Day 3 of the French Open 2012 and everything was going just
the way we all anticipated it to be until the late night drama
at Philippe Chatrier where Serena Williams lost in the first
round of a major tournament for the first time in her career,
falling to Virginie Razzano of France 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3 .The
fifth-seeded Williams was two points from victory nine times
in the second set, including leading 5-1 in the tiebreaker. But
Razzano won six straight points to force a third set, and then
took control of the match. "I made so many errors today, which
isn’t the game I was playing in the past," Williams said. "That’s
life." Razzano saved all five, and then converted her eighth
match point to eliminate one of the tournament favorites.
"I had to dig deep against a great champion and you could see
until the end that she gave away nothing," Razzano said. "I had
to go and get the victory. I had to be mentally strong, and I
gave my everything."
Earlier in the day, Rafael Nadal began his quest for a record
seventh French Open title in style winning in straight sets
against against Simone Bolelli of Italy, winning 6-2, 6-2, 6-1.
Maria Sharapova Alexandra Cadantu of Romania 6-0, 6-0 onCourt Suzanne Lenglen, needing just 48
minutes to advanceto the second round. She finished the match with 18 winners, while Cadantu
had zero, but had to save three break points.
In another match, British Top Andy Murray made a comfortable start at the French Open beating
Tatsuma Ito of Japan 6-1, 7-5, 6-0. World No.6 David Ferrer saw off his Slovakian opponent 6-3
6-4 6-1 to set up a second-round meeting with Benoit Paire of France while eighth seed Janko
Tipsarevic also made it through, although he had a much tougher time against America's Sam
Querrey, the Serb eventually prevailing 2-6 6-4 7-6 (7/3) 6-3. However, 15th seed Alexandr
Dolgopolov is out after losing an all-Ukrainian clash with Sergiy Stakhovsky in a five-setter
held over from Monday night. It was a one-set shoot-out on Tuesday, which Stakhovsky
took to triumph 6-7 (4/7) 6-4 7-6 (7/4) 3-6 6-3.
Following are the main matches scheduled for Day 4 at Roland Garros 2012 :
|
Gilles Simon(FRA)[11] |
vs. |
Brian Baker(USA) |
|
Roger Federer(SUI)[3] |
vs. |
Adrian Ungur(ROU) |
|
Novak Djokovic(SRB)[1] |
vs. |
Blaz Kavcic(SLO) |
|
Cedrik-Marcel Stebe(GER) |
vs. |
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga(FRA)[5] |
|
Michael Llodra(FRA) |
vs. |
Tomas Berdych(CZE)[7] |
|
Juan Martin Del Potro(ARG)[9] |
vs. |
Edouard Roger-Vasselin(FRA) |
Pakistani superstar Aisam ul Haq Qureshi will also be playing his first Mixed Doubles
and Mens Doubles match tomorrow.
| Jonathan Dasnieres De Veigy(FRA) / Nicolas Renavand(FRA) |
vs. | Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi(PAK)[10] / Jean-Julien Rojer(NED)[10] |
|
Andrea Hlavackova(CZE)[8] / |
vs. |
Galina Voskoboeva(KAZ) / |
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