Not Even Close

I spoke too soon. I knew using the words 'run of form' when it was only one win was asking for trouble. Guess who was one of only two seeded players to go out in Rome - which is pretty rare, given the current precarious state of the top players in the WTA. That's right, it was Alize Cornet.

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I can't stop myself liking Cornet's game - any fool that saw her play at the Hopman Cup and even at the Australian Open this year knows she's got style - but honestly, honestly. One round? One measly round? Is that all she can do at a tournament where she is seeded? She went out to Kateryna Bondarenko, who isn't exactly a schlep, but you'd doubt that she'll ever break into the top ten. However, if it were just this lone loss to Bondarenko, it would be fine. But she is losing to players ranked squillions of places below her on an almost everyday basis.

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This has got to stop. Alize, something needs to happen. Your coach needs to smack you silly for performances of this calibre. It is just not good enough. Not even close.

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Speaking of people who are good enough, Bernard Tomic and Olivia Rogowska were good enough to be given wildcards into the main draw of the French Open - good on you, kids! It was always going to be Tomic from the men - who else were they going to pick, really? I suppose there's Brydan Klein, maybe, but I think Tomic is a good choice. Then from the girls you've Isabella Holland and Monika Wejnert and a couple of others, but I think Rogowska is a good choice. Do us proud, guys!

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Today's Results

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Estoril Open (Estoril)

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Men's Draw

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Nikolay Davydenko def. Andrey Golubev, 6-1 7-6 (7-4)

David Ferrer def. Daniel Gimeno-Traver, 6-4 6-1

Albert Montanes def. Ryan Sweeting, 6-1 7-6 (7-4)

Florent Serra def. Diego Junqueira, 6-4 2-6 6-3

Simon Greul def. Ricardo Hocevar, 6-1 6-4

Ivan Navarro def. Alberto Martin, 7-5 6-4

Juan Carlos Ferrero def. Mikhail Kukushkin, 7-6 (7-4) 6-3

Juan Monaco def. Pablo Cuevas, 6-2 6-4

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Women's Draw

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Maria Kirilenko def. Sharon Fichman, 6-7 (8-10) 6-4 6-3

Sorana Cirstea def. Kimiko Date Krumm, 6-2 1-6 6-2

Sabine Lisicki def. Kirsten Flipkens, 6-2 6-2

Yanina Wickmayer def. Petra Kvitova, 6-2 6-4

Ekaterina Makarova def. Petra Cetkovska, 6-4 6-3

Shahar Peer def. Michelle Larcher de Brito, 4-6 6-0 6-0

Melinda Czink def. Eva Fernández-Brugues, 7-5 7-5

Olga Govortsova def. Ekaterina Ivanova, 6-1 6-2

Barbora Zahlavova Strycova def. Sílvia Soler Espinosa, 7-5 6-4

Maret Ani def. Frederica Piedade, 6-0 7-6 (7-4)

María Emilia Salerni def. Julie Coin, 6-4 6-4

Elena Bovina def. Alla Kudryavtseva, 6-1 6-3

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BMW Open (Munich)

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Marin Cilic def. Dieter Kindlmann, 6-3 6-2

Tomas Berdych def. Sascha Kloer, 7-6 (7-0) 6-4

Thiemo de Bakker def. Rainer Schuettler, 6-3 6-3

Paul-Henri Mathieu def. Lamine Ouahab, 6-3 6-2

Potito Starace def. Igor Kunitsyn, 7-5 5-7 6-3

Denis Gremelmayr def. Martin Vassallo Arguello, 5-1 retired

Daniel Brands def. Stefan Koubek, 6-3 7-6 (7-2)

Julien Benneteau def. Alexander Peya, 2-6 7-6 (7-5) 7-5

Simone Bolelli def. Stephane Bohli, 3-6 6-2 6-3

Lleyton Hewitt def. Philipp Petzschner, 6-2 6-7 (2-7) 7-6 (10-8)

Andreas Beck def. Mischa Zverev, 6-3 6-4

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Serbia Open (Belgrade)
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Viktor Troicki def. Sam Querrey, 4-6 6-4 6-3

Ivan Ljubicic def. Victor Crivoi, 7-6 (7-2) 3-6 6-4

Arnaud Clement def. Steve Darcis, 6-1 6-4

Christophe Rochus def. Nicolas Devilder, 6-3 6-7 (7-9) 7-5

Marcel Granollers def. Filip Krajinovic, 6-0 2-6 6-2

Marcos Daniel def. Guillermo Canas, 3-6 6-1 6-4

Kristof Vliegen def. Dominik Hrbaty, 2-6 6-2 6-2

Lukasz Kubot def. Arsenije Zlatanovic, 6-3 7-5

Janko Tipsarevic def. Sergio Roitman, 7-5 6-2

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Internazionali BNL d'Italia (Rome)

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Dinara Safina def. Virginie Razzano, 7-6 (7-1) 6-1

Jelena Jankovic def. Gisela Dulko, 6-3 7-6 (8-6)

Ana Ivanovic def. Francesca Schiavone, 6-3 6-4

Svetlana Kuznetsova def. Daniela Hantuchova, 6-3 6-3

Nadia Petrova def. Carla Suárez Navarro, 6-2 3-6 6-3

Caroline Wozniacki def. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, 6-1 7-5

Agnieszka Radwanska def. Aravane Rezai, 4-6 6-2 7-6 (9-7)

María José Martínez Sánchez def. Marion Bartoli, 6-1 7-5

Flavia Pennetta def. Yaroslava Shvedova, 6-3 6-7 (5-7) 6-1

Kateryna Bondarenko def. Alizé Cornet, 6-4 6-1

Zheng Jie def. Elena Vesnina, 6-2 6-7 (3-7) 6-2

Kaia Kanepi def. Sybille Bammer, 7-5 6-3

Anna Chakvetadze def. Aleksandra Wozniak, 5-7 7-6 (7-2) 6-3