French day in Bucharest.

It seems that French players enjoy playing in Bucharest, mainly because they like clay and in Romania they play on it, compared to Sanghai where they play on hard.
Gael Monfils seems to live up to my expectations and has reached the Quarter Finals where he will play Marc Giquel, his compatriot. Giquel defeated Andreev in the second round : 6-4 6-3.

Also another qualifyier that has reached the Quarter Finals is Hugo Armando. Armando
impressed in Bucharest today when he defeated Andreas Seppi. Armando will meet Gilles
Simon.

Tommorow there will be the following matches, all of them counting for the second round :

Simone Bolelli against Yuri Schukin (no predictions here)

Ivan Navarro-Pastor against Carlos Berlocq : personally i whould take Berloq to win : 6 units at 1.50 (Gamebookers). Berloq i think is the better player and starts with a morale advantage, leading 2-0 in head 2 head encounters.

Albert Montanes against Victor Hanescu. These players played 5 times, Montanes has won 3 and Hanescu 3. I think it will be a good match to see, 2 different types of players.

Andrei Pavel will play Potito Starace tommorow for a place in the Quarter Finals. Potito Starace had a better year so far, but Pavel is just great in the last 2 months. These players have never encountered before on a tennis court. I will take Pavel to win : 5 units @ 2.20 (Gamebookers)

So these are the picks for todat

Pavel to win against Starace 5/10 @ 2.20 - Gamebookers
Berlocq to win against Navarro-Pasttor 6/10 @ 1.50 - Gamebookers.