Harboursport - French Open Day 6 2009

HARBOURSPORT

TENNIS

FRENCH OPEN
Day 6 review - Friday 29th May 2009.

SEEDWATCH - Mens Singles

1 – Rafael Nadal (ESP) - Through to Round 4
2 - Roger Federer (SUI) - Through to Round 3
3 - Andy Murray (GBR) - Through to Round 4
4 - Novak Djokovic (SRB) - Through to Round 3
5 - Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) - Through to Round 3
6 - Andy Roddick (USA) - Through to Round 3
7 - Gilles Simon (FRA) - Eliminated Round 3
8 - Fernando Verdasco (ESP) - Through to Round 4
9 - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)- Through to Round 3
10 - Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) - Through to Round 4
11 - Gael Monfils (FRA) - Through to Round 3
12 - Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) - Through to Round 4
13 - Marin Cilic (CRO) - Through to Round 4
14 - David Ferrer (ESP) - Eliminated Round 3
15 - James Blake (USA) - Eliminated Round 1
16 - Tommy Robredo (ESP) - Through to Round 3
17 - Stanislas Wawrinka - Eliminated Round 3
18 - Radek Stepanek (CZE) - Eliminated Round 3
19 - Tomas Berdych (CZE) - Eliminated Round 1
20 - Marat Safin (RUS) - Eliminated Round 2
21 - Dmitry Tursinov (RUS) - Eliminated Round 1
22 - Mardy Fish (USA) - Eliminated Round 1
23 - Robin Soderling (SWE) - Through to Round 4
24 - Jurgen Melzer (AUT) - Through to Round 3
25 - Igor Andreev (RUS) - Through to Round 3
26 - Ivo Karlovic (CRO) - Eliminated Round 1
27 - Rainer Schuettler (GER) - Eliminated Round 1
28 - Feliciano Lopez (ESP) - Eliminated Round 2
29 - Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) - Through to Round 3
30 - Viktor Hanescu (ROU) - Through to Round 4
31 - Nicolas Almagro (ESP) - Eliminated Round 3
32 - Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) - Through to Round 3

SEEDWATCH - Womens Singles

1 - Dinara Safina (RUS) - Through to Round 4
2 - Serena Williams (USA) - Through to Round 3
3 - Venus Williams (USA) - Eliminated Round 3
4 - Elena Dementieva (RUS) - Through to Round 3
5 - Jelena Jankovic (SRB) - Through to Round 3
6 - Vera Zvonareva (RUS) - Withdrawn
7 - Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) - Through to Round 3
8 - Ana Ivanovic (SRB) - Through to Round 4
9 - Victoria Azarenka (BLR) - Through to Round 3
10 - Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) - Through to Round 3
11 - Nadia Petrova (RUS) - Eliminated Round 2
12 - Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) - Through to Round 3
13 - Marion Bartoli (FRA) - Eliminated Round 2
14 - Flavia Pennetta (ITA) - Eliminated Round 1
15 - Jie Zheng (CHN) - Eliminated Round 2
16 - Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) - Eliminated Round 1
17 - Patty Schnyder (SUI) - Eliminated Round 1
18 - Anabel Medina Garriques (ESP) - Eliminated Rnd 2
19 - Kaia Kanepi (EST) - Eliminated Round 1
20 - Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) - Through to Round 4
21 - Alize Cornet (FRA) - Eliminated Round 2
22 - Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) - Through to Round 3
23 - Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) - Eliminated Round 1
24 - Aleksandra Wozniak (POL) - Through to Round 3
25 - Na Li (CHN) - Through to Round 4
26 - Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) - Eliminated Round 1
27 - Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) - Eliminatd Rnd 3
28 - Sybile Bammer (AUT) - Eliminated Round 2
29 - Agnes Szavay (HUN) - Through to Round 4
30 - Samantha Stosur (AUS) - Through to Round 3
31 - Shuai Peng (CHN) - Eliminated Round 1
32 - Iveta Benesova (CZE) - Eliminated Round 3

Controversy broke out on an outside court between two unseeded players when France's Aravane
Rezai took on Portugal's Michelle Larcher De Brito. Larcher De Brito's extended high-volume grunts got
under the skin of her French opponent, with Rezai making frequent complaints to the chair umpire. As
tempers frayed, Larcher De Brito's game fell apart in the second set and she was subject to booing
from the partisan home crowd. When the match finished, Larcher De Brito refused to shake Rezzai's
hand; but it was Rezzai who progressed to the round of 16.
There were upsets on Day 6, none more so than the exit of third seed Venus Williams. Williams' first
set was a shocker, as a succession of missed shots and unforced errors enabled Agnes Szavay to
take the first set 6-0. Once the Hungarian had a sniff of victory there was no letting go, with Szavay
taking a straight-sets victory. Also bowing out in straight sets was mens' 7th seed Gilles Simon, who
was never in the contest against Victor Hanescu. 14th seed David Ferrer departed in 4 sets at the
hands of 23rd seed Robin Soderling.
29th seed Philipp Kohlscreiber was given a scare in a second round game that carried over from
yesterday. Juan Carlos Ferrero took the match to 5 sets, but the German's class finally shone through
in the deciding set for Kohlscreiber to set up a third-round showdown with Novak Djokovic.
Andy Murray was given an armchair ride into the round of 16, when Janko Tipsarevic pulled out injured
after the second set. Rafael Nadal ended Lleyton Hewitt's campaign with an easy straight-sets win.
Also going through in straight sets were Fernando Verdasco, Fernando Gonzalez, Marin Cilic, Dinara
Safina, Ana Ivanovic and Dominika Cibulkova.

The Aussies
Mens Singles, Third Round
1 - Rafael Nadal (ESP) d Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) 6-1 6-3 6-1

Mens Doubles, Second Round
Simon Aspelin(SWE)/Paul Hanley (AUS) d 12 - Frantisek Cermak (CZE)/Michal Mertinak (SVK) 7-6 6-3

Womens Doubles, Second Round
1 - Cara Black (ZIM)/Liezel Huber (USA) d Jelena Dokic (AUS)/Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) – walkover
4 - Samantha Stosur (AUS)/Rennae Stubbs (AUS) d Lourdes Dominguez Lino(ESP)/Sara Errani
-                (ITA) 6-3 6-4

Mixed Doubles, First Round
Vania King(USA)/Marcelo Melo (BRA) d 8 - Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP)/Stephen Huss (AUS) 6-4 6-3

The Seeds
Mens Singles, Second Round
4 - Novak Djokovic (SRB) d Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) 6-3 6-4 6-1
29 - Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) d Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) 6-4 2-6 6-4 6-7 6-3

Mens Singles, Third Round
3 - Andy Murray (GBR) d Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 7-6 6-3 ret.
30 - Victor Hanescu (ROU) d 7 - Gilles Simon (FRA) 6-4 6-4 6-2
8 - Fernando Verdasco (ESP) d 31 - Nicolas Almagro (ESP) 6-2 7-6 7-6
10 - Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) d 17 - Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 6-3 4-6 6-3 6-2
12 - Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) d Josselin Ouanna (FRA) 7-5 6-3 7-5
13 - Marin Cilic (CRO) d 18 - Radek Stepanek (CZE) 6-1 7-6 6-3
23 - Robin Soderling (SWE) d 14 - David Ferrer (ESP) 6-7 7-5 6-2 7-6

Womens Singles, Third Round
1 - Dinara Safina (RUS) d 27 - Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 6-2 6-0
29 - Agnes Szavay (HUN) d 3 - Venus Williams (USA) 6-0 6-4
8 - Ana Ivanovic (SRB) d 32 - Iveta Benesova (CZE) 6-0 6-2
20 - Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d Gisela Dulko (ARG) 6-4 6-2
25 - Na Li (CHN) d Olga Govortsova (BLR) 7-5 6-1

Mens Doubles, First Round
4 - Mahesh Bhupathi(IND)/Mark Knowles(BAH)d Josselin Ouanna(FRA)/Jo-Wilfried Tsonga(FRA) 6-3 6-2

Mens Doubles, Second Round
3 - Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/Leander Paes (IND) d James Cerretani (USA)/Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) 4-6 6-3
-                        6-2
5 - Bruno Soares (BRA)/Kevin Ullyett (ZIM) d Simone Bolelli (ITA)/Andreas Seppi (ITA) 6-3 6-1
Marc Lopez(ESP)/Tommy Robredo (ESP) d 6 - Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL)/Marcin Matkowski (POL) 6-4
-                        4-6 6-4
8 - Pablo Cuevas (URU)/Luis Horna (PER) d Julian Knowle (AUT)/Jurgen Melzer (AUT) 6-3 6-4
Michael Kohlmann(GER)/Alexander Waske(GER) d 9 - Lukasz Kubot (POL)/Oliver Marach (AUT) 7-6 7-6
Julien Benneteau (FRA)/Nicolas Mahut (FRA) d 15 - Travis Parrott (USA)/Filip Polasek (SVK) 6-2 6-4

Womens Doubles, Second Round
3 - Anabel Medina Garrigues(ESP)/Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) d Ekaterina Dzehalevich (BLR)/Andreja
-                       Klepac (SLO) 6-2 6-4
5 - Serena Williams (USA)/Venus Williams (USA) d Gisela Dulko (ARG)/Agnes Szavay (HUN) 2-6 6-1 6-2
10 -Bethanie Mattek-Sands(USA)/Nadia Petrova(RUS)d Alona Bondarenko(UKR)/Kateryna Bondarenko
-                       (UKR) 6-1 6-3
Agnieszka Radwanska(POL)/Urszula Radwanska(POL) d 14 - Chia-Jung Chuang (TPE)/Sania Mirza (IND)
-                       4-6 7-6 6-3

Mixed Doubles, First Round
1 - Liezel Huber (USA)/Bob Bryan (USA) d Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/Kevin Ullyett (ZIM) 7-6 6-3

The Others
Womens Singles, Third Round
Aravane Rezai (FRA) d Michelle Larcher De Brito (POR) 7-6 6-2
Maria Sharapova (RUS) d Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) 1-6 6-3 6-4

Mens Doubles, Second Round
Jaroslav Levinsky (CZE)/Igor Zelenay (SVK) d Marcel Granollers (ESP)/Santiago Ventura (ESP) 6-3 6-2
Wesley Moodie (RSA)/Dick Norman (BEL) d Jan Hernych (CZE)/Christophe Rochus (BEL) 6-4 6-4
Igor Kunitsyn (RUS)/Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) d Fabio Fognini (ITA)/Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS) 6-2 6-3

Mixed Doubles, First Round
Flavia Pennetta (ITA)/Dusan Vemic (SRB) d Kveta Peschke (CZE)/Frantisek Cermak (CZE) 6-4 6-3