French Open tennis day 7 preview
May 31, 2008
Day 7 at the French Open will see the tournaments top seeds for men and women in action on court Chatrier.
Maria Sharapova is second to play against Karin Knapp who is seeded 32. This is the first time the two players have met. The winner will advance to the fourth round at the French Open.
Roger Federer plays the fourth match of the day on centre court when he faces Mario Ancic. The tall Croatian was the last player to defeat Federer at Wimbledon. This victory came in 2002. Since then Federer has had the measure on Ancic with four straight wins included a win at Roland Garros in the 2006 quarterfinals.
The first match on centre court sees two Russian women looking to move into the fourth round when no. 4 seed Svetlana Kuznetsova plays no. 25 seed Nadia Petrova. Kutnetsova would be favoured to win this match. She is 3-1 in the head to head with Petrova with the last win coming on clay in the 2007 Berlin Open.
French fans will be hoping that the good form of the French men on centre court will continue when Gael Monfils plays Jurgen Melzer. The Austrian is looking to better his 3rd round result in the 2005 French Open. On the other hand Monfils is hoping to match his best effort at the French Open by reaching the fourth round. The two players have met once before. That match was on grass at the Queen’s Club in 2006. Monfils won 7-6, 7-6 on that occasion.
No. 5 seed in the men’s tournament at Roland Garros David Ferrer will be tested by former world no. 1 player Lleyton Hewitt. Although Hewitt may run out of steam as he has not played much in recent times due to a hip injury. He is a fighter so you never know. Hewitt leads the head to head 1-0 following a round of 16 win at Wimbledon in 2006.
Jelena Jankovic has her third round match to complete. She leads Dominika Cibulkova 7-5, 4-2.
Other interesting matchups include Stanislas Wawrinka versus Fernando Gonzalez. The no. 9 seeded Swiss player will be looking to consolidate his place in the top ten on the ATP rankings and has good recent form on clay after reaching the semis in Barcelona and the final of the Rome Masters. The head to head is 4-0 in favour of Gonzalez although all his wins came in 2006.
For the full schedule of French Open matches visit Roland Garros dot com.
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