Aussies in action: Roland Garros Day 5
Marinko Matosevic and Casey Dellacqua will aim to join Sam Stosur in the third round when they take to the courts at Roland Garros for their second round matches on Thursday.
Paris, France, 29 May 2014 | tennis.com.au
Marinko Matosevic and Casey Dellacqua will aim to join Sam Stosur in the third round when they take to the courts at Roland Garros for their second round matches on Thursday.
Having won his first career Grand Slam match two days ago, Matosevic faces a tough battle with seventh seed Andy Murray on Roland Garros’ famed “bull-ring” No.1 Court, while Dellacqua also faces a tricky assignment in the form of 23rd seed Lucie Safarova.
Meanwhile, several Australians will also be in action as the mixed doubles event kicks off alongside men’s and women’s doubles matches.
MEN’S SINGLES – SECOND ROUND
Marinko Matosevic (AUS) v [7] Andy Murray (GBR) – Court 1, third match
WOMEN’S SINGLES – SECOND ROUND
Casey Dellacqua (AUS) v [23] Lucie Safarova (CZE) – Court 6, second match
WOMEN’S DOUBLES – FIRST ROUND
Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)/Sam Stosur (AUS) v [1] Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE)/Shuai Peng (CHN) – Court 10, third match
[7] Ash Barty (AUS)/Casey Dellacqua (AUS) v Polona Hercog (SLO)/Paula Ormaechea (ARG) – Court 11, third match
Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS)/Janette Husarova (SVK) v Martina Hingis (SUI)/Sabine Lisicki (GER) – Court 17, fourth round
MIXED DOUBLES – FIRST ROUND
Lisa Raymond (USA)/John Peers (AUS) v Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP)/Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) – Court 8, first match
Anastasia Rodionova (AUS)/Colin Fleming (GBR) v Raquel Kops-Jones (USA)/Raven Klaasen (RSA) – Court 14, third match
WOMEN’S SINGLES – SECOND ROUND
[19] Sam Stosur (AUS) d Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) 6-1 6-3
MEN’S DOUBLES – FIRST ROUND
[3] Daniel Nestor (CAN)/Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) d Matt Ebden (AUS)/Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) 6-2 3-6 6-3
Andrey Golubev (KAZ)/Sam Groth (AUS) d Carlos Berlocq (ARG)/Daniele Bracciali (ITA) 6-3 2-6 7-5
Alejandro Falla (COL)/Marinko Matosevic (AUS) d Max Mirnyi (BLR)/Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) 4-6 6-3 6-3
[9] Lukasz Kubot (POL)/Robert Lindstedt (SWE) d Chris Guccione (AUS)/Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) 7-3 3-6 6-2
[6] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) d Rameez Junaid (AUS)/Divij Sharan (IND) 7-5 6-7(4) 7-5
WOMEN’S DOUBLES – FIRST ROUND
Andreja Klepac (SLO)/Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor (ESP) d [10] Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS)/Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) 1-6 6-4 6-4