The 2013 French Open Singles Draws

by Savannah

The WTA Main Draw Singles

Serena Williams [1] v Anna Tatishvili
Caroline Garcia [WC] v Qualifier
Monica Niculescu v Johanna Larsson
Sorana Cirstea [26] v Kiki Bertens

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [19] v Andrea Hlavackova
Petra Cetkovska v Olga Puchkova
Qualifier v Qualifier
Roberta Vinci [15] v Stephane Foretz Gacon [WC]

Caroline Wozniacki [10] v Laura Robson
Bojana Jovanovski v Qualifier
Pauline Parmentier v Magdalena Rybarikova
Ekaterina Makarova [22] v Svetlana Kuznetsova

Varvara Lepchenko [29] v Mirjana Lucic-Baroni
Romina Oprandi v Elina Svitolina
Jana Cepelova v Christina Mchale
Angelique Kerber [8] v Mona Barthel


Agnieszka Radwanska [4] v Shahar Peer
Mallory Burdette v Donna Vekic
Mandy Minella v Qualifier
Venus Williams [30] v Urszula Radwanska

Julia Goerges [24] v Qualifier
Virginie Razzano [WC] v Claire Feuerstein [WC]
Chanelle Scheepers v Mathilde Johansson
Ana Ivanovic [14] v Petra Martic

Nadia Petrova [11] v Monica Puig
Madison Keys v Misaki Doi
Irena Pavlovic [WC] v Shelby Rogers
Carla Suarez Navarro [20] v Simona Halep

Sabine Lisicki [32] v Sofia Arvidsson
Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor v Qualifier
Ayumi Morita v Yulia Putintseva
Sara Errani [5] v Arantxa Rus


Na Li [6] v Anabel Medina Garrigues
Bethanie Mattek-Sands v Lourdes Dominguez Lino
Tatjana Maria Qualifier
Yaroslava Shvedova [27] v Coco Vandeweghe

Klara Zakopalova [23] v Kaia Kanepi
Stefanie Voegele v Heather Watson
Lucie Hradecka v Ashleigh Barty [WC]
Maria Kirilenko [12] v Nina Bratchikova

Marion Bartoli [13] v Olga Govortsova
Kristyna Pliskova v Qualifier
Francesca Schiavone v Melinda Czink
Kirsten Flipkens [21] v Flavia Pennetta

Alize Cornet [31] v Maria Joao Koehler
Irina Camelia Begu v Silvia Soler Espinosa
Annika Beck v Qualifier
Victoria Azarenka [3] v Elena Vesnina


Petra Kvitova [7] v Aravane Rezai [WC]
Shuai Peng v Camila Giorgi
Yanina Wickmayer v Qualifier
Lucie Safarova [25] v Jamie Hampton

Jelena Jankovic [18] v Daniela Hantuchova
Karolina Pliskova v Garbine Muguruza
Kristina Mladenovic v Lauren Davis
Samantha Stosur [9] v Kimiko Date-Krumm

Dominka Cibulkova [16] vLesia Tsurenko
Marina Erakovic v Elena Baltacha
Alexandra Cadantu v Qualifier
Sloane Stephens [17] v Karin Knapp

Tamira Paszek [28] v Melanie Oudin
Jie Zheng v Vesna Dolonc
Eugenie Bouchard v Tsvetana Pironkova
Maria Sharapova [2] v Su-Wei Hsieh

I suppose after taking a week off from blogging with the French Open looming I should comment.

My first thought looking at the WTA draw was that thank all that is sacred that Sloane Stephens will not have to face any of those head games Serena Williams plays on her opponents. Since Serena is the only player who does those things I'm sure Sloane will breeze right through to the semi finals in the bottom half of the draw. No one there plays head games right?

Seriously Sloane is becoming tedious. Is it something with her generation? Isn't she around the same age as Taylor Swift who is from what I hear the Queen of the Whine? I refuse to listen to her music so that's strictly rumor control on my part. Just shut up and play. Maybe you'll learn a few head games of your own.

See I have been paying attention. I just get tired of posting the same old shite.

There's also been a bit of a verbal war between Coco Vandeweghe and the latest brat straight out of juniors Yulia Putinseva. I wonder how badly Yaroslava Shvedova will beat Coco in the first round? Last I checked it was winning matches that counted. This is not a pageant where Best Shade Thrower gets a trophy. Not that Yaroslava is a shoo-in. She hasn't been playing well of late.

Li Na gets the cheater Anabel Medina Garrigues first round. Keep your eyes on AMG. If she's blatantly cheating she's losing. Let's hope she gets caught cheating this time.

If Agnieszka Radwanska is seen in heels during the players party or any other promotional event look for her to have a decent tournament. If she's still in flats I think she'll have a hard time.

Heather Watson is coming back from illness so I don't expect much of anything from her. Marion Bartoli is overweight and out of shape and has played horribly the last few weeks. Shame on her for letting her fitness slide so badly. I mean her eating a Twix court side kind of sums up her season so far. I think Li, Victoria Azarenka and Maria Kirilenko could do well in that section of the draw. Anyone can come out of the section anchored by Kirsten Flipkens and Maid Marion.

I wonder what Sloane will do if she has to face Maria Sharapova? Will Laura Robson beat Caroline Wozniacki? I wouldn't take Wozniacki's loss in Belgium too seriously. She was brought in to save the WTA from paying a fine for not having a top ten player at a Premier event not to win. Robson will be a nice test for her.

I didn't forget Petra Kvitova, another member of the fat and out of shape crew. She's less fat and out of shape than Bartoli though. That's the best I can say about her.

Do I expect the usual suspects to get through? Probably.


The ATP Main Draw - Singles

Novak Djokovic (SRB) [1] v David Goffin (BEL)
Ivan Dodig (CRO) v Guido Pella (ARG)
Alex Kuznetsov (USA) [WC] v Lucas Pouille (FRA) [WC]
Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) [26] v Alejandro Falla (COL)

Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) [22] v Dmitry Tursunov (RUS)
Bernard Tomic (AUS) v Victor Hanescu (ROU)
Simone Bolelli (ITA) v Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE)
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) [16] v Qualifier

Tommy Haas (GER) [12] v Guillaume Rufin (FRA)
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) v Qualifier
Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) v Ryan Harrison (USA)
John Isner (USA) [19] v Carlos Berlocq (ARG)

Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) [29] v Pablo Andujar (ESP)
Federico Delbonis (ARG) v Qualifier
Fernando Verdasco (ESP) v Marc Gicquel (FRA) [WC]
Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) [8] v Nicolas Mahut (FRA) [WC]


Rafael Nadal (ESP) [3] v Daniel Brands (GER)
Martin Klizan (SVK) v Michael Russell (USA)
Lukas Rosol (CZE) v Qualifier
Fabio Fognini (ITA) [27] v Qualifier

Benoit Paire (FRA) [24] v Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)
Lukasz Kubot (POL) v Qualifier
Grega Zemlja (SLO) v Santiago Giraldo (COL)
Kei Nishikori (JPN) [13] Jesse Levine (CAN)

Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) [9] vThiemo De Bakker (NED)
Horacio Zeballos (ARG) v Qualifier
Kenny De Schepper (FRA) v Robin Haase (NED)
Jerzy Janowicz (POL) [21] v Albert Ramos (ESP)

Florian Mayer (GER) [28] v Denis Istomin (UZB)
Florent Serra [WC] (FRA) v Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)
Qualifier v Qualifier
Richard Gasquet (FRA) [7] v Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR)


Tomas Berdych (CZE) [5] v Gael Monfils (FRA) [WC]
Ernests Gulbis (LAT) v Rogerio Dutra Silva (BRA)
Igor Sijsling (NED) v Jurgen Melzer (AUT)
Tommy Robredo (ESP) [32] v Jurgen Zopp (EST)

Andreas Seppi (ITA) [20] v Leonardo Mayer (ARG)
Blaz Kavcic (SLO) v Qualifier
Martin Alund (ARG) v Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)
Nicolas Almagro (ESP) [11] v Qualifier

Milos Raonic (CAN) [14] v Xavier Malisse (BEL)
Michael Llodra (FRA) v Qualifier
Evgeny Donskoy (RUS) v Qualifier
Kevin Anderson (RSA) [23] v Qualifier

Marcel Granollers (ESP) [31] v Feliciano Lopez (ESP)
Joao Sousa (POR) v Go Soeda (JPN)
Albert Montanes (ESP) v Qualifier
David Ferrer (ESP) [4] v Marinko Matosevic (AUS)


Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) [6] v Aljaz Bedene (SLO)
Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) v Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA)
Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) v Gilles Muller (LUX)
Jeremy Chardy (FRA) [25] v Benjamin Becker (GER)

Juan Monaco (ARG) [17] v Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP)
Viktor Troicki (SRB) v James Blake (USA)
Radek Stepanek (CZE) v Nick Kyrgios (AUS) [WC]
Marin Cilic (CRO) [10] v Philipp Petzschner (GER)

Gilles Simon (FRA) [15] v Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)
Adrian Mannarino (FRA) [WC] v Pablo Cuevas (URU)
Jan Hajek (CZE) v Qualifier
Sam Querrey (USA) [18] v Lukas Lacko (SVK)

Julien Benneteau (FRA) [30] v Ricardas Berankis (LTU)
Tobias Kamke (GER) v Paolo Lorenzi (ITA)
Qualifier v Qualifier
Roger Federer (SUI) [2] v Qualifier

Wait James Blake is in the Main Draw of a Slam? Really? Has he played anywhere during the spring European clay court season? If he has I don't remember. He's opening against Viktor Troicki, he of the epic meltdown. At least Troicki has played on the red dirt recently. Someone is going to win that match. Really.

The section with Tomas Berdych, Nicolas Almagro and David Ferrer is very interesting. There are a lot of guys in there who have been playing well lately and will come in with a bit of confidence. That section is the one I'll be keeping my eyes on. The other half of the bottom of the draw is a freaking joke. Unless someone in the section grows a pair the section is set up for one man to cakewalk to the semifinal where he will probably lose to someone from the top half of the bottom of the draw.

I'd keep my eyes on Tommy Haas in the top half of the draw.