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Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Djokovic: I have no excuses
Djokovic: I have no excuses
Novak Djokovic could offer no explanation for his shock third-round defeat to German Philipp Kohlschreiber in the French Open.
The fourth seeded Serbian was upset 6-4 6-4 6-4 by the 29th seed, who has never previously progressed past round two at Roland Garros.
Djokovic was installed by many as second favourite for the title, behind reigning four-time champion Rafael Nadal, given his impressive clay-court campaign this year, but was punished for an error-prone display on Court One.
The 22-year-old dubbed it "a bad day at the office", insisting tiredness was not a factor in his defeat.
"My first two matches went well and I felt good before this match," said Djokovic, who reached the semi-finals here for the last two years.
"Suddenly, it was a different story on the court. I can't really explain why.
"I was too passive and he played really solid. You have to give him credit for playing tactically smart. Unfortunately I had no solutions."
Djokovic, who played in four of the six tournaments prior to Roland Garros, added: "Mentally I'm a little bit exhausted but that's still not an explanation for my loss today.
"I'm one of the favourites to get far in the tournament. This cannot happen."
Kohlschreiber labelled his performance one of the best in his career in a big tournament.
"Everything came together," he said. "Maybe Novak didn't play his best today but every choice I made went on my side."
Kohlschreiber, whose best previous displays at a grand slam have been two last-16 appearances at the Australian Open, will play Spain's Tommy Robredo next. The 16th seed beat Argentina's Maximo Gonzalez 4-6 7-5 6-1 6-0.
Second seed Roger Federer was also in trouble early in his third round match but managed to turn things around to claim a 4-6 6-1 6-4 6-4 over Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu.
It was the second successive match in which Federer was taken to four sets, following on from his distinctly unimpressive display in his win over Jose Acasuso.
The Swiss recovered well, though, and can prepare for a last-16 clash with unseeded German Tommy Haas, a 7-5 6-3 4-6 6-4 winner over another Frenchman, Jeremy Chardy.
Andy Roddick had earlier put his Roland Garros demons behind him to finally make the fourth round.
The sixth seed posted a 6-1 6-4 6-4 victory over Frenchman Marc Gicquel on Suzanne Lenglen court to continue his terrific streak this week.
The American has gone out in the first round in his last two appearances here, in 2006 and 2007, but this week he is disproving the theory he is not a clay-court performer and has yet to drop a set in three matches.
"If you take away this tournament, I have a pretty good clay-court CV," said the 2003 US Open champion, whose best outing at Roland Garros had come in his opening visit, in 2001, when he made the third round.
"I certainly felt capable of making the second week of this event."
Roddick, the 2003 US Open champion and a three-time grand-slam runner-up, added: "I feel like I'm moving a little bit better on this stuff."
Gael Monfils, the 11th seed and a semi-finalist here last year, will be Roddick's next opponent after the Frenchman beat Jurgen Melzer 6-2 4-6 6-3 6-1.
Fifth seed Juan Martin del Potro advanced into the last 16 with an impressive straight-sets victory over Igor Andreev.
Away from the showcourts again today, Del Potro secured a 6-4 7-5 6-4 win on Court Two and will play ninth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga next.
The popular Frenchman delighted the crowd on Philippe Chatrier court as he eased to a 6-2 6-2 6-2 rout of Belgium's Christophe Rochus.
Jankovic: I let myself down
Jankovic: I let myself down
Unseeded Romanian Sorana Cirstea produced the performance of her life to dump out fifth seed Jelena Jankovic at Roland Garros.
The 19-year-old had not made it past the second round of a grand slam prior to coming to Paris but she now has a great opportunity to make the semi-finals at Roland Garros thanks to her epic 3-6 6-0 9-7 win over Serbia's Jankovic on Suzanne Lenglen court.
The final stages of the encounter were tortuous for Cirstea, who needed three match points to finally get over the line as the tenacious Jankovic dug in.
The Serb admitted afterwards she had been struggling with abdomen and toe pains during the match, and rued her inability to kill off her opponent.
"I kind of let myself down in the second set - I should have won that game at 2-0," said the 24-year-old, a semi-finalist here in 2007 and 2008.
"And then in the third set, I served at 6-5 and I had 30-0 and that's when I should have gone more for my shots."
Reaching the quarter-finals is already a massive achievement for Cirstea but she will fancy her chances of going further.
She will next play Australian 30th seed Samantha Stosur, who thrashed French hope Virginie Razzano 6-1 6-2.
Razzano was one of 19 Frenchwomen to make the main draw but none have qualified for the last eight.
Meanwhile, second seed Serena Williams is bracing herself for a testing quarter-final against in-form Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova after easing through her fourth-round match against Aleksandra Wozniak.
The American needed just 53 minutes to record a 6-1 6-2 win on Philippe Chatrier court.
Kuznetsova, the seventh seed, found things more tricky in her triumph against Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska but the set she lost in the 6-4 1-6 6-1 victory was only the first the Russian had dropped this tournament.
Kuznetsova is also the only woman to defeat world number one Dinara Safina on clay this year.
Williams said: "She's an excellent clay-court player. She's been playing unbelievably well.
"This is when everything counts. I have to pick up my level and play a strong match, especially when playing somebody like Svetlana, who moves extremely well and doesn't do anything bad."
Williams, the 2002 champion here, had a real battle against Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez in the third round, coming through in three tight sets.
But she found it much easier here, breaking in games two and six to take the first set comfortably.
Wozniak, the 24th seed, did manage a break herself, in the sixth game of the second set. But that was as good as it got for the Canadian.
"I feel like it was my most focused match so far," Williams said.
Kuznetsova survived a mid-match wobble to defeat Radwanska, the 12th seed.
"I was really nervous today - I don't know why," said Kuznetsova.
"It was tough mentally. In the next match, I cannot allow myself to do this. I'll have to be more prepared."
Kuznetsova lost to Williams in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open earlier this year, and the American has won 10 majors in total down the years.
"Maybe she hasn't played that many tournaments on clay, but you cannot discount her," said Kuznetsova.
"She's a big champion, she's won here and definitely knows how to play on clay."
Nadal: Federer is the favourite
Despite Andy Murray's smooth progress to the French Open quarters, Nadal still thinks Federer is the title favorite.
There will be a new name on the trophy this year following Nadal's shock defeat by Sweden's Robin Soderling in the fourth round yesterday.
It has left the door ajar for Murray, who is in Nadal's half of the draw, to stake a serious claim for a first grand slam title of his career, but the Spaniard believes there are other candidates more likely to be his successor.
"(Roger) Federer is the favourite, in my opinion," said the Mallorcan, who was bidding to win in Paris for the fifth year running.
"That would be great. He's tried to win it for many years and he was very unfortunate to lose three finals and one semi-final (all to Nadal).
"If one guy deserves it, it's him. There is also (Nikolay) Davydenko. (Juan Martin) Del Potro is there I think. We will see."
Murray's name was conspicuous by its absence but the Scot certainly has a great chance now.
The third seed set up a quarter-final meeting with Chile's Fernando Gonzalez thanks to yesterday's straight-sets win over Marin Cilic.
Gonzalez, the 12th seed, earned his place in the last eight by hitting 50 winners in a 6-2 6-4 6-2 victory over beleaguered 30th seed Victor Hanescu.
Murray became the third British man, after Roger Taylor in 1973 and Tim Henman in 2004, to reach this stage at Roland Garros.
"Every time you do something like that, it's nice," said Murray.
"Tim obviously made the semis here so it would nice to try and match that.
"I always felt I could play well on clay."
Murray is scheduled to play Gonzalez tomorrow. They have met each other twice before, the Briton winning in the third round of the US Open in 2006 and the South American triumphing in Basle in 2005.
Second seed Federer, who needs to win the French Open to complete his set of grand slam titles and join Pete Sampras on 14 major wins, takes on unseeded Tommy Haas today.
It was a bad day for the reigning champions all round yesterday - Ana Ivanovic was dumped out of the women's singles in straight sets by Victoria Azarenka.
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Karlovic, who is 6ft 10in tall, powered down 55 aces - which is believed to be a record for a singles match in the Open era - on Court One but still somehow lost, making it 11 successive five-set defeats for the Croatian.
The never-say-die spirit of Hewitt, the former world number one who is on an upward spiral after an injury-hit 2008, was in evidence as he posted a four-hour 6-7 (1/7) 6-7 (4/7) 7-6 (7/4) 6-4 6-3 victory to stay on course for a possible third-round meeting with top seed Rafael Nadal.
Hewitt said: "It's more of a mental battle to come back from two sets after you lose them in breakers.
"You have to hang in there and be prepared to go the distance. That's what I'm proud of today."
Hewitt, who won from two sets down for the fifth time in his career, admitted he was often left helpless by Karlovic's monster serve, adding: "It's frustrating but you have to put it aside.
"You know it's going to happen when you go out on court."
Hewitt, currently ranked 50 in the world, takes on Andrey Golubev of Kazakhstan next.
With third seed Andy Murray routing Argentina's Juan Ignacio Chela 6-2 6-2 6-1, the biggest casualty of the day looked like being a home favourite, Gilles Simon.
The seventh seed had major trouble dealing with his opponent from the United States, Wayne Odesnik, and it was nip and tuck until Simon finally eased away in the fifth set to seal a 3-6 7-5 6-2 4-6 6-3 triumph. He will next play another American, Robert Kendrick.
Eighth seed Fernando Verdasco wasted little time in brushing aside Florent Serra in straight sets to reach the second round.
The Spaniard, who lost to Nadal in an epic Australian Open semi-final earlier this year, was in impressive form as he won 6-2 6-1 6-4.
Verdasco has had a solid 2009, making the quarter-finals of all eight of the tournaments he has played in, but he acknowledges he has a tough draw at this event.
"It's going to be difficult but I'll see if I can make the quarter-finals to play Rafa (Nadal) - I'll take that," said Verdasco, who may have to get past Nicolas Almagro and Nikolay Davydenko before that.
David Ferrer, a compatriot of Verdasco and the 14th seed here, encountered few problems in his 6-2 6-4 6-4 success over Frederico Gil while 18th seed Radek Stepanek was also a comfortable straight-sets winner, beating 2004 champion Gaston Gaudio 6-3 6-4 6-1.
Earlier, Marat Safin, the 20th seed and, like Hewitt, a two-time grand-slam champion, launched his final Roland Garros campaign with a 6-4 6-4 6-4 victory over Frenchman Alexandre Sidorenko.
"If I have a couple more matches here, it would be great," said Safin, who is retiring at the end of the year.
"I'm not really happy with the way I played but the result was okay."
It was only the Russian's second win on clay in his farewell season and he will next play France's Josselin Ouanna, a winner in four sets against Marcel Granollers.
Croatia's Marin Cilic, the 13th seed, lost only seven games as he cruised past Jan Hernych 6-0 6-4 6-3 and 31st seed Almagro crushed Agustin Calleri 6-4 6-1 6-3.
Elsewhere, there were wins for Dudi Sela, Philipp Petzschner and French lucky loser Mathieu Montcourt, who progressed after opponent Yen-Hsun Lu retired injured.
Meanwhile, France's Gael Monfils, the 11th seed, confirmed at a press conference he will be fit to play Bobby Reynolds in his first-round match on Tuesday even though he is suffering with a knee injury.
Nadal insists best is yet to come
Nadal insists best is yet to come
Top seed Rafael Nadal created a French Open record for consecutive wins - but admitted he was not at his all-conquering best.
The four-time defending champion was given a thorough work-out by Brazilian qualifier Marcos Daniel, ranked 97th in the world, and came through 7-5 6-4 6-3 to reach the second round.
The 22-year-old made it 29 successes on the trot in the French capital, where he remains unbeaten since making his debut in 2005.
But he was definitely not his usual sprightly self, and even went a break down in the second set.
That proved to be the turning point, though, as Nadal promptly broke back and quickly wrapped up the set.
Daniel, by then resigned to his fate, was broken again at the start of the third set. He managed one last hurrah, breaking Nadal as the Mallorcan served for the match, but he let slip three points to pull it back to 4-5 and a volley that drifted wide sealed his fate.
"It was difficult. I was expecting a hard-fought match but I obviously wasn't at my best level," said Nadal.
"But it's been like that for the last four years (in the first round). And I have won in three sets, that's a positive.
"I started to play better in the third set and I hope to continue improving in the next match."
Roger Federer is probably Nadal's chief rival again this year and he advanced into the second round with a minimum of fuss against Alberto Martin.
The world number two, who is once again bidding to complete his set of grand slams and equal Pete Sampras' record of 14 major titles, eased to a 6-4 6-3 6-2 victory in an hour and 43 minutes.
Earlier, 10th seed Nikolay Davydenko admitted he was not in the best shape to challenge for the title this year, despite a convincing 6-2 6-1 6-4 first-round win over Austria's Stefan Koubek.
The Russian missed the majority of the first three months of 2009 with a heel injury and has recently been troubled by a muscle strain in his left leg that forced him out of last week's Austrian Open.
The two-time Roland Garros semi-finalist knows it will tough for him to match or better his best run here.
"I'm a bit disappointed because I started the clay-court season and I said to myself I was going to be in form for Roland Garros," Davydenko said.
"But after Madrid I injured myself. I couldn't play at Kitzbuhel last week, which prevented me from preparing correctly for Roland Garros.
"I am lacking matches, lacking physical freshness. I don't know what five-set matches are going to do to me."
Fernando Gonzalez, the 12th seed, and Robin Soderling, the 23rd seed, also made it through to round two thanks to three-set wins against Jiri Vanek and Kevin Kim, respectively.
Seventeenth seed Stanislas Wawrinka, of Switzerland, encountered more problems, needing a deciding set to get past Nicolas Devilder 6-3 5-7 2-6 6-4 6-4.
"You never want to think it's over before match point but I knew I wasn't on the right track," said the Swiss, commenting on his feelings when 4-1 down in the fourth.
"But I've always said I liked five-set matches. Physically I feel strong, stronger than most players."
Nicolas Massu, Nicolas Kiefer, Denis Istomin, Mikhail Youzhny and 30th seed Victor Hanescu were other winners today.
Italy's Potito Starace secured a second-round meeting against British number one Andy Murray, the third seed, after opponent Mischa Zverev retired through injury at the start of the third set of their match.
Germany's Zverev was 6-7 (5/7) 7-5 1-0 down when he called it a day because of stomach problems and cramps.
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