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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.
Because Rotterdam is the largest and strongest of this week's events, we are planning our schedule around it. We will send each day's edition when we are satisfied with the Rotterdam material. This means that we will be covering the late matches from Buenos Aires and (especially) Memphis in the next day's edition.
Gael Monfils really does like playing in France. And indoor hardcourts. This was career final #21. He has won only five of them. Four of the titles (Metz 2009, Montpellier 2010, Stockholm 2011, and now Montpellier 2013) have been on indoor hardcourts, and three (all but Stockholm 2011) have been in France. This marks the first time he has ever won a title twice.
The difference here was probably the second serves. Jerzy Janowicz won only 56% of his second serve points; Richard Gasquet won 70%. And so Gasquet is back in the final. He will stay at #9; Janowicz will stay at #21. It's almost as if this match didn't happen....
Andy Murray has taken a late wild card entry into the Rotterdam Open next week, with the Scot joining Juan Del Potro in the field after the injury withdrawal of Australian Open winner Stanislas Wawrinka.
Rotterdam tournament director Richard Krajicek has a right to feel jittery about his indoor line up for next week after the injury pullout of Australian Open champion Stanislas Wawrinka. In addition, Canadian drawcard Milos Raonic, the world No. 11 could be in doubt due to an ankle injury...
France’s Richard Gasquet has confirmed his participation in the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell 2014. Gasquet joins Rafael Nadal, David Ferrer and Kei Nishikori at the clay court tournament. . . Novak Djokovic appeared to say on a Serbian TV that he would marry his fiancée Jelena Ristic in the spring. . .
French players won four of five matches on the day as the home indoor event began to gain pace. Unknown Pierre-Hugues Herbert beat Andres Artunedo of Spain 6-4, 6-3 while No. 249 qualifier Albano Olivetti put out compatriot Kenny De Schepper 4-6, 7-6(2), 6-4 with a 14-ace performance.
Ivo Karlovic blasted a record-leveling 44 aces in a three-set match to beat Daniel Brands 6-7(4), 7-5 7-6(3) and begin his campaign at home on a high note. The performance tied that of Australian Mark Philippoussis, set October, 1995, in Kuala Lumpur.
Was it Kei Nishikori, or was it the Tennis Gods? Consider this: Canada's three top singles players all went down in the Davis Cup tie with Japan. Milos Raonic wasn't even with the team due to an ankle injury. Vasek Pospisil had to pull out of the doubles with a back injury. That left singles duty to Frank Dancevic
One of the big problems with Davis Cup is that, the better you perform, the more weeks you have to set aside to play Davis Cup. You can't just win one week and then take a break. Win a tie, and your reward is to play the next tie.
That must be what Serbia is thinking after word came that Roger Federer will be joining Stanislas Wawrinka on Switzerland's Davis Cup team. And that's against a Serbian team with no Novak Djokovic. Serbia didn't have any real hope anyway, but now things really look bad...
Juan Martin Del Potro must be wondering if his career will be forever jinxed. After winning the US Open title in 2009 he suffered severe right wrist problems that served to put him out of the game for almost a year.
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