Dangerwoman

So, um, Dinara. I bet Anne Keothavong is not so keen on you right now. This isn't a bakery. You don't need to go round hanging out bagels to everyone.
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...though it was very nice that you did.

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Seriously, here's looking at you, kid. If anyone doubted Dinara Safina - including me, because I had some serious reservations about her without the oncourt coaching facility in play - I think she just delivered the smackdown. Unfortunately poor ol' Anne Keothavong got in the way. This is dangerous looking form. The only worry I have for her now is that she's peaked too soon. If she keeps on this way... I can't see anyone beating her.

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Speaking of dangerous, Rafa Nadal looked quite nice in his first round match - though his shirt is dreadful. Fuschia, Rafa? What were you thinking? But the real story of the match for me was his opponent - you have to applaud the effort that Marcos Daniel put in. He broke Rafa a couple of times. That's a small victory in and of itself.

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But we all know where my focus was today, and it was firmly on the Federer match. I was listening to it via Radio Roland Garros, where one of the commentators said that Martin made the perfect first round opponent for Federer, and I have to degree. He's little and scrappy and got a lot of balls back... which Federer duly hit for winners. This is what I like to see and although the match didn't exactly start off to my taste, with the Mighty Fed losing his opening service game, he pulled the lead back quickly and set about the business of winning pretty methodically. Nice one, Roger man!

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We saw no major upsets on the male side - though Stan Wawrinka came close! He was in a huge hole there against Nicolas Devilder, being two sets and a double break down in the fourth. Luckily he seemed to pull himself together, but that Houdini act isn't going to work against the big guys, so he should have a stern talking to himself. Tomas Berdych did go out to wily Italian Simone Bolelli, making he and Karlovic the biggest seeds to fall.

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On the women's side, though, my semi final pick Schnyder crashed out to Bondarenko, so I'm what's colloquially known as 'wrong' there - and my finals pick Wozniacki is at one set apiece with play suspended, so I could be on my way there as well. At least Dinara's looking good...

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...and how about Alexa Glatch putting an absolute beatdown on Flavia Pennetta? I certainly didn't see that one coming. Bet Flavia didn't either! But my favourite women's result of today was Olivia Rogowska beating Maria Kirilenko. That is some excellent Aussie action right there! And Jarmila Groth won as well - so excellent work, girls!

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Today's Results

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Men's Draw

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Rafael Nadal def. Marcos Daniel, 7-5 6-4 6-4

Roger Federer def. Alberto Martin, 6-4 6-3 6-2

Andy Roddicl def. Romain Jouan, 6-2 6-4 6-2
Nikolay Davydenko def. Stefan Koubek, 6-2 6-1 6-4

Stanislas Wawrinka def. Nicolas Devilder, 6-3 5-7 2-6 6-4 6-4
Guillaume Rufin def. Eduardo Schwank, 6-1 6-3 6-3
Jeremy Chardy def. Thiago Alves, 6-2 7-6 (12-10) 6-3

Igor Andreev def. Fabio Fognini, 1-6 6-3 6-1 3-6 7-5
Feliciano Lopez def. Franco Ferreiro, 6-7 (3-7) 4-6 7-6 (7-4) 7-5 6-2

Potito Starace def. Mischa Zverev, 6-7 (5-7) 7-5 1-0 retired

Fernando Gonzalez def. Jiri Vanek, 6-3 6-2 6-3
Nicolas Massu def. Daniel Koellerer, 6-3 6-4 1-6 2-6 6-3
Janko Tipsarevic def. Albert Montanes, 3-6 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-5) 6-4
Robin Soderling def. Kevin Kim, 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-4) 6-2

Rui Machado def. Kristof Vliegen, 6-2 6-4 4-6 2-6 6-3
Mikhail Youzhny def. Gilles Muller, 7-6 (7-2) 6-1 6-4

Pablo Andujar def. Robby Ginepri, 6-4 7-6 (9-7) 7-6 (7-3)
Nicolas Kiefer def. Ilia Bozoljac, 7-6 (7-4) 3-6 7-5 6-4

Simone Bolelli def. Tomas Berdych, 6-4 6-4 5-7 4-6 6-2
Victor Hanescu def. Steve Darcis, 7-6 (10-8) 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (7-3)

Diego Junqueira def. Paul Capdeville, 3-6 7-5 6-1 6-3
Denis Istomin def. Santiago Giraldo, 6-3 6-7 (2-7) 6-3 7-6 (7-4)

Ivo Minar def. Oscar Hernandez, 6-3 7-6 (7-4) 6-3
Paul-Henri Mathieu def. Laurent Recourderc, 6-4 6-4 6-1

Teimuraz Gabashvili def. Igor Kunitsyn, 6-7 (6-8) 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 6-1

Martin Vassallo Arguello def. Thomaz Bellucci, 6-4 6-7 (4-7) 5-5 retired

Jose Acasuso def. Santiago Ventura, 3-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-0 6-3

Jurgen Melzer def. Sergio Roitman

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Women's Draw

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Dinara Safina def. Anne Keothavong, 6-0 6-0

Venus Williams def. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, 6-1 4-6 6-2
Marion Bartoli def. Pauline Parmentier, 3-6 6-1 6-3
Aravane Rezai def. Ai Sugiyama, 6-3 6-2

Lucie Safarova def. Sabine Lisicki, 6-2 1-6 6-1

Maria Sharapova def. Anastasiya Yakimova, 3-6 6-1 6-2

Kateryna Bondarenko def. Patty Schnyder, 6-4 6-3
Jie Zheng def. Stephanie Cohen-Aloro, 6-1 6-3

Alexa Glatch def. Flavia Pennetta, 6-1 6-1

Polona Hercog def. Alisa Kleybanova, 6-2 4-6 6-1

Lucie Hradecka def. Yvonne Meusberger, 6-1 6-2
Michelle Larcher de Brito def. Melanie South, 0-6 7-6 (7-5) 7-5
Agnieszka Radwanska def. Rossana de los Rios, 6-3 6-1
Kirsten Flipkens def. Stephanie Foretz, 6-1 4-6 6-4

Carla Suarez Navarro def. Edina Gallovits, 6-1 6-4
Jill Craybas def. Tsvetana Pironkova, 7-5 6-2
Agnes Szavay def. Corinna Dentoni, 6-3 6-4

Mariya Koryttseva def. Patricia Mayr, 6-1 6-1
Jie Zheng def. Stephanie Cohen-Aloro, 6-1 6-3

Jarmila Groth def. Kinnie Laisne, 6-4 6-3
Tamarine Tanasugarn def. Camille Pin, 6-3 5-7 7-5

Tathiana Garbin def. Ayumi Morita, 7-5 7-5

Akgul Amanmuradova def. Irena Pavlovic, 6-3 6-4

Lourdes Dominquez Lino def. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, 6-1 4-6 8-7

Olivia Rogowska def. Maria Kirilenko, 6-4 6-4

Olga Govortsova def. Katie O'Brien, 6-1 6-1

Mariana Dugue Marino def. Anna Chakvetadze, 3-6 6-4 6-4

Dominika Cibulkova def. Alona Bondarenko, 6-4 2-6 6-4