This week there are 3 major tournaments underway. Out of them, the tournament in Marseille is the toughest one, especially because the Frenchman are playing well and are also well ranked. So we will find here an ill Djokovic as the number one seed. I don't think he will play due to the flu picked up in Russia last weekend.
Gasquet and Youzhny are seed nr 2 and 3 (places 7 and 8) and both are in rhythm, playing for their national teams this weekend in the World Group, and both winning their singles matches ( Gasquet against Hanescu and Youzhny against Zimonjic) I think both these players can win the tournament.
He also have Jo-Wilfred Tsonga at this tournament, ranked as seed nr 7, and he is setting up for a Quarter Final with his countryman, Richard Gasquet. Juan Carlos Ferrero is also playing in Marseille, as a nr 5 seed, and having a tough first-round match against H.T. Lee.
Even tough Gasquet is probably my pick for this tournament, he has a tough preview. In the second round he will play against either Soderling or Nieminen (both former top players, both looking to come back on top of things), then maybe a Quarter Final against Tsonga (now that is a match i would like to see.
The best unseeded player here in my opinion is Grosjean, considering the fact that he is front of his crowd, and even tough he is not actually in top shape, maybe this will be the place to start playing good tennis.
As a subjective note, i will be cheering for Andrei Pavel (i am Romanian after all), and hoping we will defeat Benneteau as a partial revenge for the 5-0 defeat in the Davis Cup. Too bad for Pavel that even tough he will display the good tennis shown las weekend, and defeat Benneteau, he will meet Youzhny in the second round and that will be pretty much as far as he will go.
Tommorow i will cover the remaining 2 tournaments.
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Gasquet and Youzhny are seed nr 2 and 3 (places 7 and 8) and both are in rhythm, playing for their national teams this weekend in the World Group, and both winning their singles matches ( Gasquet against Hanescu and Youzhny against Zimonjic) I think both these players can win the tournament.
He also have Jo-Wilfred Tsonga at this tournament, ranked as seed nr 7, and he is setting up for a Quarter Final with his countryman, Richard Gasquet. Juan Carlos Ferrero is also playing in Marseille, as a nr 5 seed, and having a tough first-round match against H.T. Lee.
Even tough Gasquet is probably my pick for this tournament, he has a tough preview. In the second round he will play against either Soderling or Nieminen (both former top players, both looking to come back on top of things), then maybe a Quarter Final against Tsonga (now that is a match i would like to see.
The best unseeded player here in my opinion is Grosjean, considering the fact that he is front of his crowd, and even tough he is not actually in top shape, maybe this will be the place to start playing good tennis.
As a subjective note, i will be cheering for Andrei Pavel (i am Romanian after all), and hoping we will defeat Benneteau as a partial revenge for the 5-0 defeat in the Davis Cup. Too bad for Pavel that even tough he will display the good tennis shown las weekend, and defeat Benneteau, he will meet Youzhny in the second round and that will be pretty much as far as he will go.
Tommorow i will cover the remaining 2 tournaments.
BTW : If you like this blog, or actually hate it, write a comment.
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