Only a few matches were able to be played on Day 5 (Thursday). Rain delayed the start of all the matches by a few hours. One good thing is that all the matches that were postponed on Wednesday, managed to be completed on Thursday.
Justice was served on Day 5 when Gael Monfils and Fabio Fognini walked onto Court Phillipe Chartier. Fognini who was trying to be "jobbed" by the suits at the French Open managed to stick it up their asses when he took out the flambouyant Frenchman, Monfils 9-7 in the 5th set.
Jelena Jankovic needed 3 sets to beat a game, Kaia Kanepi...My upset special of Ana Ivanovic over Alisa Kleybanova was completely wrong. Kleybanova crushed Ivanovic 6-3, 6-0.... Elena Dementieva defeated Anabel Medina Garrigues in straight sets... Francesca Schiavone had no trouble taking out Sophie Ferguson of Australia...Kateryna Bondarenko was upset by Aleksandra Wozniak... The other Bondarenko sister, Alona faired much better in her win over Magdalena Rybarikova... Jarmila Groth ended the tournament of 39 year old Kimiko Date Krumm... #11 seed Na Li got by Stephanie Cohen-Aloro... #21 seed Vera Zvonareva was a upset victim to Anastasia Rodionova... and Shahar Peer came back from down a set to beat Bethanie Mattek-Sands.
On the mens side Andy Roddick took out Blaz Kavcic in 4 sets... Andy Murray completed his win over Juan Ignacio "cha cha" Chela on Thursday... Marcos Baghdatis needed 4 sets to send Marcel Granollers home... After a night to sleep on it, John Isner was able to figure out how to beat Marco Chiudinelli... and Teimuraz Gabashvili won the battle of the "jobbers" over Grega Zemlja.
These are all the matches that were able to be completed. All the remaining matches scheduled have been pushed to being played on Friday.
What to watch for on Day 6 (Friday):
Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal, along with Roger Federer will all be playing on Friday. Due to all the matches being pushed back a day many players who won yesterday will be playing today.
Match of the day: There are a couple matches that should be really competitive. The Soderling - Montanes match should be interesting. Montanes loves to play on clay, and has a win over Roger Federer just a few weeks ago. Soderling is last years mens runnerup. This one could get interesting...But the match of the day will be #4 seed Andy Murray vs. #25 Marcos Baghdatis. Baghdatis is solid on clay and has been looking like he is in some decent form, while Murray has struggled of late, but is starting to come around. I'd have to say that this is an even match between two big personalities. Should be a fun one.
Upsets of the day: I have only a couple, and they really aren't upsets in my mind. But going by the seeds it would be an upset. My mens upset of the day is #17 seed John Isner beating #15 seed Tomas Berdych... on the womens side look for #17 seed Francesca Schiavone to end the tournament of the #11 seed Na Li. Yeah, I know, not really upsets. I agree.
Hopefully no more rain in Paris for a while.
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