2012 French Open
May 22 - June 10
May 22 - June 10
DAY 3 RECAP:
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It was yet another stunning
and exciting day three at 2012 French Open. Murray and Nadal strolled into the
second round in straight sets. Janko Tipsarevic battled back to beat Sam Querrey
in four sets after dropping the first set 6-2. The Americans seemed to be
unprepared as they kept dropping out one after the other. Mikhail Youzhny
defeated James Blake 6-2, 6-1, 6-2 and Bulgaria’s Grigor DiMitrov defeated
Donald Young 7-6(7), 6-1, 6-1. On the women’s side Jamie Hampton lost to Arantxa
Rux. Maria Sharapova came out strong today and defeated Cadantu 6-0, 6-0 in 48
minutes. We all know that each grand slam is full of surprises, and unexpected
twists. The earliest came today as Serena Williams lost her first ever first
round match at a grand slam tournament. Ten years ago she won this same
tournament. She lost to Virginie Razzano of France 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-3. French woman, Aravane Rezai lost to Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania 5-7, 7-5, 2-6. Of the 19
women’s singles matches that were played, only four went into the third set. Kvitova,
Wozniacki and last year’s runner-up Francesca Schiavone were also through in
straight sets as they faced no trouble whatsoever from their opponents.
Stay tuned for updates
on Day 4 at Roland Garros. Of the exciting matches being played tomorrow,
Michael Llodra will face Tomas Berdych, Shahar Peer will go up against the No.
13 seed Ana Ivanovic, and USA’s Melanie Oudin will tackle Italy’s Sara Errani.
Roger Federer, Venus Williams, Novak Djokovic, Azarenka and Del-Potro will also
be out on the courts tomorrow so stay tuned for live updates from our twitter
feed if you won’t be watching the matches. It’s too early to pick a favorite on
the women’s side but Tennis Speaks will be announcing their picks soon. What
say you? Who are your picks for this year’s French open champions?
