It was boring, rain-interrupted day at Roland Garros. Seriously. I went to bed early and didn't bother to blog about until the next day.
Perhaps I didn't get enough sleep for the past couple of days.
So, Serena Williams needed 9 match points to win her first round match at the French Open? No kidding. Serena who called her performance “horrendous" finally overcame 100th-ranked Klara Zakopalova 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-4.
Jelena Jankovic had an easy win, defeating Petra Cetkovska 6-2, 6-3.Nice nails to match your lovely dress, Jelena!
One of my favourite, Svetlana Kuznetsova also had an easy win. She beat Claire Feuerstein 6-1, 6-4.
Gael Monfils had seriously debated not playing at Roland Garros at all this year because of the chronic tendinitis in his left knee. It had been also more than a month since he had played a match on tour.
However, in his first round match yesterday, Monfils showed he was not rusty on court as he rolled past Bobby Reynolds 6-2, 6-3, 6-1, in just 1 hour and 28 minutes.
Monfils fellow countryman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga also picked up win against Julien Benneteau 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in an all-French affair.
Fifth-seeded Juan Martin del Potro had little trouble in his first match at Roland Garros, beating another Frenchman Michael Llodra 6-3, 6-3, 6-1. 
According to James Blake, being an American his main goal of the year are Wimbledon and the U.S. Open. And because of that he was eliminated 7-6 (6), 7-5, 6-2 by Leonardo Mayer, a qualifier from Argentina.
Leonardo who was making his Grand Slam debut is currently ranked 93rd in the world.
Another American, Mardy Fish also failed to move to the second round.He was defeated by Maximo Gonzalez 6-3, 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4).
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(Images via Yahoo! Sport)
