▁Feder er ▁in ▁the ▁Roland ▁Gar ros ▁final ▁and ▁the ▁fifth ▁time ▁overall . ▁In ▁the ▁first ▁round , ▁the ▁Sp ani ard ▁played ▁his ▁first ▁five - set ▁match ▁at ▁Roland ▁Gar ros ▁since ▁his ▁debut ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁be ating ▁John ▁Is ner . ▁Feder er ▁was ▁trying ▁the ▁chance ▁to ▁become ▁the ▁first ▁male ▁player ▁in ▁the ▁Open ▁Era ▁to ▁achieve ▁a ▁double ▁career ▁Grand ▁S lam , ▁the ▁third ▁man ▁would ▁do ▁so . ▁ ▁Nad al ▁retained ▁the ▁ATP ▁no . ▁ 1 ▁singles ▁ranking ▁by ▁def ending ▁the ▁title . ▁Nad al ▁and ▁Nov ak ▁Dj ok ov ic ▁were ▁in ▁cont ention ▁for ▁the ▁top ▁ranking ▁at ▁the ▁start ▁of ▁the ▁tournament . ▁ ▁This ▁edition ▁of ▁the ▁tournament ▁witness ed ▁the ▁top ▁four ▁se eds ▁adv ancing ▁to ▁the ▁semif inals . ▁The ▁tournament ▁saw ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁stre ak ▁of ▁Dj ok ov ic , ▁who ▁was ▁one ▁away ▁from ▁t ying ▁John ▁Mc En roe ▁for ▁best ▁start ▁to ▁a ▁season ▁with ▁ 4 2 ▁wins , ▁before ▁he ▁was ▁defeated ▁by ▁Feder er ▁in ▁the ▁semif inals . ▁ ▁Although ▁this ▁was ▁the ▁sixth ▁time ▁that ▁Nad al ▁won ▁the ▁French ▁Open , ▁this ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁since ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁men ' s ▁top ▁seed ▁won ▁the ▁French ▁Open . ▁ ▁Se eds ▁ ▁Qual ifying ▁ ▁Draw ▁ ▁Final s ▁ ▁Top ▁half ▁ ▁Section ▁ 1 ▁ ▁Section