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ROLAND GARROS (Paris, France; red clay; Major)
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1. Photos
2. Women's Singles: Qualifying-results
3. Women's Singles: First-round results
4. First-round scoreboard mini-report: Diatchenko v Johansson
5. Men's Singles: Qualifying-results
6. Men's Singles: First-round results

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1. Photos
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Vitalia Diatchenko is even more beautiful than I had previously realised - her
eyes are amazing - and she's a Selesian! :hearts:

Marion Bartoli:
http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/players/overview/wta020631.html
http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news/?c=news_photos&p=bartoli

Vitalia Diatchenko:
http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news/?c=news_photos&p=diatchenko
http://www.tennis.com/features/galleries/FrenchFirstRound/

Lucie Hradecká:
http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/players/overview/wta310849.html

Irena Pavlovic:
http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/players/overview/wta312738.html

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2. Women's Singles: Qualifying-results
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2.1 First round
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+ Vitalia Diatchenko [S] d. Estrella Cabeza Candela, 4-6 7-6 (7/4) 6-1

- Aiko Nakamura [S] lt. Chanelle Scheepers, 4-6 7-5 1-6
- Kristína Kucová [S] lt. MICHELLE LARCHER DE BRITO [20], 3-6 6-1 3-6
- HSIEH,SU-WEI [24,S] lt. Youlia Fedossova, 0-6 6-7 (5/7)


2.2 Second round
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+ Vitalia Diatchenko [S] d. Simona Halep [WC], 2-6 6-1 6-3


2.3 Third round
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+ Vitalia Diatchenko [S] d. Irina Begu, 2-6 6-4 6-3

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3. Women's Singles: First-round results
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+ MARION BARTOLI [13,DF,S] d. Pauline Parmentier, 3-6 6-1 6-3
+ Vitalia Diatchenko [Q,S] d. Mathilde Johansson, 2-6 6-2 10-8
+ Lucie Hradecká [S] d. Yvonne Meusburger [Q], 6-1 6-2

- PENG,SHUAI [31,S] lt. María José Martínez Sánchez, 6-1 2-6 4-6
- Monica Niculescu [S] lt. ALEKSANDRA WOZNIAK [24], 4-6 6-4 3-6
- Ayumi Morita [S] lt. Tathiana Garbin, 5-7 5-7
- Irena Pavlovic [WC,S] lt. Akgul Amanmuradova, 3-6 4-6

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4. First-round scoreboard mini-report: Diatchenko v Johansson
(Sunday 24th May 2009)
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+ Vitalia Diatchenko [Q,S] d. Mathilde Johansson, 2-6 6-2 10-8

Johansson served for the match at *7-6 in the third, and missed several
match-points before Diatchenko broke back. But at that time, I was looking at
Diatchenko's photos on Yahoo!, and changed my mind about who I wanted to win!

Diatchenko led 8-7* and 9-8*, when she broke to love to seal victory, having
saved EIGHT match-points! (four with double faults). Johansson was a tearful
wreck after the match.

Johansson: "For each match-point, I was very confident. I thought I would win
it, and I missed the first one, and I was pretty nervous on the second, and it
was more difficult for me to play. At the moment, I just feel like running away.
But we all make mistakes, and this is an experience I'll be able to use for my
future Grand Slam [sic] tournaments."

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5. Men's Singles: Qualifying-results
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ILIA BOZOLJAC [21,S]:
1q + Jonathan Dasničres de Veigy [WC], 6-4 6-2
2q + Joseph Sirianni, 7-6 (7/1) 6-4
3q + Paolo Lorenzi, 4-6 7-5 6-3

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6. Men's Singles: First-round results
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- Ilia Bozoljac [Q,S] lt. Nicolas Kiefer, 6-7 (4/7) 6-3 5-7 4-6
- Fabrice Santoro [S] lt. Christophe Rochus, 3-6 1-6 6-3 4-6

Fabrice was playing in his 67th Major (a new record) and 20th French Open (tying
François Jauffret's record). Sadly, it was his last French Open, as he plans to
retire at the end of the year.

--
Dr. Andrew Broad
http://tinyurl.com/andrewbroad-selesians