 28 - Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) v Eric Prodon (FRA) 29 - Guillermo Canas (ARG) - Eliminated round 1 30 - Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) v Daniel Brands (GER) 31 - Andreas Seppi (ITA) v Mario Ancic (CRO) 32 - Janko Tipsarevic (CRB) - Eliminated round 1 |
| SEEDWATCH - Womens Singles 1 - Maria Sharapova (RUS) v Evgeniya Rodina (RUS) 2 - Ana Ivanovic (SRB) - Through to round 2 3 - Jelena Jankovic (SRB) - Through to round 2 4 - Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) v Aiko Nakamura (JPN) 5 - Serena Williams (USA) - Through to round 2 6 - Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) v Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP) 7 - Elena Dementieva (RUS) v Vera Dushevina (RUS) 8 - Venus Villiams (USA) - Through to round 2 9 - Marion Bartoli (FRA) v Casey Dellacqua (AUS) 10 - Patty Schnyder (SUI) - Through to round 2 11 - Vera Zvonereva (RUS) v Stephanie Foretz (FRA) 12 - Agnes Szavay (HUN) - Through to round 2 13 - Dinara Safina (RUS) v Kateryna Bondarenko (URK) 14 - Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) v Mariya Koryttseva (UKR) 15 - Nicole Vaidisova (CZE) - Eliminated round 1 16 - Victoria Azarenka (BLR) v Edina Gallovits (ROU) 17 - Shahar Peer (ISR) v Samantha Stosur (AUS) 18 - Francesca Sciavone (ITA) v Jill Craybas (USA) 19 - Alize Cornet (FRA) - Through to round 2 20 - Sybile Bammer (AUT) v Alekzndra Wozniak (CAN) 21 - Maria Kirilenko (RUS) v Maria Elena Camerin (ITA) 22 - Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) v Olga Savchuk (UKR) 23 - Alona Bondarenko (URK) - Eliminated round 1 24 - Virginie Razzano (FRA) - Eliminated round 1 25 - Nadia Petrova (RUS) v Aravane Rezai (FRA) 26 - Flavia Penneta (ITA) v Tatiana Perepiynis (UKR) 28 - Dominika Cibolkova (SVK) - Through to round 2 29 - Annabel Medina Garriques (ESP) v Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (ESP) 30 - Caroline Wozniaki (DEN) - Through to round 2 31 - Ai Sugiyama (JPN) v Alla Kudriavtseva (RUS) 32 - Karin Knapp (ITA)- Through to round 2 |
The rain held off for just long enough to allow Roger Federer to show his class with a straight-sets
win over Sam Querry. Clay isn't Federer's favourite surface, but it didn't seem to worry him as his
serve proved close to unbreakable. Querry hung in there, refusing to lie down and capitulate, but the
result of the match was never in doubt.
It wasn't a good day for either of the Australians in action. Chris Guccione was never in the hunt
against Frenchman Nicolas Devilder, while Robert Smeets was blasted off the court by 11th seed
Tomas Berdych.
The upset of the day saw 17th seed, former Australian Open runner-up Marcos Baghdatis unable to
take a set against a fired up Simone Bolleli. But no such dramas for Fernando Gonzalez who breezed
through in straight sets. Tommy Robredo and Fernando Verdasco also completed wins before the
rain arrived.
In the womens' draw, Venus Williams was stunned into action when she dropped the second set
against Israeli Tzipora Obziler, but there were no such worries for Jelena Jankovic or Patty Schnyder.
But by mid-afternoon the covers had come up and play was over for the day. With more rain forecast
for Tuesday, tournament organisers will in all probability have a backlog of matches to get through
over the upcoming days.
win over Sam Querry. Clay isn't Federer's favourite surface, but it didn't seem to worry him as his
serve proved close to unbreakable. Querry hung in there, refusing to lie down and capitulate, but the
result of the match was never in doubt.
It wasn't a good day for either of the Australians in action. Chris Guccione was never in the hunt
against Frenchman Nicolas Devilder, while Robert Smeets was blasted off the court by 11th seed
Tomas Berdych.
The upset of the day saw 17th seed, former Australian Open runner-up Marcos Baghdatis unable to
take a set against a fired up Simone Bolleli. But no such dramas for Fernando Gonzalez who breezed
through in straight sets. Tommy Robredo and Fernando Verdasco also completed wins before the
rain arrived.
In the womens' draw, Venus Williams was stunned into action when she dropped the second set
against Israeli Tzipora Obziler, but there were no such worries for Jelena Jankovic or Patty Schnyder.
But by mid-afternoon the covers had come up and play was over for the day. With more rain forecast
for Tuesday, tournament organisers will in all probability have a backlog of matches to get through
over the upcoming days.
| The Aussies: Mens Singles, First Round 11 - Tomas Berdych (CZE) d Robert Smeets (AUS) 6-1 6-0 6-0 Nicolas Devilder (FRA) d Chris Guccione (AUS) 6-4 6-1 6-4 The Seeds: Mens Singles, First Round 1 - Roger Federer (SUI) d Sam Querrey (USA) 6-4 6-4 6-3 12 - Tommy Robredo (ESP) d Guillermo Coria (ARG) 5-7 6-4 6-1 6-4 Simone Bolelli (ITA) d 17 - Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) 6-2 6-4 6-2 22 - Fernando Verdasco (ESP) d Santiago Ventura (ESP) 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-7 6-1 24 - Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) d Pablo Cuevas (URU) 6-3 6-3 6-1 Wayne Odesnik (USA) d 29 - Guillermo Canas (ARG) 7-6 7-6 7-6 Womens Singles, First Round 3 - Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d Monica Niculescu (ROU) 7-6 6-2 8 - Venus Williams (USA) d Tzipora Obziler (ISR) 6-3 4-6 6-2 10 - Patty Schnyder (SUI) d Ekaterina Bychkova (RUS) 6-3 6-4 12 - Agnes Szavay (HUN) d Ayumi Morita (JPN) 6-1 4-6 6-4 Petra Cetkovsa (CZE) d 23 - Alona Bondarenko (UKR) 6-3 6-0 32 - Karin Knapp (ITA) d Martina Muller (GER) 6-0 6-4 The Others: Mens Singles, First Round Florent Serra (FRA) d Santiago Giraldo (COL) 6-4 6-3 6-2 Michael Llodra (FRA) d Olivier Patience (FRA) 3-6 7-6 6-3 7-5 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) d Sergio Roitman (ARG) 6-2 6-4 7-6 Oscar Hernandez (ESP) d Ivo Minar (CZE) 4-6 7-6 6-3 7-5 Hyung-Taik Lee (KOR) d Jonas Bjorkman (SWE) 6-4 6-4 6-3 Marcel Granollers (ESP) d Michael Berrer (GER) 6-3 3-6 6-2 6-3 Pablo Andujar (ESP) d Filippo Volandri (ITA) 6-7 6-2 6-3 6-3 Womens Singles, First Round Jelena Pandzic (CRO) d Severine Bremond (FRA) 4-6 6-3 6-2 Emilie Loit (FRA) d Zi Yan (CHN) 1-6 6-4 8-6 Gisela Dulko (ARG) d Sara Errani (ITA) 6-4 4-6 7-5 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) d Maria-Emilia Salerni (ARG) 6-1 6-1 Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) d Tamira Paszek (AUT) 1-6 6-3 6-3 |