French Open
American Women Made Red Dirt Progress In 2009; American Men Slide
Four American women advanced past the first round in both 2008 and 2009, but Serena William’s quarterfinal appearance at the French Open this year helped the US women mark forward progress in singles as last year no US woman made it past the third round. In Women’s doubles, seven teams with an American pro advanced [...]
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Wayne Odesnik, Lauren Embree, Sam Querrey, Robert Kendrick & Varvara Lepchenko Challenge The Clay Sunday
The Roland Garros first round begins in a few hours:
US Men:
Wayne Odesnik vs. #7 seed Gilles Simon
Robert Kendrick vs. Daniel Brands
Sam Querrey vs. Ernests Gulbis
US Women:
Varvara Lepchenko vs. Alla Kudryavtseva
Wildcard Lauren Embree vs. #11 seed Nadia Petrova
Carly Gullickson Lone American To Win Her Way Into French Open Main Draw. 17 US Players Eliminated
18 Americans started the Roland Garros qualifying rounds and only Carly Gullickson advanced into the French Open main draw. Unfortunately, Gullickson had to eliminate fellow American Lauren Albanese 4&3 in the final qualifying round.
Amer Delic lost today in his final qualifying round to Franco Ferreiro 4&5.
Lauren Albanese and Carly Gullickson Join Delic In Final Qualifying Round; Jenkins, King, Ram, Haynes Eliminated At Roland Garros
Carly Gullickson advanced quickly today over Alexandra Panova 0&1.
Lauren Albanese also advanced showing her fitness level after a three set match yesterday, she defeated Lenka Wienerova today in a tight three set match 3-6, 6-1, 6-4.
Vania King was defeated by Nina Bratchikova 3-6, 6-3, 2-6.
Angela Haynes was defeated by Yaroslava Shvedova 1&2.
Men’s Singles:
Amer Delic advanced [...]
Haynes, Gullickson, King, Albanese Advance to 2nd Qualifying Round In Three Set Matches
Anglea Haynes and Carly Gullickson both came from a set down to advance to the second round of qualifying. All the American winners required three sets and they all won the third set in convincing fashion.
Haynes defeated Zuzana Kucova 5-7, 7-6(4), 6-2.
Gullickson defeated Violette Huck 6-7(7), 7-6(6), 6-1.
Vania King advanced to the second round 7-5, [...]
Delic Into Final Qualifying Round In Paris
Amer Delic defeated Filippo Volandri 7-5, 7-6(4) in today’s second round of qualifying at Roland Garros.
Ryan Sweeting, however, was defeated by Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-7(1), 5-7.
Jenkins and Ram play their 2nd round matches Thursday.
American Women Waking Up In Paris to Begin Roland Garros Quest
Shenay Perry, Angela Haynes could meet in the second round of qualifying.
Abigail Spears and Vania King could meet in the final qualifying round.
Julie Ditty and Lauren Albanese could meet in second round.
Carly Gullickson and Julie Ditty or Lauren Albanese may meet in the final qualifying round.
Melanie Oudin & Madison Brengle can qualify without knocking out [...]
For Avid US Fans, Action Started Today At Roland Garros; Ram, Delic, Sweeting and Jenkins Advance
Jesse Levine was eliminated by Sebastian Decoud 6-1, 3-6, 8-10
Scoville Jenkins advanced over Sergei Bubka 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-4
Ryan Sweeting advanced over Stephane Bohli 6-4, 1-6, 7-5
Ryler Deheart made it to 3 all in the third set before finally succumbing to Alex Bogdanovic 6-4, 5-7, 3-6
Amer Delic advanced over Joshua Goodall 4&4
Michael Russell went down in [...]
