Memories From Week 1
Published May 30, 2010 12:00
Friends Shahar Peer and Marion Bartoli met at the net after Peer won their third round encounter.
Maria Kirilenko served up a third round upset over defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova.
Svetlana Kuznetsova relinquished her French Open title with a third round loss to Maria Kirilenko.
Justine Henin had the media lining up during media day at the French Open during Week 1.
Venus Williams smacked a backhand in the dress the world was talking about the whole first week.
Dinara Safina's struggles continued with a dramatic first round loss to Japan's Kimiko Date Krumm.
Who could forget Kimiko Date Krumm's win over Dinara Safina - the oldest ever Top 10 conqueror.
Former Top 10 player Barbara Schett wandered the grounds covering the French Open for Eurosport.
Elena Dementieva fought through injury to beat Aleksandra Wozniak in a near-three hour third rounder.
Aleksandra Wozniak led 4-2 in the third set but wound up falling to Elena Dementieva in the third round.
Chanelle Scheepers reached her first Grand Slam second week and quickly gathered a fan following.
Caroline Wozniacki snapped out of some poor clay court lead-up results to go deep on the terre battue.
Andrea Petkovic held four match points against Svetlana Kuznetsova in the second round before falling.
Yanina Wickmayer reached the third round and fought hard before going down to Daniela Hantuchova.
Camille Pin was presented with flowers after announcing her retirement from the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour.
Rossana de los Rios and Samantha Stosur crossed at the net during their third round match. Stosur won.
Alona Bondarenko had beaten Jelena Jankovic at the Aussie Open but couldn't repeat it at Roland Garros.
Svetlana Kuznetsova took some time out to film some karaoke for the tournament, an annual tradition.
Bethanie Mattek-Sands showed off her tattoo in the press area. The American reached the second round.
Zheng Jie showed off her nails during a press conference. The Chinese fell in the second round in Paris.
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