2017 Roland Garros - 22nd of May to 11th of July

[Wolfs]

Defending Champs

Men's - Novak Djokovic
Women's - Garbine Muguruza
Men's Doubles - Feliciano Lopez / Marc Lopez
Women's Doubles - Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic
Mixed - Leander Paes / Martina Hingis


Seeds

Men's

1. Andy Murray (GBR) - Defending Finals Points (1200)
2. Novak Djokovic (SRB) - Defending Championship Points (2000)
3. Stan Wawrinka (SUI) - Defending Semis Points (720)
4. Rafael Nadal (ESP) - Defending 3rd Round Points (90)
5. Milos Raonic (CAN) - Defending 4th Round Points (180)
6. Dominic Thiem (AUT) - Defending Semis Points (720)
7. Marin Cilic (CRO) - Defending 1st Round Points (10)
8. Kei Nishikori (JPN) - Defending 4th Round Points (180)

9. Alexander Zverev (GER) - Defending 3rd Round Points (90)
10. David Goffin (BEL) - Defending Quarterfinal Points (360)
11. Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) - Defending 1st Round Points (10)
12. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) - Defending 3rd Round Points (90)
13. Tomas Berdych (CZE) - Defending Quarterfinals Points (360)
14. Jack Sock (USA) - Defending 3rd Round (90)
15. Gael Monfils (FRA) - Defending Nothing (0)
16. Lucas Pouille (FRA) - Defending 2nd Round (45)

17. Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) - Defending 4th Round (180)
18. Nick Kyrgios (AUS) - Defending 3rd Round (90)
19. Albert Ramos (ESP) - Defending Quarterfinals (360)
20. Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) - Defending 2nd Round (45)
21. John Isner (USA) - Defending 4th Round (180)
22. Pablo Cuevas (URU) - Defending 3rd Round (90)
23. Ivo Karlovic (CRO) - Defending 3rd Round (90)
24. Steve Johnson (USA) - Defending 1st Round (10)
25. Richard Gasquet (FRA) - Defending Quarterfinals (360)
26. Gilles Muller (LUX) - Defending 1st Round (10)
27. Sam Querrey (USA) - Defending 1st Round (10)
28. Fabio Fognini (ITA) - Defending 1st Round (10)
29. Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) - Defending Nothing (0)
30. David Ferrer (ESP) - Defending 4th Round (180)
31. Gilles Simon (FRA) - Defending 3rd Round (90)
32. Mischa Zverev (GER) - Defending Nothing (Lost in Qualis) (0)

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Paolo Lorenzi
Viktor Troicki
Feliciano Lopez
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Womens

1. Angelique Kerber (GER) - Defending 1st Round (10)
2. Karolina Pliskova (CZE) - Defending 1st Round (10)
3. Simona Halep (ROU) - Defending 4th Round (240)
4. Garbine Muguruza (ESP) - Defending Championship Points (2000)
5. Elina Svitolina (UKR) - Defending 4th Round (240)
6. Dominika Cibulkova (CZE) - Defending 3rd Round (130)
7. Johanna Konta (GBR) - Defending 1st Round (10)
8. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) - Defending 4th Round (240)

9. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) - Defending 4th Round (240)
10. Venus Williams (USA) - Defending 4th Round (240)
11. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) - Defending Nothing (0)
12. Madison Keys (USA) - Defending 4th Round (240)
13. Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) - Defending 3rd Round (130)
14. Elena Vesnina (RUS) - Defending 2nd Round (70)
15. Petra Kvitova (CZE) - Defending 3rd Round (130)
16. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) - Defending 3rd Round (130)

17. Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) - Defending 2nd Round (70)
18. Kiki Bertens (NED) - Defending Semi Finals (780)
19. Coco Vandeweghe (USA) - Defending 2nd Round (70)
20. Barbora Strycova (CZE) - Defending 3rd Round (130)
21. Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) - Defending 4th Round (240)
22. Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO) - Defending 2nd Round (70)
23. Samantha Stosur (AUS) - Defending Semi Finals (780)
24. Daria Gavrilova (AUS) - Defending 1st Round (10)
25. Lauren Davis (USA) - Defending 1st Round (10)
26. Daria Kasatkina (RUS) - Defending 3rd Round (130)
27. Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) - Defending Quarterfinals (430)
28. Caroline Garcia (FRA) - Defending 2nd Round (70)
29. Ana Konjuh (CRO) - Defending 2nd Round (70)
30. Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) - Defending Quarterfinals (430)
31. Laura Siegemund (GER) - Defending 1st Round (10)
32. Roberta Vinci (ITA) - Defending 1st Round (10)
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Shuai Zhang
Timea Babos
Alison Riske




Wildcards

Julien Benneteau, Benjamin Bonzi, Mathias Bourgue, Quentin Hayls, Laurent Lokoli, Alexandre Muller, Tessah Andrianjafitirimo, Fiona Ferro, Myrtille Georges, Amandine Hesse, Alize Lim, Chloe Paquet - France

Tennys Sandgren, Amanda Anisimova - USA

Alex De Minaur, Jaimee Fourlis - Australia

 

[matt_897]

Qualifying starts tonight with the men, Groth, Whittington, Smith, Polmans & Ebden will all try and not lose first round (their all either in poor form or been playing challengers in Asia and elsewhere).

Coverage is on Fox Sports again this year (from Sunday) and yes it looks like it'll be the same trash again. Highly recommend Eurosport player for anyone with some knowledge.

Not looking forward to seeing Stosur tumble down the rankings either...

 

[BobbyMorri]

Qualifying starts tonight with the men, Groth, Whittington, Smith, Polmans & Ebden will all try and not lose first round (their all either in poor form or been playing challengers in Asia and elsewhere).

Coverage is on Fox Sports again this year (from Sunday) and yes it looks like it'll be the same trash again. Highly recommend Eurosport player for anyone with some knowledge.

Not looking forward to seeing Stosur tumble down the rankings either...

that is a VPN isnt it?

yeah, my confidence for Stosur is shot. making the 3rd round would be alright achievement based on her current form. that would still be a loss of 500 odd points IIRC

 

[vaughany]

Polmans won his first round qualifier (opponent retired in the third) Whittington, Ebden, and Smith lost.

Groth, Cabrera, Aiava and Rodionova play tonight.


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[Wolfs]

Qualifying starts tonight with the men, Groth, Whittington, Smith, Polmans & Ebden will all try and not lose first round (their all either in poor form or been playing challengers in Asia and elsewhere).

Coverage is on Fox Sports again this year (from Sunday) and yes it looks like it'll be the same trash again. Highly recommend Eurosport player for anyone with some knowledge.

Not looking forward to seeing Stosur tumble down the rankings either...

Hey man at least French Open is on TV. I heard the US Open won't be shown on Fox Sports.

 

[JackNah_8]

Hey man at least French Open is on TV. I heard the US Open won't be shown on Fox Sports.

I hope this isnt true.

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

Groth beaten in qualies by Krajinovic with an oh so familiar scoreline of 3 6, 7 6, 6 2

 

[Hamingja]

Underwhelming wild cards.

 

[ozgamer]

... and all of our 3 girls in FO qualies: i.e. Cabrera, Aiava and Ar Rodionova, are eliminated as well. All in straight sets.

 

[ozgamer]

Underwhelming wild cards.

Anisimova (USA) could be interesting. Still 15 and was RU in the Jr FO last year. This year she's been RU in a ITF 25k (Brazil), a 60k (USA) and a 80k (USA) event. All on clay.

 

[Wolfs]

I hope this isnt true.

I got it from a pretty reliable source which I hope is wrong.

 

[matt_897]

Hey man at least French Open is on TV. I heard the US Open won't be shown on Fox Sports.

Source?

If it means Bein may of picked it up, that's a good thing

 

[matt_897]

And fox signed a deal in 2013 for four years. Fox sports continues to get weaker if true

 

[vaughany]

Damn hopefully they sort something out coverage wise for the US Open. Thought I read somewhere that ESPN would show it rather than Fox Sports.

Looks like the daily serve show with Wally Masur and Adam Peacock has been shelved for the French Open. Hopefully returns for Wimbledon.

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[vaughany]

Aussie Marc Polmans up against Guido Paella tonight.
Don't know much about either player. 186 versus 114 ranking.

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[matt_897]

Damn hopefully they sort something out coverage wise for the US Open. Thought I read somewhere that ESPN would show it rather than Fox Sports.

Looks like the daily serve show with Wally Masur and Adam Peacock has been shelved for the French Open. Hopefully returns for Wimbledon.

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Wally was out of Fox Sports coverage due to his commitments with TA I think.

Probably should leave this as a last post about this on this thread to stop derailing but did look up 2017 Foxtel's calendar and there was nothing there for the US Open, honestly can't claim you're Australia's sport leader if you going to give up one of the slams. We;ll see what happenes, there will be coverage, just a matter of who.

 

[JackNah_8]

Hopefully Halep is ok for the French Open

btw re: Thread Title, FO ends 11 June.....?

http://www.wtatennis.com/news/halep-5050-roland-garros-after-ankle-scan


Doctors rate Simona Halep as "50/50" for the French Open after suffering an ankle ligament injury in Rome, she has revealed.
-A+A

May 24, 2017

WTA World No.4 Simona Halep has revealed she is "50/50" to compete at the French Open after suffering an ankle injury during the final of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia.

The Romanian wrote on social media that a scan showed she had torn a ligament after falling against Elina Svitolina but she remains hopeful of a swift recovery.

"Arriving early in Paris for treatment," said Halep. "The MRI scan shows a torn ligament from the fall in Roma. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for RG [Roland Garros] and will do everything possible to be ready.

"Doctors say it's 50/50 at the moment but it's made good improvement since Sunday."

She thanked tennis fans for their messages of support, adding: "We are remaining very positive."

 

[vaughany]

Hopefully Halep is ok for the French Open

btw re: Thread Title, FO ends 11 June.....?

http://www.wtatennis.com/news/halep-5050-roland-garros-after-ankle-scan


Doctors rate Simona Halep as "50/50" for the French Open after suffering an ankle ligament injury in Rome, she has revealed.
-A+A

May 24, 2017

WTA World No.4 Simona Halep has revealed she is "50/50" to compete at the French Open after suffering an ankle injury during the final of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia.

The Romanian wrote on social media that a scan showed she had torn a ligament after falling against Elina Svitolina but she remains hopeful of a swift recovery.

"Arriving early in Paris for treatment," said Halep. "The MRI scan shows a torn ligament from the fall in Roma. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for RG [Roland Garros] and will do everything possible to be ready.

"Doctors say it's 50/50 at the moment but it's made good improvement since Sunday."

She thanked tennis fans for their messages of support, adding: "We are remaining very positive."

Damn, hopefully she recovers in time. Halep pretty much had her name already engraved on the trophy.

Siegemund has had to pull out of FO with a serious knee injury.

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[matt_897]

Aussie Marc Polmans up against Guido Paella tonight.
Don't know much about either player. 186 versus 114 ranking.

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Polmans lost 6-4 in third, actually a good scoreline against a guy who has had some results on tour

 

[JackNah_8]

some good news, Kvitova might be playing at the French Open

http://www.wtatennis.com/news/kvitova-flies-paris-ahead-roland-garros

 

[Pedantic]

Not a great draw for the Australians:

Thompson - Isner [21]
Kokkinakis - Nishikori [8]
Kyrgios [18] - Kohlschreiber
Millman - Bautista Agut [17]
De Minaur - Haase
Tomic - Thiem [6]

 

[JackNah_8]

That's a tough draw!

I will be surprised if any of them make rd2.

Edit: Not sure on Nick K's form or whether he is still injury.

 

[Kaan]

Kyrgios' draw is good.

Nadal/Djokovic/Thiem on the other half and avoided Murray/Stan/Zverev sections in his own half.

 

[matt_897]

Wow as far as the men are concerned I'm expecting losses almost all round, tough first rounder for Nick, we'll see if he's keen these two weeks right here, in the danger zone if he doesn't come out well early. De Minaur might get Haase on a bad day but really beyond that none of them are getting a set

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

Jeepers, only Nick has a good draw there!