French Open (Roland Garros, 2014) Day 6 - Third Round

Djokovic and Federer both progress but A. Radwanska crashes out

Novak Djokovic defeated Marin Cilic to move into the fourth round at Roland Garros. However, despite winning the first two sets comfortably, Djokovic dropped the third set as Cilic came out on top in the tie-break. It was back to normality in the fourth set as Djokovic sealed victory with a single break of serve.

Third seed A. Radwanska crashed out in the third round of the French Open after losing in straight sets to Tomljanovic. The top two seeds were already knocked out and now Simona Halep, the fourth seed, remains the highest ranked women’s player left in the draw.

 

My Opinion:

Cilic impressively took a set off Djokovic but it was the Serbian who booked his place in the fourth round. Federer dropped a set to Tursunov but managed to overcome the Russian after four hard fought sets. In what I thought could be a potential upset, Berdych defeated the dangerous Bautista Agut in four sets in reasonably comfortable fashion. Milos Raonic battled back from two sets to one down to defeat Gilles Simon in a five set thriller whilst John Isner battled his was past a spirited Tommy Robredo in four highly competitive and long sets. Tsonga delighted the French crowd after overcoming Janowicz in straight sets whilst Gulbis moved into the fourth round with a routine victory over Stepanek. No major shocks today in the men’s draw but I was slightly surprised to see Isner defeat Robredo on clay.

There were two big upsets in the women’s draw as third seed Radwanska and ninth seed Cibulkova both crashed out in the third round. I was more surprised to see Radwanska get knocked out but less so with Cibulkova as Sam Stosur is a tough competitor on a clay court. Sharapova wasted no time in progressing into the fourth round, not even dropping a single game against Ormaechea. Kerber, Suarez Navarro and Bouchard all claimed third round wins as expected as the women’s draw becomes increasingly more open each day.

Men's Singles Third Round 

Federer (4) beat Tursunov (31) 7-5, 6-7, 6-2, 6-4

Raonic (8) beat Simon (29) 4-6, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2, 7-5

Djokovic (2) beat Cilic (25) 6-3, 6-2, 6-7, 6-4

Tsonga (13) beat Janowicz (22) 6-4, 6-4, 6-3

Gulbis (18) beat Stepanek 6-3, 6-2, 7-5

Isner (10) beat Robredo (17) 7-6, 7-6, 6-7, 7-5

Berdych (6) beat Bautista Agut 6-1, 6-2, 6-7, 6-4

Women's Singles Third Round

Tomljanovic beat A. Radwanska (3) 6-4, 6-4

Sharapova (7) beat Ormaechea 6-0, 6-0

Stosur (19) beat Cibulkova (9) 6-4, 6-4

Kerber (8) beat Hantuchova (31) 7-5, 6-3

Suarez Navarro (14) beat Townsend 6-2, 6-2

Bouchard (18) beat Larsson 7-5, 6-4

Men's Doubles Second Round 

Pavic/Sa beat Huey/Inglot (7) 7-6, 7-6

Begemann/Haase beat Peya/Soares(2) 5-7, 6-4, 6-4

Murray/Peers (15) beat Bolelli/Fognini 6-4, 6-3

Golubev/Groth beat Marrero/Verdasco (4) 7-6, 6-4

Mixed Doubles First Round

Spears/Peya (1) beat Melzer/Melzer 6-4, 6-2

Srebotnik/Bopanna (2) beat Hlavackova/Lopez 7-6, 7-5

Shevdova/Soares (3) beat Dellacqua/Murray 6-3, 5-7, 10-6