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The French Open - Roland Garros
French
Open
Roland Garros, Paris, France
May
26-June 8, 2008
128 Draw
Surface - Clay
Website:  www.rolandgarros.com
 Year -- Men's
Champion --- Women's Champion
2007 -- Rafael Nadal --- Justine
Hénin
2006 -- Rafael Nadal --- Justine Hénin-Hardenne
2005 -- Rafael Nadal
--- Justine Hénin-Hardenne
2004 -- Gaston Gaudio --- Anastasia
Myskina
2003 -- Juan Carlos Ferrero --- Justine Hénin-Hardenne
2002 --
Alberto Costa --- Serena Williams
2001 -- Gustavo Kuerten --- Jennifer
Capriati
2000 -- Gustavo Kuerten --- Mary Pierce
1999 -- Andre Agassi
---Steffi Graf
1998 -- Carlos Moya --- Arantxa Sanchez
1997 -- Gustavo
Kuerten --- Iva Majoli
1996 -- Yevgeny Kafelnikov --- Steffi Graf
1995 --
Thomas Muster --- Steffi Graf
1994 -- Sergi Bruguera --- Arantxa
Sanchez
1993 -- Sergi Bruguera --- Steffi Graf
1992 -- Jim Courier ---
Monica Seles
1991 -- Jim Courier --- Monica Seles
1990 -- Andres Gomez ---
Monica Seles
1989 -- Michael Chang --- Arantxa Sanchez
1988 -- Mats
Wilander --- Steffi Graf
1987 -- Ivan Lendl --- Steffi Graf
1986 -- Ivan
Lendl --- Chris Evert-Lloyd
1985 -- Mats Wilander --- Chris
Evert-Lloyd
The
Seeds:
1. Roger Federer
2. Rafael Nadal
3.
Novak Djokovic
4. Nikolay Davydenko
5. David Ferrer
6. David
Nalbandian
7. James Blake
8. Richard Gasquet
9. Stanislas
Wawrinka
10. Andy Murray
11. Tomas
Berdych
12. Tommy Robredo
13. Juan Monaco
14.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga WD
15. Mikhail Youzhny
16. Carlos Moya
17. Marcos
Baghdatis
18. Paul-Henri Mathieu
19. Nicolas Almagro
20. Ivo
Karlovic
21. Radek Stepanek
22. Fernando Verdasco
23. Juan Carlos
Ferrero
24. Fernando Gonzalez
25. Lleyton Hewitt
26. Jarkko
Nieminen
27. Igor Andreev
28. Ivan Ljubicic
29. Guillermo Canas
30.
Dmitry Tursunov
31. Andreas Seppi
32. Janko Tipsarevic
Gentlemen's Singles Draw
(1)Roger Federer (SUI) vs Samuel Querrey
(USA)
Albert Montanes (ESP) vs Kristof Vliegen (BEL)
(q)Victor Crivoi
(ROU) vs (q)David Marrero (ESP)
(31)Andreas Seppi (ITA) vs Mario Ancic
(CRO)
(20)Ivo Karlovic (CRO) vs Alejandro Falla (COL)
Julien Benneteau
(FRA) vs Vince Spadea (USA)
Michael Zverev (GER) vs (q)Paul Capdeville
(CHI)
(13)Juan Monaco (ARG) vs Robin Soderling (SWE)
(9)Stanislas Wawrinka
(SUI) vs Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)
Marin Cilic (CRO) vs Robin Haase
(NED)
Filippo Volandri (ITA) vs (LL)Pablo Andujar (ESP) [Pablo Andujar
replaces Tommy Haas]
(24)Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) vs Pablo Cuevas
(URU)
(27)Igor Andreev (RUS) vs Potito Starace (ITA)
Donald Young (USA) vs
Robby Ginepri (USA)
Dudi Sela (ISR) vs Victor Hanescu (ROU)
(8)Richard Gasquet (FRA) vs Florent Serra
(FRA)
(4)Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) vs Thomas Johansson (SWE)
Marat Safin
(RUS) vs (q)Jean-Rene Lisnard (MON)
(WC)Adrian Mannarino (FRA) vs (q)Diego
Junqueira (ARG)
(28)Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) vs (WC)Eric Prodon (FRA)
(23)Juan
Carlos Ferrero (ESP) vs Marcos Daniel (BRA)
Jurgen Melzer (AUT) vs Peter
Luczak (AUS)
Gael Monfils (FRA) vs Arnaud Clement (FRA)
(LL)Luis Horna
(PER) vs (q)Scoville Jenkins (USA) [Horna replaces Tsonga]
(12)Tommy
Robredo (ESP) vs Guillermo Coria (ARG)
Viktor Troicki (SRB) vs Marc Gicquel
(FRA)
Jiri Vanek (CZE) vs (q)Jesse Huta Galung (NED)
(21)Radek Stepanek
(CZE) vs Gilles Simon (FRA)
(25)Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) vs Nicolas Mahut
(FRA)
Agustin Calleri (ARG) vs Mardy Fish (USA)
Fabrice Santoro (FRA) vs
Florian Mayer (GER)
(5)David Ferrer (ESP) vs Steve Darcis (BEL)
(7)James Blake (USA) d. Rainer Schuettler
(GER)
Ernests Gulbis (LAT) d. (q)Simon Greul (GER)
Thierry Ascione (FRA)
vs Bobby Reynolds (USA)
Nicolas Lapentti (ECU) d. (32)Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)
(17)Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) vs Simone Bolelli (ITA)
Juan Martin del Potro
(ARG) d. (LL)Josselyn Ouanna (FRA) [Ouanna replaces Fabio Fognini]
Michael
Llodra (FRA) vs (WC)Olivier Patience (FRA)
(11)Tomas Berdych (CZE) vs (WC)Robert
Smeets (AUS)
(q)Eduardo Schwank (ARG) d. (16)Carlos Moya (ESP)
Marcel
Granollers (ESP) vs Michael Berrer (GER)
Oscar Hernandez (ESP) vs Ivo Minar
(CZE)
(18)Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) d. (WC)Gustavo Kuerten (BRA)
(29)Guillermo Canas (ARG) vs (WC)Wayne Odesnik (USA)
Jonas Bjorkman (SWE)
vs Hyung-Taik Lee (KOR)
(q)Miguel Angel Lopez-Jaen (ESP) d. Frank Dancevic
(CAN)
(3)Novak Djokovic (SRB) d. Denis Gremelmayr (GER)
(6)David Nalbandian (ARG) d. Carlos Berlocq
(ARG)
(WC)Jeremy Chardy (FRA) d. (q)Frederico Gil (POR)
Guillermo
Garcia-Lopez (ESP) vs Sergio Roitman (ARG)
(30)Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) vs
(q)Daniel Brands (GER)
(19)Nicolas Almagro (ESP) d. Boris Pashanski (SRB)
(LL)Sebastian Decoud (ARG) d. Olivier Rochus (BEL) [Decoud replaces
Sebastien Grosjean]
Jose Acasuso (ARG) d. Dominik Hrbaty (SVK)
(10)Andy
Murray (GBR) d. (WC)Jonathan Eysseric (FRA)
(15)Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) vs
Benjamin Becker (GER)
(q)Maximo Gonzalez (ARG) d. (q)Roko Karanusic (CRO)
John Isner (USA) vs Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG)
(22)Fernando Verdasco (ESP)
vs Santiago Ventura (ESP)
(26)Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) vs (LL)Marc Lopez (ESP)
[Lopez replaces Nicolas Kiefer]
Feliciano Lopez (ESP) vs Martin
Vassallo-Arguello (ARG)
Chris Guccione (AUS) vs (q)Nicolas Devilder
(FRA)
(2)Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs (q)Thomaz Bellucci (BRA)
1st Round: Tomas Berdych vs. Rober
Smeets
Order of Play - Monday, May 26,
2008
Court 7 Match Start 11:00
1. Women's
Singles - 1st Rnd.
Agnes Szavay (HUN)[12] v. Ayumi Morita
(JPN)
2. Men's
Singles - 1st Rnd.
Robert Smeets (AUS) v. Tomas Berdych
(CZE)[11]
3. Men's
Singles - 1st Rnd.
Thierry Ascione (FRA) v. Bobby Reynolds (USA)
4.
Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Edina Gallovits (ROU) v. Victoria Azarenka
(BLR)[16]
Tomas
Berdych has never made it past the fourth round here and he went
out in the first round last year. And he just missed five weeks due to injury.
This year
it's a 1st round match against Robert Smeets, he beat this player at Sydney
tournament in 2007.
Tomas Berdych lost just one game against Robert
Smeets.
No. 11 seed Tomas
Berdych was in fine form as he enjoyed safe passage through to
the second round, committing just eight unforced errors and
breaking serve eight times as he dropped just one game in defeating Australian
Robert Smeets 6-1, 6-0, 6-0.
After suffering an ankle injury against Nikolay
Davydenko in the Czech Republic's Davis Cup World Group Quarterfinal tie against
Russia, the 22-year-old Berdych had
won just two matches in three events on clay prior to arriving in Paris, both at
last week's World Team Cup in Dusseldorf. Having twice fallen first round in
Roland Garros, including last year (l. to Garcia-Lopez), his best result came in
2006 when he reached the fourth round (l. to Federer).
BREEZE FOR
BERDYCH / Berdych - utterly
dominant.
Tomas
Berdych lost just one game in his opening encounter at the
French Open on Monday, crushing Robert Smeets.
The 11th seed was in ruthless mood against the
hopelessly-outclassed Australian and sauntered to a 6-1 6-0 6-0
victory.
Smeets won just 27 points in the entire match and
could not force a single break point on the Berdych serve.
It took the Czech just 67 minutes to wrap up victory
- and that will surely go down as the fastest completed match at this year's
tournament.
Berdych
will face a Frenchman Michael Llodra in round two when he will surely be given a
sterner test
2nd Round: Tomas Berdych vs. Michael Llodra
Order of Play - Wednesday, May 28,
2008
Court 2 Match Start 11:00
1
Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Vera Dushevina (RUS) v. Elena Dementieva
(RUS)[7]
followed by
2 Men's
Singles - 1st Rnd.
Marc Gicquel (FRA) v. Viktor Troicki (SRB) -> To
Finish 6-4 6-3 2-1
3 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Aravane Rezai (FRA) v.
Nadia Petrova (RUS)[25]
4 Men's
Singles - 2nd Rnd.
Michael Llodra (FRA) v. Tomas Berdych (CZE)[11]
Llodra puts out 11th seed
Berdych
PARIS, May 28 (Reuters) - Tomas Berdych became the highest men's
seed to exit the French Open when he was beaten 6-3 4-6 5-7 6-3 6-4 by local
favourite Michael Llodra on Wednesday.
The Czech 11th seed overcame a slow start to
gain the upper hand going into the fourth set. From then on though he started to
miscue his shots in a scrappy encounter on court two.
Berdych won 143 points against 134 bagged by the
error-prone Llodra but that was still not enough to take him
through.
Roared on by a vocal crowd, Llodra booked his
place in round three with a service winner and next plays Italy's Simone
Bolelli.
Berdych crashes out of
Open
Unseeded Frenchman Michael
Llodra snapped a two-match losing streak against World No. 13 Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic, the No. 11
seed, with a 6-3, 4-6, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 win in two hours and six minutes. Llodra
hit 10 aces and 36 winners in total and will next meet Munich finalist Simone
Bolelli, who saved 12 break points to defeat Juan Martin del Potro 3-6, 7-6(0),
7-5, 6-2. World No. 41 Llodra has captured two ATP titles this year at Adelaide
(d. Nieminen) and Rotterdam (d. Soderling).
BERDYCH SENT
PACKING
Tomas
Berdych crashed out in the second round of the French Open as
home favourite Michael Llodra claimed a 6-3 4-6 5-7 6-3 6-4 victory.
The 11th seed from the Czech Republic fought
back from losing the opener to silence the passionate crowd and force his way
into a 2-1 set lead in what was fast becoming a thrilling encounter.
But Llodra, whose best performance here was a
run to the fourth round in 2004, found the strength needed to break once in a
tight fourth set to force a decider.
And once again just the one break of serve was
needed for the 28-year-old to send Berdych
packing and give the home fans another reason to cheer.
Tomas Berdych in action against Frenchman Michael
Llodra SEE PHOTO
Resumé
Tomas
Berdych, the world's No. 11 player, returned to the ATP
tournament circuit after a month of recovering from an ankle injury. He swept
away Australia's Robert Smeets in the first round, 6-1, 6-0, 6-0. But in the
following round he fell short in a five-set battle against French player Mickael
Llodra. Berdych wasted four break
points in the final set and later lamented the hostile atmosphere in the stands.
"I knew that the fans would support the home player," he said. "However, as our
match was entering the decisive stage, the crowd was becoming hostile and almost
blamed me for winning points."
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