Roland Garros 2006

[emma]

Weather report for this afternoon in Paris

Alternation of sun and rain with only 13° at 14h
The weather should be the same all afternoon and evening.

Just have to hope that Marat has some sun to warm him up a bit.

Last year at the beginning of Roland Garros we had a lot of sun and 30°

[Annie]

The Guru is back ;D ;D ;D ;D

Thanks Lenochka

[lena]

thanks Annushka and I am proud to find out how to save videos from Roland Garros site ;D

[Annie]

lena said:

thanks Annushka and I am proud to find out how to save videos from Roland Garros site ;D

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[lena]

btw thanks for all the pics and informations ;D

[Annie]

Bia you had asked about Marat playing doubles at RG before. Looks like he only entered Men's Singles ;D ;D ;D

[safinbgfan]

DAVAI MARAT!!!!!! Good luck!

[emma]

Lena THANKS!!!!!!! You rock girl!!!!!!

[Annie]

Jarkko Nieminen had to retire from his match against Sluiter due to an injury so he's out

Other results so far:

Women's Singles - 1st Round

Lisa Raymond USA 2 2
Martina Hingis SUI (12) 6 6

Sania Mirza IND 4 1
Anastasia Myskina RUS (10) 6 6 ;D ;D ;D

Julia Schruff GER 4 2
Zuzana Ondraskova CZE 6 6

Daniela Hantuchova SVK (15) 6 6
Lourdes Dominguez Lino ESP 1 4

Kaia Kanepi EST 6 6
Kveta Peschke CZE 2 3

Ivana Lisjak CRO 6 6
Galina Voskoboeva RUS 2 3

Zi Yan CHN 2 3
Jamea Jackson USA 6 6

Matches in Progress right now:

Monfils - Murray 5:3
Golovin lost first set
Baghdatis is 2 sets up
Hrbaty just won the first set
Verdasco is 2 sets up against Chela
Dinara and Vinci took the first set 6:1 and are up 2:0 in the second ;D ;D

[SAFINNO1]

Murray lost a set he was leading 3-0 and had points to win the following 3 games he lost
ON serve in the 2nd set 2-1
Dinara/Vinci won 6-1 6-1

As for the weather the commentators seem to be saying there is a chance of rain, later on today and it does'nt look too bright.
But nonetheless, overcast conditions are gonna make the court slower and luckily Marat is playing Gonzo so UE are likely to happen as they both like pace on the ball.

DAVAI MARAT

[SAFINNO1]

The popcorn match of the first round will take place between 9th seed Fernando Gonzalez and 2005 Australian Open champion Marat Safin on Philippe Chatrier Court.

Despite the Santiago native boasting a higher ranking, Safin has good news to boost his confidence.

First of all, the Russian reached the semi-final in 2002 and advanced to the fourth round in all but one of his previous seven French Open appearances.

Secondly, Safin leads Gonzalez 2-0 in their head-to-head meetings, although both of those encounters were on hard courts.

However, the 26-year-old is down to world number 51 after a knee injury that kept him out of the game for seven months.

More bad news for Safin, only Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have managed to beat Gonzalez on clay this season.

"I have nothing to lose, " said a relaxed Safin.

"He's the seeded one, so it's extra pressure for him and I hope I can use this to my advantage."

"He probably doesn't want to play me, " added the Russian. "So it will be an intersting match and I hope I have a chance."

[Annie]

LMAO ;D ;D ;D ;D Marat cracks me up!!!! That's the spirit my boy!!!! At the rate Murray and Monfils are going I might actually make it home to watch Marat ;D

Some other completed matches by now:

Men's Singles - 1st Round

Tommy Haas GER (23) 6 6 6
Rainer Schuettler GER 4 3 3

Jean-Christophe Faurel FRA 1 4 2
Olivier Rochus BEL (27) 6 6 6

Marcos Baghdatis CYP (19) 6 6 6 6
Albert Portas ESP 4 4 7 1

Janko Tipsarevic SCG 2 4 77 3
Julien Benneteau FRA 6 6 65 6

Fernando Verdasco ESP (28) 6 6 6 6
Juan Ignacio Chela ARG 1 3 7 4

Albert Montanes ESP 6 6 6 6
Robby Ginepri USA (17) 3 7 1 4

Daniele Bracciali ITA 6 6 3 3
Davide Sanguinetti ITA 3 7 6 6

[SAFINNO1]

Hopefully not too long now Murray leads 4-6 7-6 6-1 1-2

If this goes to a 5th set i can see Marat and Gonzo not finsihing their match tonight. LOL

[Annie]

Monfils just broke in 4th set so it looks like they might be at it for a while LMAO

[arwen21]

thanks a lot lena!!!