Women's singles:
+ María Antonia Sánchez Lorenzo d. Sanda Mamic, 6-4 7-5
+ Arantxa Parra Santonja d. Julia Vakulenko, 7-5 6-2
- Marion Bartoli lt. AI SUGIYAMA [12], 4-6 3-6
- Akiko Morigami lt. Magüi Serna, 3-6 6-3 6-8
Second-round draw:
* Arantxa Parra Santonja v LISA RAYMOND [28]
* María Antonia Sánchez Lorenzo v LINDSAY DAVENPORT [5]
Men's singles:
+ Fabrice Santoro d. ARNAUD CLÉMENT [32], 6-4 6-3 6-7 (5/7) 3-6 16-14
+ Raemon Sluiter d. Ricardo Mello [Q], 7-5 6-1 3-6 6-1
- Jan-Michael Gambill lt. Alex Corretja, 1-6 6-4 3-6 2-6
Santoro won the longest match in the Open Era, and in Grand Slam
history, at six hours and 33 minutes! Here is an excerpt from the
report at www.rolandgarros.com, about Fabrice serving for the match
at 15-14:
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Would Clément finally give up? Far from it. Three clean winners took
him to 0-40. Only then did he crack, hitting three unforced errors
to let Santoro back into the game at deuce. Santoro then went for it
on his serve, smashing down an ace to earn his first match point. A
magnificent backhand pass down the line was then a fitting, glorious
way to clinch victory. `La Clé' had lost for the third time in four
appearances at Roland Garros after holding a match point. The No32
seed left the court to a standing ovation, while Santoro burst into
tears, overcome by joy and nervous exhaustion. The unfancied
outsider had just won the match of his life.
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Second-round draw:
* Raemon Sluiter v DOMINIK HRBATÝ [31]
* Fabrice Santoro v Irakli Labadze
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