ROLAND GARROS 2015

Hahahahahahaha Djokovic and Nadal in the same quarter, awesome

Draws available somewhere on the total disaster that is this year's www.rolandgarros.com

Nice to see 20yo Margarita Gasparyan (RUS) qualify, she's been killing everyone in ITFs this year - a 27-4 w/l record. First WTA Slam debutante with a single-handed BH since Naomi Broady in 2011. On the verge of becoming the first new top 100 player with a single-handed BH since CSN in...2008? Now we need Mayo Hibi to happen to ensure the shot's survival...

yea that site is garbage

I have a hard time seeing rafa win a set off novak, let alone beat him

I sort of hope Rafa will lose before the QF. He should be OK to R4 and then Dimitrov...or Sock...or Coric?

Murray is also in the same section as Novak and Nadal.

He's not, he's third seed (well, he's in the same half I guess)

Sorry I meant the same half.

Everyone saying Fed has an easy draw but a cush draw did nothing for him at the last two Slams.

He can lose anytime now, though if I wanted him to win one more slam it would be this one.

cmon I get that fed's at a win or nothing standard, but he had a very good us open, bad loss in the semis but it was to the eventual champ

i'm still going with nadal lol

Qualifiers done! Aside from Gasparyan they include

- Veronica Cepede Royg making her Slam debut, the first Paraguayan since Rossana de los Rios
- 2012 RG boys' champion Kimmer Coppejans making his Slam debut
- Elias Ymer and Christian Lindell - the first Swedish men in a Slam MD since Soderling, astonishingly
- Olivia Rogowska makes her 12th Slam MD - but the first time she's made it through qualifying (she's had 11 WCs and was a LL once)
- Andrea Arnaboldi, fresh off his 27-25 third set win yesterday, played another three-setter to qualify - impressive

Predix

(1) Serena Williams d. (27) Victoria Azarenka
Denisa Allertova d. (15) Venus Williams
(17) Sara Errani d. (Q) Lourdes Dominguez Lino
(5) Caroline Wozniacki d. (25) Jelena Jankovic
(Q) Margarita Gasparyan d. Pauline Parmentier
Belinda Bencic d. Lara Arruabarrena
(18) Svetlana Kuznetsova d. Andreea Mitu
Anna Karolina Schmiedlova d. Kristina Mladenovic
(31) Caroline Garcia d. Yaroslava Shvedova
Polona Hercog d. (Q) Teliana Pereira
(19) Elina Svitolina d. (14) Agnieszka Radwanska
(3) Simona Halep d. Roberta Vinci
(28) Flavia Pennetta d. (8) Carla Suarez Navarro
(21) Garbine Muguruza d. Ajla Tomljanovic
Daria Gavrilova d. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
(2) Maria Sharapova d. (26) Samantha Stosur

S.Williams d. Allertova
Wozniacki d. Errani
Gasparyan d. Bencic
Kuznetsova d. Schmiedlova
Garcia d. Hercog
Halep d. Svitolina
Muguruza d. Pennetta
Sharapova d. Gavrilova

S.Williams d. Wozniacki
Kuznetsova d. Gasparyan
Halep d. Garcia
Muguruza d. Sharapova

S.Williams d. Kuznetsova
Halep d. Muguruza

S.Williams d. Halep

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(1) Novak Djokovic d. (WC) Thanasi Kokkinakis
(20) Richard Gasquet d. (15) Kevin Anderson
(18) Tommy Robredo d. (10) Grigor Dimitrov
(6) Rafael Nadal d. Andrey Kuznetsov
(3) Andy Murray d. (29) Nick Kyrgios
(17) David Goffin d. (16) John Isner
Jiri Vesely d. Robin Haase
(7) David Ferrer d. Simone Bolelli
(5) Kei Nishikori d. (32) Fernando Verdasco
(Q) Elias Ymer d. Juan Monaco
(14) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga d. (22) Philipp Kohlschreiber
(4) Tomas Berdych d. (28) Fabio Fognini
(26) Guillermo Garcia Lopez d. (8) Stan Wawrinka
(Q) Kimmer Coppejans d. Lucas Pouille
(13) Gael Monfils d. Dominic Thiem
(2) Roger Federer d. Marcos Baghdatis

Djokovic d. Gasquet
Nadal d. Robredo
Murray d. Goffin
Ferrer d. Vesely
Nishikori d. Ymer
Berdych d. Tsonga
Garcia Lopez d. Coppejans
Monfils d. Federer

Djokovic d. Nadal
Murray d. Ferrer
Berdych d. Nishikori
Monfils d. Garcia Lopez

Djokovic d. Murray
Monfils d. Berdych

Djokovic d. Monfils

Lex, are you playing that racketrally game?

(1) Novak Djokovic d. (WC) Thanasi Kokkinakis
(20) Richard Gasquet d. (15) Kevin Anderson
Dimitrov d. Robredo
(6) Rafael Nadal d. Andrey Kuznetsov
(3) Andy Murray d. (29) Nick Kyrgios
(17) David Goffin d. (16) John Isner
Jiri Vesely d. Robin Haase
(7) David Ferrer d. Simone Bolelli
(5) Kei Nishikori d. (32) Fernando Verdasco
Monaco d. Ymer
(14) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga d. (22) Philipp Kohlschreiber
(4) Tomas Berdych d. (28) Fabio Fognini
Wawrinka d. (8) GGL
(Q) Kimmer Coppejans d. Lucas Pouille
(13) Gael Monfils d. Dominic Thiem
(2) Roger Federer d. Marcos Baghdatis

Djokovic d. Gasquet
Nadal d. Dimitrov
Murray d. Goffin
Ferrer d. Vesely
Kei d. Monaco
Berdych d. Tsonga
Wawrinka d. Copp
Federer d. Monfils

Djokovic d. Nadal
Ferrer d. Murray
Kei d. Berdych
Federer d. Wawrinka

Djokovic d. Ferrer
Kei d. Federer

Djokovic d. Kei

yea 2 of the predicts u each split - kei v berdych / murray v ferrer -- would both be great qtr final matches (id say kei/murray

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I played racketrally in the AO but never even checked back...the whole buying shares thing was too complicated for me.

Says a lot that I have more misgivings about Garcia taking the most perfect quarter she could have got (lmao that she's magnetised to Ivanovic) than about that improbable Monfils run to the final

Still cackling that Bouchard drew the worst possible floater

Lucic-Baroni put last weeks horrendous 6-4 5-0 choke vs Keys behind her! Good win over Davis, she needed that. Halep rematch next.

The White Mug closed out Martic with a service winner, two aces and a FH winner. R2 vs Giorgi, who dealt with Tatjana Maria's junk surprisingly efficiently, should be good.

WTF are Wawrinka's shorts.

hasnt he worn those a while now? def did at rome

This is why one should always have grave misgivings concerning Garcia fulfilling her potential

Garcia gifted the third set break to Vekic with a horrendous DF, somehow got it back courtesy of two consecutive dead net cords that went her way, then played an even worse service game just to refute that luck. Truly the New Mauresmo

Ivanovic breathes a sigh of relief

Total meltdown by the end. Every time Garcia approached the net with a FH putaway beckoning you knew she'd balloon it long.

Maybe it'll resurrect Vekic's career! God knows she needed that win.

Ivanovic probably even more likely to lose to Shvedova now.

Carole Bouchard ‏@carole_bouchard 44s44 seconds ago
"I can't play tennis on this court",says Garcia in tears.Doesn't hide how pressure blocked her. Had asked to play on an other court but nope

tune in to see ivanovic down a set and ajdeing shvedova DFs <3

Dodin/Nara is a really great stylistic contrast. Dodin totally overpowered Nara early on and Nara's thought her way back into the match

Mandatory Mathilde Johansson 1st round RG viewing coming up soon.

wth razzano underhand serve on match pt

Aga :-(

lmao beck was on a six match losing streak before that win

was wondering why Sharapova's shriek sounded different, apparently she's sick

lol

HI EVERYONE

I had to leave just now due to a social engagement but I HAD A LOT FUN TODAY. The Kyrgios/Istomin match reached heights of hilarity that rival the biggest WTA mess, and you wouldn't have guessed it from the routine scoreline. Kyrgios still hasn't learned the meaning of "internal monologue" which makes him incredibly entertaining to watch in person. He's like Hewitt with occasional sportsmanship and constant showmanship, with the temper of Fognini.

AND TOMORROW I AM ON CHARTIER SO I GET TO SEE PETRA OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG

haven't been watching venus/stephens bc i was too invested in that allertova/konta set. konta had soooooooooooooooo many set points in that TB, allertova takes it on like her 2nd or 3rd. 7-6 (19-17)

I think Kyle Edmund's shirt is outside the colour gamut of my TV.

Not really liking Robert's shorts either. This is quite the sartorial disaster. Entertaining match though.

i wonder if i can find a online stream

Really love Edmund's game, his FH is exactly the right balance between reliability and power.

Razzano is such a weirdo to be underhand serving (and DFing lmao) when leading. You were that nervous closing it out huh?

Konta/Allertova were both so undemonstrative that they even made a 19-17 TB a zen experience. Barely a fistpump or c'mon, watch and learn everyone else.

Didn't think Sloane/Venus was a great match even in the first set, Venus was embarrassing in the second set.

RIP Aga's career

Best shade I've seen re: Aga recently is that she's still the magician of the WTA - she made her own career disappear.

Navratilova is a red herring though. She's been declining ever since that AO SF vs Cibulkova.

Everything about Townsend's game is bad now, not just her fitness/movement.

Hope Ed is enjoying Petra hit errors!

Hamou's grunt is something else

lol @ Janowicz losing that set with a DF

What makes this even more worrying for Townsend is that Smitkova - who is very talented - is playing at about 20% herself. Very error-strewn and nervous. And still cruising.

what's on now that's decent? this Petra match is boring and terrible.

Hamou/Janowicz, maybe?

Oh Petra. That volley. That BH into the ground in front of her.

Diyas's ball toss technique doesn't seem logical

Nole so good at resetting mentally

I suppose he couldn't keep that up + pressure doing this and that to you = aargh.

fifth set here we come

ay yi yiiiiii that rally

WOW

That Djokovic volley felt important. Stan's pass looked too good until it wasn't

:-(

0-30 now :-(

40-40, 3bps saved.

this is just...no words for this.

I'm in knots watching this. So good.

ah long at 15-30 man

another bh: bp

one serve and volley, then another, that was panic

but can stan get it

?

*stops screaming*

THESE BACKHANDSSSSS

15-30, ue

30-30, bh

CP

jesus deuce

so nearly an ace

Gutsy play by Djokovic to save championship point...

OMG

bastard fkn net cord

cp no.2

fkn BH

bloody hell

The aptest shot to end it on!

Joy.

Not the slightest trace of an asterisk with this one

of COURSE my stream froze on championship point. I was rooting for Nole but well done Stan. Great match.

Something Mauresmo-esque about this win. First Slam unexpected and comes, for many, with an asterisk re: an injured, more-accomplished player. Second Slam erases all doubts with a brilliant display in the final - and denies a dominant player the one Slam they're missing...

One daughter hacked off, one daughter delighted at victory of "Wear-pinka". Both want to go to the park with rackets. Let dad's heart rate come down a bit more, yeah?

Can't believe he won a Slam wearing those shorts

Nole tears ;_;

Ironic if this moment makes crowds finally love him, maybe the thing he's craved even more than Slam titles

Some heavy emotion here.

All this and Guga too (think his final vs Norman might be the most nerve-shredding RG men's title match I can recall before today... Gaudio-Coria perhaps, for different reasons).

Quick, we need Courier-translate.

Ah, we have a native speaker. Go Marion.

Aaah I'd forgotten Guga beat Norman in one of his finals

Never has a more terribly dressed player won.

Djokovic has lost 6 of his past 9 Slam finals :o

my kids also demanded to go to the park with rackets immediately

that was awesome

LOL @ ES commentators attempting to argue that someone else being able to hit through Djokovic will make Murray more confident about doing so

Roll of honour:

Men's singles: Stan Wawrinka
Women's singles: Serena Williams
Men's doubles: Ivan Dodig & Marcelo Melo
Women's doubles: Bethanie Mattek-Sands & Lucie Safarova
Mixed doubles: Bethanie Mattek-Sands & Mike Bryan
Boys' singles: Tommy Paul
Girls' singles: Paula Badosa Gibert
Boys' doubles: Alvaro Lopez San Martin & Jaume Munar
Girls' doubles: Miriam Kolodziejova & Marketa Vondrousova

I saw a bit of the juniors while I was out there: Vondrousova was top girls' seed and was a very fitting warm-up for Safarova - tall, big-hitting lefty. Boys' finalist Taylor Harry Fritz managed to turn the crowd against him in his QF against a Chilean player - he was dominating, but after a couple of good winners he had this habit of turning to his opponent with this smarmy shit-eating grin on his face. Not edifying.

Ironic if this moment makes crowds finally love him, maybe the thing he's craved even more than Slam titles

― lex pretend, Sunday, June 7, 2015 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Not having a French Open will hurt far more. Bet Becker isn't as criticised as Mauresmo would've been had Murray lost today. Their partnership is in question as I think its reasonable to think Djoko would've won Wimbledon against Fed (D's final set rec is terrific as you pointed out from the stats) and Murray lost it by himself in the Aussie open.

This wasn't the fail as it was against Kei, but still...should be a fascinating Wimbledon.

Sorry I mean he would've won anyway - Becker or not.

New rankings:

1. Serena Williams (1)
2. Petra Kvitova (4)
3. Simona Halep (3)
4. Maria Sharapova (2)
5. Caroline Wozniacki (5)
6. Ana Ivanovic (7)
7. Lucie Safarova (13)
8. Ekaterina Makarova (9)
9. Carla Suarez Navarro (8)
10. Angelique Kerber (11)
11. Eugenie Bouchard (6)
12. Karolina Pliskova (12)
13. Agnieszka Radwanska (14)
14. Andrea Petkovic (10)
15. Timea Bacsinszky (24)
16. Venus Williams (15)
17. Elina Svitolina (21)
18. Madison Keys (16)
19. Sabine Lisicki (19)
20. Sara Errani (17)
21. Garbine Muguruza (20)
22. Barbora Strycova (23)
23. Flavia Pennetta (28)
24. Samantha Stosur (22)
25. Alize Cornet (29)
26. Victoria Azarenka (27)
27. Shuai Peng (26)
28. Svetlana Kuznetsova (18)
29. Irina-Camelia Begu (30)
30. Jelena Jankovic (25)
...
46. Alison Van Uytvanck (93)
56. Julia Goerges (72)
58. Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (70)
68. Andreea Mitu (100)
75. Francesca Schiavone (92)

1. Novak Djokovic (1)
2. Roger Federer (2)
3. Andy Murray (3)
4. Stan Wawrinka (9)
5. Kei Nishikori (5)
6. Tomas Berdych (4)
7. David Ferrer (8)
8. Milos Raonic (6)
9. Marin Cilic (10)
10. Rafael Nadal (7)
11. Grigor Dimitrov (11)
12. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (15)
13. Gilles Simon (13)
14. Feliciano Lopez (12)
15. David Goffin (18)
16. Gael Monfils (14)
17. Kevin Anderson (17)
18. John Isner (16)
19. Richard Gasquet (21)
20. Tommy Robredo (19)
21. Roberto Bautista Agut (20)
22. Leonardo Mayer (22)
23. Pablo Cuevas (23)
24. Bernard Tomic (26)
25. Nick Kyrgios (30)
26. Fabio Fognini (27)
27. Ivo Karlovic (25)
28. Viktor Troicki (33)
29. Philipp Kohlschreiber (28)
30. Dominic Thiem (31)
...
31. Jack Sock (37)
41. Borna Coric (46)
58. Teymuraz Gabashvili (72)
69. Thanasi Kokkinakis (84)
87. Ernests Gulbis (29)

I'm still surprised Kevin Anderson is a top 20 player. He was 24 before he won a round in a Slam.