Live - French Open

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1155: Some quite big news from the wonderful world of British tennis: Paul Annacone, the men's head coach, has announced he is leaving the LTA at the end of his contract in November.

1152: So it's world number one and defending champion Roger Federer up next on Chatrier. Alejandro Falla of Colombia is his opponent. No sign of the rain in Paris, and I can actually see patches of blue sky. Tres bien. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is over on Lenglen, taking on fellow Frenchman Josselin Ouanna. The eighth seed leads 2-0.

1146: Nicely done. World number two Venus Williams beats Arantxa Parra Santonja 6-2 6-4. She'll face 26th seed Dominika Cibulkova or American Varvara Lepchenko in the second round.

1137: Sorry for the delay. My computer decided it was time to shut down and restart. It was like magic really. I never touched a thing. Venus is making hard work of consolidating a break against Arantxa PS, but she has now, and she leads 5-3, a game away from round three.

1126: Bad news from Court 9 where Britain's Sarah Borwell and American Raquel Kops-Jones are given a sound 6-0 6-1 beating by 12th seeds Kveta Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik. If you're pondering how to follow Andy Murray's second-round match against Juan Ignacio Chela later on (which is looking like about 1400 BST), it will be live on the BBC Red Button, the BBC website, and BBC 5 live Sport Extra. Those are your UK options. Otherwise, you're stuck with me. Sorry.

1123: Short delay there while I waited for Robin Soderling to complete a crushing 6-0 6-1 6-1 win over American Taylor Dent, who can head off to the grass where he'll be much, much happier. Over on Court 2, 10th seed Marin Cilic is leading 6-3 2-2 against Daniel Gimeno-Traver. On Court 1 where Andy Murray will be heading later, Julien 'Pat' Benneteau leads 7-6 1-0 (with a break) against Leonardo Mayer.

From anon via text: "Fancy King Rog to be dethroned by the cool Swede."

1104: The unstoppable machine that is Robin Soderling now leads 6-0 6-1 1-1 against Taylor Dent. The Swede is a possible quarter-final opponent for defending champion Roger Federer, who has reached the semi-finals or better at the last 23 Grand Slams. I sense that the Mayer-Benneteau match on Court 1 could be a long one. They're into a first-set tie-break. Murray-Chela is the third match on that court.

1102: Chris from Stirling texted in a few minutes ago with a question for the BBC Red Button team. It just got read out and answered. That's how it rolls. So get your queries in via text on 81111 or to me on

From anon via text:"I like Venus's dress but couldn't she get matching shoes and visor? Or is the 'illusion' that she forgot to take her nightie off?"

1053: Relief also for Britain's Sarah Borwell and her American partner Raquel Kops-Jones. They dropped the first set 6-0 against 12th seeds Petschke/Srebotnik but they're on the board in the second and leading 1-0. The comeback's on... Meanwhile, Venus pockets the first set 6-2 against Aratxa Parra Santonja.

1048: Relief for Taylor Dent as he finally gets a game against the in-form Robin Soderling, but the American - not a great lover of the red stuff in fairness - still trails 6-0 4-1. Venus now 5-2 up. Court 1 watch: Leonardo Mayer has just broken for a 5-4 lead against Julien Benneteau. Andy Murray third up on that court.

"Re 1031: Can't be doing with all this 'illusion' and designer rubbish! Just bring in a standard P.E. kit and it'll all be sorted."

1040: Venus appears to have settled down on Chatrier and has a 3-1 lead over Arantxa Parra-Santonja. Robin Soderling is on track for a very early lunch, as he stretches his lead over Taylor Dent to 6-0 2-0. The Swede might even have a bagel or three. By the way, I'm loving your texts so far, they're keeping me very amused, but if you wouldn't mind sending a couple not relating to the (lack of) support in Venus's dress, I'd be ever so grateful and then I can publish some.

1036: If you want to ask the BBC Red Button commentary team of Alastair Eykyn and Sam Smith what their fashion motif of the season is, you can do so via text on 81111 or tweet me and I'll pass it on.

1031: According to the lady who designed it - Venus Williams - Venus's outfit is all about "illusion". She said after its debut on Sunday: "That's been a lot of my motif this year, illusion, and it's about obviously layers and kind of having that illusion of wearing layers and not having anything take away under it, the nude fabric. So these days I just have a lot of fun with my designs and designing and doing different things." Everyone clear on that? Good.

1026: After a real struggle, Venus holds her opening service game to make it 1-1 after 14 minutes. In about the same amount of time, Robin Soderling has swept into a 5-0 lead over Taylor Dent. Disappointing start for Britain's Sarah Borwell in the doubles. She and Kops-Jones are 2-0 down on Court 9.

"Call me old-fashioned, but I prefer tennis whites to lingerie. Roll on the fuddy-duddies at Wimbledon!"

1022: If you're in the UK, you can check out Venus's outfit for yourself on the BBC's Red Button or on the web. Today's coverage plan is thus: Venus, Federer, Murray. Simple as that. Blustery conditions on Chatrier causing merry havoc with Venus's serve.

1017: Just before kick-off on Chatrier, the camera pans to Venus's mum Oracene, who looks like she'd rather be anywhere but sitting in a drafty, near-empty tennis stadium in Paris. Arms folded, face glum. Venus's outfit, by the way, is a sort of burlesque number. Black and lacy dress, with a red trim, and flesh-coloured pants. Many would not get away with it. Venus does, just about.

1012: Coming up later, Roger Federer, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Caroline Wozniacki, Svetlana Kuznetsova are all in action... and then of course there's Andy Murray up against Juan Ignacio Chela in the third match on Court One. He's not the only Brit in action either. Elena Baltacha, Ross Hutchins, Jonny Marray, Jamie Murray all play today. First up, British women's doubles number one Sarah Borwell partners American Raquel Kops-Jones over on Court 9, taking on Kveta Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik.

1007: Venus Williams strolls onto Court Philippe Chatrier. The in-form second seed, wearing a rather - erm - risque outfit this year, is up against Spain's Arantxa Parra Santonja this morning. Over on Lenglen, last year's finalist Robin Soderling takes on American Taylor Dent.

1000: Hello again. Don't worry, you haven't woken up a month in the future, it's not Wimbledon yet - but I do have worrying SW19-worthy weather news from BBC Sport's Piers Newbery, rain in Paris last night and woke up to threatening grey skies, but dry for now. Murray set for 1300-1400 BST-ish, fingers crossed."