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ROLAND GARROS (Paris, France; red clay; Grand Slam)
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Contents
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1. UK TV-alert
2. Photos
3. First-round draw (bottom half)
4. Second-round draw (top half)
5. Daniela Hantuchová preview
6. Order of play for Wednesday

This report is derived from my full tournament-reports (preview +
Day 3):
http://www.wtaworld.com/showthread.php?t=300336

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1. UK TV-alert
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The French Open will be televised on BBCi from 09:50 BST each day of
the tournament (digital viewers press Red or select the appropriate
Freeview-channel - 301 or 302).

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/6102132.stm
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Sunday 27th May to Sunday 3rd June, 10:00-19:00, BBCi
Monday 4th to Wednesday 6th June, 11:00-19:00, BBCi
Thursday 7th June, 13:00-19:00, BBCi
Friday 8th June, 12:00-19:00, BBCi
Saturday 9th June: Women's final 14:00-16:30, BBC Two
Sunday 10th June: Men's final 13:45-19:00, BBCi
Sunday 10th June: Highlights of men's final 16:00-17:30, BBC Two
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2. Photos
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Nouf's photos - various players including Daniela:
http://www.teamwta.com/content/view/996/91/

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3. First-round draw (bottom half)
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3.1 Third quarter: Hantuchová
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* ANA IVANOVIC [7,DF] v Sofia Arvidsson [LL] (ajde Ana!)
* Sania Mirza v Alberta Brianti (go Sania!)
* Tatiana Poutchek v Youlia Fedossova [WC]
* JULIA VAKULENKO [30] v Ioana Raluca Olaru [Q] (davai Julia!)

* Varvara Lepchenko v ANABEL MEDINA GARRIGUES [24] (davai Varvara!)
* Elena Likhovtseva v Chan,Yung-Jan (davai Elena!)
* Olga Poutchkova v Eleni Daniilidou (davai Olga!)
* DANIELA HANTUCHOVÁ [12,EF] v Jelena Kostanic Tošic (podme Daniela!)

* SHAHAR PE'ER [15] v Kaia Kanepi (kadima Shahar!)
* Edina Gallovits v Vasilisa Bardina
* Vera Dushevina v Camille Pin
* KATARINA SREBOTNIK [17] v Anastasia Rodionova (dajmo Katarina!)

* MARTINA MÜLLER [32] v Rossana de los Ríos [Q]
* Dominika Cibulková [Q] v Sun,Tiantian (podme Dominika!)
* Anastasia Myskina v Meghann Shaughnessy (davai Anastasia!)
* Ekaterina Bychkova v SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA [3] (davai Ekaterina!)


3.2 Bottom quarter: Chakvetadze, Sharapova
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* AMÉLIE MAURESMO [5] v Laura Granville
* Caroline Wozniacki v Nathalie Dechy
* Flavia Pennetta [DF] v Nicole Pratt (forza Flavia!)
* LUCIE ŠAFÁROVÁ [25,DF] v Yulia Beygelzimer (pojdme Lucie!)

* AI SUGIYAMA [21] v Eva Birnerová
* Romina Oprandi v Meilen Tu
* Anne Kremer v Ágnes Szávay [Q]
* ANNA CHAKVETADZE [9,EF] v Alicia Molik (davai Anna!)

* Martina Suchá v PATTY SCHNYDER [14] (podme Martina!)
* Zuzana Ondrášková v Kateryna Bondarenko (pojdme Zuzana!)
* Karin Knapp v Victoria Azarenka
* Iveta Benešová v ALYONA BONDARENKO [22] (both nice; my loyalty is
to Iveta)

* GISELA DULKO [29,DF] v Hsieh,Su-Wei [Q,S] (ˇvamos Gisela!)
* Julia Schruff v Alla Kudryavtseva [Q]
* Lourdes Domínguez Lino v Jill Craybas
* MARIA SHARAPOVA [2,EF] v Emilie Loit (davai Maria!)

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4. Second-round draw (top half)
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* JUSTINE HENIN [1] v Tamira Paszek
* Tamarine Tanasugarn v MARA SANTANGELO [28]
* SYBILLE BAMMER [20] v Olga Savchuk [Q]
* Pauline Parmentier [WC] v LI,NA [16]

* DINARA SAFINA [10] v Tzipora Obziler
* Timea Bacsinszky [Q] v FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE [23] (hopp Timea!)
* Michaëlla Krajícek v Shenay Perry (kom op Michaëlla!)
* Milagros Sequera v SERENA WILLIAMS [8]

* JELENA JANKOVIC [4] v Catalina Castańo
* Ashley Harkleroad v VENUS WILLIAMS [26] (go Ashley!)
* MARION BARTOLI [18,S] v Andrea Petkovic [Q] (allez Marion!)
* Mathilde Johansson [WC] v ELENA DEMENTIEVA [13] (allez Mathilde!)

* Kveta Peschke [Q] v Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro [WC]
* Nuria Llagostera Vives v TATHIANA GARBIN [19]
* Maria Kirilenko [DF] v SAMANTHA STOSUR [27] (davai Maria!)
* NICOLE VAIDIŠOVÁ [6,EF] v Akgul Amanmuradova [Q] (pojdme Nicole!)

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5. Daniela Hantuchová preview
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French Open: Six to watch [Teletext 497] (Friday 25th May)
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DANIELA HANTUCHOVÁ Reached the fourth round last year and has been
one of the season's most consistent performers.
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Well, her red-clay season hasn't exactly been consistent! After
losing to both Lucie Šafárová and Nicole Vaidišová as Czechia
whitewashed Slovakia in the Fed Cup World Group II, Daniela suffered
a disastrous 6-1 6-3 loss to another Czech, Zuzana Ondrášková, in the
first round at Berlin.

But then Daniela reached her first-ever claycourt semi-final on the
WTA Tour at Rome, where she beat Constantinople-finalist Aravane
Rezaď 4-6 6-1 6-2, Anna Chakvetadze 6-2 6-3, and claycourt-specialist
Anabel Medina Garrigues 7-6 7-5. But that match took almost 2˝ hours
on Friday night, and Daniela had to play her semi-final on Saturday
afternoon, losing 6-4 6-2 to her victim in the Indian Wells final:
Svetlana Kuznetsova.

Daniela pulled out of Strasbourg with a left-leg strain, so I hope
that's just a precaution after her gruelling Roman exploits, rather
than something serious that could jeopardise her French Open campaign.


5.1 First round
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Jelena Kostanic Tošic is an awkward player with a vicious command of
spin, who has often beaten members of my Eternal Fanship, but Daniela
has never played her.

She beat Samantha Stosur at the Australian Open, which was a big
surprise to me as Stosur always does well in Australia. Her recent
results haven't been so impressive, as she has lost three of her last
four matches, and has a negative win/loss ratio of 12:14 for 2007 so
far.

If Daniela is healthy, and doesn't have one of her off-days as at
Berlin, she should come through this one fairly comfortably.


5.2 Second round
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Olga Poutchkova may be capable of flashes of brilliance, but she's
had a terrible claycourt-season, losing her last two matches 6-2 6-2
to Julia Schruff at Prague, and 6-1 6-2 to Michaëlla Krajícek at Rome.

So I guess we'll be stuck with the manly Eleni Daniilidou, a
dangerous floater who famously beat Justine Henin at Wimbledon 2005.
Daniela is 2:2 head-to-head against Daniilidou, winning their last
meeting 6-7 6-3 6-3 at Doha this year. But Daniilidou has lost her
last four matches, including a 6-0 6-2 thrashing by Martina Müller at
Berlin, so even cute little Olga might have a chance against her.


5.3 Third round
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Daniela beat claycourt-specialist Anabel Medina Garrigues 7-6 7-5 in
a 2˝-hour match at Rome, and in fact has a 3:0 head-to-head against
her, courtesy of two hard-court wins.

But Medina Garrigues just beat Amélie Mauresmo in the Strasbourg
final, which reduces Daniela's chance of beating her here to about
50%.

Is it too much to ask for the attractive Varvara Lepchenko to come
through instead? ;-)


5.4 Fourth round
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Two members of my demi-fanship - Ana Ivanovic and Sania Mirza - could
meet in the second round, which is a shame because I slightly prefer
Sania, but Ana deserves a good French Open after her recent form
which brought her, at Berlin, a second Tier I title.

Sania's year so far has been much more modest than Ana's, with Tier
IV semi-finals at Hobart and Pattaya City. She suffered a serious
knee-injury at Doha that required an operation, and only came back at
Fes two weeks ago, losing in the first round there and again at
Constantinople.

So it's only realistic to consider a Daniela v Ana fourth round.
They've never met before, but I think it would be a tall order for
Daniela to beat Ana, who seems well on her way to becoming one of the
very top players in women's tennis, and is already up to #7 in the
rankings.

Julia Vakulenko might just spring another surprise, though: she beat
Kim Clijsters at Warsaw (prompting Clijsters to announce her
retirement), and at Berlin she beat Mauresmo and Dinara Safina back
to back to reach the semi-finals! There she retired with a right-
forearm injury, and also pulled out of Rome.

Daniela won her only meeting with Vakulenko 6-0 7-6 at the US Open
2003, but was frustrated by Vakulenko's moonballing which would be
even more effective on clay, and Daniela's eyes filled with tears
after she failed to close out the match at the first opportunity - it
was her next Grand Slam since that infamous emotional meltdown
against Shinobu Asagoe at Wimbledon.


I do think Daniela has a chance to reach her first Grand Slam quarter-
final since the Australian Open 2003 and complete the full set of
Grand Slam quarter-finals, but I've got to stop here or I'll never
get this finished on time!

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6. Order of play for Wednesday (Daniela-filtered)
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Court 16 (start 11:00 CEST = 09:00 GMT = 10:00 BST)
1. WS 1r: Anastasia Myskina v Meghann Shaughnessy
2. WS 1r: DANIELA HANTUCHOVÁ [12,EF] v Jelena Kostanic Tošic
3. WS 2r: DINARA SAFINA [10] v Tzipora Obziler
4. MS 2r: Potito Starace v Carlos Berlocq

Full order of play:
http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/scores/schedule/

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