Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Marseille after day 1

He had a calm day in the first day of the Marseille tournament.

The biggest match of the day can be considered the contest between J.C. Ferrero and H.T. Lee. Ferrero won this match with a 6-4 6-1 score, taking the head to head score at 2-1 for him, and improving his record at 8-2 this year. He will now face Mahut for a place in the Quarter Finals, a place that is guaranteed if he keeps up the good tennis.

Romanian Andrei Pavel has retired at 6-1 1-0 for J. Benneteau, blaming back problems (as a personal note, these back problems seem to threaten his career) .

In another good match, Baghdatis defeated crowd favorite Arnauld Clement. Also Robin Soderling managed to get into the second round, defeating Jarko Nieminen.He have yet to witness a big clash in this tournament.

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