Archive: ernests-gulbis
Rafael Nadal boosts his lead in the contest for #1. And, perhaps more importantly in practical terms, he stays healthy.
After all the upsets we'd had to this point, this seems almost unnatural. A seed winning? What is the world coming to? What Tomas Berdych is coming to, or at least coming close to, is the #6 ranking. Win the title and it's his; indeed, he will be just bare points behind Juan Martin del Potro in the contest for #5. Ernests Gulbis will be #23 or #24.
We're still on Rotterdam time, FYI. Richard Krajicek is a great tournament director ! FYI Happy Valentines Day. It was here in a blink and gone. Hope all the lovers out there had a great day. Geezer and Lovey were @ the wedding of the 1996 Wimbledon Champion and his dear always gorgeous Daphne Deckers...
Juan Martin Del Potro is still feeling pain in the wrist injury that hampered him at last month’s Australian Open and subsequently sent him for consultations and treatment at the famed Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
Andy Murray had very complimentary words for his opponent here -- "I'm sure we will be seeing a lot more of him" -- but this looks depressingly like the way Murray played at the start of the year, before he really got on his feet. He won't make it back to the Top Five at that rate -- but at least he'll get the chance to do better.
Top seed and winner of the last two editions David Ferrer looked unstoppable on South American clay as the Spaniard began his Argentine title defence by beating Maximo Gonzalez 7-6(7), 6-4 and running his Buenos Aires win streak to 11 matches.
Rafael Nadal tops the ATP lists in more ways that one, with the notoriously tetchy top player in the world also the worst offender when it comes to warnings for slow play.
Hardly a surprise, but it leaves Serena 2-0, meaning she is all but sure to make the semifinal. Agnieszka Radwanska is 0-2, which means she still hasn't overtaken Maria Sharapova in the contest for #3; she needs a win to take the #3 spot.
UPDATE: Click here to see the draws and order of play.
Let's hope this was David Ferrer finally discovering his indoor form and not Ernests Gulbis melting down again. At least Gulbis lasted long enough to put himself in the Top 25; he is likely to end up at #24.
German Daniel Brands will aim for a long-odds upset after putting out local Andreas Haider-Maurer 6-4, 7-6 (7/5). The player who stunned Roger Federer in Gstaad last July next plays top seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
Caroline Wozniacki, who has lost six of her last eight matches, would like to play the grass court tournament in Birmingham, England
John McEnroe, when calling the Gael Monfils v Ernests Gulbis second round match at the French Open, said, “As far as head cases go, these are the cream of the crop right here.”.
Serena Williams on her 21 match-winning streak headed into the quarters of Rome
Novak Djokovic has decided to contest the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters after much introspection and even more treatment after injuring his right ankle just ten days ago
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