Schnyder makes it two out of two at French Open
Switzerland's Patty Schnyder continued her excellent start to this year's French Open by winning her first round doubles match.
Schnyder and her partner, Germany’s Bianca Lamade, saw off Italy’s Giulia Casoni and Yugoslavia’s Sandra Nacuk 6-1, 4-6, 6-2, to make it a first round double for the Swiss at Roland Garros.
On Tuesday, Schnyder became the first Swiss woman to book her passage through to this year’s second round when she defeated the American, Allison Bradshaw, in straight sets 6-0, 6-3.
But there was more bad news for her compatriot, Marc Rosset, who saw his participation at this year’s tournament come to an end after only three days’ play.
Knocked out of the men’s singles on Tuesday, Rosset and his Australian partner, Andrew Kratzmann were sent packing by the pairing of Belarus’ Max Mirnyi and Germany’s David Prinosil.
After making an encouraging start to the match and taking the first set, Rosset and his partner then failed to register a single game, eventually losing the tie 6-4, 0-6, 0-6.
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