Gisela Dulko advanced in Roland Garros

Roland Garros Monday Results and 5/27 Order of Play

Gisela Dulko's match started on Monday but because of darkness it was posponed for today. Gisela started winning the first set but in the second she couldn't keep up and lost it. when they resume the match today Gisela Dulko was 3-1 down in the third set and Errani had her serve which she convert and Gisela found herself 1-4 but she was able to come back and she took the win. In the second round she will face Alize Cornet, who just made the final in Rome.

Jelena Jankovic, 3rd seed, started a bit slow in Roland Garros, she couldn't find her rhythm against Monica Niculescu, a Lucky Loser, but she was able to advanced with a 2 sets win.

Venus Williams, 8th seed, also had troubles during her first round match. Williams needed 3 sets to defeat Tzipora Obziler from Israel.
Patty Schnyder, 10 seed, had a much easier match against Ekaterina Bychkova and won in 2 sets.

The only seeded player that failed today was alona Bondarenko who was defeated by Petra Cetkovska. Bondarenko was only able to win 3 games in the whole match.

Not all matches were played today because it was raining a lot in Roland Garros so some matches will be posponed for tomorrow.

Check out all the scores from the French Open and the order of play for Tuesday.


Monday, May 26, 2008

Singles - First Round
(3) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. (LL) Monica Niculescu (ROU) 76(3) 62
(8) Venus Williams (USA) d. Tzipora Obziler (ISR) 63 46 62
(10) Patty Schnyder (SUI) d. Ekaterina Bychkova (RUS) 63 64
(12) Agnes Szavay (HUN) d. Ayumi Morita (JPN) 61 46 64
Petra Cetkovska (CZE) d. (23) Alona Bondarenko (UKR) 63 60
(32) Karin Knapp (ITA) d. Martina Müller (GER) 60 64
Gisela Dulko (ARG) d. Sara Errani (ITA) 64 46 75
Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) d. Tamira Paszek (AUT) 16 63 63
Emilie Loit (FRA) d. Yan Zi (CHN) 16 64 86
(Q) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) d. María Emilia Salerni (ARG) 61 61
(Q) Jelena Pandzic (CRO) d. (WC) Severine Brémond (FRA) 46 63 62

Roland Garros Tuesday May 27th order of Play
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