Federer and Venus bounce back

May 29, 2009

Federer and Venus bounce back

Roger Federer and Venus Williams had hard fought matches in the second round of Roland Garros, and came back into the match registering wins.

Federer made a comeback after being down 5-1 in the third set against Jose Acasuso of Argentina ranked No. 45 in the world. It was a tough match for Federer as he first saved the first set after not letting Acasuso take four set points and later came back again in the third set. The final score of the match was 7-6 (10-8), 5-7, 7-6 (7-2), 6-2. This is an important grand slam as a win will help him equal Pete Sampras’s record of 14.

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In a post match interview Federer said “Yeah, could have won both, first three sets. Could have lost them, also. Of course, I’m thrilled, you know, to be through. It was sort of a fun match to be part of, you know, with so many ups and downs. It’s not the usual, you know. I thought Jose played well, and I started to struggle a little bit throughout the third set after sort of being up a break in the second set and things were looking like things were under control. I was mistaken. I’m happy to have come through such a tough match, you know. Those matches are good, you know, knowing that physically it wasn’t a problem. I’m excited about the next match, that’s for sure.”

Venus Williams defeated Lucie Safarova 6-7 (5-7), 6-2, 7-5 in a match suspended by darkness after the first set last night. Williams in a post match interview said “Yeah, it was a well played match. Yesterday I think I did too many things wrong. She just was firing for every shot and making them. Obviously with the delay was a lot of things to think about beforehand, what I could do different, and just tried to be as aggressive as I could. The last two sets, you know, it was close. But these kind of matches are really rewarding, and she was playing well. But I felt like I deserved it.”
French Open men’s singles second round results:

French Open men’s singles second round

Roger Federer (2) def. Jose Acasuso, 7-6 (10-8), 5-7, 7-6 (7-2), 6-2
Novak Djokovic (4) vs. Sergiy Stakhovsky, 6-3, 6-4 suspended
Juan Martin Del Potro (5) def. Viktor Troicki, 6-3, 7-5, 6-0
Andy Roddick (6) def. Ivo Minar, 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (7-2)
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (9) def. Juan Monaco, 7-5, 2-6, 6-1, 7-6 (10-8)
Nikolay Davydenko (10) def. Diego Junqueira, 4-6, 6-3, 6-0, 6-2
Gael Monfils (11) def. Victor Crivoi, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3
Tommy Robredo (16) def. Daniel Gimeno-Traver, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3
Jurgen Melzer (24) def. Guillaume Rufin, 6-2, 7-5, 6-4
Igor Andreev (25) def. Martin Vassallo Arguello, 1-6, 7-5, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
Philipp Kohlschreiber, (29) vs. Juan Carlos Ferrero, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, 6-7 (3-7) suspended
Paul-Henri Mathieu (32) def. Pablo Andujar, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4
Christophe Rochus def. Arnaud Clement, 6-1, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
Maximo Gonzalez def. Andreas Seppi, 7-6 (10-8), 6-3, 6-3
Tommy Haas def. Leonardo Mayer, 6-3, 7-6 (7-2), 3-6, 4-6, 6-3
Marc Gicquel def. Andreas Beck, 6-4, 6-7 (6-8), 7-6 (7-3), 7-5
Jeremy Chardy def. Simone Bolelli, 6-2, 6-3, 4-6, 4-6, 6-1

French Open women’s singles second round

Serena Williams (2) def. Virginia Ruano Pascual, 6-2, 6-0
Venus Williams (3) def. Lucie Safarova, 6-7 (5-7), 6-2, 7-5
Elena Dementieva (4) def. Jelena Dokic, , 2-6, 4-3 retired
Jelena Jankovic (5) def. Magdalena Rybarikova, 6-1, 6-2
Svetlana Kuznetsova (7) def. Galina Voskoboeva, 6-0, 6-2
Caroline Wozniacki (10) def. Jill Craybas, 6-1, 6-4
Agnieszka Radwanska (12) def. Mariya Koryttseva, 6-1, 6-4
Tathiana Garbin def. Marion Bartoli (13), 6-3, 7-5
Virginie Razzano def. Anabel Medina Garrigues (18), 6-2, 6-2
Sorana Cirstea def. Alize Cornet (21), 6-3, 6-2
Aleksandra Wozniak (24) def. Petra Martic, 6-3, 6-3
Melinda Czink def. Sybille Bammer (28), 4-6, 6-3, 10-8
Samantha Stosur (30) def. Yanina Wickmayer, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
Kateryna Bondarenko def. Olivia Rogowska, 4-6, 7-5, 7-5
Alexa Glatch vs. Lourdes Dominguez Lino, 6-7, 5-7
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez def. Viktoria Kutuzova, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
Jarmila Groth def. Mariana Duque Marino, 6-2, 7-6 (11-9)