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Moya leads Nadal at Playstation

SCORE TO SETTLE: Carlos Moya, who won the 1998 French Open title, beat Rafeal Nadal at Playstation tennis, and then broke his equipment. — Photo: AP

Paris: Rafael Nadal has a score to settle with Carlos Moya.

Moya, who won the 1998 French Open title, beat the two-time defending champion at Playstation tennis — and then broke his equipment.

"I think we are very, very competitive with our Playstations together," Nadal said on Thursday after reaching the third round at Roland Garros. "He (Moya) said I'm a pain in the neck."

Besides the loss, the 20-year-old Nadal also plans to make Moya pay him back for some damages.

"I'm going to apply sanctions because he broke my controller," Nadal said. "I'm just left with my Playstation. It's always very expensive and I'm not the one breaking it."

Still upbeat

Gaston Gaudio was upbeat despite letting a two-set lead slip to Lleyton Hewitt in the second round of the French Open.

Gaudio, the 2004 French Open champion, saw enough positives in his game to think he might be getting back on track.

"I'm quite hopeful because today I felt the ball quite well," Gaudio said after losing to Hewitt. "I'm relatively confident with my game."

Gaudio, who has only reached the quarterfinals once this season, felt short on fitness against Hewitt.

"I haven't played at such a level for a long time," the 28-year-old Argentine said. "Over the past two months, I haven't played in a long match. It is not easy to go into the long haul in a match such as today."

Breaking a habit

Novak Djokovic is trying to break a habit.

The sixth-seeded Serb bounces the ball repeatedly before serving — so much that crowds have noticed it.

"I know everybody makes fun of that," Djokovic said on Thursday after reaching the third round.

During Wednesday's match, Djokovic had bounced the ball so fast with his hand that it flew away.

"I was a bit embarrassed," Djokovic said. "I had some bad bounce, and the ball went away, and everybody smiled."

Djokovic said bouncing the tennis ball repeatedly like a basketball player helps him focus

Kitchen catastrophe

Maria Sharapova admits her cooking is "completely awful."

"I'm not very patient," Sharapova said on Thursday after reaching the third round. "I can't wait for things to boil and to fry and make sure it's red and all of that."

The second-seeded Russian only barely knows her way around the supermarket.

"The first time I was lost, absolutely lost," Sharapova said. "Now I've got it under control. I know where the vegetables are, where my favourite cheese is. I've got it all going." — AP

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