French Open 2015 - Day 5 and 6

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Day 6 - Friday 29 May 2015

Philippe-Chatrier Court - 11:00 AM

Women's Singles - Round 3

Alize Cornet (FRA) [29] vs. Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO)

Men's Singles - Round 3

Damir Dzumhur (BIH) vs. Roger Federer (SUI) [2]

Women's Singles - Round 3

Samantha Stosur (AUS) [26] vs. Maria Sharapova (RUS) [2]

Men's Singles - Round 3

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) [14] vs. Pablo Andujar (ESP)

Suzanne-Lenglen Court 11:00 AM

Women's Singles - Round 3

Ana Ivanovic (SRB) [7] vs. Donna Vekic (CRO)

Not Before: 12:00 PM
Men's Singles - Round 2

Richard Gasquet (FRA) [20] vs Carlos Berlocq (ARG) To Finish 3-6 6-3 6-1 4-6

Men's Singles - Round 3

Nicolas Mahut (FRA) vs.Gilles Simon (FRA) [12]

Men's Singles - Round 3

Gael Monfils (FRA) [13] vs Pablo Cuevas (URU) [21]

Women's Singles - Round 3

Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) [8] vs. Flavia Pennetta (ITA) [28]

Court 1 11:00 AM

Men's Doubles - Round 2

Bob Bryan (USA) [1]
Mike Bryan (USA) [1]
vs.

Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS)
Lucas Pouille (FRA)

Women's Singles - Round 3

Lucie Safarova (CZE) [13] vs. Sabine Lisicki (GER) [20]

Men's Singles - Round 3

Stan Wawrinka (SUI) [8] vs. Steve Johnson (USA)

Men's Singles - Round 3

Benoit Paire (FRA) vs. Tomas Berdych (CZE) [4]

Court 2 11:00 AM

Men's Singles - Round 3

Lukas Rosol (CZE) vs. Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS)

Not Before: 12:30 PM

Women's Singles - Round 3

Elena Vesnina (RUS) vs. Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) [9]

Women's Singles - Round 3

Garbine Muguruza (ESP) [21] vs. Angelique Kerber (GER) [11]

Mixed Doubles - Round 1

Alize Cornet (FRA)
Eric Butorac (USA)

vs.

Caroline Garcia (FRA) [5]
Bob Bryan (USA) [5]

Read more at http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/scores/schedule/index.html#GjkQzAtVTCyFOWHd.99


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Day 5 - Thursday - Paris Time 11am

Court Philippe-Chatrier

Women's Singles - Round 2

Julia Goerges (GER) vs. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) [5]

Men's Singles - Round 2

Nicolas Almagro (ESP) vs. Rafael Nadal (ESP) [6]

Men's Singles - Round 2

Andy Murray (GBR) [3] vs. Joao Sousa (POR)

Women's Singles - Round 2

Danka Kovinic (MNE) vs. Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)

Court Suzanne-Lenglen

Women's Singles - Round 2

Petra Kvitova (CZE) [4] vs. Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP)

Women's Singles - Round 2

Serena Williams (USA) [1] vs. Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER)

Men's Singles - Round 2

Novak Djokovic (SRB) [1] vs. Gilles Muller (LUX)

Men's Singles - Round 2

Richard Gasquet (FRA) [20] vs. Carlos Berlocq (ARG)

Read more at http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/scores/schedule/schedule10.html#98LB7tf3RrrTsRUb.99

Nadal fans on the attack here too, at a match commenting thread

Minority rights should be respected

Gents please come on, tennis now.

I don't know who's advising the Swiss players in the fashion stakes, but they've had a shocker this tournament. You could use Stan's shorts as a picnic blanket while dining out on Fed's radioactive watermelon variety.

Stan's through easily enough, anyway - he must be glad that he didn't bring his Geneva form with him to RG. Mahut and Simon going the distance...

Jahu: It's Silver. Hello!

Haddie-nuff wrote:

hawkeye wrote:

bogbrush wrote:I know the guy who's developed his game in the meantime but isn't allowed to pass a protected guy would be disadvantaged.

It's bad luck for Nico isn't it? Never mind, it happens.

This is meant to be a discussion! You just throw in snide one liners and insults and call  anyone you disagree with a liar. It's bullying plain and simple in an attempt to stop other posters from expressing an opinion that you don't like. It obvious that you just don't like Nadal plain and simple. Any excuse to stick the knife in. Pathetic  

  Now aint that a fact

Yet BB has not referred to Nadal here? Not even brought him up.

This is the reason I don't swing by this website anywhere near as much as I used to. I get the impression BB (and a lot of people) don't dislike Nadal at all. It's the constant and never ending rubbish that is made-up about him by posters that is annoying. This, combined with people's inability to make any kind of distinction between the two (not liking Nadal and not liking rubbish supported by no evidence) make it very painful reading.

And it's not bullying. Not even close. If you think that's bullying then maybe an anonymous internet chat forum really isn't the place for you.

Afternoon ladies and gents.
Been informed it's a bit tetchy in here today between the usual two camps of Fed and Nadal fans. Time for simmering down please else the naughty step may beckon.

Thank you

Haddie-nuff wrote:

hawkeye wrote:

bogbrush wrote:I know the guy who's developed his game in the meantime but isn't allowed to pass a protected guy would be disadvantaged.

It's bad luck for Nico isn't it? Never mind, it happens.

This is meant to be a discussion! You just throw in snide one liners and insults and call  anyone you disagree with a liar. It's bullying plain and simple in an attempt to stop other posters from expressing an opinion that you don't like. It obvious that you just don't like Nadal plain and simple. Any excuse to stick the knife in. Pathetic  

  Now aint that a fact

I would just love to know how on Earth my post could be interpreted as having ANYTHING to do with Nadal.

Please, make my day.

I do object to the bullying statement though. It's quite nasty to say that, and if the ladies all get together then maybe abrasive old bogbrush can get nobbled as he's got a reputation for being in scrapes. Yet it is three of you slating me, so maybe it's not so clear.
If I cared about those opinions I'd get on my high horse and demand apologies, but I don't so I won't. I would appreciate a few other posters just noting this and forming opinions for yourselves, just in case it gets traction with anyone in authority.

Hero wrote:Afternoon ladies and gents.
Been informed it's a bit tetchy in here today between the usual two camps of Fed and Nadal fans. Time for simmering down please else the naughty step may beckon.

Thank you

Who is spying?

All good here, just a few bad lunches and the end of the month, salaries yet to come

Silver tempura? How does it taste?

Mid-term break is going not so smooth for you

Belovedluckyboy wrote:Yep, temp21 said it well, and that's what I meant.  As usual BB would just want to have a go at Rafa or his fans.  

LK, the Almagro case is a good example, Delpo is another.  

It's not always about Rafa,  unlike some here, as usual, would like to assume.  There are more players than just Rafa who suffered a ranking drop because of injury, like Nalby in the past for example. Like what Hawkeye mentioned,  the protected ranking is not really a protected ranking, so a player ranked no.-10  won't stay at no.10 when he comes back from injury.    So, a player of Nalby's calibre for example, coming back from injury would very much depend on his luck to not draw a top player in his first round match.  The system is not kind to players who get injured and then coming back from injury.

So again lower ranked players who play in challenger events prior to a Slam come in cold? They have to get extra gas in the legs before the first round.

Show me the benefit in that.

Return back to actually chatting about tennis. The digs followed by then the retorts followed by more retorts simply doesn't help any of you.
It continues and threads will be locked and bans will be handed out, I don't give two hoots if you've posted here for years or which tennis player you support, this is a forum in which it's here to enjoy, not to involve yourselves in pathetic arguments on a daily basis.

Jahu wrote:Silver tempura? How does it taste?

Mid-term break is going not so smooth for you

You tell me! I'm no lover of precious foods

It's been great caught a load of tennis yesterday and even got to mow the lawn. Middle-age is creeping up on me by the day...

(Did I just see LK's post vanish? What on earth is happening?)

Anyone else or shall we return to our scheduled programming?

LK agree, qualifiers are dead beat on first round. No logic there.

Time to time a surprise might happen, but rarely these days.

Well this is all getting a bit sinister.

On topic, it definitely is harder for the qualifiers to do the business at slams these days. It's so physical now, it would be an immeasurably amazing achievement for someone to do what Becker did all those years ago.

I really don't understand what you're talking about, LK. You're comparing the top players with the challenger players who have to play qualy's? Why in the first place we're comparing the two camps? The players who play qualy's have their competitive juices already turned on when they make it to the main draw and may catch the other players cold when these other players are playing their first matches.

We're talking about injured players coming back from injury and they don't necessarily play at the Centre court even if they're former top players, so what privilege they get? They're also subjected to the luck of the draw.

We'll stop here, no point continuing with this conversation, we won't come to any agreement anyway.

It's not getting sinister Tempura. It's simply the mods are at the end of their tether having to deal with the tittle tattle arguing that goes on in here and the complete inability to take heed of their requests to pack it in.
I wish to keep these mods so if that involves a stern warning to everyone in here with a few bans to those that don't understand a simple respect of the mods then fair enough. One 24 hour ban has already been dished out and anyone else that feels the need to add a snidy jab etc will receive the 2nd.

What's happening with Monfils? The match just dropped off the RG scores page.

Montfils wins his opening game.. come on Gael

Hes still playing, no MTo or anything. Its 1-0 on serve

I'm looking at the score now BB, only one game in? Just watched a point get scored so the match is still going.

Fair enough Hero, you've clarified the admin stance. Posts sure are disappearing all over the shop today, one from Fernando just whistled by.

Montfils having problems with serve

2-1 Montfils

Cuevas holds comfortably

Ok when Montfils serves well he is looking not too bad
3-2 GM

We're not talking about a Becker kind of display, but a first or second round upset! Of course the upsets don't occur frequently, just once in a blue moon case. It happens to Berdych once in 2011. Rafa and Fed lost to some players ranked in the 100 in the first two rounds at Wimbledon whether they came through qualy's or not, so upsets do occur though rarely.

How are they both looking, Haddie? Playing well?

Tempura wrote:How are they both looking, Haddie? Playing well?

At the moment they are both playing solidly having little trouble on their serves. Nothing yet too flamboyant from Gael but I live in hopes.

Tennis is a racquet sport.

Cuevas has BP

Cuevas breaks

Haddie-nuff wrote:

Tempura wrote:How are they both looking, Haddie? Playing well?

At the moment they are both playing solidly having little trouble on their serves. Nothing yet too flamboyant from Gael but I live in hopes.

Thanks

Cuevas breaks? Meanwhile Berdych is 6-1 4-4 with Paire.

Cuevas playing good tennis at the moment

Gael looking ragged

Some good play here by Cuevas .. he is certainly in the driving seat at the moment.. but Gael pulling out some nice net play

5-4 Cuevas

Cuevas takes the set

Gael is playing somewhat spasmodically .. finding some of his acute angle shots brilliantly and then following up with an ue.
Cuevas is serving well which is demoralising Montfils a bit..but hey its still early doors !!!

OOOOOOOOh dear Gael in danger first game 2break points down

Brilliant lob by Gael though gets him out of trouble and is now deuce

Whew .... close one Gael .. holds but some lovely tennis from both in that game

Great hold, now would be the time to break if possible.

Itv 4 please I beg you, show some tennis! Gael living on the edge indeed

temporary21 wrote:Itv 4 please I beg you, show some tennis! Gael living on the edge indeed

Agiain Gael has bp

Hells bells Montfils.. way behind the base line and you hit it out

BP AGAIN!!!

Hats off to Cuevas some superb defensive play by him

Advantage Cuevas

Cuevas holds

1-1 Great play there by Gael

Monfils Cuevas and Tsonga Andujar on, a couple of potentially close matches on