Harboursport - French Open, Day 3 2008

HARBOURSPORT

TENNIS

FRENCH OPEN
Day 3 review - Tuesday 27th 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) - Through to round 2
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) - Through to round 2
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) - Eliminated round 1
14 - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) - Withdrawn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) - Eliminated round 1
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)- Through to round 2
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) - Through to round 2
14 - Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) - Through to rnd 2
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) Through to round 2
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) - Through to round 2
32 - Karin Knapp (ITA) - Through to round 2

Day 3 saw rain wreak havoc with the scheduling. No play was possible till mid-afternoon and then only
briefly before rain again forced the players from the courts. In the evening the sun emerged and some
matches were completed; but after 3 days there are still nearly half of the first round fixtures to be
completed.
The day was a disappointment for the locals, especially for the thousands who flocked to Court Philipe
Chartrier hoping to see Rafael Nadal in action; only for his match to be suspended during the warm-up
and unable to be played on the day.
No Australians completed their matches on day 3. Casey Dellacqua started her match against 9th
seed Marion Bartoli, but was serving at 5-6 in the first set when the rain returned, terminating play for
the day.
In the matches that were played, Nikolay Davydenko took out a straight-sets win against Thomas
Johansson; while Stanislas Wawrinka was similarly untroubled against Philipp Kohlschreiber. But the
upset of the day was the demise of 13th seed Juan Monaco, who was easily defeated by Swede Robin
Soderling.
No major upsets in the womens' draw, with all the seeds completing their matches going through to
the next round; although former champion Amelie Mauresmo was taken to 3 sets and had some
nervous moments against Ukrainian Olga Savchuk.

The Seeds:

Mens Singles, First Round
4 - Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) d Thomas Johansson (SWE) 6-3 6-3 6-3
9 - Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) d Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) 6-3 6-4 6-3
Robin Soderling (SWE) d 13 - Juan Monaco (ARG) 6-2 6-3 6-1
Mario Ancic (CRO) d 31 - Andreas Seppi (ITA) 6-2 7-6 6-2

Womens Singles, First Round
4 - Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) d Aiko Nakamura (JPN) 6-2 6-3
13 - Dinara Safina (RUS) d Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) 6-1 6-3
14 - Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d Mariya Koryttseva (UKR) 6-4 6-3
22 - Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) d Olga Savchuk (UKR) 7-5 4-6 6-1
31 - Ai Sugiyama (JPN) d Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) 6-1 2-6 6-3

The Others:

Mens Singles, First Round
Paul Capdeville (CHI) d Mischa Zverev (GER) 6-1 6-4 6-2

Womens Singles, First Round
Sabine Lisicki (GER) d Elena Vesnina (RUS) 3-6 6-4 6-0
Olivia Sanchez (FRA) d Jarmila Gajdosova (SVK) 7-6 7-6
Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) d Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 6-4 5-7 6-2