Paris has again suffered from mass withdrawals of the big stars the arse Nadal, the bald is beautiful Ljubo and if it was likes a duck and struts around like a duck and there is a good chance that it is a duck Andy Roddick. It wouldn't surprise if Federer withdrew, but he just turn up and treat it as a training session and probably win.
Big news and more importantly big Andreas Seppi has won 2 matches in a row for the first time in some time and has qualified for the main draw and that is a big effort considering his poor form and he has a chance to win against Paul-Henri Mathieu who has been stinking more than fish left out in the sun for 4 days. In other words it's a question of who will play the least poorly will win this match.
Grosjean will take Malisse as he has done the previous 8 times and hopefully he can end Boredo's season in the next round, though I wouldn't be surprised if Boredo gets into Shanghai as an alternative.
Chucho is playing Chris Rochus and he has lost to the little gimp 3 times in a row and he should blow him away on this surface, but with him one can't tell and the winner plays the PMK and neither of them have a good record against him. PMK might be distracted as he is going to get married and I hope he has Irina sign a pre-nup agreement and he has already qualified for Shanghai, he might not care as much and this kind of thing happens at the end of the season as well.
One good thing about this week is that Ancic and Gonzalez the warrior 3 finals in a row are in the same section of the draw and there could be a straight elimination for the Shanghai spots, too bad Feña was disappointing in the Slams or he would have qualified by now and he will be very tired when he gets there if he qualifies.
Berdych is back where he made his mark and could do quite well in defending his title or he might do poorly, but it's too early for him to make a TMC and he will have plenty of chances in the future and big Safin is back at the event he loves and can't be discounted and maybe Nadal was scared that he had to play him and as for the seriousness of the last comment, most people with half a brain would know how serious I am.
Well I will get coverage this week and that is better than usual, so hope for another surprise winner in Paris.
3 comments:
Seppi didn't win a 3rd match. Paulo stopped him. Not with an outstanding performance, but a win is a win.
Saw some matches so far, and though some may consider I'm biased, I have to say that the best I've seen so far is the Santoro vs Benneteau. Great match. Lot of suspens. Great level of play. Many winners and a lot of strategy. I like it when players play with their mind. Anyway, only the result didn't match my expectations, or should I say, my wishes......
Seppi was rubbish and Mathieu was not much better and no surprise to see Federer withdraw from the event.
Acasuso must have really wanted to go home and he lost to the midget Rochus who then got thumped 0 and 0 by the PMK.
Santoro and the Chicken Man was an outstanding match and Fab had more than enough chances to convert, but couldn't do it. Just need Gonzalez to win and Boredo and Blake to lose, then Gonzo can make the TMS
Hrbaty well done on making the final and hope he can take the title, but anything can happen.
Berdych got shown up by Hrbaty who loves the pace and he plays well against Safin and he has trained with Berdych, so it helps him for sure.
Boredo made the last 8 and made the PMK work and it's good someone else can win a TMS title.
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