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Tuesday at the second tournament “Grand Slam” of the season, Paris 'Roland Garros', played first-round match. On this day in the women's single digit in the fight came four Russians. The first came on the court Anastasia Myskina, who opposed the tennis player from India Sanya Mirza. Recall that Anastasia Myskina in the year 2004 has become the winner of “Roland Garros” in the finals of that tournament Myskina beat Elena Dementieva compatriot.

meeting began unexpectedly in the tournament under poseyayanoy number ten Myskina – she gave the opponent the first game on his serve. However further game Russians did not make her doubt the superiority over rival already in the first set Myskina first equalize the situation, and then won it – 6-4. In the second set, Mirza failed to show even a token resistance, losing outright – 1:6. Thus, Myskina goes into the second round, which will clash with Hungarian Melinda Zink.

Maria Kirilenko seemed the clear favorite in the confrontation with the French Severine Bremond. But the first set got to think about Russian women by 1:6 – clearly not the top, which is expected to Kirilenko. Then the Russian woman still managed to myself and to win the second set no less convincing than lost in the first – 6:2. In the first game the third installment of a fierce struggle ensued. First the nerves passed from French, losing his serve, but Kirilenko take advantage of the failed and was already on the brink of the abyss, behind the course of the meeting at 5:6 feed Bremond. And yet Russian woman managed to turn the tide of the match and snatch victory – 1:6, 6:2, 8:6.

the same day, Galina Voskobaeva and Nadia Petrova became the fourth and fifth tennis player from Russia, who failed to overcome the first round of the tournament. Defeat Petrova, seeded in Paris under the number three, it became a real sensation of the day, as opposed to her quite passable Japanese Akiko Moregami. But Petrova was unable to properly tune in to this match, losing to both the past game with the same score 2-6. Voskobaeva just could not pick up and set – 2:6, 3:6.

Rolan Garros. Paris. Prize fund – 14,265,800 euros. Singles. Women. First round

Maria Kirilenko (Russia) – Severine Bremond (France) – 1:6, 6:2, 8:6

Anastasia Myskina (Russia, 10) – Sanya Mirza (India) – 6:4, 6:1

Moregami Akiko (Japan) – Nadia Petrova (Russia, 3) – 6:2, 6:2

Galina Voskoboeva

(Russia) – Ivan Lisyak (Croatia) – 2:6, 3:6

Martina Hingis, Switzerland (12) – Lisa Raymond (USA) – 6:2, 6:2

Alexander Ivanov, Down-the-line.com

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