In the mens first round we saw the early performances from David Ferrer and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga who both won their matches in straight sets. Ferrer looked incredibly good as he swept past a strong Jarkko Nieminen.
In other results Julien Benneteau performed well in front of his local crowd, while Stanislas Wawrinka looked at home on the French clay. The only real upset of the day was Marin Cilic (19) falling to Spaniard Ruber Ramirez Hidalgo.
Womens Singles:
Julia Goerges has continued her great form with a very strong performance in the first round defeating Mathilda Johansson. Winners also included Samantha Stosur, Jelena Jankovic, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Anastasia Pavluchenkova.
The only real upsets on the womens side of the draw was Shahar Peer (19) losing to Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, and Flavia Pennetta (18) being defeated by Varvara Lepchenko in three very tough sets.
Overall:
The performances of the day definitely came from Samantha Stosur who will look to go one step better this year and win the title. While on the mens side David Ferrer was very strong and it will take a lot to defeat him on the clay.
It seems like Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez has recently got herself a new tattoo. Its hard to tell what the tattoo is in this picture, so if you know make sure you drop it below in the comments. Unfortunately Maria lost her first round match in Rome to Ekaterina Makarova 0-6 7-5 4-6.
A few days ago we wrote about Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez who was court on camera cheating in her match with Serena Williams. Unfortunately now that video has been taken off YouTube by the French Tennis Federation. I find this an interesting move from the French Tennis Federation and I wonder if the player in question had any influence in this matter. It would be great if someone from the French Tennis Federation could explain their actions, but we tried to contact them and received obviously no response!
Facing break point in the fifth game of the first set, Serena Williams hit a ball towards Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez at the net. TV replays indicate the ball hit the Spaniard on the arm and bounced back (see video). The umpire, thought that Martinez Sanchez had returned the shot with her racquet, awarded her the point and the game, and Martinez Sanchez went on to win the set.
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez CHEAT and thats the bottom line!
Mens Singles:
