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Day 1 Summary

Day 1 is over and it went really well for the girls with 5 out of 6 through to the second round.
The boys have a hero: Fabrice ! :bleus:

Girls results:

Alize Cornet started out the day with a win 6-3 6-4 over up and coming Mariya Koryttseva. She will be meeting german A. Petkovic in second round. Alize was not in a very good form and has a shoulder bothering her. This does not look very good for later rounds …

Marion Bartoli followed Alize's example and defeated in two sets M. South 6-2 6-4.

Nathalie Dechy started strong with a 6-3 6-0 defeat of qualifier V. Kutuzova:



Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro put out some good tennis to beat B. Zahlavova Strycova 6-3 6-4.

And finally 23 years old Mathilde Johansson had a surprise win on veteran Jill Craybas 6-2 1-6 7-5. Bravo Mathilde ! :bleus:



The only defeat came from Aravane Rezaï who after a good first set lost her stamina and the last two sets 1-6 7-5 6-4 against promising young Russian Ekaterina Makarova. (sorry the 5 Aravane pickers !)


Boys Results:

Hard day for some of our boys. Mikaël Llodra lost against back in-form qualifier Xavier Malisse that played beautiful tennis to defeat him 7-6 6-1 6-1. Bravo Xavier !
Marc Gicquel managed to save a set in his loss to David Nalbandian 6-1 4-6 6-2 6-3.
And Julien Benneteau couldn't match Marcos Baghdatis' love of Australian Open. Marcos won 6-3 7-6 6-2. Allez Marcos !

But the three others came through.
Paul-Henri Mathieu went lucky after 2 years of first round forfeits for injury, he benefitted from Nieminen's fatigue over Sydney who abandoned at 6-2 4-1 for the frenchie.
Jeremy Chardy won his first Australian Open match at the third attempt, beating Marcos Daniel 6-4 6-4 6-1. He now will meat Mister Djoko ! Can he do it ?

And finally, our beloved magical artist of the small yellow ball threw a spell at Juanqui and won 6-3 6-2 6-7 6-2 !!!

Hero of the day: Fabrice Santoro



Madame