Milos Raonic – Canada Fan Blog an (unofficial) blog about tennis and Canadian player Milos Raonic

Canadian men’s hopefuls go down, women advance at Roland Garros (French Open – First Round)

Raonic and Dancevic lose their first round matches

Milos Raonic's first main-draw French Open journey was cut short today, when Michael Berrer (GER) defeated him in four sets, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.  Canadian Frank Dancevic suffered a similar fate; he was also defeated in four sets ( 6-1, 6-3, 6-7 (5-7), 6-2 ) by Simone Bolelli of Italy. (read more)

Wozniak and Marino advance to second round

Rebecca Marino defeated Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) yesterday in her first round match up in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3.  She will play Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (ESP) (view head-to-head) in her second round match. (read more)

Qualifier and fellow Canadian Aleksandra Wozniak achieved even better results this afternoon, winning her first round match versus Junri Namigata of Japan with a sizzling 6-1, 6-1 score.  Aleksandra will face World No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki (view head-to-head) in the second round.  Caro ousted her first-round opponent, Kimiko Date-Krumm, also of Japan, with similar ease at 6-0, 6-2 today. (read more)

Schedule of Play

According to the schedule, Wozniak and Marino will not be playing their next singles matches tomorrow, although Marino will be first up on Court 11 in doubles action.  Television coverage is being provided by TSN and TSN2 in Canada.