Wednesday, 30 May 2012

Roland Garros: Day 5 preview

Day 5 rounds up 2nd round action as the next 16 players will emerge.

Court Philippe Chatrier
11:00 AM Start

Jarkko Nieminen(FIN) vs. Andy Murray(GBR)[4]
Jarmila Gajdosova(AUS) vs Caroline Wozniacki(DEN)[9]
Paul-Henri Mathieu(FRA) vs John Isner(USA)[10]
Ayumi Morita(JPN) vs Maria Sharapova(RUS)[2]

Court Suzanne Lenglen
Urszula Radwanska(POL) vs. Petra Kvitova(CZE)[4]
Not Before:12:00 PM
Cedrik-Marcel Stebe(GER)vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga(FRA)[5] To Finish 2-6 6-4 1-1
Denis Istomin(UZB)vs.Rafael Nadal(ESP)[2]
Na Li(CHN)[7] vs.Stephanie Foretz Gacon(FRA)
Grigor Dimitrov(BUL) vs. Richard Gasquet(FRA)[17]

Court 1
David Ferrer(ESP)[6]vs. Benoit Paire(FRA)
Not Before:12:00 PM
David Goffin(BEL)vs.Arnaud Clement(FRA) To Finish 3-6 7-6(2) 0-6 6-2 5-1
Francesca Schiavone(ITA)[14]vs. Tsvetana Pironkova(BUL)
Dmitry Tursunov(RUS)vs. Julien Benneteau(FRA)[29]
Virginie Razzano(FRA) vs. Arantxa Rus(NED)

Court 2
Maria Kirilenko(RUS)[16] vs. Klara Zakopalova(CZE)
Marcos Baghdatis(CYP) vs. Nicolas Almagro(ESP)[12]
Janko Tipsarevic(SRB)[8] vs. Jeremy Chardy(FRA)
Heather Watson(GBR) vs. Julia Goerges(GER)[25]

Court 3
Jesse Levine(USA) vs. Milos Raonic(CAN)[19]
Not Before:12:00 PM
Olga Govortsova(BLR) vs. Angelique Kerber(GER)[10] To Finish 2-1
Varvara Lepchenko(USA) vs. Jelena Jankovic(SRB)[19]

Marcel Granollers(ESP)[20] vs. Malek Jaziri(TUN)
Shuai Peng(CHN)[28] vs. Lourdes Dominguez Lino(ESP)

Court 5
Liga Dekmeijere(LAT) /Tamarine Tanasugarn(THA) vs.Raquel Kops-Jones(USA)[10]/Abigail Spears(USA)[10]
Robin Haase(NED) vs. Mikhail Youzhny(RUS)[27]
Carla Suarez Navarro(ESP) vs. Sesil Karatantcheva(KAZ)
Flavia Pennetta(ITA) /Francesca Schiavone(ITA) vs. Angelique Kerber(GER) /Agnieszka Radwanska(POL)

Court 6
Juan Monaco(ARG)[13] vs. Lukas Rosol(CZE)
Not Before:12:00 PM
Viktor Troicki(SRB)[28] vs. Fabio Fognini(ITA)To Finish 2-6 6-3
Kaia Kanepi(EST)[23] vs. Irina-Camelia Begu(ROU)
Christina McHale(USA) vs. Lauren Davis(USA)

Sergiy Stakhovsky(UKR) vs. Tommy Haas(GER)

Court 7
Bernard Tomic(AUS)[25] vs. Santiago Giraldo(COL)
Nina Bratchikova(RUS) vs. Claire Feuerstein(FRA)
Philipp Kohlschreiber(GER)[24] vs. Leonardo Mayer(ARG)
Sofia Arvidsson(SWE) vs. Yaroslava Shvedova(KAZ)

Court 17
Melinda Czink(HUN)vs.Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova(RUS)[22]Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo(ESP) /Albert Ramos(ESP) vs. Michael Llodra(FRA)[3] /Nenad Zimonjic(SRB)[3]
Florian Mayer(GER)[32] vs Eduardo Schwank(ARG)
Amandine Hesse(FRA) /Michael Llodra(FRA)vs. Nuria Llagostera Vives(ESP) /Oliver Marach(AUT)
Match focus:

Jarmila Gajdosova(AUS) vs Caroline Wozniacki(DEN)[9]

With Serena ousted (WTF Serena?), Caroline Wozniacki emerges as the favourite of that quarter. Her unimpressive form aside, the Dane will still be the one to beat with her status as a former number 1. Jarmila Gajdosova is an unpredictable opponent whose balls often find the fences of the court rather than in the court. But still, when she's on her game, she's scary. Caroline will have to engage Jarmila in long rallies until the Australian tries a ridiculous shot.

Pick: Wozniacki in 2 easy sets

Varvara Lepchenko(USA) vs. Jelena Jankovic(SRB)[19]

Struggling Jelena meets relatively in-form Varvara Lepchenko in this 2nd round clash. Poor Jelena. I have just noticed from the photo above that she's not wearing Anta anymore. The Chinese sportwear company must have dropped her after her dire form this season. Besides, with the bankruptcy of Prince, she using a brandless racket. Well, I'm sure her struggles will continue is she goes down to Lepchenko, a quarter-finalist in Madrid a few weeks ago. Jelena needs to start believing in herself, or else it's easy pickings for Varvara.

Pick: Lepchenko in 3 sets

Shuai Peng(CHN)[28] vs. Lourdes Dominguez Lino(ESP)


Peng faces Spanish moonballer, Lourdes Dominguez Lino in round 2. Dominguez Lino is well-known for doing absolutely nothing with the ball. She is content with running around the court all day just retrieving balls. Peng needs to be patient and wait for the right moment to strike or else she will blow herself out of the tournament. With Peng still struggling with her injuries, it's tough to see her pull this out with her restricted movement. Sadly, anti-tennis will prevail in this match.

Pick: Dominguez Lino in 3 sets

Sure win bets: Maria Sharapova, Petra Kvitova, Li Na
Upset alerts: Jelena Jankovic, Peng Shuai, Sofia Arvidsson

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