Sunday 27 May 2012

Roland Garros: Day 2 preview

Huge day with tons of matches featured:

Court Philippe Chatrier

11:00 AM Start
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Victoria Azarenka(BLR)[1] vs. Alberta Brianti(ITA)
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Na Li(CHN)[7] vs. Sorana Cirstea(ROU)
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Novak Djokovic(SRB)[1] vs. Potito Starace(ITA)
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Gilles Simon(FRA)[11] vs. Ryan Harrison(USA)

Court Suzanne Lenglen

11:00 AM Start
Women's Singles - 1st Round
(WC) Kristina Mladenovic(FRA) vs. Dominika Cibulkova(SVK)[15]
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Roger Federer(SUI)[3] vs. Tobias Kamke(GER)
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Michael Llodra(FRA) vs. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez(ESP)
Women's Singles - 1st Round
(Q) Karolina Pliskova(CZE) vs. Marion Bartoli(FRA)[8]

Court 1

11:00 AM Start
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Florent Serra(FRA) vs. Feliciano Lopez(ESP)[15]
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Alize Cornet(FRA) vs. Jie Zheng(CHN)[31]
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Arnaud Clement(FRA) vs. Alex Bogomolov Jr.(RUS)
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Agnieszka Radwanska(POL)[3] vs. Bojana Jovanovski(SRB)

Court 2

11:00 AM Start
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Patricia Mayr-Achleitner(AUT) vs. Jelena Jankovic(SRB)[19]
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Timea Babos(HUN) vs. Vera Zvonareva(RUS)[11]
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Rogerio Dutra Silva(BRA) vs. John Isner(USA)[10]
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Paul-Henri Mathieu(FRA) vs. Bjorn Phau(GER)

Court 3

11:00 AM Start
Women's Singles - 1st Round
(Q) Lauren Davis(USA) vs. Mona Barthel(GER)[30]
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Christina McHale(USA) vs. (Q) Kiki Bertens(NED)
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Viktor Troicki(SRB)[28] vs. Thomaz Bellucci(BRA)
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Filippo Volandri(ITA) vs. Tommy Haas(GER)

Court 4

11:00 AM Start
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Vania King(USA) vs. Galina Voskoboeva(KAZ)
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Petra Martic(CRO) vs. Michaella Krajicek(NED)
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Simona Halep(ROU) vs. Petra Cetkovska(CZE)[24]
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Philipp Kohlschreiber(GER)[24] vs. Matthew Ebden(AUS)

Court 5

11:00 AM Start
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Marcel Granollers(ESP)[20] vs. Joao Sousa(POR)
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Ekaterina Makarova(RUS) vs. Sloane Stephens(USA)
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Radek Stepanek(CZE)[23] vs. David Goffin(BEL)

Court 6

11:00 AM Start
Women's Singles - 1st Round
A. Medina Garrigues(ESP)[29] vs. (LL) Laura Robson(GBR)
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Adrian Ungur(ROU) vs. David Nalbandian(ARG)
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Roberta Vinci(ITA)[17] vs. Sofia Arvidsson(SWE)
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Xavier Malisse(BEL) vs. Brian Baker(USA)

Court 7

11:00 AM Start
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Blaz Kavcic(SLO) vs. Lleyton Hewitt(AUS)
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Sabine Lisicki(GER)[12] vs. Bethanie Mattek-Sands(USA)
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Dudi Sela(ISR) vs. Tomas Berdych(CZE)[7]
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova(CZE) vs. Stephanie Foretz Gacon(FRA)

Court 8

11:00 AM Start
Women's Singles - 1st Round
(Q) Yung-Jan Chan(TPE) vs. Kateryna Bondarenko(UKR)
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Laura Pous-Tio(ESP) vs. Chanelle Scheepers(RSA)
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Tamarine Tanasugarn(THA) vs. Carla Suarez Navarro(ESP)
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Olivier Rochus(BEL) vs. Leonardo Mayer(ARG)

Court 10

11:00 AM Start
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Malek Jaziri(TUN) vs. Philipp Petzschner(GER)
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Santiago Giraldo(COL) vs. Alejandro Falla(COL)
Women's Singles - 1st Round
(Q) Yaroslava Shvedova(KAZ) vs. Mandy Minella(LUX)

Court 11

11:00 AM Start
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Frank Dancevic(CAN) vs. Martin Klizan(SVK)
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Romina Oprandi(SUI) vs. Olga Govortsova(BLR)
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Jesse Levine(USA) vs. Benjamin Becker(GER)

Court 14

11:00 AM Start
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Mikhail Kukushkin(KAZ) vs. Ernests Gulbis(LAT)
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Varvara Lepchenko(USA) vs. Ksenia Pervak(KAZ)
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Alexandr Dolgopolov(UKR)[16] vs. Sergiy Stakhovsky(UKR)
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Monica Niculescu(ROU)[32] vs. Nina Bratchikova(RUS)

Court 16

11:00 AM Start
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Nadia Petrova(RUS)[27] vs. Iveta Benesova(CZE)
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Eric Prodon(FRA) vs. Horacio Zeballos(ARG)
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Bernard Tomic(AUS)[25] vs. Andreas Haider-Maurer(AUT)

Court 17

11:00 AM Start
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Andreas Seppi(ITA)[22] vs. Nikolay Davydenko(RUS)
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Su-Wei Hsieh(TPE) vs. Flavia Pennetta(ITA)[18]
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo(ESP) vs. Milos Raonic(CAN)[19]
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Vera Dushevina(RUS) vs. (WC) Claire Feuerstein(FRA)

Match focus:

A. Medina Garrigues(ESP)[29] vs. (LL) Laura Robson(GBR)

Laura Robson has beaten Anabel Medina Garrigues last year in US Open 6-2 6-2. Will she repeat this again on Anabel's favoured surface? I fear another first round exit for this young Brit. She had already lost in qualifying and got into the main draw when Silvia Soler-Espinosa withdrew. And clay is Anabel's favourite playground. Anabel will grind Laura to death and Laura will hit herself out of the court and the tournament I'm afraid.

Pick: Medina Garrigues in 2 sets

Sabine Lisicki(GER)[12] vs. Bethanie Mattek-Sands(USA)

Sabine Lisicki gets a tough opener in the form of Bethanie Mattek-Sands. The flamboyant American has dropped drastically after suffering from injury and is fighting to reach her career-high ranking of 30 a year ago. She's ranked 168 now but I'm sure she can play top 100 tennis. Lisicki's shaky form will be put to test with this aggressive American. Let' see if Sabine can hold onto her nerves and head to achieve this win.

Pick: Lisicki in 3 sets

Na Li(CHN)[7] vs. Sorana Cirstea(ROU)

Brutal draw for Li Na as she draws one of the most dangerous floaters in the tournament. Sorana has been known to challenge the best players as evidenced by her first round win over Samantha Stosur in Australian Open. The defending champion has to be on her game soon as Sorana isn't a pushover. If Li manages to keep her wild errors low, she will be able to achieve victory.

Pick: Li in 2 tight sets

Timea Babos(HUN) vs. Vera Zvonareva(RUS)[11]

Dear Vera, do not play if you are injured. Vera played an exhibition set against Sabine Lisicki but was humiliated 1-6 by the German. After that, there's reports of her shoulder bothering her. I guess Timea must be thanking her lucky stars on drawing the weakest seed here. Sadly, I see no other way that Vera is winning this.

Pick: Timea wins when Vera retires

Patricia Mayr-Achleitner(AUT) vs. Jelena Jankovic(SRB)[19]


Jankovic is on a 4 match losing streak and I fully expect this to snap here. Patricia is pretty much a journeywoman with no real weapons. Moreover, the brattish behaviour of this Austrian is off-putting. There are signs of revival for Jelena as she had chances in all her losses. She just needs to win the important points and she'll be back on course.

Pick: Jankovic in 2 sets

Sure win bets: Azarenka, Carla Suarez Navarro, Agnieszka Radwanska
Upset alert: Zheng Jie, Vera Zvonareva, Mandy Minella

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