Day 5 of the 2011 French Open is underway at Roland Garros, and the biggest upset of the tournament is already in the books, with World No. 2 Kim Clijsters falling to unseeded Arantxa Rus in the second round.
French Open 2011 Results, Day 5: Maria Sharapova Avoids Upset; Mardy Fish Advances
French Open 2011 results from Day 5 at Roland Garros, which saw more than a few embarrassing upsets of top-seeded players.
• No. 4 Andy Murray def. Simone Bolelli, 7-6(3) 6-4 7-5.
And Andy Murray wasn’t one of them! Will wonders never cease? Despite a shaky first set, there was no movement in the men’s top five today. The unlucky Brit’s next opponent is Germany’s Michael Berrer.
Read Article >Rafael Nadal Fends Off Challenging Third Set In French Open 2011 Victory
After a hair-raising tiebreaker that had a Court Suzanne Lenglen audience on edge despite the perennial champion holding the lead for its entire duration, top-seeded Rafael Nadal has escaped his second-round French Open 2011 match against unseeded countryman Pablo Andujar, 7-5 6-3 7-6(4). The top five of the men’s draw remains unblemished, for now.
Nadal had a tough draw to begin with, but the last thing anyone expected was for him to struggle against his first two opponents, both assumed to be pushovers. Not so: John Isner took the five-time Roland Garros champ to five sets in Round 1, and though a straight-set win is a straight-set win, Andujar battled valiantly to the bitter end. Nadal doesn’t quite look like himself on what should be his native soil, and the climb only gets steeper from here. His next opponent: the also-unranked Antonio Veic of Croatia, who’s just upset No. 28 Nikolay Davydenko. This ought to make an easier time of things for Rafa, but this season, you apparently never know.
Read Article >French Open TV Schedule 2011, Day 5: Rafael Nadal, Kim Clijsters In Action
The 2011 French Open’s second round continues at Roland Garros from 5 a.m. ET onwards, with No. 1 Rafael Nadal, No. 2 Kim Clijsters, No. 4 Andy Murray and No. 4 Victoria Azarenka the biggest names in play. In case you missed any of Wednesday’s results, click here to get caught up on French Open Day 4. Here’s the TV schedule for Thursday’s matches:
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