This week the Dubai Tennis Tournament will be underway. At the "line-up" we found that the 8 seeds were all top 10 players. That was already the making of an interesting week of tennis. But the most interesting match of the first round was the one between Andy Murray (ranked 11'th in the ATP) and Roger Federer (No. 1 in the rankings, and obviously the first seed and also the favorite to win this tournament). It seems that things went well for the Scott, who managed to make a big upset against the player who dominated the circuit for years in a row. Murray won it 6-7 6-3 6-4, losing only 5 points on his first serve and not facing a single break point.
Federer is now 5-2 this season, and is facing the probability that Spaniard Raffael Nadal will near in at 100 points if he wins the tournament. It's Federer's first moment of weakness in years, and this is the making of a great season.
The head to head was 1-1 before this match, with Murray winning their last match-up, in 2006. As an interesting note, Murray won the tournament in Doha, then lost in the first round at the Australian Open, then won in Marseille and lost again in the first round in Rotterdam 2 weeks ago. If this becomes a pattern, the Scott is the favorite to win this tournament.
Santoro managed to perform the second upset of this tournament, defeating Youzhny in the first round 6-3 6-4.
Another interesting match of the first round is the match between Andy Roddick (sixth seed) and J.C. Ferrero. Roddick is 3-0 in the h2h meetings and i think will win this one to make it 4-0.
Spaniard's Raffael Nadal has become now the favorite if we consider the seeds remaining. He will play against Germany's Phillip Kohlschreiber in an interesting duel for the first round.
Right now it's difficult to determine my favorite because of all the good players here, but i think Djokovic should play well recovering from his ilness, Murray is obviously playing well and David Ferrer won his match against Tommy Haas 6-3 6-0. I think i will determine my pick for this tournaments in the quarterfinals, because a lot of good players are here.
Federer is now 5-2 this season, and is facing the probability that Spaniard Raffael Nadal will near in at 100 points if he wins the tournament. It's Federer's first moment of weakness in years, and this is the making of a great season.
The head to head was 1-1 before this match, with Murray winning their last match-up, in 2006. As an interesting note, Murray won the tournament in Doha, then lost in the first round at the Australian Open, then won in Marseille and lost again in the first round in Rotterdam 2 weeks ago. If this becomes a pattern, the Scott is the favorite to win this tournament.
Santoro managed to perform the second upset of this tournament, defeating Youzhny in the first round 6-3 6-4.
Another interesting match of the first round is the match between Andy Roddick (sixth seed) and J.C. Ferrero. Roddick is 3-0 in the h2h meetings and i think will win this one to make it 4-0.
Spaniard's Raffael Nadal has become now the favorite if we consider the seeds remaining. He will play against Germany's Phillip Kohlschreiber in an interesting duel for the first round.
Right now it's difficult to determine my favorite because of all the good players here, but i think Djokovic should play well recovering from his ilness, Murray is obviously playing well and David Ferrer won his match against Tommy Haas 6-3 6-0. I think i will determine my pick for this tournaments in the quarterfinals, because a lot of good players are here.
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