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Another seed is gone, this time in the men's draw. The 24th seed Sam Querrey has lost 7-6 6-4 6-4 to Croatia's Ivan Ljubicic.
So what do we know about Bolelli? Well, I was intrigued to see that, when I typed his name into Italian google, the search machine suggested "wife" and girlfriend" as the next two words (well, moglie and fidanzata then).
Naturally, I followed my journalistic instincts and used those suggestions. And what did I find? Well, this.
So I had to click through the gallery to see whether there were any pictures of her giving Simone some tips about his erratic forehand but, alas, there were none.
Moving swiftly on...
So, here are the players. Great. Bolelli walks out first in his all-white Lacoste gear with Murray following in trademark blue addidas shirt and white shorts.
And keep those emails coming... Well, would someone please email me with your thoughts on this match... Anyone? Bueller? It will liven things up. I promise.
OK, let's catch our breath and let's see what else is happening.
Robin Soderling has beaten the Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas very, very comfortably, 6-3 6-4 6-4, while in the women's singles the 27th-seed Romanian Sorana Cirstea has also progressed.
And on Court 6, Elena Baltacha has just started her match against the American Vania King. I will, of course, keep you updated on the score from that match.
Wow. That is it! Clijsters is out. She had a match point in the second set but then completely imploded. True, she hasn't had any competitive action for a few weeks but this was remarkable.
Rus is seeded 114 in the world! But I guess 65 unforced errors from Clijsters says it all. Rus just had to return the ball every now and then, and Clijsters did the rest.
Rus is now 5-1 up in the decider. Remarkable. Clijsters has such a good record in the slams and it was more than five years ago that she failed to progress to the third round. But she seems paralysed. She is just not moving her feet at all, just waiting for Rus to make mistakes. But Rus is not making any mistakes.
The No9 seed Petra Kvitova has beaten Jie Zheng 6-4, 6-1 in another finished match. Back on Court Philippe Chatrier, meanwhile, Clijsters is throwing away break points and is still 4-1 down. It is a complete meltdown.
Polish 12th seed Agnieszka Radwanska has beaten India's Sania Mirza 6-2 6-4 to move into the third round but it does not look as if Clijsters will join her. She is now 4-1 down in the third set.
Rus has now won an incredible eight out of the past nine games. And Clijsters is making all sorts of uncharacteristic errors. 56 unforced errors now. What is going on? Rus is 3-1 up in the deciding set.
Kim Clijsters is really struggling here. The second seed is a break down in the third set against the unseeded outsider from the Netherlands.
There is, of course, an extraordinary amount of British interest in today's events as we also have Heather Watson and Elena Baltacha to look forward to as well.
Baltacha is second up on Court 6, where Yanina Wickmayer is leading Ayumi Morita 6-4, 5-5.
Watson is third up on Court 3, where Florian Meyer is leading Alejandro Falla 6-4, 5-5 in the first match.
Well, well, well. Clijsters loses the second set and it is all square now.
In another match, Robin Soderling has raced to a two-set lead against Albert Ramos and looks set for a place in the third round. And he does have a good record here at Roland Garros, doesn't he, the Swede.
Murray and Bolelli are second up on the Court Philippe Chatrier, where Kim Clijsters is currently playing Arantxa Rus. The Belgian looked like she was racing towards a quick 2-0 set win but is now being held up in the second set with the score 5-5.
The 25-year-old Italian has this to say about our favourite Scot: "It's not a surface that he [Murray] likes that much, but he's always a very strong player. I saw him playing in Rome, against Djokovic he was unbelievable.
"He's always tough. He's a great player. I will try to play aggressive and to step in on court first and press him."
Good morning to our game-by-game coverage of Andy Murray's second-round match in the French Open against Simone Bolelli.
The Italian should be a tougher prospect than the French qualifier Eric Prodon, whom Murray defeated with ease and in straight sets on Tuesday.
Bolelli, too, may be a qualifier but was ranked in the top 40 two years ago and Murray says of his opponent: "He's tough. He hasn't been playing that well the last year and a half or so but he's a very talented guy, flashy. He's kind of similar to Prodon just with more weight of shot."
Bolelli is down to No126 in the world but pushed Murray all the way in a tight match on clay in Madrid two years ago and won his only ATP World Tour title on clay in Munich in 2008.
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Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/may/26/andy-murray-simone-bolelli-french-open-2011
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