French Open First Round Results

Men's Seeded Players

(31) Sergiy Stakhovsky (Ukraine) def. David Guez (France) 6-7, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3
(14) Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland) def. Augustin Gensse (France) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
(30) Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spain) def. Robert Kendrick (USA) 6-1, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (Spain) def. (19) Marin Cilic (Croatia) 7-6, 6-4, 6-4
(7) David Ferrer (Spain) def Jarkko Nieminen (Finland) 6-3, 6-3, 6-1
(17) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) def. Jan Hajek (Czech Republic) 6-3, 6-2, 6-2

Women's Seeded Players

(13) Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) def. Magdalena Rybarikova (Slovakia) 6-2, 6-3
(14) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia) def. Yarolslava Shvedova (Russia) 7-5, 6-3
(32) Tzvetana Pironkova (Bulgaria) def. Casey Dellacqua (Australia) 7-5, 6-3
(17) Julia Goerges (Germany) def. Mathilde Johansson (France) 6-1, 6-4
(10) Jelena Jankovic (Serbia & Montenegro) def. Alona Bondarenko (Ukraine) 6-3, 6-1
Varvara Lepchenko (Uzbekistan) def. (18) Flavia Pennetta (Italy) 6-3, 2-6, 6-3
Maria Jose Martinez (Spain) def. (19) Shahar Peer (Israel) 7-6, 6-1
(8) Samantha Stosur (Australia) def. Iveta Benesova (Czech Republic) 6-2, 6-3

Who Pulled Off the Upsets

33 year old Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo is ranked 99th in the world. Prior to knocking off Marin Cilic today, he had posted a record of just 3-11 this year, never winning more than one match in any tournament he played in. He was eliminated in straight sets at the Australian Open in the first round by Illya Marchenko and is making his first French Open appearance since 2007 when he lost in 5 sets to Stanislas Wawrinka in the opening round.

28 year old Maria Jose Martinez is ranked 87 in the world. She was 4-8 this year entering play today, but had played a tough schedule losing matches to Caroline Wozniacki, Kim Clijsters and Li Na. She played Shahar Peer in Dubai earlier this year losing in straight sets 6-4, 6-1. She made it to the second round of the Australian Open before losing to France's Alize Cornet.

Uzbekistan's Varvara Lepchenko celebrated her 25th birthday yesterday and the 85th ranked player in the world got to celebrate some more today with her win over Flavia Pennetta. Lepchenko was just 3-8 on the year before her win today and was eliminated from the Australian Open in the first round by Caroline Garcia in 3 sets. Lepchenko won her first round game at the French Open last year as well defeating American Christina Mchale in straight sets before losing to Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova.