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2010 French Open – Day-by-day summaries

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This list is a below in the form of day-by-day summaries:

Day 1 (23 May) edit

 
The Court Philippe Chatrier during the match between Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Daniel Brands

In the Men's singles many of seeded players made it through led by 2009 finalist Robin Söderling, Mikhail Youzhny and Marin Čilić. While Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was pushed to the limit by German Daniel Brands as he came through 7–5 in the fifth. Tsonga was joined by compatriots Édouard Roger-Vasselin, Josselin Ouanna and Julien Benneteau who upset 23rd seed Ernests Gulbis 6–4, 6–2, 1–0 as Gulbis retired with a hamstring injury.

In the Women's side 6th seed and defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova cruised through the first round with a 6–3, 6–1 victory of Sorana Cîrstea. She was joined by 2nd seed Venus Williams, Madrid champion Aravane Rezaï, Nadia Petrova, Flavia Pennetta, Maria Kirilenko and last years Semifinalist Dominika Cibulková. The day featured two upsets. Victoria Azarenka, hindered by an injury and only appeared in the event to have entered to claim the bonus prize money for ending the 2009 season in the top 10, became the first major casualty of the tournament as she was upset by Gisela Dulko. Rome champion María José Martínez Sánchez was also upset by Akgul Amanmuradova.

Matches on main courts
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Singles 1st round   Svetlana Kuznetsova [6]   Sorana Cîrstea 6–3, 6–1
Men's Singles 1st round   Robin Söderling [5]   Laurent Recouderc [WC] 6–0, 6–2, 6–3
Women's Singles 1st round   Aravane Rezaï [15]   Heidi El Tabakh [Q] 6–1, 6–1
Men's Singles 1st round   Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [8]   Daniel Brands 4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–7, 7–5
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event Winner Loser Score
Men's Singles 1st round   Marin Čilić [10]   Ricardo Mello 6–1, 3–6, 6–3, 6–1
Women's Singles 1st round   Gisela Dulko   Victoria Azarenka [10] 6–1, 6–2
Men's Singles 1st round   Julien Benneteau   Ernests Gulbis [23] 6–4, 6–2, 1–0 retired
Women's Singles 1st round   Venus Williams [2]   Patty Schnyder 6–3, 6–3
Women's Singles 1st round   Nadia Petrova [19]   Zhang Shuai 6–0, 6–3

Day 2 (24 May) edit

In the Men's Singles World no. 1 and defending champion Roger Federer cruised past Peter Luczak with a 6–4, 6–1, 6–2 victory. He was joined by Indian Wells champion Ivan Ljubičić, Miami finalist Tomáš Berdych, Stanislas Wawrinka, John Isner and Thomaz Bellucci. While World no. 3 Novak Djokovic, last years semifinalist Fernando González, Gaël Monfils and Victor Hănescu all won in 4. While world no. 4 Andy Murray took on Richard Gasquet and won 4–6, 6–7, 6–4, 6–2, 6–1. 29th seed Spaniard Nicolás Almagro also needed five sets to defeat Robin Haase. The upsets of the day saw Spanish clay courters Feliciano López and Tommy Robredo both fall.

In the Women's draw 6 of the top 8 seeds were in action and all won. The field was led by World no. 1 Serena Williams who beat Stefanie Vögele 7–6, 6–2. She was joined by Caroline Wozniacki, Jelena Janković, Elena Dementieva, Samantha Stosur and Agnieszka Radwańska. Other seeds Li Na, Kateryna Bondarenko, Alisa Kleybanova and Lucie Šafářová who defeated Jelena Dokić all won in straight sets. While Francesca Schiavone and Alona Bondarenko come back from a set down to get to the second round.

Matches on main courts
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Singles 1st round   Caroline Wozniacki [3]   Alla Kudryavtseva 6–0, 6–3
Men's Singles 1st round   Roger Federer [1]   Peter Luczak 6–4, 6–1, 6–2
Women's Singles 1st round   Serena Williams [1]   Stefanie Vögele 7–6(7–2), 6–2
Men's Singles 1st round   Gaël Monfils [13]   Dieter Kindlmann [LL] 6–3, 7–5, 6–7(5–7), 6–2
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Singles 1st round   Li Na [11]   Kristina Mladenovic 7–5, 6–3
Men's Singles 1st round   Novak Djokovic [3]   Evgeny Korolev 6–1, 3–6, 6–1, 6–3
Men's Singles 1st round   Andy Murray [4]   Richard Gasquet 4–6, 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–2, 6–1

Day 3 (25 May) edit

Day 3 of action was led by 4-time champion and 2nd seed Rafael Nadal who defeated Gianni Mina 6–2, 6–2, 6–2. Nadal was joined by fellow Spaniards 7th seed Fernando Verdasco, 16th seed Juan Carlos Ferrero, 9th seed David Ferrer and Pere Riba. Other seeds who went through were German Philipp Kohlschreiber, Austrian Jürgen Melzer and former world no. 1 Lleyton Hewitt. While 6th seed Andy Roddick who was playing his first match in clay of the season needed 5 sets to get past Jarkko Nieminen 6–2, 4–6, 4–6, 7–6, 6–3. Upsets were not avoided as two seeds fell in 4. As 18th seed Sam Querrey lost to compatriot Robby Ginepri and 26th seed clay courter Juan Mónaco was upset by Grega Žemlja.

In the Women's Singles almost all seeds got through in straight sets led by Justine Henin who beat Tsvetana Pironkova 6–4, 6–3, in her 1st match at RG for 3 years. She was joined by unseeded compatriots Kirsten Flipkens and Yanina Wickmayer, as well as Russians Maria Sharapova, Vera Zvonareva and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Other seeds Daniela Hantuchová, Shahar Pe'er, Zheng Jie and Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli all won. The second major upset of the tournaments came at the cost of 2-time finalist Dinara Safina, who was upset by 39-year-old Kimiko Date-Krumm 3–6, 6–4, 7–5.

Matches on main courts
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Singles 1st round   Justine Henin [22]   Tsvetana Pironkova 6–4, 6–3
Men's Singles 1st round   Andy Roddick [6]   Jarkko Nieminen 6–2, 4–6, 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–3
Women's Singles 1st round   Marion Bartoli [13]   Maria Elena Camerin 6–2, 6–3
Men's Singles 1st round   Lleyton Hewitt [28]   Jérémy Chardy 7–5, 6–0, 6–4
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event Winner Loser Score
Men's Singles 1st round   Fernando Verdasco [7]   Igor Kunitsyn 6–4, 6–2, 6–2
Women's Singles 1st round   Kimiko Date-Krumm   Dinara Safina [9] 3–6, 6–4, 7–5
Men's Singles 1st round   Rafael Nadal [2]   Gianni Mina 6–2, 6–2, 6–2
Women's Singles 1st round   Maria Sharapova [12]   Ksenia Pervak [Q] 6–3, 6–2

Day 4 (26 May) edit

World no. 1 Roger Federer dispatched Colombian Alejandro Falla in straight sets. Other straight sets victors were Robin Söderling, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Marin Čilić, Tomáš Berdych, Stanislas Wawrinka and Albert Montañés. While Mikhail Youzhny progressed in four after losing the first set tie-break. The only upset of the day was when Thiemo de Bakker defeated 32nd seed Guillermo García-López. The end of the day saw lots of matches being suspended and cancelled due to rain delays. One of those matches was between Frenchman Gaël Monfils and Italian Fabio Fognini which descended into chaos as they played on despite extreme darkness for 2 games, before finally coming off court a full 25 minutes after Murray and Chela's match did, at 5–5 in the 5th.[1][2]

World no. 2 Venus Williams led the days games in the women's side with a 6–2, 6–4 victory over Arantxa Parra Santonja, she was joined by Caroline Wozniacki, Flavia Pennetta, Nadia Petrova, Alexandra Dulgheru and Maria Kirilenko who all won straight sets. While Dominika Cibulková and Aravane Rezaï scrambled to win in three. One of the stories of the day was with defending champion Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova against German Andrea Petkovic, who served for the match in the 2nd set, but the Russian survived 4–6, 7–5, 6–4. As with the Men's side several matches were cancelled.

Matches on main courts
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Singles 2nd round   Venus Williams [2]   Arantxa Parra Santonja 6–2, 6–4
Men's Singles 2nd round   Roger Federer [1]   Alejandro Falla 7–6(7–4), 6–2, 6–4
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event Winner Loser Score
Men's Singles 2nd round   Robin Söderling [5]   Taylor Dent 6–0, 6–1, 6–1
Men's Singles 2nd round   Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [8]   Josselin Ouanna 6–0, 6–1, 6–4
Women's Singles 2nd round   Aravane Rezaï [15]   Angelique Kerber 6–2, 2–6, 6–3
Women's Singles 2nd round   Caroline Wozniacki [3]   Tathiana Garbin 6–3, 6–1

Day 5 (27 May) edit

Matches on main courts
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Singles 2nd round   Jelena Janković [4]   Kaia Kanepi [Q] 6–2, 3–6, 6–4
Men's Singles 2nd round   Fabio Fognini   Gaël Monfils [13] 2–6, 4–6, 7–5, 6–4, 9–7
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event Winner Loser Score
Men's Singles 2nd round   Andy Roddick [6]   Blaž Kavčič 6–3, 5–7, 6–4, 6–2

Day 6 (28 May) edit

Matches on main courts
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event Winner Loser Score
Men's Singles 2nd round   Rafael Nadal [2]   Horacio Zeballos 6–2, 6–2, 6–3
Women's Singles 2nd round   Justine Henin [22]   Klára Zakopalová 6–3, 6–3
Women's Singles 3rd round   Venus Williams [2]   Dominika Cibulková [26] 6–3, 6–4
Men's Singles 3rd round   Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [8]   Thiemo de Bakker 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–4), 6–3, 6–4
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Singles 2nd round   Serena Williams [1]   Julia Görges 6–1, 6–1
Women's Singles 2nd round   Marion Bartoli [13]   Olivia Sanchez [WC] 7–5, 6–2
Men's Singles 3rd round   Roger Federer [1]   Julian Reister [Q] 6–4, 6–0, 6–4
Men's Singles 3rd round   Andy Murray [4]   Marcos Baghdatis [25] 6–2, 6–3, 0–6, 6–2
Women's Singles 3rd round   Elena Dementieva [5]   Aleksandra Wozniak 6–7(2–7), 6–3, 6–4

Day 7 (29 May) edit

Matches on main courts
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Singles 3rd round   Serena Williams [1]   Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [29] 6–1, 1–6, 6–2
Women's Singles 3rd round   Nadia Petrova [19]   Aravane Rezaï [15] 7–6(7–2), 4–6, 10–8
Men's Singles 3rd round   Novak Djokovic [3]   Victor Hănescu [31] 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Men's Singles 3rd round   Rafael Nadal [2]   Lleyton Hewitt [28] 6–3, 6–4, 6–3
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event Winner Loser Score
Men's Singles 3rd round   Teymuraz Gabashvili [Q]   Andy Roddick [6] 6–4, 6–4, 6–2
Women's Singles 3rd round   Shahar Pe'er [18]   Marion Bartoli [13] 7–6(9–7), 6–2
Men's Singles 3rd round   Fernando Verdasco [7]   Philipp Kohlschreiber [30] 2–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–7(1–7), 6–4
Women's Singles 3rd round   Jelena Janković [4]   Alona Bondarenko [27] 6–4, 7–6(7–3)

Day 8 (30 May) edit

Matches on main courts
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Singles 4th round   Elena Dementieva [5]   Chanelle Scheepers [Q] 6–1, 6–3
Women's Singles 3rd round   Justine Henin [22]   Maria Sharapova [12] 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Women's Singles 4th round   Nadia Petrova [19]   Venus Williams [2] 6–4, 6–3
Men's Singles 4th round   Roger Federer [1]   Stanislas Wawrinka [20] 6–3, 7–6(7–5), 6–2
Men's Singles 4th round   Mikhail Youzhny [11]   Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [8] 6–2 retired
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Singles 4th round   Francesca Schiavone [17]   Maria Kirilenko [30] 6–4, 6–4
Women's Singles 4th round   Caroline Wozniacki [3]   Flavia Pennetta [14] 7–6(7–5), 6–7(4–7), 6–2
Men's Singles 4th round   Robin Söderling [5]   Marin Čilić [10] 6–4, 6–4, 6–2
Men's Singles 4th round   Tomáš Berdych [15]   Andy Murray [4] 6–4, 7–5, 6–3

Day 9 (31 May) edit

Matches on main courts
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event Winner Loser Score
Men's Singles 4th round   Novak Djokovic [3]   Robby Ginepri 6–4, 2–6, 6–1, 6–2
Women's Singles 4th round   Serena Williams [1]   Shahar Pe'er [18] 6–2, 6–2
Men's Singles 4th round   Rafael Nadal [2]   Thomaz Bellucci [24] 6–2, 7–5, 6–4
Women's Singles 4th round   Jelena Janković [4]   Daniela Hantuchová [23] 6–4, 6–2
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event Winner Loser Score
Men's Singles 4th round   Jürgen Melzer [22]   Teymuraz Gabashvili [Q] 7–6(8–6), 4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Women's Singles 4th round   Samantha Stosur [7]   Justine Henin [22] 2–6, 6–1, 6–4
Men's Singles 4th round   Nicolás Almagro [19]   Fernando Verdasco [7] 6–1, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Women's Singles 4th round   Yaroslava Shvedova   Jarmila Groth [WC] 6–4, 6–3

Day 10 (1 June) edit

This day, Roger Federer lost his quarterfinals match against Robin Söderling, making it the first time since the 2004 French Open that Federer did not reach at least the semifinals of a Grand Slam tournament.[3][4] It also meant that Federer lost his ATP men's single No. 1 ranking in tennis since Rafael Nadal won the 2010 French Open men's singles title. Also, since Nadal became the 2010 French Open men's singles champion, Federer was left only one week short of equalling Pete Sampras's record number of 286 weeks as the ATP No. 1 ranked men's singles player.[3][4]

Matches on main courts
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Singles Quarterfinals   Francesca Schiavone [17]   Caroline Wozniacki [3] 6–2, 6–3
Men's Singles Quarterfinals   Robin Söderling [5]   Roger Federer [1] 3–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Singles Quarterfinals   Elena Dementieva [5]   Nadia Petrova [19] 2–6, 6–2, 6–0
Men's Singles Quarterfinals   Tomáš Berdych [15]   Mikhail Youzhny [11] 6–3, 6–1, 6–2

Day 11 (2 June) edit

This day decided the last two of the four semifinalists in the women's singles. Since none of the four semifinalists (Samantha Stosur, Jelena Janković, Francesca Schiavone, and Elena Dementieva) had won any Grand Slam women's singles titles before, this meant Francesca Schiavone became a first-time women's singles Grand Slam champion in this tournament.[5]

Matches on main courts
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Singles Quarterfinals   Samantha Stosur [7]   Serena Williams [1] 6–2, 6–7(2–7), 8–6
Men's Singles Quarterfinals   Rafael Nadal [2]   Nicolás Almagro [19] 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–3), 6–4
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Singles Quarterfinals   Jelena Janković [4]   Yaroslava Shvedova 7–5, 6–4
Men's Singles Quarterfinals   Jürgen Melzer [22]   Novak Djokovic [3] 3–6, 2–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–3), 6–4

Day 12 (3 June) edit

Matches on main courts
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Singles Semifinals   Francesca Schiavone [17]   Elena Dementieva [5] 7–6(7–3) retired
Women's Singles Semifinals   Samantha Stosur [7]   Jelena Janković [4] 6–1, 6–2
Mixed Doubles Final   Katarina Srebotnik [6]
  Nenad Zimonjić [6] 		  Yaroslava Shvedova
  Julian Knowle 		4–6, 7–6(7–5), [11–9]
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Legends Doubles Semifinals   Iva Majoli
  Nathalie Tauziat 		  Gigi Fernández
  Natasha Zvereva 		4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Legends Over 45 Doubles Group A   Joakim Nyström
  Mats Wilander 		  Pat Cash
  Mikael Pernfors 		7–6(7–4), 6–3
Men's Doubles Semifinals   Daniel Nestor [2]
  Nenad Zimonjić [2] 		  Wesley Moodie [4]
  Dick Norman [4] 		6–0, 6–3
Legends Over 45 Doubles Group B   Mansour Bahrami
  Henri Leconte 		  Ilie Năstase
  Emilio Sánchez 		7–6(7–4), 3–6, [12–10]

Day 13 (4 June) edit

Matches on main courts
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event Winner Loser Score
Men's Singles Semifinals   Robin Söderling [5]   Tomáš Berdych [15] 6–3, 3–6, 5–7, 6–3, 6–3
Men's Singles Semifinals   Rafael Nadal [2]   Jürgen Melzer [22] 6–2, 6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event Winner Loser Score
Legends Under 45 Doubles Group B   Arnaud Boetsch
  Cédric Pioline 		  Thomas Muster
  Mark Woodforde 		6–2, 3–6, [12–10]
Women's Legends Doubles Third Place   Gigi Fernández
  Natasha Zvereva 		  Mary Joe Fernández
  Conchita Martínez 		6–1, 6–2
Legends Under 45 Doubles Group A   Yevgeny Kafelnikov
  Andriy Medvedev 		  Sergi Bruguera
  Richard Krajicek 		4–6, 6–2, [12–10]
Women's Doubles Final   Serena Williams [1]
  Venus Williams [1] 		  Květa Peschke [12]
  Katarina Srebotnik [12] 		6–2, 6–3
Legends Over 45 Doubles Group B   Ilie Năstase
  Emilio Sánchez 		  Guy Forget
  Thierry Tulasne 		6–1, 1–6, [10–7]

Day 14 (5 June) edit

Matches on main courts
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Singles Final   Francesca Schiavone [17]   Samantha Stosur [7] 6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Men's Doubles Final   Daniel Nestor [2]
  Nenad Zimonjić [2] 		  Lukáš Dlouhý [3]
  Leander Paes [3] 		7–5, 6–2
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event Winner Loser Score
Legends Over 45 Doubles Group A   Andrés Gómez
  John McEnroe 		  Joakim Nyström
  Mats Wilander 		6–2, 6–2
Women's Legends Doubles Final   Martina Navratilova
  Jana Novotná 		  Iva Majoli
  Nathalie Tauziat 		6–4, 6–2
Legends Under 45 Doubles Group A   Yevgeny Kafelnikov
  Andrei Medvedev 		  Michael Chang
  Albert Costa 		6–0, 3–6, [10–7]
Legends Under 45 Doubles Group B   Goran Ivanišević
  Michael Stich 		  Arnaud Boetsch
  Cédric Pioline 		6–3, 6–2

Day 15 (6 June) edit

Rafael Nadal reclaimed the No. 1 men's singles ATP ranking, leaving Roger Federer only one week short of equalling Pete Sampras's record number of 286 weeks as the ATP No. 1 ranked men's singles player.[3][4] This win is also the first time since the French Open 2004 that Roger Federer was knocked out by a player who hasn't won a grand slam tournament.

Matches on main courts
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event Winner Runner-up Score
Men's Singles Final   Rafael Nadal [2]   Robin Söderling [5] 6–4, 6–2, 6–4
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event Winner Runner-up Score
Legends Over 45 Doubles Final   Andrés Gómez
  John McEnroe 		  Mansour Bahrami
  Henri Leconte 		6–1, 6–1
Legends Under 45 Doubles Final   Yevgeny Kafelnikov
  Andrei Medvedev 		  Goran Ivanišević
  Michael Stich 		6–1, 6–1

References edit

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