Gonzo and Lleyton are still playing but I'm wiped and went home. Here's the rundown of today's action packed day.
No major surprises on the men's side. The only match I actually watched for a significant amount of time was the Gilles/Rendy match, which was awesome. For those who were watching it on stream/TV, the crowd was not being obnoxious or booing. When Gilly fans started chanting "Si-Mon, clap, clap, clap" the Rendy fans would yell a prolonged "Luuuuuuuuuuu." It was all in good fun.
I sat with mkeller by a bunch of Gilly fans who kept saying our favorite chant. After Gilly would hit a winner the guy would yell "Simon Says Winner!" You have to hear it to understand why it's funny. But needless to say mkeller and I will be using that line pretty much FOREVER.
There was a lot of buzz around the grounds when Fed and Muzz were stuck in their tight first sets. Lots of buzz about Tsonga and Fer, too. People seemed really to eager to watch their matches. Glad they both won.
ATP Main Draw Singles - Second Round
[2] R Federer (SUI) d M Gicquel (FRA) 76(4) 64
[4] A Murray (GBR) d A Montanes (ESP) 75 63
[8] G Simon (FRA) d Y Lu (TPE) 57 64 64
[10] F Verdasco (ESP) d [Q] T Bellucci (BRA) 75 61
[11] J Tsonga (FRA) d T Gabashvili (RUS) 75 63
[13] J Blake (USA) d J Nieminen (FIN) 63 67(6) 63
[15] T Robredo (ESP) d I Kunitsyn (RUS) 61 64
[19] M Cilic (CRO) d S Darcis (BEL) 67(4) 62 61
[22] I Andreev (RUS) d E Gulbis (LAT) 64 64
[23] R Gasquet (FRA) d M Llodra (FRA) 64 60
N Lapentti (ECU) d [25] R Soderling (SWE) 64 76(7)
[27] I Karlovic (CRO) d S Stakhovsky (UKR) 64 62
I Ljubicic (CRO) d [28] M Ancic (CRO) 33 ret. (illness)
[32] P Mathieu (FRA) d P Starace (ITA) 64 67(11) 64
P Kohlschreiber (GER) d [LL] O Patience (FRA) 67(5) 62 63
L Hewitt (AUS) vs [17] F Gonzalez (CHI)
ATP Main Draw Doubles - First Round
[4] L Dlouhy (CZE) / L Paes (IND) d J Knowle (AUT) / J Melzer (AUT) 64 36 10-8
T Parrott (USA) / F Polasek (SVK) d [6] B Soares (BRA) / K Ullyett (ZIM) 64 76(5)
J Del Potro (ARG) / D Nalbandian (ARG) d S Aspelin (SWE) / J Murray (GBR) 75 64
L Kubot (POL) / O Marach (AUT) d G Monfils (FRA) / M Zverev (GER) 76(2) 60
Of course, once again, the ladies provided all the drama today. Seeds were falling left and right and you heard a lot of shock on the grounds. JJ's loss to Pavs wasn't a huge shock. We know JJ is struggling and Pavs has some buzz as a future star. That said, Pavs' game was really impressive. Very Russian and very effective. I have no confidence that she can continue her steady level through the tourney, but this is obviously a huge win for her.
The real shockers were the bouncing of Lena, Domi, Cone, and Zheng. Lena was particularly listless, as she admitted in her post-match presser. Cetkovska played well, but Lena was a step slower and had no fire. 6-1 in the third? Yikes.
WTA Main Draw Singles - Second Round
A Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) d [2] J Jankovic (SRB) 64 64
[Q] P Cetkovska (CZE) d [3] E Dementieva (RUS) 76(2) 26 61
[5] A Ivanovic (SRB) d [Q] A Yakimova (BLR) 64 63
[7] A Radwanska (POL) d S Stosur (AUS) 36 63 75
[Q] K Barrois (GER) d [11] A Cornet (FRA) 62 62
[12] F Pennetta (ITA) d [WC] S Mirza (IND) 63 64
N Llagostera Vives (ESP) d [14] D Cibulkova (SVK) 67(5) 62 63
V Dushevina (RUS) d [15] J Zheng (CHN) 62 62
[Q] A Haynes (USA) d [20] A Sugiyama (JPN) 64 75
[21] A Kleybanova (RUS) d T Paszek (AUT) 63 62
[22] A Szavay (HUN) d E Gallovits (ROU) 62 62
[23] S Bammer (AUT) d R Vinci (ITA) 62 63
[25] A Wozniak (CAN) d L Safarova (CZE) 63 63
K Knapp (ITA) d [27] S Errani (ITA) 62 32 ret.
[30] D Hantuchova (SVK) d Y Wickmayer (BEL) 57 63 76(4)
[31] G Dulko (ARG) d B Mattek-Sands (USA) 61 63
WTA Main Draw Doubles - First Round
A Kudryavtseva (RUS) / A Rodionova (RUS) d A Bondarenko (UKR) / K Bondarenko (UKR) 64 46 10-4
[WC] B Mattek-Sands (USA) / M Washington (USA) d [WC] S Kuznetsova (RUS) / A Mauresmo (FRA) 46 75 10-6
