French Open Highlights: Third Round Style

So many amazing things happened today at the French Open I don’t know where to start. Okay, for some of the players, it wasn’t so amazing, but I’m a spectator and a blogger for a reason…to not care about how the players who lost felt except for when it’s convenient for me to feel for them.

Here’s the quick rundown of what happened today in Paris:
- Bye-bye James Blake. The American got ousted in the second round by Ernests Gulbis in four sets.
- Venus Williams overcame 25 unforced errors to beat Selima Sfar 6-2, 6-4 and move into the third round.
- World number one Roger Federer dropped the first set in a tiebreak but then blasted Albert Montanes out of the water in the next three sets to move into the third round.
- Nikolay Davydenko ousted Marat Safin handily in straight sets.
- Lleyton Hewitt had no problem with Mardy Fish, beating him 6-4, 6-3, 6-2.
- Rafael Nadal beat Nicolas Devilder in straight sets, blanking Devilder in the second.
- Dinara Safina bageled Magdalena Rybarikova in the first set and followed it up with a 6-1 second set to move into the third round.
- Svetlana Kuznetsova and Elena Dementieva both moved on in straight sets.
- Amelie Mauresmo was dumped out of the tournament by Carla Suarez Navarro.

And that’s pretty much it. Probably the most impressive showing in that whole list (aside of the ridiculously dominant performances in some of the matches on the women’s side) was Federer’s shut down of Montanes after losing a tight first set.

I could say that is championship material, but we all already know that, don’t we?

(Image: Newscom)
Roger Federer lines up a backhand against Albert Montanes.