Roland Garros -French Open 2010

[Mike Rotchtickles]

News thus far:


The wild cards for the RG main draw:


ATP
- Carsten BALL (AUS)
- David GUEZ (FRA)
- Nicolas MAHUT (FRA)
- Gianni MINA (FRA)
- Josselin OUANNA (FRA)
- Laurent RECOUDERC (FRA)
- Edouard ROGER-VASSELIN (FRA)
- Ryan SWEETING (USA)


WTA:
- Stéphanie COHEN-ALORO (FRA)
- Claire FEUERSTEIN (FRA)
- Stéphanie FORETZ (FRA)
- Jarmila GROTH (AUS)
- Mathilde JOHANSSON (FRA)
- Christina McHALE (USA)
- Kristina MLADENOVIC (FRA)
- Olivia SANCHEZ (FRA)



French Open Withdrawals


Men:

Juan Martin Del Potro (wrist)
Nikolay Davydenko (wrist)
Tommy Haas (hip surgery)
Igor Andreev (ankle)
James Blake (knee)


Women:

Kim Clijsters (foot)
Urzula Radwanska (back)
Sabine Lisicki (ankle)
Sania Mirza (wrist)
Anna Lena Groenfeld (foot)

[AUSSIE_FABS]

Some big withdrawals there. Not massively surprising but still they could've played a part in the result.

[Mike Rotchtickles]

- Gianni MINA (FRA)

mini Monfils

[AUSSIE_FABS]

[Banthasmaker]

are all the withdrawals confirmed?

[Mike Rotchtickles]

are all the withdrawals confirmed?

Official withdrawal list.

http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/news/ ... 64819.html

BTW the replacements are

Men:

Michal Przysiezny (POL), Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP), Paolo Lorenzi (ITA), Ricardo Mello (BRA) and Kevin Anderson (RSA).

Women:

Katie O’Brien (GBR), Anne Keothavong (GBR), Ekateryna Bychkova (RUS) and Johanna Larsson (SWE).

[Coolhand Texas]

upset to see blake out, dont get to see him play to often throughout the year and was hoping to see a match or two

[MisterGregory42]

Aww man, no Blake, Haas, or Clijsters?

[Elargento]

i hope gaudio qualifies this time.

[emate007]

- Gianni MINA (FRA)

mini Monfils

WOW! incredible resemblance... that's obviously on purpose.

[Mike Rotchtickles]

And the wild cards for entry to the qualifying rounds,


The nine wild cards for the qualifiers for the men's singles:

- Daniel BERTA (SWE)*
- Charles-Antoine BREZAC (FRA)
- Nicolas DEVILDER (FRA)
- Jonathan EYSSERIC (FRA)
- Adrian MANNARINO (FRA)
- Benoît PAIRE (FRA)
- Olivier PATIENCE (FRA)
- Eric PRODON (FRA)
- Laurent ROCHETTE (FRA)


The eight wild cards for the qualifiers for the women's singles:

- Séverine BELTRAME (FRA)
- Claire de GUBERNATIS (FRA)
- Youlia FEDOSSOVA (FRA)
- Caroline GARCIA (FRA)
- Estelle GUISARD (FRA)
- Anaïs LAURENDON (FRA)
- Nathalie PIQUION (FRA)
- Stéphanie VONGSOUTHI (FRA)


* ITF ruling / Winner of the 2009 French Open juniors title.

[Quintillian]

Damn, hope the men's event doesn't suffer too much from the absences of Davydenko and Del Potro.

Out of the French qualifiers wildcards, Eysseric and Patience are the only ones I know who could do some damage. Eysseric still has time on his side and might have a breakthrough here.

[GOA MASTER MDMA]

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[GOA MASTER MDMA]

And the wild cards for entry to the qualifying rounds,


The nine wild cards for the qualifiers for the men's singles:

- Daniel BERTA (SWE)*
- Charles-Antoine BREZAC (FRA)
- Nicolas DEVILDER (FRA)
- Jonathan EYSSERIC (FRA)
- Adrian MANNARINO (FRA)
- Benoît PAIRE (FRA)
- Olivier PATIENCE (FRA)
- Eric PRODON (FRA)
- Laurent ROCHETTE (FRA)


The eight wild cards for the qualifiers for the women's singles:

- Séverine BELTRAME (FRA)
- Claire de GUBERNATIS (FRA)
- Youlia FEDOSSOVA (FRA)
- Caroline GARCIA (FRA)
- Estelle GUISARD (FRA)
- Anaïs LAURENDON (FRA)
- Nathalie PIQUION (FRA)
- Stéphanie VONGSOUTHI (FRA)


* ITF ruling / Winner of the 2009 French Open juniors title.

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why only player from france got a wild card at RG ?- smells little cheesy

[Mike Rotchtickles]

what you have quoted there, GOA, are the wild cards for the qualies.
but yeah you're right, for the main draw it's still mainly only french players who get given the wild cards.
I believe though that's a type of normal occurrence, right?
At Wimby they would favour the british guys, US Open- the guys from the States, and so on, etc etc

btw, don't know if it's confirmed but it looks like Radek Stepanek is another to add to the withdrawals list.