Harboursport - French Open Day 9 2008

HARBOURSPORT

TENNIS

FRENCH OPEN
Day 9 review - Monday 2nd June 2008.

SEEDWATCH - Mens Singles

1 - Roger Federer (SUI) - Through to quarter final
2 - Rafael Nadal (ESP) - Through to quarter finals
3 - Novak Djokovic (SRB) - Through to quarter final
4 - Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) - Eliminated round 3
5 - David Ferrer (ESP) - Through to quarter finals
6 - David Nalbandian (ARG) - Eliminated round 2
7 - James Blake (USA) - Eliminated round 2
8 - Richard Gasquet (FRA) - Withdrawn
9 - Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) - Eliminated round 3
10 - Andy Murray (GBR) - Eliminated round 3
11 - Tomas Berdych (CZE) - Eliminated round 2
12 - Tommy Robredo (ESP) - Eliminated 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14 - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) - Withdrawn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) - Eliminated round 4
19 - Nicolas Almagro (ESP) - Through to quarters
20 - Ivo Karlovic (CRO) - Eliminated round 1
21 - Radek Stepanek (CZE) - Eliminated round 4
22 - Fernando Verdasco (ESP) - Eliminated round 4
23 - Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) - Eliminated rnd 1
24 - Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) - Through to quarters
25 - Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) - Eliminated round 3
26 - Jarkko Niemenen (FIN) - Eliminated round 3
27 - Igor Andreev (RUS) - Eliminated round 2
28 - Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) - Eliminated round 4
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

Ernests Gulbis (LAT) - Through to quarter finals
Gael Monfils (FRA) - Through to quarter finals

SEEDWATCH - Womens Singles

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

Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) - Through to quarters

The upset of the round of 16 took place in the womens' draw, when top seed Maria Sharapova was
deposed in 3 sets by 13th seed Dinara Safina. Sharapova served for the match at 6-5 in the second
set after taking the first in a tie-break, but Safina fought back to take the second then broke early in
the third to set up a remarkable victory. After several years on the circuit, Safina appears to finally be
breaking through the ranks, hoping to match the deeds of her illustrious brother Marat Safin.
Elena Dementieva also went through to the quarter finals, defeating compatriot Vera Zvonoreva in 3
sets.
In the mens' draw, Roger Federer cruised through to the quarter finals with a straight-sets win over
unseeded Frenchman Julien Benneteau. But it was a different story for local hero Gael Monfils, who
defeated Croatian 25th seed Ivan Ljubicic. Chilean Fernando Gonzalez continued his run of success
with a straight-sets win over Robby Ginepri. But it was a much tougher fight for 5th seed David Ferrer,
who had a marathon match against 21st seed Radek Stepanek, finally prevailing 6-3 in the 5th set.

The Aussies:

Mens Doubles, Third Round
Igor Kunitsyn (RUS)/Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) d Stephen Huss (AUS)/Ross Hutchins (GBR) 6-4 5-7 7-5

Womens Doubles, Third Round
Casey Dellacqua (AUS)/Francesca Schiavone (ITA) d 3 - Kveta Peschke (CZE)/Rennae Stubbs (AUS)
-                7-5 3-6 6-4

Mixed Doubles, Second Round
Jie Zheng (CHN)/Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) d 6 - Cara Black (ZIM)/Paul Hanley (AUS) 7-6 6-1

Junior Boys Singles, First Round
1 - Bernard Tomic (AUS) d Ilija Vucic (SRB) 6-3 6-4
5 - Henrique Cunha (BRA) d Jared Easton (AUS) 7-6 4-6 6-3
Mark Verryth (AUS) d 11 - Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (GER) 7-5 6-4

Junior Boys Singles, Second Round
Andrew Thomas (AUS) d Vasek Pospisil (CAN) 7-6 6-4

Junior Girls Singles, First Round
Julie Gervais (FRA) d 12 - Johanna Konta (AUS) 6-4 7-5

Junior Girls Singles, Second Round
5 - Jessica Moore (AUS) d Aranza Salut (ARG) 7-5 6-
6 - Polona Hercog (SLO) d Anna Orlik (BLR) 6-1 6-3

Junior Boys Doubles, First Round
Guido Pella (ARG)/Juan Vazquez-Valenzuela (ARG) d 4 - Andrew Thomas (AUS)/Bernard Tomic (AUS)
-             6-4 3-6 [12-10]
Jaan-Frederik Brunken (GER)/Matt Reid (AUS) d Albano Olivetti (FRA)/Joachim Sternbach (FRA) 3-6
-             6-3 [10-3]

Junior Girls Doubles, First Round
Anastassia Grymalska(ITA)/Sally Peers(AUS) d Klaudia Boczova (SVK)/Cindy Chala (FRA) 4-6 6-1
-              [10-7]

The Seeds:

Mens Singles, Fourth Round
1 - Roger Federer (SUI) d Julien Benneteau (FRA) 6-4 7-5 7-5
5 - David Ferrer (ESP) d 21 - Radek Stepanek (CZE) 4-6 6-2 1-6 6-3 6-3
24 - Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) d Robby Ginepri (USA) 7-6 6-3 6-1
Gael Monfils (FRA) d 25 - Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) 7-6 4-6 6-3 6-2

Womens Singles, Fourth Round
13 - Dinara Safina (RUS) d 1 - Maria Sharapova (RUS) 6-7 7-6 6-2
7 - Elena Dementieva (RUS) d 11 - Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 6-4 1-6 6-2

Mens Doubles, Third Round
Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)/Viktor Troicki (SRB) d 5 - Simon Aspelin (SWE)/Julian Knowle (AUT) 7-6 6-7 7-5

Mens Doubles, Quarter Finals
Pablo Cuevas (URU)/Luis Horna (PER) d 1 - Bob Bryan (USA)/Mike Bryan (USA) 6-3 5-7 7-6
Bruno Soares (BRA)/Dusan Vemic (SRB) d 8 - Jonas Bjorkman (SWE)/Kevin Ullyett (ZIM) 7-5 6-3

Womens Doubles, Third Round
4 - Yung-Jan Chan (TPE)/Chia-Jung Chuang (TPE) d Natalie Grandin (RSA)/Raquel Kops-Jones (USA)
-              6-3 6-0
7 - Alona Bondarenko (UKR)/Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) d 9 - Dinara Safina (RUS)/Agnes Szavay
-                       (HUN) 6-4 0-6 7-6
10 - Annabel Medina Garrigues (ESP)/Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) d 8 - Zi Yan (CHN)/Jie Zheng
-                        (CHN) 6-4 6-3

Junior Boys Singles, First Round
3 - Jonathan Eysseric (FRA) d Chase Buchanan (USA) 6-0 6-2
Daniel Evans (GBR) d 8 - Juan Vazquez-Valenzuela (ARG) 6-7 6-2 6-4

Junior Boys Singles, Second Round
2 - Cesar Ramirez (MEX) d Daniel Smethurst (GBR) 6-4 3-6 7-5
Soong-Jae Cho (KOR) d 6 - Jose Pereira (BRA) 6-2 6-3
9 - Ryan Harrison (USA) d Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) 5-7 6-3 9-7

Junior Girls Singles, First Round
Lenka Jurikova (SVK) d 8 - Kurumi Nara (JPN) 6-4 2-6 7-5
11 - Nikola Hofmanova (AUT) d Valeria Solovieva (RUS) - walkover
Anastassia Grymalska (ITA) d 14 - Jessy Rompies (INA) 7-6 6-1
Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) d 16 - Katarzyna Piter (POL) 2-6 6-3 6-4

Junior Girls Singles, Second Round
3 - Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (THA) d Timea Babos (HUN) 7-5 7-5
7 - Bojana Jovanovs.i (SRB) d Reka-Luca Jani (HUN) 6-4 6-1
9 - Simona Halep (ROU) d Karen Barbat (DEN) 6-3 6-1
10 - Elena Bogdan (ROU) d Zi-Jun Yang (HKG) 6-1 6-3
13 - Ksenia Lykina (RUS) d Zarina Diyas (KAZ) 6-3 6-4

Junior Boys Doubles, First Round
Mirza Basic (BIH)/Marin Draganja (CRO) d 2 - Ryan Harrison (USA)/Bradley Klahn (USA) 7-6 6-2
Jose Hernandez (DOM)/Thomas Knights (GBR) d 5 - Marcelo Arevalo (ESA)/Di Wu (CHN) 6-4 3-6 [10-5]
7 - Yuki Bhambri (IND)/Ilija Vucic (SRB) d Giacomo Miccini (ITA)/Borut Puc (SLO) 7-5 6-3

Junior Girls Doubles, First Round
3 - Ksenia Lykina (RUS)/Kurumi Nara (JPN) d Aranza Salut (ARG)/Aki Yamasoto (JPN) 6-4 6-2
5 - Alexandra Damaschin(ROU)/Bojana Jovanovsi (SRB) d Nathalie Mohn (FRA)/Camille Sapene(FRA)
-            6-1 6-3
6 - Jade Curtis (GBR)/Nikola Hofmanova (AUT) d Mariya Malkhasyan (UKR)/Zsofia Susanyi (HUN) 7-6
-            5-7 [10-5]

The Others:

Junior Boys Singles, First Round
Cristobal Saavedra-Corvalan (CHI) d Di Wu (CHN) 4-6 6-2 6-3
Antoine Feret (FRA) d Kittiphong Wachiramanowong (THA) 7-6 6-4
Nassim Slilam (FRA) d Borut Puc (SLO) 3-6 7-6 9-7

Junior Boys Singles, Second Round
Nikolaus Moser (AUT) d Jerome Inzerillo (FRA) 7-6 4-3 ret.
Guillaume Rufin (FRA) d Marius Copil (ROU) 6-1 6-2
Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE) d Takanyi Garanganga (ZIM) 6-3 2-6 9-7
Filip Krajinovic-Piskovic (SRB) d Mirza Basic (BIH) 1-6 7-5 6-4
Guido Pella (ARG) d Francois-Arthur Vibert (FRA) 6-2 6-3

Junior Girls Singles, First Round
Nadiya Kichenok (UKR) d Cindy Chala (FRA) 1-6 7-6 6-4
Zuzana Linhova (CZE) d Zuzana Luknarova (SVK) 6-1 4-6 6-2
Bianca Botto (PER) d Marta Sirotkina (RUS) 6-4 1-6 6-3
Sandra Zaniewska (POL) d Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) 7-5 7-5

Junior Boys Doubles, First Round
Gilad Ben Zvi (ISR)/Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (GER) d Romain Arneodo (FRA)/Constantin Belot (FRA) 7-6
-        6-3
Julien Obry (FRA)/Adrien Puget (FRA) d Daniel Cox (GBR)/Timothy Van Terheijden (NED) 6-3 7-5

Junior Girls Doubles, First Round
Linda Berlinecke (GER)/Nicole Riner (SUI) d Nadia Lalami (MAR)/Zi-Jun Yang (HKG) 6-3 6-3
Zuzana Linhova (CZE)/Zuzana Luknarova (SVK) d Irina-Camelia Begu(ROU)/Elena Chernyakova (RUS)
-              6-1 7-6
Lenka Jurikova(SVK)/Romana Tabakova(SVK) d Beatrice Gumulya (INA)/Richel Hogenkamp (NED) 2-6
-              7-6 [10-6]