Opening Day of French Open

And it’s under way! The French Open has officially kicked off and I couldn’t be more excited…until Wimbledon comes up anyway.

Quick recap of what happened today. On the men’s side, Novak Djokovic worked his way through Denis Gremelmayr in four sets. Novak lost the first set but rallied to win the next three. Gremelmayr is a talented player, but he just can’t push it to the level he needs to in order to play with the top-ranked players.

David Nalbandian won in three sets as did James Blake. Andy Murray took it to five sets before finally getting the Dub-ya over Jonathan Evsseric.

The most prolific of the less fortunate was Carlos Moya. The 16th-ranked player lost in five sets to Eduardo Schwank; Janko Tipsarevic lost in four sets.

In the women’s draw, Serena Williams and Ana Ivanovic won their first round matches in straight sets. Alize Cornet gave the French something to cheer about in her first-round victory over Julia Vakulenko.

Nicole Vaidisova was the first ranked player to bow out, losing to fellow Czech Iveta Benesova. Vaidisova took the first set to a tiebreak but failed to capitalize and then was blown out 6-1 in the second set.

I know, I know – today was a little dry and boring. The real excitement doesn’t come until later in the tournament…unless of course we get a huge upset tomorrow…

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James Blake eyes a backhand in the first round at Roland Garros.