The French Open 2007 - Day 4

Greetings Readers

I was in a "foul" mood yesterday and I was not in the mood to communicate with the world. No, I am not going to tell you why readers. Let us just say that it began when I got up in the morning.

So, I went home to check the tape that I used for yesterday's match. I sort of went through the tape. I did not feel like watching so I wanted to see what matches I did get. Sharapova - nope did not want to see. Williams - Not even either. Monfils - yes, but not at that moment.

Then, I saw on the official website there is a picture of Mary Pierce. The picture is from the official website of the Roland Garros (Mary on the far left). I simply forgot about her and I have not even thought about her for about year or so. So, that is her gracing my blog today. She was a good player, but not great. I guess the thing that I remember the most is that she was a winner of an event then she showed up at the French Open, I think, and she got the shit beat of her by Henin-Hardenne (married at that time) I think in the finals. She cried after that lost and I think she lost all confidence after that tremendous beating. Again, I could be wrong since I am trying to remember my history on Mary Pierce.

Thinking about that - my time with the Women players is almost at an end, so to speak. The players I have watched in the past are all leaving (retiring). I tend to dislike all "new" players and have a tendency to compare the women of today to the women of yesterday. I know that is not fair. But sheeze the face of Women's Tennis has changed. I am changing though since I have to have new players to follow. As in real life I have to learn to accept change.

Sorry that I have no comments on the matches from yesterday, but since I did not watch I have nothing to write about. Below are the results in case you readers are following...

Thursday, May 31

French Open - Men's

Second Round

Rafael Nadal (2) def. Flavio Cipolla, 6-2, 6-1, 6-4
Novak Djokovic (6) def. Laurent Recouderc, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
Ivan Ljubicic (7) def. Stanislas Wawrinka, 6-4, 6-3, 6-7 (3-7), 6-3
David Ferrer (12) def. Diego Hartfield, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4)
Lleyton Hewitt (14) def. Gaston Gaudio, 4-6, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2

Marcos Baghdatis (16) def. Kristian Pless, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4
Jarkko Nieminen (20) def. Mathieu Montcourt, 6-1, 6-1, 6-4
Fernando Verdasco def. Dmitry Tursunov (21), 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
Carlos Moya (23) def. Florent Serra, 6-4, 6-2, 6-4
Oscar Hernandez def. Philipp Kohlschreiber (28), 7-6 (10-8), 6-1, 6-1

Olivier Patience def. Mariano Zabaleta, 7-5, 6-3, 3-6, 2-6, 6-4
Juan Pablo Brzezicki def. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, 7-6 (7-4), 6-2, 6-0
Paul-Henri Mathieu vs. Gilles Simon
Jan Hajek def. Bohdan Ulihrach, 1-6, 6-2, 7-6 (8-6), 3-6, 6-2
Jonas Bjorkman def. Ivo Karlovic, 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-2), 6-3

Nicolas Massu vs. Igor Andreev, 3-6, 4-0
Albert Montanes def. Ernest Gulbis, 6-1, 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (7-3)

French Open - Women's

Second Round

Maria Sharapova (2) def. Jill Craybas, 6-2, 6-1
Svetlana Kuznetsova (3) def. Meghann Shaughnessy, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3
Amelie Mauresmo (5) def. Nathalie Dechy, 6-3, 6-7 (3-7), 6-1
Ana Ivanovic (7) def. Sania Mirza, 6-1, 6-4
Serena Williams (8) def. Milagros Sequera, 6-0, 7-6 (7-3)

Anna Chakvetadze (9) def. Agnes Szavay, 6-4, 6-7 (1-7), 6-4
Daniela Hantuchova (12) vs. Olga Poutchkova
Patty Schnyder (14) def. Kateryna Bondarenko, 6-3, 6-2
Shahar Peer (15) def. Edina Gallovits, 6-4, 6-1
Katarina Srebotnik (17) def. Vera Dushevina, 6-4, 6-2

Ai Sugiyama (21) def. Meilen Tu, 6-3, 1-6, 6-1
Karin Knapp def. Alona Bondarenko (22), 6-4, 2-6, 6-3
Anabel Medina Garrigues (24) def. Elena Likhovtseva, 7-5, 6-4
Lucie Safarova (25) def. Nicole Pratt, 6-0, 6-1
Alla Kudryavtseva def. Gisela Dulko (29), 7-5, 1-6, 8-6

Martina Muller (32) vs. Dominika Cibulkova, 3-6, 1-2
Ioana Ralucca Olaru def. Tatiana Poutchek, 6-3, 6-0

Readers time for me to go...

Until the next time

Dayl Charley
The Fallen Athlete