Harboursport - French Open Day 6 2008

HARBOURSPORT

TENNIS

FRENCH OPEN
Day 6 review - Friday 30th May 2008.

SEEDWATCH - Mens Singles

1 - Roger Federer (SUI) - Through to round 3
2 - Rafael Nadal (ESP) - Through to round 4
3 - Novak Djokovic (SRB) - Through to round 4
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8 - Richard Gasquet (FRA) - Withdrawn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) - Eliminated 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14 - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) - Withdrawn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) - Eliminated round 3
16 - Carlos Moya (ESP) - Eliminated round 1
17 - Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) - Eliminated round 1
18 - Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) - Through to round 4
19 - Nicolas Almagro (ESP) - Through to round 4
20 - Ivo Karlovic (CRO) - Eliminated round 1
21 - Radek Stepanek (CZE) - Through to round 3
22 - Fernando Verdasco (ESP) - Through to rnd 4
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) - Eliminated 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) - Eliminated 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 3
2 - Ana Ivanovic (SRB) - Through to round 4
3 - Jelena Jankovic (SRB) - Through to round 3
4 - Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)- Through to round 4
5 - Serena Williams (USA) - Eliminated round 3
6 - Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) - Eliminated round 2
7 - Elena Dementieva (RUS) - Through to round 3
8 - Venus Villiams (USA) - Eliminated round 3
9 - Marion Bartoli (FRA) - Eliminated round 1
10 - Patty Schnyder (SUI) - Through to round 4
11 - Vera Zvonereva (RUS) - Through to round 3
12 - Agnes Szavay (HUN) - Through to round 3
13 - Dinara Safina (RUS) - Through to round 3
14 - Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) - Through to rnd 4
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) - 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) - Through to round 3
26 - Flavia Penneta (ITA) - Through to round 4
27 - Karatina Srebotnik (SLO) - Through to round 4
28 - Dominika Cibolkova (SVK) - Through to round 3
29 - Annabel Medina Garriques (ESP) - Through to
round 3
30 - Caroline Wozniaki (DEN) - Eliminated round 3
31 - Ai Sugiyama (JPN) - Eliminated round 2
32 - Karin Knapp (ITA) - Through to round 3

The third round saw the end of the Williams challenge to the French Open, with Serena and Venus
both being eliminated in straight sets by lower-ranked seeds. The clay surface at Roland Garros has
never been their favourite, and again this remains the grand slam that has eluded the Williams clan.
Another seed to suffer defeat was Britain's Andy Murray. Murray was lucky to survive the opening
round, but having made it through to the third was eliminated by 19th seeded Spaniard Nicolas
Almagro. Mikhail Youhzny made it through to 4 sets, but also tasted defeat in the third round.
The third round saw the end of the Australian women's challenge, with Casey Dellacqua unable to
replicate her performances from earlier in the week and going down 6-3 6-3 to Spanish qualifier
Carla Suarez Navarro.
Maria Sharapova was given a fright when she dropped the second set to American Bethanie Mattek,
but recovered to take the third set 6-2. No such dramas for Ana Ivanovic, Vera Zvonareva or Nadia
Petrova who breezed through in straight sets. Rafael Nadal was also similiarly untroubled by 26th
seed Jarkko Niemenen; likewise Novak Djokovic who was a comfortable winner over unseeded
American Wayne Odesnik; while Ernests Gulbis became the first Latvian to make the round of 16 in a
grand slam tournament with a straight-sets win over Nicolas Lapentti.

The Aussies:

Womens Singles, Third Round
Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) d Casey Dellacqua (AUS) 6-3 6-3

Mens Doubles, First Round
Marcel Granollers(ESP)/Santiago Ventura(ESP) d Chris Guccione(AUS)/Lleyton Hewitt(AUS) 6-4 7-5
Paul Hanley (AUS)/Todd Perry (AUS) d Thierry Ascione (FRA)/Florent Serra (FRA) 7-5 6-3

Womens Doubles, First Round
3 - Kveta Peschke (CZE)/Rennae Stubbs (AUS) d Petra Cetkovska (CZE)/Lucie Safarova (CZE)
4-6                 6-3 6-0
Sara Errani (ITA)/Bethanie Mattek (USA) d 5 - Alicia Molik (AUS)/Mara Santangelo (ITA) 6-4 6-2
12 - Lisa Raymond (USA)/Samantha Stosur (AUS) d Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB)/Jasmin
Woehr                   (GER) 6-3 6-2

The Seeds:

Mens Singles, Third Round
2 - Rafael Nadal (ESP) d 26 - Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) 6-1 6-3 6-1
3 - Novak Djokovic (SRB) d Wayne Odesnik (USA) 7-5 6-4 6-2
19 - Nicolas Almagro (ESP) d 10 - Andy Murray (GBR) 6-3 6-7 6-3 7-5
22 - Fernando Verdasco (ESP) d 15 - Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) 7-6 5-7 7-5 6-1
18 - Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) d Eduardo Schwank (ARG) 6-2 6-3 3-6 7-6
Jeremy Chardy (FRA) d 30 - Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) 7-6 6-3 6-4

Womens Singles, Second Round
1 - Maria Sharapova (RUS) d Bethanie Mattek (USA) 6-2 3-6 6-2
11 - Vera Zvonareva (RUS) d Stephanie Cohen-Aloro (FRA) 6-2 6-4
25 - Nadia Petrova (RUS) d Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) 6-3 6-3

Womens Singles, Third Round
2 - Ana Ivanovic (SRB) d 30 - Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 6-4 6-1
27 - Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) d 5 - Serena Williams (USA) 6-4 6-4
26 - Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d 8 - Venus Williams (USA) 7-5 6-3
10 - Patty Schnyder (SUI) d Emilie Loit (FRA) 7-6 5-7 6-2
14 - Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d 19 - Alize Cornet (FRA) 6-4 6-4

Mens Doubles, First Round
5 - Simon Aspelin (SWE)/Julian Knowle (AUT) d Johan Brunstrom (SWE)/Robin Soderling (SWE)
7-5                  6-4
Pablo Cuevas (URU)/Luis Horna (PER) d 7 - Arnaud Clement (FRA)/Michael Llodra (FRA) 7-5 6-4
10 - Jeff Coetzee (RSA)/Wesley Moodie (RSA) d Jurgen Melzer (AUT)/Alexander Peya (AUT) 7-5 6-4
15 - Christopher Kas (GER)/Rogier Wassen (NED) d Jonathan Eysseric (FRA)/Adrian
Mannarino                        (FRA) 6-2 6-1

Mens Doubles, Second Round
Lucas Arnold Ker (ARG)/Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG) d 6 - Martin Damm (CZE)/Pavel Vizner (CZE)
7-5                   6-4
9 - Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/Leander Paes (IND) d Jose Acasuso (ARG)/Sebastian Prieto (ARG) 6-4 6-4
Michal Mertinak(SVK)/Jean-Claude Scherrer(SUI)d 11 - Mariusz Fyrstenberg(POL)/Marcin
Matkowski                (POL) 6-4 3-6 6-4

Womens Doubles, First Round
2 - Katarina Srebotnik(SLO)/Ai Sugiyama(JPN) d Jill Craybas(USA)/Caroline Wozniacki(DEN) 6-0 6-1
4 - Yung-Jan Chan (TPE)/Chia-Jung Chuang (TPE) d Akiko Morigami (JPN)/Aiko Nakamura
(JPN)                       6-0 6-1
6 - Victoria Azarenka (BLR)/Shahar Peer (ISR) d Catalina Castano (COL)/Kaia Kanepi (EST) 7-6 6-1
8 - Zi Yan (CHN)/Jie Zheng (CHN) d Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS)/Martina Muller (GER) 6-1 6-0
9 - Dinara Safina (RUS)/Agnes Szavay (HUN) d Stephanie Foretz (FRA)/Olga Savchuk (UKR) 6-4 6-1
14 - Nathalie Dechy(FRA)/Elena Likhovtseva(RUS) d Virginie Razzano(FRA)/Yanina
Wickmayer(BEL)                 6-2 6-3
16 - Tatiana Poutchek (BLR)/Anastasia Rodionova (RUS) d Ekaterina Dzehalevich
(BLR)/Olga                             Govortsova (BLR) 7-6 7-6

The Others:

Mens Singles, Second Round
Julien Benneteau (FRA) d Alejandro Falla (COL) 1-6 7-6 6-3 6-7 6-0
Florent Serra (FRA) d Victor Hanescu (ROU) 6-4 6-3 6-7 7-6

Mens Singles, Third Round
Michael Llodra (FRA) d Simone Bolelli (ITA) 7-6 6-4 7-6
Ernests Gulbis (LAT) d Nicolas Lapentti (ECU) 6-3 7-5 6-2

Womens Singles, Third Round
Petra Cetkovska (CZE) d Iveta Benesova (CZE) 6-3 6-3

Mens Doubles, First Round
Dominik Hrbaty (SVK)/Hyung-Taik Lee (KOR) d Gael Monfils (FRA)/Josselin Ouanna (FRA) 6-3 6-4
Florin Mergea (ROU)/Horia Tecau (ROU) d Sebastien Grosjean (FRA)/Gustavo Kuerten (BRA)
5-7                     6-3 6-1
Robert Lindstedt (SWE)/Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) d Ivo Minar (CZE)/Jiri Vanek (CZE) 6-1 6-2
Nicolas Devilder (FRA)/Olivier Patience (FRA) d Marc Gicquel (FRA)/Fabrice Santoro (FRA) 7-6 7-6
Rajeev Ram(USA)/Bobby Reynolds(USA) d Agustin Calleri (ARG)/Nicolas Lapentti (ECU) 6-7 6-2 6-4
Bruno Soares (BRA)/Dusan Vemic (SRB) d Chris Haggard (RSA)/Mischa Zverev (GER) 4-6 7-6 6-3
Albert Montanes (ESP)/Sergio Roitman (ARG) d Harel Levy (ISR)/Dudi Sela (ISR) 6-4 4-6 6-2
Steve Darcis (BEL)/Olivier Rochus (BEL) d Carlos Berlocq (ARG)/Paul Capdeville (CHI) 6-2 7-6
Scott Lipsky (USA)/David Martin (USA) d Ivan Ljubicic (CRO)/Petr Pala (CZE) 7-5 7-6
Marcos Daniel (BRA)/Jim Thomas (USA) d Yves Allegro (SUI)/Kristof Vliegen (BEL) 2-6 6-1 6-4

Womens Doubles, First Round
Sorana-Mihaela Cirstea (ROU)/Aravane Rezai (FRA) d Yaroslava Shvedova
(RUS)/Tamarine                              Tanasugarn (THA) 4-6 6-2 6-2
Ashley Harkleroad (USA)/Galina Voskoboeva (RUS) d Youlia Fedossova (FRA)/Virginie Pichet
(FRA)                4-6 6-4 6-1
Marta Domachowska(POL)/Alicja Rosolska(POL) d Chunmei Ji(CHN)/Shengnan Sun(CHN) 6-4 6-2
Lucie Hradecka (CZE)/Renata Voracova (CZE) d Sybille Bammer (AUT)/Sabine Lisicki (GER) 6-3 7-5
Rossana De Los Rios (PAR)/Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) d Olivia Sanchez (FRA)/Laura Thorpe
(FRA)                7-5 1-6 6-3
Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP)/Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (ESP) d Maria Elena Camerin
(ITA)/                        Gisela Dulko (ARG) 7-6 3-6 7-5
Severine Bremond (FRA)/Mathilde Johansson (FRA) d Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE)/Vania King (USA) 7-5
2-6               6-4
Elena Vesnina (RUS)/Vera Zvonareva (RUS) d Sofia Arvidsson (SWE)/Barbora Zahlavova
Strycova                    (CZE) 6-1 6-3
Edina Gallovits(ROU)/Monica Niculescu(ROU)d Maria-Emilia Salerni(ARG)/Selima Sfar(TUN) 6-2 6-1
Alisa Kleybanova (RUS)/Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) d Vera Dushevina (RUS)/Tatiana
Perebiynis                        (UKR) 7-5 6-3

Mixed Doubles, First Round
Camille Pin (FRA)/Gilles Simon (FRA) d Yung-Jan Chan (TPE)/Eric Butorac (USA) 6-3 6-3
Alize Cornet (FRA)/Marcelo Melo (BRA) d Tiantian Sun (CHN)/Max Mirnyi (BLR) 6-3 6-4
Virginie Razzano (FRA)/Rogier Wassen (NED) d Shuai Peng (CHN)/Wesley Moodie (RSA) 7-6 7-5