Qualifying for Canadian Women Begins at Roland-Garros « Milos Raonic

18May/11Off

Qualifying for Canadian Women Begins at Roland-Garros

It was another promising day for Canadians looking to qualify at Roland-Garros. The women's qualifying rounds started today, and Frank Dancevic was looking to advance to the third round in the men's qualifying draw.

In what proved to be a very tight match, Frank Dancevic defeated Eduardo Schwank of Argentina, 7-6(3) 7-6(5). His opponent in the next round will be Victor Crivoi (ROU) -- again, the two have yet to meet at the tour level so there is no head-to-head record to speak of. For what it's worth (probably not much, if at all), Dancevic has a slightly higher ranking than the Romanian. Presumably, their third round match will take place tomorrow.

As for the women, both Aleksandra Wozniak and Stephanie Dubois advanced to the second round of qualifying with wins today. Wozniak defeated Jing-Jing Lu (CHN), 6-0 7-5, and Dubois pulled out a win in three sets over Alexandra Panova (RUS), 7-5 4-6 6-2. Heidi El Tabakh was elimanted in the first round by Australian Sally Peers in straight sets.

There are just a few more days of qualifying before the main draws are finalized and announced, which is when we'll see where Milos Raonic and Rebecca Marino end up in their respective draws. Let's hope a few more Canadians can make it through qualifying to join them there.

-multi