Weeks 21-22 - Roland Garros men's main draw

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

RE: Weeks 21-22 - Roland Garros men's main draw

spud · Challenger qualifying

Very Good draw for Murray!
Melzer is so hit and miss he could probably beat Nadal on a very good day and lose to someone outside the top 100 on a bad one! He has so much variety its like playing a Santoro.

Mikeduke · County player

Andy is first on Court Suzanne Lenglen tomorrow. Around 10am BST!

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Damn furious . I only have one medical appointment this week - no prizes for guessing when it is.

RJA · Hall of fame

Mikeduke wrote:
Andy is first on Court Suzanne Lenglen tomorrow. Around 10am BST!

Lets hope he is awake.

steven · Tennis legend

The GEMs have to give Prodon a chance, and putting Muzz on in the morning is the time-honoured way of doing that!

British_is_Best · County player

Should Andy win tomorrow he would play (LL) Simone Bolleli (ITA) WR 126 who beat Dancevic in 4 sets today. Also in Andy's section is potential R32 opponent, the 26th seed Raonic, has been dumped out in 4 sets by Berrer. Hopefully all of this will by relevant!

steven · Tennis legend

A few quick (useless by kind of fun) facts about Muzza's opponent today.

As I mentioned before, Prodon has never lost to a Brit (apart from a w/o win for Alan Mackin in week 4 of a Satellite in Italy 7 years ago, when Prodon had won the previous two weeks' events) but both Dan Cox and GB no 29 Jack Carpenter managed to inflict 1st set bagels on him last year before going down in three sets!

He is 10-0 v Brits in seniors, and you can add a few more wins in juniors in the late 1990s. In fact, he was once world junior no. 3 and at Eddie Herr in 1998, he beat Aucks in R1 before taking two much bigger scalps (Roger Federer in R3 and Guillermo Coria in the SFs) on his way to the Final, where he was finally stopped by David Nalbandian.

Mikeduke · County player

First set in the bag after a customary slip up. Prodon looking a little tired!

Akhenaten · Pro player

Prodon is actually 20-3 versus Brits in Seniors.

A current run of 10 (not likely to continue!) and a run of 8 Brit bashes (from 2000-2001) is impressive though.

The 3 Brits who have beat him are Mark Hilton & Alan Makcin in 2002, and James Davidson in 2000.

-- Edited by Akhenaten on Tuesday 24th of May 2011 10:28:00 AM

steven · Tennis legend

Aargh - ITF only lets you check 10 years at a time, I hadn't realised he was so old at the time and didn't check any further back - should have twigged when I noticed he played juniors in the late 1990s!

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Got back from my medical appointment just in time to see the end - 6-4 6-1 6-3. Job done, on to Bolelli.

steven · Tennis legend

L128: (4) Andy Murray WR 4 beat (Q) Eric Prodon (FRA) WR 124 by 6-4 6-1 6-3

L64: (4) Andy Murray WR 4 v (LL) Simone Bolelli ITA WR 126 (CH 36 in 2009)

H2H 2-0, 6-0 2-1 ret @ Madrid 2008 (hard), 7-6(9) 6-4 @ Madrid 2009 (clay)

Bolelli won the Rome Challenger earlier this month, lost to Veic (who beat Cuevas by ret yesterday) in the FQR here then beat Dancevic in R1 yesterday.

Drew · May 24, 2011

It was nice to see Stephane Robert winning yesterday....he was a futures Brit basher for a long time....recall seeing Evans beating him. A late developer into CH and now a GS match winner. Well done him.

The Magician Santoro · Top national player

Saw bits of the match, Prodon was being naughty with the drop shot in the 1st set!

In parts of Murray's draw, potential R32 opponent Raonic is out, as is potential QF opponent Almagro!

Shame potential SF opponent a certain Rafael Nadal didn't bow out today though, prevailling in 5 against big Jaaaaaaahnn Isner wink

-- Edited by The Magician Santoro on Tuesday 24th of May 2011 07:02:11 PM