A wildcard, a lucky loser, and a qualifier

Written by: Staff on 3rd November 2011

Swiss Indoors tennis tournament in Basel

A wildcard, a lucky loser, and a qualifier

James Blake from the USA returns the ball to his compatriot Mardy Fish during their first round match at the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, 01 November 2011. EPA/GEORGIOS KEFALAS |

by: Disco Dottie

Does that sound like the start of a joke ? Geezer into the sake again ? No, it’s the Basel tourney you know the one with the yummy Lindt chocolate balls. ..

The wildcard: Donald Young Jr.

The lucky loser : Mikhail Kukushkin

The qualifier : James. Blake

First Mikhail got the lucky loser when Melzer pulled out. Then he beat Donald Young , Then he beat James Blake. good luck to you ! A lucky loser is bonus round. Nice. It’s a golden gift for your blood, sweat and tears.

I’m following Jack’s theory that all these Swiss ball kids could be the next Federers. They all are so cute and aware and are doing a super job.they are ready with the towels and are really giving their all.

We are watching a bit of Haase against Wawrinka. We love Robin. 10sballs.com is so Dutch. We cant help it. We love the Dutch players. Coaches. It all started with Richard Krajicek and his equally amazing wife Daphne Deckers.

Big congrats go to the Bryans. Bob and Mike have finished the year number one again. Unreal feat. It’s their 7th time !!!!! That’s just totally amazing. We saw the soldier records and said. Those are safe in our lifetime. Ha.those Bryans bounce to the same brain cell and wavelength.

Sure glad Thomas Shubert gave a good explanation of Halloween in Hawaii. It’s just tons of fun !!! We love reading Shuberts stories. Look out for his new column coming soon. Home page. Shuberts alley.

We thank global chick for her unwavering support. How she squeezes stories and results for us we don’t know. But we call them our bread and butter. She was spotted at the Melbourne Cup this week. She has made it everywhere exciting this year. The Irish derby , Canne film festival , the Hamptons ,Kim K’s wedding …. she was even spotted with Novak Djokovics favorite gulf stream owner …. Billionaire business buddy Ron Burkle. …

Basel Friday night match. Roger Federer versus Andy Roddick. There won’t be an empty seat in the house. Catch you later …

Topics: Andy Roddick, Atp, Ferder, James Blake, Swiss Indoors Basel

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