Blah is still in the hunt for a ticket to Shanghai and his comeback win against Colin Farrell Kiefer was a good start. It wasn't easy, he had to come back from a set down, but a win is a win. Unfortunately the same cannot be said for The Sockless Wonder, who lost in two tight sets to FeLo, 76(9) 64.
Other Basel scores:
[6] I Andreev (RUS) d P Kohlschreiber (GER) 76(6) 67(0) 75
[Q] B Becker (GER) d [LL] A Beck (GER) 36 63 64
[Q] K Vliegen (BEL) d [WC] P Petzschner (GER) 62 63
J Nieminen (FIN) d E Schwank (ARG) 62 64
M Granollers (ESP) d M Baghdatis (CYP) 62 46 62
Thursday's OOP
Vliegen v. Nalby (13.00hrs)
Blake v. Hernadez
Bohli v JMDP
Federer v Niemenen
Granollers v. Bolleli (14.00hrs on Court 1)
Over in Russia, Marat and Muzzah were victorious in straight sets, and with Kolya's withdrawal because of injury, Marat's chances of making another Russian final are quite good. But who ever knows with CrazySexyLosesHisCool.
Other St. Pete's scores:
[3] F Verdasco (ESP) d [WC] K Lejnieks (LAT) 61 63
R Schuettler (GER) d D Hrbaty (SVK) 63 63
[Q] A Golubev (KAZ) d O Rochus (BEL) 61 64
Thursday's OOP:
Safin v. Gobulev (17.00hrs)
Murray v. Gulbis
Zverev v. Youzhny
Tipsy v. Chardy (17.00hrs on Court 1)
Kukushkin v. Hanescu (Court 1)
Finally, over in Lyon, I am going to have to start calling Gilly "The Cardiac Kid." Dude just cannot win a first set to save his life. Once again, it was an unnecessarily drawn out affair, but Gilly came out on top over Juan Monaco, 26 64 61. Again, a win is a win, but dude? Your wee little body cannot take this for much longer.
Other Lyon scores:
J Benneteau (FRA) d [5] T Robredo (ESP) 62 62
[WC] J Ouanna (FRA) d N Lapentti (ECU) 63 16 63
[7] R Soderling (SWE) d [Q] T Ascione (FRA) 64 61
[8] P Mathieu (FRA) d G Canas (ARG) 63 64
[Q] C Rochus (BEL) d G Muller (LUX) 62 64
Thursday's OOP
Roddick v. Ginepri (12.00hrs)
Darcis v. Gasquet
Simon v. Seppi
Santoro v. Tsonga
Mattieu v. Ferrero
Rochus v. Soderling (12.00hrs on Court 1)
