Heartbreakers, both of you! Both Marat and Ernie lost in St. Petersberg yesterday. But it's not even about them losing. It's about how they played. Their quality just wasn't there and it's so frustrating because we all know they're better than this. But to get repeatedly dumped out early at these tournaments is just getting so exasperating.
Of course, Ernie had a bit of an excuse as he was playing the pasty white hot Muzzah, losing 4 and 2. I totally agree with the commenters who have said that he needs to play challenger tournaments to get his ranking up so that he's not facing the top seeds in the early rounds. Something tells me Ernie's not that driven though.
As for Marat. Really? Losing 4 and 2 to a qualifier I've never heard of (Gobulev)?
Nice abs though. Yum!
Remaining scores from St. Petes:
J Tipsarevic (SRB) d J Chardy (FRA) 64 76(3)
V Hanescu (ROU) d [Q] M Kukushkin (KAZ) 63 76(7)
[Q] M Zverev (GER) d [4] M Youzhny (RUS) 75 64
Quarterfinal lineup and OOP:
Tabasco v. Old Man Rainer
Golubev v. Zverev
Tipsy v. Murray
Hanescu v. Elgin (17.00 hrs on Court 1)
Play starts at 15.00hrs.
Can Tipsy get himself up for a showdown with Muzzah? Let's hope so. I just want to see a good match.
Over in Lyon, no surprises. Gilly went to three sets, YET AGAIN. But he won, YET AGAIN. Reeshie lost early, YET AGAIN. Here are your scores:
[1] A Roddick (USA)d R Ginepri (USA) 76(5) 76(3)
S Darcis (BEL) d [2] R Gasquet (FRA) 64 36 76(5)
[3] J Tsonga (FRA) d F Santoro (FRA) 62 57 63
[4] G Simon (FRA) d A Seppi (ITA) 76(5) 57 64
[7] R Soderling (SWE) d [Q] C Rochus (BEL) 61 62
J Ferrero (ESP) d [8] P Mathieu (FRA) 64 61
Quarterfinal lineup and OOP:
A Rod v. The Evil One
Simon v. Ouanna
Ferrero v. Tsonga
Benneteau v. Darcis
Play starts at 14.00hrs
