On the clay courts of Paris is gaining momentum 115th version of the Open championship of France on tennis.
The debutant of the basic grid of tournament of the Grand slam Mathias Burg was very close to victory over the second racket of the world Andy Murray, for whom parting with amélie Mauresmo, turned into big problems. In two starting matches one of the favourites for Roland Garros played a maximum of 10 sets.
Unlike Murray, the defending champion of Paris-Stan Wawrinka has drawn the right conclusions after fury match against Lukasz ROSOL. In the second round of the Swiss, though not without problems, but in three sets closed Japanese Taro Daniel. Wawrinka’s next opponent will be 30th seeded Jeremy Chardy.
The main hope of Asia kei nishikori without problems has understood with Russian Andrey Kuznetsov. The first difficulties the Japanese at Roland Garros will try to create the experienced Spaniard Fernando Verdasco, also not losing at the tournament is a single set.
One of the most intriguing matches of the third round of Roland Garros promises to be the confrontation between Richard Gasquet and nick Kyrgios. In the second round of the Aussie in just 72 minutes defeated tennis player from the Netherlands Igor Sijsling, not less convincing to his first serious test and got Gasquet.
The results of matches of seeded players:
Mathias Burg (France) – Andy Murray (Britain, 2) — 2:6, 6:2, 6:4, 2:6, 3:6
Milos Raonic (Canada, 8) – Adrian Mannarino (France) — 6:1, 7:6 (0), 6:3
Taro Daniel (Japan) – Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland, 3) — 6:7 (7), 3:6, 4:6
Bjorn Fratangelo (USA) – Richard Gasquet (France, 9) — 1:6, 6:7 (3), 3:6
Kei Nishikori (Japan, 5) – Andrey Kuznetsov (Russia) — 6:3, 6:3, 6:3
Gilles Simon (France, 16) – Guido Pella (Argentina) — 4:6, 1:6, 7:5, 7:6 (4), 6:4
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Teimuraz Gabashvili (Russia) – Benoit Paire (France, 19) — 6:3, 6:2, 3:6, 6:2
Ivo Karlovic (Croatia, 27) – Jordan Thompson (Australia) — 6:7 (2), 6:3, 6:7 (3), 6:7 (4), 12:10
Andrew Martin (Slovakia) – Luc The Puja (France, 29) — 6:3, 7:5, 6:3
Nick Kyrgios (Australia, 17) – Igor Sijsling (Netherlands) — 6:3, 6:2, 6:1
Jack SOK (the USA, 23) – Dustin brown (Germany) — 6:3, 7:6 (5), 6:2
John Isner (USA, 15) – Kyle Edmund (UK) — 6:4, 6:4, 6:4
Dusan Lajovic (Serbia), Viktor Troicki (Serbia, 22) — 7:6 (4), 3:6, 0:6, the refusal of Lajovic
