Federer, Djokovic, Murray win French openers

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05/24/2010 - Paris, France (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Roger Federer began defense of his French Open title with a straight-set win on the second day of play at Roland Garros. Third-seeded Novak Djokovic and No. 4 seed Andy Murray also moved on in Paris.

The world No. 1 Federer cruised to a 6-4, 6-1, 6-2 first-round victory over Australia's Peter Luczak, who's now 0-4 at the French Open.

Federer tallied a mere 11 unforced errors and faced only one break point in a routine bout.

"It's always important coming back as defending champion, trying to get off to a good start," Federer said. "It was like a perfect match to get off the French Open campaign."

The Swiss superstar finally won at Roland Garros last spring after three straight losses in the final and completed the career Grand Slam.

The 28-year-old Federer is gunning for a 17th career Grand Slam title and second of 2010. He won the Australian Open back in January.

Federer, who beat Swede Robin Soderling in last year's Roland Garros finale, will encounter Colombian Alejandro Falla in the round of 64.

The former Australian Open champion Djokovic needed four sets to win his first-rounder, which he did against Russia's Evgeny Korolev, 6-1, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3. Djokovic is a two-time French Open semifinalist who was upset in the third round here a year ago.

Meanwhile, the Aussie Open runner-up Murray fought back from two sets down to get past French crowd favorite Richard Gasquet 4-6, 6-7 (5-7), 6-4, 6-2, 6-1. Gasquet, who titled in Nice this past weekend, required medical attention on more than one occasion during his Day-2 setback.

Murray prevailed in 4 hours, 4 minutes, with the help of 17 aces and seven breaks, compared to only three breaks for the French loser.

Twelfth-seeded Chilean slugger Fernando Gonzalez got past Brazil's Thiago Alves in four sets, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, while 13th-seeded Frenchman Gael Monfils held off German lucky-loser Dieter Kindlmann 6-3, 7-5, 6-7 (5-7), 6-2 and 14th-seeded Croat Ivan Ljubicic topped Taipei's Yen-Hsun Lu 7-6 (7-5), 7-5, 6-3."Gonzo" was a semifinalist here last year, which marked his best-ever French showing.

Some other seeded winners on Monday were No. 15 Czech Tomas Berdych, No. 17 American John Isner, No. 20 Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka. No. 24 Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci and No. 25 Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis. Berdych topped Chilean qualifier Jorge Aguilar 7-6 (9-7), 6-1, 6-1; Isner handled Kazakhstan's Andrey Golubev 6-4, 6-3, 6-2; Wawrinka waltzed past Czech Jan Hajek 6-1, 6-3, 6-3; Bellucci beat France's Michael Llodra 6-4, 6-2, 6-2; and the former Aussie Open runner- up Baghdatis drilled American Jesse Witten 6-3, 6-4, 6-3.

Mild Day-2 upsets came when Serbian Viktor Troicki dismissed 21st-seeded Spaniard Tommy Robredo 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 and German Julian Reister erased 27th- seeded Spaniard Feliciano Lopez 6-1, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2.

Also on Monday, Slovakian Lukas Lacko outlasted American qualifier Michael Yani 4-6, 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-4), 6-7 (5-7), 12-10, which ties the record for the most games played in a match (71) at Roland Garros since tiebreaks were introduced in 1973.

The marathon match was suspended because of darkness here on Sunday, with the score tied at 8-8 in the fifth set.

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Teams that should be in: Stanford

Oregon and USC get their tickets punched after taking care of business this weekend. Yes, the Trojans' computer numbers aren't great, but there's no way the third-place team in this league is getting nixed. Grudgingly, I added Arizona after consultation with our Bracketologist. I don't know that Arizona will lose its last three (including a Pac-10 quarterfinal game), and even if the Cats do, I still can't see how they'd be left out, given the overall profile. That said, it bears watching, as three more L's would leave them at 18-12 (9-9) and on a 6-11 skid entering the Dance. It would be nice to see the Wildcats get at least one W in the Bay Area next week, as Cincinnati (albeit without Armein Kirkland and with a worse profile) was axed after a similar slide last season. I just couldn't rationalize having some of the other teams as locks and not having Arizona in that category -- there just aren't enough good teams behind the Cats to threaten their spot, it seems. Stanford has its fate in its own hands with the Arizona schools coming to the Farm to close out the regular season next weekend.

Should be in:

Stanford [17-10 (9-7), RPI: 40, SOS: 21] No shame in not getting a win in L.A., but that makes the home game against Arizona State a must-win ahead of what could be an intriguing meeting with Arizona should the Cats lose at Cal. Getting to 11 Pac-10 wins would make Selection Sunday much more comfortable, but 10's probably more than enough this season. The Cardinal have nonconference wins over Texas Tech and at Virginia to lean on, although they also lost badly to Air Force and Santa Clara at home.

Southeastern Conference odds
Work left to do: Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Mississippi State

It looks more and more possible that no one from the SEC West will make the NCAAs. How weird is that? Tennessee and Vandy move into the locks category after more good work this weekend. Kentucky stays there, although it would be smart for the Cats to handle Georgia at home Wednesday ahead of a trip to the Swamp. Could a disaster scenario (two more L's and a first-round SEC tourney exit) somehow dislodge the Cats despite their incredible computer numbers? Still unlikely, but not worth chancing it.

Work left to do:

Alabama [19-9 (6-8), RPI: 43, SOS: 47] The tough L at Tennessee was understandable, and even created some hope. Unfortunately, that hope was dashed by a home loss to Auburn, which leaves the Tide in some real trouble. There's still no signature win on the profile (no, Kentucky doesn't count), and the computer profile is weakening rapidly. The Tide conceivably could beat Ole Miss and win at Miss. State to get to 8-8 and clinch at least a share of the West crown, but that's probably not enough right now. The Tide will need to do some work in the SEC tourney.

Georgia [16-10 (8-6), RPI: 52, SOS: 23] This is the team with the best chance to make it from this section right now. The Bulldogs rebounded from a terrible performance at Ole Miss to beat down Miss. State. Now they are at Kentucky (king of the RPI 51-100 win) and home to Tennessee. That would be worth a lot of computer points to get both (which is doable), as both teams are in the top 11 in RPI. Finishing at least 9-7 is an absolute must, and I would feel much better about the Dawgs' chances if they got both to get to 10 SEC wins. They also beat Gonzaga, but lost to ACC bubblers Georgia Tech and Clemson.

Mississippi [18-10 (7-7), RPI: 63, SOS: 79] Like everyone else in this division, Ole Miss gacked up a chance to stake a claim, losing by double figures at South Carolina. Even 9-7 likely is not nearly enough with a nonconference profile devoid of anything notable.

Mississippi State [16-11 (7-7), RPI: 66, SOS: 37] With a chance to get in the mix, these Bulldogs were leashed by their Georgia counterparts. Could they get to 9-7? I guess -- although winning at Arkansas, then beating Alabama is no lock -- but would that mean all that much for a team with this overall profile? Probably not. There's nothing of note (on the good side) in the nonconference profile.

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