Roland Garros, May 24-June 7

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The French Open is the next step on Marcos's schedule. Let's hope he feels mentally better than in the previous weeks and has some good matches at the Porte d'Auteuil.

Official site: www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/index.html

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www.tennisnews.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2034

That's a rather crappy Greek site...

Anyway, according to an article dated May 18th, Marcos follows a high-performance training program in Paris. Marcos' collaboration with Olivier Soules has ended; hasn't yet decided about his new coach... Until then, Younes El Aynaoui and Franco Squillari will try to help him prepare appropriately for Roland Garros...

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We'll wait and see, then.

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Main Draw

[1] NADAL, Rafael ESP v [Q]
KUNITSYN, Igor RUS v GABASHVILI, Teimuraz RUS
GREMELMAYR, Denis GER v GOLUBEV, Andrey KAZ
HEWITT, Lleyton AUS v [26] KARLOVIC, Ivo CRO

[23] SODERLING, Robin SWE v KIM, Kevin USA
ISTOMIN, Denis UZB v [Q]
[Q] v KIEFER, Nicolas GER
GIL, Frederico POR v [14] FERRER, David ESP

[10] DAVYDENKO, Nikolay RUS v KOUBEK, Stefan AUT
JUNQUEIRA, Diego ARG v CAPDEVILLE, Paul CHI
MASSU, Nicolas CHI v KOELLERER, Daniel AUT
DEVILDER, Nicolas FRA v [17] WAWRINKA, Stanislas SUI

[31] ALMAGRO, Nicolas ESP v CALLERI, Agustin ARG
GULBIS, Ernests LAT v QUERREY, Sam USA
[Q] v PETZSCHNER, Philipp GER
SERRA, Florent FRA v [8] VERDASCO, Fernando ESP

[3] MURRAY, Andy GBR v CHELA, Juan Ignacio ARG
ZVEREV, Mischa GER v STARACE, Potito ITA
TIPSAREVIC, Janko SRB v MONTANES, Albert ESP
[Q] v [28] LOPEZ, Feliciano ESP

[18] STEPANEK, Radek CZE v [WC] GAUDIO, Gaston ARG
LU, Yen-Hsun TPE v [Q]
SELA, Dudi ISR v [Q]
HERNYCH, Jan CZE v [13] CILIC, Marin CRO

[12] GONZALEZ, Fernando CHI v [Q]
[Q] v VLIEGEN, Kristof BEL
GRANOLLERS, Marcel ESP v [WC] OUANNA, Josselin FRA
[WC] SIDORENKO, Alexandre FRA v [20] SAFIN, Marat RUS

[30] HANESCU, Victor ROU v DARCIS, Steve BEL
YOUZHNY, Mikhail RUS v MULLER, Gilles LUX
[Q] v KENDRICK, Robert USA
ODESNIK, Wayne USA v [7] SIMON, Gilles FRA

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[5] DEL POTRO, Juan Martin ARG v LLODRA, Michael FRA
TROICKI, Viktor SRB v [Q]
BELLUCCI, Thomaz BRA v VASSALLO ARGUELLO, Martin ARG
[Q] v [25] ANDREEV, Igor RUS

[21] TURSUNOV, Dmitry RUS v CLEMENT, Arnaud FRA
SANTORO, Fabrice FRA v ROCHUS, Christophe BEL
BAGHDATIS, Marcos CYP v MONACO, Juan ARG
BENNETEAU, Julien FRA v [9] TSONGA, Jo-Wilfried FRA

[16] ROBREDO, Tommy ESP v [WC] MANNARINO, Adrian FRA
KOROLEV, Evgeny RUS v GIMENO-TRAVER, Daniel ESP
GARCIA-LOPEZ, Guillermo ESP v SEPPI, Andreas ITA
GONZALEZ, Maximo ARG v [22] FISH, Mardy USA

[29] KOHLSCHREIBER, Philipp GER v [WC] TOMIC, Bernard AUS
FERRERO, Juan Carlos ESP v LJUBICIC, Ivan CRO
DABUL, Brian ARG v [Q]
LAPENTTI, Nicolas ECU v [4] DJOKOVIC, Novak SRB

[6] RODDICK, Andy USA v [WC] JOUAN, Romain FRA
HERNANDEZ, Oscar ESP v MINAR, Ivo CZE
NAVARRO, Ivan ESP v BECK, Andreas GER
GICQUEL, Marc FRA v [27] SCHUETTLER, Rainer GER

[24] MELZER, Jurgen AUT v ROITMAN, Sergio ARG
[WC] RUFIN, Guillaume FRA v SCHWANK, Eduardo ARG
[Q] v [Q]
REYNOLDS, Bobby USA v [11] MONFILS, Gael FRA

[15] BLAKE, James USA v [Q]
PAVEL, Andrei ROU v HAAS, Tommy GER
PHAU, Bjorn GER v CHARDY, Jeremy FRA
BOLELLI, Simone ITA v [19] BERDYCH, Tomas CZE

[32] MATHIEU, Paul-Henri FRA v [WC] RECOUDERC, Laurent FRA
GINEPRI, Robby USA v ANDUJAR, Pablo ESP
ACASUSO, Jose ARG v [Q]
MARTIN, Alberto ESP v [2] FEDERER, Roger SUI

[getta]

Tough opener for Marcos. Monaco is considered the most dangerous floater...


EDIT: Today, Marcos announced that he has begun a new partnership with coach, Eduardo Infantino. (see news thread for more info)

[getta]

Marcos is third match on court 7 tomorrow, not before 3.00pm.

Good luck, Marcos.

[choupi]

Monaco won 6-3 6-2 6-4.