PARIS (AP) — The Latest from the French Open:
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1:15 p.m.
The French Open loses its fifth-seeded woman, with Caroline Wozniacki losing 6-4, 7-6 (4) in the second round.
Her opponent, Julia Goerges, overcame the sniffles, frequently pulling out a tissue to wipe her red nose.
“Today is very special as I haven’t beaten a top-10 player for a long time,” said the German ranked 67 spots lower than the Dane, ranked five.
In the tiebreaker, “I just told myself to be aggressive,” she said. “It paid off in the end.”
Wozniacki, a former No. 1 and two-time finalist at the U.S. Open, has never advanced beyond the quarterfinals at the French. She looked distracted against Goerges, picking dust from under her fingernails during a second-set changeover after losing her serve in the 7th game.
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12:46 p.m.
In a matchup of past French Open champions on Court 1, Svetlana Kuznetsova has taken the first set from Francesca Schiavone in an epic tiebreaker than ended 13-11.
Kuznetsova finally seized the 82-minute set on her seventh chance, hitting a backhand volley winner to close a 15-stroke exchange.
Russia’s Kuznetsova won the title at Roland Garros in 2009, a year before Italy’s Schiavone did.
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12:15 p.m.
Fifth-seeded Caroline Wozniacki is making life difficult for herself, losing the first set 6-4 against an opponent ranked 67 spots below her, Julia Goerges.
The formerly top-ranked Dane broke the German in the fourth game, but then lost her next two service games. She angrily thumped her racket on the clay after netting a backhand that allowed Goerges to pull ahead 4-3.
The crowds are being slow to fill their court, Philippe Chatrier, which is barely half-full. The menacing weather doesn’t help: Dark clouds are filling the sky and a distinctly chilly breeze is flapping at the players’ yellow skirts.
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11:17 a.m.
Thwack, grunt, thwack.
Play is underway on Day 5 of the French Open, where 23 seeded players will be kicking up clay dust against lower-ranked opponents looking to upset the hierarchy.
The top seeds, Serena Williams for the women and Novak Djokovic among the men, are both in action in successive second-round matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen.
The spotty form of defending men’s champion Rafael Nadal will be closely scrutinized on the center court, Philippe Chatrier, against a player he has lost to just once in 13 encounters, Nicolas Almagro.
They should be out in a couple of hours from now, after the first center-court match pitting formerly top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki, seeded fifth, against Julia Goerges of Germany.
Stay tuned.
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