One of the 4 most coveted trophies in the tennis world; a chance to play beautifully crafted artistic tennis on red clay; to pound shots with topspin and slide with grace or lack thereof side to side - the French Open is back for 2009! Paris is welcoming its premiere tennis stars, everyone is hopeful, the qualifying is underway, who isn't happy at the beginning of a tournament before the claws come out.I am going to highlight some of my predictions for the final eight in red.
Here is a copy and pasted version of the first round match-ups:
Men
Rafael Nadal (1), Spain, vs. q-Marcos Daniel, Brazil
Igor Kunitsyn, Russia, vs. Teimuraz Gabashvili, Russia
Denis Gremelmayr, Germany, vs. Andrey Golubev, Kazakhstan
Lleyton Hewitt, Australia, vs. Ivo Karlovic (26), Croatia
Robin Soderling (23), Sweden, vs. Kevin Kim, United States
Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, vs. q-Santiago Giraldo, Colombia
q-Ilja Bozoljac, Serbia, vs. Nicolas Kiefer, Germany
Frederico Gil, Portugal, vs. David Ferrer (14), Spain
Nikolay Davydenko (10), Russia, vs. Stefan Koubek, Austria
Diego Junquiera, Argentina, vs. Paul Capdeville, Chile
Nicolas Massu, Chile, vs. Daniel Koellerer, Austria
Nicolas Devilder, France, vs. Stanislas Wawrinka (17), Switzerland
Nicolas Almagro (31), Spain, vs. Agustin Calleri, Argentina
Ernests Gulbis, Latvia, vs. Sam Querrey, United States
q-Peter Polonsky, Canada, vs. Philipp Petzschner, Germany
Florent Serra, France, vs. Fernando Verdasco (8), Spain
Andy Murray (3), Britain, vs. Juan Ignacio Chela, Argentina
Mischa Zverev, Germany, vs. Potito Starace, Italy
Janko Tipsarevic, Serbia, vs. Albert Montanes, Spain
q-Franco Ferreiro, Brazil, vs. Feliciano Lopez (28), Spain
Radek Stepanek (18), Czech Republic, vs. wc-Gaston Gaudio, Argentina
Yen-Hsun Lu, Taiwan, vs. ll-Mathieu Montcourt, France
Dudi Sela, Israel, vs. q-Jean-Rene Lisnard, Monaco
Jan Hernych, Czech Republic, vs. Marin Cilic (13), Croatia
Fernando Gonzalez (12), Chile, vs. q-Jiri Vanek, Czech Republic
q-Rui Machado, Portugal, vs. Kristof Vliegen, Belgium
Marcel Granollers, Spain, vs. wc-Josselin Ouanna, France
wc-Alexandre Sidorenko, France, vs. Marat Safin (20), Russia
Victor Hanescu (30), Romania, vs. Stever Darcis, Belgium
Mikhail Youzhny, Russia, vs. Gilles Muller, Luxembourg
q-Daniel Brands, Germany, vs. Robert Kendrick, United States
Wayne Odesnik, United States, vs. Gilles Simon (7), France
Juan Martin del Potro (5), Argentina, vs. Michael Llodra, France
Viktor Troicki, Serbia, vs. q-Lukasz Kubot, Poland
Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil, vs. Martin Vassallo Arguello, Argentina
q-Fabio Fognini, Italy, vs. Igor Andreev (25), Russia
Dmitry Tursunov (21), Russia, vs. Arnaud Clement, France
Fabrice Santoro, France, vs. Christophe Rochus, Belgium
Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, vs. Juan Monaco, Argentina
Julien Benneteau, France, vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (9), France
Tommy Robredo (16), Spain, vs. wc-Adrian Mannarino, France
Evgeny Korolev, Russia, vs. Daniel Gimeno Traver, Spain
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, vs. Andreas Seppi, Italy
Maximo Gonzalez, Argentina, vs. Mardy Fish (22), United States
Philipp Kohlschreiber (29), Germany, vs. wc-Bernard Tomic, Australia
Juan Carlos Ferrero, Spain, vs. Ivan Ljubicic, Croatia
Brian Dabul, Argentina, vs. q-Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine
Nicolas Lapentti, Ecuador, vs. Novak Djokovic (4), Serbia
Andy Roddick (6), United States, vs. wc-Romain Jouan, France
Oscar Hernandez, Spain, vs. Ivo Minar, Czech Republic
Ivan Navarro, Spain, vs. Andreas Beck, Germany
Marc Gicquel, France, vs. Rainer Schuettler (27), Germany
Jurgen Melzer (24), Austria, vs. Sergio Roitman, Argentina
wc-Guillaume Rufin, France, vs. Eduardo Schwank, Argentina
q-Victor Crivoi, Romania, vs. q-Simon Greul, Germany
Bobby Reynolds, United States, vs. Gael Monfils (11), France
James Blake (15), United States, vs. q-Leonardo Mayer, Argentina
Andrei Pavel, Romania, vs. Tommy Haas, Germany
Bjorn Phau, Germany, vs. Jeremy Chardy, France
Simone Bolelli, Italy, Tomas Berdych (19), Czech Republic
Paul-Henri Mathieu (32), France, vs. wc-Laurent Recouderc, France
Robby Ginepri, United States, vs. Pablo Andujar, Spain
Jose Acasuso, Argentina, vs. q-Santiago Ventura, Spain
Alberto Martin, Spain, vs. Roger Federer (2), Switzerland
Women
Dinara Safina (1), Russia, vs. Anne Keothavong, Britain
q-Vitalia Diatchenko, Russia, vs. Mathilde Johansson, France
Nuria Llagostera Vives, Spain, vs. Julie Coin, France
Ioana Raluca Olaru, Romania, vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (27), Russia
Alisa Kleybanova (23), Russia vs. q-Polona Hercog, Slovenia
Ai Sugiyama, Japan, vs. Aravane Rezai, France
q-Michelle Larcher de Brito, Portugal, vs. Melanie South, Britain
Stephanie Cohen-Aloro, France, vs. Zheng Jie (15), China
Victoria Azarenka (9), Belarus, vs. Roberta Vinci, Italy
Maria-Emilia Salerni, Argentina, vs. Kristina Barrois, Germany
q-Yvonne Meusburger, Austria, vs. Lucie Hradecka, Czech Republic
Edina Gallovits, Romania, vs. Carla Suarez Navarro (22), Spain
Iveta Benesova (32), Czech Republic, vs. Julia Goerges, Germany
Varvara Lepchenko, United States, vs. Alla Kudryavtseva, Russia
Tamarine Tanasugarn, Thailand, vs. Camille Pin, France
Sara Errani, Italy, vs. Ana Ivanovic (8), Serbia
Venus Williams (3), United States, vs. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States
Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic, vs. Sabine Lisicki, Germany
Elena Vesnina, Russia, vs. Severine Bremond Beltrame, France
q-Corinna Dentoni, Italy, vs. Agnes Szavay (29), Hungary
Dominika Cibulkova (20), Slovakia, vs. Alona Bondarenko, Ukraine
Stephanie Foretz, France, vs. Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium
Tamira Paszek, Austria, vs. Gisela Dulko, Argentina
Anna-Lena Groenefeld, Germany, vs. Amelie Mauresmo (16), France
Nadia Petrova (11), Russia, vs. wc-Lauren Embree, United States
Anastasiya Yakimova, Belarus, vs. Maria Sharapova, Russia
wc-Olivia Sanchez, France, vs. q-Arantxa Rus, Netherlands
q-Yaroslava Shvedova, Kazakhstan, vs. Kaia Kanepi (19), Estonia
Li Na (25), China, vs. Marta Domachowska, Poland
wc-Emilie Loit, France, vs. Timea Bacsinszky, Switzerland
wc-Irena Pavlovic, France, vs. Akgul Amanmuradova, Uzbekistan
Olga Govortsova, Belarus, vs. Vera Zvonareva (6), Russia
Jelena Jankovic (5), Serbia, vs. Petra Cetkovska, Czech Republic
Magdalena Rybarikova, Slovakia, vs. wc-Kristina Mladenovic, France
Jarmila Groth, Australia, vs. wc-Kinnie Laisne, France
ll-Mariana Duque Marino, Colombia, vs. Anna Chakvetadze (26), Russia
Alize Cornet (21), France, vs. Maret Ani, Estonia
q-Carly Gullickson, United States, vs. Sorana Cirstea, Romania
Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria, vs. Jill Craybas, United States
Vera Dushevina, Russia, vs. Caroline Wozniacki (10), Denmark
Marion Bartoli (13), France, vs. Pauline Parmentier, France
Tathiana Garbin, Italy, vs. Ayumi Morita, Japan
Virginie Razzano, France, vs. Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia
Ekaterina Makarova, Russia, vs. Anabel Medina Garrigues (18), Spain
Samantha Stosur (30), Australia, vs. Francesca Schiavone, Italy
Yanina Wickmayer, Belgium, vs. Urszula Radwanska, Poland
Jelena Dokic, Australia, vs. Karolina Sprem, Croatia
q-Chanelle Scheepers, South Africa, vs. Elena Dementieva (4), Russia
Svetlana Kuznetsova (7), Russia, vs. wc-Claire Feuerstein, France
Galina Voskoboeva, Kazakhstan, vs. Sania Mirza, India
q-Anastasija Sevastova, Latvia, vs. Melinda Czink, Hungary
Nathalie Dechy, France, vs. Sybille Bammer (28), Austria
Patty Schnyder (17), Switzerland, vs. Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukraine
wc-Olivia Rogowska, Australia, vs. Maria Kirilenko, Russia
Patricia Mayr, Austria, vs. Mariya Koryttseva, Ukraine
Rossana de Los Rios, Paraguay, vs. Agnieszka Radwanska (12), Poland
Flavia Pennetta (14), Italy, vs. Alexa Glatch, United States
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, Czech Republic, vs. Lourdes Dominguez Lino, Spain
Mara Santangelo, Italy, vs. q-Petra Martic, Croatia
Monica Niculescu, Romania, vs. Aleksandra Wozniak (24), Canada
Peng Shuai (31), China, vs. Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, Spain
Viktoriya Kutuzova, Ukraine, vs. q-Zuzana Ondraskova, Czech Republic
Virginia Ruano Pascual, Spain, vs. Nicole Vaidisova, Czech Republic
Klara Zakopalova, Czech Republic, vs. Serena Williams (2), United States
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Don't forget to watch some of this amazing tennis starting Sunday, May 24th, on tv, in the US it will be on Espn2, The Tennis Channel, NBC. http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/about/tvschedule.html
or stream it live on the many websites that offer that to you! I'll get some links up later.
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