Roma Here We Come

Written by: Global Chick on 12th May 2012

Roma Here We Come

epa03213434 French tennis player Jo-Wilfried Tsonga serves the ball to Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov during their Mutua Madrid Open tennis tournament round of 16 match held at Caja Magica pavilion in Madrid, Spain, 10 May 2012. EPA/Juan Carlos Hidalgo |

Vittorio get the guest room ready. I’m packing. Writing and watching semis from Madrid. The slippery blue blur now looks weirder and weirder. Roger Federer is looking great he just got an early break to lead 3-1.

I’m also checking qualies in Rome. Lots of great matches. Lots.

Robin Haase won his first round against Stakhovsky 6-4, 7-6

10sBalls.com patch wearing player THE X MAN. Xavier Malisse beat Viloa with a pair of 4’s .

Sam Querrey beat Bolelli 6-3,6-4

Giraldo beat Gulbis in three

Garcia – Lopez beat Falla. 6-2,6- bagel? Wow.

Ivo Karlovic beat Petzschner 6-0, 7-6. What’s with bagels in Roma?

In the ladies we see our old friend of 10sBalls.com (has our patch on her bag) Bethanie Mattek Sands lost a heartbreaker to Sloan Stephens 7-5,7-5. Bethanie has been out most of 2012 with a hip injury. Hang in their kiddo.

Ok. Back to the mighty Federer and the talented Janko Tipsarveric. Rogi is up 5-2 in the first. Back to packing. Plane to catch. Vito what’s the weather? What parties? Are we going to the opera? Selmi tell me…

Looks like Malisse plays Haase next round of qualies. Just heard from old buddy and patch wearer Austin Karosi. He’s already in Rome. He hopes to be a hitting partner ….

Main draw of Rome number one in the world Novak Djokovic has a bye. He then plays the winner of Bernie Tomic and a qualifier.

Del Potro faces a tough first round against Llodra. Actually all these guys have tough first rounds.

Monfils plays Bogomolov

Fernando Verdasco plays Alexander “Sasha ” Dolgopolov. Hey coach Jack. Dinner next week.

Great friend of 10sBalls.com and Americas current number four Donald Young junior of Atlanta plays 11th seed Gilles Simon. That should be a great match. Good luck D.Y.

Andy Murray has a bye then faces the winner of David Nalbandian and a qualifier.

Rafael Nadal has a bye then faces the winner of Florian Mayer and Milos Raonic. Yikes. That’s a strong draw.

I’m packed. I’m outta here. All checked out. Car is waiting. Passport in hand …Story of my life. Ciao.

Topics: 10sballs.com, BETHANIE Mattek-Sands, Donald Young jr, Janko Tipsarevic, Roger Federer, Sports, tennis blogger, Tennis News, Xavier Malisse

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