Federer, Warwinka, Halep Open Play Sunday At The French Open

Wawrinka, who’s reached the semifinals at his last two events in Rome and Geneva, takes on Turkey’s Marcel Ilhan (no relation to Wawrinka’s estranged wife Ilham).
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Thank you for the investigative reporting on the Best Backhand in Switzerland’s wife. The world is better for it.

May 23rd, 2015 at 6:16 pm

I’ve got my day 1 picks up at http://tennisabides.com – The men’s slate is pretty solid.

May 23rd, 2015 at 9:42 pm

mat4, if you read this, where is the site you sometimes post fuller commentary? I have lost the URL…

May 24th, 2015 at 3:33 am

Dan,

your video doesn’t work and I think that Falla is not going to be an easy first round opener for Roger.

I don’t think any match in a slam will be easy, no matter who is the other side of the net. Any one who takes it lightly, will be in for a shocker.

I don’t think they have treated Rafa well at RG after all the years of winning there; I think he should have been given the opening match, they should honour him and respect what he has brought to RG.

Poor of the french in my view.

May 24th, 2015 at 4:39 am

Simona just won her opening match!

Falla and Federer up next.

May 24th, 2015 at 6:41 am

Okay – the security team at Roland Garros deserves a little pep talk. Federer was obviously not happy it took forever to get that kid looking for a selfie off the court.

May 24th, 2015 at 9:27 am

Fed wins his first match, despite selfie attack.
Hey RG, wake up with the security already!,

May 24th, 2015 at 10:09 am

http://espn.go.com/tennis/french15/story/_/id/12942624/french-open-roger-federer-usual-regal-self-opener
Catch the ridiculous tommy hawk overhead in the vid. Crazy!

May 24th, 2015 at 10:18 am

looks like andy plays tomorrow (as well as berdych, monfils and others) but novak and rafa aren’t on the schedule so i guess they start tuesday.

May 24th, 2015 at 1:14 pm

Im not happy about the security lapse,AGAIN at RG? What do they think they are playing at?

These are professional athletes, out there to do a job. If they are left to worry about any Tom Dick or Harry running onto the court, it will plague them.

God forbid anything should happen Seles style. It could have with Roger playing Soderling, Rafa playing Ferrer a couple of years ago and now.

Doesn’t matter whether it was a photo. The intruder should be fined.

What is it with the French?

It’s a multi million pound tournament. Can’t they afford security or do they want to risk a life?

if the kid did it today, some nutcase will try it tomorrow.

May 24th, 2015 at 2:28 pm

Skeezer, thanks for the link.

It’s a little known fact isn’t it?…but worth repeating, I feel.

“As it turned out, Federer wound up with the second-highest total of match victories ever at Roland Garros; he’s now at 62, four behind Nadal. His lone breakthrough here came in 2009, when Robin Soderling gave Nadal his only French Open loss in the fourth round and Federer beat the Swede in the final”.

May 24th, 2015 at 2:32 pm

Are we still on this same thread for today’s matches? anyhow, berd won easily as did fognini.

May 25th, 2015 at 7:47 am

Make that silly kid do some community service. And his parents should confiscate his smartphone.

Now to tennis: What did Navratilova do to Radwanska? She is having the fastest freefall which started with her coaching.

May 25th, 2015 at 8:15 am

Maybe now that Berdych is in the top 4, he will be cured of his top 4 phobia.

May 25th, 2015 at 8:16 am

tomic, nick and triple k are all through, so young aussies coming

May 25th, 2015 at 12:13 pm

novak could face the winner of tomic/triple k in the third round; first he plays nieminen tomorrow, and then likely muller.

May 25th, 2015 at 12:22 pm

coric beat querrey in 4 sets. he’ll face robredo next.

May 25th, 2015 at 12:23 pm

so i guess no one is actually watching tennis today?
murray won set 1 and is up a break in the second against this lucky loser dude. not sure who he is. ranked 137. gave a decent fight in the first set i thought but he seems spent now. i expect andy to cruise through the next 2 sets. maybe do some baking.

rafa’s opponent tomorrow is ranked 297. a qualifier named halys or similar: should be straightforward.

May 25th, 2015 at 12:59 pm

slone stephens and venus are playing now too. good early rounder! on serve set 1 at 2 all.

May 25th, 2015 at 1:05 pm

slone won the tiebreak and is up a break in the second.

May 25th, 2015 at 1:59 pm

@Eric:

Search lesasdutennis.com. I wrote the last three posts.

May 25th, 2015 at 2:50 pm

@jane:

You know that one should underestimate his opponents. Rafa has to play his best and hope that he will be able to win…

;-)

May 25th, 2015 at 2:57 pm

mat4, indeed. :)

May 25th, 2015 at 3:49 pm