UPDATE: 2:30 PM – Just returned from watching a few matches. Kendrick started off pretty even with Andy Murray, but ended up getting decimated 3 and 1. Murray’s change of pace, along with the wind, was not a good matchup for Kendrick. Hingis also fell in a three setter. The highlight of my day was sitting at court 10 for 20 minutes after Sharapova finished practicing on a tip that Federer might be up next. Sure enough, he was and I was right next to the court. I watched him for about 20 minutes before I realized he is a pretty talented individual.

Rain halted play for about half the day yesterday, but plenty of action still occurred culminating in the Federer-Querrey match, sans the planned fireworks. Querrey fought admirably, but ultimately fell 4 and 3. The most exciting Men’s match of the day belonged to 19th seeded Juan Carlos Ferrero and Guillermo Canas (who had to qualify again this week even after beating Federer at the Pacific Life Open). Canas prevailed, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 7-5. I’ve read that players are taking bets on whether or not Canas, who is climbing his way up the rankings after his 2-year doping suspension, will be seeded at the French Open. He is currenlty ranked 52nd, so while he still has some work to do it appears he’s got a chance of gaining a seed at Roland Garros. Most of the Women expected to win did, as Venus, Serena, and Sharapova all cruised. Here are the rest of the results:

Singles

Men

Second Round

Jarkko Niemenen (20), Finland, def. Evgeny Korolev, Russia, 6-0, 6-0.

Ivan Ljubicic (7), Croatia, def. Filippo Volandri, Italy, 6-3, 6-2.

Richard Gasquet (15), France, def. Sebastien Grosjean, France, 6-4, 0-6, 6-2.

Alejandro Falla, Colombia, def. Tommy Haas (9), Germany, 6-4, 6-4.

Juan Ignacio Chela (23), Argentina, def. Janko Tipsarevic, Serbia, 6-2, 6-2.

David Nalbandian (11), Argentina, def. Vince Spadea, United States, 6-3, 6-4.

Tomas Berdych (14), Czech Republic, def. Arnaud Clement, France, 6-4, 6-1.

Roger Federer (1), Switzerland, def. Sam Querrey, United States, 6-4, 6-3.

Guillermo Canas, Argentina, def. Juan Carlos Ferrero (19), Spain, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 7-5.

Potito Starace, Italy, tied with Nicolas Almagro (29), Spain, 4-4, susp., rain.

Nikolay Davydenko (4), Russia, leads Simon Greul, Germany, 2-0, susp., rain.

Fernando Verdasco (28), Spain, tied with Florian Mayer, Germany, 3-3, susp., rain.

Women

Second Round

Agnieszka Radwanska, Poland, def. Zheng Jie (27), China, 6-3, 6-4.

Kaia Kanepi, Estonia, def. Patty Schnyder (11), Switzerland, 6-1, 6-4.

Martina Hingis (5), Switzerland, def. Iveta Benesova, Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-2.

Lucie Safarova (23), Czech Republic, def. Emilie Loit, France, 6-0, 7-5.

Vera Dushevina, Russia, def. Marion Bartoli (21), France, 7-6 (5), 2-6, 6-4.

Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, def. Anabel Medina Garrigues (26), Spain, 6-4, 7-5.

Tathiana Garbin (24), Italy, def. Ashley Harkleroad, United States, 6-3, 6-2.

Jelena Kostanic Tosic, Croatia, def. Alona Bondarenko (28), Ukraine, 6-3, 7-5.

Maria Sharapova (1), Russia, def. Chan Yung-jan, Taiwan, 6-3, 6-2.

Julia Vakulenko, Ukraine, def. Francesca Schiavone (19), Italy, 3-6, 7-6 (0), 6-4.

Nicole Vaidisova (8), Czech Republic, def. Michaella Krajicek, Netherlands, 4-6, 7-5, 6-2.

Shahar Peer (14), Israel, def. Catalina Castano, Colombia, 6-2, 6-1.

Venus Williams, United States, def. Maria Kirikenko (29), Russia, 6-3, 6-3.

Serena Williams (13), United States, def. Anastasia Rodionova, Russia, 6-3, 6-3.

Yaroslava Shvedova, Russia, def. Ana Ivanovic (12), Serbia, 7-5, 6-4.

Svetlana Kuznetsova (3), Russia, def. Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukraine, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (5), 6-3.

Doubles

Men

First Round

Julian Knowle and Jurgen Melzer, Austria, def. Benjamin Becker, Germany, and Rogier Wassen, Netherlands, 7-6 (2), 6-0.

Brendan Evans and Ryan Sweeting, United States, def. Lukas Dlouhy and Pavel Vizner, Czech Republic, 6-1, 6-3.

Simon Aspelin, Sweden, and Michael Kohlmann, Germany, def. Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram, Israel, 6-4, 6-4.

Andrei Pavel, Romania, and Alexander Waske, Germany, def. Leos Friedl and Petr Pala, Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-3.

Paul Hanley, Australia, and Kevin Ullyett (4), Zimbabwe, def. Yves Allegro, Switzerland, and Tim Henman, Britain, 6-4, 6-4.

Women

First Round

Mara Santangelo, Italy, and Bryanne Stewart, Australia, def. Maria Elena Camerin, Italy, and Gisela Dulko, Argentina, 6-1, 7-5.

Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, and Martina Hingis, Switzerland, def. Katarina Srebotnik, Slovakia, and Ai Sugiyama (5), Japan, 6-4, 6-2.

Lisa Raymond, United States, and Samantha Stosur (1), Australia, lead Marion Bartoli, France, and Meilen Tu, United States, 7-5, 1-0, susp., rain.

Kveta Peschke, Czech Republic, and Rennae Stubbs (4), Australia, lead Vera Dushevina, Russia, and Andreea Ehritt-Vanc, Romania, 6-1, 5-3, susp., rain.

There is an abundance of matches today, as the tournament is trying to catch up from the rain delays over the past couple days. Match of the day belongs to Sharapova/V .Williams, the last day match in the main stadium. Nadal/Olivier Rochus is the premier night match. For a complete listing of matchups and updated results, click here.

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