FRENCH OPEN RESULTS

Saturday

At Stade Roland Garros

Paris

Purse: $15.39 million (Grand Slam)

Surface: Clay-Outdoor

Men

Singles

Third Round

Fernando Gonzalez (19), Chile, def. Sjeng Schalken (12), Netherlands, 7-6 (4), 6-3, 3-1, retired.

Arnaud Clement (32), France, def. Nicolas Coutelot, France, 6-4, 6-3, 6-2.

Jarkko Nieminen (30), Finland, def. Victor Hanescu, Romania, 6-7 (1), 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.

Albert Costa (9), Spain, def. Nicolas Lapentti, Ecuador, 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.

Tommy Robredo (28), Spain, def. Lleyton Hewitt (1), Australia, 4-6, 1-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-3.

Felix Mantilla (20), Spain, def. Fernando Vicente, Spain, 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-3.

Juan Carlos Ferrero (3), Spain, def. Tim Henman (25), Britain, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2.

Gustavo Kuerten (15), Brazil, leads Gaston Gaudio (21), Argentina, 7-6 (1), 7-5, 3-3, susp., darkness.

Doubles

Second Round

Frantisek Cermak and Leos Friedl (14), Czech Republic, def. Devin Bowen, United States, and Ashley Fisher, Australia, 6-4, 6-4.

Mahesh Bhupathi, India, and Max Mirnyi (2), Belarus, def. Thierry Ascione and Julien Varlet, France, 6-3, 6-4.

Michael Llodra and Fabrice Santoro (6), France, def. Raemon Sluiter and Martin Verkerk, Netherlands, 6-2, 6-3.

Paul Haarhuis, Netherlands, and Yevgeny Kafelnikov (11), Russia, def. Xavier Malisse and Kristof Vliegen, Belgium, 7-6 (4), 6-4.

Younes El Aynaoui, Morocco, and Tom Vanhoudt, Belgium, def. Wayne Black and Kevin Ullyett (8), Zimbabwe, 6-3, 6-4.

Mark Knowles, Bahamas, and Daniel Nestor (1), Canada, def. Lee Hyung-taik, South Korea, and Vladimir Voltchkov, Belarus, 6-3, 6-3.

Joshua Eagle, Australia, and Jared Palmer (9), United States, def. Juan Ignacio Chela and Sergio Roitman, Argentina, 6-3, 6-2.

Leander Paes, India, and David Rikl (5), Czech Republic, def. Rick Leach and Brian MacPhie, United States, 3-6, 6-2, 6-1.

Third Round

Lucas Arnold and Mariano Hood, Argentina, def. Tomas Cibulec and Pavel Vizner (13), Czech Republic, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Massimo Bertolini, Italy, and Sebastian Prieto, Argentina, def. Feliciano Lopez, Spain, and Davide Sanguinetti, Italy, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4.

Women

Singles

Third Round

Jennifer Capriati (7), United States, def. Julia Vakulenko, Ukraine, 6-1 6-2.

Kim Clijsters (2), Belgium, def. Paola Suarez (30), Argentina, 6-2, 6-1.

Nadia Petrova, Russia, def. Marissa Irvin, United States, 6-1, 6-1.

Vera Zvonareva (22), Russia, def. Maria Sanchez Lorenzo, Spain, 6-3, 6-4.

Conchita Martinez (24), Spain, def. Tina Pisnik, Slovenia, 6-3, 6-3.

Lindsay Davenport (6), United States, def. Nathalie Dechy (25), France, 6-3, 7-5.

Venus Williams (3), United States, def. Silvia Farina Elia (26), Italy 6-1, 6-2.

Magdalena Maleeva (15), Bulgaria, def. Rita Grande, Italy, 6-3, 2-6, 6-3.

Doubles

Second Round

Cara Black, Zimbabwe, and Elena Likhovtseva (4), Russia, def. Teryn Ashley and Abigail Spears, United States, 6-4, 6-4.

Iva Majoli, Croatia, and Iroda Tulyaganova, Uzbekistan, def. Tina Krizan and Katarina Srebotnik (13), Slovenia, 7-6 (7), 6-2.

Petra Mandula, Hungary, and Patricia Wartusch (7), Austria, def. Sonya Jeyaseelan, Canada, and Jelena Kostanic, Croatia, 6-4, 2-6, 6-3.

Emmanuelle Gagliardi and Patty Schnyder (15), Switzerland, def. Bianka Lamade and Martina Muller, Germany, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (1).

Janette Husarova, Slovakia, and Barbara Schett (11), Austria, def. Catherine Barclay and Rachel McQuillan, Australia, 6-2, 7-5.

Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, and Chanda Rubin (9), United States, def. Patricia Tarabini, Argentina, and Caroline Vis, Netherlands, 6-2, 6-4.

Eleni Daniilidou, Greece, and Rita Grande, Italy, def. Els Callens, Belgium, and Meilen Tu, United States, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2.

Alina Jidkova, Russia, and Akiko Morigami, Japan, vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, and Martina Navratilova (6), United States, 6-3, 6-7 (6), susp., darkness. ———

Mixed Doubles

First Round

Elena Likhovtseva, Russia, and Mahesh Bhupathi (3), India, def. Tatiana Golovin, France, and Mansour Bahrami, Iran, 6-4, 6-2.

Corina Morariu, United States, and Jonas Bjorkman, Sweden, def. Nicole Pratt and Paul Hanley, Australia, 1-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4.

Cara and Wayne Black (4), Zimbabwe, def. Tina Krizan, Slovenia, and Frantisek Cermak, Czech Republic, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1.

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Katarina Srebotnik, Slovenia, and Bob Bryan, United States, def. Wynne Prakusya, Indonesia, and David Adams, South Africa, 6-3, 6-2.

Anna Pistolesi, Israel, and Leos Friedl, Czech Republic, def. Janette Husarova, Slovakia, and Tomas Cibulec (6), Czech Republic, 6-1, retired.

Nadia Petrova, Russia, and Paul Haarhuis, Netherlands, def. Emmanuelle Gagliardi, Switzerland, and Cyril Suk, Czech Republic, 6-1, 7-5.

Denisa Chladkova and Martin Damm, Czech Republic, def. Nana Miyagi, Japan, and Martin Rodriguez, Argentina, 6-2, 6-2.

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