I was sad, but not surprised, to see my very favorite player, Amelie Mauresmo, make a second round exit today at the French Open.
I was also not surprised to see Anna Chakvetadze suffer defeat in the second round. Inconsistent at her best times, not really a clay player, and now just plain not right since the trauma she suffered in December, the talented Chakvetadze is having trouble finding her way back.
Other seeds defeated today were fomer top-ten player Ai Sugiyama and Maria Kirilenko.
Suarez Navarro def. Amelie Mauresmo (seeded no. 22), 6-3, 6-4
Kaia Kanepi def. Anna Chakvetadze (seeded no. 6) , 6-4, 7-6
Olga Govortsova def. Ai Sugiyama (seeded no. 31), 6-0, 7-5
Zheng Jie def. Maria Kirilenko (seeded no. 21), 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
Carlos Rodriguez (ex-coach of Justine Henin) is going to train Anna Chakvetadze.
ReplyDeleteWe don't know if he will go on tournament with her but he will give her some advices.
He had already train her 1 week before French Open. They are going to pursue this experience.
(Hope you understand my english !!!)
Interesting. I hadn't heard that. She needs someone right now, that's for sure.
ReplyDeleteThanks for dropping by, Nath. Your English is fine!
Apparently Carlos Rodriguez contradicts information.
ReplyDeleteAnna Chakvetadze said he was going to coach her but Rodriguez said that they are going to meet next week and then decide if they work together.
But, Rodriguez said he will not go with her on tournament.
If you understand french :
http://www.lalibre.be/sports/tennis/article/424695/carlos-rodriguez-n-entrainera-pas-chakvetadze.html
Sorry for the previous information
I really like your website ! Thank you ! It's really more interesting that tennis website in french !
I just heard that they worked together a bit this week and will then decide what to do.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your kind words, Nath.