![]() Safina, the younger sister of two-time major champion Marat Safin, was the last woman to play - and to beat - Henin, doing that at the German Open. So I thank her for that."Īlso moving on to the second round with victories Tuesday: No. "She said, 'Come on, maybe it can be your year.' Yeah, she cheered me up, so it's good. "I had a short chat with her," Kuznetsova recounted. Henin said on the eve of the tournament that she'd like to see Kuznetsova win and even gave her friend a pep talk to that effect. Her departure makes for a wide-open women's field in Paris. Open by Justine Henin, who won seven Grand Slam titles before abruptly retiring this month at age 25. And thinking about this, I realized I lost first game." She was beaten in the finals of the 2006 French Open and 2007 U.S. "I was starting to imagine it was raining a little bit, and I was, like, 'Oh, I hope we can play.'. Open champion and twice a Grand Slam runner-up. Kuznetsova, however, had more than enough time to dispatch 71st-ranked Aiko Nakamura 6-2, 6-3. Five other matches that began Monday didn't even pick up again Tuesday. ![]() That includes John Isner of the United States against Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina in an encounter that's tied at 1 in the fifth set. 13 Juan Monaco.įive matches that were suspended in progress Monday and resumed Tuesday still weren't finished they were supposed to continue Wednesday. 31 Andreas Seppi, while Soderling defeated No. "Most important is to remain calm, not to stress yourself uselessly, and to be patient."Īncic - the last man to beat Federer at Wimbledon, all the way back in 2002 - eliminated No. If we continue with these night sessions in this direction, people need to leave the stadium late enough and make sure that they have a way to come back home, as they should."It's never easy, a whole day of rain," said Wawrinka, who defeated Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3, 6-4, 6-3. “We haven’t planned anything yet, but obviously we need to organize ourselves differently with the Department of Transport of Paris with bus systems, with the underground system. “That’s actually a key issue that needs to be settled, and that will be one of our priorities in the future,” Mauresmo said. on Wednesday, leaving some of the 15,000 or so spectators unable to use public transportation to get home. The match lasted 4 hours, 12 minutes and finished after 1 a.m. Her session with reporters was held the morning after 13-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal’s 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (4) quarterfinal victory over defending champion Novak Djokovic in Tuesday’s night session. She added: “My goal was, when I was doing the schedule every day, to try and see, from the first round, when the draw came out … ‘what match in the woman’s draw can I put there?’ honestly.” “That’s the general (reasons) for the men’s matches.” “In this era that we are in right now, I don’t feel - and as a woman, former women’s player, I don’t feel bad or unfair saying that, right now - you have more … appeal,” Mauresmo said. ![]() Open, for example, usually include one women’s match and one men’s match. The last of the 10 night sessions was scheduled for Wednesday, and the only women’s match that got the prime-time treatment - part of a deal with a streaming service - was France’s Alizé Cornet’s victory over Jelena Ostapenko in the second round.Īsked about that decision-making process, Mauresmo said in French that having just one match in each night session made it “more difficult to have” that be only a women’s match. This year’s French Open began on May 22 and will end on Sunday. After retiring as a player, Mauresmo moved into coaching and worked with Andy Murray, Lucas Pouille and Marion Bartoli, among others, and was France’s captain for the team competition now called the Billie Jean King Cup. Her last major tournament was the 2009 U.S. “I admit it was tough,” said Mauresmo, a 42-year-old from France who first topped the WTA rankings in 2004 and returned to that spot after winning the Australian Open and Wimbledon in 2006. Speaking at the traditional second-week news conference to recap the clay-court Grand Slam tournament, Mauresmo said she tried on a daily basis to find a women’s pairing that had the star power or a matchup worthy of being highlighted in the separate session that began at 8:45 p.m. 1 player who is in her first year as the French Open’s first female tournament director, said Wednesday that nine of the 10 night sessions at Roland Garros involved men’s matches because women’s tennis currently has less “appeal.” PARIS (AP) - Amelie Mauresmo, a former No. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.
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