After four months, we are back in Grand Slam season. Both Rafa Nadal and Maria Sharapova are back to defend their singles titles. Clay court season as well, the hardest surface in tennis.
Singles starts this fifteen day odyssey on Sunday morning. No lights, no problem.
SINGLES
First round matches of interest
MEN
(1) Novak Djokovic v Jarko Nieminen
(2) Roger Federer v Alejandro Falla
(3) Andy Murray v Facundo Arguello
(4) Tomas Berdych v Yoshito Nishioka
(5) Kei Nishikori v Paul Henri Matthieu
(6) Rafa Nadal v Quentin Halys
(7) David Ferrer v Lucas Lacko
(8) Stan Wawrinka v Marcel Ilhan
(9) Marin Cilic v Robin Haase
(10) Grigor Dimitrov v Jack Sock
(11) Fernando Lopez v Tomaz Gabashvili
(12) Gilles Simon v Lucas Pouille
(13) Gael Monfils v Edouard Roger Vasselin
(14) Jo Wilfried Tsonga v Christian Lindell
(15) Kevin Anderson v Tim Smyczek
(16) John Isner v Andreas Seppi
(17) David Goffin v Filip Krajinovic
(18) Tommy Robredo v Andrey Golubev
(19) Roberto Bautista Agut v Fernando Mayer
(20) Richard Gasquet v Germain Gigounon
(21) Pedro Cuevas v Sam Groth
(22) Philipp Kohlschreiber v Go Soeda
(23) Leonardo Mayer v Jiri Vesely
(24) Ernests Gulbis v Igor Sijsling
(25) Ivo Karlovic v Marcos Baghdatis
(26) Guillermo Garcia Lopez v Steve Johnson
(27) Bernie Tomic v Luca Vanni
(28) Fabio Fognini v Tatsuma Ito
(29) Nick Kyrgios v Denis Istomin
(30) Adrian Mannarino v Jurgen Melzer
(31) Viktor Troicki v Jan Lennard Struff
(32) Fernando Verdasco v Taro Daniel
Thanasi Kokkinakis vs Nikoloz Basilashvili
Alex Dolgopolov v Nick Almagro
Sam Querrey v Borna Coric
Gilles Muller v Paolo Lorenzi
Vasek Pospisil v Joao Sousa
Donald Young v Santiago Giraldo
Juan Monaco v Federico Delbonis
Ivan Dodig v Radek Stepanek
Sergiy Stakhovsky v Robin Berankis
Jerzy Janowicz v Maxime Hamou
Mikhail Youzhny v Damir Dzumhur
Carlos Berlocq v Ilya Marchenko
Andrey Kuznetsov v Malek Jaziri
Lukas Rosol v Elias Ymer
Nicolas Mahut v Kimmer Coppejans
Jeremy Chardy v Michael Berrer
Steve Darcis v Simone Bolelli
Thomas Bellucci v Matos Matosevic
Benoit Paire v Gastao Elias
Marcel Granollers v Mathias Bachinger
Martin Klizan v Frances Tiafoe
James Duckworth v Andrea Arnaboldi
Ben Becker v Ruben Bemelmans
WOMEN
First round singles of interest
(1) Serena Williams v Andrea Hlavachova
(2) Maria Sharapova v Kaia Kanepi
(3) Simona Halep v Evgenia Rodnina
(4) Petra Kvitova v Marina Erakovic
(5) Caroline Wozniacki v Karin Knapp
(6) Eugenie Bouchard v Kristina Mladenovic
(7) Ana Ivanovic v Yaroslava Shvedova
(8) Carla Suarez Navarro v Monica Niculescu
(9) Ekaterina Makarova v Louisa Chirico
(10) Andrea Petkovic v Shelby Rogers
(11) Angelique Kerber v Timea Babos
(12) Karolina Pliskova v Shuai Zhang
(13) Lucie Safarova v Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
(14) Aga Radwanska v Anna Beck
(15) Venus Williams v Sloane Stephens
(16) Madison Keys v Varvara Lepchenko
(17) Sara Errani v Alison Riske
(18) Svetlana Kuznetsova v Kiki Bertens
(19) Elina Svitolina v Yanina Wickmayer
(20) Sabine Lisicki v Monica Puig
(21) Garbine Muguruza v Petra Martic
(22) Barbora Zahlavova Strycova v Tsvetana Pironkova
(23) Timea Bacsinsky v Lara Arruabarrena
(24) Shuai Peng v Polona Hercog
(25) Jelena Jankovic v Sesil Karatantcheva
(26) Sam Stosur v Madison Brengle
(27) Victoria Azarenka v Maria Torro Flor
(28) Flavia Pennetta v Magda Linette
(29) Alize Cornet v Roberta Vinci
(30) Irina Camelia Begu v Bethanie Mattek Sands
(31) Caroline Garcia v Donna Vekic
(32) Zarina Diyas v Dinah Pfizenmayer
Francesca Schiavone v Wang Qiang
Julia Goerges v Coco Vandeweghe
Daniela Hantuchova v Belinda Bencic
Bojana Jovanovski v Lesia Tsurenko
Irina Falconi v Manon Arcangioli
Heather Watson v Mathilde Johansson
Taylor Townsend v Tereza Smitkova
Christina McHale v Lourdes Dominguez Lino
Lucie Hradecka v Zheng Saisai
Kirsten Flipkens v Elena Vesnina
Casey Dellacqua v Ajla Tomljanovic
Klara Koukalova v Danka Kovinic
Silvia Soler Espinosa v Pauline Parmentier
Mona Barthel v Paula Kania
Nicole Gibbs v Alexandra Dulgheru
Mirjana Lucic Baroni v Lauren Davis
Camilia Giorgi v Tatiana Marina
Virginie Razzano v Veronica Cepede Royg
Johanna Larsson v Daria Gavrilova
Jarmilla Gajdosova v Amandine Hesse
Again, first round on Sunday. In the states, ESPN family, Tennis and NBC (in their 33rd consecutive year) handle coverage. Get up early. Also Radio Roland Garros. Try it! Great guys to listen to as well!
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