2012 French Open day 2 recap part 2
After watching Haas, Malisse and co at practice, it was time for me to watch some matches!
First, on Court 14: Varvara Lepchenko against Ksenia Pervak. I gave up after 3 games: to hear those two grunting like crazy after a few points, not for me, thanks.
For the record, Lepchenko won in 3 disputed sets.
On Court 17, Flavia Pennetta battled to pass through Su-Wei Hsieh of Taipei, who was playing her first Slam since the 2009 Australian Open!
Even though she managed to qualify for the second round, it was a poor display by Pennetta and not really a deserved victory.
Next, on Court 16, Bernard Tomic against Andreas Haider-Maurer.
At times it seemed like they were playing at slow motion. Weird.
Tomic plays when he wants to, and wins in 3 sets.
And finally, on Court 17, future star Milos Raonic defeats Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (who practised with Philipp Kohlschreiber earlier in the day).
Raonic’ massive serve:
and forehand:
A last look at doubles players practices:
And that’s it for my first day at Roland Garros 2012.
Oh, and the adidas bus in front of the stadium:
