Tennis
Scheepers beaten in Paris
2012-05-30 14:38
Chanelle Scheepers (File)
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Paris - South Africa's only representative in the women's singles draw at the French Open at Roland Garros, Chanelle Scheepers, has been beaten in the second round in Paris.
Scheepers lost 6-3, 6-3 to Russian 27th seed Nadia Petrova.
Results from the fourth day of the 2012 French Open at Roland Garros on Wednesday (x denotes seeded player):
Men
Second round:Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) bt Blaz Kavcic (SLO) 6-0, 6-4, 6-4
Women
Second RoundVictoria Azarenka (BLR x1) bt Dinah Pfizenmaier (GER) 6-1, 6-1
Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) bt Zheng Jie (CHN x31) 6-2, 6-4
Dominika Cibulkova (SVK x15) bt Vania King (USA) 6-0, 6-2
Nadia Petrova (RUS x27) bt
Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) 6-3, 6-3Samantha Stosur (AUS x6) bt Irina Falconi (USA) 6-1, 6-4
Sara Errani (ITA x21) bt Melanie Oudin (USA) 6-2, 6-3
Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP x29) bt Irena Pavlovic (FRA) 6-3, 6-2