Roland Garros Draws

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Rafael Nadal ESP (1) v Marcos Daniel BRA
Igor Kunitsyn RUS v Teimuraz Gabashvili RUS
Denis Gremelmayr GER v Andrey Golubev KAZ
Lleyton Hewitt AUS v Ivo Karlovic CRO (26)

Robin Soderling SWE (23) v Kevin Kim USA
Denis Istomin UZB v Santiago Giraldo COL
Ilia Bozoljac SRB v Nicolas Kiefer GER
Frederico Gil POR v David Ferrer ESP (14)

Nikolay Davydenko RUS (10) v Stefan Koubek AUT
Diego Junqueira ARG v Paul Capdeville CHI
Nicolas Massu CHI v Daniel Koellerer AUT
Nicolas Devilder FRA v Stanislas Wawrinka SUI (17)

Nicolas Almagro ESP (31) v Agustin Calleri ARG
Ernests Gulbis LAT v Sam Querrey USA
Peter Polansky CAN v Philipp Petzschner GER
Florent Serra FRA v Fernando Verdasco ESP (8)

Nothing jumps out at me in this quarter. I suppose the Gulbis/Querrey first rounder could be dramatic. Rafa takes this quarter handily.


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Andy Murray GBR (3) v Juan Ignacio Chela ARG
Mischa Zverev GER v Potito Starace ITA
Janko Tipsarevic SRB v Albert Montanes ESP
Franco Ferreiro BRA v Feliciano Lopez ESP (28)

Radek Stepanek CZE (18) v Gaston Gaudio ARG
Yen-Hsun Lu TPE v Mathieu Montcourt FRA
Dudi Sela ISR v Jean-Rene Lisnard MON
Jan Hernych CZE v Marin Cilic CRO (13)

Fernando Gonzalez CHI (12) v Jiri Vanek CZE
Rui Machado POR v Kristof Vliegen BEL
Marcel Granollers ESP v Josselin Ouanna FRA
Alexandre Sidorenko FRA v Marat Safin RUS (20)

Victor Hanescu ROU (30) v Steve Darcis BEL
Mikhail Youzhny RUS v Gilles Muller LUX
Daniel Brands GER v Robert Kendrick USA
Wayne Odesnik USA v Gilles Simon FRA (7)

Murray could lose before the third round if he's not on point from jump. Former champ Gaudio is going to make another go of it, but I'd be surprised if he wins his opening match. Gonzo could take this quarter.


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Juan Martin Del Potro ARG (5) v Michael Llodra FRA
Viktor Troicki SRB v Lukasz Kubot POL
Thomaz Bellucci BRA v Martin Vassallo Arguello ARG
(Q) v Igor Andreev RUS (25)

Dmitry Tursunov RUS (21) v Arnaud Clement FRA
Fabrice Santoro FRA v Christophe Rochus BEL
Marcos Baghdatis CYP v Juan Monaco ARG
Julien Benneteau FRA v Jo-Wilfried Tsonga FRA (9)

Tommy Robredo ESP (16) v Adrian Mannarino FRA
Evgeny Korolev RUS v Daniel Gimeno-Traver ESP
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez ESP v Andreas Seppi ITA
Maximo Gonzalez ARG v Mardy Fish USA (22)

Philipp Kohlschreiber GER (29) v Bernard Tomic AUS
Juan Carlos Ferrero ESP v Ivan Ljubicic CRO
Brian Dabul ARG v Sergiy Stakhovsky UKR
Nicolas Lapentti ECU v Novak Djokovic SRB (4)

Monaco could make the quarterfinals. The No. 4 seed doesn't have an easy first match, but Djoke will take this quarter.

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Andy Roddick USA (6) v Romain Jouan FRA (WC)
Oscar Hernandez ESP v Ivo Minar CZE
Ivan Navarro ESP v Andreas Beck GER
Marc Gicquel FRA v Rainer Schuettler GER (27)

Jurgen Melzer AUT (24) v Sergio Roitman ARG
Guillaume Rufin FRA v Eduardo Schwank ARG
Victor Crivoi ROU v Simon Greul GER
Bobby Reynolds USA v Gael Monfils FRA (11)

James Blake USA (15) v (Q)
Andrei Pavel ROU v Tommy Haas GER
Bjorn Phau GER v Jeremy Chardy FRA
Simone Bolelli ITA v Tomas Berdych CZE (19)

Paul-Henri Mathieu FRA (32) v Laurent Recouderc FRA
Robby Ginepri USA v Pablo Andujar ESP
Jose Acasuso ARG v (Q)
Alberto Martin ESP v Roger Federer SUI (2)

Andy in Raja's quarter again. In his opening match, Andy gets the wild card the USTA gave up. Ironic. Many of the usual suspects the No. 2 seed enjoys beating so Raja takes this quarter.


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Dinara Safina RUS (1) v Anne Keothavong GBR
(Q) v Mathilde Johansson FRA
Nuria Llagostera Vives ESP v Julie Coin FRA
Ioana Raluca Olaru ROU v Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS (27)

Alisa Kleybanova RUS (23) v (Q)
Ai Sugiyama JPN v Aravane Rezai FRA
(Q) v Melanie South GBR
Stephanie Cohen-Aloro FRA v Jie Zheng CHN (15)

Victoria Azarenka BLR (9) v Roberta Vinci ITA
Maria-Emilia Salerni ARG v Kristina Barrois GER
(Q) v Lucie Hradecka CZE
Edina Gallovits ROU v Carla Suarez Navarro ESP (22)

Iveta Benesova CZE (32) v Julia Goerges GER
Varvara Lepchenko USA v Alla Kudryavtseva RUS
Tamarine Tanasugarn THA v Camille Pin FRA
Sara Errani ITA v Ana Ivanovic SRB (8)

Safina takes this quarter without breaking a sweat.


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Venus Williams USA (3) v Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA
Lucie Safarova CZE v Sabine Lisicki GER
Elena Vesnina RUS v Severine Bremond Beltrame FRA
Unknown v Agnes Szavay HUN (29)

Dominika Cibulkova SVK (20) v Alona Bondarenko UKR
Stephanie Foretz FRA v Kirsten Flipkens BEL
Tamira Paszek AUT v Gisela Dulko ARG
Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER v Amelie Mauresmo FRA (16)

Nadia Petrova RUS (11) v Lauren Embree USA
Anastasiya Yakimova BLR v Maria Sharapova RUS
Olivia Sanchez FRA v (Q)
(Q) v Kaia Kanepi EST (19)

Na Li CHN (25) v Marta Domachowska POL
Emilie Loit FRA v Timea Bacsinszky SUI
Irena Pavlovic FRA v Akgul Amanmuradova UZB
Olga Govortsova BLR v Vera Zvonareva RUS (6)

This quarter is a complete toss up. Would love to see Mauresmo get through, but you can't ever count on her at Roland Garros to do anything but choke. Eeny, meeny, miny, moe. An unseeded player will win this quarter.

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Jelena Jankovic SRB (5) v Petra Cetekovska CZE
Magdalena Rybarikova SVK v Kristina Mladenovic FRA (WC)
Jarmila Groth AUS (WC) v Kinnie Laisne FRA (WC)
(Q) v Anna Chakvetadze RUS (26)

Alize Cornet FRA (21) v Maret Ani EST
(Q) v Sorana Cirstea ROU
Tsvetana Pironkova BUL v CRAYBAS, Jill USA
Vera Dushevina RUS v Caroline Wozniacki DEN (10)

Marion Bartoli FRA (13) v Pauline Parmentier FRA
Tathiana Garbin ITA v Ayumi Morita JPN
Virginie Razzano FRA v Daniela Hantuchova SVK
Ekaterina Makarova RUS v Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP (18)

Samantha Stosur AUS (30) v Francesca Schiavone ITA
Yanina Wickmayer BEL v Urszula Radwanska POL
Jelena Dokic AUS v Karolina Sprem CRO
(Q) v Elena Dementieva RUS (4)

Tricky quarter for all the seeds. Demetieva will be the last one standing.


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Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS (7) v Claire Feuerstein FRA (WC)
Galina Voskoboeva KAZ v Sania Mirza IND
Melinda Czink HUN v (Q)
Nathalie Dechy FRA v Sybille Bammer AUT (28)

Patty Schnyder SUI (17) v Kateryna Bondarenko UKR
Olivia Rogowska AUS (WC) v Maria Kirilenko RUS
Patricia Mayr AUT v Mariya Koryttseva UKR
Rossana de Los Rios PAR v Agnieszka Radwanska POL(12)

Flavia Pennetta ITA (14) v Alexa Glatch USA
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE v Lourdes Dominguez LinoESP
Mara Santangelo ITA v Q
Monica Niculescu ROU v Aleksandra Wozniak CAN (24)

Peng Shuai CHN (31) v Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ESP
Viktoriya Kutuzova UKR v (Q)
Virginia Ruano Pascual ESP v Nicole Vaidisova CZE
Klara Zakopalova CZE v Serena Williams USA (2)

Serena has never lost the opening round of a Slam in her entire illustrious career. If she's not ready to run, run, run, that staggering streak could come to an end. This is a tough quarter. If Sveta's head is screwed on, she can take this quarter. But Schnyder always plays well in Paris. Dechy enjoys playing in front of her people. The Pennetta/Glatch match could be a barnburner if the American brings her A-game on her favorite surface. I'm going with Sveta to take it.


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