Sunday, May 24, 2009

Roland Garros Results- Day 1




The tennis season's 2nd Grand Slam got underway on Sunday and the action, as always, was masterful. The day was kicked off with a marathon between Dr. Ivo and Lleyton Hewitt. Karlovic hit 55 aces, yes, 55. Believe it or not, the Croat still managed to lose, surrendering a 2 set lead to the Aussie. Nadia Petrova, Andy Murray, Fernando Verdasco, Victoria Azarenka, Marin Cilic, Marat Safin and David Ferrer were among the seeded players that rolled on without much difficulty. Amelie Mauresmo failed, once again, in front of her home crowd, bowing out to Anna Lena Groenefeld in 2 sets. The American men exceeded expectatations by going 1 for 3 on opening day. The victory came from Robert Kendrick, in 5 sets, while Wayne Odesnik came extremely close to upsetting Gilles Simon, losing 6-3 in the 5th. Sam Querrey, although he won a set, was ousted relatively easily by Ernests Gulbis. Na Li, Iveta Benesova and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova all advanced easily in straight sets, while 19th seeded Kaia Kanepi was upset in 3 sets by Yaroslava Shvedova. Ana Ivanovic started her title defense with a 2 set victory over Sara Errani.

French Open
Men's Singles- 1st Round

Andy Murray (3) def. Juan Ignacio Chela, 6-2, 6-2, 6-1
Gilles Simon (7) def. Wayne Odesnik, 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
Fernando Verdasco (8) def. Florent Serra, 6-2, 6-1, 6-4
Marin Cilic (13) def. Jan Hernych, 6-0, 6-4, 6-3
David Ferrer (14) def. Frederico Gil, 6-2, 6-4, 6-4
Radek Stepanek (18) def. Gaston Gaudio, 6-3, 6-4, 6-1
Marat Safin (20) def. Alexandre Sidorenko, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
Lleyton Hewitt def. Ivo Karlovic (26), 6-7 (1-7), 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (7-4), 6-4, 6-3
Nicolas Almagro (31) def. Agustin Calleri, 6-4, 6-1, 6-3
Ernests Gulbis def. Sam Querrey, 7-6 (7-1), 6-1, 3-6, 6-1
Philipp Petzschner def. Peter Polansky, 5-7, 6-2, 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, 6-3
Mathieu Montcourt def. Yen-Hsun Lu, 6-2, retired
Dudi Sela def. Jean-Rene Lisnard, 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
Andrey Golubev def. Denis Gremelmayr, 6-3, 6-3, 6-2
Josselin Ouanna def. Marcel Granollers, 7-5, 2-6, 3-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-1
Robert Kendrick def. Daniel Brands, 6-7 (7-9), 7-5, 7-6 (13-11), 4-6, 6-3

Women's Singles- 1st Round

Ana Ivanovic (8) def. Sara Errani, 7-6 (7-3), 6-3
Victoria Azarenka (9) def. Roberta Vinci, 6-4, 6-2
Nadia Petrova (11) def. Lauren Embree, 6-1, 6-2
Anna-Lena Groenefeld def. Amelie Mauresmo (16), 6-4, 6-3
Yaroslava Shvedova def. Kaia Kanepi (19), 7-6 (7-2), 3-6, 6-2
Li Na (25) def. Marta Domachowska, 6-4, 6-2
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (27) def. Ioana Raluca Olaru, 6-3, 6-2
Iveta Benesova (32) def. Julia Goerges, 7-5, 4-1, retired
Alla Kudryavtseva def. Varvara Lepchenko, 6-3, 6-3
Elena Vesnina def. Severine Bremond Beltrame, 6-3, 6-3
Gisela Dulko def. Tamira Paszek, 6-1, 6-3
Kristina Barrois def. Maria Emilia Salerni, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
Vitalia Diatchenko def. Mathilde Johansson, 2-6, 6-2, 10-8
Julie Coin def. Nuria Llagostera Vives, 7-5, 6-2
Arantxa Rus def. Olivia Sanchez, 6-1, 6-1
Timea Bacsinszky def. Emilie Loit, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1

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