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Yes, the French Open has begun, and a great tournament is expected! Here are the results for Day 1 of the French Open:
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Men’s Singles 1st Round :
Court Philippe Chatrier:
1. David Ferrer, seeded 7th this year, a player whose game totally suits the clay courts overcame 50th ranked, Jarkko Nieminem, whose best performance at Roland Garros has been to reach the 4th round in 2003, easily in straight sets
6-3 6-3 6-1
2. Jo-Wilfriend Tsonga,, seeded 17th, the French hope, has struggled recently due to injuries. However, he was at his best when he defeated unseeded Jan Hajek from the Czech Republic.
6-3 6-2 6-2
Court Suzanne Lenglen :
1. Albert Montanes stunned the Paris crowd, as he defeated Frenchman unseeded Marc Gicquel in front of his own crowd in straight sets.
6-4 6-4 6-2
2. Another Frenchman, Julian Benneteau had to come from one set behind to defeat the unseeded Portuguese Rui Machado as he took some time to settle down in front of the loyal French.
4-6 6-1 6-2 6-0
Women’s Singles 1st Round :
Court Philippe Chatrier
1. Aussie Sam Stosur, the 8th seed, this time around overcame the Czech Iveta Benesova easily.
6-2 6-3
2. Another French was knocked out when German unseeded Julia Goerges defeated localite Mathilde Johansson.
6-1 6-4
Court Suzanne Lenglen :
1. French Alize Cornet went on to the second round when she defeated Czech Renata Voracova .
6-4 6-2.
2. Former World Number 1 and 10th seed, Jelena Jankovic easily defeated sister of Katryna Bondarenko, Alona.
6-3 6-1.
Important results on other courts :
MEN’s
Stanislas Wawrinka(14) def Augustin Gensse 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-2
Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo def Marin Cilic(19) 7-6(5) 6-4 6-4 19th SEED KNOCKED OUT
Kei Nishikori def Yen Hsun Lu 6-1 6-3 6-4
WOMEN’s
Svetlana Kuznetsova(13) def Magdalena Rybarikova 6-2 6-3
Varvara Lepchenko def Flavia Penetta (18) 6-3 2-6 6-3 . 18th SEED KNOCKED OUT
Maria Jose Martina Sanches def Shahar Peer(19) 7-6(4) 6-1 19th SEED KNOCKED OUT
Don’t forget to tune in to Star Sports tomorrow at 2:30 pm IST, where the likes of Djokovic, Federer, Wozniacki all play their 1st round tomorrow.
