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Caroline Wozniacki almost completed her match before it was scheduled to begin (2 PM ET) even with the rain delay.

 

[Bakunin]

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Caroline Wozniacki almost completed her match before it was scheduled to begin (2 PM ET) even with the rain delay.

The fact ESPN2 chose to cover other matches is highly aggravating. They seek out Williams matches, yet when hot busty players are playing, it's almost as if they try to avoid them. I propose that DL be put in charge of the WTA coverage and camera angles.

Monfils has been pushed to a 5th set vs Fognini.

 

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The fact ESPN2 chose to cover other matches is highly aggravating. They seek out Williams matches, yet when hot busty players are playing, it's almost as if they try to avoid them. I propose that DL be put in charge of the WTA coverage and camera angles.

Monfils has been pushed to a 5th set vs Fognini.

The fact that Wozniacki swept her opponent off the court might have had something to do with their coverage. And Williams is an American and a superstar, so to ESPN she and Serena are gold.

I just hope Ana's second round match is televised, even if it's only on the DTV feed.

I imagine Maria's will.

The French need to follow the English, Aussies and Americans: Put the pretty ones on center court...put gangly Andy Murray types on the outer courts

 

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Play suspended due to darkness - Monfils is tied at 5 with Fognini in set 5.

Ivanovic is due to play tomorrow. Hopefully it isn't an early match; I don't wake up 'til at least 10.

They showed Wozniacki for about 3 minutes this morning (near the end of the first set).

 

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Play suspended due to darkness - Monfils is tied at 5 with Fognini in set 5.

Ivanovic is due to play tomorrow. Hopefully it isn't an early match; I don't wake up 'til at least 10.

They showed Wozniacki for about 3 minutes this morning (near the end of the first set).

Bad news: Ana Ivanovic is scheduled in the first match on court one (channel 705 on DTV) at 11AM Paris time (5AM ET)

 

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Bad news: Ana Ivanovic is scheduled in the first match on court one (channel 705 on DTV) at 11AM Paris time (5AM ET)

****. Maybe I'll luck out and it will show up on the match archive list on tennischannel's website (although sadly her first round match wasn't on there).

With any luck, it'll be a competitive match and be replayed on the evening telecast.

 

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Tomorrow is going to be hard. The early matches include Ana on Court 1, Roddick (and his lovely wife) on Court Suzanne Lenglen and Elena Dementieva on court 2.

Maria is in the third match on court 1.

 

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Tomorrow is going to be hard.

Strange given that this is a clay court championship.

The early matches include Ana on Court 1, Roddick (and his lovely wife) on Court Suzanne Lenglen and Elena Dementieva on court 2.

Eye candy in the crowd is far less reliable than eye candy on the court.

And surprise surprise, they are showing a Venus Williams vs. some nobody match on ESPN2 now. The nobody is ranked 59th.

 

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Strange given that this is a clay court championship.

You could have gone another way with that, but...

Eye candy in the crowd is far less reliable than eye candy on the court.

And surprise surprise, they are showing a Venus Williams vs. some nobody match on ESPN2 now. The nobody is ranked 59th.

Of course. I'm surprised they don't show the Williams' sisters doubles match from yesterday.

 

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You could have gone another way with that, but...

I decided to go for the purist surface humor. Ever since I reversed my hours a few days ago, I've been a little out of sorts.

I'm surprised they don't show the Williams' sisters doubles match from yesterday.

Don't give them any ideas. Besides, they'll probably show that tonight in prime time.

 

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The matches have finally resumed. They had a light rain in Paris which delayed the schedule. Matches have been moved to tomorrow in some cases. The Tennis Channel is showing the Roddick match, but Channel 704 is showing Ana's match, where she is already up a break. She was wearing a jacket in warmups, but took that off to reveal a very fashionable red number. I swear if her skirt was any shorter it wouldn't exist. She may as well wear a swimsuit out there...

And now Ana has given the break back. Roddick is already up 2 breaks in his match.

They are working on a new schedule, but it looks like there will be one less match per court. The tentative lineup:
Channel 703:
#4M Jancovic vs Kanepi
#13M Monfils vs Fognini
#22W Henin vs Zakopalov
#7M Verdasco vs Serra


Channel 704:
#6M Roddick vs Kavcic
#13W Bartoli vs Sanchez
#3M Djokovic vs Nishikori

Channel 705
#28W Kleybano vs Ivanovic
#4M Murray vs Chela
#22M Melzer vs Mahut

Channel 706:
Date Krumm vs Groth (Groth won the first set 6-0)
#17M Isner vs Chiudenal
Starace vs Ginepri

Channel 707:
#11W Li vs Cohen
#14M Ljubicic vs Fish
#9M Ferrer vs Malisse

 

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Ivanovic lost the first set 6-3 after leading 2-0. The ugly Russian won five straight games before they traded holding serves at love to end the set.

Ivanovic already has five double faults and isn't placing her shots deep enough. The Russian is absolutely killing her down the lines.

And she's already down a break in set 2. Doesn't look like she's going to last past the 2nd round.

 

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Ivanovic lost the first set 6-3 after leading 2-0. The ugly Russian won five straight games before they traded holding serves at love to end the set.

Ivanovic already has five double faults and isn't placing her shots deep enough. The Russian is absolutely killing her down the lines.

And she's already down a break in set 2. Doesn't look like she's going to last past the 2nd round.

2 breaks. At least Maria should still be around for awhile. And Wozniacki should be in it until almost the end.

Edit: 3 breaks. The Russian will serve for a 6-0 set. Hard to believe Ana was ahead in this match...

 

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2 breaks. At least Maria should still be around for awhile. And Wozniacki should be in it until almost the end.

Ivanovic could be bageled in the 2nd set. She's just not hitting any backhands worth a ****. How the hell does a former #1 fall so far? If she doesn't get her **** together soon, maybe she should just ditch tennis and go the modeling route.

Sharapova is a slow starter, and when she runs into better opponents, that could bite her in the ***.

Wozniacki's defensive / counterpunch / retriever style should take her far in this tournament, but I wonder about her ankle which she rolled pretty badly not that long ago.

 

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Ana was up 2 break points and gave them away.
6-3 6-0 Wow.

 

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The only things that were working for her were her forehand and net play, yet she hardly ever came forward to attack. Just an absolute abortion of a match for her.

 

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Nine breaks in the Roddick match through less than two sets? I'm not watching; that's what Match Tracker says. Huh.

 

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It's raining again. ESPN2 is laughing at the Tennis Channel's misfortunes...almost all of their coverage got rained out. It's supposed to clear up for the ESPN2 coverage. The matches should start by the bottom of the hour.

This is going to throw off the schedule though, especially with rain forecast for Sunday.

 

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Looks like play will resume shortly. Roddick and his opponent are heading back out.

Radwanska (women's #8 seed) is about to be knocked out in straight sets by unseeded Shedova. Jankovic (women's #4) is tied at 1 in the third set.

 

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Roddick is broken and now it's one set all. Andy needs to settle down a little. His opponent is playing head games and trying to delay things. Roddick wants to go, go go.

He breaks to open the 3rd. 11 breaks of serve already.