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*Seeded players out: [[Caroline Wozniacki]], [[Serena Williams]], [[Alize Cornet]]; [[Jarkko Nieminen]], [[Andy Murray (tennis)|Andy Murray]]. |
*Seeded players out: [[Caroline Wozniacki]], [[Serena Williams]], [[Alize Cornet]]; [[Jarkko Nieminen]], [[Andy Murray (tennis)|Andy Murray]]. |
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In the women's doubles field, favorites [[Chan Yung-jan|Yung-jan Chan]] & [[Chuang Chia-jung|Chia-jung Chuang]], [[Nathalie Dechy]] & [[Elena Likhovtseva]], [[Tatiana Poutchek]] & [[Anastasia Rodionova]], [[Yan Zi (tennis)|Zi Yan]] & [[Zheng Jie|Jie Zheng]], [[Dinara Safina]] & [[Agnes Szavay]], [[Victoria Azarenka]] & [[Shahar Peer]], |
In the women's doubles field, favorites [[Chan Yung-jan|Yung-jan Chan]] & [[Chuang Chia-jung|Chia-jung Chuang]], [[Nathalie Dechy]] & [[Elena Likhovtseva]], [[Tatiana Poutchek]] & [[Anastasia Rodionova]], [[Yan Zi (tennis)|Zi Yan]] & [[Zheng Jie|Jie Zheng]], [[Dinara Safina]] & [[Agnes Szavay]], [[Victoria Azarenka]] & [[Shahar Peer]], [[Lisa Raymond]] & [[Samantha Stosur]], and [[Kveta Peschke]] & [[Rennae Stubbs]] proceeded to the second round. |
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<br />[[Christopher Kas]] & [[Rogier Wassen]], and [[Jeff Coetzee]] & [[Wesley Moodie]] were among the teams advancing to the second round in the men's doubles, while [[Lukas Dlouhy]] & [[Leander Paes]] won their second round matches in straight sets. |
<br />[[Christopher Kas]] & [[Rogier Wassen]], and [[Jeff Coetzee]] & [[Wesley Moodie]] were among the teams advancing to the second round in the men's doubles, while [[Lukas Dlouhy]] & [[Leander Paes]] won their second round matches in straight sets. |
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| 2008 French Open | |
|---|---|
| Date | 25 May – 8 June |
| Edition | 107th |
| 2007 Champions | |
| Men's singles | |
 Rafael Nadal | |
| Women's singles | |
 Justine Henin | |
| Men's doubles | |
 Mark Knowles /  Daniel Nestor | |
| Women's doubles | |
 Alicia Molik /  Mara Santangelo | |
| Mixed doubles | |
 Nathalie Dechy /  Andy Ram | |
The 2008 French Open is the second Grand Slam event of the year and the 107th edition of the French Open. It is taking place at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from May 25 through June 8, 2008.
Justine Henin will not defend her trophy due to her retirement from sport on May 14. She could have become the only woman in the Open Era to win four consecutive French Open titles (currently, she shares the record of three with Monica Seles). Rafael Nadal might also equal Björn Borg's record of four consecutive titles in the open era.
Notable stories
Guga's Goodbye
The 2008 French Open saw the last appearance on the ATP Tour of former World No. 1 Gustavo Kuerten.[1] The 31-year-old Brazilian champion, stalled by injuries since 2004, had been awarded a wild card to play his final tournament in Roland Garros, where he won his three Grand Slam titles in 1997, 2000 and 2001. Kuerten played his first round, and final singles match on Court Philippe Chatrier against eighteenth-seeded Paul-Henri Mathieu. Kuerten conceded the victory in straight sets after a little less than two hours on the court. A ceremony followed, where Kuerten was awarded a trophy encasing the multiple layers of the French Open's clay courts. Kuerten is still scheduled to play the doubles with Sebastien Grosjean.
Day by day
Day 1
The Sunday start saw some several seeds in the women's field go out, with Nicole Vaidisova losing to compatriot Iveta Benesova, and Virginie Razzano to Klara Zakopalova. Ana Ivanovic, Serena Williams, Alize Cornet, Dominika Cibulkova and Caroline Wozniacki all advanced to the second round.
In the men's field, all eyes were turned to a clash between Paul-Henri Mathieu and former No. 1, 1997, 2000 and 2001 French Open champion Gustavo Kuerten, which saw the Frenchman winning 6–3, 6–4, 6–2, marking the closure of Kuerten's career. Third-seeded Novak Djokovic came back from a one set deficit to Denis Gremelmayr to make it into the second round. James Blake, David Nalbandian and Nicolas Almagro proceeded to the next round in straight sets, while Andy Murray needed almost three hours to beat French wild card Jonathan Eysseric 6–2, 1–6, 4–6, 6–0, 6–2. 1998 French Open winner Carlos Moya fell to qualifier Eduardo Schwank and Janko Tipsarevic lost to Nicolas Lapentti.
- Seeded players out: Nicole Vaidisova, Virginie Razzano; Carlos Moya, Janko Tipsarevic.
Day 2
In the women's event, Jelena Jankovic, Karin Knapp, Agnes Szavay and Patty Schnyder all advanced, along with Venus Williams, who lost a set against Tzipora Obziler before eventually winning the match 6–3, 4–6, 6–2. Twenty-third seed Alona Bondarenko was upset by Petra Cetkovska in straight sets.
On the men's side, favorites Roger Federer, Fernando Gonzalez and Fernando Verdasco all won, as well as Tomas Berdych, who crushed his opponent Robert Smeets 6–1, 6–0, 6–0, and Tommy Robredo, who defeated 2004 French Open runner-up Guillermo Coria in four sets. Marcos Baghdatis, who had been injured since Indian Wells lost to Simone Bolelli, and 2007 French Open quarterfinalist Guillermo Canas was also upset in straight sets and three tie-breaks by Wayne Odesnik. The shock of the day came as French No. 1 Richard Gasquet announced his withdrawal a few hours before his match, due to a knee injury. Rain interrupted the play during the afternoon, causing all matches to be stopped and rescheduled to the third day.
- Seeded players out: Alona Bondarenko; Marcos Baghdatis, Guillermo Canas, Richard Gasquet (withdrawal).
Day 3
Rain perturbated the play during the whole day, causing a late start, following which Svetlana Kuznetsova and Dinara Safina qualified for the second round. After a long interruption in the afternoon, Agnieszka Radwanska, Ai Sugiyama and Amelie Mauresmo had just enough time to advance to the next round.
In the men's singles, Nikolay Davydenko and Stanislas Wawrinka won in straight sets, whereas Juan Monaco was upset by Robin Soderling, and Mario Ancic defeated Andreas Seppi. Another rain delay eventually forced the ongoing matches to be stopped and rescheduled to the fourth day.
- Seeded players out: Juan Monaco, Andreas Seppi.
Day 4
Seventy-four matches were programmed to compensate for the rain delays, allowing Francesca Schiavone, Elena Dementieva, Flavia Pennetta, Katarina Srebotnik, Vera Zvonareva, Anna Chakvetadze, Nadia Petrova, Maria Kirilenko, Victoria Azarenka and Anabel Medina Garrigues to advance, along with World No. 1 Maria Sharapova, who defeated Evgeniya Rodina 6–1, 3–6, 8–6, after being pushed for two-and-a-half hours. Ninth seed Marion Bartoli, who led Casey Dellacqua when their match was stopped on day three, eventually lost, while Sybille Bammer fell to Aleksandra Wozniak, and Shahar Peer to Samantha Stosur. Agnieszka Radwanska, Caroline Wozniacki, Ana Ivanovic, Patty Schnyder and Serena Williams all proceeded to the third round.
In the men's event, Radek Stepanek, Lleyton Hewitt, David Ferrer, Jarkko Nieminen, Dmitry Tursunov, Ivan Ljubicic, Mikhail Youzhny and Igor Andreev advanced, as well as defending champion Rafael Nadal, who survived a first set scare to eventually overpower qualifier Thomaz Bellucci 7–5, 6–3, 6–1. Meanwhile, 2003 French Open champion Juan Carlos Ferrero retired against Marcos Daniel due to a leg injury, and Alejandro Falla defeated Ivo Karlovic 3–6, 7–6(4), 7–6(6), 5–7, 6–4, after nearly four hours. Novak Djokovic, Nicolas Almagro and Andy Murray were among the first to qualify for the third round, alongside Paul-Henri Mathieu, who rallied from two-sets-to-love to overcome Oscar Hernandez in four hours and eleven minutes on the score of 2–6, 1–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–2, and unseeded Michael Llodra, who upset Tomas Berdych in three hours and five sets 6–3, 4–6, 5–7, 6–3, 6–4.
- Seeded players out: Marion Bartoli, Sybille Bammer, Shahar Peer; Juan Carlos Ferrero, Ivo Karlovic, Tomas Berdych.
Day 5
Rain again caused some delays and interruptions during the day, but it did not prevent Venus Williams, Alize Cornet, Jelena Jankovic, Elena Dementieva, Karin Knapp, Flavia Pennetta, Dominika Cibulkova, Katarina Srebotnik, Dinara Safina, Francesca Schiavone, Victoria Azarenka, Agnes Szavay, Anabel Medina Garrigues and Svetlana Kuznetsova from qualifying for the next round. In the meantime, Amelie Mauresmo lost to Carla Suarez-Navarro, Ai Sugiyama was defeated by Olga Govortsova, Maria Kirilenko was beaten by Jie Zheng, and Anna Chakvetadze became the highest seed to fall on day five, when she was upset by Kaia Kanepi in straight sets.
The men's field suffered several upsets as well, as James Blake lost to Ernest Gulbis, David Nalbandian was defeated by French wild card Jeremy Chardy, who climbed back from being two sets down to beat the Argentinian 3–6, 4–6, 6–2, 6–1, 6–2, in over three hours and Igor Andreev was upset by American Robby Ginepri. World No. 1 Roger Federer came back from losing the first set to dispatch his opponent Albert Montanes 6–7(5), 6–1, 6–0, 6–4, and advance to the third round along with Rafael Nadal, Mikhail Youzhny, Fernando Gonzalez, Jarkko Nieminen, Dmitry Tursunov, Ivan Ljubicic, Stanislas Wawrinka, Fernando Verdasco, Nikolay Davydenko, David Ferrer, Lleyton Hewitt and Tommy Robredo.
- Seeded players out: Amelie Mauresmo, Ai Sugiyama, Anna Chakvetadze, Maria Kirilenko; James Blake, David Nalbandian, Igor Andreev.
The first matches of the doubles competition were played, with World No. 1 team Liezel Huber & Cara Black, Mariya Koryttseva & Vladimira Uhlirova, and Shuai Peng & Tiantian Sun to be among the first to advance to the second round of the women's doubles.
On the men's side, Lukas Dlouhy & Leander Paes, Jonas Bjorkman & Kevin Ullyett, Daniel Nestor & Nenad Zimonjic, Mariusz Fyrstenberg & Marcin Matkowski, Marcelo Melo & Andre Sa, Jonathan Erlich & Andy Ram, and No. 1 duo Bob & Mike Bryan all proceeded to the next round, while defending champion Mark Knowles, who partnered Mahesh Bhupathi this year, was defeated in straight sets by Stephen Huss & Ross Hutchins, and 2005 and 2006 champion Max Mirnyi, who teamed with Jamie Murray, lost in three sets to Rik De Voest & Robin Haase.
- Seeded players out: Mahesh Bhupathi / Mark Knowles, Max Mirnyi / Jamie Murray.
Day 6
On the women's side, Nadia Petrova, Maria Sharapova and Vera Zvonareva all won their second round matches. Twenty-seventh seed Katarina Srebotnik produced the biggest upset of the tournament thus far by eliminating former No. 1, 2002 French Open champion and fifth seed Serena Williams in straight sets 6–4, 6–4, to advance to the fourth round, alongside Patty Schnyder, Ana Ivanovic, who defeated Caroline Wozniacki, and Agnieszka Radwanska, who beat Alize Cornet.
In the men's draw, Rafael Nadal breezed by twenty-sixth seed Jarkko Nieminen, and Nicolas Almagro overcame Andy Murray in almost three hours, on the score of 6–3, 6–7(3), 6–3, 7–5, to qualify for the fourth round.
- Seeded players out: Caroline Wozniacki, Serena Williams, Alize Cornet; Jarkko Nieminen, Andy Murray.
In the women's doubles field, favorites Yung-jan Chan & Chia-jung Chuang, Nathalie Dechy & Elena Likhovtseva, Tatiana Poutchek & Anastasia Rodionova, Zi Yan & Jie Zheng, Dinara Safina & Agnes Szavay, Victoria Azarenka & Shahar Peer, Lisa Raymond & Samantha Stosur, and Kveta Peschke & Rennae Stubbs proceeded to the second round.
Christopher Kas & Rogier Wassen, and Jeff Coetzee & Wesley Moodie were among the teams advancing to the second round in the men's doubles, while Lukas Dlouhy & Leander Paes won their second round matches in straight sets.
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Withdrawals: Andy Roddick[2], Tatiana Golovin[2], Sania Mirza[3], Lindsay Davenport[4], Daniela Hantuchova[5], Jo-Wilfried Tsonga[6], Richard Gasquet[7].
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