Roland Garros
Yesterday at Roland Garros, the second Grand Slam tournament this season, started the main hope of Russian tennis Maria Sharapova. In the first round it in two sets – 6: 2, 6: 4 – finished with Estonia’s Kiai Kanepi. Experts believe that Sharapova has won a good chance to defend last year’s title in Paris.
Rise Maria Sharapova, as you know, it took place at Wimbledon, and for a long time, she had a reputation for tennis, which is most suitable grass or any other fast coverage. Moreover, about the ground, including Paris, Sharapova said she did not like it. But in this decade, the situation has changed dramatically. And if we choose the queen of the soil, it should be recognized that it is Russian woman, who won Roland Garros in 2012 and 2014.
In the current French Open, she went to the status of tennis, which is very, very widely tipped to new success. Reasons to believe Sharapova is. First – it really good performance on the ground this season. A week ago, Maria Sharapova won a major tournament in Rome, on the right in the final against Carla Suarez Navarro. And it is important that it is handled with the tenacious Spaniard in a rather protracted and difficult match, showing that the physical shape and endurance – qualities at Roland Garros priceless – it’s all right.
The second reason – the state of Serena Williams. Only its existence prevents Sharapova considered the best tennis player of the decade. The first season of Grand Slam tournament – Australian Open – ended another clash in the final of the US and Russian tennis players and the next, the 16th consecutive defeat and second racket current rating, and an informal ranking of the first decade.
In Paris, they were again on opposite poles of the grid, and if nothing unexpected happens, it can again come together in the final game. So there is a suspicion that at Roland Garros Sharapova cope with Williams will be much more difficult than in the Australian Open. Well, at least because, unlike the Russians, about it is hardly possible to say that it is absolutely the best shape. All spring chased an American trauma: the sore knee, the elbow bothered, because she missed the Roman tournament.
But it is not only this. The legendary Chris Evert, works as a commentator on the channel ESPN, for example, considers that on the ground Maria Sharapova at all – no matter how healthy and fresh Williams, – the prospects in this confrontation is much better. “The soil deprives Serena benefits might. But Sharapova, it seems to me like she had on this surface has a few extra moments to prepare their attacks”, – explained Chris Evert.
Start at Roland Garros Maria Sharapova has turned out successful. Yesterday, she played with Kiai Kanepi, rather, by the way, an unpleasant opponentkoy for the first round. Estonian – experienced tennis player and used to rank high in the rankings. But the special problems with it Sharapova has not arisen. Is that in the second set she had to suffer a little. But to pull their socks in the tenth game, the Russian has been able to make the necessary break.
in the next game it will have a rival if Kanepi and stronger, it is not much – mostly such as, for example, inherited Sharapova in the second round compatriot Vitaly Dyachenko, who beat in three batches Swiss Stefanie Fegele. So it will be up to the semi-finals. It shines rossiyanke new meeting with a Romanian Simona Halep, which she defeated in last year’s Paris final.
Bookmakers yesterday quoted Sharapova and Halep at the same level. William Hill coefficient of 5.50 exposed to their final triumph. Serena Williams, despite the skepticism of some experts, was considered the favorite. However, separation from Sharapova was small. Bids were accepted on the American victory with a coefficient of 3.75.
As for the men’s Roland Garros, the then Russian contenders for success is not (as the first racket of the country Mikhail Youzhny and all had already retire). Set them – traditional. However, not too traditional, or something, look quotes. Bookmakers little doubt that the leader of the classification Novak Djokovic gets to the title: at the William Hill betting on Serbs took yesterday with a surprisingly high coefficient – 1.83. Even the Spaniard Rafael Nadal, the defending champion, his background and his 5.50 looked hopeless outsider.
The first round of Roland Garros
Women. Elena Vesnina (Russia) – Kirsten Flipkens (Belgium) 2: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3. Carla Suarez Navarro (Spain, 8) – Monica Niculescu (Romania) 6: 2, 6: 2. Elina Svitolina (Ukraine, 19) – Yanina Wickmayer (Belgium) 6: 2, 6: 2. Angelique Kerber (Germany, 11) – Timea Babosha (Hungary) 6: 0, 6: 1. Sabine Lisicki (Germany, 20) – Monica Puig (Puerto Rico), 6: 3, 6: 2. Samantha Stosur (Australia, 26) – Madison Brengle (USA) 6: 1, 6: 3. Vitaly Dyachenko (Russia) – Stefanie Fegele (Switzerland) 4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2. Annika Beck (Germany) – Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland, 14) 6: 2, 3: 6, 6: 1. Ana groom (Croatia) – Margarita Gasparyan (Russia) 6: 1, 6: 4. Victoria Azarenka (Belarus, 27) – Maria Teresa Torro (Spain) 6: 2, 6: 1. Maria Sharapova (Russia, 2) – Kaia Kanepi (Estonia) 6: 2, 6: 4. Sara Errani (Italy, 17) – Alison Riske (USA) 7: 6 (7: 1), 2: 6, 6: 0.
Men. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France, 14) – Christian Lindell (Sweden) 6: 1, 6: 2, 6: 2. Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic, 4) – Yosihito Nishioka (Japan) 6: 0, 7: 5, 6: 3. Teimuraz Gabashvili (Russia) – Feliciano Lopez (Spain, 11) 6: 3, 7: 6 (11: 9), 6: 3. Gilles Simon (France, 12) – Lucas Pouyer (France) 3: 6, 6: 1, 6: 2, 6: 4. David Goffin (Belgium, 17) – Philip Krayinovich (Serbia) 3: 6, 6: 2, 7: 6 (7: 3) to 6: 1. Tommy Robredo (Spain, 18) – Andrey Golubev (Kazakhstan) 3: 6, 6: 1, 7: 5, 6: 3. Gael Monfils (France, 13) – Edouard Roger-Vasslen (France) 6: 2, 6: 7 (5: 7), 6: 1, 7: 5.
Tennis rankings
Rating ATP
1 (1). Novak Djokovic (Serbia) – 13 845 points. 2 (2). Roger Federer (Switzerland) – 9235. 3 (3). Andy Murray (Great Britain) – 7040 4 (4). Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) – 5230. 5 (5). Nisikori Kei (Japan) – 6, 5220. (6). Milos Raonic (Canada) – 4800. 7 (7). Rafael Nadal – 4570. 8 (8). David Ferrer (both – Spain) – 4490. 9 (9). Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland) – 3845 10 (10). Marin Cilic (Croatia) – 3370 11 (11). Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) – 2760. 12 (12). Feliciano Lopez (Spain) – 2280. 13 (13). Gilles Simon – 2210. 14 (14). Gael Monfils – 2065.15 (15). Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (all – France) – 2045. 16 (17). John Isner (USA) – 1980 17 (16). Kevin Anderson (South Africa) – 1970. 18 (18). David Goffin (Belgium) – 1835. 19 (19). Tommy Robredo – 1755. 20 (20). Roberto Bautista (both – Spain) – 1750 … 68 (70). Mikhail Youzhny – 720 … 74 (76). Teimuraz Gabashvili (two – Russia) – 677.
Rating WTA
1 (1). Serena Williams (USA) – 9361 points. 2 (2). Maria Sharapova (Russia) – 7710. 3 (3). Simona Halep (Romania) – 7360. 4 (4). Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) – 6670. 5 (5). Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) – 4940. 6 (6). Eugenie Bouchard (Canada) – 3888. 7 (7). Ana Ivanovic (Serbia) – 3655. 8 (10). Carla Suarez Navarro (Spain) – 3645. 9 (9). Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) – 3510. 10 (10). Andrea Petkovic – 3310. 11 (11). Angelique Kerber (both – Germany) – 3230. 12 (12). Karolína plíšková – 3010. 13 (13). Lucie Safarova (both – Czech Republic) – 2995. 14 (14). Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) – 2885. 15 (15). Venus Williams – 2646. 16 (16). Madison Keys (both – USA) – 2275. 17 (17). Sara Errani (Italy) – 2140. 18 (18). Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) – 2118. 19 (20). Sabine Lisicki (Germany) – 2105. 20 (21). Garbin Mugurusa (Spain) – 2075 … 39 (38). Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova – 1261 … 46 (45). Daria Gavrilova – 1106 … 82 (95). Elena Vesnina – 688 … 90 (91). Evgeniya Rodina – 659. 91 (89). Vitaly Dyachenko (all – Russia) – 657.
in brackets – the position of the previous week.
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