Sunday, May 30, 2010

Live - French Open

Novak Djokovic

Live video - BBC coverage of the French Open from Roland Garros (UK only)

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By Caroline Cheese

1048: Djoko saves one break point with a delicate half-volleyed drop shot, and then Ginepri rather wastes the second one by slicing a routine backhand over the baseline. The third seed nudges ahead at 5-4. Over on Lenglen, the fourth-round match that no-one predicted is equally tight. Teimuraz Gabashvili and Jurgen Melzer are on serve, the Russian leading 5-4.

1039: If you're not familiar with Robby Ginepri's European adventure, there's an excellent blog on the New York Times website, which details it all. He arrived in Bordeaux at the start of the month and lost to Alex Bogdanovic in the first round of a Challenger. He then went to Nice and lost in the last round of qualies. Then, off to Dusseldorf where he lost both his matches. He then shared a hired van with three others to make the journey to Paris. One of them was Sam Querrey, who he beat in the first round at Roland Garros. He has since knocked out Potito Starace and former champ Juan Carlos Ferrero. And the American has been fairly comfortable on serve so far against Djoko, levelling up at 4-4.

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From amritia3ee on 606: "My predictions for today: Djokovic wins in 4 sets, Serena to win in 2, Rafa to ease past Belluci in 3 and Henin to beat Stosur in straight sets."

1030: Terrifying scream from Djoko - and he's actually just won the point - but his frustrations are all about his serve, which is just excruciating to watch at the moment. I don't know whose idea it was to change a perfectly good delivery, but it wasn't a very good one if you ask me. The Serb leads 2-1 on serve.

1024: Now, if you want to get in touch with the BBC's Red Button team, you can text 81111 or tweet me. John Lloyd and Mark Petchey are the men in the hotseats at the moment and Lloyd has just been sharing his advice about herbal remedies...

1023: England's unconvincing win over Japan, plus Lewis Hamilton's Grand Prix victory, means Andy Murray's swift exit from Roland Garros is almost pushed off the back pages. Almost. 'Berd Flies Past Flop Murray', puns the Sun, with Charlie Wyett describing Murray's performance as "hugely disappointing". After a defeat which took just two hours and 16 minutes in fading light and soggy conditions, Neil Harman in the Times writes: "The British number one was in one of those periods of introspection it is impossible to fathom, even for those closest to him." Meanwhile, Mark Hodgkinson in the Daily Telegraph gloomily describes a "dank, dark, wretched, thoroughly miserable evening for Murray."

1016: Novak Djokovic's wonky serve already under attack as Robby Ginepri takes the third seed to deuce in his opening game, but Djoko comes through eventually. "Lately I do have periods when I struggle to find rhythm on my serve," said Djokovic the other day. "I think it's more mental."


1010: More fall-out from Murray's miserable defeat to come, but let's focus on the present: Novak Djokovic kicks off the action on Chatrier against American clay convert Robby Ginepri. That match is live on the BBC's Red Button and on the website for UK users. The rest of the BBC schedule looks like this: Serena v Peer, Bellucci v Nadal, Jankovic v Hantuchova. They're staying on Chatrier all day, in summary.

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BBC 5 live tweeting from Roland Garros: "No Andy Murray but the sun is shining, and there's some crackin' matches to look forward to!"

1000: Hello. Everyone had a good weekend then? Better than Andy Murray's I hope, anyway. After the British number one was blown away on a cold and damp Sunday in Paris, Piers Newbery tells me Monday's conditions are "quite good".

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