French Open Day 3 & 4

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Philippe-Chatrier Court

11:00 AM

Women's Singles - Round 1
Petra Kvitova (CZE) [4] vs. Marina Erakovic (NZL)

Men's Singles - Round 1
Quentin Halys (FRA) vs. Rafael Nadal (ESP) [6]

Men's Singles - Round 1
Novak Djokovic (SRB) [1] vs. Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)

Women's Singles - Round 1
Serena Williams (USA) [1] vs. Andrea Hlavackova (CZE)



Suzanne-Lenglen Court

11:00 AM
Men's Singles - Round 1
Lukas Lacko (SVK) vs. David Ferrer (ESP) [7]

Women's Singles - Round 1
Karin Knapp (ITA) vs. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) [5]

Men's Singles - Round 1
Richard Gasquet (FRA) [20] vs. Germain Gigounon (BEL)

Women's Singles - Round 1
Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) vs. Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) [6]

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Well done JHM a great bit of modding....not

Don't get your shorts in a twist!

bb, since you are older, I will do as you say, and behave this week, thats only if Fed makes it to next week

legendkillarV2 wrote:Don't get your shorts in a twist!

See? LK again is the main culprit of offtopic stuff, now he starts with underwear 

Fed trundling through the 1st set. Time to lose concentration and make it difficult now I suppose.

6:2 first set for Fed, he wants to go shopping in less than 90 match.

Haddie-nuff wrote:Well done JHM a great bit of modding....not

Gee thanks Haddie, because I'm on here every minute of every day. Maybe try reporting a post using the 'Report a post' function instead of throwing personal insults at the me.

Wawrinka getting embroiled in a scrap now with Lajovic. He leads by two sets to love but Lajovic a break up in the third. Verdasco and Becker into a fourth set with Verdasco two sets to one up. Federer leads 6-2 0-1.

JuliusHMarx wrote:Gee thanks Haddie, because I'm on here every minute of every day. Maybe try report a post using the 'Report a post' function instead of throwing personal insults at the me.

Then the original post you left asking an innocuous question which was bound to get a response, you left.. was what I was referring to.It had no place on this thread in the first place.

I'm hearing reports that these gentlemen have also fallen out with Carlos Bernardes:

Stop making humourous posts! Your ruining it for everyone!

Haddie-nuff wrote:

JuliusHMarx wrote:Gee thanks Haddie, because I'm on here every minute of every day. Maybe try report a post using the 'Report a post' function instead of throwing personal insults at the me.

Then the original post you left asking an innocuous question which was bound to get a response, you left.. was what I was referring to.It had no place on this thread in the first place.

So you reported it? Or did you just think insulting me was the best approach?

Granollers bottling it when in with a chance. Broke Federer but handed the break back. Federer leads 6-2 3-4.

HMM daddy in good mood today

Fed 3:4 on second set, takes the break back and serving.

Federer takes the second set on a tie-breaker to lead 6-2 7-6.

Fed wakes up.

Wawrinka serving for a 3 sets to 1 win.

is it worth mentioning that when Granollers was leading 4-2 15-0 Fed decided it was the best time to change his racquet? Granollers promptly threw in a couple of DFs in the game and lost his serve. No TV for Feds though

Sorry, couldn't resist

I think he should be done for changing his racquet, or at least told that he will be done (that's the rule isn't it?). I have always thought that.

I'm confident the Umpire wouldn't have a cap popped in his head though.

Granollers flatters to deceive again. Breaks Federer's serve in the first game of the third set but looks like handing it back here.

CaledonianCraig wrote:Granollers flatters to deceive again. Breaks Federer's serve in the first game of the third set but looks like handing it back here.

Obviously it's on Granollers racquet.

slightly worrying for Fed that he's been broken twice by Granollers TBH, not the sort of thing you'd expect to happen IMO. Is it windy out there? Fed seems to be framing more balls than recently...

Back on serve!

That game was brilliant. Shame he can't do that more often.

Stan the Man through in four.

Perhaps just as well he's no longer on court with that horrendous outfit ......

Mad for Chelsea wrote:slightly worrying for Fed that he's been broken twice by Granollers TBH, not the sort of thing you'd expect to happen IMO. Is it windy out there? Fed seems to be framing more balls than recently...

It's not Earth-shattering, Granollers is a proper player and hasn't been #296 for a very long time.

I did predict that after an easy 1st set it was time for Federer to go walkabout.

Who's Feds next opponent? I've totally forgotten

Mad for Chelsea wrote:slightly worrying for Fed that he's been broken twice by Granollers TBH, not the sort of thing you'd expect to happen IMO. Is it windy out there? Fed seems to be framing more balls than recently...

Well, worrying perhaps wrt Fed's prospects for going deep here - but also very much to be expected.

As the years go by, there are a host of guys younger than Federer who can look to take a set, or even matches, from him, when in times past they could never hope to get close to making any impression.

HM, Apparently Rafa was changing his soaking wet clothes in a hurry during interval as the washroom was far away from the tennis court. He only realized that he wore his shorts the wrong way when he re-entered the court.

I do feel Bernardes was unreasonable not to let Rafa change his shorts, at least in the tunnel, without giving him a TV. I agree with Rafa, that the umpire was disrespectful with the playerr, expecting him to continue play like that, and in the end Rafa had to change his shorts on court with only a towel to cover himself when changing. This is RIDICULOUS!

Two-hander from the Old Man.

The same Granollers who got bageled by Novak on clay? No need to be no 296 to be bageled by Novak!

laverfan wrote:Two-hander from the Old Man.

Seriously?

That's it, I'm done with him.

Belovedluckyboy wrote:The same Granollers who got bageled by Novak on clay? No need to be no 296 to be bageled by Novak!

Eh? Where does that come in?

laverfan wrote:Two-hander from the Old Man.

LF, what time zone are you? Morning

BLB, I'd delete that post at 11;06 before the mods do, if I were you.

hahahahaha

I get the impression RF is struggling physically today. A couple of signs I thought I spotted. Not injured..just tired and lacking intensity. Why mistakes are there when he really wants the match done with. Hence frustration

Federer wins 6-2 7-6 6-3 in around one hour 45 minutes.

11:06??

Fed not looking good so far this FO. He wasn't playing well in his first match either. I think Berdych or Kei may beat him to the final this time.

Fed on a below average performance, but Granola is not a bad clay courter.

Some great stuff from Granollers (although obviously not enough) and it would have got him through against many others today.

For Federer, the match was something of a microcosm of how his game is gradually - and inevitably - deteriorating with age : a host of errors which wouldn't have been evident in his pomp, but occasional spells of magic which see him into the next round.

Bye bye Verdasco..loses in 5 sets against Becker.. 10-8 last set

Serve and a few magic moments, are making him go by, but not for long.

Its time the Umpire called tv against Nishikori.

32 secs to save BP

so time violation thread has been locked, and now here we are doing timings? 

Haven't been here for a while, and I haven't watched any of the French, so I'm not down with the cool kids lingo... is "TV" a time violation?

kingraf wrote:Haven't been here for a while, and I haven't watched any of the French, so I'm not down with the cool kids lingo... is "TV" a time violation?

Yep the hot subject of 606v2 especially if it applies to Rafa