Game, Set, Match News
It looks safe to say Serena Williams will be #1 at least until Wimbledon.
Still no signs of ankle trouble for Novak Djokovic. He leaves Alexandr Dolgopolov still below the Top Twenty, although it appears Dolgopolov will be one of the Top 24 Roland Garros seeds.
Elizabeth Cookson and Lucille Trefzger Capture Women’s 90s Doubles Championship
Serb Bojana Jovanovski won her first match since January as she upset former No.1 Caroline Wozniacki 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5).
Top seed Novak Djokovic and No. 2 Roger Federer made quick work of opening-round opponents, with Federer needing well under an hour to crush Italy's Potito Starace 6-1, 6-2.
(1) Serena Williams (USA) d. Laura Robson (GBR) 62 62
Former Rome Masters champion Venus Williams heads into the French Open in less than a fortnight without a win on European clay after losing 6-3, 6-2 to Briton Laura Robson at the Foro Italico in blustery, sandstorm conditions.
Roger Federer learned the name of his second-round opponent when Italy's Potito Starace stepped into the role as the result of a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 comeback win over Czech Radek Stepanek.
It might give a little perspective to note that, until Maria Sharapova faced Ana Ivanovic in the semifinal, the Russian had not faced a Top Thirty player here
The first set was hardly worth mentioning. The second was interesting. But, still, it was a relatively rested Rafael Nadal playing a tired, non-Spanish, nervous Stanislas Wawrinka.
Maria Kirilenko made a contest of this -- for about five games.
This is starting to get rather ugly. Roger Federer had a great spring last year, and this means that he didn't defend any of the titles.
Top seeded holder Serena Williams shrugged off her months-long catfight with teenaged compatriot Sloane Stephens and got on with her tennis as she won into the third round
Cramping Grigor Dimitrov upset No. 1 Novak Djokovic in the second round of the Madrid Masters
Grand Slam champions suffered contrasting fates with Maria Sharapova surviving a battle to reach the second round while Samantha Stosur was sent home in straight sets.
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