Roland Garros 2006

[SAFINNO1]

Great pics girls, really appreciate it

Marat's conqueror (not including himself) lost to young serb
Novak Djokovic (Ser) bt (9) Fernando Gonzalez (Chi) 6-4 6-1 3-6 4-6 6-1

Again Gonzo looked under par and produced nothing special, but to be far Novak is something special

[Annie]

Kim's and Martina's matches have been postponed for tomorrow

PHM won, Monfils just won

So seriously great matches tomorrow : Kolya - Moya, Mitya-Nalbandian, Gaudio, Dinara play too.... good day and emma says the weather forecast is great too ;D ;D ;D

[tina]

thank you for great pic ;D ;D ;D

and I m sooooo happy that Novak won today,not becouse I m from Serbia,becouse Gonsalez lost ;D ;D ;D

[kuniochi]

10zz for the picz and everything!!!!

[emma]

[LaFFy TaFFy]

great pics carole, thanks for sharing

[maryb]

Can I just round off my comments on RG? ;D

I said in my earlier post that I don't think that Marat played badly at all. He was up against an experienced clay court player. Yes, he made a lot of unforced errors, but he's been out of the game for a long time and isn't 'match tight' yet. He's done admirably so far as far as I'm concerned - I ain't an expert, but I've watched enough matches over the years (showing my age now) to know that he still has a mountain to climb in some respects. It would be a miracle if he came back and got through to semis etc at this stage. He needs to build up his confidence - and matchplay - and take it as it comes.

I still believe that he could really blossom on grass - he's got the shots for it.

Marat has got a lot of demons (don't we all - we don't need to be a tennis player to face them for gawd's sake) ... and the boy knows it. That's being a human being!

I still believe that he'll improve. I thought he looked more focussed on court - yes, he didn't win, but there's still a long way to go.

He's getting there ... slowly but surely. He's more frustrated than any of us will ever be as he's the one that's out there. Not us. Not Peter. And I think he has the maturity now to deal with it. He WANTS it now. I think he really sees his tennis with a different desire now. He 'looks' different' on court. But it's about striking a a balance. He can't want it too much that it tightens him up so that he can't play - but he should want it enough to keep the ball in court and play the points. Time and again, he allows opponents to win on cheap points as he gets uptight and wants to finish the point too quickly.

Bless his wee cotton socks for coming back after injury. Many wouldn't!

I think he's great and is a delight to watch (although I have no fingernails left and would charge him for a manicure now). I hope that I get a chance to see him play at Wimbledon this year. I've got hard cash on him again ...

[Giselle]

Carole & lena I think I love you ja ja ja!!!! Thanks so much for the pics

[sabz]

Thank you all so much!
and carole, great photos you took!! ;D

[Annie]

Amen maryb!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for that ;D ;D ;D

[Annie]

Very interesting day at RG today ;D ;D ;D Here is the OOP

CHATRIER 11:00 Start

Men's Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Gaston Gaudio (ARG)[10]
vs. Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP)[24]

Women's Singles - 2nd Rnd.
Elena Dementieva (RUS)[6] WAKE UP WOMAN!!!!!!
vs. Viktoriya Kutuzova (UKR)
T/F 1-5

followed by
Women's Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Amelie Mauresmo (FRA)[1]
vs. Jelena Jankovic (SCG)

Men's Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Roger Federer (SUI)[1]
vs. Nicolas Massu (CHI)[32]

Women's Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Maria Sharapova (RUS)[4]
vs. Alicia Molik (AUS) ;D

LENGLEN 11:00 Start

Women's Singles - 2nd Rnd.
C. Martinez Granados (ESP)
vs. Kim Clijsters (BEL)[2]

followed by
Men's Singles - 2nd Rnd.
Kevin Kim (USA)
vs. Rafael Nadal (ESP)[2]

Men's Singles - 3rd Rnd.
arlos Moya (ESP)[30]
vs. Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)[6] ;D Come on Bday Boy!!!

Women's Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Aravane Rezai (FRA)
vs. Nicole Vaidisova (CZE)[16]

Court 1 11:00 Start

Women's Singles - 2nd Rnd.
Zuzana Ondraskova (CZE)
vs. Martina Hingis (SUI)[12]

Men's Singles - 2nd Rnd.
Nicolas Almagro (ESP)
vs. James Blake (USA)[8]
T/F 7-6(5)

followed by
Women's Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Venus Williams (USA)[11]
vs. Karolina Sprem (CRO)

Men's Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)
vs. Tommy Robredo (ESP)[7]

Men's Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Tomas Berdych (CZE)[20]
vs. Nicolas Kiefer (GER)[13]

Court 2 11:00 Start

Women's Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Julia Vakulenko (UKR)
vs. Patty Schnyder (SUI)[7]

followed by
Women's Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Na Li (CHN)
vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)[8] ;D

Men's Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Mario Ancic (CRO)[12]
vs. Albert Montanes (ESP)

Men's Singles - 3rd Rnd.
David Nalbandian (ARG)[3]
vs. Dmitry Tursunov (RUS)[31]

Court 3 11:00 Start

Men's Doubles - 2nd Rnd.
Bob Bryan (USA)[1]/
Mike Bryan (USA)[1]
vs. James Auckland (GBR)/
Andy Murray (GBR) ;D

Men's Singles - 2nd Rnd.
David Ferrer (ESP)[15]
vs. Jeremy Chardy (FRA)
T/F 6-1 6-4

followed by
Women's Doubles - 1st Rnd.
Gabriela Navratilova (CZE)/
Michaela Pastikova (CZE)
vs. Liezel Huber (RSA)[7]/
Martina Navratilova (USA)[7]

Women's Doubles - 2nd Rnd.
Nathalie Dechy (FRA)/
Vera Zvonareva (RUS) ;D
vs. Emmanuelle Gagliardi (SUI)/
Mara Santangelo (ITA)

Mixed Doubles - 1st Rnd.
Tiantian Sun (CHN)/
Simon Aspelin (SWE)
vs. Cara Black (ZIM)[2]/
Kevin Ullyett (ZIM)[2]

Court 6 11:00 Start

Women's Singles - 2nd Rnd.
Jie Zheng (CHN)
vs. Ivana Lisjak (CRO)

Men's Singles - 2nd Rnd.
Fernando Verdasco (ESP)[28]
vs. Juan Monaco (ARG)
T/F 6-4 4-6 2-2

followed by
Women's Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)[24]
vs. Dinara Safina (RUS)[14] ;D

Women's Doubles - 2nd Rnd.
Maria-Emilia Salerni (ARG)/
Maria Vento-Kabchi (VEN)
vs. Zi Yan (CHN)[4]/
Jie Zheng (CHN)[4]


Women's Doubles - 2nd Rnd.
Anastassia Rodionova (RUS)/
Andreea Vanc (ROM)
vs. Dinara Safina (RUS)[16]/ ;D ;D
Roberta Vinci (ITA)[16]

Court 7 11:00 Start

Women's Singles - 2nd Rnd.
A. Medina Garrigues (ESP)[26]
vs. Kaia Kanepi (EST)

followed by
Women's Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Francesca Schiavone (ITA)[9]
vs. Flavia Pennetta (ITA)[17]

Men's Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Martin Vassallo Arguello (ARG)
vs. Raemon Sluiter (NED)

Men's Doubles - 2nd Rnd.
Michael Llodra (FRA)[14]/
Olivier Rochus (BEL)[14]
vs. Nicolas Almagro (ESP)/
Albert Portas (ESP)

Court 8 11:00 Start

Women's Doubles - 2nd Rnd.
Ting Sr Li (CHN)[14]/
Tiantian Sun (CHN)[14]
vs. Iveta Benesova (CZE)/
Barbora Strycova (CZE)


followed by
Men's Doubles - 2nd Rnd.
Simon Aspelin (SWE)[8]/
Todd Perry (AUS)[8]
vs. Alberto Martin (ESP)/
Potito Starace (ITA)

Women's Doubles - 2nd Rnd.
Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP)/
Maria Sanchez Lorenzo (ESP)
vs. Gisela Dulko (ARG)[11]/
Maria Kirilenko (RUS)[11] ;D one hot doubles team!!!



Women's Doubles - 2nd Rnd.
Elena Dementieva (RUS)[9]/ ;D
Flavia Pennetta (ITA)[9]
vs. Maret Ani (EST)/
Meilen Tu (USA)



Men's Doubles - 1st Rnd.
Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)[13]/
Pavel Vizner (CZE)[13]
vs. Christopher Kas (GER)/
Philipp Petzschner (GER)

Court 10 11:00 Start

Men's Doubles - 2nd Rnd.
Paul Hanley (AUS)[4]/
Kevin Ullyett (ZIM)[4]
vs. Travis Parrott (USA)/
Vincent Spadea (USA)

followed by
Men's Doubles - 2nd Rnd.
Jose Acasuso (ARG)[12]/ ;D
Sebastian Prieto (ARG)[12]
vs. Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/
Xavier Malisse (BEL)

Women's Doubles - 2nd Rnd.
Sybille Bammer (AUT)/
Julia Schruff (GER)
vs. Eleni Daniilidou (GRE)[15]/
A. Medina Garrigues (ESP)[15]

Men's Doubles - 2nd Rnd.
T.B.D /

vs. Mark Knowles (BAH)[3]/
Daniel Nestor (CAN)[3]

Mixed Doubles - 1st Rnd.
Rennae Stubbs (AUS)[5]/
Todd Perry (AUS)[5]
vs. Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP)/
Sebastian Prieto (ARG)

Mixed Doubles - 1st Rnd.
Virginie Razzano (FRA)/
Antony Dupuis (FRA)
vs. Emilie Loit (FRA)/
Julien Jeanpierre (FRA)

Court 14 11:00 Start

Men's Doubles - 1st Rnd.
Johan Landsberg (SWE)/
Robin Soderling (SWE)
vs. Jan Hernych (CZE)/
David Skoch (CZE)

Men's Doubles - 1st Rnd.
Dominik Hrbaty (SVK)/
Michal Mertinak (SVK)
vs. Greg Rusedski (GBR)/ ;D
Tomas Zib (CZE)
T/F 6-1 2-6 6-6

followed by
Men's Doubles - 2nd Rnd.
Frantisek Cermak (CZE)[10]/
Leos Friedl (CZE)[10]
vs. Julien Benneteau (FRA)/
Nicolas Mahut (FRA)

Men's Doubles - 2nd Rnd.
Ivan Ljubicic (CRO)/
Uros Vico (ITA)
vs. Thomas Johansson (SWE)[16]/
Wesley Moodie (RSA)[16]

Court 16 11:00 Start

Men's Doubles - 2nd Rnd.
Jerome Haehnel (FRA)/
Alexandre Sidorenko (FRA)
vs. Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL)[9]/
Marcin Matkowski (POL)[9]

followed by
Women's Doubles - 2nd Rnd.
Elena Likhovtseva (RUS)[13]/ ;D ;D
Anastasia Myskina (RUS)[13]
vs. Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL)/
Meng Yuan (CHN)


Women's Doubles - 2nd Rnd.
Liga Dekmeijere (LAT)/
Patty Schnyder (SUI)
vs. Marion Bartoli (FRA)/
Shahar Peer (ISR)

Men's Doubles - 2nd Rnd.
Jean-Francois Bachelot (FRA)/
Stephane Robert (FRA)
vs. Andrei Pavel (ROM)[15]/
Alexander Waske (GER)[15]

Mixed Doubles - 1st Rnd.
Shahar Peer (ISR)/
Jonathan Erlich (ISR)
vs. Liezel Huber (RSA)/
Leos Friedl (CZE)

Court 17 11:00 Start

Men's Doubles - 1st Rnd.
Nicolas Devilder (FRA)/
Olivier Patience (FRA)
vs. Kristof Vliegen (BEL)/
Rogier Wassen (NED)

Women's Singles - 2nd Rnd.
Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER)[13]
vs. Jamea Jackson (USA)
T/F 6-7(8) 6-2

followed by
Women's Doubles - 2nd Rnd.
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)[5]/
Ai Sugiyama (JPN)[5]
vs. Sofia Arvidsson (SWE)/
Martina Muller (GER)

Women's Doubles - 2nd Rnd.
Lisa Raymond (USA)[1]/
Samantha Stosur (AUS)[1]
vs. Emma Laine (FIN)/
Vladimira Uhlirova (CZE)

Mixed Doubles - 1st Rnd.
Martina Hingis (SUI)/
Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)
vs. Sofia Arvidsson (SWE)/
Stephen Huss (AUS)

[bia2209]

maryb said:

Can I just round off my comments on RG? ;D

I said in my earlier post that I don't think that Marat played badly at all. He was up against an experienced clay court player. Yes, he made a lot of unforced errors, but he's been out of the game for a long time and isn't 'match tight' yet. He's done admirably so far as far as I'm concerned - I ain't an expert, but I've watched enough matches over the years (showing my age now) to know that he still has a mountain to climb in some respects. It would be a miracle if he came back and got through to semis etc at this stage. He needs to build up his confidence - and matchplay - and take it as it comes.

I still believe that he could really blossom on grass - he's got the shots for it.

Marat has got a lot of demons (don't we all - we don't need to be a tennis player to face them for gawd's sake) ... and the boy knows it. That's being a human being!

I still believe that he'll improve. I thought he looked more focussed on court - yes, he didn't win, but there's still a long way to go.

He's getting there ... slowly but surely. He's more frustrated than any of us will ever be as he's the one that's out there. Not us. Not Peter. And I think he has the maturity now to deal with it. He WANTS it now. I think he really sees his tennis with a different desire now. He 'looks' different' on court. But it's about striking a a balance. He can't want it too much that it tightens him up so that he can't play - but he should want it enough to keep the ball in court and play the points. Time and again, he allows opponents to win on cheap points as he gets uptight and wants to finish the point too quickly.

Bless his wee cotton socks for coming back after injury. Many wouldn't!

I think he's great and is a delight to watch (although I have no fingernails left and would charge him for a manicure now). I hope that I get a chance to see him play at Wimbledon this year. I've got hard cash on him again ...

;D ;D Annie took the words right out of my mouth but i'll say it again anyways: AMEN MARY B!!

[Annie]

Huge thanks to Steph (Damita from MTF ) for taking time to translate an article from L'Equipe

You can find it on this link www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?t=658&page=421&pp=15

[Annie]

Some funny RG moments. Apparently L'Equipe have Questions and Answers sessions every day with tennis players during RG week. Last two days they had them with Monfils and PHM ;D ;D ;D They were both asked the same question : Sharapova or Ivanovic? And they both (!!!!) answered - Kirilenko ;D ;D ;D ;D

Igor, you should be more cautious, boy LOL

[lena]

admin said:

Some funny RG moments. Apparently L'Equipe have Questions and Answers sessions every day with tennis players during RG week. Last two days they had them with Monfils and PHM ;D ;D ;D They were both asked the same question : Sharapova or Ivanovic? And they both (!!!!) answered - Kirilenko ;D ;D ;D ;D

Oh boys, they are so right ;D ;D