By Lauren Lynch
Photo Credit: Tony Chang/ Chang Photography
(May 27, 2011) Defending champion Francesca Schiavone walked on to the fourth round after her opponent Peng Shuai retired. Peng was up 6-3, 1-2 in the second set but began to look ill and pale. She consulted a trainer and withdrew.
The fifth seed will face former No. 1 Jelena Jankovic, who defeated American Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6-2, 6-2. Mattek-Sands was plagued by 30 unforced errors and no break point opportunities while Jankovic was successful at the net and had a strong first serve.
Jankovic leads their head-to-head series against the Italian 4-1.
Meanwhile the crowd was screaming for 11th seed Marion Bartoli and fueled her to come back after losing the first set to beat German Julia Goerges 3-6, 6-2, 6-4.
Goerges had almost four times as many winners as Bartoli at 48 to 14 and eight aces to one but the crowd seemed to get to Goerges.
We saw Maria Sharapova witness the wrath of the crowd yesterday and that could have been difficult for Goerges, who has only been to Roland Garros one time before, in 2010.
Tennis Channel commentator, Martina Navratilova, pointed out the peculiar way in which Bartoli looked to her father/coach after every point, and that he seemed to be making some odd hand gestures. Neither the umpire nor her opponent noticed, but from what onlookers saw, it was very suspicious.