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The French Open got underway today and Roger Federer, seeded #2, advanced with ease over qualifier Pablo Carreno Busta, 6 – 2, 6- 2, 6 – 3. The conditions are cool and are expected to stay that way, at least for week one of action. How will that affect Federer? Will not the best of conditions for a 31 year old champion with a sometimes bad back, but it will also result in lower bounces on the court of the ball which should favor Federer, as he struggles with high looping shots on clay to his one handed backhand. So all in all, a wash. I expect Fed’s back to be fine and he should advance into the second week. Hope to see him in the final! With Murray out, Ferrer is the number 4 seed so if things go as they should, that would put Fed’s matchup in the semifinals to likely be David Ferrer, with Nadal (seeded #3) and Djokovic (seeded #1) beating each other up potentially in the other semifinal. It is only day one, so much to be done before we get to that discussion.
Also advancing today were American Sam Querrey, along with Gilles Simon, Kevin Anderson, M. Raonic and David Ferrer. Expect to see both Nadal and Djokovic take the court tomorrow.
On the women’s side, Serena Williams cruised to victory over Anna Tatishvili, 6 -0, 6 – 1. Sister Venus, lost to U. Radwanska in three tough sets. Ana Ivanovic won in three sets and Sara Errani advanced in two sets. Tomorrow will feature Maria Sharapova, Victoria Azarenka and A. Radwanska.
