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Anna was really close in beating Maria. I think she could especially because of her injury. I forgot about their fairly close match in Australia. I would like to see her get to at least the quarters. I think she has a chance against Safarova. Sorry I haven't scanned that yet, I haven't gotten a chance to go at my desk top because my brother was on so long.This is how I hope it will be:henin vs serena
jankovic vs vaidisova
ivanovic vs peer
chakvetadze vs sharapova
Top half I agree with, although I'd like to see Garbin knock out Vaidisova. Ana is right. I've no idea what will happen in Kuzzie vs Shahar. Kuzzie's never beaten her but Peer had a wobble last round so I'll go with Sveta.
Unfortunately I think there's a good chance Anna C will lose to Safarova. Clay is not Anna's best surface. Maria played shockingly badly today and she can't serve anymore with that shoulder. If Patty doesn't screw up she should take Maria out. But I would like to see Chaky get revenge for Australia against Maria in the next round instead.
My ideal final would be Justine vs Anna or Ana.
I watched the Djokovic Patience match online.Was that on The Tennis Channel? I tried to get a livestream today for Lenglen but nothing was working.
I did manage to watch the last set of Daniela vs Medina Garrigues on Court 2 on Eurosport which was unexpected. Really tense match but I'm not too happy with the result. Also saw the last set of Hewitt's match. Saturday was definitely the best day of the tournament so far. Hopefully Sunday will be even better.
The Djokovic Patience match stopped working furing the 5th set or maybe even before. When did you try it?
Also I just meant I hoped the quarters would be that way, not the whole thing. The rest was just predictions. I dislike Sharapova. Although about Peer I would like Kuznetsova to take her.This is how I hope it will be:henin vs serena
jankovic vs vaidisova
ivanovic vs peer
chakvetadze vs sharapova
Top half I agree with, although I'd like to see Garbin knock out Vaidisova. Ana is right. I've no idea what will happen in Kuzzie vs Shahar. Kuzzie's never beaten her but Peer had a wobble last round so I'll go with Sveta.
Unfortunately I think there's a good chance Anna C will lose to Safarova. Clay is not Anna's best surface. Maria played shockingly badly today and she can't serve anymore with that shoulder. If Patty doesn't screw up she should take Maria out. But I would like to see Chaky get revenge for Australia against Maria in the next round instead.
My ideal final would be Justine vs Anna or Ana.
The Djokovic Patience match stopped working furing the 5th set or maybe even before. When did you try it?
I can't get the Tennis Channel because it only works in the US. I can get ESPN through what is probably a bit of a dodgy website. I was trying some other ones but nothing was working.
But by yesterday afternoon they were showing Lenglen on BBC so I saw almost all of the Djokovic match.
Anna's into the quarter finals! 
Yes!!! I just found out maybe an hour ago. I knew she could do it!!! Patty Schnyder looks like she will lose.
Edit: nvm, did not see that Patty took the 1st set.
If Patty wins, I can definitely see Anna taking her.
My predictions for the men were all right. For the women I thought Patty would take out Maria and she did have 2 match points but Maria is almost unique in her fighting abilities. It was a great match. Did you see the crowd booing at the end? 
The French crowd really let you know if they don't like something.
I'm so glad Anna won. I didn't get to see the match but I heard she really stepped up her game in the third set after losing 7 games in a row from the start of the second. I think Anna has a chance against Maria but will have to play really well.
I'm setting the video for Lleyton vs Rafa tomorrow. They're on second so it might still be on when I get back from work. Can't wait! 
There's been some good matches this weekend, and some sun!
My predictions for the men were all right. For the women I thought Patty would take out Maria and she did have 2 match points but Maria is almost unique in her fighting abilities. It was a great match. Did you see the crowd booing at the end?I'm so glad Anna won. I didn't get to see the match but I heard she really stepped up her game in the third set after losing 7 games in a row from the start of the second. I think Anna has a chance against Maria but will have to play really well.
I'm setting the video for Lleyton vs Rafa tomorrow. They're on second so it might still be on when I get back from work. Can't wait!
There's been some good matches this weekend, and some sun!
I didn't get to watch any of the matches today 
> I kept track of the women's singles online with Sharapova and Schnyder. I hope Anna gets into the semis, that will be a HUGE break through for her and Maria's shoulder hurts. Also I'm betting she'll get more promotion deals and we'll get to see much more of her!!! I think the Rafa Hewitt match will be very good. I have to wait until 12 here to see it.
For the men, this is probable:federer vs volandri
nalbandian vs cañas or monaco
djokovic vs baghdatis
hewitt vs moya
I can imagine a lot of these going with seeding to be honest. Robredo to beat Volandri. I think Davydenko might be steady enough to take out Nalbandian. Canas over Monaco.
Bottom half Andreev has had a good tournament and Marcos is getting back into form. I think Andreev might just get the better of him. Bjorkman is a surprise and I've not seen Moya play this tournament but he's had a couple of easy rounds so will probably win. As much as I want Lleyton to beat Rafa I think he'll test him but not manage to go all the way.
Okay I'm 100% on my predictions for the men's draw. I should have put some money on! 
LLeyton lost! I got home in time for the third set which I think Hewitt probably deserved to win. It was so close he was only really undone by a couple of easy missed forehands in the tiebreaker. The commentators were saying it was really high quality tennis during that set.
I only saw the Djokovic match.
I actually figured Nadal was going to win but I just wanted Hewitt to.
Tomorrow are the good matches!!! Serena, Ana, everyone interesting.
Go Anna!!!
When do you get back from work? You might get to see the Anna-Maria match. If Anna makes it to the semis at least that would be awesome.
Go Anna!!!
When do you get back from work? You might get to see the Anna-Maria match. If Anna makes it to the semis at least that would be awesome.
There's no way I'd get home in time for Anna's match. I work 8am-4pm British time which is five hours ahead of you. They aren't showing Lenglen court here anyway.
Match of the day has to be Serena vs Justine. Everyone's making a big deal out of their 2003 match with the infamous "hand" incident. But when they played in Miami this year they showed a lot of respect for each other so I'm not sure that will actually be a factor. You can never tell what the French crowd will do though.
The top women have been very strong in Paris this year. Eight of the top nine seeds made the QFs. I think Anna has a chance against Maria but it will be her biggest test yet. Maria is about the hardest player to close out even when supposedly injured as Patty Schnyder discovered. Anna's last match against Maria at the Aussie Open was very close and she should have won the first set. Maria feeds off pace and Anna doesn't give her that - she needs to move her around and vary her shots. Anna's a clever player - I hope she can do it this time.
Novak said after his match today: "I'm really happy with the way I played because I didn't play very well at all in the first three rounds. I haven't come here with the goal of winning the tournament. I am going step by step. I just look at the next opponent and I know that the results will come sooner or later."
He may have to change his goals. I wonder if he's just saying that to play down his chances. You've got to have utter belief in yourself to be a champion. He'll have a stern test against Andreev. I saw a little bit of Andreev vs Baghdatis today and Igor is serving huge. Novak's not been taking his opportunities early enough. I think he could have finished off his last couple of matches more quickly if he'd focused more.
Serena lost but so did Anna .
That's good for Novak. He shouldn't expect too much of himself. Also lol at him bouncing the ball so many times. I count it each time and like the lowest he goes is 9.
About Andreev, when I saw Igor with Andy I didn't think he was that good. To me he's like a player maybe ranked 20 or 30 spots lower than his current ranking. Roddick could've won that much despite his terrible form on clay if he had put something on his ball instead of just hitting every return flat to the guy's forehand. Djokovic should take care of him. It will be a Djokovic-Nadal semi and a Federer-Davydenko one.