Davenport Escapes, Myskina Dumped at French Open

Battling a chronically sore shoulder and the stress of her mother fighting cancer, Myskina struggled to hold back tears after the match.

"Right now it's really difficult to understand what I have to do on court," Myskina said. "When the ball comes to me, I don't know what I have to do, where I have to put the ball. I have no confidence at all right now...Right now I can lose to anybody. No matter who's playing against me, the girl's winning."

Sanchez Lorenzo played competently from the baseline and decisively took advantage of short balls to take the net, though the two combined for well over 100 unforced errors in the match.

"Obviously she's not playing as well as last year," Sanchez Lorenzo said. "But people told me about her personal problems. It's not about her game. I think it's about her mind. I feel so sorry for her."

Almost joining the Russian on the early flight home was No. 1 seed Lindsay Davenport, who took more than a set to find her footing before dismissing Katarina Srebotnik 3-6, 6-2, 6-2.

"It was a little bit chilly," said Davenport, who began the match in a tank top with the temperature in the high 50s. "Luckily, I found my way about the middle of the second set and was able to turn it around before it was too late."

Davenport then saved reporters the hassle by interviewing herself.

"Do I think this is going to be by far the toughest one for me to win? Absolutely. Do I think spending a month in Europe before coming here is going to help me win? Not really."

Other seeds advancing were (4) Elena Dementieva (d. Strycova), (8) Patty Schnyder (d. Cho), (9) Vera Zvonareva (d. Meusburger), (11) Venus Williams (d. Marrero), (14) Kim Clijsters (d. Tu 1-and-0), (16) Elena Likhovtseva (d. Fedak after dropping the first set), (18) Silvia Farina Elia (d. Kremer), (19) Shinobu Asagoe (d. Schruff), (20) Daniela Hantuchova (d. Krajicek), (21) Mary Pierce (d. Douchevina), (27) Amy Frazier (d. American countrywoman Shaughnessy in three), (31) Karolina Sprem (d. Camerin), and (32) Flavia Pennetta (d. Craybas).

"I haven't had the perfect preparation, but this helps me to give me rhythm and be able to work on a few things during the match, and get my mind ready to be back playing," said Clijsters after dropping only one game. "I definitely have my list of things that I have to look after in matches -- wrist, knee, shoulder."

In the other upset on the day, Italy's Virginie Razzano ousted (25) Dinara Safina in straight sets.

Other un-seeds into the second round were qualifiers Sandra Kloesel of Germany (d. (Q) Santangelo) and Argentina's Clarisa Fernandez (d. Panova), China's Shuai Peng (d. (WC) Andrieux 0-and-1), Colombians Catalina Castano (d. Chladkova) and Fabiola Zuluaga (d. Prusova 0-and-1), Croats Jelena Kostanic (d. Tanasugarn 0-and-1) and Sanda Mamic (d. Raymond), Spain's Arantxa Parra Santonja (d. Perry in three), Bulgarian Sesil Karatantcheva (d. A.Bondarenko from a set down), Slovak Ludmila Cervanova (d. Nakamura from a set down), Japan's Akiko Morigami (d. Haynes), Poland's Marta Domachowska (d. Cohen-Aloro), Czech Eva Birnerova (d. Kirilenko from a set down), Argentine Mariana Diaz-Oliva (d. (WC) Ferguson 6-1 in the third), Swiss Emmanuelle Gagliardi (d. Perebiynis from a set down), and France's own Emilie Loit (d. Schaul, bagel in the second).

Scheduled for Tuesday at Roland Garros are (10) Henin-Hardenne vs. Martinez, (3) Mauresmo vs. Dominikovic, (2) Sharapova vs. Linetskaya in the tricky all-Russian, (17) Tatiana "Hot Pants" Golovin vs. Osterloh, (6) Kuznetsova vs. Johansson, (13) Dechy vs. Pastikova, (7) Petrova vs. Mashona "Little Sis" Washington, (29) Ivanovic vs. Foretz, (23) Sugiyama vs. Nuria Llagostera "Pancho" Vives, (22) Schiavone vs. Zheng, (26) Suarez vs. Chakvetadze, Benesova vs. Parmentier, (12) Bovina vs. Vento-Kabchi, (15) Jankovic vs. Smashnova-Pistolesi, (24) Maleeva vs. Fujiwara, Jidkova vs. Cornet, Mirza vs. (30) Dulko, (28) Bartoli vs. Peer, Arvidsson vs. Daniilidou, Mandula vs. Anabel "Funky Cold" Medina Garrigues, Ruano Pascual vs. Yakimova, Antonella Serra "Nevada" Zanetti vs. Weingartner, Martina "Nurse, Hand Me a" Sucha vs. Garbin, Peschke vs. Randriantefy, Jugic-Salkic vs. Klara "Kouky" Koukalova, Irvin vs. Pratt, Talaja vs. Stosur, Vinci vs. Groenefeld, Fedossova vs. Brandi, Safarova vs. Vaidisova in an all-Czech, Spears vs. Beltrame, and Pin vs. Rezai.