Roland Garros Order Of Play - Day 6: Friday, May 31

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(All matches, on all courts, are listed in order to give you a feel for when everything will begin and end.)

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Court Philippe Chatrier - 11:00 AM

Marion Bartoli (FRA) (13) vs. Mariana Duque-Marino (COL)

Not Before: 12:00 PM

Maria Sharapova (RUS) (2) vs. Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) To Finish 6-2 4-2

Julien Benneteau (FRA) (30) vs. Roger Federer (SUI) (2)

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) (6) vs. Jeremy Chardy (FRA) (25)

Virginie Razzano (FRA) vs. Ana Ivanovic (SRB) (14)

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Court Suzanne Lenglen - 11:00 AM

Rafael Nadal (ESP) (3) vs. Martin Klizan (SVK)

Serena Williams (USA) (1) vs. Sorana Cirstea (ROU) (26)

Gael Monfils (FRA) vs. Tommy Robredo (ESP) (32)

Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) (4) vs. Dinah Pfizenmaier (GER)

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Court 1 - 11:00 AM

Michal Przysiezny (POL) vs. Richard Gasquet (FRA) (7)

Feliciano Lopez (ESP) vs. David Ferrer (ESP) (4)

Sabine Lisicki (GER) (32) vs. Sara Errani (ITA) (5)

Varvara Lepchenko (USA) (29) vs. Angelique Kerber (GER) (8)

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Court 2 - 11:00 AM

Tommy Haas (GER) (12) vs. Jack Sock (USA)

Francesca Schiavone (ITA) vs. Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) (21)

Gilles Simon (FRA) (15) vs. Sam Querrey (USA) (18)

Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)

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Court 3 - 11:00 AM

Fernando Verdasco (ESP) vs. Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) (8)

Not Before: 12:00 PM

Kaia Kanepi (EST) vs. Stefanie Voegele (SUI) To Finish 6-5

Monica Puig (PUR) vs. Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) (20)

Andreas Seppi (ITA) (20) vs. Nicolas Almagro (ESP) (11)

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Court 5 - 12:30 PM

Jelena Jankovic (SRB) / Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO) vs. Severine Beltrame (FRA) / Laura Thorpe (FRA)

Nina Bratchikova (POR) / Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) vs. Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) (4) / Elena Vesnina (RUS) (4)

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Court 6 - 11:00 AM

Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) vs. Denis Istomin (UZB) To Finish 3-2

Not Before: 12:00 PM

Ashleigh Barty (AUS) vs. Maria Kirilenko (RUS) (12) To Finish 3-3

Viktor Troicki (SRB) vs. Marin Cilic (CRO) (10)

Michael Llodra (FRA) / Nicolas Mahut (FRA) vs. Mateusz Kowalczyk (POL) / Lukas Rosol (CZE)

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Court 7 - 11:00 AM

Ryan Harrison (USA) vs. John Isner (USA) (19)

Not Before: 12:00 PM

Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) (9) vs. Horacio Zeballos (ARG) To Finish 6-2 7-6(2) 3-3

Milos Raonic (CAN) (14) vs. Kevin Anderson (RSA) (23)

Petra Cetkovska (CZE) vs. Roberta Vinci (ITA) (15)

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Court 8 - 11:00 AM

Andre Begemann (GER) / Martin Emmrich (GER) vs. Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL) (16) / Marcin Matkowski (POL) (16)

Shuai Zhang (CHN) / Julian Knowle (AUT) vs. Raquel Kops-Jones (USA) / Treat Huey (PHI)

Jamie Murray (GBR) / John Peers (AUS) vs. Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL) / Robert Farah (COL)

Kveta Peschke (CZE) / Marcin Matkowski (POL) vs. Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) / Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)

Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) / Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) vs. Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) (15) / Darija Jurak (CRO) (15)

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Court 10 - 11:00 AM

Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) (8) / Shuai Peng (CHN) (8) vs. Irina Falconi (USA) / Mervana Jugic-Salkic (BIH)

Not Before: 12:00 PM

Marc Gicquel (FRA) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs. Daniel Brands (GER) / Frank Moser (GER) To Finish 3-6 6-3 3-1

Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) (6) / Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) (6) vs. Evgeny Donskoy (RUS) / Dmitry Tursunov (RUS)

Mona Barthel (GER) / Liga Dekmeijere (LAT) vs. Ashleigh Barty (AUS) (14) / Casey Dellacqua (AUS) (14)

Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) / Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) vs. Elena Vesnina (RUS) (2) / Max Mirnyi (BLR) (2)

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Court 11 - 12:30 PM

Vera Dushevina (RUS) / Alexandra Panova (RUS) vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) (11) / Lucie Safarova (CZE) (11) To Finish 6-4 0-1

Lauren Davis (USA) / Megan Moulton-Levy (USA) vs. Madison Keys (USA) / Melanie Oudin (USA) To Finish 6-4 3-6 2-1

Liezel Huber (USA) (8) / Marcelo Melo (BRA) (8) vs. Severine Beltrame (FRA) / Benoit Paire (FRA)

Simona Halep (ROU) / Arantxa Rus (NED) vs. Sorana Cirstea (ROU) / Ayumi Morita (JPN)

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Court 14 - 11:00 AM

Robert Lindstedt (SWE) (3) / Daniel Nestor (CAN) (3) vs. Jonathan Dasnieres De Veigy (FRA) / Florent Serra (FRA)

Not Before: 12:00 PM

Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) (10) / Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) (10) vs. Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor (ESP) / Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) To Finish 6-2 5-4

Nadia Petrova (RUS) (3) / Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) (3) vs. Olga Govortsova (BLR) / Anna Tatishvili (GEO)

Carlos Berlocq (ARG) / Leonardo Mayer (ARG) vs. Pablo Cuevas (URU) / Horacio Zeballos (ARG)

Sania Mirza (IND) (1) / Robert Lindstedt (SWE) (1) vs. Cara Black (ZIM) / Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)

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Court 16 - 11:00 AM

Robin Haase (NED) vs. Jerzy Janowicz (POL) (21)

Jonathan Erlich (ISR) / Andy Ram (ISR) vs. Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) / Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP)

Stephanie Foretz Gacon (FRA) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs. Lisa Raymond (USA) (4) / Bruno Soares (BRA) (4)

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Court 17 - 11:00 AM

Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) (29) vs. Federico Delbonis (ARG) To Finish 6-3 1-1

Caroline Garcia (FRA) / Mathilde Johansson (FRA) vs. Annika Beck (GER) / Valeria Solovyeva (RUS)

Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) / Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) vs. Catalina Castano (COL) / Katalin Marosi (HUN)

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T.B.A. - Not Before: 6:00 PM

Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) / Lucas Pouille (FRA) vs. Andreas Seppi (ITA) / Viktor Troicki (SRB)

Pablo Andujar (ESP) / Tommy Robredo (ESP) vs. Julien Benneteau (FRA) (13) / Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) (13)

Jeremy Chardy (FRA) / Lukasz Kubot (POL) vs. Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) / Frederik Nielsen (DEN)

Sara Errani (ITA) (1) / Roberta Vinci (ITA) (1) vs. Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP) / Garbine Muguruza (ESP) To Finish 6-3 3-4

 

[Moxie]

RE: Roland Garros Order Of Play - Day 6

I'm gonna have to get up early to watch Rafa. Weather looks to be okay, though, so they should catch up.

 

[Mastoor]

RE: Roland Garros Order Of Play - Day 6

Early matches suit me perfectly, so if they don't delay it I will watch Nadal tonight. btw, isn't this strange that he plays every match on Lenglen? Shouldn't he be the biggest attraction on Chartrier?

 

[Moxie]

RE: Roland Garros Order Of Play - Day 6

Early matches suit me perfectly, so if they don't delay it I will watch Nadal tonight. btw, isn't this strange that he plays every match on Lenglen? Shouldn't he be the biggest attraction on Chartrier?

Oh, Mastoor...now you're just doing the equivalent of a gamesmanship "bump." I don't care if Rafa is on Chartrier or Lenglen, as long as he wins.

 

[herios]

RE: Roland Garros Order Of Play - Day 6

Early matches suit me perfectly, so if they don't delay it I will watch Nadal tonight. btw, isn't this strange that he plays every match on Lenglen? Shouldn't he be the biggest attraction on Chartrier?

He was scheduled on Chatrier, but the weather Gods didn't agree. Now, the 3 French guys + Roger are those who are preferred, obviously.

 

[tented]

RE: Roland Garros Order Of Play - Day 6

Early matches suit me perfectly, so if they don't delay it I will watch Nadal tonight. btw, isn't this strange that he plays every match on Lenglen? Shouldn't he be the biggest attraction on Chartrier?

He will play one match on Lenglen -- this one, the second round -- and the rest will be on Chartrier. In fact, his first round match was on Chartrier, thus already disproving your statement that "he plays every match on Lenglen."

They put Roger on Lenglen yesterday, too. As the TV commentators on ESPN put it, all of the top guys typically play one match on Lenglen early on because there are so many other matches they want to put on Chartrier.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

RE: Roland Garros Order Of Play - Day 6

good news with the weather..

a high pressure system is edging in from the atlantic (azores high)..so that means dry conditions at least for the next few days..not hot though.

 

[tented]

RE: Roland Garros Order Of Play - Day 6

Someone may have already mentioned this, but I just noticed that Klizan has never played any of the Top 4, until today.

 

[Johnsteinbeck]

RE: Roland Garros Order Of Play - Day 6

^ interesting find. looking at the stats, i guess the first set was mainly about Rafa not being in the groove yet? he served at 58% in the first, but then upped it into the eighties(!) in set 2 and 3.

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Gasquet through in a hurry. he'll face Davydenko - that could be a fun match, if Kolya still has something left in the tank.

 

[herios]

RE: Roland Garros Order Of Play - Day 6

Janowicz through in 4 sets, books his 3rd round, as he did at the AO. Good job.

 

[isabelle]

RE: Roland Garros Order Of Play - Day 6

Mr Butt her fly won after losing the 1st set
He'll meet the Fog in 3rd round

Gasquet will meet Davydenko in 3rd round

 

[tented]

RE: Roland Garros Order Of Play - Day 6

Chris Fowler actually just said "mini milestone".

 

[the AntiPusher]

RE: Roland Garros Order Of Play - Day 6

Ryan is gotta to be kicking himself for squandering that lead.. he is not too big on heart and guts. imo

Congrats to Isner.. However I think Haas has too much of a clay court game for him but who knows Isner plays well on the dirt

 

[tented]

RE: Roland Garros Order Of Play - Day 6

Ryan is gotta to be kicking himself for squandering that lead.. he is not too big on heart and guts. imo

Harrison should be thrashed. Very disappointing result from him. Again.

 

[isabelle]

RE: Roland Garros Order Of Play - Day 6

Ferrer will meet Milos serve bot in 4th round
vamos David vamos chico !!

 

[El Dude]

RE: Roland Garros Order Of Play - Day 6

Its nice to see Roger playing so smoothly and relaxed. Haven't seen him like this since last year.

 

[brokenshoelace]

RE: Roland Garros Order Of Play - Day 6

Nadal looked pretty shaky. The conditions didn't suit him as they were quite cool, but still. I've never felt that he's comfortable playing lefties, which is weird considering the great record he has against them. A lot of the things he has to do against lefties are unnatural to him, like varying his serve placement, use his inside out forehand as a rally shot (and thus struggling for depth since he usually hits it with angles), etc... Most striking to me is the fact that for whatever reason, his cross court forehand loses a lot of depth against lefties, and he hits it a bit too angled, trying a bit too hard to take them out of position (thus opening up the DTL forehand for his opponent). I feel in large part, his great record against lefties is due to him just being generally a better player (obvious, I know), and the fact that there are hardly any elite left handed players outside of Nadal himself (the best lefty he's played is Verdacso or something... which says a lot).

 

[herios]

RE: Roland Garros Order Of Play - Day 6

Ryan is gotta to be kicking himself for squandering that lead.. he is not too big on heart and guts. imo

Harrison should be thrashed. Very disappointing result from him. Again.

I would rather give credit to isner to come back from 0-2 for the first time to win it in 5, adjusting his approach

 

[El Dude]

RE: Roland Garros Order Of Play - Day 6

I think its worth giving a nod to Nikolay Davydenko who is making it to the 3R in a Slam for the first time in almost two years (2011 US Open). From 2005-2009 Davydenko was a fixture in the top 10 and was in the mix with Nalbandian and Roddick as the primary challengers for Federer and Nadal. He's finished each of the last two years in the 40s, but its nice to see him continue on, presumably for love of the game and not because he thinks he has a realistic chance of winning anything other than a minor tournament (his last tournament title was Munich, an ATP 250, in 2010; before that he won the World Tour Finals in 2009 - his last big hurrah).

 

[tented]

RE: Roland Garros Order Of Play - Day 6

27/32 seeds made it to the third round.

Only losses: Berdych, Monaco, Dolgopolov, Mayer, Granollers