ROLAND GARROS 2012, 27/5 - 10/6: Information Thread, Draws, OOPs (closed)

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ROLAND GARROS 2012 - CHAMPIONNATS INTERNATIONAUX DE FRANCE

FEDERATION FRANCAISE DE TENNIS-STADE ROLAND GARROS, 2 AVENUE GORDON BENNETT, 75016 PARIS
WEB SITE: www.rolandgarros.com (http://www.rolandgarros.com)
SURFACE: RED CLAY
BALL: BABOLAT–FRENCH OPEN

Dates: SUNDAY 27 MAY–SUNDAY 10 JUNE 2012
Qualifying draw: Monday, May 21, 6:00 p.m.
Main draw: Friday, May 25, 11:30 a.m.
Men's doubles draw: Sunday, May 27, TBA
Mixed doubles draw: Monday, May 28, 2:00 p.m.

MENS SINGLES ENTRY LIST
Entry deadline and ranking on April 16, 2012
Seeding based on ATP rankings on May 21, 2012

[1]Djokovic v Starace
Hewitt v Kavcic
Qualifier v Qualifier
Qualifier v [30]Melzer
[22]Seppi v Davydenko
Kukushkin v Gulbis
Qualifier v Muller
Darcis v [14]Verdasco

[11]Simon v Harrison
Malisse v Baker
Andujar v Hanescu
Cipolla v [18]Wawrinka
[28]Troicki v Bellucci
Fognini v Mannarino
Stebe v Souza
Qualifier v [5]Tsonga

[3]Federer v Kamke
Ungur v Nalbandian
Dancevic v Klizan
Mahut v [26]Roddick
[23]Stepanek v Qualifier
Clement v Bogomolov
K.Beck v Kubot
Qualifier v [15]Lopez

[9]Del Potro v Montanes
Roger-Vasselin v Pospisil
Ferrero v Dasnieres de Veigy
Qualifier v [21]Cilic
[31]Anderson v Machado
Prodon v Qualifier
Llodra v Garcia-Lopez
Sela v [7]Berdych

[6]Ferrer v Lacko
Paire v Ramos
Dodig v Haase
Blake v [27]Youzhny
[20]Granollers v Qualifier
Jaziri v Petzschner
Mathieu v Phau
Qualifier v [10]Isner

[16]Dolgopolov v Stakhovsky
Volandri v Qualifier
Young v Dimitrov
Qualifier v [17]Gasquet
[25]Tomic v Qualifier
GIraldo v Falla
Nieminen v Andreev
Ito v [4]Murray

[8]Tipsarevic v Querrey
Chardy v Lu
Tursunov v Soeda
Qualifier v [29]Benneteau
[24]Kohlschreiber v Ebden
Rochus v L.Mayer
Chela v Baghdatis
Lorenzi v [12]Almagro

[13]Monaco v Rufin
Rosol v Berlocq
Qualifier v Becker
Ramirez-Hidalgo v [19]Raonic
[32]F.Mayer v Gimeno-Traver
Qualifier v Karlovic
Kunitsyn v Istomin
Bolelli v [2]Nadal

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MENS DOUBLES DRAW

[1]MIRNYI/NESTOR v HAASE/NIEMINEN
[WC]CLEMENT/DE SCHEPPER v HANLEY/KERR
BECKER/KUBOT v [WC]CHARROIN/ROBERT
FISHER/MATOSEVIC v [15]LIPSKY/RAM

[12]BUTORAC/SOARES v GRANOLLERS/MONTANES
SELA/VOLANDRI v [WC]MATHIEU/SERRA
EBDEN/HARRISON v CIPOLLA/SEPPI
[WC]GICQUEL/ROGER-VASSELIN v [6]BHUPATHI/BOPANNA

[4]FYRSTENBERG/MATKOWSKI v ANDUJAR/GARCIA-LOPEZ
CHELA/SCHWANK v LACKO/LORENZI
DOLGOPOLOV/MOLCHANOV v [WC]MANNARINO/PAIRE
EMMRICH/SILJESTROM v [14]BRACCIALI/STARACE

[9]CERMAK/POLASEK v FALLA/GIRALDO
DODIG/MELO v STEBE/TOMIC
KUKUSHKIN/KUNITSYN v BERLOCQ/MARRERO
KNOWLE/MAYER v [8]MELZER/PETZSCHNER

[5]LINDSTEDT/TECAU v BOGOMOLOV JR./NORMAN
RUSSELL/YOUNG v HUEY/INGLOT
PHAU/SHAMASDIN v [WC]HERBERT/OLIVETTI
[WC]DASNIERES DE VEIGY/RENAVAND v [10]QURESHI/ROJER

[16]CABAL/FARAH v BROWN/MARRAY
CERRETANI/HANESCU v CHARDY/DIMITROV
BALL/MURRAY v LU/SOEDA
RAMIREZ HIDALGO/RAMOS v [3]LLODRA/ZIMONJIC

[7]PAES/PEYA v BOLELLI/FOGNINI
ELGIN/ISTOMIN v DARCIS/ROCHUS
KOHLMANN/WASKE v MARACH/ZEBALLOS
BACHINGER/MOSER v [11]GONZALEZ/KAS

[13]ERLICH/RAM v BRUNSTROM/MARX
KNOWLES/MALISSE v MERTINAK/SA
DLOUHY/MAHUT v GIMENO-TRAVER/MACHADO
STAKHOVSKY/YOUZHNY v [2]BRYAN/BRYAN

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LADIES SINGLES AND DOUBLES DRAWS - to add when out

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MIXED DOUBLES DRAW - add when done

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TV coverage

A reminder that ITV is covering Roland Garros this year starting on Sunday from 9.30am on ITV4 and later on ITV1 (4.30pm I believe). They are advertising it quite a lot on the main ITV1 channel.

Will add further TV schedule updates once known.

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More TV coverage information - according to the Radio Times
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Sunday - ITV
ITV4 9.30-14.45,
ITV1 14.45- 17.30,
ITV3 17.30-20.00. All live

Sunday - Eurosport
E1 9.30-15.30 live, 16.30-20.30 live, 20.30-21.00 analysis, 21-22.30 Sunday highlights. 00.15-00.45 tennis news.
E2 10.00 - 12.30 live, 18.00-19.00 live.

Monday - ITV
ITV4 9.30-20.00 pm All live

Monday - Eurosport
E1 7.00-7.30 tennis news, 8.30-9.30 match from Sunday, 9.30-20.00 live, 20.00-20.30 analysis. 20.30-21.30 match of the day
E2 10-19.00 live.

Tuesday - fairly similar to Monday (small changes to Eurosport)

Wednesday - fairly similar to Monday (small changes to Eurosport)

Thursday - fairly similar to Monday (small changes to Eurosport)

Friday - fairly similar to Monday (small changes to Eurosport)

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OOP Wednesday 30th May link (http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/scores/schedule/index.html)

Please follow the link for all courts, all matches.

British interest centres around Mens Doubles.

First up (and in progress) on Court 8 is Dom Inglot with Treat Huey who are a set up against Russell/Young.
On Court 10, 2nd match, is Jonny Marray partnering Dustin Dreddy Brown v [16] Cabal/Farah
Court 11, 3rd match is Jamie Murray with Carsten Ball against Lu/Soeda.

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For those wanting to know about ITV4 commentators - this is an extract from Wikipedia.

ITV Sport will show the next three French Open (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Open) tennis tournaments (2012 to 2014). The bulk of the coverage - expected to be around six hours per day - will be on ITV4 although both singles finals plus two other matches will be shown on ITV1.[/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Inverdale"]John Inverdale (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITV_Sport#cite_note-10) hosts the coverage. Commentators include Jim Courier (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Courier), Amelie Mauresmo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelie_Mauresmo), Sam Smith (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Smith), Nick Mullins (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Mullins) and Fabrice Santoro (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabrice_Santoro).

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OOP for Thursday 31st May - link (http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/scores/schedule/index.html)

Brits in action:

Andy Murray 1st on Chatrier at 10am UK time.
Heather Watson 4th on Court 2 - ??? 5pm UK time.

Roland Garros Smileys (and beyond!)
As ever, for special occasions we've introduced a few new smileys to liven up posts.

Eh bien, madames et messieurs, ici les icons de Roland Garros ... utilisez comme ci, comme ca!!!

Pierre - je suie suave, non?
:pierre:

Roland - les courts de devil-dirt
:roland:

Get your bagels and breadsticks at the bakery!!!
:bakery:

And your baguettes from LeClerc or Gaston or Marcel or whatever you want to call heeeem.
:breadstick:

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Order of play (http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/scores/schedule/index.html)Tuesday 5th June

Phillippe Chatrier, starting 2pm local, 1pm UK:
Stosur v Cibulkova
Djokovic v Tsonga
Llodra/Zimonjic v Qureshi/Roger

Suzanne Lenglen, starting 2pm local, 1pm UK:
Errani v Kerber
Federer v Del Potro
Ladies doubles

British interest centres on Court 17 where first match at 11am (10am UK) is Liam Broady[3] v Cagnina of Belgium.
Liam then teams up with Josh Ward-Hibbert (they're the top seeds) to play doubles against French pair Tatlot/Barrere.