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Alizé Molik · May 20th, 2009, 12:16 AM

last year marion was defeated by Casey Dellacqua (

) in the first round, this year perhaps she will go somewhat further

I'd love to see another 1/8 final

hellas719 · May 20th, 2009, 03:18 AM

Go Marion!!!!!

Marionated · May 20th, 2009, 08:54 AM

I hope for a 3rd round at least.

Ferg · May 20th, 2009, 05:23 PM

Yeah, a third round is all i want. Anything after that is a big bonus. She better get a nice draw, but knowing her luck she'll get Sabine or Vinci or something 1st round

Marionated · May 22nd, 2009, 07:32 AM

Draw will be out very shortly

Btw, she isn't playing Birmingham.

Ferg · May 22nd, 2009, 10:09 AM

Parmentier first, then Mortia or Garbin. But Medina Garrigues is after that.

Ferg · May 22nd, 2009, 10:11 AM

Thinking about it, an alright draw, she should make the 3rd round, and we should be happy with that. But the way Medina Garrigues is playing, Marion could beat her, but Razzano and Hantuchova are also there. Dementieva after for the 4th round.

Marionated · May 22nd, 2009, 10:21 AM

I've seen Pauline play once; it was against Hingis a few years ago. I don't know what her clay game is like. Well, this is an alright draw.

Iceland · May 22nd, 2009, 10:42 AM

Marion's full draw:

(13) Marion Bartoli vs. Pauline Parmentier
Tathiana Garbin vs. Ayumi Morita
Virginie Razzano vs. Daniela Hantuchova
Ekaterina Makarova vs. (18) Anabel Medina Garrigues

(30) Samantha Stosur vs. Francesca Schiavone
Yanina Wickmayer vs. Urszula Radwanska
Jelena Dokic vs. Karolina Sprem
Q vs. (4) Elena Dementieva

Hum, so so but not bad at all. Pauline has ended her losing streak but is still low on confidence. Marion should be able to prevail, she better targets her weak BH, especially since the rest of Pauline's game is quite good... She has also won a Tier IV on clay, so to answer the question, yeah she can play on clay! The 2nd round is looking difficult as well, now that Morita has a great tournament in Strasbourg. The thing is that it could have been worse

.

Cmon!

hellas719 · May 22nd, 2009, 01:31 PM

Go Marion!

BartoliBabes · May 22nd, 2009, 02:20 PM

i think its a good draw

i expect her to reach the 3rd round at least, but AMG will be tough on clay

Joee · May 23rd, 2009, 11:43 AM

MW is right.
A 3rd round is where she should get to at least. But Medina will be very tough.

Marion said on TG ceathre yesterday on the Roland Garros 2009 Preview.
"Its my dream to win the French Open one day".

And after all the good results this year on clay I think she should do well here.

Dave. · May 24th, 2009, 12:40 AM

Good luck! No repeat of last year's mess please.

Tennisking5 · May 24th, 2009, 06:11 AM

medina, isnt she hurt, or didnt she just pull outta a tourney because of injury or retire? i think she'll be fine and make it into the 3rd and make it to the fourth. i think even against dementieva, shes beaten her before. I'm EXTREMELY glad she doesnt have a williams sister in her portion or vera or amelie. good luck marion, your my one and only favorite. please make me happy for 2 WHOLE WEEKS.

Ferg · May 24th, 2009, 06:01 PM

According to FO Radio, Marion is finishing the day off on Phillipe Chatrier tomorrow. Im very annoyed though, ill miss her and Jeremy tomorrow.

Good to see she gets the main court as the top female frenchie.