Defending Champ Out
For the first time ever, the defending champion at Roland Garros has been ousted in the first round. 2004 winner Anastasia Myskina became just the third Grand Slam defending champion to be removed in the opening round on Monday, falling to Maria Sanchez Lorenzo, 64 46 60.
Meanwhile, world No.1 Lindsay Davenport , last year's runner-up Elena Dementieva and No.14 seed Kim Clijsters opened the year's second Grand Slam on Monday with first round victories.
1st Federer, R. 575
2nd Nadal, R. 465
3rd Hewitt, L. 253
4th Safin, M. 245
5th Roddick, A. 244
6th Coria, G. 236
7th Davydenko, N. 224
8th Gaudio, G. 218
9th Ljubicic, I. 215
10th Agassi, A. 209
Day One Complete in Paris
Spanish sensation Rafael Nadal made a successful Roland Garros debut as play began at the second Grand Slam of 2005 on Monday. No.1 seed Roger Federer and No. 7 seed Tim Henman, a Roland Garros semifinalist last year, and former Roland Garros champion Carlos Moya have also advanced.
Frenchman Richard Gasquet, the No. 30 seed, battled from a set down to advance. Tenth seed David Nalbandian failed to win a game in his opening set again Marcos Baghdatis, but rallied to claim the match in four sets. Gaston Gaudio began defense of his title with a straight sets win.