Running French Open thread

And there goes Blake, to a qualifier.

 

Are you surprised? He's still not made the second week of a major (I think).

Two U.S. men advanced, neither of them the one I thought had a shot at the second week (Osednick got a really shitty draw, Gilles Simon in the first round. Booo!)

 

He reached the quarterfinals of the U.S. and Australian Opens in the past.

 

Eh, my bad.

They just suspended the Santoro match with him down in the fourth set 5-3 to Rouches (sp) who's up in sets. Weird. The Williams sisters are still playing doubles. The women are tougher than the blind guys!

 

Eh, Santoro's old, he can't see properly anymore.

I think this is his final bow.

 

It is. My man Marat was joking about him sticking around too long yesterday.

 

Leonardo Mayer actually had some game, particularly on the serve and forehand. Me thinks he might become a regular tour guy. But once Blake fell behind, he didn't seem to change tactics or really even try very much in the third set.

 

What on earth has happened to Nicole Vaidisova? She was a top 10 player and two-time Slam semifinalist as recently as two years ago. Now she's unseeded and flamed out against Virginia Ruano Pascual in the first round.

Did she get injured like Sharapova did?

 

GB, WTF is up with your boy Murray?

 

Well, crap. It's just the taped coverage. Nevermind.

 

Yeah. he's cool. Nice five-game run to close out the third, don't you think?

I think he makes the semis, then falls to Nadal.

 

It was really fantastic. Fun to watch, even if it was tape delayed