2014 Roland Garros Day 3
Mladenovic Upsets Li Na in First Round
Early exit for Li Na falling to Mladenovic in first round. Photo rolandgarros.com FFT
rolandgarros.com: May 27, 2014 By Matt Trollope Paris, France - Na Li has something of a strange relationship with Roland Garros. She had never really shown any signs of clay-court prowess before remarkably winning the whole thing in 2011 for her first major title, and while her results have improved at Grand Slam events elsewhere since then, her performances in Paris have gone by the wayside. Her title defence in 2012 ended in the fourth round, while in 2013, she bombed out in the second. Not long after that result, she had even contemplated retirement. Although she stuck around to reach the quarter-finals at Wimbledon, semis in Flushing Meadows and hoist the trophy at Melbourne Park, her fickle association with Roland Garros continued on Tuesday when she was upset in the opening round by local Kristina Mladenovic. The performance today was a microcosm of her past couple of years at the clay-court Grand Slam; sometimes brilliant, often patchy, forever brittle. Going down in a raft of errors – particularly off the forehand wing – she fell 7-5, 3-6, 6-1 to the statuesque Frenchwoman. Read more
Murray Passes First Round Test
Andy Murray. Photo rolandgarros.com FFT
rolandgarros.com May 27, 2014 By Kate Battersby Paris, France - Andy Murray’s campaign at Roland Garros 2014 got off to a great start before the Scot so much as hit a single stroke, with the news of Stan Wawrinka’s exit on Monday evening. The Australian Open champion was his potential quarter-final opponent here, and while of course Murray will agree it is never wise to look beyond your next opponent in the draw, he can only have been encouraged. He should take every boost he can get, as his first round match was not a showcase for his most glittering tennis. There were too many hesitations and errors for that, as he pieced together a 6-1, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 victory over Andrey Golubev of Kazakhstan. Full article
French Open Men's Singles First Round Tuesday May 27
7-Andy Murray beat Andrey Golubev 6-1 6-4 3-6 6-3
5-David Ferrer beat Igor Sijsling 6-4 6-3 6-1
12-Richard Gasquet beat Bernard Tomic 6-2 6-1 7-5
Carlos Berlocq beat Lleyton Hewitt 3-6 6-2 6-1 6-4
Juergen Zopp beat 16-Tommy Haas 2-5 ret.
19-Kevin Anderson beat Stephane Robert 7-5 6-3 6-4
Ivo Karlovic beat 11-Grigor Dimitrov 6-4 7-5 7-6(4)
Jack Sock beat 21-Nicolas Almagro 5-0 ret.
32-Andreas Seppi beat Santiago Giraldo 6-3 7-5 6-3
23-Gael Monfils beat Victor Hanescu 6-2 4-6 6-4 6-2
24-Fernando Verdasco beat Michael Llodra 6-2 7-6(4) 7-6(3)
28-Philipp Kohlschreiber beat Pere Riba 7-5 6-4 6-1
Dusan Lajovic beat Federico Delbonis 6-3 6-2 6-3
Pablo Cuevas beat Matthew Ebden 6-1 6-2 6-3
Andreas Haider-Maurer beat Daniel Brands 4-6 4-6 6-2 6-3 6-4
Simone Bolelli beat Andrea Arnaboldi 6-4 6-4 6-2
Marinko Matosevic beat Dustin Brown 7-6(5) 6-4 6-7(1) 7-5
Jan-Lennard Struff beat Albano Olivetti 6-1 6-4 6-4
Denis Istomin beat Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-3 6-4 2-6 6-3
Axel Michon beat Bradley Klahn 6-1 6-7(4) 5-7 6-1 6-4
Juan Monaco beat Lucas Pouille 6-3 6-1 6-4
French Open Women's Singles First Round Tuesday May 27
Kristina Mladenovic beat 2-Li Na 7-5 3-6 6-1
4-Simona Halep beat Alisa Kleybanova 6-0 6-2
6-Jelena Jankovic beat Sharon Fichman 5-7 6-1 6-3
10-Sara Errani beat Madison Keys 7-5 3-6 6-1
11-Ana Ivanovic beat Caroline Garcia 6-1 6-3
15-Sloane Stephens beat Peng Shuai 6-4 7-6(8)
23-Lucie Safarova beat Mandy Minella 6-3 7-5
22-Ekaterina Makarova beat Shelby Rogers 6-2 6-3
27-Svetlana Kuznetsova beat Sofia Shapatava 6-3 6-1
Maria Teresa Torro beat 30-Klara Koukalova 7-6(4) 6-2
24-Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Kimiko Date-Krumm 6-3 0-6 6-2
Casey Dellacqua beat Lourdes Dominguez Lino 7-5 6-3
Coco Vandeweghe beat Iveta Melzer 7-6(6) 6-2
Magdalena Rybarikova beat Urszula Radwanska 4-6 6-4 3-0 ret.
Julia Glushko beat Donna Vekic 7-5 2-6 6-4
Dinah Pfizenmaier beat Estrella Cabeza Candela 4-6 6-3 6-3
21-Kirsten Flipkens beat Danka Kovinic 7-6(6) 6-2
Yanina Wickmayer beat 13-Caroline Wozniacki 7-6(5) 4-6 6-2
Polona Hercog beat Jana Cepelova 6-2 6-3
Silvia Soler Espinosa beat Chanelle Scheepers 6-2 6-3
Elina Svitolina beat Petra Martic 5-0 ret.
26-Sorana Cirstea beat Aleksandra Wozniak 6-7(3) 7-5 6-2
Teliana Pereira beat Luksika Kumkhum 4-6 6-1 6-1
Alison Riske beat Mirjana Lucic-Baroni 7-6(2) 6-3
Heather Watson beat Barbora Zahlavova Strycova 6-3 6-4
Kiki Bertens beat Alexandra Cadantu 7-6(5) 6-1
Camila Giorgi beat Bojana Jovanovski 6-4 6-3
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