French Open (Roland Garros, 2014) Day 5 - Second Round

Nadal and Murray cruise into Third Round 

Rafael Nadal made light work of his second round opponent Thiem, coming through with a straight sets victory. A double break in the first set was followed up with a double break in the second set before Nadal sealed the third 6-3. Meanwhile, fourth seed Simona Halep overcame a battling Heather Watson to progress into the third round at Roland Garros with a hard fought straight sets victory.

My Opinion:

No surprise to see Nadal defeat Thiem comfortably whilst it was very pleasing to see Murray overcome Matosevic very easily. Both matches were mismatches and were over pretty quickly. David Ferrer moved into the third round after beating Bolleli which was to be expected whilst home favourite Richard Gasquet gave the French crowd something to cheer about after defeating Berlocq in three tough sets. Expressive Italian player Fabio Fognini looked impressive during his win over the hard-hitting Bellucci whilst Kevin Anderson moved swiftly past Michon. There was one upset as Feliciano Lopez crashed out to Donald Young in straight sets. A result that surprised me and maybe we could see bigger and better things to come for the American.

Heather Watson gave it a real go against Halep but the fourth seed was just too strong on the clay. Kvitova overcame a tough encounter against Erakovic whilst Jankovic progressed into the third round with a strong win over Nara. Sara Errani, Ana Ivanovic and Sloane Stephens all claimed straight sets victories but a couple of seeds were knocked out. Flipkens lost in three sets to Glushko whilst Pavlyuchenkova retired from her match against Bertens in the third set. Flipkens has been through a tough year with results and a second round exit will not do her any good. Despite that, no major upsets on day five at Roland Garros.

Mens Singles Second Round

Nadal (1) beat Thiem 6-2, 6-2, 6-3

Gasquet (12) beat Berlocq 7-6, 6-4, 6-4

Ferrer (5) beat Bolleli 6-2, 6-3, 6-2

Murray (7) beat Matosevic 6-3, 6-1, 6-3

Young beat Lopez (26) 6-3, 7-6, 6-3

Fognini (14) beat Bellucci 6-3, 6-4, 7-6

Anderson (19) beat Michon 6-2, 6-3, 6-2

Womens Singles Second Round

Jankovic (6) beat Nara 7-5, 6-0

Ivanovic (11) beat Svitolina 7-5, 6-2

Kvitova (5) beat Erakovic 6-4, 6-4

Stephens (15) beat Hercoq 6-1, 6-3

Halep (4) beat Watson 6-2, 6-4

Errani (10) beat Pfizenmaier 6-2, 6-4

Bertens beat Pavlyuchenkova (24) 5-7, 6-4, 3-0 Retired

Glushko beat Flipkens (21) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4

Mens Doubles First Round

Huey/Inglot (7) beat Giraldo/Gonzalez 6-3, 3-6, 6-3

Mens Doubles Second Round

Bryan/Bryan (1) beat Eysseric/Gicquel 6-3, 6-3

Nestor/Zimonjic (3) beat Bautista Agut/Sijsling 6-3, 6-7, 6-3

Womens Doubles First Round 

Makarova/Vesnina (3) beat Collombon/Paquet 6-2, 6-3

Hsieh/Peng (1) beat Kuznetsova/Stosur 6-2, 6-4

Errani/Vinci (2) beat Babos/Lepchenko 6-1, 6-3

Mixed Doubles First Round

Mirza/Tecau beat Peschke/Matkowski (4) 4-6, 6-3, 10-7

Kops-Jones/Klaasen beat Rodionova/Fleming 3-6, 6-3, 10-8