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  • Roland Garros French Open Day 6

    Roland Garros French Open Day 6

    First up on Court Philippe Chatrier, on Day 6 of the French Open, at Roland Garros, is the No. 3 seed Agnieszka Radwanska (POL), who will face Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO). The next match features 17-time Major winner Roger Federer against the veteran Russian Dmitry Tursunov. Following that, former champion Maria Sharapova will play Paula Ormaechea (ARG).

    On Court Suzanne Lenglen, the No. 2 seed Novak Djokovic (SRB) faces his first seeded player, Marin Cilic (25), of Croatia. Local favorite Jo-Wilfried Tsonga plays Jerzy Janowicz (22), the rising star from Poland.

    The highest-ranked US man still in the draw, John Isner (10), will play the Spaniard Tommy Robredo (17) on Court 1. Carla Suarez Navarro (14) and Taylor Townsend, another Spanish and American pairing, will also meet on Court 1.

    The full schedule for Day 6 is listed below (Results to follow)…

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    Court Philippe Chatrier – 11:00 A.M.  

    Women’s Singles – Round 3
    Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) d. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) (3) — 6-4, 6-4

    Men’s Singles – Round 3
    Roger Federer (SUI) (4) d. Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) (31) — 7-5, 6-7(7), 6-2, 6-4

    Women’s Singles – Round 3
    Maria Sharapova (RUS) (7) d. Paula Ormaechea (ARG) — 6-0, 6-0

    Men’s Singles – Round 3
    Milos Raonic (CAN) (8) d. Gilles Simon (FRA) (29) — 4-6, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2, 7-5

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    Court Suzanne Lenglen – 11:00 A.M.

    Women’s Singles – Round 3
    Samantha Stosur (AUS) (19) d. Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) (9) — 6-4, 6-4

    Men’s Singles – Round 3
    Novak Djokovic (SRB) (2) d. Marin Cilic (CRO) (25) — 6-3, 6-2, 6-7(2), 6-4

    Men’s Singles – Round 3
    Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) (13) d. Jerzy Janowicz (POL) (22) — 6-4, 6-4, 6-3

    Women’s Singles – Round 3
    Angelique Kerber (GER) (8) d. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) (31) — 7-5, 6-3

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    Court 1 – 11:00 A.M. 

    Men’s Singles – Round 3
    Ernests Gulbis (LAT) (18) d. Radek Stepanek (CZE) — 6-3, 6-2, 7-5

    Women’s Singles – Round 3
    Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) (14) d. Taylor Townsend (USA) — 6-2, 6-2

    Men’s Singles – Round 3
    John Isner (USA) (10) d. Tommy Robredo (ESP) (17) — 7-6(13), 7-6(3), 6-7(5), 7-5

    Women’s Singles – Round 3
    Pauline Parmentier (FRA) d. Mona Barthel (GER) — 1-6, 6-1, 7-5

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    Court 2 – 11:00 A.M.

    Men’s Doubles – Round 2
    Julien Benneteau (FRA) (11) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) (11) d. Alejandro Falla (COL) / Marinko Matosevic (AUS) — 1-6, 7-5, 6-0

    Men’s Doubles – Round 2
    Michael Llodra (FRA) (5) / Nicolas Mahut (FRA) (5) d. Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) / Scott Lipsky (USA) — 7-6(2), 6-4

    Men’s Singles – Round 3
    Tomas Berdych (CZE) (6) d. Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) (27) — 6-1, 6-2, 6-7(4), 6-4

    Women’s Singles – Round 3
    Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) (18) d. Johanna Larsson (SWE) — 7-5, 6-4

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    Court 3 – 11:00 A.M.  

    Women’s Doubles – Round 2
    Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) (1) / Shuai Peng (CHN) (1) d. Vera Dushevina (RUS) / Saisai Zheng (CHN) — 6-1, 6-3

    Not Before: 12:30 P.M.

    Women’s Doubles – Round 2
    Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) (12) / Flavia Pennetta (ITA) (12) d. Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) / Janette Husarova (SVK) — 6-3, 6-3

    Men’s Doubles – Round 2
    Jack Sock (USA) / Joao Sousa (POR) d. Pablo Cuevas (URU) (16) / Horacio Zeballos (ARG) (16) — 3-6, 6-3, 6-2

    Mixed Doubles – Round 1
    Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) (5) / Daniel Nestor (CAN) (5) d. Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) / Max Mirnyi (BLR) — 7-6(1), 6-4

    Mixed Doubles – Round 1
    Julia Goerges (GER) (8) / Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) (8) d. Amandine Hesse (FRA) / Michael Llodra (FRA) — 6-1, 7-5

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    Court 6 – 11:00 A.M. 

    Women’s Doubles – Round 2
    Jelena Jankovic (SRB) / Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) d. Sharon Fichman (CAN) / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) — Walkover

    Not Before: 12:30 P.M.

    Women’s Doubles – Round 2
    Andrea Petkovic (GER) / Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) d. Klara Koukalova (CZE) (14) / Monica Niculescu (ROU) (14) — 1-6, 6-2, 6-4

    Men’s Doubles – Round 2
    Feliciano Lopez (ESP) / Jurgen Melzer (AUT) d. Henri Kontinen (FIN) / Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) — 6-3, 6-4

    Mixed Doubles – Round 1
    Alize Lim (FRA) / Jeremy Chardy (FRA) d. Mathilde Johansson (FRA) / Adrian Mannarino (FRA) — 7-5, 6-3

    Mixed Doubles – Round 1
    Abigail Spears (USA) (1) / Alexander Peya (AUT) (1) d. Iveta Melzer (CZE) / Jurgen Melzer (AUT) — 6-4, 6-2

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    Court 7 – 11:00 A.M.  

    Men’s Doubles – Round 2
    Mate Pavic (CRO) / Andre Sa (BRA) d. Treat Huey (PHI) (7) / Dominic Inglot (GBR) (7) — 7-6(5), 7-6(6)

    Men’s Doubles – Round 2
    Andre Begemann (GER) / Robin Haase (NED) d. Alexander Peya (AUT) (2) / Bruno Soares (BRA) (2) — 5-7, 6-4, 6-4

    Women’s Singles – Round 3
    Garbine Muguruza (ESP) d. Anna Schmiedlova (SVK) — 6-2, 6-4

    Men’s Singles – Round 3
    Marcel Granollers (ESP) vs. Martin Klizan (SVK) — To Finish: 6-7(5), 6-2, 7-6(4)

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    Court 8 – 12:30 P.M.    

    Mixed Doubles – Round 1
    Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) (2) / Rohan Bopanna (IND) (2) d. Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) / Marc Lopez (ESP) — 7-6(3), 7-5

    Men’s Doubles – Round 2
    Jamie Murray (GBR) (15) / John Peers (AUS) (15) d. Simone Bolelli (ITA) / Fabio Fognini (ITA) — 6-4, 6-3

    Mixed Doubles – Round 1
    Timea Babos (HUN) / Eric Butorac (USA) d. Janette Husarova (SVK) / Oliver Marach (AUT) — 5-7, 7-5 [10-3]

    Mixed Doubles – Round 1
    Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) (3) / Bruno Soares (BRA) (3) d. Casey Dellacqua (AUS) / Jamie Murray (GBR) — 6-3, 5-7 [10-6]

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    Court 16 – 11:00 A.M.    

    Men’s Doubles – Round 2
    Marin Draganja (CRO) / Florin Mergea (ROU) d. Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS) / Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) — 6-3, 6-4

    Women’s Doubles – Round 2
    Marina Erakovic (NZL) (16) / Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP) (16) d. Kristina Barrois (GER) / Annika Beck (GER) — 7-5, 6-1

    Women’s Doubles – Round 2
    Kaia Kanepi (EST) / Alexandra Panova (RUS) d. Tatjana Maria (GER) / Elina Svitolina (UKR) — 6-2, 6-3

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    Court 17 – 11:00 A.M.    

    Men’s Doubles – Round 2
    Maximo Gonzalez (ARG) / Juan Monaco (ARG) d. Eric Butorac (USA) (14) / Raven Klaasen (RSA) (14) — 5-7, 6-4, 6-4

    Not Before: 12:30 P.M.

    Women’s Doubles – Round 2
    Sara Errani (ITA) (2) / Roberta Vinci (ITA) (2) d. Shuko Aoyama (JPN) / Renata Voracova (CZE) — 6-4, 6-4

    Men’s Doubles – Round 2
    Andrey Golubev (KAZ) / Samuel Groth (AUS) d. David Marrero (ESP) (4) / Fernando Verdasco (ESP) (4) — 7-6(7), 6-4

    Mixed Doubles – Round 1
    Lucie Hradecka (CZE) (6) / Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL) (6) d. Julie Coin (FRA) / Nicolas Mahut (FRA) — 1-6, 7-6(10) [10-8]

    Mixed Doubles – Round 1
    Alize Cornet (FRA) / Jonathan Eysseric (FRA) d. A. Medina Garrigues (ESP) (7) / David Marrero (ESP) (7) — 2-6, 7-5 [10-5]

  • Roland Garros French Open Day 4

    Roland Garros French Open Day 4

    Day Four of the French Open at Roland Garros kicks off with Venus Williams (29) playing the Slovakian Anna Schmiedlova on Court Philippe Chatrier. They will be followed by World No. 2 Novak Djokovic and Jeremy Chardy, of France. Later in the afternoon, Maria Sharapova, the 7th seed and former Roland Garros champion, will face the Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova.

    On Court Suzanne Lenglen, top-seeded Serena Williams, the defending champion, will play the Spaniard Garbine Muguruza, followed by Roger Federer (4), who will face the young Argentine Diego Sebastian Schwartzman.

    The full schedule for Day 4 is listed below (Results to follow)…

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    Court Philippe Chatrier – 11:00 A.M.

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Anna Schmiedlova (SVK) d. Venus Williams (USA) (29) — 2-6, 6-3, 6-4

    Men’s Singles – Round 2
    Novak Djokovic (SRB) (2) d. Jeremy Chardy (FRA) — 6-1, 6-4, 6-2

    Men’s Singles – Round 2
    Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) (13) d. Jurgen Melzer (AUT) — 6-2, 6-3, 6-4

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Maria Sharapova (RUS) (7) d. Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) — 7-5, 6-2

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    Court Suzanne Lenglen – 11:00 A.M.

    Men’s Singles – Round 2
    Gilles Simon (FRA) (29) d. Alejandro Gonzalez (COL) — 6-4, 6-0, 6-2

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Garbine Muguruza (ESP) d. Serena Williams (USA) (1) — 6-2, 6-2

    Men’s Singles – Round 2
    Roger Federer (SUI) (4) d. Diego Sebastian Schwartzman (ARG) — 6-3, 6-4, 6-4

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Taylor Townsend (USA) d. Alize Cornet (FRA) (20) — 6-4, 4-6, 6-4

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    Court 1 – 11:00 A.M.

    Men’s Singles – Round 2
    Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) (27) d. Benoit Paire (FRA) — 6-4, 7-6(4), 6-2

    Men’s Singles – Round 2
    Tomas Berdych (CZE) (6) d. Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ) — 6-7(4), 6-4, 7-5, 6-3

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) (31) d. Claire Feuerstein (FRA) — 6-1, 6-4

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) (3) d. Karolina Pliskova (CZE) — 6-3, 6-4

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    Court 2 – 11:00 A.M.

    Men’s Singles – Round 2
    Ernests Gulbis (LAT) (18) d. Facundo Bagnis (ARG) — 6-2, 7-5, 6-0

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Angelique Kerber (GER) (8) d. Varvara Lepchenko (USA) — 6-2, 7-5

    Men’s Singles – Round 2
    Tommy Robredo (ESP) (17) d. Kenny De Schepper (FRA) — 6-2, 6-3, 6-3

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Samantha Stosur (AUS) (19) d. Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) — 6-1, 6-3

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Monica Niculescu (ROU) vs. Paula Ormaechea (ARG) — To finish: 6-2, 2-0

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    Court 3 – 11:00 A.M.

    Men’s Singles – Round 2
    Radek Stepanek (CZE) d. Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) (15) — 6-0, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4

    Men’s Singles – Round 2
    Milos Raonic (CAN) (8) d. Jiri Vesely (CZE) — 7-6(4), 6-4, 6-1

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) (9) d. Tamira Paszek (AUT) — 6-3, 6-4

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Mona Barthel (GER) d. Sabine Lisicki (GER) (16) — 6-1, 3-0 Ret.

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    Court 4 – 11:00 A.M.

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Lucie Hradecka (CZE) / Michaella Krajicek (NED) d. Francesca Schiavone (ITA) / Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) — 6-4, 6-3

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Jelena Jankovic (SRB) / Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) d. Olga Govortsova (BLR) / Olga Savchuk (UKR) — 6-0, 6-1

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Sharon Fichman (CAN) / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) d. Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) (9) / Lucie Safarova (CZE) (9) — 7-6(4), 3-6, 6-1

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Vera Dushevina (RUS) / Saisai Zheng (CHN) d. Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) / Darija Jurak (CRO) — 6-1, 6-3

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    Court 5 – 11:00 A.M.

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Alexander Peya (AUT) (2) / Bruno Soares (BRA) (2) d. Denis Istomin (UZB) / Lukas Rosol (CZE) — 7-5, 6-4

    Men’s Singles – Round 2
    Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) (31) d. Sam Querrey (USA) — 6-4, 7-5, 6-1

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) (14) d. Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) — 7-5, 1-6, 6-4

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) d. Elena Vesnina (RUS) (32) — 7-6(6), 6-2

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    Court 6 – 11:00 A.M.

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Johanna Larsson (SWE) d. Flavia Pennetta (ITA) (12) — 5-7, 6-4, 6-2

    Men’s Singles – Round 2
    Martin Klizan (SVK) d. Robin Haase (NED) — 6-1, 3-6, 6-1, 1-6, 7-5

    Men’s Singles – Round 2
    John Isner (USA) (10) d. Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) — 6-7(6), 7-6(4), 6-3, 7-6(4)

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    Court 7 – 11:00 A.M.

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) (18) d. Julia Goerges (GER) — 2-6, 6-2, 6-1

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Steve Johnson (USA) d. Laurent Lokoli (FRA) — 4-6, 6-7(7), 7-6(3), 6-3, 6-3

    Men’s Singles – Round 2
    Marin Cilic (CRO) (25) d. Tobias Kamke (GER) — 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-0

    Men’s Singles – Round 2
    Jerzy Janowicz (POL) (22) d. Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) — 7-6(4), 7-6(4), 6-4

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Pauline Parmentier (FRA) vs. Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) — To finish: 1-6, 6-3, 2-1

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    Court 8 – 11:00 A.M.

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Maximo Gonzalez (ARG) / Juan Monaco (ARG) d. Florent Serra (FRA) / Maxime Teixeira (FRA) — 6-4, 6-4

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Kaia Kanepi (EST) / Alexandra Panova (RUS) d. Sorana Cirstea (ROU) / Maria Kirilenko (RUS) — 4-6, 7-5, 6-4

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    David Marrero (ESP) (4) / Fernando Verdasco (ESP) (4) d. Tristan Lamasine (FRA) / Laurent Lokoli (FRA) — 6-4, 6-2

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Jana Cepelova (SVK) / Stefanie Voegele (SUI) d. Stephanie Foretz Gacon (FRA) / Laura Thorpe (FRA) — 6-2, 7-6(3)

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Daniel Nestor (CAN) (3) / Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) (3) d. Matthew Ebden (AUS) / Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) — 6-2, 3-6, 6-3

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    Court 9 – 11:00 A.M.

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) / Philipp Oswald (AUT) d. Julian Knowle (AUT) / Michal Mertinak (SVK) — 6-4, 6-2

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Jack Sock (USA) / Joao Sousa (POR) d. Pablo Andujar (ESP) / Leonardo Mayer (ARG) — 7-5, 7-6(7)

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Liezel Huber (USA) (15) / Lisa Raymond (USA) (15) d. Petra Cetkovska (CZE) / Iveta Melzer (CZE) — 6-2, 7-6(4)

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Jonathan Erlich (ISR) / Marcelo Melo (BRA) d. Frantisek Cermak (CZE) / Mikhail Elgin (RUS) — 4-6, 7-6(1), 7-6(4)

    Mixed Doubles – Round 1
    Klaudia Jans-Ignacik (POL) / Dominic Inglot (GBR) d. Alicja Rosolska (POL) / Johan Brunstrom (SWE) — 6-4, 6-4

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    Court 10 – 11:00 A.M.

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Marin Draganja (CRO) / Florin Mergea (ROU) d. Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL) (8) / Marcin Matkowski (POL) (8) — 7-6(5), 6-3

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Kristina Barrois (GER) / Annika Beck (GER) d. Raluca Olaru (ROU) / Donna Vekic (CRO) — 6-1, 1-6, 6-1

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Andrey Golubev (KAZ) / Samuel Groth (AUS) d. Carlos Berlocq (ARG) / Daniele Bracciali (ITA) — 6-3, 2-6, 7-5

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Kveta Peschke (CZE) (4) / Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) (4) d. Lauren Davis (USA) / Megan Moulton-Levy (USA) — 6-1, 6-2

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    Court 11 – 11:00 A.M.

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Simone Bolelli (ITA) / Fabio Fognini (ITA) d. Tomasz Bednarek (POL) / Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) — 6-4, 6-4

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Tatjana Maria (GER) / Elina Svitolina (UKR) d. Vania King (USA) (13) / Jie Zheng (CHN) (13) — 7-6(4), 7-6(6)

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Andreja Klepac (SLO) / Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor (ESP) d. Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) (10) / Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) (10) — 1-6, 6-4, 6-4

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Alejandro Falla (COL) / Marinko Matosevic (AUS) d. Max Mirnyi (BLR) / Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) — 4-6, 6-3, 6-3

    Mixed Doubles – Round 1
    Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) / Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) vs. Jie Zheng (CHN) / Scott Lipsky (USA) — To finish: 7-5, 3-3

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    Court 14 – 11:00 A.M.

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO) / Katarzyna Piter (POL) d. Christina McHale (USA) / Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) — 2-6, 7-6(4), 6-1

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Marina Erakovic (NZL) (16) / Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP) (16) d. Klaudia Jans-Ignacik (POL) / Maryna Zanevska (UKR) — 7-6(6), 6-4

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Lukasz Kubot (POL) (9) / Robert Lindstedt (SWE) (9) d. Chris Guccione (AUS) / Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) — 7-5, 3-6, 6-2

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) / Igor Sijsling (NED) d. Jaroslav Levinsky (CZE) / Philipp Marx (GER) — 7-6(8), 3-6, 6-1

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    Court 16 – 11:00 A.M.

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Rohan Bopanna (IND) (6) / Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) (6) d. Rameez Junaid (AUS) / Divij Sharan (IND) — 7-5, 6-7(4), 7-5

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Jonathan Eysseric (FRA) / Marc Gicquel (FRA) d. Andreas Seppi (ITA) / Filippo Volandri (ITA) — 6-3, 6-4

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Madison Keys (USA) / Alison Riske (USA) d. Irina Ramialison (FRA) / Constance Sibille (FRA) — 2-6, 6-3, 6-3

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Pablo Cuevas (URU) (16) / Horacio Zeballos (ARG) (16) d. Facundo Bagnis (ARG) / Federico Delbonis (ARG) — 7-5, 7-6(1)

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Amandine Hesse (FRA) / Mathilde Johansson (FRA) vs. Shuko Aoyama (JPN) / Renata Voracova (CZE) — Canceled

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    Court 17 – 11:00 A.M.

    Men’s Singles – Round 2
    Marcel Granollers (ESP) d. Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) (20) — 1-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-0, 6-2

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Bob Bryan (USA) (1) / Mike Bryan (USA) (1) d. Martin Emmrich (GER) / Christopher Kas (GER) — 6-2, 6-1

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Michael Llodra (FRA) (5) / Nicolas Mahut (FRA) (5) d. Gael Monfils (FRA) / Josselin Ouanna (FRA) — 6-4, 6-1

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Eric Butorac (USA) (14) / Raven Klaasen (RSA) (14) d. Steve Johnson (USA) / Sam Querrey (USA) — 7-6(3), 6-1

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Andre Begemann (GER) / Robin Haase (NED) vs. Fabrice Martin (FRA) / Hugo Nys (FRA) — To finish: 6-3, 1-1

  • Roland Garros French Open Day 2

    Roland Garros French Open Day 2

    Day Two of the French Open kicks off with former champion Maria Sharapova playing Ksenia Pervak, a fellow Russian. Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, will begin his run to capture the elusive title in Paris by facing off against the young Portuguese Joao Sousa.

    The record eight-time Roland Garros champion Rafael Nadal will play the American veteran Robby Ginepri. Also in action on Monday will be Australian Open winner Stan Wawrinka, who is looking to become the first man to win back-to-back Majors in Australia and Paris since Jim Courier, in 1992.

    The full schedule for Day 2 is listed below (Results to follow)…

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    Court Philippe Chatrier – 12:00 P.M.

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Maria Sharapova (RUS) (7) d. Ksenia Pervak (RUS) — 6-1, 6-2

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Novak Djokovic (SRB) (2) d. Joao Sousa (POR) — 6-1, 6-2, 6-4

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Alize Cornet (FRA) (20) d. Ashleigh Barty (AUS) — 6-2, 6-1

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) d. Stan Wawrinka (SUI) (3) — 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, 6-0

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    Court Suzanne Lenglen – 12:00 P.M.

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) (9) d. Virginie Razzano (FRA) — 7-5, 6-0

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Gilles Simon (FRA) (29) d. Ante Pavic (CRO) — 6-1, 6-1, 6-3

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Rafael Nadal (ESP) (1) d. Robby Ginepri (USA) — 6-0, 6-3, 6-0

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Petra Kvitova (CZE) (5) d. Zarina Diyas (KAZ) — 7-5, 6-2

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    Court 1 – 12:00 P.M.

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Martin Klizan (SVK) d. Kei Nishikori (JPN) (9) — 7-6(4), 6-1, 6-2

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Facundo Bagnis (ARG) d. Julien Benneteau (FRA) — 6-1, 6-2, 1-6, 3-6, 18-16

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Sloane Stephens (USA) (15) vs. Shuai Peng (CHN) — Canceled

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    Court 2 – 12:00 P.M.

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) d. Nicolas Mahut (FRA) — 6-3, 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-4

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Samantha Stosur (AUS) (19) d. Monica Puig (PUR) — 6-1, 6-1

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Dominic Thiem (AUT) d. Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) — 6-4, 7-6(3), 6-2

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) (27) vs. Sofia Shapatava (GEO) — Canceled

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    Court 3 – 12:00 P.M.

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Kenny De Schepper (FRA) d. Albert Montanes (ESP) — 3-1 Ret.

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Jurgen Melzer (AUT) d. David Goffin (BEL) — 6-4, 5-7, 7-5, 6-4

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Ernests Gulbis (LAT) (18) d. Lukasz Kubot (POL) — 4-6, 6-4, 7-5, 6-1

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    Court 4 – 12:00 P.M.

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Tobias Kamke (GER) d. Miloslav Mecir (SVK) — 7-5, 7-6(2), 7-6(1)

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Paula Ormaechea (ARG) d. Romina Oprandi (SUI) — 7-5, 6-2

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Leonardo Mayer (ARG) d. James Duckworth (AUS) — 5-7, 6-2, 6-4, 7-6(2)

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    Court 5 – 12:00 P.M.

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Mona Barthel (GER) d. Karin Knapp (ITA) — 6-4, 6-0

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) (18) d. Shahar Peer (ISR) — 6-0, 6-2

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) d. Benjamin Becker (GER) — 6-2, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 6-2

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Teliana Pereira (BRA) vs. Luksika Kumkhum (THA) — Canceled

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    Court 6 – 12:00 P.M.

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Sabine Lisicki (GER) (16) d. Fiona Ferro (FRA) — 6-1, 7-5

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Tommy Robredo (ESP) (17) d. James Ward (GBR) — 4-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-4

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Karolina Pliskova (CZE) d. Mathilde Johansson (FRA) — 6-1, 7-6(5)

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Andrea Petkovic (GER) (28) d. Misaki Doi (JPN) — 6-3, 6-3

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Kevin Anderson (RSA) (19) vs. Stephane Robert (FRA) — Canceled

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    Court 7 – 12:00 P.M.

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Benoit Paire (FRA) d. Alejandro Falla (COL) — 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(4)

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Pauline Parmentier (FRA) d. Roberta Vinci (ITA) (17) — 3-6, 6-3, 6-2

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Fabio Fognini (ITA) (14) d. Andreas Beck (GER) — 6-4, 6-4, 6-1

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Jelena Jankovic (SRB) (6) vs. Sharon Fichman (CAN) — To finish: 5-7, 5-1

    [divider]

    Court 8 – 12:00 P.M.

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Tamira Paszek (AUT) d. Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL) — 6-2, 7-6(5)

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Marcel Granollers (ESP) d. Ivan Dodig (CRO) — 2-2 Ret.

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS) d. Vasek Pospisil (CAN) (30) — 6-4, 6-2, 6-3

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Julia Goerges (GER) d. Michelle Larcher De Brito (POR) — 6-2, 6-3

    [divider]

    Court 9 – 12:00 P.M.

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) d. Maryna Zanevska (UKR) — 6-1, 6-4

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Alejandro Gonzalez (COL) d. Michael Russell (USA) — 6-2, 6-4, 6-7(6), 6-1

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Donald Young (USA) d. Dudi Sela (ISR) — 6-1, 2-6, 6-1, 6-0

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    Court 10 – 12:00 P.M.

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Jiri Vesely (CZE) d. Lukas Rosol (CZE) — 6-2, 7-6(6), 7-5

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) (27) d. Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) — 6-3, 7-5, 6-2

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Kurumi Nara (JPN) d. Anna Tatishvili (USA) — 6-1, 6-4

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Polona Hercog (SLO) vs. Jana Cepelova (SVK) — Canceled

    [divider]

    Court 14 – 12:00 P.M.

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Robin Haase (NED) d. Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) — 7-5, 6-4, 6-2

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Feliciano Lopez (ESP) (26) d. Damir Dzumhur (BIH) — 6-3, 7-6(8), 6-3

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Marina Erakovic (NZL) d. Nadiya Kichenok (UKR) — 6-2, 6-1

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) vs. Camila Giorgi (ITA) — Canceled

    [divider]

    Court 16 – 12:00 P.M.

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Marin Cilic (CRO) (25) d. Pablo Andujar (ESP) — 6-0, 6-3, 7-6(6)

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Elena Vesnina (RUS) (32) d. Christina McHale (USA) — 7-6(0), 4-6, 6-3

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Taylor Townsend (USA) d. Vania King (USA) — 7-5, 6-1

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Axel Michon (FRA) vs. Bradley Klahn (USA) — Canceled

    [divider]

    Court 17 – 12:00 P.M.

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Flavia Pennetta (ITA) (12) d. Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (AUT) — 6-2, 6-2

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) d. Lauren Davis (USA) — 3-6, 7-5, 6-4

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Stefanie Voegele (SUI) d. Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER) — 6-7(3), 7-5, 6-2

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Adrian Mannarino (FRA) d. Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) — 6-2, 6-1, 6-1

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Sorana Cirstea (ROU) (26) vs. Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) — Canceled

  • 2014 French Open Roland Garros Women’s Draw

    2014 French Open Roland Garros Women’s Draw

    The women’s draw for the 2014 French Open at Roland Garros is out. Serena Williams (#1) and Agnieszka Radwanska (#3) are in the top half; Li Na (#2) and Simona Halep (#4) are in the bottom.

    Serena Williams (USA) (1)
    Alize Lim (FRA)

    Qualifier
    Garbine Muguruza (ESP)

    Anna Schmiedlova (SVK)
    Jie Zheng (CHN)

    Belinda Bencic (SUI)
    Venus Williams (USA) (29)

    Roberta Vinci (ITA) (17)
    Pauline Parmentier (FRA)

    Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ)
    Lauren Davis (USA)

    Karin Knapp (ITA)
    Mona Barthel (GER)

    Fiona Ferro (FRA)
    Sabine Lisicki (GER) (16)

    Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) (9)
    Virginie Razzano (FRA)

    Qualifier
    Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL)

    Amandine Hesse (FRA)
    Yvonne Meusburger (AUT)

    Monica Puig (PUR)
    Samantha Stosur (AUS) (19)

    Kaia Kanepi (EST) (25)
    Monica Niculescu (ROU)

    Romina Oprandi (SUI)
    Paula Ormaechea (ARG)

    Annika Beck (GER)
    Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL)

    Qualifier
    Maria Sharapova (RUS) (7)

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    Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) (3)
    Shuai Zhang (CHN)

    Mathilde Johansson (FRA)
    Karolina Pliskova (CZE)

    Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO)
    Francesca Schiavone (ITA)

    Christina McHale (USA)
    Elena Vesnina (RUS) (32)

    Alize Cornet (FRA) (20)
    Ashleigh Barty (AUS)

    Taylor Townsend (USA)
    Vania King (USA)

    Qualifier
    Qualifier

    Qualifier
    Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) (14)

    Flavia Pennetta (ITA) (12)
    P.Mayr-Achleitner (AUT)

    Maria Kirilenko (RUS)
    Johanna Larsson (SWE)

    Qualifier
    Julia Goerges (GER)

    Shahar Peer (ISR)
    Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) (18)

    Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) (31)
    Jovana Jaksic (SRB)

    Claire Feuerstein (FRA)
    Olga Govortsova (BLR)

    Petra Cetkovska (CZE)
    Varvara Lepchenko (USA)

    Katarzyna Piter (POL)
    Angelique Kerber (GER) (8)

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    Petra Kvitova (CZE) (5)
    Zarina Diyas (KAZ)

    Marina Erakovic (NZL)
    Nadiya Kichenok (UKR)

    Bojana Jovanovski (SRB)
    Camila Giorgi (ITA)

    Qualifier
    Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) (27)

    Lucie Safarova (CZE) (23)
    Mandy Minella (LUX)

    Casey Dellacqua (AUS)
    Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP)

    Elina Svitolina (UKR)
    Petra Martic (CRO)

    Caroline Garcia (FRA)
    Ana Ivanovic (SRB) (11)

    Sloane Stephens (USA) (15)
    Shuai Peng (CHN)

    Polona Hercog (SLO)
    Jana Cepelova (SVK)

    Iveta Melzer (CZE)
    Coco Vandeweghe (USA)

    Shelby Rogers (USA)
    Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) (22)

    Klara Koukalova (CZE) (30)
    Mt.Torro-Flor (ESP)

    Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK)
    Urszula Radwanska (POL)

    Qualifier
    B.Zahlavova Strycova (CZE)

    Alisa Kleybanova (RUS)
    Simona Halep (ROU) (4)

    [divider]

    Jelena Jankovic (SRB) (6)
    Sharon Fichman (CAN)

    Anna Tatishvili (USA)
    Kurumi Nara (JPN)

    Teliana Pereira (BRA)
    Luksika Kumkhum (THA)

    Qualifier
    Sorana Cirstea (ROU) (26)

    Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) (21)
    Qualifier

    Donna Vekic (CRO)
    Julia Glushko (ISR)

    E.Cabeza Candela (ESP)
    Dinah Pfizenmaier (GER)

    Madison Keys (USA)
    Sara Errani (ITA) (10)

    Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) (13)
    Yanina Wickmayer (BEL)

    Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP)
    Chanelle Scheepers (RSA)

    Alexandra Cadantu (ROU)
    Qualifier

    Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN)
    A.Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) (24)

    Andrea Petkovic (GER) (28)
    Misaki Doi (JPN)

    Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER)
    Stefanie Voegele (SUI)

    Alison Riske (USA)
    Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO)

    Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)
    Na Li (CHN) (2)

  • Sharapova Takes Madrid Title

    Sharapova Takes Madrid Title

    Maria Sharapova

    Maria Sharapova recovered from a first set loss to beat the fourth-seeded Romanian, Simona Halep, and take the Mutua Madrid Open championship, a WTA Premiere mandatory event.

    Halep came out strong, but Sharapova found her timing and confidence early in the second set to win the match in the third, 1-6, 6-2, 6-3. This was Sharapova’s 11th straight win on clay. For Halep, it was her first final at this level.

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    Cover Photo (Creative Commons License): Yann Caradec

  • Sharapova Drives Away with Title in Stuttgart

    Sharapova Drives Away with Title in Stuttgart

    Maria Sharapova

    Maria Sharapova retains her title at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, besting Ana Ivanovic 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, in a match that featured a dramatic shift in momentum at the midway point. Ivanovic came out strong and played at a very high level, seeming to be about to take out the defending champion, leading by a set and up 3-1 in the second. The Russian, with her back nearly to the wall, at risk of not only losing this title which she’d won the last two years, but also of dropping out of the Top 10, raised her level of play dramatically, and left the Serbian suddenly more confounded than confident. Sharapova won four games in a row, and then the set.

    In the third, Sharapova broke Ivanovic in the first game, from which she never recovered. Both women are former world No. 1 players, with Sharapova currently at No. 9 and Ivanovic at No. 12, but this win brings Sharapova’s record in their head-to-head match-up to 10-3.

    And she gets to keep the car, too.

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    Also in women’s tennis today, Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor, a 21-year-old Spaniard, overcame Romina Oprandi of Switzerland to take the title at the Grand Prix De SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem in Marrakesh, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.

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    Cover Photo (Creative Commons License): Francisco Carbajal

  • Australian Open Day 8 Schedule of Play / Scores: Monday, January 20

    Australian Open Day 8 Schedule of Play / Scores: Monday, January 20

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    Rod Laver Arena — 11:00 A.M.    

    Women’s Singles – Round 4
    Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) (20) d. Maria Sharapova (RUS) (3) — 3-6, 6-4, 6-1

    Women’s Singles – Round 4
    Victoria Azarenka (BLR) (2) d. Sloane Stephens (USA) (13) — 6-3, 6-2

    Men’s Singles – Round 4
    Rafael Nadal (ESP) (1) d. Kei Nishikori (JPN) (16) — 7-6(3), 7-5, 7-6(3)

    Not Before: 7:00 P.M.

    Men’s Singles – Round 4
    Roger Federer (SUI) (6) d. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) (10) — 6-3, 7-5, 6-4

    Women’s Singles – Round 4
    Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) (5) d. Garbine Muguruza (ESP) — 6-1, 6-3

    [divider]

    Click here to discuss the Men’s matches in our discussion forum.

    Click here to discuss the Women’s matches in our discussion forum.

    [divider]

    Hisense Arena — 11:00 A.M.    

    Men’s Doubles – Round 3
    Eric Butorac (USA) / Raven Klaasen (RSA) d. Bob Bryan (USA) (1) / Mike Bryan (USA) (1) — 7-6(9), 6-4

    Not Before: 1:00 P.M.

    Women’s Singles – Round 4
    Simona Halep (ROU) (11) d. Jelena Jankovic (SRB) (8) — 6-4, 2-6, 6-0

    Mixed Doubles – Round 2
    Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) (2) / Rohan Bopanna (IND) (2) d. Ashleigh Barty (AUS) / John Peers (AUS) — 7-6(5), 7-5

    Not Before: 4:30 P.M.

    Men’s Singles – Round 4
    Andy Murray (GBR) (4) d. Stephane Robert (FRA) — 6-1, 6-2, 6-7(6), 6-2

    [divider]

    Margaret Court Arena — 11:00 A.M.    

    Women’s Doubles – Round 3
    Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) (7) / Lucie Safarova (CZE) (7) d. Madison Keys (USA) / Alison Riske (USA) — 6-4, 6-3

    Not Before: 1:00 P.M.

    Men’s Singles – Round 4
    Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) (22) d. Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) — 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4

    Women’s Doubles – Round 3
    Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) (3) / Elena Vesnina (RUS) (3) d. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) (15) / Lisa Raymond (USA) (15) — 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-2

    Mixed Doubles – Round 2
    Sania Mirza (IND) (6) / Horia Tecau (ROU) (6) d. Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) / Colin Fleming (GBR) — 6-2, 6-2

    [divider]

    Show Court 2 — 11:00 A.M.    

    Men’s Doubles – Round 3
    Max Mirnyi (BLR) / Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) d. Julien Benneteau (FRA) (11) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) (11) — 6-2, 4-6, 6-3

    Not Before: 12:30 P.M.

    Men’s Doubles – Round 3
    Daniel Nestor (CAN) (8) / Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) (8) d. Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL) (9) / Marcin Matkowski (POL) (9) — 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-3

    Women’s Doubles – Round 3
    Cara Black (ZIM) (6) / Sania Mirza (IND) (6) d. Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) / Vera Dushevina (RUS) — 6-4, 6-3

    Mixed Doubles – Round 2
    Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) (6) / Matthew Ebden (AUS) (6) d. Kveta Peschke (CZE) (7) / Marcin Matkowski (POL) (7)  — 6-4, 3-6 [10-6]

    Mixed Doubles – Round 1
    Jie Zheng (CHN) / Scott Lipsky (USA) d. Alicja Rosolska (POL) / Johan Brunstrom (SWE) — 6-3, 6-4

    Mixed Doubles – Round 2
    Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) / Leander Paes (IND) d. Elena Vesnina (RUS) (8) / Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) (8) — 6-0, 2-6 [10-6]

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    Show Court 3 — Not Before: 12:30 P.M.

    Men’s Doubles – Round 3
    Lukasz Kubot (POL) (14) / Robert Lindstedt (SWE) (14) d. Ivan Dodig (CRO) (4) / Marcelo Melo (BRA) (4) — 5-7, 6-4, 6-4

    Women’s Doubles – Round 3
    Raquel Kops-Jones (USA) (8) / Abigail Spears (USA) (8) d. Alize Cornet (FRA) / Caroline Garcia (FRA) — 4-6, 6-4, 6-4

    Mixed Doubles – Round 1
    Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) (4) / Max Mirnyi (BLR) (4) d. Casey Dellacqua (AUS) / Ross Hutchins (GBR) — 6-4, 6-4

    Mixed Doubles – Round 2
    Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) / Daniel Nestor (CAN) d. Lisa Raymond (USA) / Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL) — 6-4, 6-1

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    Court 7

    Mixed Doubles – Round 2
    Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) (5) / Bruno Soares (BRA) (5) d. Abigail Spears (USA) / Dominic Inglot (GBR) — 6-7(5), 7-5 [10-8]

    Cover Photo (Creative Commons License): pasukaru76

  • Australian Open Day 6 Schedule of Play / Scores: Saturday, January 18

    Australian Open Day 6 Schedule of Play / Scores: Saturday, January 18

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    Rod Laver Arena — 11:00 A.M.    

    Women’s Singles – Round 3
    Maria Sharapova (RUS) (3) d. Alize Cornet (FRA) (25) — 6-1, 7-6(6)

    Men’s Singles – Round 3
    Roger Federer (SUI) (6) d. Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS) — 6-2, 6-2, 6-3

    Women’s Singles – Round 3
    Garbine Muguruza (ESP) d. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) (10) — 4-6, 7-5, 6-3

    Not Before: 7:00 P.M.

    Women’s Singles – Round 3
    Victoria Azarenka (BLR) (2) d. Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) — 6-1, 6-0

    Men’s Singles – Round 3
    Rafael Nadal (ESP) (1) d. Gael Monfils (FRA) (25) — 6-1, 6-2, 6-3

    [divider]

    Click here to discuss the Men’s matches in our discussion forum.

    Click here to discuss the Women’s matches in our discussion forum.

    [divider]

    Hisense Arena — 11:00 A.M.    

    Women’s Singles – Round 3
    Jelena Jankovic (SRB) (8) d. Kurumi Nara (JPN) — 6-4, 7-5

    Women’s Singles – Round 3
    Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) (5) d. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) (29) — 5-7, 6-2, 6-2

    Not Before: 2:30 P.M.

    Men’s Singles – Round 3
    Andy Murray (GBR) (4) d. Feliciano Lopez (ESP) (26) — 7-6(2), 6-4, 6-2

    Not Before: 7:00 P.M.

    Men’s Singles – Round 3
    Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) (10) d. Gilles Simon (FRA) (18) — 7-6(5), 6-4, 6-2

    [divider]

    Margaret Court Arena — 11:00 A.M.    

    Women’s Singles – Round 3
    Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) (20) d. Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) (16) — 6-1, 6-0

    Women’s Singles – Round 3
    Sloane Stephens (USA) (13) d. Elina Svitolina (UKR) — 7-5, 6-4

    Men’s Singles – Round 3
    Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) (22) d. Milos Raonic (CAN) (11) — 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(10)

    Not Before: 7:00 P.M.

    Men’s Singles – Round 3
    Kei Nishikori (JPN) (16) d. Donald Young (USA) — 7-5, 6-1, 6-0

    [divider]

    Show Court 2 — 11:00 A.M.    

    Men’s Doubles – Round 2
    Rohan Bopanna (IND) (7) / Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) (7) d. Colin Fleming (GBR) / Ross Hutchins (GBR) — 4-6, 6-3, 6-2

    Women’s Doubles – Round 2
    Timea Babos (HUN) / Petra Martic (CRO) d. Ashleigh Barty (AUS) (5) / Casey Dellacqua (AUS) (5) — 6-1, 6-3

    Not Before: 2:00 P.M.

    Men’s Singles – Round 3
    Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) d. Benoit Paire (FRA) (27) — 6-2, 6-1, 6-4

    Not Before: 4:00 P.M.

    Men’s Doubles – Round 2
    Bob Bryan (USA) (1) / Mike Bryan (USA) (1) d. Robin Haase (NED) / Christopher Kas (GER) — 6-3, 6-2

    [divider]

    Show Court 3 — 11:00 A.M.    

    Women’s Singles – Round 3
    Simona Halep (ROU) (11) d. Zarina Diyas (KAZ) — 6-1, 6-4

    Men’s Singles – Round 3
    Stephane Robert (FRA) d. Martin Klizan (SVK) — 6-0, 7-6(2), 6-4

    Women’s Doubles – Round 2
    Alize Cornet (FRA) / Caroline Garcia (FRA) d. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) / Samantha Stosur (AUS) — 6-3, 7-6(4)

    Men’s Doubles – Round 2
    Alex Bolt (AUS) / Andrew Whittington (AUS) d. David Marrero (ESP) (3) / Fernando Verdasco (ESP) (3) — 7-6(4), 6-3

    [divider]

    Court 6 — 11:00 A.M.    

    Women’s Doubles – Round 2
    Cara Black (ZIM) (6) / Sania Mirza (IND) (6) d. Monica Niculescu (ROU) / Klara Zakopalova (CZE) — 7-5, 6-1

    Men’s Doubles – Round 2
    Leander Paes (IND) (5) / Radek Stepanek (CZE) (5) d. Daniele Bracciali (ITA) / Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) — 6-1, 6-4

    Men’s Doubles – Round 2
    Alexander Peya (AUT) (2) / Bruno Soares (BRA) (2) d. Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) / Rajeev Ram (USA) — 6-4, 7-6(7)

    Mixed Doubles – Round 1
    Sania Mirza (IND) (6) / Horia Tecau (ROU) (6) d. Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) / Robert Lindstedt (SWE) — 4-6, 7-6(3) [10-8]

    Mixed Doubles – Round 1
    Julia Goerges (GER) / Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) d. Donna Vekic (CRO) / Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) — 6-3, 6-4

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    Court 7 — 11:00 A.M.    

    Women’s Doubles – Round 2
    Monique Adamczak (AUS) / Olivia Rogowska (AUS) d. Julia Goerges (GER) (14) / Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) (14) — 6-2, 6-3

    Men’s Doubles – Round 2
    Eric Butorac (USA) / Raven Klaasen (RSA) d. Jamie Murray (GBR) (15) / John Peers (AUS) (15) — 6-4, 6-4

    Men’s Doubles – Round 2
    Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) / Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) d. Oliver Marach (AUT) / Florin Mergea (ROU) — 7-6(3), 6-3

    Women’s Doubles – Round 2
    Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) (3) / Elena Vesnina (RUS) (3) d. Jelena Jankovic (SRB) / Karin Knapp (ITA) — 6-4, 6-3

    Mixed Doubles – Round 1
    Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) (1) / Alexander Peya (AUT) (1) d. Vera Dushevina (RUS) / Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) — 6-3, 7-6(5)

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    Court 8 — 11:00 A.M.    

    Men’s Doubles – Round 2
    Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL) (9) / Marcin Matkowski (POL) (9) d. Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) / Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) — 5-7, 7-5, 7-6(4)

    Women’s Doubles – Round 2
    Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) / Vera Dushevina (RUS) d. Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) (11) / Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO) (11) — 6-4, 7-5

    Not Before: 2:00 P.M.

    Women’s Doubles – Round 2
    Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) (15) / Lisa Raymond (USA) (15) d. Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) / Stefanie Voegele (SUI) — 6-2, 6-3

    Men’s Doubles – Round 2
    Ivan Dodig (CRO) (4) / Marcelo Melo (BRA) (4) d. Simone Bolelli (ITA) / Fabio Fognini (ITA) — 2-6, 6-1, 6-4

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    Court 13 — 11:00 A.M.    

    Women’s Doubles – Round 2
    Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) / Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) d. Annika Beck (GER) / Andrea Petkovic (GER) — 6-4, 6-2

    Women’s Doubles – Round 2
    Madison Keys (USA) / Alison Riske (USA) d. Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) (12) / Flavia Pennetta (ITA) (12) — 7-5, 6-4

    Men’s Doubles – Round 2
    Julien Benneteau (FRA) (11) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) (11) d. Johan Brunstrom (SWE) / Frederik Nielsen (DEN) — 0-6, 7-5, 6-3

    Mixed Doubles – Round 1
    Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) / Matthew Ebden (AUS) d. Storm Sanders (AUS) / Chris Guccione (AUS) — 6-2, 6-4

    Mixed Doubles – Round 1
    Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) (5) / Bruno Soares (BRA) (5) d. Cara Black (ZIM) / Jamie Murray (GBR) — 6-2, 6-4

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    Court 15 — 11:00 A.M.    

    Women’s Doubles – Round 2
    Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) (7) / Lucie Safarova (CZE) (7) d. Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) / Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) — 6-2, 6-2

    Men’s Doubles – Round 2
    Treat Huey (PHI) (12) / Dominic Inglot (GBR) (12) d. Andreas Seppi (ITA) / Potito Starace (ITA) — 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-1

    Men’s Doubles – Round 2
    Daniel Nestor (CAN) (8) / Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) (8) d. Marin Draganja (CRO) / Mate Pavic (CRO) — 7-5, 6-1

    Mixed Doubles – Round 1
    Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) (2) / Rohan Bopanna (IND) (2) d. Raquel Kops-Jones (USA) / Treat Huey (PHI) — 6-2, 6-3

    Mixed Doubles – Round 1
    Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) / Daniel Nestor (CAN) d. Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) / Raven Klaasen (RSA) — 7-5, 6-3

    Cover Photo (Creative Commons License): Gypsy Saskia

  • Curious About Pleasure

    Curious About Pleasure

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    Australian Open 2014, Second Round, Days 3 and 4

    Florian Mayer def. [14] Mikhail Youzhny 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3

    Sam Querrey def. Ernests Gulbis 6-2, 6-3, 6-4

    [3] Maria Sharapova def. Karin Knapp 6-4, 3-6, 10-8

    [6] Roger Federer def. Blaz Kavcic 6-2, 6-1, 7-6

    Back when I was gearing up for my visit to Melbourne, when I bought my copy of Australia: The Continent so Hot it Melts Concrete, I also purchased a pretentious hardcover book about coffee: The Blue Bottle Craft of Coffee, by James Freeman. Because reading about the comparative merits of pour-over versus siphon extraction is perfect preparation for international travel. (The flight attendants on New Zealand Air were thrilled when I demanded to know whether their on-board brew was made with wet- or dry-process beans.) Also, it was an impulse buy. The photo of the cup of coffee on the book cover happened to look exactly like the cup of coffee I wanted to be drinking at the time. Amazon knows these things about us.

    Anyway, the book turned out to be absorbing. Its subject-matter—growing, roasting, and drinking a caffeinated beverage—is held in highest regard, and discussed with utmost gravity. Freeman describes the lonesome, creative suffering of a career as a coffee roaster with the same level of seriousness usually reserved for heart surgery or saving babies. Or sports-writing. But, if you like excellent coffee, or hoity-toity cafes, or luxury gadgetry, it’s a goldmine of fascinating details. And it reminded me of tennis.

    Freeman, who is the founder of Blue Bottle, one of Northern California’s most respected—borderline fetishized— coffee-roasting companies, might inflate the importance of coffee in the grand scheme of life, but he isn’t wrong about the strange satisfaction to be found in the repetitive loneliness of trying to do something unnecessary, unnecessarily well. Roasting the perfect blend of coffee beans is not unlike the Sisyphean suffering involved in playing tennis devotedly, and even in watching tennis devotedly—or, at any rate, in wilting in the concrete-busting afternoon heat while one of your favorite players loses a fifth set of tennis.

    On my first day at Melbourne Park, I watched Mikhail Youzhny and Florian Mayer play a midday five-set match on Court 8. The match eventually went the way of the German, who was stepping gingerly on his tender, booted ankle, and sculling away at his double-handed backhand slice, but who also played mostly well and almost always aggressively. Youzhny, by contrast, played well occasionally, mostly when his back was against the wall in the fourth set, or down break points in the fifth. Otherwise, the Russian spent the hottest part of a searingly hot afternoon slapping an endless series of groundstrokes and serves into the tape, excoriating himself emphatically in his mother tongue, and clenching his square jaw in rage until his tanned complexion turned the color of cooked lobster. At no point during the match did Mikhail Youzhny look like he found the competitive process fun.

    Later, in Margaret Court Arena, Ernests Gulbis quickly got down to the business of making tennis look like a truly wretched way to spend time. The Latvian lost in straight sets to American Sam Querrey, who executed his special brand of morose excellence with a level-headedness that neatly juxtaposed his opponent’s decompensating ego. The crowd looked for any and every excuse to get behind Gulbis, cheering enthusiastically for each wing-flapping forehand winner, and cooing sympathetically after every drop shot that dropped, mortally wounded, onto the wrong side of the net. But the most exciting moment of the match turned out to be when Gulbis launched his racquet vaguely in the direction of a ball-child and exactly toward the ground. The racquet head snapped in half on court, where Gulbis left it for dead. After shucking his sweaty wristband into the stands, Gulbis slowly unwrapped a new racquet, gestured imperiously for a child to fetch his designer vibration dampener off his broken stick, and sauntered back to the baseline to continue spraying forehand errors.

    My first day at the Happy Slam seemed intent on reminding me that playing tennis for a living is less about playing than it is about hard, virtually liquefying, work. Even Alexandr Dolgopolov, usually content to at least grin in the face of defeat, looked thoroughly miserable to be losing to a determined Jeremy Chardy in the humid early evening breeze. (I’ll spare Matt Ebden the ignominy of describing the purgatory that was his loss to an injured Vasek Pospisil during the night session on Rod Laver Arena.) And on Day 4, the tennis suffering seemed to be, if anything, worse. The heat—extreme western heat, if you will— continued on being relentlessly hot, but there was less cloud cover than on the day before, and sunlight poured over the blue courts like so much molten gold. 

    Despite her stylish changeover ice-vest, Maria Sharapova looked heat-stricken and muddle-headed on Rod Laver Arena as she dragged herself—and her straining vocal cords—to a victory over Karin Knapp, 10-8 in the third. Carla Suarez Navarro also needed three sets and over three hours under the cruel sun to defeat her opponent, Galina Voskoboeva. And then the tournament itself was forced to deploy the “extreme heat rule,” which decrees that all coffee served on the grounds must be thoroughly iced—and also that people stop playing tennis outdoors. 

    Speaking of coffee, I thought about Freeman’s book on crafting the perfect cup on Wednesday, as I watched Youzhny try to coax forth something like his best tennis on a seriously off day while I, my spectating self, struggled to avoid slipping into a full-on heat-stupor.* In The Craft of Coffee Freeman described, at length, the necessity of vigilant attention to detail, not to mention the overall tedium involved in learning to make coffee-making look effortless. But he also wrote lovingly of the finished product, saying, among other things, that coffee makes us curious about pleasure. This was a declaration that stuck with me, and I think it applies to almost anything in life—person, place, or thing—into which we project our emotional experience of potential. If it doesn’t make us curious about the good things in life, it should. 

    It was this curiosity that came to mind as I realized Youzhny was not going to bounce back against Mayer in the fifth set as he had bounced back in the fourth. The match was not a pleasure for me to watch, and I imagine it was not a pleasure for the Russian to play – or for the German either, for that matter. But although watching all those sets of tennis, only to see my guy lose in the end was dreary, and cost me most of the salt reserves in my body, it wasn’t a disappointing disappointment. (If that makes sense.) Instead, it felt a part of the larger experience—a low note to emphasize the high ones to come, to use Freeman’s language. It was still tennis, and it made me curious about pleasure.

    As fortune would have it, a high note wasn’t far away. Within 24 hours of Youzhny’s loss I found myself with an excellent seat on Hisense, underneath a closed roof in an air-conditioned stadium, cradling a dish of affogato, and watching Roger Federer unfurl two sets of sleek tennis on his way to a 6-2, 6-1, 7-6(4) victory over a game, clean-hitting, and occasionally bold Blaz Kavcic. It was all very posh—like a siphon-brewed cup of Ethiopia Yirgacheffe on a leisurely (and temperate) Sunday morning. That is, if a leisurely Sunday morning included the cracking sound of swiftly struck forehand winners and the cheers of a few thousand sports fans.

    Roger Federer, the sixth seed, was having a pretty good night. He displayed an unerring attraction to the open court, as well as an affinity for break point conversions and the happy ability to please a crowd that loved nothing more than to Ooh and Ah at his shot-making prowess. People tend to say that Federer makes it—tennis, perfection— look easy. I’m not so sure about that. A better way to put it might be that Federer, when he’s playing well, makes it look unattainable. There was a fantastic, and fantastically long point on Federer’s serve at 3-0 in the second set wherein the Swiss managed to get to several balls he had no business arriving at, and then doing things with those shots that he had no business doing. He eventually won the point, while Kavcic was left shaking his head in disbelief. Only Federer.

    But as many times as Kavcic was left with nothing but a wry grin of frustration, he didn’t give up. Just after that long, magic point from Federer, the Slovenian broke the Swiss for 1-3. Federer responded by hitting four winners and breaking right back. For two solid sets of tennis, it was that kind of night for the Rolex Brand Ambassador. Still, it wasn’t a perfect performance. In the third set Kavcic lifted his game, primarily via gutsy serving, and Federer’s level dropped to somewhere between fair-to-middling and just-plain-passive. There were several interesting shanks. But the Swiss regained some rhythm as the third set aged, earning match point in the tiebreaker, which he won after forcing Kavcic to dive for not one, but two, volleys in a row. Carlos Bernardes called “game, set, match” while the Slovenian was still coming out of his second roll on the concrete. It was an absolute pleasure. And it made me very curious about how Rafa was doing over on Laver. 

     

    *At some point during the fourth set I worried I might be succumbing to heat-induced auditory hallucinations because I imagined I heard live accordion music. Further investigation—in the form of directing my gaze to the stands of Court 13—proved that it was only Damir Dzumhur’s loyal fans, who’d come thoroughly equipped to help the Bosnian defeat Ivan Dodig. Besides a few dozen Bosnian flags and a catalog of traditional Bosnian tennis folk-chants, they’d also brought a piano-accordion to play during changeovers.

  • Australian Open Day 4 Schedule of Play / Scores: Thursday, January 16

    Australian Open Day 4 Schedule of Play / Scores: Thursday, January 16

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    [Scores added as known.]

    Rod Laver Arena — 11:00 A.M.    

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Maria Sharapova (RUS) (3) d. Karin Knapp (ITA) — 6-3, 4-6, 10-8

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) (10) d. Christina McHale (USA) — 6-0, 1-6, 6-2

    Not Before: 2:00 P.M.

    Men’s Singles – Round 2
    Rafael Nadal (ESP) (1) d. Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) — 6-2, 6-4, 6-2

    Not Before: 7:00 P.M.

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Victoria Azarenka (BLR) (2) d. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) — 6-1, 6-4

    Men’s Singles – Round 2
    Andy Murray (GBR) (4) d. Vincent Millot (FRA) — 6-2, 6-2, 7-5

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    Click here to discuss the Women’s matches in our discussion forum.

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    Hisense Arena — 11:00 A.M.    

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Elina Svitolina (UKR) d. Olivia Rogowska (AUS) — 6-4, 7-5

    Men’s Singles – Round 2
    Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) (10) d. Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) — 7-6(6), 6-4, 6-4

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) (5) d. Olga Govortsova (BLR) — 6-0, 7-5

    Not Before: 5:00 P.M.

    Men’s Singles – Round 2
    Roger Federer (SUI) (6) d. Blaz Kavcic (SLO) — 6-2, 6-1, 7-6(4)

    Men’s Singles – Round 2
    Gael Monfils (FRA) (25) d. Jack Sock (USA) — 7-6(2), 7-5, 6-2

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    Margaret Court Arena — 11:00 A.M.    

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Alize Cornet (FRA) (25) d. Camila Giorgi (ITA) — 6-3, 4-6, 6-4

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Sloane Stephens (USA) (13) d. Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) — 3-6, 6-2, 7-5

    Not Before: 7:00 P.M.

    Men’s Singles – Round 2
    Benoit Paire (FRA) (27) d. Nick Kyrgios (AUS) — 6-7(5), 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-2, 6-2

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    Show Court 2 — 11:00 A.M.    

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) (16) d. Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) — 7-6(2), 3-6, 8-6

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Ashleigh Barty (AUS) (5) / Casey Dellacqua (AUS) (5) d. Alexandra Panova (RUS) / Karolina Pliskova (CZE) — 6-1, 6-1

    Not Before: 6:00 P.M.

    Men’s Singles – Round 2
    Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) d. Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) (5) — 4-6, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, 7-5

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    Show Court 3 — 11:00 A.M.    

    Men’s Singles – Round 2
    Donald Young (USA) d. Andreas Seppi (ITA) (24) — 6-4, 2-6, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5

    Men’s Singles – Round 2
    Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS) d. Fernando Verdasco (ESP) (31) — 7-6(1), 3-6, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4

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    Court 5 — 11:00 A.M.    

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Jamie Murray (GBR) (15) / John Peers (AUS) (15) d. Matt Reid (AUS) / Luke Saville (AUS) — 7-6(4), 7-6(6)

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Monica Niculescu (ROU) / Klara Zakopalova (CZE) d. Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) / Sorana Cirstea (ROU) — 6-3, 6-2

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Julien Benneteau (FRA) (11) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) (11) d. Mikhail Elgin (RUS) / Denis Istomin (UZB) — 6-2, 6-4

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    Court 6 — 11:00 A.M.    

    Men’s Singles – Round 2
    Kei Nishikori (JPN) (16) d. Dusan Lajovic (SRB) — 6-1, 6-1, 7-6(3)

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Garbine Muguruza (ESP) d. Anna Schmiedlova (SVK) — 6-3, 6-3

    Men’s Singles – Round 2
    Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) (22) d. Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) — 6-3, 6-3, 7-6(11)

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) d. Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) (33) — 3-6, 6-3, 6-2

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    Court 7 — 11:00 A.M.    

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) (7) / Lucie Safarova (CZE) (7) d. Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) / Shuai Zhang (CHN) — 6-4, 6-4

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Max Mirnyi (BLR) / Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) d. Nicholas Monroe (USA) / Horacio Zeballos (ARG) — 6-3, 7-6(7)

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) / Samantha Stosur (AUS) d. Irina Buryachok (UKR) / Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO) — 6-1, 6-2

    Men’s Singles – Round 2
    Feliciano Lopez (ESP) (26) d. Michael Berrer (GER) — 6-4, 7-6(6), 6-4

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    Court 8 — 11:00 A.M.    

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Simona Halep (ROU) (11) d. Varvara Lepchenko (USA) — 4-6, 6-0, 6-1

    Men’s Singles – Round 2
    Stephane Robert (FRA) d. Michal Przysiezny (POL) — 7-6(3), 6-1, 6-7(3), 6-1

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Jelena Jankovic (SRB) (8) d. Ayumi Morita (JPN) — 6-2, 6-0

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    Court 10 — 6:00 P.M.

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Alize Cornet (FRA) / Caroline Garcia (FRA) d. Marina Erakovic (NZL) (10) / Jie Zheng (CHN) (10) — 6-3, 6-3

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    Court 11 — 11:00 A.M.    

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Michael Llodra (FRA) (13) / Nicolas Mahut (FRA) (13) d. Pablo Andujar (ESP) / Leonardo Mayer (ARG) — 6-3, 7-5

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Rohan Bopanna (IND) (7) / Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) (7) d. Rameez Junaid (AUS) / Adrian Mannarino (FRA) — 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(5)

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Simone Bolelli (ITA) / Fabio Fognini (ITA) d. Ryan Harrison (USA) / Sam Querrey (USA) — 6-2, 7-5

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    Court 13 — 11:00 A.M.    

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Zarina Diyas (KAZ) d. Marina Erakovic (NZL) — 6-4, 6-0

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) (20) d. Stefanie Voegele (SUI) — 6-0, 6-1

    Men’s Singles – Round 2
    Milos Raonic (CAN) (11) d. Victor Hanescu (ROU) — 7-6(9), 6-4, 6-4

    [divider]

    Court 15 — 11:00 A.M.    

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Cara Black (ZIM) (6) / Sania Mirza (IND) (6) d. Tammi Patterson (AUS) / Arina Rodionova (AUS) — 6-1, 6-4

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Sara Errani (ITA) (1) / Roberta Vinci (ITA) (1) d. Mona Barthel (GER) / Megan Moulton-Levy (USA) — 7-5, 6-2

    Men’s Singles – Round 2
    Gilles Simon (FRA) (18) d. Marin Cilic (CRO) — 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-7(5), 6-1, 6-2

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    Court 19 — 11:00 A.M.    

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) (29) d. Mandy Minella (LUX) — 6-2, 6-2

    Men’s Singles – Round 2
    Martin Klizan (SVK) d. Blaz Rola (SLO) — 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 7-6(2)

    [divider]

    Court 20 — 11:00 A.M.    

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Robin Haase (NED) / Christopher Kas (GER) d. Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) / Andrey Golubev (KAZ) — 4-6, 6-2, 7-5

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Lucie Hradecka (CZE) / Michaella Krajicek (NED) d. Kiki Bertens (NED) / Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) — 3-6, 6-3, 6-4

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Kurumi Nara (JPN) d. Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) (32) — 6-4, 6-3

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    Court 22 — 11:00 A.M.    

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) (2) / Shuai Peng (CHN) (2) d. Eva Hrdinova (CZE) / Paula Ormaechea (ARG) — 6-7(6), 7-6(1), 6-0

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Alex Bolt (AUS) / Andrew Whittington (AUS) d. Julian Knowle (AUT) / Vasek Pospisil (CAN) — 1-2 Ret.

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Annika Beck (GER) / Andrea Petkovic (GER) d. Olga Savchuk (UKR) / Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) — 6-4, 6-2

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    Cover Photo (Creative Commons License): Athena Lao