Mauresmo eases in
Mauresmo eases in
By Benjamin Adler
Monday, May 24, 2004
Arriving in Paris on the back of tournament wins in Berlin and Rome, Amelie
Mauresmo disposed of Ludmila Cervanova 6-3 6-3 in just over an hour on Monday
afternoon. Whilst Mauresmo was never really troubled, the win was not as easy
as the scoreline suggests.
First round matches at Grand Slams are notorious booby-traps for the
favorites, who are often just glad to get them out the way, whatever the
performance. Andre Agassi was just one big name to find to his detriment
today that early tournament rustiness can prove fatal. Fear of the first
round banana skin might go some of the way to explaining Amelie Mauresmo’s
nervous disposition as she took to Suzanne Lenglen court.
The world No3 had trouble getting into gear against a Slovak opponent who is
no mug on clay, a surface where she looks a player way above her 75 WTA
ranking. Prior to Roland Garros, 24-year-old Ludmila Cervanova had won no
less than nine of her ten clay-court matches so far this season, and reached
the final in Casablanca, where she fell to France’s Emilie Loit.
"I’ll get better.
“Yes I was very nervous at the start of the match, and that explains the
unforced errors. Thirty-five is far too many. But for a first round match
I’m happy. The most important thing was for me to have fun,” said Amelie
at the end of a tough workout.
The second game of the match set the tone for a match that was punctuated
by long, drawn out rallies in which the Slovak took the initiative but failed
to break down the French girl’s resistance. Amelie was sent dashing around
the baseline by Cervanova’s thunderous drives, and was content to throw the
ball up in reply in the hope her opponent would make an error.
So it turned out. With 47 unforced errors in total, the underdog only had
herself to blame in the end. Mauresmo broke in the sixth game of the first
set and served out. Then, in the second she attacked the net more often,
and without volleying brilliantly, put the Slovak under enough pressure
for her to concede another service game at 3-3. That was all Mauresmo
needed, and a few minutes later the match was over. A satisfactory first
showing for the home favourite then, who will nonetheless be looking for
more consistency in her second match against Spain’s Anabel Medina Garrigues.
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