Dinara Safina's comeback struggles continue. With a new coach in her box, Safina struggled, serving up 16 double faults to her opponent Kimiko Date-Krumm. Krumma a 39 year old who was retired for 12 years, yes 12 years. She isn't one of these pansy retiree's like Clijsters or Henin. Krumm was retired for 12 years and decided to make a comeback "just for fun". Well her fun earned her a monumental upset of the womens runnerup of the past 2 French Opens. Safina was up a break in the 3rd set, when the wheels came off and she couldn't serve. Dinara after the match said "you have to get through the rainy times of life, but then comes the sun." I guess she is taking it well, and hopefully she keeps working hard and gets back her game. She's a good player, with a great attitude. I'll be rooting for her to make a comeback of her own.
Andy Roddick had to come back from a 2 sets to 1 deficit to defeat Jarkko Nieminen of Finland. Roddick playing his first match on clay didn't look all that comfortable in the match. He was just good enough, or just lucky enough to get by Nieminen who has struggled all year himself with injuries. Roddick will need to pick his game up a few more notches if he wants to be a factor this year.
Rafa Nadal had no trouble at all with Gianni Mina of France. Mina is a younger version of Gael Monfils, and should be someone to watch in the future. Nadal won in straight sets and will now face Horacio Zeballos in the 2nd round.
Justine Henin was given a standing ovation as she made her return to court Philippe Chatrier. Henin then easily disposed Tsvetana Pironkova in straight sets.
A rundown of some of the other interesting matches of the day:
Marion Bartoli defeated Maria Elena Camerin...Lleyton Hewitt took out Frenchman, Jeremy Chardy in straight sets...Fernando Verdasco had no problems with Igor Kunitsyn...Maria Sharapova got a straight set win over young Russian, Ksenia Pervak...My upset special of Alize Cornet over Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova did not ring true as Pavlyuchenkova won handily 6-4, 6-2....The man, the myth, the legend David Ferrer pounded on David Guez 6-1, 6-3, 6-1...Juan Carlos Ferrero, Yanina Wickmayer, Daniela Hantuchova, Jurgen Melzer, Shahar Peer, Philipp Kohlschreiber, Jie Zheng, and Vera Zvonareva were all seeded players that also won their matches on Tuesday.
There was a couple upsets on the mens side on Day 3. Juan Monaco the #26 seed laid an egg out on court 7 as unknown Slovak, Grega Zemlja dispatched of him in 4 sets.
The other upset was Sam Querrey losing to fellow American, Robby Ginepri in 4 uninspiring sets. Querrey seems to be turning into a typical American douche like Andy Roddick. Querrey in his post match press conference said that while he was on the court, he didn't want to be there and that he "tanked a few points". Just to get it over with. When asked if he would participate in the doubles, Querrey said "I'm in the doubles right now, but I won't be in an hour." He then withdrew from the doubles leaving partner John Isner high-and-dry. If I was Isner I'd tell this "knob" to F off the next time he asks to play some doubles with him. So poor Sam is probably home in California now. Way to choke again, chode. Next time do it with class.
Preview of Day 4:
The weather situation does not look good for tennis on Wednesday. Hail and thunderstorms were expected for Tuesday night and into most of the day on Wednesday.
If there is tennis on Wednesday, the 2nd round begins for both the men and the women, as well as mens doubles 1st rounds...Federer, Venus, Kuznetsova, Tsonga, and Soderling are just a few of the big names that are scheduled to play.
Best match of the day will be?: Andy Murray coming off a 5 set win over Richard Gasquet vs. Juan Ignacio "cha cha" Chela. Murray is struggling to find his form, and Chela was and still could be a top 20 talent who specializes on clay. I can totally see Murray struggling with Chela in this one, but will still find a way to win.
Upset picks of the day: On the womens side look for Pelona Hercog to upset the #24 seed, Lucie Safarova... and on the mens side Thiemo De Bakker the big Dutchman will overpower the #32 seed Guillermo Garcia-Lopez.
Hopefully the rain stays away and all the matches will be played.
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