Harboursport - French Open Day 15 2008

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TENNIS

FRENCH OPEN
Day 15 review - Sunday 8th June 2008.

SEEDWATCH - Mens Singles

1 - Roger Federer (SUI) - Runner-up
2 - Rafael Nadal (ESP) - CHAMPION
3 - Novak Djokovic (SRB) - Eliminated semi finals
4 - Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) - Eliminated round 3
5 - David Ferrer (ESP) - Eliminated quarter finals
6 - David Nalbandian (ARG) - Eliminated round 2
7 - James Blake (USA) - Eliminated round 2
8 - Richard Gasquet (FRA) - Withdrawn
9 - Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) - Eliminated round 3
10 - Andy Murray (GBR) - Eliminated round 3
11 - Tomas Berdych (CZE) - Eliminated round 2
12 - Tommy Robredo (ESP) - Eliminated round 3
13 - Juan Monaco (ARG) - Eliminated round 1
14 - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) - Withdrawn
15 - Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) - Eliminated round 3
16 - Carlos Moya (ESP) - Eliminated round 1
17 - Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) - Eliminated round 1
18 - Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) - Eliminated round 4
19 - Nicolas Almagro (ESP) - Eliminated quarters
20 - Ivo Karlovic (CRO) - Eliminated round 1
21 - Radek Stepanek (CZE) - Eliminated round 4
22 - Fernando Verdasco (ESP) - Eliminated round 4
23 - Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) - Eliminated rnd 1
24 - Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) - Eliminated quarters
25 - Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) - Eliminated round 3
26 - Jarkko Niemenen (FIN) - Eliminated round 3
27 - Igor Andreev (RUS) - Eliminated round 2
28 - Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) - Eliminated round 4
29 - Guillermo Canas (ARG) - Eliminated round 1
30 - Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) - Eliminated round 3
31 - Andreas Seppi (ITA) - Eliminated round 1
32 - Janko Tipsarevic (CRB) - Eliminated round 1

SEEDWATCH - Womens Singles

1 - Maria Sharapova (RUS) - Eliminated round 4
2 - Ana Ivanovic (SRB) - CHAMPION
3 - Jelena Jankovic (SRB) - Eliminated semi finals
4 - Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)- Eliminated semi final
5 - Serena Williams (USA) - Eliminated round 3
6 - Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) - Eliminated round 2
7 - Elena Dementieva (RUS) - Eliminated quarter final
8 - Venus Villiams (USA) - Eliminated round 3
9 - Marion Bartoli (FRA) - Eliminated round 1
10 - Patty Schnyder (SUI) - Eliminated quarter finals
11 - Vera Zvonereva (RUS) - Eliminated round 4
12 - Agnes Szavay (HUN) - Eliminated round 3
13 - Dinara Safina (RUS) - Runner-up
14 - Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) - Eliminated rnd 4
15 - Nicole Vaidisova (CZE) - Eliminated round 1
16 - Victoria Azarenka (BLR) - Eliminated round 4
17 - Shahar Peer (ISR) - Eliminated round 1
18 - Francesca Sciavone (ITA) - Eliminated round 3
19 - Alize Cornet (FRA) - Eliminated round 3
20 - Sybile Bammer (AUT)- Eliminated round 1
21 - Maria Kirilenko (RUS) - Eliminated round 2
22 - Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) - Eliminated round 2
23 - Alona Bondarenko (URK) - Eliminated round 1
24 - Virginie Razzano (FRA) - Eliminated round 1
25 - Nadia Petrova (RUS) - Eliminated round 3
26 - Flavia Penneta (ITA) - Eliminated round 4
27 - Karatina Srebotnik (SLO) - Eliminated round 4
28 - Dominika Cibolkova (SVK) - Eliminated round 3
29 - Annabel Medina Garriques (ESP) - Eliminated
round 3
30 - Caroline Wozniaki (DEN) - Eliminated round 3
31 - Ai Sugiyama (JPN) - Eliminated round 2
32 - Karin Knapp (ITA) - Eliminated round 3

In 80 years of grand slam tennis at Roland Garros, few finals have been won so comprehensively as
Rafael Nadal's triumph in the 2008 decider. From the opening game the Spaniard was on top,
breaking Federer's serve and the demolition was on. Federer held his next service game, but that
was to be his only game in the opening set.
Nadal broke again at the start of the second and led 2-0; but briefly Federer regrouped. Breaking
back and then holding his serve, the Swiss number 1 was back in the hunt; but such a revival was to
be short-lived. At 3-3 the crowd was cheering for Federer, hoping that the one major title to elude him
might finally come his way. Instead, Nadal's expertise on the clay courts took over and Federer was
not to win another game for the match.
It was Nadal's 4th French Open title in a row, confirming his reputation as the undisputed king of clay
court tennis. But in all his success at Roland Garros which saw him a favourite to take out this final,
few would have predicted the final would be as one-sided as this.

Legends Under 45s Doubles
Goran Ivanisevic (CRO)/Michael Stich (GER) d Richard Krajicek (NED)/Emilio Sanchez (ESP) 6-1 7-6

Legends Over 45s Doubles
Anders Jarryd (SWE)/John Mcenroe (USA) d Mansour Bahrami (IRI)/Henri Leconte (FRA) 6-4 7-6

Mens Singles Final:
2 - Rafael Nadal (ESP) d
1 - Roger Federer (SUI)
6-1 6-3 6-0

Junior Boys Singles Final:
Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE) d
12 - Jerzy Janowicz (POL)
6-3 7-6

Junior Girls Singles Final:
9 - Simona Halep (ROU) d
10 - Elena Bogdan (ROU)
6-4 6-7 6-2