Petrova Seeded Casualty Tuesday at French Open

Posted on May 30, 2007

No. 11 seed Nadia Petrova was the lone upset victim Tuesday at the French Open, with the back-injured Russian falling to Czech qualifier Kveta Peschke 6-0 in the third.

"Basically, all she had to do was just play into the side, so I couldn't get to the balls," Petrova said. "It's a very nasty feeling, and I do not know now what exactly it is. And I'm setting an appointment to make an MRI, so that we can really have a look deeper at what's going on with me. I just really hope at the moment that it's not that serious, and I'm able to play the grasscourt season, because I missed it last year, and I don't want to miss again."

Seeded winners on the day were (4) Jelena Jankovic (d. Foretz), (6) Nicole Vaidisova (d. Gagliardi), (13) Elena Dementieva (d. Kerber), (18) Marion Bartoli (d. Rezai), (20) Sybille Bammer (d. Vinci), (23) Francesca Schiavone (d. Meusburger), and (28) Mara Santangelo (d. Radwanska).

Unseeded winners Tuesday were Maria Kirilenko (d. Camerin, bagel in the second), Timea Bacsinszky (d. Zheng, bagel in the second), Tzipora Obziler (d. Czink), Olga Savchuk (d. Shvedova), Andrea Petkovic (d. Gajdosova from a set down), Tamarine Tanasgarn (d. Dellacqua in three), Shenay Perry (d. O.Sanchez from a set down), Stephanie Cohen Aloro (d. Yakimova), Akgul Amanmuradova (d. King in three), Milagros Sequera (d. Razzano from a set down), Nuria Llagostera Vives (d. Smashnova), Mathilde Johansson (d. Groenefeld), Catalina Castano (d. Laine from a set down), and Pauline Parmentier (d. Koryttseva in three).

Highlights of Wednesday matches at Roland Garros are (2) Maria Sharapova vs. Emilie Loit, (8) Serena Williams vs. Milagros Sequera, (5) Amelie Mauresmo vs. American Laura Granville, (1) Justine Henin vs. Tamira Paszek, (26) Venus Williams vs. Ashley Harkleroad in an all-American encounter, (7) Ana Ivanovic vs. Sofia Arvidsson, (27) Sam Stosur vs. Russian pin-up Maria Kirilenko, confidence-challenged former champ Anastasia Myskina vs. American Meghann Shaughnessy, and Alicia Molik vs. (9) Anna Chakvetadze.