Serena Williams suffers shock second round exit
The biggest story of the day and of the tournament so far
was that Serena Williams crashed out of the French Open in the second round.
Muguruza played the match of her life as the relatively unknown star pulled off
quite an incredible result. Serena made continuous mistakes throughout both
sets and looked completely out of form. Nonetheless, it still took a whole lot
of guts to defeat Serena Williams and Muguruza certainly was a credible winner.
I guess if Serena is going to beaten early in a major it is most likely to
occur at Roland Garros but it still comes as a massive shock to the tennis
world when it happens. That result will give everyone else in the draw a
humongous boost as the favourite bows out so early.
Meanwhile, in the men’s draw it was business as usual as
the top guns cruised into the third round. Novak Djokovic made light work of
Jeremy Chardy with a straight sets win whilst Roger Federer battled past
Schwartzman after three well fought sets.
My opinion:
The men’s draw saw a couple of seed crash out, most
notably 15th seed Mikhail Youzhny who lost in four sets to Radek
Stepanek. Not too surprised as Youzhny is either brilliant on the day or just
not with it. The other upset saw Granollers defeat 20th seed
Dolgopolov after coming from two sets down to win in the fifth. That was pretty
impressive considering the situation but Granollers is decent on the clay.
Tsonga managed to defeat Melzer pretty comfortably, Berdych lost the first set
to his opponent but came through in the fourth whilst Raonic overcame the
promising youngster Jiri Vesely in three sets. Isner lost the first in his
match but managed to progress whilst both Robredo and Gulbis moved into the
third round.
Third seed Radwanska defeated Pliskova in straight sets
and will fancy her chances of going deep into the tournament whilst Maria
Sharapova was made to work hard for her third round place after overcoming a
battling Pironkova. Despite winning the first set, Venus Williams was knocked
out as Schmeidlova fought back to win the second and third sets. Thus, both
Williams’ sisters were knocked out on the same day in the second round;
something few would have predicted at the start of the day. Kerber, Cilbulkova
and Stosur all progressed without any hiccups whilst both Suarez Navarro and
Eugenie Bouchard had to comeback from a set down to win their respective
matches. Taylor Townsend sent out a few shockwaves after defeating Alize Cornet
in a three set thriller whilst Flavia Pennetta was defeated by Larsson in the
third set. It was a real shame to see Sabine Lisicki have to retire from her
match in the second set but she was losing and would have probably lost anyway.
Hopefully, she will be okay for Wimbledon where she made the Final last year.
Men’s Singles Second Round Selected Results
Djokovic (2) beat Chardy 6-1, 6-4, 6-2
Tsonga (13) beat Melzer 6-2, 6-3, 6-4
Federer (4) beat Schwartzman 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
Berdych (6) beat Nedovyesov 6-7, 6-4, 7-5, 6-3
Gulbis (18) beat Bagnis 6-2, 7-5, 6-0
Robredo (17) beat De Schepper 6-2, 6-3, 6-3
Stepanek beat Youzhny (15) 6-0, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
Raonic (8) beat Vesely 7-6, 6-4, 6-1
Isner (10) beat Kukushkin 6-7, 7-6, 6-3, 7-6
Granollers beat Dolgopolov (20) 1-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-0, 6-2
Women’s Singles Second Round Selected Results
Schmeidlova beat V.Williams (29) 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
Sharapova (7) beat Pironkova 7-5, 6-2
Muguruza beat S.Williams (1) 6-2, 6-2
Townsend beat Cornet (20) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
A. Radwanska (3) beat Pliskova 6-3, 6-4
Kerber (8) beat Lepchenko 6-2, 7-5
Stosur (19) beat Meusburger 6-1, 6-3
Cibulkova (9) beat Paszek 6-3, 6-4
Barthel beat Lisicki (16) 6-1, 3-0 Retired
Suarez Navarro (14) beat Bacsinszky 7-5, 1-6, 6-4
Tomljanovic beat Vesnina (32) 7-6, 6-2
Larsson beat Pennetta (12) 5-7, 6-, 6-2
Bouchard (18) beat Georges 2-6, 6-2, 6-1
Men’s Doubles First Round Selected Results
Peya/Soares (2 )beat Istomin/Rosol 7-5, 6-4
Marrero/Verdasco (4) beat Lamasine/Lokoli 6-4, 6-2
Nestor/Zimonjic (3) beat Ebden/Tursunov 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
Bryan/Bryan (1) beat Emmrich/Kas 6-2, 6-1
Women’s Doubles First Round Selected Results
Peschke/Srebotnik (4) beat Davis/Moulton-Levy 6-1, 6-2
Mixed Doubles First Round Selected Results
Jans-Ignacik/Inglot beat Rosolska/Brunstrom 6-4, 6-4
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