Harboursport - French Open Day 3 2009

HARBOURSPORT

TENNIS

FRENCH OPEN
Day 3 review - Tuesday 26th May 2009.

SEEDWATCH - Mens Singles

1 – Rafael Nadal (ESP) - Through to Round 2
2 - Roger Federer (SUI) - Through to Round 2
3 - Andy Murray (GBR) - Through to Round 2
4 - Novak Djokovic (SRB) - Through to Round 2
5 - Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) - Through to Round 2
6 - Andy Roddick (USA) - Through to Round 2
7 - Gilles Simon (FRA) - Through to Round 2
8 - Fernando Verdasco (ESP) - Through to Round 2
9 - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)- Through to Round 2
10 - Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) - Through to Round 2
11 - Gael Monfils (FRA) - Through to Round 2
12 - Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) - Through to Round 2
13 - Marin Cilic (CRO) - Through to Round 2
14 - David Ferrer (ESP) - Through to Round 2
15 - James Blake (USA) - Eliminated Round 1
16 - Tommy Robredo (ESP) - Through to Round 2
17 - Stanislas Wawrinka - Through to Round 2
18 - Radek Stepanek (CZE) - Through to Round 2
19 - Tomas Berdych (CZE) - Eliminated Round 1
20 - Marat Safin (RUS) - Through to Round 2
21 - Dmitry Tursinov (RUS) v Arnaud Clement (FRA)
22 - Mardy Fish (USA) - Eliminated Round 1
23 - Robin Soderling (SWE) - Through to Round 2
24 - Jurgen Melzer (AUT) - Through to Round 2
25 - Igor Andreev (RUS) - Through to Round 2
26 - Ivo Karlovic (CRO) - Eliminated Round 1
27 - Rainer Schuettler (GER) - Eliminated Round 1
28 - Feliciano Lopez (ESP) - Through to Round 2
29 - Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) - Through to Round 2
30 - Viktor Hanescu (ROU) - Through to Round 2
31 - Nicolas Almagro (ESP) - Through to Round 2
32 - Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) - Through to Round 2

SEEDWATCH - Womens Singles

1 - Dinara Safina (RUS) - Through to Round 2
2 - Serena Williams (USA) - Through to Round 2
3 - Venus Williams (USA) - Through to Round 2
4 - Elena Dementieva (RUS) - Through to Round 2
5 - Jelena Jankovic (SRB) - Through to Round 2
6 - Vera Zvonareva (RUS) - Withdrawn
7 - Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) - Through to Round 2
8 - Ana Ivanovic (SRB) - Through to Round 2
9 - Victoria Azarenka (BLR) - Through to Round 2
10 - Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) - Through to Round 2
11 - Nadia Petrova (RUS) - Through to Round 2
12 - Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) - Through to Round 2
13 - Marion Bartoli (FRA) - Through to Round 2
14 - Flavia Pennetta (ITA) - Eliminated Round 1
15 - Jie Zheng (CHN) - Through to Round 2
16 - Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) - Eliminated Round 1
17 - Patty Schnyder (SUI) - Eliminated Round 1
18 - Anabel Medina Garriques (ESP) - Through to Rnd 2
19 - Kaia Kanepi (EST) - Eliminated Round 1
20 - Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) - Through to Round 2
21 - Alize Cornet (FRA) v Maret Ani (EST)
22 - Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) - Through to Round 2
23 - Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) - Eliminated Round 1
24 - Aleksandra Wozniak (POL) - Through to Round 2
25 - Na Li (CHN) - Through to Round 2
26 - Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) - Eliminated Round 1
27 - Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) - Through Rnd 2
28 - Sybile Bammer (AUT) - Through to Round 2
29 - Agnes Szavay (HUN) - Through to Round 2
30 - Samantha Stosur (AUS) - Through to Round 2
31 - Shuai Peng (CHN) - Eliminated Round 1
32 - Iveta Benesova (CZE) - Through to Round 2

In contrast to the first two days, Tuesday was cold, windy and interrupted mid-afternoon by an hour's rain
before the return of the rain and bad light forced an early ending to the day's play.
Womens' 2nd seed Serena Williams was given a fright by Czech journeywoman Klara Zakapalova. After
taking the first set, Williams dropped the second in a tie-break; and finding a break in the third was hard to
come by. But eventually Williams broke through to take the break and progress through the second round,
winning 6-4 in the third set. 10th seed Caroline Wozniacki was also taken to 3 sets by Vera Dushevina.
But no such issues for Elena Dementieva, Jelena Jankovic or Svetlana Kuznetsova, all of whom breezed
through in straight sets.
The mens' draw saw the shock exit of popular 15th seed James Blake. Blake was out of sorts in the
conditions, unable to produce his regular form and was no match for Argentina's Leonardo Mayer, going
down in straight sets. 22nd seed Mardy Fish and 27th seed Rainer Schuttler and former Australian Open
finallist Marcos Baghdatis were also first-round casualties.
Novak Djokovic was given an armchair ride when Nicolas Lappentti was injured and forced to retire in the
2nd set. Straight sets wins to Juan Martin Del Potro, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Julien Benneteau saw them
go through to the next round.
Aussie reciprocal wildcard Bernard Tomic was out of his depth against 29th seed Philipp Kohlscreiber,
going down in straight sets. But it was better news for the Aussie women, with Sam Stosur far too good
for Francesca Schiavone and Jelena Dokic continuing her run of 3-set matches before overcoming
Croatia's Karolina Sprem.

The Aussies
Mens Singles, First Round
29 - Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) d Bernard Tomic (AUS) 6-1 6-2 6-2

Womens Singles, First Round
30 - Samantha Stosur (AUS) d Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 6-4 6-2
Jelena Dokic (AUS) d Karolina Sprem (CRO) 3-6 6-1 6-2

Womens Doubles, First Round
Olga Savchuk (UKR)/Tiantian Sun (CHN) d Jarmila Groth (AUS)/Renata Voracova (CZE) 6-2 6-3

The Seeds
Mens Singles, First Round
4 - Novak Djokovic (SRB) d Nicolas Lapentti (ECU) 6-3 3-1 ret.
5 - Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) d Michael Llodra (FRA) 6-3 6-3 6-1
9 - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) d Julien Benneteau (FRA) 6-4 3-6 6-3 6-4
11 - Gael Monfils (FRA) d Bobby Reynolds (USA) 6-2 6-3 6-1
Leonardo Mayer (ARG) d 15 - James Blake (USA) 7-6 7-5 6-2
16 - Tommy Robredo (ESP) d Adrian Mannarino (FRA) 6-2 6-1 6-2
Maximo Gonzalez (ARG) d 22 - Mardy Fish (USA) 6-3 1-6 6-4 7-6
Marc Gicquel (FRA) d 27 - Rainer Schuettler (GER) 6-0 6-0 6-4

Womens Singles, First Round
2 - Serena Williams (USA) d Klara Zakopalova (CZE) 6-3 6-7 6-4
4 - Elena Dementieva (RUS) d Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) 6-4 6-3
5 - Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d Petra Cetkovska (CZE) 6-2 6-3
7 - Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) d Claire Feuerstein (FRA) 6-1 6-4
10 - Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) d Vera Dushevina (RUS) 4-6 7-5 6-1
18 - Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) d Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 6-2 5-7 6-0
24 - Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) d Monica Niculescu (ROU) 6-4 4-6 6-3
28 - Sybille Bammer (AUT) d Nathalie Dechy (FRA) 6-3 7-6
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (ESP) d 31 - Shuai Peng (CHN) 1-6 6-2 6-4

Womens Doubles, First Round
10 - Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/Nadia Petrova (RUS) d Ayumi Morita (JPN)/Magdalena
Rybarikova                       (SVK) 7-5 6-3
11 - Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER)/Patty Schnyder (SUI) d Kristina Barrois (GER)/Anne
Keothavong                          (GBR) 6-1 6-2
13 - Vania King (USA)/Monica Niculescu (ROU) d Raquel Kops-Jones (USA)/Abigail Spears (USA)
6-1                         6-3
16 - Zi Yan (CHN)/Jie Zheng (CHN) d Edina Gallovits (ROU)/Olga Govortsova (BLR) 6-4 6-2

The Others
Mens Singles, First Round
Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) d Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) 2-6 6-4 6-4 3-6 6-3
Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) d Brian Dabul (ARG) 4-6 7-5 7-6 6-3
Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP) d Evgeny Korolev (RUS) 6-4 ret.
Tommy Haas (GER) d Andrei Pavel (ROU) 6-1 6-4 6-4
Juan Monaco (ARG) d Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) 6-3 6-2 6-4
Andreas Beck (GER) d Ivan Navarro (ESP) 7-6 6-4 6-1
Viktor Troicki (SRB) d Lukasz Kubot (POL) 3-6 6-3 6-4 6-7 6-3
Victor Crivoi (ROU) d Simon Greul (GER) 6-1 7-6 6-2
Andreas Seppi (ITA) d Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 6-3 6-3 6-1

Womens Singles, First Round
Virginie Razzano (FRA) d Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 6-3 6-3
Melinda Czink (HUN) d Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) 3-6 6-4 6-1
Viktoriya Kutuzova (UKR) d Zuzana Ondraskova (CZE) 6-2 6-4
Petra Martic (CRO) d Mara Santangelo (ITA) 6-4 6-2
Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) d Urszula Radwanska (POL) 4-6 6-3 6-0
Sorana Cirstea (ROU) d Carly Gullickson (USA) 6-4 6-2
Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) d Sania Mirza (IND) 6-4 7-6
Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) d Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 6-1 2-6 8-6
Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) d Nicole Vaidisova (CZE) 6-4 6-3

Womens Doubles, First Round
Severine Bremond Beltrame (FRA)/Julie Coin (FRA) d Sarah Borwell (GBR)/Maria Kondratieva
(RUS)                          6-2 6-3
Iveta Benesova (CZE)/Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) d Sybille Bammer (AUT)/Janette
Husarova                        (SVK) 6-1 6-1
Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP)/Sara Errani (ITA) d Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB)/Alla
Kudryavtseva                          (RUS) 6-3 6-2
Gisela Dulko (ARG)/Agnes Szavay (HUN) d Maria Elena Camerin (ITA)/Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) 6-3 6-4
Klaudia Jans (POL)/Alicja Rosolska (POL) d Mervana Jugic-Salkic (BIH)/Tatiana Poutchek (BLR) 6-4 6-3
Lucie Safarova (CZE)/Vladimira Uhlirova (CZE) d Stephanie Foretz (FRA)/Camille Pin (FRA) 3-6 6-1 6-3