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French Open 2012 Day 5 Schedule | Thursday, 31 May

noreply@blogger.com (Jess Abad) — Wed, 30 May 2012 20:33:00 +0000

Roland Garros Day 5 Schedule | Thursday, 31 May

Court Philippe Chatrier

11:00 AM Start
Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Jarkko Nieminen(FIN) vs. Andy Murray(GBR)[4]

Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Jarmila Gajdosova(AUS) vs. Caroline Wozniacki(DEN)[9]

Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Paul-Henri Mathieu(FRA) vs. John Isner(USA)[10]

Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Ayumi Morita(JPN) vs. Maria Sharapova(RUS)[2]

Court Suzanne Lenglen

11:00 AM Start
Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Urszula Radwanska(POL) vs. Petra Kvitova(CZE)[4]

Not Before:12:00 PM
Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Cedrik-Marcel Stebe(GER) vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga(FRA)[5]To Finish 2-6 6-4 1-1

Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Denis Istomin(UZB) vs. Rafael Nadal(ESP)[2]

Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Na Li(CHN)[7] vs. Stephanie Foretz Gacon(FRA)

Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Grigor Dimitrov(BUL) vs. Richard Gasquet(FRA)[17]

Court 1

11:00 AM Start
Men's Singles - 2nd Round
David Ferrer(ESP)[6] vs. Benoit Paire(FRA)

Not Before:12:00 PM
Men's Singles - 2nd Round
David Goffin(BEL) vs. Arnaud Clement(FRA)To Finish 3-6 7-6(2) 0-6 6-2 5-1

Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Francesca Schiavone(ITA)[14] vs. Tsvetana Pironkova(BUL)

Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Dmitry Tursunov(RUS) vs. Julien Benneteau(FRA)[29]

Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Virginie Razzano(FRA) vs. Arantxa Rus(NED)

Court 2

11:00 AM Start
Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Maria Kirilenko(RUS)[16] vs. Klara Zakopalova(CZE)

Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Marcos Baghdatis(CYP) vs. Nicolas Almagro(ESP)[12]

Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Janko Tipsarevic(SRB)[8] vs. Jeremy Chardy(FRA)

Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Heather Watson(GBR) vs. Julia Goerges(GER)[25]

Court 3

11:00 AM Start
Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Jesse Levine(USA) vs. Milos Raonic(CAN)[19]

Not Before:12:00 PM
Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Olga Govortsova(BLR) vs. Angelique Kerber(GER)[10]To Finish 2-1

Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Varvara Lepchenko(USA) vs. Jelena Jankovic(SRB)[19]

Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Marcel Granollers(ESP)[20] vs. Malek Jaziri(TUN)

Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Shuai Peng(CHN)[28] vs. Lourdes Dominguez Lino(ESP)

Court 5

11:00 AM Start
Women's Doubles - 2nd Round
Liga Dekmeijere(LAT) /Tamarine Tanasugarn(THA) vs. Raquel Kops-Jones(USA)[10] /Abigail Spears(USA)[10]

Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Robin Haase(NED) vs. Mikhail Youzhny(RUS)[27]

Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Carla Suarez Navarro(ESP) vs. Sesil Karatantcheva(KAZ)

Women's Doubles - 2nd Round
Flavia Pennetta(ITA) /Francesca Schiavone(ITA) vs. Angelique Kerber(GER) /Agnieszka Radwanska(POL)

Court 6

11:00 AM Start
Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Juan Monaco(ARG)[13] vs. Lukas Rosol(CZE)

Not Before:12:00 PM
Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Viktor Troicki(SRB)[28] vs. Fabio Fognini(ITA)To Finish 2-6 6-3

Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Kaia Kanepi(EST)[23] vs. Irina-Camelia Begu(ROU)

Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Christina McHale(USA) vs. Lauren Davis(USA)

Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Sergiy Stakhovsky(UKR) vs. Tommy Haas(GER)

Court 7

11:00 AM Start
Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Bernard Tomic(AUS)[25] vs. Santiago Giraldo(COL)

Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Nina Bratchikova(RUS) vs. Claire Feuerstein(FRA)

Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Philipp Kohlschreiber(GER)[24] vs. Leonardo Mayer(ARG)

Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Sofia Arvidsson(SWE) vs. Yaroslava Shvedova(KAZ)

Court 8

11:00 AM Start
Women's Doubles - 2nd Round
Sara Errani(ITA)[4] /Roberta Vinci(ITA)[4] vs. Timea Babos(HUN) /Su-Wei Hsieh(TPE)

Not Before:12:00 PM
Men's Doubles - 1st Round
Carlos Berlocq(ARG) /David Marrero(ESP) vs. Mikhail Kukushkin(KAZ) /Igor Kunitsyn(RUS)To Finish 6-3 1-1

Men's Doubles - 1st Round
Mariusz Fyrstenberg(POL)[4] /Marcin Matkowski(POL)[4] vs. Pablo Andujar(ESP) /Guillermo Garcia-Lopez(ESP)

Women's Doubles - 2nd Round
Maria Kirilenko(RUS)[7] /Nadia Petrova(RUS)[7] vs. Akgul Amanmuradova(UZB) /Kateryna Bondarenko(UKR)

Men's Doubles - 1st Round
Ivan Dodig(CRO) /Marcelo Melo(BRA) vs. Cedrik-Marcel Stebe(GER) /Bernard Tomic(AUS)

Court 10

11:00 AM Start
Men's Doubles - 1st Round
Matthew Ebden(AUS) /Ryan Harrison(USA) vs. Flavio Cipolla(ITA) /Andreas Seppi(ITA)

Women's Doubles - 2nd Round
Andrea Hlavackova(CZE)[5] /Lucie Hradecka(CZE)[5] vs. Anna-Lena Groenefeld(GER) /Petra Martic(CRO)

Men's Doubles - 1st Round
Lukas Dlouhy(CZE) /Nicolas Mahut(FRA) vs. Daniel Gimeno-Traver(ESP) /Rui Machado(POR)

Women's Doubles - 2nd Round
Eleni Daniilidou(GRE) /Mandy Minella(LUX) vs. Nina Bratchikova(RUS) /Edina Gallovits-Hall(ROU)

Mixed Doubles - 1st Round
Alicja Rosolska(POL) /Alexander Peya(AUT) vs. Jarmila Gajdosova(AUS) /Bruno Soares(BRA)

Mixed Doubles - 1st Round
Anastasia Rodionova(AUS) /Christopher Kas(GER) vs. Katarina Srebotnik(SLO)[3] /Nenad Zimonjic(SRB)[3]

Court 11

12:30 PM Start
Men's Doubles - 1st Round
Matthias Bachinger(GER) /Frank Moser(GER) vs. Santiago Gonzalez(MEX)[11] /Christopher Kas(GER)[11]

Mixed Doubles - 1st Round
Liezel Huber(USA)[1] /Max Mirnyi(BLR)[1] vs. Vera Dushevina(RUS) /Juan Sebastian Cabal(COL)To Finish 6-2 6-5

Men's Doubles - 1st Round
Leander Paes(IND)[7] /Alexander Peya(AUT)[7] vs. Simone Bolelli(ITA) /Fabio Fognini(ITA)

Women's Doubles - 2nd Round
Olga Govortsova(BLR) /Galina Voskoboeva(KAZ) vs. Kveta Peschke(CZE)[2] /Katarina Srebotnik(SLO)[2]

Court 14

11:00 AM Start
Men's Doubles - 1st Round
Robert Lindstedt(SWE)[5] /Horia Tecau(ROU)[5] vs. Alex Bogomolov Jr.(RUS) /Dick Norman(BEL)

Men's Doubles - 1st Round
Martin Emmrich(GER) /Andreas Siljestrom(SWE) vs. Daniele Bracciali(ITA)[14] /Potito Starace(ITA)[14]

Not Before:3:00 PM
Men's Doubles - 1st Round
Arnaud Clement(FRA) /Kenny De Schepper(FRA) vs. Paul Hanley(AUS) /Jordan Kerr(AUS)

Court 16

11:00 AM Start
Men's Doubles - 1st Round
Marc Gicquel(FRA) /Edouard Roger-Vasselin(FRA) vs. Mahesh Bhupathi(IND)[6] /Rohan Bopanna(IND)[6]

Not Before:12:00 PM
Men's Doubles - 1st Round
Mark Knowles(BAH) /Xavier Malisse(BEL) vs. Michal Mertinak(SVK) /Andre Sa(BRA)To Finish 6-3 6-6

Men's Doubles - 1st Round
Michael Kohlmann(GER) /Alexander Waske(GER) vs. Oliver Marach(AUT) /Horacio Zeballos(ARG)

Men's Doubles - 1st Round
Benjamin Becker(GER) /Lukasz Kubot(POL) vs. Olivier Charroin(FRA) /Stephane Robert(FRA)

Men's Doubles - 1st Round
Jonathan Erlich(ISR)[13] /Andy Ram(ISR)[13] vs. Johan Brunstrom(SWE) /Philipp Marx(GER)

Mixed Doubles - 1st Round
Pauline Parmentier(FRA) /Benoit Paire(FRA) vs. Kveta Peschke(CZE)[2] /Mike Bryan(USA)[2]

Court 17

11:00 AM Start
Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Melinda Czink(HUN) vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova(RUS)[22]

Men's Doubles - 1st Round
Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo(ESP) /Albert Ramos(ESP) vs. Michael Llodra(FRA)[3] /Nenad Zimonjic(SRB)[3]

Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Florian Mayer(GER)[32] vs. Eduardo Schwank(ARG)

Mixed Doubles - 1st Round
Amandine Hesse(FRA) /Michael Llodra(FRA) vs. Nuria Llagostera Vives(ESP) /Oliver Marach(AUT)

Video: Federer Interview at Roland Garros 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Jess Abad) — Wed, 30 May 2012 19:16:00 +0000

Video: Federer Interview at Roland Garros 2012

Roger Federer comes back on his 2011 season, and tells us more about the Big 4 rivalry....

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Video: Roland Garros 1st round matches Summary

noreply@blogger.com (Jess Abad) — Wed, 30 May 2012 19:04:00 +0000

Video: Roland Garros 1st round matches Summary

Watch and enjoy the following summary of the 1st round matches at Roland Garros.... Find out who won...

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Federer works harder than planned in Paris

noreply@blogger.com (Jess Abad) — Wed, 30 May 2012 18:24:00 +0000

Federer works harder than planned in Paris

Roger Federer beat Adrian Ungur 6-3 6-2 6-7 6-3 to move into the third round of the French Open.

Federer will face either Nicolas Mahut beat Martin Klizan 4-6 6-4 7-6(5) 6-3 for a place in the last 16.

With this win, the Swiss set a record of 234th grand-slam match win, passing Jimmy Connors's professional-era record.

The former world number 1 swept aside his opponent in the first two sets, but in the third he lost two match points and was sent to a fourth set.

But that was all the former champion was going to give to Ungur. Federer took a 3-0 lead and sealed the match when Ungur slapped a backhand return wide.

"I reached the tie-breaker and instead of being aggressive, I let him show me what he could do," said Federer. "He played two beautiful shots, and then I started not playing very well.

"Even though I won the first set 6-3 with a solid break, I knew that if he was to get in the match, it would be more difficult, and he had many opportunities during the second set. In the third set I made wrong decisions. He got in the match, and he played a very good third set. Then he relaxed a bit at the beginning of the fourth set, which was quite crucial."

"I think it's a bit easier now, just because I have been around for so long that, even though I expect myself to win, I can still manage to do that," he said. "Whereas in the beginning when you think you're good but you're maybe not that good yet, you get many more surprise losses. They really hurt you. I've had a few here against [Hicham] Arazi, against Horna early on. Against [former three time champion Guga] Kuerten I was the favorite too. I thought his hip wasn't good and he came off a five‑setter. I lost in straight sets against him.

The Swiss added that when a player is an overwhelming favorite at a major, he has to address dicey types of questions in press.

"So you're talking about a match that potentially wasn't that close sometimes or they make a bigger deal out of maybe you losing a set or getting broken a couple of times, whereas maybe at another tournament you wouldn't talk about that. So it's just a bit of a different momentum in the press conference," he said with a laugh.

Federer's post-match news conference was spent discussing Queen Elizabeth II's diamond jubilee.

"I had lunch next to the queen, that was exciting," said Federer, recalling the monarch's visit to Wimbledon in 2010 after a 33-year absence.

"She was very sweet, very nice, very polite, of course, and a pleasure to be around."

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Djokovic storms into French Open third round

noreply@blogger.com (Jess Abad) — Wed, 30 May 2012 16:22:00 +0000

Djokovic storms into French Open third round

Novak Djokoviccrushed Blaz Kavcic 6-0, 6-4, 6-4 to advance the third round of the French Open in Paris.

Djokovic won the first seven games to overwhelm his opponent.

Kavcic won his first game, for 1-1 in the second set, and got a huge cheer from the crowd. That support allowed him to let his full heart out and stepped up his game.
He broke Nole for 2-1 but was broken back in the following game.

The Serb got another break to seal a 2 set to love lead and even his opponent continued to battle and saved three match-points Djokovic ended up claiming the win.

Nole hit five aces and 41 winners while Kavcic committed 21 unforced errors, 13 fewer than Djokovic.

"He was defending really well in the second and third sets, especially in the second," said Djokovic. "I gave him the opportunity to come back to the match after a perfect first set, first seven games. Of course I didn't underestimate my opponent today. I expected him to fight. I expected him to come back. He didn't have anything to lose, and he showed his quality and it was a really, really great second and third set.

"I'm happy with the game overall. I think everything was working really well. I'm feeling better and better every match."

Djokovic will next play Nicolas Devilder, who defeated Michael Berrer 7-6(5), 6-4, 6-2 in two hours and 16 minutes.

"I'm very happy to advance to the third round because obviously this is the first time in a Grand Slam," said Devilder. "So being able to experience this after three difficult years with many injuries, obviously that's very nice. I'm very happy. I'm going to play Djokovic in the next round. Well, what better could I have wished for?"

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Del Potro French Open Press Conference | Day 4 May 30th 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Jess Abad) — Wed, 30 May 2012 15:34:00 +0000

Del Potro French Open Press Conference | Day 4 May 30th 2012

Q. 7‑6 during the first set. How did you manage to turn the whole game around?

JUAN MARTIN DEL POTRO: Well, I knew from the outset that I could win this match, I could break him. I knew that.

I was always at almost, you know, something like 30‑40, so I had enough confidence to continue. I knew that I could change the situation at any moment.

Q. We're all a bit worried about your knee. How do you feel?

JUAN MARTIN DEL POTRO: Well, yes, this is something that bothers me. This is true. It's a constant bother. So what I try and do is not to think about it. I try and do my best with my tennis. And when I'm out there on the court I try not to think too much about the fact that it really bothers me.

So today and tomorrow I'll continue with my treatment and the necessary practice, what I usually do. I want to be ready when I'm on the courts.

Q. So you've talked about your knee, and your knee is something that really bothers you on the right‑hand side mainly when you're serving?

JUAN MARTIN DEL POTRO: Yes. This is an injury that really bothers me when I'm trying to find the right stance when I'm serving. You know, if you're not strong enough on your legs, it's difficult for you to play some shots more than others, by the way. This is something difficult to manage.

But I try not to think about it at all. What's important for me is to be right there on the courts, to be aggressive, offensive all the time, even though, as I said, it bothers me so that I can dictate the game so that it wouldn't be even worse.

Q. Did you feel a little better or would you say that it has worsened?

JUAN MARTIN DEL POTRO: No, it has not worsened. The trend is rather positive.

Q. What about your next match?

JUAN MARTIN DEL POTRO: I don't know who I'm going to play against.

Q. Cilic.

JUAN MARTIN DEL POTRO: Oh, yes, we know one another well, very well. The matches we play are always very difficult matches. The way he plays tennis is similar to my way of playing tennis.

He's really an attacker. He's really someone who serves well. He's dangerous. I think that now 32 players are out, and they're excellent players, and they could all play a major tournament, and Cilic has a lot of potential. He really is an excellent player. It's going to be tough.

Q. Today you had a high percentage of winning shots. So my question is: Was this your strategy? That is, did you intend to win the game as quickly as possible?

JUAN MARTIN DEL POTRO: Well, of course I wanted to shorten the rallies as much as I could. I wanted to win these points as quickly as I could.

There was a moment when, you know, I managed to do this and to stick to my strategy, that is, to shorten the rallies, not to move around too much, not to run too much, and not to feel endangered.

Q. Seen from outside, he was a solid player, wouldn't you say so? And he had dropshots. You had to move around to catch those.

JUAN MARTIN DEL POTRO: Yeah, certainly. Well, this opponent, the next opponent, is going to be really tough. His backhand along the lines is really tricky. He's a player who can play all types of shots. He's very homogenous as well, and I knew that he would be lower at a moment during the match, so I had to continue so as to win the match.

Q. Maybe there's another difficulty, which is that you were playing on Court No. 2. You slide more.

JUAN MARTIN DEL POTRO: No, all courts here are good. Court No. 2 is okay. You're close to the audience, to the crowd, which is something very pleasant. I think all courts look alike here except for central court, of course.

The other courts are smaller behind the baseline. I like Court No. 2, by the way.

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Photos: Del Potro vs Roger-Vasselin | Roland Garros Day 4

noreply@blogger.com (Jess Abad) — Wed, 30 May 2012 15:00:00 +0000

Photos: Del Potro vs Roger-Vasselin | Roland Garros Day 4

Juan Martin Del Potro defeated Edouard Roger-Vasselin in 4 sets in his men's singles second round match on day four of the French Open at Roland Garros ... Enjoy some tennis pictures from their encounter....

Photos by Getty Images/Reuters/AP

Photos: Federer vs Ungur | French Open Day 4

noreply@blogger.com (Jess Abad) — Wed, 30 May 2012 14:42:00 +0000

Photos: Federer vs Ungur | French Open Day 4

Enjoy some tennis photos of Roger Federer and Adrian Ungur during their Men's Singles 2nd Round tennis match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros ... The former world number 1 and French Open champion advanced in 4 sets...

AFP PHOTO / KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP/GettyImages

Photos: Djokovic vs Kavcic | French Open 2012 Day 4

noreply@blogger.com (Jess Abad) — Wed, 30 May 2012 14:10:00 +0000

Photos: Djokovic vs Kavcic | French Open 2012 Day 4

Novak Djokovic beat Blaz Kavcic during their Men's Singles 2nd Round tennis match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros .... Check out more than 60 tennis pictures from their encounter...

AFP PHOTO / JACQUES DEMARTHON/AFP/GettyImages

French Open Day 3 Photos | Part 2

noreply@blogger.com (Jess Abad) — Wed, 30 May 2012 12:14:00 +0000

French Open Day 3 Photos | Part 2

Check out the second part of our photo gallery from day 3 action at Roland Garros....

Photos by Getty Images/AP/AFP

2012 Roland Garros Day 3 Photos | Part 1

noreply@blogger.com (Jess Abad) — Wed, 30 May 2012 12:07:00 +0000

Roland Garros Day 3 Photos | Part 1

Check out the first part of our photo gallery from day 3 action at Roland Garros....

Photos from Getty Images/AP/AFP

Watch Federer vs Ungur at Roland Garros Online Free Video Streaming

noreply@blogger.com (Jess Abad) — Wed, 30 May 2012 08:00:00 +0000

Watch Federer vs Ungur at Roland Garros Online Free Video Streaming

Former champion, Roger Federer, face Adrian Ungur in his second round match today in Paris ... Watch it live and online with free video streaming....Don´t miss this amazing match... Watch it online for free!!!

You can also watch tennis LIVE at TennisTV.com for better quality video streaming, highlights and more...

Order of Play

Federer vs Ungur (Court Philippe Chatrier)

Wednesday (30 May) 07:30 (GMT -3)

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Watch Del Potro vs Roger-Vasselin at Roland Garros Online Free Video Streaming

noreply@blogger.com (Jess Abad) — Wed, 30 May 2012 06:00:00 +0000

Watch Del Potro vs Roger-Vasselin at Roland Garros Online Free Video Streaming

Juan Martin Del Potro takes on Edouard Roger-Vasselin in his second round match tin Paris ... Watch it live and online with free video streaming....Don´t miss this amazing match... Watch it online for free!!!

You can also watch tennis LIVE at TennisTV.com for better quality video streaming, highlights and more...

Order of Play

Del Potro vs Roger-Vasselin (Court 2)

Wednesday (30 May) 06:00 (GMT -3)

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Watch Djokovic vs Kavcic at Roland Garros Online Free Video Streaming

noreply@blogger.com (Jess Abad) — Wed, 30 May 2012 04:00:00 +0000

Watch Djokovic vs Kavcic at Roland Garros Online Free Video Streaming

Watch Novak Djokovic take on Blaz Kavcic in his second round match today in Paris ... Watch it live and online with free video streaming....Don´t miss this amazing match... Watch it online for free!!!

You can also watch tennis LIVE at TennisTV.com for better quality video streaming, highlights and more...

Order of Play

Novak Djokovic(SRB)[1] vs. Blaz Kavcic

Wednesday (30 May) 06:00 (GMT -3)

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Video: Djokovic and Nadal Chase History At Roland Garros

noreply@blogger.com (Jess Abad) — Tue, 29 May 2012 21:27:00 +0000

Video: Djokovic and Nadal Chase History At Roland Garros

In season 4, episode 22, ATP World Tour Uncovered Presented by Rio previews Roland Garros, where Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal both have a chance to make history.

Roland Garros Day 4 Order of Play 1 Wednesday, 30 May

noreply@blogger.com (Jess Abad) — Tue, 29 May 2012 20:43:00 +0000

French Open Day 4 Order of Play 1 Wednesday, 30 May

Court Philippe Chatrier

11:00 AM Start
Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Victoria Azarenka(BLR)[1] vs. Dinah Pfizenmaier(GER)

Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Roger Federer(SUI)[3] vs. Adrian Ungur(ROU)

Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Gilles Simon(FRA)[11] vs. Brian Baker(USA)

Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Agnieszka Radwanska(POL)[3] vs. Venus Williams(USA)

Court Suzanne Lenglen

11:00 AM Start
Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Novak Djokovic(SRB)[1] vs. Blaz Kavcic(SLO)

Not Before:12:30 PM
Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Mathilde Johansson(FRA) vs. Petra Cetkovska(CZE)[24]

Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Petra Martic(CRO) vs. Marion Bartoli(FRA)[8]

Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Cedrik-Marcel Stebe(GER) vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga(FRA)[5]

Court 1

11:00 AM Start
Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Irina Falconi(USA) vs. Samantha Stosur(AUS)[6]

Women's Singles - 2nd Round
A. Medina Garrigues(ESP)[29] vs. Irena Pavlovic(FRA)

Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Michael Llodra(FRA) vs. Tomas Berdych(CZE)[7]

Men's Singles - 2nd Round
David Goffin(BEL) vs. Arnaud Clement(FRA)

Court 2

11:00 AM Start
Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Juan Martin Del Potro(ARG)[9] vs. Edouard Roger-Vasselin(FRA)

Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Shahar Peer(ISR) vs. Ana Ivanovic(SRB)[13]

Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Martin Klizan(SVK) vs. Nicolas Mahut(FRA)

Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Angelique Kerber(GER)[10] vs. Olga Govortsova(BLR)

Court 3

11:00 AM Start
Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Sara Errani(ITA)[21] vs. Melanie Oudin(USA)

Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Nicolas Devilder(FRA) vs. Michael Berrer(GER)

Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Gilles Muller(LUX) vs. Fernando Verdasco(ESP)[14]

Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Alexa Glatch(USA) vs. Flavia Pennetta(ITA)[18]

Court 4

11:00 AM Start
Women's Doubles - 1st Round
Renata Voracova(CZE) /Klara Zakopalova(CZE) vs. Kimiko Date-Krumm(JPN) /Rika Fujiwara(JPN)

Women's Doubles - 1st Round
Marina Erakovic(NZL)[16] /Monica Niculescu(ROU)[16] vs. Severine Beltrame(FRA) /Laura Thorpe(FRA)

Women's Doubles - 1st Round
Simona Halep(ROU) /Aleksandra Wozniak(CAN) vs. Alexandra Cadantu(ROU) /Anne Keothavong(GBR)

Mixed Doubles - 1st Round
Lucie Hradecka(CZE) /Frantisek Cermak(CZE) vs. Elena Vesnina(RUS)[5] /Leander Paes(IND)[5]

Women's Doubles - 1st Round
Irina-Camelia Begu(ROU) /Shahar Peer(ISR) vs. Jarmila Gajdosova(AUS)[14] /Anastasia Rodionova(AUS)[14]

Court 5

11:00 AM Start
Women's Doubles - 1st Round
Andrea Hlavackova(CZE)[5] /Lucie Hradecka(CZE)[5] vs. Julie Coin(FRA) /Pauline Parmentier(FRA)

Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Andreas Seppi(ITA)[22] vs. Mikhail Kukushkin(KAZ)

Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Bethanie Mattek-Sands(USA) vs. Sloane Stephens(USA)

Women's Doubles - 1st Round
Tamira Paszek(AUT) /Jasmin Woehr(GER) vs. Vania King(USA)[3] /Yaroslava Shvedova(KAZ)[3]

Court 6

11:00 AM Start
Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Aleksandra Wozniak(CAN) vs. Jie Zheng(CHN)[31]

Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Lucie Safarova(CZE)[20] vs. Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez(ESP)

Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Pablo Andujar(ESP) vs. Stanislas Wawrinka(SUI)[18]

Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Viktor Troicki(SRB)[28] vs. Fabio Fognini(ITA)

Court 7

11:00 AM Start
Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Vania King(USA) vs. Dominika Cibulkova(SVK)[15]

Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Juan Carlos Ferrero(ESP) vs. Marin Cilic(CRO)[21]

Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Yung-Jan Chan(TPE) vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova(RUS)[26]

Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Lukasz Kubot(POL) vs. Florent Serra(FRA)

Court 8

11:00 AM Start
Men's Doubles - 1st Round
Michael Russell(USA) /Donald Young(USA) vs. Treat Conrad Huey(PHI) /Dominic Inglot(GBR)

Women's Doubles - 1st Round
Kristina Barrois(GER) /Darija Jurak(CRO) vs. Kveta Peschke(CZE)[2] /Katarina Srebotnik(SLO)[2]

Men's Doubles - 1st Round
James Cerretani(USA) /Victor Hanescu(ROU) vs. Jeremy Chardy(FRA) /Grigor DiMitrov(BUL)

Mixed Doubles - 1st Round
Andrea Hlavackova(CZE)[8] /Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi(PAK)[8] vs. Galina Voskoboeva(KAZ) /Daniele Bracciali(ITA)

Men's Doubles - 1st Round
Mark Knowles(BAH) /Xavier Malisse(BEL) vs. Michal Mertinak(SVK) /Andre Sa(BRA)

Court 9

11:00 AM Start
Women's Doubles - 1st Round
Akgul Amanmuradova(UZB) /Kateryna Bondarenko(UKR) vs. Carla Suarez Navarro(ESP) /Anastasiya Yakimova(BLR)

Women's Doubles - 1st Round
Liezel Huber(USA)[1] /Lisa Raymond(USA)[1] vs. Kaia Kanepi(EST) /Shuai Zhang(CHN)

Mixed Doubles - 1st Round
Sania Mirza(IND)[7] /Mahesh Bhupathi(IND)[7] vs. Raquel Kops-Jones(USA) /Eric Butorac(USA)

Men's Doubles - 1st Round
Juan Ignacio Chela(ARG) /Eduardo Schwank(ARG) vs. Lukas Lacko(SVK) /Paolo Lorenzi(ITA)

Court 10

11:00 AM Start
Men's Doubles - 1st Round
Frantisek Cermak(CZE)[9] /Filip Polasek(SVK)[9] vs. Alejandro Falla(COL) /Santiago Giraldo(COL)

Men's Doubles - 1st Round
Juan Sebastian Cabal(COL)[16] /Robert Farah(COL)[16] vs. Dustin Brown(GER) /Jonathan Marray(GBR)

Men's Doubles - 1st Round
Mikhail Elgin(RUS) /Denis Istomin(UZB) vs. Steve Darcis(BEL) /Olivier Rochus(BEL)

Women's Doubles - 1st Round
Dominika Cibulkova(SVK) /Saisai Zheng(CHN) vs. Claire Feuerstein(FRA) /Victoria Larriere(FRA)

Men's Doubles - 1st Round
Mikhail Kukushkin(KAZ) /Igor Kunitsyn(RUS) vs. Carlos Berlocq(ARG) /David Marrero(ESP)

Court 11

11:00 AM Start
Men's Doubles - 1st Round
Ashley Fisher(AUS) /Marinko Matosevic(AUS) vs. Scott Lipsky(USA)[15] /Rajeev Ram(USA)[15]

Women's Doubles - 1st Round
Natalie Grandin(RSA)[9] /Vladimira Uhlirova(CZE)[9] vs. Sofia Arvidsson(SWE) /Johanna Larsson(SWE)

Men's Doubles - 1st Round
Carsten Ball(AUS) /Jamie Murray(GBR) vs. Yen-Hsun Lu(TPE) /Go Soeda(JPN)

Mixed Doubles - 1st Round
Lisa Raymond(USA)[4] /Rohan Bopanna(IND)[4] vs. Natalie Grandin(RSA) /Paul Hanley(AUS)

Mixed Doubles - 1st Round
Liezel Huber(USA)[1] /Max Mirnyi(BLR)[1] vs. Vera Dushevina(RUS) /Juan Sebastian Cabal(COL)

Court 14

11:00 AM Start
Men's Doubles - 1st Round
Bjorn Phau(GER) /Adil Shamasdin(CAN) vs. Pierre-Hugues Herbert(FRA) /Albano Olivetti(FRA)

Men's Doubles - 1st Round
Max Mirnyi(BLR)[1] /Daniel Nestor(CAN)[1] vs. Robin Haase(NED) /Jarkko Nieminen(FIN)

Women's Doubles - 1st Round
Timea Babos(HUN) /Su-Wei Hsieh(TPE) vs. Alize Cornet(FRA) /Virginie Razzano(FRA)

Women's Doubles - 1st Round
Maria Kirilenko(RUS)[7] /Nadia Petrova(RUS)[7] vs. Lourdes Dominguez Lino(ESP) /Romina Oprandi(SUI)

Women's Doubles - 1st Round
Irena Pavlovic(FRA) /Aravane Rezai(FRA) vs. Stephanie Foretz Gacon(FRA) /Kristina Mladenovic(FRA)

Court 16

11:00 AM Start
Men's Doubles - 1st Round
Julian Knowle(AUT) /Leonardo Mayer(ARG) vs. Jurgen Melzer(AUT)[8] /Philipp Petzschner(GER)[8]

Men's Doubles - 1st Round
Alexandr Dolgopolov(UKR) /Denys Molchanov(UKR) vs. Adrian Mannarino(FRA) /Benoit Paire(FRA)

Men's Doubles - 1st Round
Sergiy Stakhovsky(UKR) /Mikhail Youzhny(RUS) vs. Bob Bryan(USA)[2] /Mike Bryan(USA)[2]

Women's Doubles - 1st Round
Shuai Peng(CHN) /Jie Zheng(CHN) vs. Mona Barthel(GER) /Varvara Lepchenko(USA)

Court 17

11:00 AM Start
Men's Doubles - 1st Round
Jonathan Dasnieres De Veigy(FRA) /Nicolas Renavand(FRA) vs. Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi(PAK)[10] /Jean-Julien Rojer(NED)[10]

Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Nadia Petrova(RUS)[27] vs. Chanelle Scheepers(RSA)

Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Kevin Anderson(RSA)[31] vs. Horacio Zeballos(ARG)

Women's Doubles - 1st Round
Caroline Garcia(FRA) /Mathilde Johansson(FRA) vs. Eleni Daniilidou(GRE) /Mandy Minella(LUX)

French Open Day 3 Results | Tuesday, May 29, 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Jess Abad) — Tue, 29 May 2012 20:35:00 +0000

French Open Day 3 Results | Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Men's Singles - 1st Round

Richard Gasquet(FRA)[17] def. Jurgen Zopp(EST)6-3 6-4 7-6(4)
Rafael Nadal(ESP)[2] def. Simone Bolelli(ITA)6-2 6-2 6-1
Julien Benneteau(FRA)[29] def. Mischa Zverev(GER)6-2 6-7(3) 6-4 6-4
Andy Murray(GBR)[4] def. Tatsuma Ito(JPN)6-1 7-5 6-0
Janko Tipsarevic(SRB)[8] def. Sam Querrey(USA)2-6 6-4 7-6(3) 6-3
Juan Monaco(ARG)[13] def. Guillaume Rufin(FRA)6-2 2-6 6-2 7-6(3)
David Ferrer(ESP)[6] def. Lukas Lacko(SVK)6-3 6-4 6-1
Benoit Paire(FRA) def. Albert Ramos(ESP)7-6(3) 6-4 6-7(5) 6-3
Jeremy Chardy(FRA) def. Yen-Hsun Lu(TPE)6-4 6-1 6-7(3) 3-6 11-9
Tommy Haas(GER) def. Filippo Volandri(ITA)6-3 0-6 6-4 6-4
Mikhail Youzhny(RUS)[27] def. James Blake(USA)6-2 6-1 6-2
Dmitry Tursunov(RUS) def. Go Soeda(JPN)6-1 6-4 6-4
Denis Istomin(UZB) def. Igor Kunitsyn(RUS)6-2 6-1 6-2
Lukas Rosol(CZE) def. Carlos Berlocq(ARG)6-4 7-5 6-7(6) 6-2
Grigor DiMitrov(BUL) def. Donald Young(USA)7-6(3) 6-1 6-1
Robin Haase(NED) def. Ivan Dodig(CRO)6-2 6-2 6-1
Nicolas Almagro(ESP)[12] def. Paolo Lorenzi(ITA)6-3 7-5 6-4
Marcos Baghdatis(CYP) def. Juan Ignacio Chela(ARG)6-3 6-3 6-1
Sergiy Stakhovsky(UKR) def. Alexandr Dolgopolov(UKR)[16]6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(4) 3-6 6-3
Eduardo Schwank(ARG) def. Ivo Karlovic(CRO)6-4 6-0 6-3
Florian Mayer(GER)[32] def. Daniel Gimeno-Traver(ESP)6-4 6-2 6-3
Jarkko Nieminen(FIN) def. Igor Andreev(RUS)3-6 6-2 2-1 Ret.

Video: Roger Federer Interview with Tennis Channel at Roland Garros

noreply@blogger.com (Jess Abad) — Tue, 29 May 2012 19:19:00 +0000

Video: Roger Federer Interview with Tennis Channel at Roland Garros

Roger Federer sits down with Bill Macatee in this uncut interview from French Open Tonight.

Photos: Nadal vs Bolelli | Roland Garros Day 3

noreply@blogger.com (Jess Abad) — Tue, 29 May 2012 19:16:00 +0000

Photos: Nadal vs Bolelli | Roland Garros Day 3

Six-times French Open champion Rafael Nadal beat Simone Bolelli 6/2 6/2 6/1 to advance to the 2nd round in Paris. He will face Denis Istomin on Thursday.... Check out some pictures from their encounter...

Photos from Getty Images/AFP/AP

Photos: Ferrer, Gasquet, Monaco and Tipsarevic at Roland Garros Day 3

noreply@blogger.com (Jess Abad) — Tue, 29 May 2012 18:43:00 +0000

Photos: Ferrer, Gasquet, Monaco and Tipsarevic at Roland Garros Day 3

David Ferrer, Richard Gasquet, Janko Tipsarevic and Juan Monaco won their first round matches today during day 3 at the 2012 French Open tennis tournament in Paris and we have some tennis pictures from their encounters ... Enjoy...

Photos Getty Images/AP/AFP

Photos: Murray vs Ito | French Open Day 3

noreply@blogger.com (Jess Abad) — Tue, 29 May 2012 18:25:00 +0000

Photos: Murray vs Ito | French Open Day 3

Check out some tennis pictures of Andy Murray and Tatsuma Ito in ther men's singles first round match on during day 3 of the French Open at Roland Garros .... The Scott won the encounter in straight sets...

(Photos by AP/AFP/Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)

Rafa has easy win in Roland Garros Opener

noreply@blogger.com (Jess Abad) — Tue, 29 May 2012 16:09:00 +0000

Rafa has easy win in Roland Garros Opener

Rafael Nadal scored a 6-2, 6-2, 6-1 victory over Simone Bolelli in his opening match at the 2012 French Open tennis tournament where he is the defending champion.

Rafa made only 18 unforced errors, fewer than half as many as his opponent.

The Spaniard won the French Open six times. Bjorn Borg is the only other man with six titles at Roland Garros.

Nadal broke for a 4-2 lead in the first set which he won in 35 minutes.

In the second set he claimed 4-0 lead before Bolelli broke him for 4-1. The Italian held to close the gap and even had 3 break points for 4-3 but rafa saved them and then had no further problems to seal a two set to love lead.

Nadal went up 3-0 in the third as Bolelli was unable to spot hime. The spaniard broke again for a 5-1 lead and held to take the win.

"I'm happy," said Nadal. "I played, probably, with less stress or nerves than in other first rounds in the past. I relaxed a little bit at 6-2, 4-0, [in] my opinion. I was playing very well at beginning of the match. After I had the break [at 2-2], that period of of eight, nine games, until 4-0, I was playing well."

"I didn't play so good today," admitted Bolelli, who thinks Court Philippe Chatrier is slower than the outside courts. "I just tried to play my tennis, my game. I tried to play aggressively with the forehand, with the serve, but today I miss a lot. He's strong. I mean, I didn't have a chance to make the match even. Maybe, just in the second set, I played three, four good games."

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Haas playing for his daughter, advances at Roland Garros

noreply@blogger.com (Jess Abad) — Tue, 29 May 2012 16:00:00 +0000

Haas playing for his daughter, advances at Roland Garros

Tommy Haas beat Filippo Volandri 6-3 0-6 6-4 6-4 to reach the second round of the French Open.

The former number two, who came through qualifying to reach the main draw in Paris, has a little daughter and he is trying to leave her with many happy memories of his daddy playing tennis.

"My daughter (Valentina) is a year and a half. If I can play another year, year and a half, maybe she gets to see me play at a real high level still, which is another goal of mine," Haas said. "I don't know if I'll make it but I'll try."

Haas, who is 34 years old, said his own longevity was down to missing three or four years through injury.

"Maybe mentally I'm only 29, 30 instead of my real age is showing," Haas said. "It all depends on my body, really, how I'm feeling to be able to continue. Situations like today make it all worthwhile to put in the work, the effort. This is why you go out and try to come back and try to push yourself to be able to play these matches."

"When I grew up, I always tried to play the real pretty sort of game in many ways," said Haas. "That's how my dad taught me. The backhand always needed to be like Ivan Lendl's backhand. A lot people of people come up to me and they do like my technique at times."

The German added he was not surprised so many players were extending their careers into the twilight.

"I think a lot has to do with maybe we're also taking care of our bodies much more and realizing you have to be in great shape," Haas said. "When you're in great shape you can go maybe a little bit longer.

"Maybe times have changed. Back when I started playing everybody retired at age 30, 31. Michael Stich, (Boris) Becker, (Stefan) Edberg, all these guys that I sort of looked up to, they left the game during that time.

"(Andre) Agassi showed us that it's possible to play unbelievable tennis at age 34, 35, 36 if you keep yourself in great shape.

"At the age that I'm even at now I think he was still No. 1 in the world. That's very inspirational.

"I think when you're 30 you also don't want to maybe realize that your time is over yet and you want to continue to play and enjoy this game, just enjoy it while you can."

Source Reuters

Ferrer, Gasquet and Tipsarevic into French Open 2nd round

noreply@blogger.com (Jess Abad) — Tue, 29 May 2012 16:00:00 +0000

Ferrer, Gasquet and Tipsarevic into French Open 2nd round

David Ferrer, Richard Gasquet and Janko Tipsarevic reached the second round at Roland Garros.

The Spaniard enjoyed a 6-3, 6-4, 6-1 victory over Lukas Lacko, the Frenchman beat Jurgen Zopp 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 while the Serb defeated Sam Querrey 2-6, 6-4, 7-6, 6-3.

Ferrer converted six of 12 break point opportunities. He committed 29 unforced errors and won 14 of his 16 approaches to the net. He is now four match wins shy of 450 victories (446-239).

Gasquet was made to work a little but advanced in straight sets for the joy of all the local tennis fans.

"No, I didn't know him at all," said Gasquet of Zopp. "He's a strong hitter, he was serving well. [The] surface was fast with the sun and I think I played well. It was not easy. I could have lost one set, either the second one or the third one. The first match on the Central Court, it's always like this. It's always difficult. You have to know how to play. He was playing well. I'd say it's a good match for me."

Tipsarevic survived a test against the American after losing the opening set. He hit 13 aces and 38 winners.

"[The] first set was not really fun for me on the court," admitted Tipsarevic. "He was playing out of his mind, hitting winners from everywhere. All credit to him. Everything was going in. I'm happy that I managed to stay positive, stay quiet, not really talking too much when somebody is killing me on the court like he did in the first set. The match somehow turned around. When I made the break [in the second set], I felt I was in control all throughout the rest of the match."

In other results, Alexandr Dolgopolov was beaten 6-7(4), 6-4, 7-6(4), 3-6, 6-3 by Sergiy Stakhovsky in the first round. Dolgopolov hit 63 winners but it was not enough.

Florian Mayer beat Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 after he hit seven aces and 31 winners.

Photo Getty Images

Video: Roland Garros Kids Day

noreply@blogger.com (Jess Abad) — Tue, 29 May 2012 15:49:00 +0000

Video: Roland Garros Kids Day

Just enjoy this cool video with great footage from Kids Day at the 2012 French Open in Paris....