UPDATE

Hello everyone. I has been awhile since I have posted here but I have some news. I will be covering a fex tournments leading up to the US Open including The Rogers Cup in Montreal and the Beijing Olympics!! The U.S Open will also be fully covered during its event days. Don't be fooled but I will eventually be changing the backround color to blue for the US Open color of courts! The WTA Montreal's Roger Cup will be from July 26th -August 7th which I will cover.


See ya soon!

Mike

Sharapova Safina, Preview

Day 9 - Match of the day : Maria Sharapova – Dinara Safina

Maria Sharapova Russia VS.

BACKGROUND Justine Henin’s retirement has meant that the 2008 Australian Open winner moved into the No1 spot on May 19. The Russian followed up her Australian triumph with wins in Doha and more significantly Amelia Island, her first title on clay and a good omen for Roland Garros. Strangely, the No1 seed has been struggling since the beginning of the tournament. A semi-finalist here last year, she has never reached the final at this, the only Grand Slam that she has yet to win. CURRENT FORM Sharapova was lucky to survive an upset in the first round against Rodina, dropped a set in the second round and was taken to a tie-break by Knapp in the third round. She withdrew from Berlin and pulled out before her semi-final match in Rome against Jankovic. Earlier this year, she skipped Dubai and Miami and appears physically fragile, if not mentally. On clay, she looks beatable despite being favourite. STRENGTH The world No1 has once again proven her exceptional mental toughness. A clenched fist accompanied by shouts of “c’mon” are her trademark but this former pupil of the Bollettieri Academny is not just a great fighter. Her tennis is a model of efficiency, intensity and risk-taking. She has a good serve but commits slightly too many unforced errors, but rarely on important points. TACTICS Sharapova has spent much more time on court than Safina, and as a result has worked any nerves out of her system. She must reduce her errors in order to stop her opponent gaining confidence, and will no doubt try to keep the exchanges short. HEAD-TO-HEAD Sharapova beat Safina easily at Indian Wells in 2005 and also in Los Angeles in 2006, both times on hard courts. On clay, however, it is a different story. She needed three sets to beat the young Russian in Berlin in 2004, and bowed out to Safina here in 2006.

Maria Sharapova advances to Round of 16 to face Safina

Maria is through to the 4th round at Roland Garros for the 5th straight year as she defeated #32 seed Karin Knapp of Italy 7-6 (4) 6-0 in 1 hour and 58 minutes. Maria broke in the 1st set to lead 4-3 with a succession of powerful forehands and was serving for the set at 5-4 and Knapp broke to get the match back on serve when Maria double-faulted. The next 2 games were holds of serve and the 1st set was decided by a tie-break which Maria won 7-4 when she hit a cross-court forehand winner. Maria picked up the momentum that she gained from winning the 1st set and wrapped up the 2nd set easily without dropping a game. Maria won the match when Knapp hit an overhead into the net. In the 4th round to be played on Monday, Maria will play #13 seed Dinara Safina of Russia. They have played 5 times before and Maria leads the series 3-2, the last meeting was in Los Angeles in 2006 and Maria won in straight sets. They have played on clay twice before and it is tied 1-1.

3rd Round Mens and Womens Singles Scores

CHATRIER Men's Singles - 3rd Round Simone Bolelli ITA 62 4 65 Michael Llodra FRA 77 6 77 Match Statistics Serve Statistics CHATRIER Men's Singles - 3rd Round Eduardo Schwank ARG 2 3 6 69 Paul-Henri Mathieu FRA (18) 6 6 3 711 Match Statistics Serve Statistics LENGLEN Men's Singles - 3rd Round Wayne Odesnik USA 5 4 2 Novak Djokovic SRB (3) 7 6 6 Match Statistics Serve Statistics LENGLEN Men's Singles - 3rd Round Jarkko Nieminen FIN (26) 1 3 1 Rafael Nadal ESP (2) 6 6 6 Match Statistics Serve Statistics Court 1 Men's Singles - 2nd Round Alejandro Falla COL 0 6 66 3 77 Julien Benneteau FRA 6 1 78 6 64 Match Statistics Serve Statistics Court 1 Men's Singles - 3rd Round Jeremy Chardy FRA 77 6 6 Dmitry Tursunov RUS (30) 61 3 4 Match Statistics Serve Statistics Court 2 Men's Singles - 3rd Round Mikhail Youzhny RUS (15) 65 7 5 1 Fernando Verdasco ESP (22) 77 5 7 6 Match Statistics Serve Statistics Court 7 Men's Singles - 3rd Round Ernests Gulbis LAT 6 7 6 Nicolas Lapentti ECU 3 5 2 Match Statistics Serve Statistics Court 7 Men's Singles - 3rd Round Nicolas Almagro ESP (19) 6 63 6 7 Andy Murray GBR (10) 3 77 3 5 Match Statistics Serve Statistics Court 17 Men's Singles - 2nd Round Victor Hanescu ROU 4 3 77 65 Florent Serra FRA 6 6 65 77 Match Statistics

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CHATRIER Women's Singles - 3rd Round
	Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS (4)							6		6
	Nadia Petrova RUS (25)							2		1

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LENGLEN Women's Singles - 3rd Round
	Francesca Schiavone ITA (18)							1		1
	Victoria Azarenka BLR (16)							6		6

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Court 1 Women's Singles - 3rd Round
	Jie Zheng CHN							2		5
	Dinara Safina RUS (13)							6		7

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Court 1 Women's Singles - 3rd Round
	Dominika Cibulkova SVK (28)							5		3
	Jelena Jankovic SRB (3)							7		6

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2nd and 3rd Round Mens and Womens Singles Scores

Day 5: Thursday, 29 May

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CHATRIER Women's Singles - 2nd Round
	Venus Williams USA (8)							6		6
	Selima Sfar TUN							2		4

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CHATRIER Women's Singles - 2nd Round
	Amelie Mauresmo FRA (22)							3		4
	Carla Suarez Navarro ESP							6		6

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LENGLEN Women's Singles - 2nd Round
	Gisela Dulko ARG							0		6		4
	Alize Cornet FRA (19)							6		4		6

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LENGLEN Women's Singles - 2nd Round
	Marina Erakovic NZL							2		65
	Jelena Jankovic SRB (3)							6		77

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Court 1 Women's Singles - 2nd Round
	Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS (4)							6		6
	Vania King USA							4		2

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Court 1 Women's Singles - 2nd Round
	Nathalie Dechy FRA							4		2
	Casey Dellacqua AUS							6		6

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Court 2 Women's Singles - 2nd Round
	Marta Domachowska POL							1		4
	Elena Dementieva RUS (7)							6		6

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Court 3 Women's Singles - 2nd Round
	Olivia Sanchez FRA							2		64
	Karin Knapp ITA (32)							6		77

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Court 3 Women's Singles - 2nd Round
	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS							6		1		1
	Flavia Pennetta ITA (26)							3		6		6

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Court 4 Women's Singles - 2nd Round
	Akgul Amanmuradova UZB							6		1		3
	Aleksandra Wozniak CAN							1		6		6

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Court 4 Women's Singles - 2nd Round
	Sorana-Mihaela Cirstea ROU							0		0
	Victoria Azarenka BLR (16)							6		6

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Court 4 Women's Singles - 2nd Round
	Iveta Benesova CZE							6		6
	Shuai Peng CHN							4		3

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Court 5 Women's Singles - 2nd Round
	Dominika Cibulkova SVK (28)							6		6
	Milagros Sequera VEN							3		0

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Court 6 Women's Singles - 2nd Round
	Ai Sugiyama JPN (31)							0		5
	Olga Govortsova BLR							6		7

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Court 6 Women's Singles - 2nd Round
	Petra Kvitova CZE							6		6
	Samantha Stosur AUS							2		1

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Court 7 Women's Singles - 2nd Round
	Agnes Szavay HUN (12)							77		6
	Sabine Lisicki GER							63		3

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Court 7 Women's Singles - 2nd Round
	Kaia Kanepi EST							6		77
	Anna Chakvetadze RUS (6)							4		62

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Court 8 Women's Singles - 2nd Round
	Francesca Schiavone ITA (18)							6		6
	Sanda Mamic CRO							3		0

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Court 9 Women's Singles - 2nd Round
	Maria Kirilenko RUS (21)							6		3		2
	Jie Zheng CHN							4		6		6

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Court 14 Women's Singles - 2nd Round
	A. Medina Garrigues ESP (29)							4		6		6
	Tsvetana Pironkova BUL							6		3		1

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Court 14 Women's Singles - 2nd Round
	Galina Voskoboeva RUS							5		3
	Petra Cetkovs.a CZE							7		6

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Court 17 Women's Singles - 2nd Round
	Magdalena Rybarikova SVK							0		1
	Dinara Safina RUS (13)							6		6

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Court 17 Women's Singles - 2nd Round
	Ekaterina Makarova RUS							0		5
	Katarina Srebotnik SLO (27)							6		7

Match Statistics MENS SINGLES:: CHATRIER Men's Singles - 2nd Round Roger Federer SUI (1) 65 6 6 6 Albert Montanes ESP 77 1 0 4 Match Statistics Serve Statistics CHATRIER Men's Singles - 2nd Round Fabrice Santoro FRA 0 1 0 David Ferrer ESP (5) 6 6 6 Match Statistics Serve Statistics LENGLEN Men's Singles - 2nd Round Gael Monfils FRA 77 6 7 Luis Horna PER 65 4 5 Match Statistics Serve Statistics LENGLEN Men's Singles - 2nd Round Nicolas Devilder FRA 4 0 1 Rafael Nadal ESP (2) 6 6 6 Match Statistics Serve Statistics Court 1 Men's Singles - 2nd Round Nikolay Davydenko RUS (4) 77 6 6 Marat Safin RUS 64 2 2 Match Statistics Serve Statistics Court 1 Men's Singles - 2nd Round James Blake USA (7) 62 6 5 3 Ernests Gulbis LAT 77 3 7 6 Match Statistics Serve Statistics Court 2 Men's Singles - 2nd Round Tommy Robredo ESP (12) 67 6 6 6 Marc Gicquel FRA 79 4 4 4 Match Statistics Serve Statistics Court 2 Men's Singles - 2nd Round David Nalbandian ARG (6) 2 6 6 2 1 Jeremy Chardy FRA 6 3 4 6 6 Match Statistics Serve Statistics Court 3 Men's Singles - 2nd Round Lleyton Hewitt AUS (25) 6 6 6 Mardy Fish USA 4 3 2 Match Statistics Serve Statistics Court 3 Men's Singles - 2nd Round Mikhail Youzhny RUS (15) 6 6 6 Maximo Gonzalez ARG 3 2 2 Match Statistics Serve Statistics Court 4 Men's Singles - 2nd Round Pablo Andujar ESP 5 0 77 63 Fernando Gonzalez CHI (24) 7 6 64 77 Match Statistics Court 5 Men's Singles - 2nd Round Jiri Vanek CZE 1 0 79 3 Radek Stepanek CZE (21) 6 6 67 6 Match Statistics Court 5 Men's Singles - 2nd Round Jarkko Nieminen FIN (26) 7 6 3 77 Martin Vassallo Arguello ARG 5 1 6 62 Match Statistics Court 6 Men's Singles - 2nd Round Igor Andreev RUS (27) 6 2 65 2 Robby Ginepri USA 4 6 77 6 Match Statistics Serve Statistics Court 6 Men's Singles - 2nd Round Guillermo Garcia-Lopez ESP 64 0 0 Dmitry Tursunov RUS (30) 77 6 6 Match Statistics Serve Statistics Court 7 Men's Singles - 2nd Round Bobby Reynolds USA 5 4 7 5 Nicolas Lapentti ECU 7 6 5 7 Match Statistics Serve Statistics Court 8 Men's Singles - 2nd Round David Marrero ESP 6 0 3 2 Mario Ancic CRO 4 6 6 6 Match Statistics Court 10 Men's Singles - 2nd Round Marcos Daniel BRA 4 6 3 6 3 Jurgen Melzer AUT 6 4 6 2 6 Match Statistics Court 14 Men's Singles - 2nd Round Diego Junqueira ARG 3 4 2 Ivan Ljubicic CRO (28) 6 6 6 Match Statistics Court 16 Men's Singles - 2nd Round Paul Capdeville CHI 3 2 4 Robin Soderling SWE 6 6 6 Match Statistics Court 16 Men's Singles - 2nd Round Stanislas Wawrinka SUI (9) 77 77 6 Marin Cilic CRO 63 64 1 Match Statistics Court 17 Men's Singles - 2nd Round Juan Ignacio Chela ARG 5 6 3 5 Fernando Verdasco ESP (22) 7 4 6 7 Match Statistics > Men's Singles > Women's Singles > Men's Doubles > Women's Doubles > Men's Qual. Singles > Women's Qual. Singles