Scheepers beaten in Paris

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 Round

Victoria 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, 6-3
Samantha 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