Roland Garros 2018, Paris, France - WTA Grand Slam

[Front242]

Awful loss for her. Drove past her tennis club in Riga last Thursday. She and all of Latvia must be devastated losing so early. Apparently her ranking will only drop to out of the top 10 but still a completely crap result.

 

[Hoergren]

Order of play Monday 28 May rest of BOTTOM half

Court Philippe-Chatrier Play starts at 11am
Petra KVITOVA (CZE) [8] v Veronica CEPEDE ROYG (PAR) 36 61 75
Danielle COLLINS (USA) v Caroline WOZNIACKI (DEN) [2] 57 16

Court Suzanne-Lenglen Play starts at 11am

Andrea PETKOVIC (GER) v Kristina MLADENOVIC (FRA)[29] 76 62
Maria SHARAPOVA (RUS) [28] v Richel HOGENKAMP (NED) Postponed - RAINING

Court 1 Play starts at 11am
Laura SIEGEMUND (GER) v Coco VANDEWEGHE (USA)[15] 46 46
Barbora KREJCIKOVA (CZE) v Karolina PLISKOVA (CZE) [6] 67 46

Court 3 Play starts at 11am
Sofia KENIN (USA) v Naomi OSAKA (JPN) [21] 26 57
Heather WATSON (GBR) v Oceane DODIN (FRA) 63 60

Court 4 Play starts at 11am
Caroline DOLEHIDE (USA) v Viktorija GOLUBIC (SUI) 64 64
Rebecca PETERSON (SWE) v Su-Wei HSIEH (TPE) 64 63

Court 5 Play starts at 11am
Camila GIORGI (ITA) v Grace MIN (USA) 63 62

Court 6 Play starts at 11am
Ana KONJUH (CRO) v Carla SUAREZ NAVARRO (ESP) [23] 06 16
Varvara LEPCHENKO (USA) v Elise MERTENS (BEL)[16] 76 67 03 postponed - RAINING

Court 7 Play starts at 11am
Magdalena RYBARIKOVA (SVK) [19] v Luksika KUMKHUM (THA) 63 60
Lucie SAFAROVA (CZE) v Jessika PONCHET (FRA) 64 61

Court 8 Play starts at 11am
Belinda BENCIC (SUI) v Deborah CHIESA (ITA) 36 76 75
Bernarda PERA (USA) v Elena VESNINA (RUS) 63 62

Court 9 Play starts at 11am
Daria KASATKINA (RUS) [14] v Kaia KANEPI (EST) 64 64
Tatjana MARIA (GER) v Kirsten FLIPKENS (BEL) 67 46

Court 12 Play starts at 11am
Mihaela BUZARNESCU (ROU) [31] v Vania KING (USA) 63 63
Kateryna BONDARENKO (UKR) v Donna VEKIC (CRO) 26 26

Court 14 Play starts at 11am
Lara ARRUABARRENA (ESP) v Timea BABOS (HUN) 76 63
Lesia TSURENKO (UKR) v Stefanie VOEGELE (SUI) 46 62 62

Court 15 Play starts at 11am
Mandy MINELLA (LUX) v Maria SAKKARI (GRE) 67 26
Anastasija SEVASTOVA (LAT)[20] v Mariana DUQUE-MARINO (COL) 64 16 36

Court 16 Play starts at 11am
Dalila JAKUPOVIC (SLO) v Georgina GARCIA PEREZ (ESP) 36 46

Court 18 Play starts at 11am
Katerina SINIAKOVA (CZE) v Victoria AZARENKA (BLR) 75 75
Madison KEYS (USA)[13] v Sachia VICKERY (USA) 63 63

 

[the AntiPusher]

Defending champ off to a slow start. Hopefully Osta turns this around.

Thats a damn shame that Ostapenko laid an egg

 

[Fiero425]

Thats a damn shame that Ostapenko laid an egg

With the way women's tennis is at this time, no one should be surprised; even with early round losses! They've finally gotten their act together and aren't allowing "any" elite player to just own them! Bout time! Ostapenko was not going to repeat so she might as well bow out now! Why does Venus even bother? :whistle:

 

[britbox]

Ostapenko felt the pressure.

 

[britbox]

Cibby lost a war in Strasbourg. I'm not too confident she'll get out the first round here. She's playing Julia Georges.

 

[kskate2]

Cibby lost a war in Strasbourg. I'm not too confident she'll get out the first round here. She's playing Julia Georges.

I saw most of that match. She had 2 mp's that she didn't really execute on. Pavs just took it to her.

 

[britbox]

Woz through. Tough first set but ran away with it in the second.

 

[Hoergren]

If you saw Wozniacki test her rackets - this is why:

"The service break to 3-0 in the 2nd set was important." Coach Piotr Wozniacki quoted by @johasger. And Dame Wozniacki used all of her 8 racquets. They were losing up to 2 kg of tension during the match

 

[Fiero425]

If you saw Wozniacki test her rackets - this is why:

"The service break to 3-0 in the 2nd set was important." Coach Piotr Wozniacki quoted by @johasger. And Dame Wozniacki used all of her 8 racquets. They were losing up to 2 kg of tension during the match

This is so ridiculous; tensions lost in rackets this quickly that she was out of them before 2nd set done? Unbelievable! If she was really any good, she should have been able to beat this girl with an old wood racket!

 

[Hoergren]

This is so ridiculous; tensions lost in rackets this quickly that she was out of them before 2nd set done? Unbelievable! If she was really any good, she should have been able to beat this girl with an old wood racket!

Well Fiero - Collins is actually a very good player and you wouldn't say as you do IF you saw the match. Strings are sensitive against heat and moist weather - e.g.it's raining in RG now and no more play before tomorrow

 

[Hoergren]

Order of play Tuesday 29 May

Court Philippe-Chatrier Play starts at 11am
Kristyna PLISKOVA (CZE) vs Serena WILLIAMS (USA) 67 46
Simona HALEP (ROU) [1] vs Alison RISKE (USA) CANCELLED

Court Suzanne-Lenglen Play starts at 11am
Maria SHARAPOVA (RUS) [28] vs Richel HOGENKAMP (NED) 61 46 63
Yingying DUAN (CHN) vs Caroline GARCIA (FRA) [7] 16 06

Court 1 Play starts at 11am
Garbiñe MUGURUZA (ESP) [3] vs Svetlana KUZNETSOVA (RUS) 76 62
Julia GOERGES (GER) [11] vs Dominika CIBULKOVA (SVK) 64 57 60

Court 3 Play starts at 11am
Samantha STOSUR (AUS) vs Yanina WICKMAYER (BEL) 62 64
Natalia VIKHLYANTSEVA (RUS) vs Ashleigh BARTY (AUS) [17] 36 16
Myrtille GEORGES (FRA) vs Taylor TOWNSEND (USA) 46 26

Court 4 Play starts at 11am
Irina-Camelia BEGU (ROU) vs Anna Karolina SCHMIEDLOVA (SVK) 64 57 97
Ana BOGDAN (ROU) vs Marketa VONDROUSOVA (CZE) 63 16 64

Court 5 Play starts at 11am
Alison VAN UYTVANCK (BEL) vs Isabelle WALLACE (AUS) 61 60
Aliaksandra SASNOVICH (BLR) vs Denisa ALLERTOVA (CZE) 64 63

Court 6 Play starts at 11am
Daria GAVRILOVA (AUS) [24] vs Sorana CIRSTEA (ROU) 46 76 63
Varvara LEPCHENKO (USA) vs Elise MERTENS (BEL) [16] 76 67 06

Court 7 Play starts at 11am
Aryna SABALENKA (BLR) vs Kiki BERTENS (NED) [18] 26 16
Angelique KERBER (GER) [12] vs Mona BARTHEL (GER) 62 63

Court 8 Play starts at 11am
Shuai PENG (CHN) vs Aleksandra KRUNIC (SRB) 63 64

Court 9 Play starts at 11am
Polona HERCOG (SLO) vs Anastasia PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS) [30] 46 67

Court 14 Play starts at 11am
Bethanie MATTEK-SANDS (USA) vs Johanna LARSSON (SWE) 64 63
Shuai ZHANG (CHN) [27] vs Kristina KUCOVA (SVK) 60 75

Court 18 Play starts at 11am
Fiona FERRO (FRA) vs Carina WITTHOEFT (GER) 64 62

 

[britbox]

Highlights and Interviews

 

[britbox]

Match of the Day for me:

Garbiñe MUGURUZA (ESP) [3] vs Svetlana KUZNETSOVA (RUS)

 

[the AntiPusher]

Whereas Tossip?

 

[the AntiPusher]

Serena used that plump backside of hers and unleashed that hammer serve of hers..2nd serve sucked today but it plus her movement will get better as she progresses throughout the tournament.

 

[Sundaymorningguy]

It was nice to see Serena back on court. Hopefully, she can make a solid run here and make at least the 3rd or 4th round. I wish she had at least gone for it on her returns a bit more today even if she missed, but this is her first Slam match back. I am sure she will put her foot on the pedal now that she has a win under her belt.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Garbage took out Kuzzy. It looks like only the first was competitive.

 

[kskate2]

She's a lot fitter than she was in Miami. Still would like to see her drop another 10 lbs. She was already a 1/2 step behind before she had the kid.

 

[britbox]

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