Mauresmo Chokes, Davenport v Clijsters Today at French Open

Other seeded winners Saturday were (8) Guillermo Coria (d. Melzer in straights), (12) Nikolay Davydenko (d. (21) Haas, baking two bagels in the final two sets), and (15) Tommy Robredo (d. Sanchez in an all-Spanish).

Two un-seeds also worked their way into the fourth round in the Roddick-killing Argentine Jose Acasuso (d. (27) Volandri who retired in the first set with a wrist injury), and Argentine veteran Mariano Puerta (d. Wawrinka after dropping the first set).

Two matches were suspended due to darkness with (9) Guillermo Canas leading Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-3, 7-6(4), 2-2, and (28) Nicolas Kiefer leading Igor Andreev 6-4, 7-6(7), 3-6, 4-4.
 
On court Sunday on the men's side at Roland Garros are (10) Nalbandian vs. Hanescu, (4) Rafael "The Prodigy" Nadal vs. (23) Sebastien "The Skateboard Kid" Grosjean, (9) Canas vs. Mathieu (to finish), (1) Federer vs. (14) Moya, (5) Gaudio vs. (20) Ferrer, (28) Kiefer vs. Andreev, and in doubles highlights Americans (3) Bryan/Bryan vs. Belgians (13) Xavier "X-Man" Malisse/ Olivier "The Roach" Rochus.

Mauresmo Chokes, Henin Slides By at French Open

French hope Amelie Mauresmo endured another heart-wrenching choke Saturday at the French Open, losing to a player she had beaten three times already this year, 17-year-old Ana Ivanovic 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.

Serving at 4-5 in the third, Mauresmo immediately went down 0-40 and capped the occasion with a double fault on match point.

"I had a lot of pressure," Mauresmo said. "She had a lot of power. She put a lot of power into her shots...I think that I'm doing quite well. I'm doing things at my own pace. This defeat, compared to previous defeats, previous defeats have been much more frustrating."

Other seeded winners Saturday were world No. 1 threat (2) Maria Sharapova (d. Chakvetadze), (6) Svetlana Kuznetsova (d. Irvin 6-0 in the third), (7) Nadia Petrova (d. Peer), (10) Justinne Henin-Hardenne (d. Medina Garrigues after dropping the first), (12) Elena Bovina (d. (17) Golovin), and (22) Francesca Schiavone (d. Groenefeld).

"I think she was playing good and I was a little bit surprised by the way she was playing," said Henin-Hardenne, who fell behind 0-5 in the first set against the Spaniard. "I just needed a little bit of time to get used to the rhythm of the match and also to the heat and everything."

In another upset, Spain's Nuria Llagostera Vives ousted (13) Nathalie Dechy, while Swiss Emmanuelle Gagliardi came from a set down to defeat Emilie Loit in an all-unseeded.

On court Sunday are (8) Schnyder vs. (21) Pierce, (6) Kuznetsova vs. (10) Henin-Hardenne, (1) Davenport vs. (14) Clijsters, (2) Sharapova vs. Llagostera Vives, Karatantcheva vs. Gagliardi, (4) Dementieva vs. (16) Likhovtseva in an all-Russian, (7) Petrova vs. (12) Bovina in an all-Russian, and (22) Schiavone vs. (29) Ivanovic.

X-CORRECT
Lindsay Davenport was not the only American left in the draw as of Friday at the French Open, with the unseeded Melissa Irvin still bandying about in the women's singles.

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