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Post by janie on May 22, 2009 6:45:14 GMT -5
No I'm not posting them but I hope someone will. Haven't looked at the women's yet but on the men's side there are many, many enticing early matches!  Wish it started today. |
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Post by janie on May 22, 2009 7:53:57 GMT -5
Woohooooooooooooooooo, Bepa's in the draw!  |
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Post by The Chloe on May 22, 2009 10:28:11 GMT -5
Djokovic in Federer's half of the draw. Good.
Verdasco in Nadal's quarter.
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Post by DBBN on May 22, 2009 10:54:02 GMT -5
Nadal has a fairly tough opening round draw, as these things go: Hewitt 3R, Ferrer 4R, Verdasco QF. Could have been much easier.
But, yes, he dodged the Novak bullet.
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Post by The Chloe on May 22, 2009 11:24:13 GMT -5
I doubt that Hewitt will be a problem. Ferrer won't beat him, but if he's having a good day he could keep Nadal on court for a while. Verdasco was just a bad draw for everybody. Boo.
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Post by lexpretend on May 22, 2009 12:18:52 GMT -5
Yeah, the close AO match...but lest we forget, Nadal has beaten Verdasco twice since then, both matches on clay, without dropping a set. And has a 9-0 H2H lead! If that's the worst draw he could get...
The Williamses have tough, tough draws. Venus gets Lisicki or Safarova in 2R, then Szavay or Vesnina in 3R. If she gets past them, Mauresmo/Cibulkova in 4R will probably be easier. Silliams, meanwhile, opens against Zakopalova! And we all know what ensued last time that happened! If she makes the QF, Sweta will have a chance to atone for her hideous AO performance.
As predicted by Joana, it seems like the stage is set for a Safina/Sweta final.
Not sure how much analysis of the women's draw to do - surely Bepa will withdraw? And then seeds will be shuffled, I guess...
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Post by leelee on May 22, 2009 12:52:50 GMT -5
The men's draw is about as good as possible. Can't wait to watch them.
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Post by freudo on May 22, 2009 15:21:05 GMT -5
I like the draw. I'm looking for Tsonga to step up. Sure I'll probably be disappointed but hey, I'm trying everything to get RF to the final again, and the very unlikely win there  |
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Post by freudo on May 22, 2009 15:25:25 GMT -5
Men's singles draw including qualifiers www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/scores/draws/ms/msdraw.pdfor Main Draw(without quallifiers in place) [1] Nadal vs Q Kunitsyn vs Gabashvili Gremelmayr vs Golubev Hewitt vs [26] Karlovic [23] Soderling vs Kim Istomin vs Q Q vs Kiefer Gil vs [14] Ferrer [10] Davydenko vs Koubek Junqueira vs Capdeville Massu vs Koellerer Devilder vs [17] Wawrinka [31] Almagro vs Calleri Gulbis vs Querrey Q vs Petzschner Serra vs [8] Verdasco [3] Murray vs Chela Zverev vs Starace Tipsarevic vs Montanes Q vs [28] Lopez [18] Stepanek vs Gaudio Lu vs Q Sela vs Q Hernych vs [13] Cilic [12] Gonzalez vs Q Q vs Vliegen Granollers vs Ouanna Sidorenko vs [20] Safin [30] Hanescu vs Darcis Youzhny vs Muller Q vs Kendrick Odesnik vs [7] Simon ---------------------------------- [5] Del Potro vs Llodra Troicki vs Q Bellucci vs Vassallo Arguello Q vs [25] Andreev [21] Tursunov vs Clement Santoro vs C Rochus Baghdatis vs Monaco Benneteau vs [9] Tsonga [19] Robredo vs Mannarino Korolev vs Gimeno-Traver Garcia-Lopez vs Seppi M Gonzalez vs [22] Fish [29] Kohlschreiber vs Tomic Ferrero vs Ljubicic Dabul vs Q Lapentti vs [4] Djokovic [6] Roddick vs Joian Hernandez vs Minar Navarro vs Beck Gicquel vs [27] Schuettler [24] Melzer vs Roitman Rufin vs Schwank Q vs Q Reynolds vs [11] Monfils [15] Blake vs Q Pavel vs Haas Phau vs Chardy Bolelli vs [19] Berdych [32] Mathieu vs Recouderc Ginepri vs Andujar Acasuso vs Q Martin vs [2] Federer |
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Post by freudo on May 22, 2009 15:28:28 GMT -5
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