Women's Singles:

Women's tennis has a crisis. Since Justine Henin retired no player earned the crow of being World No. 1. Players like Ana Ivanovic and Svetlana Kuznetsova lost early, all other top players played not on a very high level.
But there have been some positive players on the other hand. German qualifier Anna-Lena Groenefeld and French wildcard winner Severine Bremond are still in business and above all Gronefeld showed some attractive tennis...

Notable results:

1st round:
Anna-Lena Groenefeld & Ekaterina Makarova were the players of the first round. German Groenefeld who had a bad time in the past and made her comeback some weeks ago upset 11th seed Daniela Hantuchova in two easy sets. Russian Makarova won vs. her compatriot and 10th seed Anna Chakvetadze after being a set down.
No. 1 seed Ana Ivanovic had some problems with Vera Dushevina but won in three sets.

--- [1] Ana Ivanovic (SRB) def. Vera Dushevina (RUS) 6-1 4-6 6-4
--- [16] Flavia Pennetta (ITA) def. [Q] Stefanie Vogele (SUI) 2-6 6-2 6-2
--- [Q] Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) def. [11] Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 6-4 6-2
--- Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) def. [31] Virginie Razzano (FRA) 6-4 6-1
--- [L] Mariana Duque Marino (COL) def. Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) 0-6 6-3 6-2
--- Na Li (CHN) def. [24] Shahar Peer (ISR) 2-6 6-0 6-1
--- Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) def. [10] Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) 1-6 6-2 6-3
--- Tamira Paszek (AUT) def. [22] Maria Kirilenko (RUS) 6-3 3-6 6-4

2nd round:
The biggest surprise in this second round definitely is the win of qualifier Julie Coin over the world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic. Ivanovic who has had problems with her thumb never showed her quality. On the other hand Julie Coin played maybe the match of her life.
Ivanovic's Serbian compatriot Jelena Jankovic had many problems with Swedish Sofia Arvidsson but won in three close sets. Some other seeded players like Olympic Bronze medalist Vera Zvonareva and Hungarian Agnes Szavay had to say 'goodbye' after the second round.

--- [Q] Julie Coin (FRA) def. [1] Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 6-3 4-6 6-3
--- [W] Severine Bremond (FRA) def. [20] Nicole Vaidisova (CZE) 7-5 6-3
--- Tathiana Garbin (ITA) def. [13] Agnes Szavay (HUN) 5-7 6-2 6-3
--- Anne Keothavong (GBR) def. [25] Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 6-2 3-6 6-4
--- Tatiana Perebiynis (UKR) def. [8] Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 6-3 6-3
--- [2] Jelena Jankovic (SRB) def. Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) 6-3 6-7(5) 7-5

3rd round:
Anna-Lena Groenefeld is the player of the week. The German qualifier won in the first round vs. Daniela Hantuchova, now - in the 3rd round - French teenager Alizé Cornet was her victim. French wildcard player Severine Bremond is a surprising player too. In the 4th round she'll play vs. Serena Williams.
After Ana Ivanovic the next top player lost. 3rd seed Svetlana Kuznetsova lost in three sets vs. Slovenian Katarina Srebotnik.

--- [16] Flavia Pennetta (ITA) def. [19] Nadia Petrova (RUS) 4-6 6-4 6-3
--- [Q] Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) def. [17] Alizé Cornet (FRA) 6-4 7-5
--- [W] Severine Bremond (FRA) def. Tathiana Garbin (ITA) 7-5 3-6 6-4
--- [9] Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) def. [18] Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 6-0 6-3
--- [28] Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) def. [3] Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 6-3 6-7(1) 6-3
--- [21] Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) def. [14] Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 6-4 6-4

4th round:
The bottom half of the draw already played the 4th round on Sunday. Olympic Gold medalist Elena Dementieva had no problems with Chinese Na Li. Patty Schnyder, Sybille Bammer and 2nd seed Jelena Jankovic reached the quarterfinals too.

--- [5] Elena Dementieva (RUS) def. Na Li (CHN) 6-4 6-1
--- [15] Patty Schnyder (SUI) def. [28] Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) 4-6 6-3 6-3
--- [29] Sybille Bammer (AUT) def. [12] Marion Bartoli (FRA) 7-6(3) 0-6 6-4
--- [2] Jelena Jankovic (SRB) def. [21] Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 3-6 6-2 6-1

Next week:

The top half has to play the 4th round on Monday:

[32] Amélie Mauresmo (FRA) --- [16] Flavia Pennetta (ITA)
[Q] Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) --- [6] Dinara Safina (RUS)

[4] Serena Williams (USA) --- [W] Severine Bremond (FRA)
[9] Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) --- [7] Venus Williams (USA)

Two quarterfinals (bottom half) are already fixed:

[5] Elena Dementieva (RUS) --- [15] Patty Schnyder (SUI)
[29] Sybille Bammer (AUT) --- [2] Jelena Jankovic (SRB)

Men's Singles:

The male top players are still in business. New World No. 1 Rafael Nadal, titleholder Roger Federer and last year's runner-up Novak Djokovic all in all had not much problems to reach the 4th round. The player of the week is qualifier Gilles Muller from Luxembourg who won two five-setters after being 0-2 sets down.

Notable results:

1st round:
German qualifier Bjorn Phau was supposed to be an easy opponent for Olympic Gold medalist Rafael Nadal but it was hard work for the new World No. 1. Phau fought but in the end Nadal won in straight sets.
There were some exciting five-setter in the first round. The most exciting perhaps was the win of unseeded German Tommy Haas over French star Richard Gasquet. The most surprising winners in round one were Japanese Kei Nishikori (won vs. Juan Monaco) and German qualifier Andreas Beck (won vs. John Isner).

--- [1] Rafael Nadal (ESP) def. [Q] Björn Phau (GER) 7-6(4) 6-3 7-6(4)
--- Sam Querrey (USA) def. [22] Tomas Berdych (CZE) 6-3 6-1 6-2
--- [9] James Blake (USA) def. Donald Young (USA) 6-1 3-6 6-1 4-6 6-4
--- [Q] Andreas Beck (GER) def. John Isner (USA) 7-6(5) 6-4 7-6(3)
--- Kei Nishikori (JPN) def. [29] Juan Monaco (ARG) 6-2 6-2 5-7 6-2
--- Jürgen Melzer (AUT) def. [27] Feliciano Lopez (ESP) 4-6 7-6(5) 6-2 2-6 6-4
--- Tommy Haas (GER) def. [12] Richard Gasquet (FRA) 6-7(3) 6-4 5-7 7-5 6-2

2nd round:
In round two there were not much upsets. Only the wins of Mardy Fish over Paul-Henri Mathieu and of qualifier Gilles Muller over German Tommy Haas were surprising. Portuguese qualifier Rui Machado was close to an upset vs. 13th seed Fernando Verdasco from Spain but in the end the favourite took hold.
All top stars and favourites mostly have easy wins. Merely last year's semifinalist David Ferrer from Spain and Scot Andy Murray had to fight in close matches.

--- Mardy Fish (USA) def. [24] Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) 6-2 3-6 6-3 6-4
--- [4] David Ferrer (ESP) def. [Q] Andreas Beck (GER) 4-6 7-5 6-3 7-6(5)
--- [6] Andy Murray (GBR) def. Michael Llodra (FRA) 6-4 1-6 7-5 7-6(7)
--- [15] Tommy Robredo (ESP) def. Marat Safin (RUS) 4-6 7-6(4) 6-4 6-0
--- [Q] Gilles Muller (LUX) def. Tommy Haas (GER) 2-6 2-6 7-6(5) 6-3 6-3
--- [13] Fernando Verdasco (ESP) def. [Q] Rui Machado (POR) 6-7(5) 7-6(5) 6-4 6-7(6) 6-0

3rd round:
This round there were some surprises and some exciting five-setters. Seeded players like James Blake, David Nalbandian and David Ferrer lost. Especially Gaucho David Nalbandian made a very poor performance vs. Gael Monfils.
Stanislas Wawrinka and Andy Murray both fought back after being 0-2 sets down. Luxembourgian qualifier Gilles Muller has been the most surprising player of the tournament so far. After winning over Tommy Haas after being 0-2 sets down he succeed the same way vs. 18th seed  Nicolas Almagro from Spain.

--- Sam Querrey (USA) def. [14] Ivo Karlovic (CRO) 7-6(5) 7-6(5) 6-2
--- Mardy Fish (USA) def. [9] James Blake (USA) 6-3 6-3 7-6(4)
--- [32] Gael Monfils (FRA) def. [7] David Nalbandian (ARG) 6-3 6-4 6-2
--- Kei Nishikori (JPN) def. [4] David Ferrer (ESP) 6-4 6-4 3-6 2-6 7-5
--- [10] Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) def. [Q] Flavio Cipolla (ITA) 5-7 6-7(4) 6-4 6-0 6-4
--- [6] Andy Murray (GBR) def. Jürgen Melzer (AUT) 6-7(5) 4-6 7-6(5) 6-1 6-3
--- [Q] Gilles Muller (LUX) def. [18] Nicolas Almagro (ESP) 6-7(3) 3-6 7-6(5) 7-6(6) 7-5

Next week:

The second week continues from Monday with the 4th round:

[1] Rafael Nadal (ESP) --- Sam Querrey (USA)
Mardy Fish (USA) --- [32] Gael Monfils (FRA)

Kei Nishikori (JPN) --- [17] Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG)
[10] Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) --- [6] Andy Murray (GBR)

[8] Andy Roddick (USA) --- [11] Fernando Gonzalez (CHI)
[15] Tommy Robredo (ESP) --- [3] Novak Djokovic (SRB)

[5] Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) --- [Q] Gilles Muller (LUX)
[23] Igor Andreev (RUS) --- [2] Roger Federer (SUI)

Grönefeld har sneket seg oppover rankingen uten at jeg har sett henne spille. Grus er neppe hennes beste underlag, selv om hun ga Dementieva hard kamp i to og et halvt sett. Grönefeld lever på en god serve og et høyrisikospill.

Noen ganger klaffer alt, som i det andre settet. Andre ganger ser hun bare maskinaktig ut, og hun kan ikke tillate seg for lange slik perioder i hver kamp dersom hun har tenkt å klatre mer på rankingen.

Grönefeld sin serve minner meg om Patrick Rafter. Skikkelig bevegelse med hele kroppen. Men jeg synes hun kaster ballen for langt bak seg, slik at hun må bak og hente den før hun slår den framover. Det kan ikke være bra for kroppen på lang sikt. Rafter kunne nok holdt et par år til, hadde det ikke vært for den krevende spillestilen hans.

Dementieva? Det vanlige: svak serving (hun tørrtrente flere ganger mellom poengene), gode grunnslag og kjemping om hver ball. Hun så ikke akkurat ut som en French Open-vinner. Det er det bare Nadia Petrova som gjør for øyeblikket.