Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Roundup of R32 - Marseille & Buenos Aires

Its a frustrating thing to be a fan of Juan Carlos Ferrero these days. I've wanted to write that since yesterday but time didn't allow for a blog entry. I was lucky enough to find a live feed of his match against Nishikori. Its just so difficult to watch him have moments of the player he was 5-10 years ago but just not enough of those moments...have to wonder how much longer Ferrero will be playing. Arnaud Clement and Fernando Gonzalez are each making this year their last. Might be Tommy Haas's last year. Just wonder if Ferrero is right there.

And a retirement is always sad to end a match but I can't deny a sigh of relief that Montanes retired against Gonzo.

As for today, Karol Beck won his match against Mathieu in Marseille!!! That makes me so happy for this guy. He needs a break.

Marseille *Indoor Hard Court*

Singles - R32

(7)Ivan Ljubicic def Florent Serra 6-4 6-7(3) 6-3
Karol Beck def Paul-Henri Mathieu 7-6(2) 2-6 6-3
Nicolas Mahut def (WC)Arnaud Clement 6-3 6-4

Wednesday OOP

Singles - R16

(Q)David Goffin vs (3)Janko Tipsarevic H2H 0-1 ...Tipsy won their first match in the QFs at Chennai in 3
Karol Beck vs (7)Ivan Ljubicic H2H 1-3 ...they met as recently as Zagreb where Ljubo won in 3

Doubles - R16

Martin Emmrich/Andreas Siljestrom vs Arnaud Clement/Lukas Dlouhy

Buenos Aires *Red Clay*

Singles - R32

(4)Kei Nishikori def Juan Carlos Ferrero 7-5 3-6 6-2
(WC)Fernando Gonzalez def Albert Montanes 7-5 1-0 **retired - Back
(2)Nicolas Almagro def Potito Starace 4-6 6-3 7-6(4)
David Nalbandian def (LL)Wayne Odesnik 6-2 6-3
(7)Fernando Verdasco def Eric Prodon 6-4 6-1
(1)David Ferrer def (Q)Andres Molteni 6-1 6-0
Wednesday OOP

Singles - R16

(WC)Fernando Gonzalez vs Albert Ramos ...first meeting
(1)David Ferrer vs (WC)Facundo Bagnis ...first meeting

Doubles - R16

(1)Daniele Bracciali/Potito Starace vs Maximo Gonzalez/Kei Nishikori

Doubles - QF

(3)Pablo Andujar/Carlos Berlocq vs David Marrero/Fernando Verdasco



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