New Edition Hits the Stands

The French Open Tennis draw is out with no major first round clashes.Click on this LINK for the official website .Four-time champion Rafael Nadal finds himself in Andy Murray’s half of the draw, while No2 seed Roger Federer is set to face clay specialists in the early rounds. In the women’s draw, the Williams sisters are in seperate sides of the draw, while world No1 Dinara Safina seems to be in the slightly easier half .If it goes according to plan 4th round matchups will look like this
Possible Round of 16
Men’s singles
Nadal (No1) – Ferrer (No14)
Davydenko (No10) – Verdasco (No8)
Murray (No3) – Cilic (No13)
Gonzalez (No12) – Simon (No7)
Del Potro (No5) – Tsonga (No9)
Robredo (No16) – Djokovic (No4)
Roddick (No6) – Monfils (No11)
Blake (No15) – Federer (No2)

Women’s singles
Safina (No1) – Zheng (No15)
Azarenka (No9) – Ivanovic (No8)
V. Williams (No3) – Mauresmo (No16)
Petrova (No11) – Zvonareva (No6)
Jankovic (No5) – Wozniacki (No10)
Bartoli (No13) – Dementieva (No4)
Kuznetsova (No7) – A. Radwanska (No12)
Pennetta (No14) – S. Williams (No2)

The french Open will however provide upsets Blake,Murray and Roddick may be earlier casualties as this is not their favourite surfaces.In the ladies it sometimes depends on how they feel on the day and look for a lot of even contests here with no standout at this stage.