Harboursport - French Open Day 15 2009

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FRENCH OPEN
Day 15 review - Sunday 7th June 2009.

SEEDWATCH - Mens Singles

1 – Rafael Nadal (ESP) - Eliminated Round 4
2 - Roger Federer (SUI) - CHAMPION
3 - Andy Murray (GBR) - Eliminated Quarter Final
4 - Novak Djokovic (SRB) - Eliminated Round 3
5 - Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) - Eliminate Semi Final
6 - Andy Roddick (USA) - Eliminated Round 4
7 - Gilles Simon (FRA) - Eliminated Round 3
8 - Fernando Verdasco (ESP) - Eliminated Round 4
9 - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)- Eliminated Round 4
10 - Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) - Eliminated Quart Final
11 - Gael Monfils (FRA) - Eliminated Quarter Final
12 - Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) - Elminated Semi Final
13 - Marin Cilic (CRO) - Eliminated Round 4
14 - David Ferrer (ESP) - Eliminated Round 3
15 - James Blake (USA) - Eliminated Round 1
16 - Tommy Robredo (ESP) - Eliminated Quarter Final
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) - RUNNER UP
24 - Jurgen Melzer (AUT) - Eliminated Round 3
25 - Igor Andreev (RUS) - Eliminated 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) - Eliminated Round 4
30 - Viktor Hanescu (ROU) - Eliminated Round 4
31 - Nicolas Almagro (ESP) - Eliminated Round 3
32 - Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) - Eliminated Round 3

SEEDWATCH - Womens Singles

1 - Dinara Safina (RUS) - RUNNER UP
2 - Serena Williams (USA) - Eliminated Quarter Final
3 - Venus Williams (USA) - Eliminated Round 3
4 - Elena Dementieva (RUS) - Eliminated Round 3
5 - Jelena Jankovic (SRB) - Eliminated Round 4
6 - Vera Zvonareva (RUS) - Withdrawn
7 - Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) - CHAMPION
8 - Ana Ivanovic (SRB) - Eliminated Round 4
9 - Victoria Azarenka (BLR) - Eliminated Quarter Final
10 - Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) - Eliminated Round 3
11 - Nadia Petrova (RUS) - Eliminated Round 2
12 - Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) - Eliminated Round 4
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) - Eliminated Semi Final
21 - Alize Cornet (FRA) - Eliminated Round 2
22 - Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) - Eliminated Round 3
23 - Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) - Eliminated Round 1
24 - Aleksandra Wozniak (POL) - Eliminated Round 4
25 - Na Li (CHN) - Eliminated 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) - Eliminated Round 4
30 - Samantha Stosur (AUS) - Eliminated Semi Final
31 - Shuai Peng (CHN) - Eliminated Round 1
32 - Iveta Benesova (CZE) - Eliminated Round 3

The one Grand Slam title that had eluded him, the French Open, finally made its way into Roger Federer's
trophy cabinet after the Swiss number 2 seed took out a straight-sets win in the final against plucky Swede
Robin Soderling.
Federer got off to a flying start, and in less than half an hour had already wrapped up the first set 6-1.
Soderling had given everything he had to get to the final, but possibly over-awed by the occasions was
unable to pull off any of his giant-killing heroics; while Federer quickly settled into his rhythm.
The second set was closer. The dark clouds were circling, and a few patches of light drizzle began to fall;
but not heavy enough to force the players from the court. This time Soderling held all his serves but was
unable to break Federer's, and the set went into a tie-break. But the tie-break was all one-way traffic, going
Federer's way 7-1 to put him 2 sets ahead.
Soderling never looked like getting back into the match in the third set, and it was only a matter of time until
the title was assured. Holding his nerve and his serve, Federer closed out the set 6-4; before becoming
overcome with emotion at having finally broken his Roland Garros hoodoo.
For Roger Federer, it was his 14th Grand Slam title, equalling the record of Pete Sampras. Federer is just
the 6th mens' player ever to have won all 4 titles in his career. Fittingly it was the last player to achieve the
feat, Andre Agassi, who presented Federer with the trophy.

Legends Under 45 Doubles
Paul Haarhuis (NED)/Cedric Pioline (FRA) d Pat Cash (AUS)/Emilio Sanchez (ESP) 6-3 6-4

Legends Over 45 Doubles
Anders Jarryd (SWE)/John Mcenroe (USA) d Mansour Bahrami (IRI)/Henri Leconte (FRA) 7-6 6-1

MENS SINGLES – FINAL
2 - Roger Federer (SUI)
d
23 - Robin Soderling (SWE)
6-1 7-6 6-4

BOYS SINGLES – FINAL
Daniel Berta (SWE)
d
11 - Gianni Mina (FRA)
6-1 3-6 6-3

GIRLS SINGLES – FINAL
9 - Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)
d
Daria Gavrilova (RUS)
6-3 6-2