The second grand slam of the season, the French Open at Roland Garros Stadium has gotten well under way now, with it being the 2nd day into the tournament so far.
With the day 2 over, we've seen a lot of the big hitters come out to player already. On Sunday there Sam Stosur was the first of the top female seeds to play as she easily went through in 6-2 6-3 against her opponent. David Ferrer also similary went through with fair ease against Finnish Jarko Nieminen in straight sets.
Today though saw quite a few of the big names out on court, Francesca Schiavone breezed through her first round in 6-2 6-0, as did Caroline Wozniacki against Kimm Date Krumm in just an hour wining 6-0, 6-2. Novak Djokovic naturally also came through without much trouble against Thiemo De Bakker in 6-2, 6-1, 6-3 and Federer went through against the tricky Feliciano Lopez in straight sets 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(3). Another good result saw Juan Martin Del Potro win over a tough opponent in the massive Ivo Karlovich whom he defeated in 4 sets, Karlovich being 6ft 10inch even towered over the big Argentine, especially with his mostly unreturnable serve, but in the end Delpo cut him down. And if Del Potro gets through to the 3rd round which he most likely will, he will face Djokovic, which should hopefully make for a very interesting match, can he stop Djokovic's winning streak? Probably not, but it should be a good one! Although one big upset today saw Tomas Berdych go out in the first round against a French qualifier Stephane Robert in an epic 5 set battle, as the frenchman finally prevailed against the Czeck in 3-6, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2, 9-7.
So tomorrow, the Muzza is in action as he gets his campaign started, first up he's playing another French qualifier, Eric Prodon, however will he have the same trouble Berdych had? For Andy's sake I hope not, but he has been playing a whole lot better and I think his slump has been put well behind him. If nothing else nearly defeating Djokovic and pushing him further than any player this year, will give Andy much confidence in the French, so hopefully he will breeze through tomorrow, or battle through, but I think he'll get there. And of course, the king of clay, well until Sunday 7 June anyway at least, Rafa will be out on court tomorrow too, facing the big giant yank John Isner, should be an interesting match. No doubt Rafa will beat him, probably in straight sets, although Isner being a big guy with a big serve makes him quite a difficult opponent, but Nadal should come through fairly unscathed.
Also on the ladies side, Maria Sharapova is out on court as is Kim Clijsters. Kim has made a comeback since losing in Miami back in March, and is recovering from a ankle injury so we'll see how she get's on. Also one of the best pieces of news today for the British players saw the new kid on the block, the 19 year old Heather Watson win her first round match on the clay against the French Stephanie Foretz Gacon in 7-6(6), 6-1, which makes her the first women to reach the second round of the French Open since 1994. No bad eh??
Right that's enough fer now, since there are 14 days worth of tennis, I won't do 14 posts, so might do half that amount instead, just to save blog space.
So that's eeeet!
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