TENNIS - Roland Garros: The 2009 French Open

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Nadal bids for 5th straight French Open title
By HOWARD FENDRICH, AP Tennis Writer May 22, 1:56 pm EDT

[h2]PARIS (AP)-Rafael Nadal's most recent matches were a loss to Roger Federer and a four-hour struggle to beat Novak Djokovic, both on clay, so the French Open draw brought a bit of good news Friday for the four-time defending champion.[/h2]

Federer and Djokovic are lined up to meet in the semifinals, meaning the top-seeded Nadal could only face one as he bids to become the first man to win the clay-court Grand Slam tournament five consecutive years.

Not that Nadal is looking ahead to a potential final against one of those two. Or even a possible semifinal against No. 3 Andy Murray. Indeed, the Spaniard won't even acknowledge he feels any sort of pressure to add to his 28-0 record at Roland Garros, where play starts Sunday.

"My only pressure is try to play good tennis, try to play well, and later we will see what happens, no?" Nadal said. "The tournament is always really tough. Long matches, against the best players of the world, no? So we will see."

Serena and Venus Williams were drawn into opposite sides of the tournament and could meet in the championship match. Serena beat Venus in the 2002 final for the family's only singles title at Roland Garros; they have won 16 majors elsewhere.

Top-ranked Dinara Safina starts against Anne Keothavong of Britain.

Federer reiterated Friday that he got "a big boost" from winning last weekend's Madrid Open final, ending Nadal's 33-match winning streak on clay. Djokovic, meanwhile, derives confidence from having held three match points in a narrow semifinal loss to Nadal in Madrid.

"Getting closer and closer. So there's only one more point to go," said Djokovic, the 2008 Australian Open champion. "I played probably one of the best matches in my life against him on the clay court, even though I lost it. I must be proud of myself."

Federer, too, took heart from seeing what happened in that semifinal.

"When someone dominates a surface like Rafa does, it's good to see that he almost lost to Djokovic-that it's doable, if you play well," Federer said. "If each year he wins 40 matches on clay, and you never manage to beat him, it's obvious that you become more pessimistic."

Federer's bid to win his first French Open championship-and tie Pete Sampras with a record 14th major singles title-will start against Alberto Martin of Spain.

Nadal was drawn to face a qualifier in the first round and could meet two-time major champion Lleyton Hewitt in the third, then 14th-seeded David Ferrer in the fourth. Hewitt's first match is against No. 26 Ivo Karlovic, the 6-foot-11 player from Croatia who upset him in the first round at Wimbledon in 2003, when Hewitt was the reigning champion.

Murray's first opponent is Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina, a 2004 French Open quarterfinalist whose four career tour titles all came on clay and who once was ranked 15th. Chela missed the past three major tournaments because of a herniated disc.

"He's obviously a tough clay-court player," Murray said. "Definitely can't afford to look past him."

The potential men's quarterfinals are Nadal vs. No. 8 Fernando Verdasco in what would be rematch of a five-set thriller in the Australian Open semis, Murray vs. No. 7 Gilles Simon, Federer vs. No. 6 Andy Roddick, and Djokovic vs. No. 5 Juan Martin Del Potro.

The possible women's quarterfinals are Safina vs. defending champion Ana Ivanovic, No. 2 Serena Williams vs. No. 7 Svetlana Kuznetsova, No. 3 Venus Williams vs. No. 6 Vera Zvonareva, and No. 4 Elena Dementieva vs. No. 5 Jelena Jankovic.

Maria Sharapova will play Anastasiya Yakimova of Belarus in her first Grand Slam match since Wimbledon last year. Sharapova returned to the tour this week after missing nearly 10 months due to a shoulder injury and is not seeded.

Serena Williams will meet Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic in the first round, while Venus faces Bethanie Mattek-Sands of the United States.

Serena won the last two Grand Slam tournaments, but has lost her past four matches while dealing with a bad knee.

"I don't think I'm the favorite coming in," she said. "I'm glad to be here more than anything."

Associated Press Writer Trung Latieule contributed to this report.


MEN

1. Rafael Nadal, Spain
2. Roger Federer, Switzerland
3. Andy Murray, Britain
4. Novak Djokovic, Serbia
5. Juan Martin Del Potro, Argentina
6. Andy Roddick, United States
7. Gilles Simon, France
8. Fernando Verdasco, Spain
9. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France
10. Nikolay Davydenko, Russia
11. Gael Monfils, France
12. Fernando Gonzalez, Chile
13. Marin Cilic, Croatia
14. David Ferrer, Spain
15. James Blake, United States
16. Tommy Robredo, Spain
17. Stanislas Wawrinka, Switzerland
18. Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic
19. Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic
20. Marat Safin, Russia
21. Dmitry Tursunov, Russia
22. Mardy Fish, United States
23. Robin Soderling, Sweden
24. Jurgen Melzer, Austria
25. Igor Andreev, Russia
26. Ivo Karlovic, Croatia
27. Rainer Schuettler, Germany
28. Feliciano Lopez, Spain
29. Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany
30. Victor Hanescu, Romania
31. Nicolas Almagro, Spain
32. Paul-Henri Mathieu, France

WOMEN

1. Dinara Safina, Russia
2. Serena Williams, United States
3. Venus Williams, United States
4. Elena Dementieva, Russia
5. Jelena Jankovic, Serbia
6. Vera Zvonareva, Russia Withdrew (ankle injury)
7. Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia
8. Ana Ivanovic, Serbia
9. Victoria Azarenka, Belarus
10. Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark
11. Nadia Petrova, Russia
12. Agnieszka Radwanska, Poland
13. Marion Bartoli, France
14. Flavia Pennetta, Italy
15. Jie Zheng, China
16. Amelie Mauresmo, France
17. Patty Schnyder, Switzerland
18. Anabel Medina Garrigues, Spain
19. Kaia Kanepi, Estonia
20. Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakia
21. Alize Cornet, France
22. Carla Suarez Navarro, Spain
23. Alisa Kleybanova, Russia
24. Aleksandra Wozniak, Canada
25. Na Li, China
26. Anna Chakvetadze, Russia
27. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia
28. Sybille Bammer, Austria
29. Agnes Szavay, Hungary
30. Samantha Stosur, Austria
31. Shuai Peng, China
32. Iveta Benesova, Czech Republic


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Schedule of play for Day 1
Day 1: Sunday, 24 May
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11:00 Start
[/td] [td][/td] [td] [table][tr][td] [table][tr][td] 1 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td] Sara Errani (ITA)
[/td] [td]v.[/td] [td] Ana Ivanovic (SRB)[8]
[/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td][/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td] [/td] [td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][td]followed by[/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td] 2 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td] Alexandre Sidorenko (FRA)
[/td] [td]v.[/td] [td] Marat Safin (RUS)[20]
[/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td][/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td] [/td] [td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][td] [table][tr][td] 3 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td] Wayne Odesnik (USA)
[/td] [td]v.[/td] [td] Gilles Simon (FRA)[7]
[/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td][/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td] [/td] [td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][td] [table][tr][td] 4 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td] Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER)
[/td] [td]v.[/td] [td] Amelie Mauresmo (FRA)[16]
[/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td][/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td] [/td] [td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [td][/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][/table]

[table][tr][td][/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [td]LENGLEN

11:00 Start
[/td] [td][/td] [td] [table][tr][td] [table][tr][td] 1 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td] Vitalia Diatchenko (RUS)
[/td] [td]v.[/td] [td] Mathilde Johansson (FRA)
[/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td][/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td] [/td] [td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][td]followed by[/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td] 2 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td] Florent Serra (FRA)
[/td] [td]v.[/td] [td] Fernando Verdasco (ESP)[8]
[/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td][/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td] [/td] [td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][td] [table][tr][td] 3 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td] Nadia Petrova (RUS)[11]
[/td] [td]v.[/td] [td] Lauren Embree (USA)
[/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td][/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td] [/td] [td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][td] [table][tr][td] 4 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td] Andy Murray (GBR)[3]
[/td] [td]v.[/td] [td] Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG)
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[table][tr][td][/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [td]Court 1

11:00 Start
[/td] [td][/td] [td] [table][tr][td] [table][tr][td] 1 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td] Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)
[/td] [td]v.[/td] [td] Ivo Karlovic (CRO)[26]
[/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td][/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td] [/td] [td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][td]followed by[/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td] 2 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td] Elena Vesnina (RUS)
[/td] [td]v.[/td] [td] Severine Bremond Beltrame (FRA)
[/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td][/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td] [/td] [td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][td] [table][tr][td] 3 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td] Radek Stepanek (CZE)[18]
[/td] [td]v.[/td] [td] Gaston Gaudio (ARG)
[/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td][/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td] [/td] [td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][td] [table][tr][td] 4 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td] Victoria Azarenka (BLR)[9]
[/td] [td]v.[/td] [td] Roberta Vinci (ITA)
[/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table]
 
wanted to go see some play this year but the wallets on IV smh..

I would love for Roger to win this but he would have to play flawless tennis to beat rafa here. Thats if he got to the final that is.....anyway, hopefullywe'll see some good matches.
 
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Verdasco
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....just reminded me of the Aussie open. His match with Rafa was
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Ivo Karlovic served 55 (yes 55) aces against Hewitt yesterday... but still lost in 5 sets... 55 aces is a tour record. Amazing.

Rafa & Roge play today...

Day 2: Monday, 25 May
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11:00 Start
[/td] [td][/td] [td] [table][tr][td] [table][tr][td] 1 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td] Dinara Safina (RUS)[1]
[/td] [td]v.[/td] [td] Anne Keothavong (GBR)
[/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td][/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td] [/td] [td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][td]followed by[/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td] 2 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td] Rafael Nadal (ESP)[1]
[/td] [td]v.[/td] [td] Marcos Daniel (BRA)
[/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td][/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td] [/td] [td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][td] [table][tr][td] 3 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td] Alberto Martin (ESP)
[/td] [td]v.[/td] [td] Roger Federer (SUI)[2]
[/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td][/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td] [/td] [td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][td] [table][tr][td] 4 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td] Marion Bartoli (FRA)[13]
[/td] [td]v.[/td] [td] Pauline Parmentier (FRA)
[/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td][/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td] [/td] [td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [td][/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][/table]

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11:00 Start
[/td] [td][/td] [td] [table][tr][td] [table][tr][td] 1 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td] Ai Sugiyama (JPN)
[/td] [td]v.[/td] [td] Aravane Rezai (FRA)
[/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td][/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td] [/td] [td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][td]followed by[/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td] 2 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td] Venus Williams (USA)[3]
[/td] [td]v.[/td] [td] Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)
[/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td][/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td] [/td] [td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][td] [table][tr][td] 3 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td] Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA)[32]
[/td] [td]v.[/td] [td] Laurent Recouderc (FRA)
[/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td][/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td] [/td] [td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][td] [table][tr][td] 4 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td] Andy Roddick (USA)[6]
[/td] [td]v.[/td] [td] Romain Jouan (FRA)
[/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td][/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td] [/td] [td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [td][/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][/table]

[table][tr][td][/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [td]Court 1

11:00 Start
[/td] [td][/td] [td] [table][tr][td] [table][tr][td] 1 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td] Nicolas Devilder (FRA)
[/td] [td]v.[/td] [td] Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI)[17]
[/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td][/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td] [/td] [td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][td]followed by[/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td] 2 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td] Anastasiya Yakimova (BLR)
[/td] [td]v.[/td] [td] Maria Sharapova (RUS)
[/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td][/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td] [/td] [td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][td] [table][tr][td] 3 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td] Bjorn Phau (GER)
[/td] [td]v.[/td] [td] Jeremy Chardy (FRA)
[/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td][/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td] [/td] [td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][td] [table][tr][td] 4 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td] Vera Dushevina (RUS)
[/td] [td]v.[/td] [td] Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)[10]
[/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table]
 
Is today only gonna be on the tennis channel or is there ESPN2 coverage as well?
BTW Brad Gilbert and Chris Fowler is a good duo....much more tolerable than %$%! enberg and Mary jo...

Oh yeah...Any y'all think Federer will win this time? He did beat Rafa in the final at Monte Carlo breaking his clay court streak so maybe it's asign....or not
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Federers win was such a fluke
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1. Rafa was having knee problems the match before.
2. Played 4 hr match in the semis as a result.
3. Altitude made the clay court almost like hard courts. It is nothing like Roland garros.

Rafa will destroy him again if they meet in the finals

I'm hoping Venus can make a great showing and finally get the French. She struggles here and hasn't been to the end since losing to serena way back.Her draw is pretty easy so this may be her best chance to go get it
 
Lol, well I wouldn't call it a fluke, the points you mentioned are definitely all true. The grounds-crew in Madrid had to keep on watering down the courtcuz the clay was getting so dry, which as a result made the court faster than normal. Adding the altitude factor, it was definitely not your typical red claycourt. If Djoker plays the same way he did against Rafa in the semis, he should be able to take out Fed in the semis... assuming both get there.

Anyway, Daniel, the qualifier, making Rafa earn his points...

Cotton-candy anyone? Lol, what an outfit...
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Meanwhile, Fed sporting a much more classic outfit...
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I just hope Fed can make it to the semi's this year. I hate the huge gap between the Aussie and French Open and really haven't followed tennis as oflate. I know Rog had that one big win on clay earlier this month, but that happened last year too, and he was blown away in the Final. I don't see anyreason to bet against Rafa again this year.
 
everyone at the French is talking about how fast the courts are this year.....probably the fastest that it has ever been....can only mean good things for Fedc'mon guys Nadal is great but Fed derserves the French just once
 
There's a few players who have the game to beat Nadal on clay. It's just about executing....

which is very +%@@%*% difficult
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I see it like this.....Rafa is very consistent with his level of play. he'll play a match in an never drop below 4th gear and will have that 5th ifnecessary...

Roger, Novak, Andy....they'll more than likely drop into 2nd and 3rd during a match and thats what makes the difference.
 
I don't think Rafa's been pushed to 5-sets at Roland Garros... ever. Amazing.

But as for Andy Murray, clay's not his strongest surface, so while he should be able to get to week-2, I don't think he'll have what it takes tobeat the top players... He'll have a better shot at winning Wimbledon.

Day 3: Tuesday, 26 May
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11:00 Start
[/td] [td][/td] [td] [table][tr][td] [table][tr][td] 1 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td] Jelena Jankovic (SRB)[5]
[/td] [td]v.[/td] [td] Petra Cetkovska (CZE)
[/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td][/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td] [/td] [td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][td]followed by[/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td] 2 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td] Nicolas Lapentti (ECU)
[/td] [td]v.[/td] [td] Novak Djokovic (SRB)[4]
[/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td][/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td] [/td] [td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][td] [table][tr][td] 3 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td] Julien Benneteau (FRA)
[/td] [td]v.[/td] [td] Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)[9]
[/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td][/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td] [/td] [td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][td] [table][tr][td] 4 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td] Alize Cornet (FRA)[21]
[/td] [td]v.[/td] [td] Maret Ani (EST)
[/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td][/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td] [/td] [td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [td][/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][/table]

[table][tr][td][/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [td]LENGLEN

11:00 Start
[/td] [td][/td] [td] [table][tr][td] [table][tr][td] 1 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td] Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)[7]
[/td] [td]v.[/td] [td] Claire Feuerstein (FRA)
[/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td][/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td] [/td] [td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][td]followed by[/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td] 2 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td] Bobby Reynolds (USA)
[/td] [td]v.[/td] [td] Gael Monfils (FRA)[11]
[/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td][/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td] [/td] [td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][td] [table][tr][td] 3 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td] Klara Zakopalova (CZE)
[/td] [td]v.[/td] [td] Serena Williams (USA)[2]
[/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td][/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td] [/td] [td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][td] [table][tr][td] 4 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td] Fabrice Santoro (FRA)
[/td] [td]v.[/td] [td] Christophe Rochus (BEL)
[/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td][/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td] [/td] [td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [td][/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][/table]

[table][tr][td][/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [td]Court 1

11:00 Start
[/td] [td][/td] [td] [table][tr][td] [table][tr][td] 1 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td] Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG)[5]
[/td] [td]v.[/td] [td] Michael Llodra (FRA)
[/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td][/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td] [/td] [td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][td]followed by[/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td] 2 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td] Virginie Razzano (FRA)
[/td] [td]v.[/td] [td] Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)
[/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td][/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td] [/td] [td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][td] [table][tr][td] 3 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td] Chanelle Scheepers (RSA)
[/td] [td]v.[/td] [td] Elena Dementieva (RUS)[4]
[/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td][/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td] [/td] [td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][td] [table][tr][td] 4 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td] James Blake (USA)[15]
[/td] [td]v.[/td] [td] Leonardo Mayer (ARG)
[/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td][/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td] [/td] [td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [td][/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][/table]

[table][tr][td][/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [td]Court 2

11:00 Start
[/td] [td][/td] [td] [table][tr][td] [table][tr][td] 1 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td] Nathalie Dechy (FRA)
[/td] [td]v.[/td] [td] Sybille Bammer (AUT)[28]
[/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td][/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td] [/td] [td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][td]Not Before 12:00[/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td] 2 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td] Vera Dushevina (RUS)
[/td] [td]v.[/td] [td] Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)[10]
[/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td]To Finish 6-4 5-7[/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td] [/td] [td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][td]followed by[/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td] 3 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td] Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP)
[/td] [td]v.[/td] [td] Ivan Ljubicic (CRO)
[/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td][/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td] [/td] [td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][td] [table][tr][td] 4 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td] Dmitry Tursunov (RUS)[21]
[/td] [td]v.[/td] [td] Arnaud Clement (FRA)
[/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td][/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td] [/td] [td][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][td] [table][tr][td] 5 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td] Samantha Stosur (AUS)[30]
[/td] [td]v.[/td] [td] Francesca Schiavone (ITA)
[/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table]
Day 3 action...
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ANYWAY... Bad day for US men's players... Blake and Fish both out... though they were never known for their game on clay...

As for Del Porto, yeah, I didn't really realize that he was ranked 5th... But from what I saw during his semi-final vs. Fed at Madrid, the guy has NO SHOTat beating the top 4... Fed easily took him out in straight sets.
 
my bad, it was the other czech I had them mixed up. hradasomething
the one that was wearing all black
 
As for Del Porto, yeah, I didn't really realize that he was ranked 5th... But from what I saw during his semi-final vs. Fed at Madrid, the guy has NO SHOT at beating the top 4... Fed easily took him out in straight sets.
Yea that's one of the first matches of his that came to my head...which GS was it that he made his name in to get such a high ranking?
 
^ I think it was the U.S open when he reached the quarters? but losing to Andy Murray.....
Then son gets straight EMBARASSED by Fed at the Aussie Open ?....I know Fed bageled this fool it was a straight CLINIC
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Originally Posted by GUNNA GET IT

my bad, it was the other czech I had them mixed up. hradasomething
the one that was wearing all black

Nah, I think you got it right the first time...
This is her partner Lucie Hradecka... sidenote ~ more and more girls are using this double-forehand ala Monica Seles... such an awkward stroke IMO.
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Nah son, when she was relaxed, her %@$ was looking Rite!

the slim, a cup chick had very nbice legs tho. she was wearing Pink.
 
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