Favorites Safely Pass Second Round Test; Halep Upset by Lucic-Baroni
rolandgarros.com: May 27 2015 Paris, France
Simona Halep has become the biggest casualty of the women's tournament, with the No.3 seed upset by Mirjana Lucic-Baroni on Wednesday in the second round at Roland-Garros. Halep, a finalist last year in Paris and seeded to repeat that match in the last four this time against Maria Sharapova, had no answer to the Croatian's relentless attack, succumbing 7-5, 6-1.
This was always going to be a danger match for the third seed; last year at Flushing Meadows, Lucic-Baroni beat Halep en route to the fourth round. And she proved that result was no fluke on Suzanne-Lenglen Court, belting 29 winners to Halep's five to seal victory. It was a philosophical Halep who fronted the press after the seismic result - she admitted there was nothing she could have done to avert defeat. Lucic-Baroni will take on French No.1 Alize Cornet, who beat another Romanian, Alexandra Dulgheru, in straight sets. Eugenie Bouchard was beaten by Kristina Mladenovic in the first round 6-4, 6-4.
French Open 2015 Second Round Scores
French Open Men's Singles Second Round Thursday May 28
20-Richard Gasquet beat Carlos Berlocq 3-6 6-3 6-1 4-6 6-1
15-Kevin Anderson beat Lu Yen-Hsun 5-7 6-4 6-4 6-4
Jack Sock beat Pablo Carreno 6-7(2) 7-6(4) 6-1 7-6(4)
7-David Ferrer beat Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6-3 6-2 6-1
Borna Coric beat 18-Tommy Robredo 7-5 3-6 6-2 4-6 6-4
Simone Bolelli beat 31-Viktor Troicki 6-2 6-4 6-3
Jeremy Chardy beat 16-John Isner 6-4 4-6 6-3 6-3
3-Andy Murray beat Joao Sousa 6-2 4-6 6-4 6-1
1-Novak Djokovic beat Gilles Muller 6-1 6-4 6-4
17-David Goffin beat Santiago Giraldo 6-3 4-6 7-5 6-2
Andrey Kuznetsov beat Jurgen Melzer 6-1 5-7 7-6(0) 7-5
6-Rafa Nadal beat Nicolas Almagro 6-4 6-3 6-1
Thanasi Kokkinakis beat 27-Bernard Tomic 3-6 3-6 6-3 6-4 8-6
23-Leonardo Mayer beat Jerzy Janowicz 6-4 6-4 6-7(1) 6-1
Pablo Andujar beat 22-Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-1 7-6(5) 3-6 3-6 6-4
9-Marin Cilic beat Andrea Arnaboldi 7-6(3) 6-1 6-1
29-Nick Kyrgios beat Kyle Edmund w.o.
French Open Women's Singles Second Round Thursday May 28
Alison Van Uytvanck beat 32-Zarina Diyas 0-6 6-1 6-4
Kristina Mladenovic beat Danka Kovinic 6-3 7-5
Sloane Stephens beat Heather Watson 6-2 6-4
23-Timea Bacsinszky beat Tereza Smitkova 6-2 6-0
Tsvetana Pironkova beat Denisa Allertova 6-3 7-6(2)
16-Madison Keys beat Belinda Bencic 6-0 6-3
27-Victoria Azarenka beat Lucie Hradecka 6-2 6-3
1-Serena Williams beat Anna-Lena Friedsam 5-7 6-3 6-3
Andreea Mitu beat 12-Karolina Pliskova 2-6 7-6(5) 6-4
Francesca Schiavone beat 18-Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-7(11) 7-5 10-8
30-Irina Begu beat Ana Konjuh 6-2 6-0
10-Andrea Petkovic beat Lourdes Dominguez Lino 4-6 6-4 6-4
4-Petra Kvitova beat Silvia Soler Espinosa 6-7(4) 6-4 6-2
17-Sara Errani beat Carina Witthoeft 6-3 4-6 6-2
Julia Goerges beat 5-Caroline Wozniacki 6-4 7-6(4)
Irina Falconi beat Sesil Karatantcheva 3-6 6-1 6-2
French Open Men’s Singles Second Round Wednesday May 27
4-Tomas Berdych beat Radek Stepanek 6-3 6-7(7) 6-3 6-3
13-Gael Monfils beat Diego Schwartzman 4-6 6-4 4-6 6-2 6-3
14-Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat Dudi Sela 6-4 6-1 6-1
Nicolas Mahut beat 24-Ernests Gulbis 6-3 3-6 7-5 6-3
Benoit Paire beat 28-Fabio Fognini 6-1 6-3 7-5
Lukas Rosol beat 19-Roberto Bautista 6-4 6-2 6-2
21-Pablo Cuevas beat Dominic Thiem 7-6(7) 7-5 6-7(5) 7-5
5-Kei Nishikori beat Thomaz Bellucci 7-5 6-4 6-4
Damir Dzumhur beat Marcos Baghdatis 6-4 6-3 4-6 6-2
Benjamin Becker beat 32-Fernando Verdasco 6-4 0-6 1-6 7-5 10-8
Teymuraz Gabashvili beat Juan Monaco 6-3 6-4 6-2
2-Roger Federer beat Marcel Granollers 6-2 7-6(1) 6-3
8-Stanislas Wawrinka beat Dusan Lajovic 6-3 6-4 5-7 6-3
Steve Johnson beat Sergiy Stakhovsky 2-6 6-3 7-6(5) 7-6(6)
12-Gilles Simon beat Martin Klizan 7-5 6-2 6-3
French Open Women’s Singles Second Round Wednesday May 27
7-Ana Ivanovic beat Misaki Doi 3-6 6-3 6-4
9-Ekaterina Makarova beat Teliana Pereira 6-2 5-7 6-3
28-Flavia Pennetta beat Magdalena Rybarikova 6-2 6-0
8-Carla Suarez Navarro beat Virginie Razzano 6-3 1-0 ret.
21-Garbine Muguruza Blanco beat Camila Giorgi 6-1 6-4
19-Elina Svitolina beat Yulia Putintseva 1-6 7-5 9-7
Elena Vesnina beat Polona Hercog 2-6 6-1 6-3
11-Angelique Kerber beat Ajla Tomljanovic 6-3 6-2
Donna Vekic beat Bojana Jovanovski 6-4 6-3
Mirjana Lucic-Baroni beat 3-Simona Halep 7-5 6-1
29-Alize Cornet beat Alexandra Dulgheru 6-2 7-5
2-Maria Sharapova beat Vitalia Diatchenko 6-3 6-1
Annika Beck beat Paula Kania 6-2 6-2
13-Lucie Safarova beat Kurumi Nara 6-2 6-0
26-Samantha Stosur beat Amandine Hesse 6-0 6-1
20-Sabine Lisicki beat Daria Gavrilova 6-1 ret.
French Open First Round
Djokovic, Federer, Murray, Nadal, Wawrinka Nishikori Win Openers; Sock Upsets Dimitrov; Serena Advances; Bouchard Exits
atpworldtour.com: May 24 2015 Paris, France - Roger Federer got his quest underway Sunday for a second Roland Garros title and 18th Grand Slam crown. Second seed Federer improved to 8-0 lifetime against Alejandro Falla with a 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 at the start of his 62nd straight Grand Slam championship.
Federer hit 42 winners, including eight aces, converting three of his 15 break point opportunities for victory in one hour and 49 minutes. He is now 62-15 at the clay-court major in Paris, where he lifted the trophy in 2009 (d. Soderling), and he will next challenge Marcel Granollers in the second round.
Granollers, a 6-4, 6-3, 7-6(7) winner over qualifier Matthias Bachinger, equaled his best result at the tournament last year in reaching the Round of 16 (l. to Raonic). Federer leads the FedEx ATP Head2Head series 3-0. Federer has a 26-5 match record on the season, which includes three titles at the Brisbane International presented by Suncorp (d. Raonic), the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships (d. Djokovic) and the TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Open (d. Cuevas).
Elsewhere, Roberto Bautista Agut, the No. 19 seed, hit 35 winners in a 6-3, 6-1, 6-3 victory over Florian Mayer and is now one victory away from equalling his best performance. Last year, he lost in the third round to Tomas Berdych. The Spaniard goes on to face Lukas Rosol, who was a 6-2, 7-6(7), 6-3 winner over Elias Ymer
French Open 2015 First Round Scores
French Open Men's Singles First Round Tuesday May 26
Gilles Muller beat Paolo Lorenzi 4-6 4-6 7-6(1) 7-6(5) 6-4
Pablo Carreno beat Victor Estrella 6-3 6-1 6-0
Jack Sock beat 10-Grigor Dimitrov 7-6(7) 6-2 6-3
Carlos Berlocq beat Illya Marchenko 4-6 3-6 6-3 7-5 6-2
1-Novak Djokovic beat Jarkko Nieminen 6-2 7-5 6-2
Andrea Arnaboldi beat James Duckworth 4-6 6-7(5) 7-6(4) 7-6(2) 6-0
Nicolas Almagro beat Alexandr Dolgopolov 6-3 2-6 6-4 7-6(6)
16-John Isner beat Andreas Seppi 7-5 6-2 6-3
20-Richard Gasquet beat Germain Gigounon 6-3 6-4 6-0
6-Rafa Nadal beat Quentin Halys 6-3 6-3 6-4
Jeremy Chardy beat Michael Berrer 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-4
15-Kevin Anderson beat Tim Smyczek 6-4 6-4 6-2
23-Leonardo Mayer beat Jiri Vesely 3-6 7-6(6) 6-3 5-7 6-2
Lu Yen-Hsun beat Blaz Kavcic 6-7(4) 6-1 6-1 7-5
Jerzy Janowicz beat Maxime Hamou 6-7(4) 6-3 6-4 6-4
Daniel Gimeno-Traver beat Joao Souza 7-6(5) 6-4 6-4
Joao Sousa beat Vasek Pospisil 6-3 7-6(5) 6-1
9-Marin Cilic beat Robin Haase 6-2 6-4 6-2
7-David Ferrer beat Lukas Lacko 6-1 6-3 6-1
French Open Women's Singles First Round Tuesday May 26
Lourdes Dominguez Lino beat Christina McHale 3-6 7-6(4) 6-4
Belinda Bencic beat Daniela Hantuchova 6-3 6-3
Danka Kovinic beat Klara Koukalova 6-3 7-6(4)
Anna-Lena Friedsam beat Alexa Glatch 6-2 4-6 6-4
1-Serena Williams beat Andrea Hlavackova 6-2 6-3
16-Madison Keys beat Varvara Lepchenko 7-6(3) 6-3
Irina Falconi beat Manon Arcangioli 6-2 6-0
Kristina Mladenovic beat 6-Eugenie Bouchard 6-4 6-4
Francesca Schiavone beat Wang Qiang 3-6 6-3 6-4
Sesil Karatantcheva beat 25-Jelena Jankovic 6-3 6-4
10-Andrea Petkovic beat Shelby Rogers 6-2 6-1
Alison Van Uytvanck beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 7-6(4) 7-6(7)
23-Timea Bacsinszky beat Lara Arruabarrena Vecino 6-3 6-4
Silvia Soler Espinosabeat Pauline Parmentier 6-4 6-3
5-Caroline Wozniacki beat Karin Knapp 6-3 6-0
32-Zarina Diyas beat Dinah Pfizenmaier 6-4 6-1
4-Petra Kvitova beat Marina Erakovic 6-4 3-6 6-4
Julia Goerges beat CoCo Vandeweghe 6-2 5-7 6-1
18-Svetlana Kuznetsova beat Kiki Bertens 6-1 4-6 6-2
Tereza Smitkova beat Taylor Townsend 6-3 6-4
French Open Men's Singles First Round Monday May 25
Kyle Edmund beat Stephane Robert 2-6 6-4 6-3 5-7 6-2
Jurgen Melzer beat 30-Adrian Mannarino 7-6(5) 6-3 7-6(4)
31-Viktor Troicki beat Jan-Lennard Struff 6-2 6-1 6-7(3) 6-1
Diego Schwartzman beat Andreas Haider-Maurer 6-3 5-7 6-3 7-6(5)
3-Andy Murray beat Facundo Arguello 6-3 6-3 6-1
Andrey Kuznetsov beat Malek Jaziri 6-3 6-2 6-4
Simone Bolelli beat Steve Darcis 6-3 6-4 6-3
13-Gael Monfils beat Edouard Roger-Vasselin 6-2 6-7(5) 6-1 7-5
Borna Coric beat Sam Querrey 7-6(8) 6-3 0-6 6-3
Thanasi Kokkinakis beat Nikoloz Basilashvili 3-6 6-4 7-6(4) 6-2
29-Nick Kyrgios beat Denis Istomin 6-3 6-4 6-3
Santiago Giraldo beat Donald Young 6-4 7-5 6-3
18-Tommy Robredo beat Andrey Golubev 3-6 6-1 7-5 6-3
Dominic Thiem beat Aljaz Bedene 6-3 6-4 6-7(6) 6-3
17-David Goffin beat Filip Krajinovic 3-6 6-2 7-6(3) 6-1
12-Gilles Simon beat Lucas Pouille 3-6 6-1 6-2 6-4
Benoit Paire beat Gastao Elias 5-7 6-3 4-6 6-4 6-2
Thomaz Bellucci beat Marinko Matosevic 6-1 6-2 6-4
27-Bernard Tomic beat Luca Vanni 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-4
Benjamin Becker beat Ruben Bemelmans 6-3 6-7(5) 2-6 7-6(4) 6-2
Juan Monaco beat Federico Delbonis 6-7(4) 6-2 6-1 6-7(6) 6-2
32-Fernando Verdasco beat Taro Daniel 6-3 6-4 6-2
Radek Stepanek beat Ivan Dodig 5-7 6-3 6-4 6-1
Sergiy Stakhovsky beat Ricardas Berankis 6-2 7-5 6-1
21-Pablo Cuevas beat Samuel Groth 6-7(5) 6-3 6-3 6-3
Teymuraz Gabashvili beat 11-Feliciano Lopez 6-3 7-6(9) 6-3
4-Tomas Berdych beat Yoshihito Nishioka 6-0 7-5 6-3
Martin Klizan beat Frances Tiafoe 6-2 6-1 6-4
28-Fabio Fognini beat Tatsuma Ito 6-3 6-2 6-2
French Open Men's Singles First Round Sunday May 24
2-Roger Federer beat Alejandro Falla 6-3 6-3 6-4
14-Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat Christian Lindell 6-1 6-2 6-2
Marcos Baghdatis beat 25-Ivo Karlovic 7-6(5) 6-4 6-4
8-Stan Wawrinka beat Marsel Ilhan 6-3 6-2 6-3
Nicolas Mahut beat Kimmer Coppejans 6-3 6-4 7-6(4)
22-Philipp Kohlschreiber beat Go Soeda 6-1 6-0 6-2
Steve Johnson beat 26-Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-3 6-3 6-7(1) 3-6 6-3
24-Ernests Gulbis beat Igor Sijsling 6-4 6-4 7-6(3)
5-Kei Nishikori beat Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-3 7-5 6-1
Dudi Sela beat Mikhail Kukushkin 7-6(5) 6-3 7-6(4)
Marcel Granollers beat Matthias Bachinger 6-4 6-3 7-6(7)
19-Roberto Bautista Agut beat Florian Mayer 6-3 6-1 6-3
Dusan Lajovic beat Maximo Gonzalez 6-3 6-3 6-1
Lukas Rosol beat Elias Ymer 6-2 7-6(7) 6-3
Damir Dzumhur beat Mikhail Youzhny ret.
Pablo Andujar beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-2 6-4 7-6(3)
French Open Women's Singles First Round Sunday May 24
7-Ana Ivanovic beat Yaroslava Shvedova 4-6 6-2 6-0
Polona Hercog beat 24-Peng Shuai 6-0 2-0 ret.
Magdalena Rybarikova beat Olivia Rogowska 0-6 7-5 6-2
28-Flavia Pennetta beat Magda Linette 6-3 5-7 6-1
Donna Vekic beat 31-Caroline Garcia 3-6 6-3 6-2
Misaki Doi beat Petra Cetkovska 6-3 6-2
Bojana Jovanovski beat Lesia Tsurenko 1-6 6-1 6-0
21-Garbine Muguruza Blanco beat Petra Martic 6-2 7-5
Camila Giorgi beat Tatjana Maria 7-5 6-3
Mirjana Lucic-Baroni beat Lauren Davis 6-3 3-6 6-3
9-Ekaterina Makarova beat Louisa Chirico 6-4 6-2
3-Simona Halep beat Evgeniya Rodina 7-5 6-4
Teliana Pereira beat Fiona Ferro 6-3 6-2
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