Roland Garros, Paris, France, WTA GRAND SLAM

[MargaretMcAleer]

I love watching Caroline Garcia play,she has all the shots,I would love dearly if Amelie Mauresmo would coach her,she needs a proper coach,than her father to take her to the next level.Caroline will have to be patient in her match against Aga,she has the weapons to defeat Aga especially on clay,though at times,especially in big points,her mentality and shot selection lets her down.

 

[britbox]

Not too many surprises so far in the early matches...

Simona, Kuz, Petra and Garbine all advancing in fairly routine fashion.

 

[Denis]

Happy to see Bertens win. I think she's on an 8 match winning streak now. Picked her to beat Kerberos too in the bracket. Think she might make it to the 4th round or so, though she must be getting tired from all the matches now.

 

[Jammymich]

Halep must have been relieved to see her nemesis Lucic-Baroni go out today.

 

[britbox]

Results from the French Open Women's Singles Round 2 matches on Wednesday
19-Sloane Stephens (U.S.) beat Veronica Cepede Royg (Paraguay) 7-6(0) 6-1
25-Irina Begu (Romania) beat CoCo Vandeweghe (U.S.) 6-7(4) 7-6(4) 10-8
Annika Beck (Germany) beat Kateryna Bondarenko (Ukraine) 4-6 6-3 7-5
2-Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) beat Caroline Garcia (France) 6-2 6-4
Tsvetana Pironkova (Bulgaria) beat Johanna Larsson (Sweden) 7-5 7-6(6)
30-Barbora Strycova (Czech Republic) beat Polona Hercog (Slovenia) 6-4 6-4
21-Samantha Stosur (Australia) beat Zhang Shuai (China) 6-3 6-4
Yanina Wickmayer (Belgium) beat 27-Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) 2-6 6-2 6-2
11-Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic) beat Viktorija Golubic (Switzerland) 6-2 6-2
4-Garbine Muguruza Blanco (Spain) beat Myrtille Georges (France) 6-2 6-0
24-Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia) beat Cagla Buyukakcay (Turkey) 6-3 4-6 6-1
Shelby Rogers (U.S.) beat Elena Vesnina (Russia) 6-4 6-2
6-Simona Halep (Romania) beat Zarina Diyas (Kazakhstan) 7-6(5) 6-2
13-Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) beat Heather Watson (Britain) 6-1 6-3
10-Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) beat Hsieh Su-Wei (Taiwan) 6-4 6-1
Naomi Osaka (Japan) beat Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (Croatia) 6-3 6-3

 

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6-Simona Halep (Romania) beat Zarina Diyas (Kazakhstan) 7-6(5) 6-2

 

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No real shocks in Round 2 to date after an explosive round 1.

Showcourts - Order of Play Thursday

Court Philippe Chatrier (play starts at 0900)

Eugenie Bouchard (Canada) v 8-Timea Bacsinszky (Switzerland)

4-Rafael Nadal (Spain) v Facundo Bagnis (Argentina)

Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus) v 6-Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France)

Timea Babos (Hungary) v 26-Kristina Mladenovic (France)

Suzanne Lenglen Court (0900)

Malek Jaziri (Tunisia) v 7-Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic)

1-Novak Djokovic (Serbia) v Steve Darcis (Belgium)

1-Serena Williams (U.S) v Teliana Pereira (Brazil)

9-Venus Williams v Louisa Chirico (U.S)

 

[Moxie]

CoCo gave Begu a run for her money, though. 7-6(4) 6-7(4) 8-10. I was hoping the American might pull off the upset.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Halep must have been relieved to see her nemesis Lucic-Baroni go out today.

Great Minds think alike

 

[britbox]

The Pocket Rocket is making me nervous. 5-2 up in the first and Konjuh pulls back to 5-4 and back on serve.

 

[britbox]

Yay... Cibby takes the first set but makes harder work of it than necessary. Konjuh has a horrible ball toss on serve... she's all over the place.

 

[britbox]

Konjuh ties this up at one set apiece... she's seeing the ball like a water melon right now. Cibulkova badly needs to regroup and start the decider well.

 

[britbox]

Cibby up 4-0 in the decider. Bring it home baby!

 

[britbox]

Cibby gets it done with a 6/0 Bagel final set. Phew.

 

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Results from the French Open Women's Singles Round 2 matches on Thursday
Monica Puig (Puerto Rico) beat Julia Goerges (Germany) 7-5 6-7(4) 7-5
26-Kristina Mladenovic (France) beat Timea Babos (Hungary) 6-4 6-3
Alize Cornet (France) beat Tatjana Maria (Germany) 6-3 6-7(5) 6-4
9-Venus Williams (U.S.) beat Louisa Chirico (U.S.) 6-2 6-1
15-Madison Keys (U.S.) beat Mariana Duque (Colombia) 6-3 6-2
18-Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) beat Taylor Townsend (U.S.) 6-3 6-0
1-Serena Williams (U.S.) beat Teliana Pereira (Brazil) 6-2 6-1
29-Darya Kasatkina (Russia) beat Virginie Razzano (France) 3-6 6-1 6-3
22-Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia) beat Ana Konjuh (Croatia) 6-4 3-6 6-0
Pauline Parmentier (France) beat Irina Falconi (U.S.) 6-3 6-1
Kiki Bertens (Netherlands) beat Camila Giorgi (Italy) 6-4 6-1
Yulia Putintseva (Kazakhstan) beat 28-Andrea Petkovic (Germany) 6-2 6-2
Karin Knapp (Italy) beat Anastasija Sevastova (Latvia) 6-3 6-4
8-Timea Bacsinszky (Switzerland) beat Eugenie Bouchard (Canada) 6-4 6-4
14-Ana Ivanovic (Serbia) beat Kurumi Nara (Japan) 7-5 6-1
12-Carla Suarez Navarro (Spain) beat Wang Qiang (China) 6-1 6-3

 

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14-Ana Ivanovic (Serbia) beat Kurumi Nara (Japan) 7-5 6-1