29-5-15 french open tennis

FRENCH OPEN ROUND 2

MEN'S SINGLES

Rafa Nadal from Spain beat N Almagro 6-4, 6-4, 6-1

Rafa Looks back on form at the early stages of this competition

Andy Murray from Great Britain beat J Sousa 6-2  4-6, 6-4. 6-1

Murray found it tricky at the start of this match but when he got things right they seemed to work very well for him

Novac Djokovic from Serbia beat G Muller from Luxembourg 6-1, 6-4, 6-4

Novac seems to be on form at this early stage of the competition

Jeremy Chardy from France beat John Isner from the USA 6-4, 4-6 6-3, 6-3

Chardy found it tough to get into some sense of form of this match

Tommy Robredo from Spain beat B Coric from Croatia 7-5, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-4

It took Robredo some time to get into this match but when he did he looked ok. There will be a lot more difficult challenges than this in the French open for him

Marion Cilic from Croatia beat Amabodi from Italy 7-6, 6-1, 6-1

A straight sets win at this stage and it can only help you

Kevin Anderson from South Africa beat Y H Lei from Typee 5-7, 6-4, 6-4,6-4

It took Kevin Anders some time to win this match but he looked ok in this match

David Ferrer from Spain beat D Gimeno Traver 6-3, 6-2, 6-1

David Ferrer showed that this was why he was the best of the rest and that a result like this could help him win a major but it is still early

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/mens-singles/results

WOMEN'S SINGLES

Caroline Wozniacki from Denmark beat J Goergrs from Germany 7-5, 6-4

Wosniki found it difficult to get over this first round match. It showed that she can improve in a big way  

Serena Williams from the USA beat A L Friedsman 5-7, 6-3, 6-3

Serena is not on form at the moment maybe she can be beaten before the quarters this year

 Petra Kitova from Czech Republic beat S Soler Espinsa 6-7, 6-4, 6-2

Kitova showed that she doescnot have a performance to go far in the competition either

Victoria Azerenka from Bulgeria beat L Hradenka from the Czech Republic 6-2, 6-3

Azerenka cruised into the quarter finals and looks on top form

Stefana Errani from Italy beat C Hitthoeft from Germany 6-3, 4-6, 6-2

Erani is finding it that little bit tricky in this French open as the match is taken to 3 sets

Madison Keys from the USA beat Bencic from Switzerland 6-0, 6-3

Keys is one of the best players coming through the American female system and does look to be improving a lot  

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/womens-singles/results

You can rarely say too much about who are going to be the runners and riders in early rounds but you can look at players for confidence and that is what I am trying to do here