ROLAND GARROS 2012 -JUNIOR AND QUALIFYING EVENTS. Qualies Draws in first post

[Sallydaisy]

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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 QUALIFYING SINGLES DRAW
Entry deadline: April 30, 2012
Seeding: May 21, 2012

Marinko Matosevic AUS (1) vs Mathieu Rodrigues FRA
Carlos Salamanca COL vs Marc Gicquel FRA
Izak Van Der Merwe RSA vs Thiago Alves BRA
Julien Obry FRA vs Jesse Levine USA (22)

Matthias Bachinger GER (2) vs Adrian Menendez-Maceiras ESP
Erik Chvojka CAN vs Jan Mertl CZE
Facundo Bagnis ARG vs Eduardo Schwank ARG
Denis Kudla USA vs James Ward GBR (29)

Jurgen Zopp EST (3) vs Philipp Oswald AUT
Martin Fischer AUT vs Robby Ginepri USA
Gianluca Naso ITA vs Yuichi Sugita JPN
Josselin Ouanna FRA vs Teymuraz Gabashvili RUS (32)

Pedro Sousa POR (ALT) vs Jimmy Wang TPE
Ze Zhang CHN vs Nikola Ciric SRB
Agustin Velotti ARG vs Andreas Haider-Maurer AUT
Maxime Teixeira FRA vs Marco Chiudinelli SUI (26)

Daniel Brands GER (5) vs James Duckworth AUS
Matteo Viola ITA vs Franco Skugor CRO
Filip Krajinovic SRB vs Dusan Lojda CZE
Yuri Schukin KAZ vs Bobby Reynolds USA (24)

Paul Capdeville CHI (6) vs Yannick Mertens BEL
Amir Weintraub ISR vs Andrey Kuznetsov RUS
Pierre-Hugues Herbert FRA vs Axel Michon FRA
Tsung-Hua Yang TPE vs Aljaz Bedene SLO (28)

Frederico Gil POR (7) vs Jerzy Janowicz POL
Inigo Cervantes ESP vs Stefan Seifert GER
Hiroki Moriya JPN vs Josh Goodall GBR
Diego Junqueira ARG vs Igor Sijsling NED (17)

Horacio Zeballos ARG (8) vs Stephane Robert FRA
Peter Polansky CAN vs Thomas Schoorel NED
Maxime Authom BEL vs Harri Heliovaara FIN
Peter Gojowczyk GER vs Wayne Odesnik USA (25)

David Goffin BEL (9) vs Gregoire Burquier FRA
Jesse Huta Galung NED vs Simone Vagnozzi ITA
Ivo Minar CZE vs Andrey Golubev KAZ
Dusan Lajovic SRB vs Joao Sousa POR (27)

Michael Russell USA (10) vs Simon Greul GER
Martin Alund ARG vs Danai Udomchoke THA
Alex Kuznetsov USA vs Michael Yani USA
Florent Serra FRA vs Rik De Voest RSA (31)

Tommy Haas GER (11) vs Guido Pella ARG
Robert Farah COL vs Marco Trungelliti ARG
Ivan Navarro ESP vs Denis Gremelmayr GER
Amer Delic BIH vs Ruben Bemelmans BEL (23)

Michael Berrer GER (12) vs Fabrice Martin FRA
Benjamin Mitchell AUS vs Albano Olivetti FRA
Romain Jouan FRA vs Evgeny Donskoy RUS
Pavol Cervenak SVK vs Grega Zemlja SLO (20)

Roberto Bautista-Agut ESP (13) vs Mischa Zverev GER
Guillermo Olaso ESP vs Kamil Capkovic SVK
Vincent Millot FRA vs Sergei Bubka UKR
Arnau Brugues-Davi ESP vs Jan Hajek CZE (19)

Federico Delbonis ARG (14) vs Tim Smyczek USA
Maximo Gonzalez ARG vs Laurynas Grigelis LTU
Peter Torebko GER vs Jamie Baker GBR
Julio Silva BRA vs Daniel Munoz-De La Nava ESP (21)

Antonio Veic CRO (15) vs Kenny De Schepper FRA
Greg Jones AUS vs Jan Hernych CZE
Gastao Elias POR vs Nicolas Devilder FRA
Konstantin Kravchuk RUS vs Marsel Ilhan TUR (18)

Rogerio Dutra Silva BRA (16) vs Dustin Brown GER
Laurent Rochette FRA vs Victor (http://www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?t=202277#) Estrella DOM
Javier Marti ESP vs David Guez FRA
Stefano Galvani ITA vs Augustin Gensse FRA (30)


LADIES QUALIFYING SINGLES DRAW
Kiki Bertens NED (1) v Annika Beck GER
Olga Savchuk UKR v Olga Puchkova RUS
Elitsa Kostova BUL v Madalina Gojnea ROU
Gail Brodsky USA v Jill Craybas USA (22)

Andrea Hlavackova CZE (2) v Marta Domachowska POL
Yung-Jan Chan TPE v Amra Sadikovic SUI
Darya Kustova BLR v Veronica Cepede Royg PAR
Maria Elena Camerin ITA v Alison Riske USA (23)

Karin Knapp ITA (3) v Coco Vandeweghe USA
Ajla Tomljanovic CRO v Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ
Madison Brengle USA v Mariya Koryttseva UKR
Elena Bogdan ROU v Alla Kudryavtseva RUS (18)

Akgul Amanmuradova UZB (4) v Bibiane Schoofs NED
Alexa Glatch USA v Renata Voracova CZE
Nastassja Burnett ITA v Chichi Scholl USA
Naomi Broady GBR v Sesil Karatantcheva KAZ (14)

Heather Watson GBR (5) v Sharon Fichman CAN
Aleksandra Krunic SRB v Ons Jabeur TUN (WC)
Leticia Costas-Moreira ESP v Kristina Barrois GER
Anna Floris ITA v Kurumi Nara JPN (19)

Eva Birnerova CZE (6) v Ekaterina Ivanova RUS
Yurika Sema JPN v Margalita Chakhnashvili GEO
Sandra Zaniewska POL v Sacha Jones AUS
Vesna Dolonc SRB v Gisela Dulko ARG (17)

Misaki Doi JPN (7) v Oksana Kalashnikova GEO
Kristyna Pliskova CZE v Dinah Pfizenmaier GER
Rika Fujiwara JPN v Monica Puig PUR
Isabella Holland AUS v Iryna Bremond FRA (24)

Mariana Duque-Marino COL (8) v Camila Giorgi ITA
Arantxa Parra Santonja ESP v Julie Coin FRA (WC)
Heidi El Tabakh CAN v Amandine Hesse FRA (WC)
Jana Cepelova SVK v Erika Sema JPN (20)

Stefanie Voegele SUI (9) v Noppawan Lertcheewakarn THA
Julia Cohen USA v Petra Rampre SLO
Myrtille Georges FRA (WC) v Yvonne Meusburger AUT
Lauren Davis USA v Valeria Savinykh RUS (16)

Garbine Muguruza Blanco ESP (10) v Ekaterina Bychkova RUS
Elina Svitolina UKR v Reka-Luca Jani HUN
Yuliya Beygelzimer UKR v Natalie Piquion FRA (WC)
Sarah Gronert GER v Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino ESP (21)

Karolina Pliskova CZE (11) v Dia Evtimova BUL
Tamaryn Hendler BEL v Alize Lim FRA (WC)
Florencia Molinero ARG v Laura Thorpe FRA (WC)
Estrella Cabeza Candela ESP v Laura Robson GBR (15)

Olivia Rogowska AUS (12) v Shuai Zhang CHN
Mihaela Buzarnescu ROU v Lou Brouleau FRA (WC)
Tatjana Malek GER v Michelle Larcher De Brito POR
Anastasia Pivovarova RUS v Yulia Putintseva RUS (13)

[Jan]

Good to see 2 in directly - and Josh must have a pretty good chance of getting in too.

MENS QUALIFYING SINGLES ENTRY LIST
Entry deadline: April 30, 2012
Seeding: May 21, 2012

1 Bolelli, Simone ITA 98
OUT Kavcic, Blaz SLO 102 (to MD)
3 Bachinger, Matthias GER 103
4 Brands, Daniel GER 105
5 Russell, Michael USA 106
6 Gimeno-Traver, Daniel ESP 107
7 Goffin, David BEL 108
8 Gil, Frederico POR 109
9 Beck, Andreas GER 110
10 Beck, Karol SVK 111
11 Berrer, Michael GER 112
12 Odesnik, Wayne USA 113
13 Capdeville, Paul CHI 114
14 Prodon, Eric FRA 115
15 Zeballos, Horacio ARG 118
16 Mannarino, Adrian FRA 119
17 Zopp, Jurgen EST 120
18 Dutra Silva, Rogerio BRA 121
19 Matosevic, Marinko AUS 122
20 Sijsling, Igor NED 123
21 Delbonis, Federico ARG 125
22 Giannessi, Alessandro ITA 126
23 Veic, Antonio CRO 127
24 Levine, Jesse USA 128
25 Bautista-Agut, Roberto ESP 129
26 Ilhan, Marsel TUR 130
27 Zemlja, Grega SLO 132
28 Reynolds, Bobby USA 133
29 Haas, Tommy GER 134
30 Chiudinelli, Marco SUI 135
31 Hajek, Jan CZE 136
32 Ward, James GBR 137
33 Clement, Arnaud FRA 138
34 De Voest, Rik RSA 139
35 Sousa, Joao POR 140
36 Mello, Ricardo BRA 141
37 Golubev, Andrey KAZ 142
38 Gensse, Augustin FRA 143
39 Junqueira, Diego ARG 144
40 Bemelmans, Ruben BEL 145
41 Donskoy, Evgeny RUS 146
42 Silva, Julio BRA 147
43 Munoz-De La Nava, Daniel ESP 148
44 Gicquel, Marc FRA 149
45 Alund, Martin ARG 150
46 Serra, Florent FRA 151
47 Haider-Maurer, Andreas AUT 152
48 Alves, Thiago BRA 153
49 Rufin, Guillaume FRA 154
50 Bedene, Aljaz SLO 156
51 Kuznetsov, Andrey RUS 157
52 Van der Merwe, Izak RSA 158
53 Brown, Dustin GER 159
54 Robert, Stephane FRA 160
55 Viola, Matteo ITA 161
56 Carreno-Busta, Pablo ESP 162
57 Schoorel, Thomas NED 163
58 Kudryavtsev, Alexander RUS 164
59 Gabashvili, Teymuraz RUS 165
60 De Schepper, Kenny FRA 166
61 Sugita, Yuichi JPN 167
62 Duckworth, James AUS 168
63 Bubka, Sergei UKR 170
64 Kudla, Denis USA 171
65 Yani, Michael USA 172
66 Udomchoke, Danai THA 173
67 Marti, Javier ESP 174
68 Yang, Tsung-Hua TPE 175
69 Berankis, Ricardas LTU 177
70 Authom, Maxime BEL 178
71 Schwank, Eduardo ARG 179
72 Salamanca, Carlos COL 180
73 Minar, Ivo CZE 181
74 Dasnieres de Veigy, Jonathan FRA 182
75 Brugues-Davi, Arnau ESP 183
76 Ginepri, Robby USA 184
77 Mertl, Jan CZE 185
78 Weintraub, Amir ISR 186
79 Hernych, Jan CZE 187
80 Cervantes, Inigo ESP 188
81 Gonzalez, Maximo ARG 189
82 Kravchuk, Konstantin RUS 190
83 Lajovic, Dusan SRB 191
84 Wang, Jimmy TPE 192
85 Grigelis, Laurynas LTU 193
86 Burquier, Gregoire FRA 194
87 Bagnis, Facundo ARG 195
88 Elias, Gastao POR 196
89 Ciric, Nikola SRB 197
90 Gojowczyk, Peter GER 198
91 Zverev, Mischa GER 199
92 Torebko, Peter GER 200
93 Polansky, Peter CAN 201
94 Huta Galung, Jesse NED 202
95 Smyczek, Tim USA 203
96 Janowicz, Jerzy POL 204
97 Pella, Guido ARG 205
98 Zhang, Ze CHN 206
99 Menendez-Maceiras, Adrian ESP 207
100 Ouanna, Josselin FRA 208
101 Vagnozzi, Simone ITA 209
102 Farah, Robert COL 210
103 Skugor, Franco CRO @210
104 Kuznetsov, Alex USA 211
105 Teixeira, Maxime FRA 212
106 Baker, Jamie GBR 213
OUT Baker, Brian USA 214 (WC to MD)
108 Krajinovic, Filip SRB @214
109 Lojda, Dusan CZE 215
110 Moriya, Hiroki JPN 216
111 Estrella, Victor DOM 217
112 Capkovic, Kamil SVK 218
113 Oswald, Philipp AUT 219
114 Delic, Amer BIH 220
115 Mertens, Yannick BEL 221
116 Greul, Simon GER 222
117 Heliovaara, Harri FIN 223
118 Gremelmayr, Denis GER 224
119 Rodrigues, Mathieu FRA 225
120 (WC)
121 (WC)
122 (WC)
123 (WC)
124 (WC)
125 (WC)
126 (WC)
127 (WC)
128 (WC)

Alternates
IN Fischer, Martin AUT 226
IN Cervenak, Pavol SVK 227
1. Goodall, Josh GBR 228
2. Schukin, Yuri KAZ 229
3. Jouan, Romain FRA 230
4. Seifert, Stefan GER 231
5. Navarro, Ivan ESP 232
6. Chvojka, Erik CAN 233
7. Velotti, Agustin ARG 234
8. Mitchell, Benjamin AUS 236
9. Galvani, Stefano ITA 237
10. Olaso, Guillermo ESP 238
11. Naso, Gianluca ITA 239
12. Trungelliti, Marco ARG 240
13. Arguello, Facundo ARG 241

[DaveArneRiise]

Is the ladies qualifying draw out?

[Sallydaisy]

good to see 2 in directly - and Josh must have a pretty good chance of getting in too.

Goodall now in; list updated.

[cazza99]

The draw is out now - http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/scores/draws/qs/index.html

oop for tomorrow - http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/scores/schedule/index.html
3 brits on court 8.

[Jan]

I see our guys are all in action on the same court - 2nd 3rd and 4th matches after 10am - nice and easy to follow!

edit - that's 10am in Paris, so 9am in UK

[Jan]

Jamie Baker won the first set and is into a tb in the second

edit - which he won!

so the score was 6-4 7-6 - well done Jamie! :clap:

[DaveArneRiise]

Do you have a LS link Jan?

[Jan]

Josh Goodall is up next - come on Josh!!

[Jan]

Do you have a LS link Jan?
yes - there are two different ones on the RG website - the first one updates the scores but doens't tell you who's serving - the second has the server but you have to refresh to update the score - odd!!!

http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/scores/index.html

http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/scores/index2.html?refresh

[Alis]

I see our guys are all in action on the same court - 2nd 3rd and 4th matches after 10am - nice and easy to follow!

edit - that's 10am in Paris, so 9am in UK

Surely that can't be just coincidence? Well done Jamie!

[DaveArneRiise]

Goodall up 6-5 in opening set. Looks set for a tie breaker.

[Jan]

Josh won the tb 7-5 :clap: come on Josh!!!

[DaveArneRiise]

Great stuff!

[Jan]

ooh and he's broken in the first game of the second! - I think that's the first break of the match!

and he gets broken back

[Jan]

argh - Josh lost serve, and the set 5-7. Into the 3rd.

[DaveArneRiise]

Josh drops the 2nd set 7-5. So into a decider we go!

[DaveArneRiise]

Sadly Josh lost the decider 7-5.

[Jan]

oh so close for Josh. What a shame. :sad:

James Ward up next - let's hope he can make it 2 out of 3.

[Alis]

Hard lines Josh - a very close game - could have gone either way.

[Jan]

Ladies qualy draw is out:
http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/scores/draws/us/index.html

Heather (5) vs Sharon Finchman
Laura (15) vs Estrella Cabeza Candela
Naomi Broady vs Sesil Karatantcheva (14)

[Jan]

Just back from taxi-duty!
James has lost the first set 2-6 :sad:

edit - but is now serving for the second *5-4

and he holds! into the 3rd set

[Jan]

tomorrow's OOP is out ;
http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/scores/schedule/schedule2.html

[Jan]

James is on serve *3-4

but gets broken :sad:

James lost the 3rd set 3-6 :crying:

[Jan]

So Jamie Baker is the only British man left standing in qualies.

He plays again tomorrow, as do all the girls in qualies. I'm out all morning and part of the afternoon - might catch some of the scores. Hope they can put in good performances :cheer:

[JAMES4578]

Well done Jamie B, but pity for Ward and Josh!

[Sallydaisy]

Heather is through QR1 - per a tweet from Steven in reply to a French tweeter!

Cheek! ;-) RT @TennisWaterloo (https://twitter.com/#%21/TennisWaterloo): Our 2011 champ @sharon_fichman (https://twitter.com/#%21/sharon_fichman) falls @rolandgarros (https://twitter.com/#%21/rolandgarros) to @HeatherWatson92 (https://twitter.com/#%21/HeatherWatson92). Who knew a Brit could play on clay ;)

[Jan]

been out all morning - great to see Hev won! Let's hope the others can too! Have to go out again shortly, so might miss the livescoring action!

[Jan]

Naomi lost rather heavily 0-6 1-6

Laura's match has just started

[Jan]

Laura won 6-2 7-6(4) hooray
:cheer::cheer:

[Jan]

meanwhile Jamie Baker is a set and a break down :sad:

and he lost 3&4

[DaveArneRiise]

Unlucky Jamie great win for Laura and Heather though! That them 1 win away now from the main draw?

[Jan]

Unlucky Jamie great win for Laura and Heather though! That them 1 win away now from the main draw?
no there are two more rounds for them

[DaveArneRiise]

Who are there opponents in the next round?

[Linda]

So none of our guys got through? :sad:

Dave, you've made an Andy Murray mistake (I assume you follow him on Twitter) - as Andy has said twice now, it's their not there.

[DaveArneRiise]

So none of our guys got through? :sad:

Dave, you've made an Andy Murray mistake (I assume you follow him on Twitter) - as Andy has said twice now, it's their not there.

Don't quite follow you there Linda?

[Hawkeye]

Who are there opponents in the next round?


So none of our guys got through? :sad:

Dave, you've made an Andy Murray mistake (I assume you follow him on Twitter) - as Andy has said twice now, it's their not there.


Don't quite follow you there Linda?See the bolded bits.

[Linda]

Ah, you are correct in that instance! :lol:

[DaveArneRiise]

See the bolded bits.

Ahh I see lol no doubt the grammar nazizs on twitter would have been quick to slam Andy for that mistake.

[DaveArneRiise]

Ah, you are correct in that instance! :lol:

:lol:

[Linda]

No, Andy corrected himself immediately on both occasions.

[DaveArneRiise]

No, Andy corrected himself immediately on both occasions.

Yea and I wonder why lol

after about a thousands angry tweets aimed at him within seconds.

[Linda]

Well, I didn't see any of those!

[DaveArneRiise]

Well, I didn't see any of those!

A lot of trolls on twitter.

[Linda]

But you don't see them if you're not following them!

[DaveArneRiise]

But you don't see them if you're not following them!

Exactly hence why you wouldn't have seen all those angry tweets at Andy.

[JAMES4578]

Who are their opponents in the next round?

Heather plays Tunisian Ons Jabeur, whilst Laura faces French player Laura Thorpe.

[cazza99]

sven groeneveld ‏@sven10s

@laurarobson5. Wins her 1st round today 6-2 7-6 (4) in qualifying. Tomorrow 5th after 10! ^SG

[Jan]

Hev currently 5-2* up in the first

edit - but got broken back when serving for the set :grrr:

it's 5-4*

[Sallydaisy]

Darn it, her oppo held then broke Hev so it's now back on serve with Jabeur serving *4-5

[Jan]

Hev holds for 6-5*

[david1610]

Ah we are here not on the personal threads.... c'mon Heather!

[Jan]

tb time

argh she's 1-4 down

[david1610]

Eek...1-3 C'mon Heather!
2-5....
Back to 4-5
Now c'mon Heather!
Now 6-5... does LS seem to always jump two points. Now c'mon Heather!

First set to Heather. Suspect here experience got her the last five points and her opponent is, what, 17?

Now run away with the second. That was too close for comfort!

[Jan]

back to 5-5 Come on Hev!!!

[Jan]

woo hoo - go Hev!!!
she wins the tb 7-5 - good girl!!!!:cheer:

[Jan]

Hev has a break in the second *3-2

[david1610]

C'mon Heather!

[Sallydaisy]

Wooo hooo!!! Go Heather!

[Jan]

back to 3-3

[Jan]

and Hev breaks again! *4-3

[david1610]

And 4-3 again! C'mon Heather. Hold this time!

[Jan]

5-3* come on Hev!

[Jan]

brilliant - Hev wins 7-6 6-3
:cheer::cheer:

back later for Laura!!

[Sallydaisy]

:clap:
Well done Heather!

[david1610]

Well done. That was a bit too close in the first set and just shows being ranked 108 (or thereabouts) versus safely in the top hundred and automatic first round main draw acceptance is a massive difference in terms of points, and, in this case, having to defend first round victory points from last year.

[JAMES4578]

Well done Heather, great stuff!

[Jan]

Laura's match just started

[Jan]

Laura's been broken 0-2*

edit - and breaks straight back!
*1-2

[Sallydaisy]

And holds for 2-2.
:thumbup:

Keep it going Laura!

[Jan]

broken again 2-4*

[Sallydaisy]

Ah, broken again. French Laura is serving at *4-2.

[Jan]

and British Laura breaks back!
well, it is clay, and it is women's tennis!

[Jan]

4-4

[Jan]

2 sp's for French Laura :sofa:

[Jan]

:phew: deuce!

[Jan]

and breathe!! 5-5*

[Jan]

Robbo breaks and will serve for the set *6-5

come on Laura!!

[Jan]

30-0....


40-0....

YES! First set to Robbo 7-5 :cheer:

[Sallydaisy]

Laura wins the first set 7'5!
:clap:

One more to go now

[Alis]

Well done Laura - keep it going!

[Jan]

1-1 in the second

[Jan]

Robbo has 2 bp's...

and she breaks! here we go again!!

[Jan]

in other news, Hev's fqr vs Floris is first up tomorrow.

[Jan]

nice hold 3-1*

[Jan]

broken back 3-3*

come on Laura!!

[Jan]

2 bp's for Robbo

yes! *4-3

[Jan]

hmm thought Laura was struggling there - broken back for 4-4*

[Jan]

come on Laura - I have to go and cook a meal!!

[Jan]

*4-5

HOLD Laura!

:phew: 5-5

[Jan]

tb time

[Jan]

mb 3-1*

3-2*

3-3

4-3*

4-4*

*5-4 come on !!!

6-5* mp

[Jan]

YESSSSS well done Laura :clap::clap:
7-5 7-6(5)

[Jan]

Right - must go and cook!!!

[Alis]

Excellent!! Well done Laura - good luck for the final round.

[Linda]

Well done Heather and Laura! :clap: :clap:

[cazza99]

Well done Heather and Laura :yahoo: :clap:

[david1610]

Well done Laura! That sounds a bit close.
Getting to the main draw by qualifying will be good for Laura.
Laura playes Karolina Pliskova currently ranked 121, her highest ever ranking. 20 years old. Interesting how many seeds did not make it through to fqr. Due to play fourth and last on court 6. (Tommy Haas in the first match believe it or not).
Heather's opponent Anna Floris currently ranked 187 with highest ranking 129 in Sug. 2010. 30 years old.
Heather is the second highest surviving seed (she was seeded 5 )

[scrapaddict]

Great from Heather and Laura - good luck for round 3 to both of you

[cazza99]

oop out for tomorrow

http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/scores/schedule/schedule4.html

Laura is 4th on court 6 and Heather is 1st on court 10.

[DaveArneRiise]

Great stuff Laura and Heather!

[JAMES4578]

Yes fab Heather and Laura are in the final round, fingers crossed!

[Jan]

Hev's fqr match had just started!
Let's go Hev :cheer:

[Jan]

Hev is 3-0* up

edit - make that *4-0

now 5-0*:)

[Jan]

woo hoo first set to Hev 6-0!! A bagel for breakfast! :yahoo:
keep it up Hev! :thumbup:
I have to go out for a few hours soon, so hope to come back to see she got the W

[DaveArneRiise]

Hev 3-0 up in the 2nd!

[DaveArneRiise]

Heather completes the win and route into the main draw with a fine 6-0 6-1 win over Floris! Yees :cheer:

[Alis]

Fantastic win for Heather - well done girl!!!!!

[Sallydaisy]

What a scoreline! Hev had obviously visited the bakery this morning!
http://www.smilies.4-user.de/include/Essen/smilie_essen_064.gif

According to Neil Harman it only took her 45mins too.

[DaveArneRiise]

Certainly a fabulous result. Hopefully Laura can make it an ever better day!

[Linda]

Hooray for Heather! :cheer:

[Alis]

I hope, if Laura does get through today, that they both get a decent draw in the first round.

[Jan]

just back - well done Hev!!! :yahoo::yahoo:

[Jan]

quite a while to wait for Laura's match by the look of it

[Jan]

the match before Laura's has finished

[Jan]

Robbo leading in the breaks department! she's broken twice.
*3-2

[Jan]

Laura holds for 4-2*, despite a couple of break points

and Pliskova holds *4-3

[Sallydaisy]

Laura broke again. Serving at *3-2 but Pliskova putting her under pressure.
Robbo holds though for 4-2.
Good lass.

[Jan]

another hold from Laura 5-3*
come on!!

[Jan]

Laura will serve for the set *5-4

[-J-]

robbo serving for 1st set
*5-4

[Jan]

woo hoo 6-4 :yahoo:

keep it up Laura!! Have to pop out for a bit...back soon!!

[-J-]

at a girl
now still work to do
focus

[-J-]

idiot

[Sallydaisy]

idiot
:laugh:

[-J-]

:laugh:not used to that big yellow ball in the sky its frying my cells

[DaveArneRiise]

Robbo up a break in the 2nd.

[Sallydaisy]

Lol. I have to go out there in about half an hour.
Been putting it off because I loathe the hot weather; 15 degrees is about my limit of comfort.
Thankfully my abode faces north so I don't get the heat of the sun and the rooms are all cool.
The car is going to be like a sauna! Might zip out to open windows now.

[DaveArneRiise]

2 games away from victory.

[-J-]

Lol. I have to go out there in about half an hour.
Been putting it off because I loathe the hot weather; 15 degrees is about my limit of comfort.
Thankfully my abode faces north so I don't get the heat of the sun and the rooms are all cool.
The car is going to be like a sauna! Might zip out to open windows now.im south facing with the loch bouncing the sun straight u as well, plus i was pointing outside round a window so sun was coming straight back at me that way to like working in a sauna
taking a couple hours then off down the links for a few hours this evening, tho if you see the mrs im off looking at some roof tiles ;)

[david1610]

C'mon Laura!

Sally - don't come to Lisbon lol - 35ºC yesterday and things just warming up!

[Jan]

just back - ooh great 5-3 up!!

[Sallydaisy]

C'mon Laura!

Sally - don't come to Lisbon lol - 35ºC yesterday and things just warming up!
Thanks David. I expect Lisbon in November would be more my idea of fun!
:p

[david1610]

Autumn in Sintra for you.... Bryon territory

http://www.igpoty.com/competition05/winners_beautifulgardens_hc5.asp?parent=winners

[Jan]

Laura to serve for the match *5-4

Come on Laura!!!

[Jan]

2 mp's

1 mp

deuce

bp:sofa:

deuce

bp

deuce

bp



5-5 oh well Laura - just do it all over again please.

[-J-]

2 mps

[-J-]

C'mon Laura!

Sally - don't come to Lisbon lol - 35ºC yesterday and things just warming up!


Thanks David. I expect Lisbon in November would be more my idea of fun!
:plisbon 45 years ago tonight would be my dream destination

[david1610]

C'mon Laura. Finish it off!

[-J-]

saved a BP
PHEWWWWWWWWW

[-J-]

Lost the next all square 5-5

[Jan]

keep fighting Laura!

[Jan]

Pliskova holds
*5-6

[Sallydaisy]

Hang on in Laura; a hold and then win the tie-break!

[Jan]

:nailbiter:

[Jan]

noooooooooooo

right come on Laura - regroup - you can do this - we're used to the ride by now!
:coaster:

[DaveArneRiise]

Big test of character now.

[Jan]

Big test of character now.

yes - especially having had those match points

[Jan]

Hope Pliskova doesn't run away with it now

[Sallydaisy]

Good hold from Laura. This match ain't over yet despite what Pliskova might think!

[Jan]

2-2
keep going Laura!

[DaveArneRiise]

Hopefully weather the storm then nick it in the tie breaker perhaps.

[Jan]

:phew: held! 3-3*

[Jan]

Pliskova holds much more easily. Laura must hold again - come on!!

[david1610]

Keep going Laura. J will turn you into a lion! :)

[Jan]

well held Laura!

[Jan]

come on Laura - a kitkat here would be just great!

[david1610]

4-4 Well done. Now break and hold. C'mon Laura!

[Jan]

is it right that there's no tb in the final set? Someone's just posted that on bt.net

[Jan]

Right - must hold now Laura

[Jan]

0-30 :sofa:

0-40

[Alis]

A lot of pressure on Laura then as she's serving to stay in it from now on.

[david1610]

is it right that there's no tb in the final set? Someone's just posted that on bt.net
Do not know but would be surprised: remember men's matches are best of three and they presumably must want to give fqr winners a chance in the first round proper and not have an exhausting 24-22 final set that kills them for the next match.
Stand to be corrected though. Eek 0-30 C'mon Laura!

[Jan]

we might never know. Pliskova breaks to win the 3rd 6-4.

Sooo close Laura - what a shame she couldn't have taken one of those mp's in the second set.

[david1610]

Oh dear. But use the hurt to make sure it does not happen again. Learn from it Laura!

[-J-]

knew it was all to well today

[Alis]

Pity, but she is only 18 - there's always another day. Is she playing in the Juniors?

[david1610]

Pity, but she is only 18 - there's always another day. Is she playing in the Juniors?
Doubt it. All about winning matches like this one. But I still think this is still a learning year so would rather this happened this year and she learnt from it for the future.

Pity though. She would enjoy being around the main players next week!

[Linda]

Heather's drawn against Vesnina.

[Jan]

according to Judy's new blog, Laura is first alternate.

[cazza99]

judy murray ‏@judmoo


I'm hearing Soler-Espinosa went over her ankle in practice. Bad news for the Spaniard but cud b good news for @laurarobson5.

[Sallydaisy]

Neil Harman ‏@NeilHarmanTimes (https://twitter.com/#%21/NeilHarmanTimes)
Hearing that Laura Robson may get into the main draw because of an injury to one of the Spanish players. Unofficially official



Not the best of ways to get into a Grand Slam but injuries happen to the best of them - and someone has to take a place.

[Jan]

Here's hoping for Laura! Not nice for anyone to be injured, but it must happen to virtually every player at some point.

[JAMES4578]

Not the way you'd want it to happen, but looks it may work out for Laura!

[Sallydaisy]

Laura is in - will play Annabel Medina-Garrigues to whom she lost in R2 at the USO.
From @philwrig on twitter

Robbo makes the MD after all :) plays the lady she lost to in R2 at the US open AMG.

... and from a very sad Silvia Soler-Espinoza

Silvia Soler ‏@solerespinosa (https://twitter.com/#!/solerespinosa) Siento dar esta noticia.... Pero... Bye bye Paris....rotura del ligamento tobillo. Espero estar de vuelta pronto!! Un abrazo

[Lizzim]

Sad for Silvia Soler-Espinoza but great news for Laura :)

[DaveArneRiise]

Will be a great experience for Laura. Annabel Medina-Garrigues is an excellent player on clay too, so won't be easy. A true vetaran on the red stuff.

[davech]

Not the best way to qualify for a grand slam tournament, but we'll take it... :)

[Jan]

well at least she's in with a shot - you never know what might happen. I'm pleased for her, though obviously it's a shame when anyone is injured.

[cazza99]

The juniors have started today.

Kyle Edmonds beat the 16th seed in 2 sets this morning. :)

Luke Bambridge is currently playing on court 8.

[cazza99]

The draws for the juniors can be found here.

Boys - http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/scores/draws/bs/r1s1.html

Girls - http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/scores/draws/gs/index.html

[cazza99]

Luke Bambridge has won the first set 7-7:) 1-1 in the second.

[cazza99]

Luke Bambridge has won the first set 7-7:) 1-1 in the second.

He has lost the second set 2-6.

Its 2-1 in the third

[cazza99]

Luke Bambridge has won his 1st round match in 3 sets :clap: :clap:

[JAMES4578]

Luke and Kyle both through today, well done!:cheer::cheer: Kyle put out the 16th seed.

[Linda]

Well done Luke and Kyle :clap: :clap:

[Maza1987]

Well done Luke and Kyle.

[cazza99]

Kyle Edmond has won the first set 7-6. :clap:

[Linda]

Liam Broady won his match 6-4 7-5

[Linda]

Kyle Edmund won his match 7-6 6-3

[JAMES4578]

Great stuff Laim and Kyle!

[Linda]

And here is Josh with Rafa after their hit today!

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1303028&l=4eab31ebc3&id=119078078123736

http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/s720x720/601478_425191997512341_511511254_n.jpg

[cazza99]

Josh is tall!

Well done Kyle and Liam :clap:

Luke Bambridge lost to the no 1 seed though.

[cazza99]

ITV interviewing Liam Broady now.

[cazza99]

Liam Broady has won 6-3 6-3 :clap:

[Linda]

On Court 14 tomorrow:

Boys' Singles - 3rd Round
Kyle Edmund(GBR) vs. Gianluigi Quinzi(ITA)[2]

Boys' Singles - 3rd Round
Liam Broady(GBR)[3] vs. Noah Rubin(USA)

Boys' Singles - 3rd Round
Max De Vroome(NED) vs. Gabriel Friedrich(BRA)

Boys' Doubles - 2nd Round
Liam Broady(GBR)[1] /Joshua Ward-Hibbert(GBR)[1] vs. Bar Tzuf Botzer(ISR) / Kyle Edmund(GBR)

[cazza99]

Kyle Edmund has taken out the number 2 seed in 3 sets :)

Liam Broady playing now 1-1 in the first set.

[DaveArneRiise]

Edmund won 7-6 1-6 6-4. A truly stunning win against the 2nd seed.

Broady has gone down in straight sets 6-3 6-2 I believe. Disappointing for him.

Luke Bambridge and his partner have just been defeated in the doubles. 5-7 6-4 10-8.

[Maza1987]

good win from kyle

[DaveArneRiise]

Broady and Hibbert won their doubles match 6-3 6-4!

[cazza99]

ITV4 interviewing Kyle now.

Lots of praise for him on twitter today.

[DaveArneRiise]

He said that Andy has been helping him recently too and it's been of great benefit. Seems a really focused, driven young man. I think he has a bright future.

[Jan]

well done Kyle!

edit - just saw that Kyle has lost today - beaten 6-4 6-3 by Coppejans

[Alis]

That's a shame but there's always Wimbledon!

[JAMES4578]

A pity For Kyle, can hopefully build on this at Wimbledon.

[Alis]

I would venture to suggest that just as clay isn't the best surface for Andy, it probably isn't the best surface for our juniors either. Hopefully, they'll feel more at home at Wimbledon.