Serena survives but Roddick falters
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May 30, 2010, Sunday
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SERENA Williams pulled through with the aid of a doctor at the French Open yesterday but there was no reviving Andy Roddick as he packed up his kit bag and headed off to find some grasscourts.
Top seed Williams shrugged off a funny turn midway through her third-round match against Russian teenager Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova before recovering her senses to win 6-1, 1-6, 6-2 and join sister Venus in the last 16.
Fellow American Roddick was trounced in straight sets by Teimuraz Gabashvili -- his misfiring game no match for the flashy Russian or the cool, breezy conditions that returned to Roland Garros in Paris after the glorious sunshine of Friday.
"I fought through a couple of matches that were a little dicey. Today I got outplayed from the first ball," Roddick, who will now begin his preparations for Wimbledon, told reporters after his 4-6, 4-6, 2-6 defeat to a qualifier ranked 114 in the world rankings.
Roddick angrily threw his spare rackets to his entourage after dropping his serve in the seventh game, complaining about string tensions. By the time they returned to a chilly Court Suzanne Lenglen, it was virtually all over.
"I felt like I wasn't getting much on the ball so I kind of threw them in and wanted some looser tensions," Roddick said. "By the time I got them in I think I was down two breaks in the third. Little too late to experiment."
The 27-year-old's mood was not helped by the balls rolling into the wet tarpaulins used to cover the courts.
"If a ball rolls through a puddle enough times, can you tell me what happens to it? Then when clay attaches to it, it doesn't get lighter..."
Spain's David Ferrer also joined Roddick on the casualty list, the ninth seed surprisingly beaten 4-6, 0-6, 6-7 (1) by Austrian Jurgen Melzer, who now faces Gabashvili for a place in the quarterfinals.
World No. 3 Novak Djokovic, however, survived a second-set lapse before beating Romania's Victor Hanescu 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 and booking his place in the fourth round.
Next in line for Djokovic is either former champion Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain or American Robby Ginepri.
Other winners yesterday included Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan and wildcard Jarmila Groth of Australia, with both advancing to the fourth round at a major tournament for the first time. No. 18-seeded Shahar Peer of Israel and Slovakia's No. 23 Daniela Hantuchova also won.
Peer won 7-6 (7), 6-2 against No. 13 Marion Bartoli. Hantuchova beat Belgian No. 16 Yanina Wickmayer 7-5, 6-3. Shvedova defeated No. 28 Alisa Kleybanova of Russia 6-2, 4-6, 6-0.
Bartoli's lost left Jo-Wilfried Tsonga as the only home player left in the singles draw. Peer will face Serena Williams for a quarterfinal berth.
Groth, ranked 107th, defeated fellow Australian Anastasia Rodionova 6-3, 5-7, 6-2.
In the completion of suspended matches, Russians Mikhail Youzhny and Nadia Petrova won. Youzhny, seeded 11th, defeated Romania's Viktor Troicki 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-3. Petrova, seeded 19th, edged No. 15 Aravane Rezai of France, 6-7 (2), 6-4, 10-8.
Petrova next plays Venus Williams.
Top seed Williams shrugged off a funny turn midway through her third-round match against Russian teenager Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova before recovering her senses to win 6-1, 1-6, 6-2 and join sister Venus in the last 16.
Fellow American Roddick was trounced in straight sets by Teimuraz Gabashvili -- his misfiring game no match for the flashy Russian or the cool, breezy conditions that returned to Roland Garros in Paris after the glorious sunshine of Friday.
"I fought through a couple of matches that were a little dicey. Today I got outplayed from the first ball," Roddick, who will now begin his preparations for Wimbledon, told reporters after his 4-6, 4-6, 2-6 defeat to a qualifier ranked 114 in the world rankings.
Roddick angrily threw his spare rackets to his entourage after dropping his serve in the seventh game, complaining about string tensions. By the time they returned to a chilly Court Suzanne Lenglen, it was virtually all over.
"I felt like I wasn't getting much on the ball so I kind of threw them in and wanted some looser tensions," Roddick said. "By the time I got them in I think I was down two breaks in the third. Little too late to experiment."
The 27-year-old's mood was not helped by the balls rolling into the wet tarpaulins used to cover the courts.
"If a ball rolls through a puddle enough times, can you tell me what happens to it? Then when clay attaches to it, it doesn't get lighter..."
Spain's David Ferrer also joined Roddick on the casualty list, the ninth seed surprisingly beaten 4-6, 0-6, 6-7 (1) by Austrian Jurgen Melzer, who now faces Gabashvili for a place in the quarterfinals.
World No. 3 Novak Djokovic, however, survived a second-set lapse before beating Romania's Victor Hanescu 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 and booking his place in the fourth round.
Next in line for Djokovic is either former champion Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain or American Robby Ginepri.
Other winners yesterday included Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan and wildcard Jarmila Groth of Australia, with both advancing to the fourth round at a major tournament for the first time. No. 18-seeded Shahar Peer of Israel and Slovakia's No. 23 Daniela Hantuchova also won.
Peer won 7-6 (7), 6-2 against No. 13 Marion Bartoli. Hantuchova beat Belgian No. 16 Yanina Wickmayer 7-5, 6-3. Shvedova defeated No. 28 Alisa Kleybanova of Russia 6-2, 4-6, 6-0.
Bartoli's lost left Jo-Wilfried Tsonga as the only home player left in the singles draw. Peer will face Serena Williams for a quarterfinal berth.
Groth, ranked 107th, defeated fellow Australian Anastasia Rodionova 6-3, 5-7, 6-2.
In the completion of suspended matches, Russians Mikhail Youzhny and Nadia Petrova won. Youzhny, seeded 11th, defeated Romania's Viktor Troicki 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-3. Petrova, seeded 19th, edged No. 15 Aravane Rezai of France, 6-7 (2), 6-4, 10-8.
Petrova next plays Venus Williams.
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