[*bunny*]

Kei is in the bottom half, Federer's quarter.
Good luck! Ganbatte!!

[7]D. Ferrer vs J. Nieminen
J. Benneteau vs R. Machado
K. Nishikori vs Y.H. Lu
Qualifier vs [31]S. Stakhovsky

[22]M. Llodra vs Qualifier
P. Petzschner vs M. Zverev
A. Mannarino vs G. Rufin
Qualifier vs [9]G. Monfils

[14]S. Wawrinka vs Qualifier
Qualifier vs M. Gonzalez
F. Serra vs I. Andreev
J. Hajek vs [17]J.W. Tsonga

[29]J. Tipsarevic vs B. Dabul
I. Dodig vs P. Riba
V. Millot vs M. Teixeira
F. Lopez vs [3]R. Federer

Official site: http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/index.html


Kei and Brad on Chatrier yesterday. (From Brad's Twitter)
http://twitpic.com/4zoxvr

[*bunny*]

A big to Chewy...! I know how you feel...!
Good luck to both guys.

[chewy]

LOL...thx bunny, I think Lu will need more luck than Kei :P

Slams are always more exciting and this match up makes it even more interesting for me!
Although it's better if it's on another surface since Lu's record on clay is... .

Anyway, no complaints from me with this year's draw...just pray that Kei will stay healthy and he can do well!

PS. They made a typo with Yen-Hsun Lu

[*bunny*]

OOP for Sunday!

Court 2
11:00 AM Start
Kei Nishikori(JPN) vs. Yen-Hsun Lu(TPE)
Shahar Peer(ISR)[19] vs. Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez(ESP)
Jelena Dokic(AUS) vs. Vera Dushevina(RUS)
Adrian Mannarino(FRA) vs. Guillaume Rufin(FRA)

Originally Posted by chewy

PS. They made a typo with Yen-Hsun Lu

Corrected.

[chewy]

Cheers bunny.

Another reason I like RG is the time difference between Paris and Sydney is just perfect for me to get home from work for the first match. Hopefully most of the ones I want to see are scheduled earlier in the day.

Actually, around 1pm would be most ideal...:P

[*bunny*]

It's perfect time for me too. It's past 6 p.m. Sunday now here in Tokyo and Kei and Rendy are practicing on court.

[*bunny*]

Kei holds to love. 1-0*
Nice BH winner on the first point.

[chewy]

Yeah bunny, Kei's first out of the blocks, holds to love.

I think both will give a big effort.

I'll be concentrating on watching this match so probably won't post much "P

[*bunny*]

Lu holds after deuce.
*1-1

[*bunny*]

BP to Lu...nice drop shot there... 30-40
Kei needs a first serve!

OK, deuce....and DF #2... ...good serve. deuce.

[chewy]

The pressures on Kei more than Lu since he's the favourite to win this battle...

[*bunny*]

Kei holds. Phew! 2-1*

Both guys are focusing very hard from the beginning.
Kei needs more first serves though.

[chewy]

Yeh, very unhealthy 1st serve % from Kei. He needs to pick that up pronto!

[*bunny*]

Originally Posted by chewy

The pressures on Kei more than Lu since he's the favourite to win this battle...

Maybe..., but Rendy's ranked higher!


Great BH winner dtl by Kei. 0-15

Nice smashes. 15-15

2 UEs from Lu and Kei has 2 BPs!

Deuce...adv Lu...deuce#2...Kei breaks! *3-1

[*bunny*]

Good serving from Kei in this game. 4-1*