Harboursport - French Open Day 5 2008

HARBOURSPORT

TENNIS

FRENCH OPEN
Day 5 review - Thursday 29th May 2008.

SEEDWATCH - Mens Singles

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8 - Richard Gasquet (FRA) - Withdrawn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14 - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) - Withdrawn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

SEEDWATCH - Womens Singles

1 - Maria Sharapova (RUS) - Through to round 2
2 - Ana Ivanovic (SRB) - Through to round 3
3 - Jelena Jankovic (SRB) - Through to round 3
4 - Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)- Through to round 4
5 - Serena Williams (USA) - Through to round 3
6 - Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) - Eliminated round 2
7 - Elena Dementieva (RUS) - Through to round 3
8 - Venus Villiams (USA) - Through to round 3
9 - Marion Bartoli (FRA) - Eliminated round 1
10 - Patty Schnyder (SUI) - Through to round 3
11 - Vera Zvonereva (RUS) - Through to round 2
12 - Agnes Szavay (HUN) - Through to round 3
13 - Dinara Safina (RUS) - Through to round 3
14 - Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) - Through to rnd 3
15 - Nicole Vaidisova (CZE) - Eliminated round 1
16 - Victoria Azarenka (BLR) - Through to round 3
17 - Shahar Peer (ISR) - Eliminated round 1
18 - Francesca Sciavone (ITA) - Through to round 3
19 - Alize Cornet (FRA) - Through to 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) - Through to round 2
26 - Flavia Penneta (ITA) - Through to round 3
27 - Karatina Srebotnik (SLO) - Through to round 3
28 - Dominika Cibolkova (SVK) - Through to round 3
29 - Annabel Medina Garriques (ESP) - Through to
round 3
30 - Caroline Wozniaki (DEN) - Through to round 3
31 - Ai Sugiyama (JPN) - Eliminated round 2
32 - Karin Knapp (ITA) - Through to round 3

A fine sunny day, a contrast to earlier in the tournament, saw a packed day of proceedings; with most of
the second round now completed.
Three Aussies were in action, and two of them progressed to the third round. Lleyton Hewitt and Casey
Dellacqua were both successful in progressing with comfortable straight-sets wins, but Samantha
Stosur was never in the hunt against Petra Kvitova and was eliminated 6-2 6-1.
Top seed Roger Federer was given a scare early, when Spain's Albert Montanes held his serve
throughout the first set and then stunned the world number 1 to take the tie-breaker. But, prodded into
action, it was all one-way traffic from there as the Swiss master conceded only 5 more games for the
match. No such worries for Rafael Nadal, Nikolay Davydenko and David Ferrer who all easily
progressed.
But the upsets continued to come on day 5. James Blake was eliminated in 4 sets by little-known
Latvian Ernests Gulbis, while David Nalbandian conceded a 2 sets to 0 lead to go down in a 5-set
contest to Frenchman Jeremy Chardy.
Amelie Mauresmo was another surprise casualty; unable to reproduce her Australian Open &
Wimbledon form in her home grand slam to go down in the second round. 6th seed Anna Chakvetadze
was another shock casualty, going down to Kaia Kanepi.

The Aussies:

Mens Singles, Second Round
25 - Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) d Mardy Fish (USA) 6-4 6-3 6-2

Womens Singles, Second Round
Casey Dellacqua (AUS) d Nathalie Dechy (FRA) 6-4 6-2
Petra Kvitova (CZE) d Samantha Stosur (AUS) 6-2 6-1

Mens Doubles, First Round
Stephen Huss (AUS)/Ross Hutchins (GBR) d 4 - Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/Mark Knowles(BAH) 6-4 6-4
8 - Jonas Bjorkman (SWE)/Kevin Ullyett (ZIM) d Eric Butorac (USA)/Ashley Fisher (AUS) 7-6 1-6 7-6

The Seeds:

Mens Singles, Second Round
1 - Roger Federer (SUI) d Albert Montanes (ESP) 6-7 6-0 6-1 6-4
2 - Rafael Nadal (ESP) d Nicolas Devilder (FRA) 6-4 6-0 6-1
4 - Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) d Marat Safin (RUS) 7-6 6-2 6-2
5 - David Ferrer (ESP) d Fabrice Santoro (FRA) 6-0 6-1 6-0
Jeremy Chardy (FRA) d 6 - David Nalbandian (ARG) 3-6 4-6 6-2 6-1 6-2
Ernests Gulbis (LAT) d 7 - James Blake (USA) 7-6 3-6 7-5 6-3
9 - Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) d Marin Cilic (CRO) 7-6 7-6 6-1
12 - Tommy Robredo (ESP) d Marc Gicquel (FRA) 6-7 6-4 6-4 6-4
15 - Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) d Maximo Gonzalez (ARG) 6-3 6-2 6-2
21 - Radek Stepanek (CZE) d Jiri Vanek (CZE) 6-1 6-0 7-6 6-3
22 - Fernando Verdasco (ESP) d Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG) 7-5 4-6 6-3 7-5
24 - Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) d Pablo Andujar (ESP) 7-5 6-0 6-7 7-6
26 - Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) d Martin Vassallo Arguello (ARG) 7-5 6-1 3-6 7-6
Robby Ginepri (USA) d 27 - Igor Andreev (RUS) 4-6 6-2 7-6 6-2
28 - Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) d Diego Junqueira (ARG) 6-3 6-4 6-2
30 - Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) d Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 7-6 6-0 6-0

Womens Singles, Second Round
3 - Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d Marina Erakovic (NZL) 6-2 7-6
4 - Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) d Vania King (USA) 6-4 6-2
Kaia Kanepi (EST) d 6 - Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) 6-4 7-6
7 - Elena Dementieva (RUS) d Marta Domachowska (POL) 6-1 6-4
8 - Venus Williams (USA) d Selima Sfar (TUN) 6-2 6-4
12 - Agnes Szavay (HUN) d Sabine Lisicki (GER) 7-6 6-3
13 - Dinara Safina (RUS) d Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) 6-0 6-1
16 - Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d Sorana-Mihaela Cirstea (ROU) 6-0 6-0
18 - Francesca Schiavone (ITA) d Sanda Mamic (CRO) 6-3 6-0
19 - Alize Cornet (FRA) d Gisela Dulko (ARG) 6-0 4-6 6-4
Jie Zheng (CHN) d 21 - Maria Kirilenko (RUS) 4-6 6-3 6-2
Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) d 22 - Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) 6-3 6-4
26 - Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 3-6 6-1 6-1
27 - Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) d Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 6-0 7-5
28 - Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d Milagros Sequera (VEN) 6-3 6-0
29 - A. Medina Garrigues (ESP) d Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) 4-6 6-3 6-1
Olga Govortsova (BLR) d 31 - Ai Sugiyama (JPN) 6-0 7-5
32 - Karin Knapp (ITA) d Olivia Sanchez (FRA) 6-2 7-6

Mens Doubles, First Round
1 - Bob Bryan (USA)/Mike Bryan (USA) d Rohan Bopanna (IND)/Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) 6-1 6-4
2 - Daniel Nestor (CAN)/Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) d Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)/Gilles Simon (FRA)
6-3 6-3
3 - Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/Andy Ram (ISR) d Eric Prodon (FRA)/Laurent Recouderc (FRA) 6-3 4-6 7-5
9 - Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/Leander Paes (IND) d Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)
6-2 6-4
11 - Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL)/Marcin Matkowski(POL) d Jaroslav Levinsky(CZE)/David Skoch(CZE)
6-4 7-6
Rik De Voest (RSA)/Robin Haase (NED) d 12 - Max Mirnyi (BLR)/Jamie Murray (GBR) 3-6 6-3 7-5
14 - Marcelo Melo (BRA)/Andre Sa (BRA) d Simone Bolelli (ITA)/Andreas Seppi (ITA) 4-6 6-3 6-2

Womens Doubles, First Round
1 - Cara Black (ZIM)/Liezel Huber (USA) d Klaudia Jans (POL)/Mervana Jugic-Salkic (BIH) 6-3 6-4
11 - Shuai Peng (CHN)/Tiantian Sun (CHN) d Tathiana Garbin (ITA)/Roberta Vinci (ITA) 6-2 6-7 6-0
15 - Mariya Koryttseva (UKR)/Vladimira Uhlirova (CZE) d Ioana Raluca Olaru (ROU)/Arantxa Parra
Santonja (ESP) 6-3 6-2

The Others:

Mens Singles, Second Round
Gael Monfils (FRA) d Luis Horna (PER) 7-6 6-4 7-5
Nicolas Lapentti (ECU) d Bobby Reynolds (USA) 7-5 6-4 7-5 7-5
Mario Ancic (CRO) d David Marrero (ESP) 4-6 6-0 6-3 6-2
Jurgen Melzer (AUT) d Marcos Daniel (BRA) 4-6 6-3 2-6 6-3 6-4
Robin Soderling (SWE) d Paul Capdeville (CHI) 6-3 6-2 6-4

Womens Singles, Second Round
Iveta Benesova (CZE) d Shuai Peng (CHN) 6-4 6-3
Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) d Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB) 1-6 6-1 6-3
Petra Cetkovsa (CZE) d Galina Voskoboeva (RUS) 7-5 6-3

Mens Doubles, First Round
John Isner(USA)/Sam Querrey(USA) d Potito Starace(ITA)/Filippo Volandri(ITA) 6-3 7-5
Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)/Viktor Troicki (SRB) d Lukasz Kubot (POL)/Lovro Zovko(CRO) 6-1 2-6 6-3
Michal Mertinak(SVK)/Jean-Claude Scherrer(SUI)d Travis Parrott(USA)/Filip Polasek(SVK) 3-6 6-3 6-4
Jose Acasuso (ARG)/Sebastian Prieto (ARG) d Tomas Behrend (GER)/Tomas Cibulec (CZE) 6-2 6-1

Womens Doubles, First Round
Julie Coin (FRA)/Violette Huck (FRA) d Amandine Hesse (FRA)/Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 6-1 6-3
Emilie Loit (FRA)/Pauline Parmentier (FRA) d Marina Erakovic (NZL)/Michaella Krajicek (NED) 6-4 7-6
Sophie Lefevre (FRA)/Aurelie Vedy (FRA) d Darya Kustova (BLR)/Klara Zakopalova (CZE) 6-1 6-4
Timea Bacsinszky(SUI)/Alize Cornet(FRA)d Gabriela Navratilova(CZE)/Tamira Paszek(AUT) 6-4 2-0 rt