I mean, we get it. The season's long. People get hurt. No need for a demo.
Hmmm, that makes it look a little like he just went ahead and got it amputated, right on court. Andy retired against Stan, up 4-3 in the first, due to a knee injury. He should be okay for qualifying for WTF (God, I love using that), but he doesn't seem to know quite what's wrong with the knee. That's no good.
The other minor upset of the day was Tomas beating Marin in 3 sets. I say minor because, although of course Marin is higher ranked and has more success these days, Tomas is dangerous when he can keep his head together. Also, he is very, very pretty.
That's not from today, obviously, it's just illustrative. Anyway, he plays Marat next. At 2 a.m. my time. Don't think I haven't thought about it.
No other huge surprises in Shanghai today, unless you count Ivan Ljubicic winning a match as surprising. Which, even though I love him, I generally do. Oh, and Almagro d. Kohlschreiber. I hope Philipp wasn't up too late programming new music into his homepage or something.
Singles - First Round
[9] R Soderling (SWE) d V Hanescu (ROU) 63 64
[11] G Monfils (FRA) d P Mathieu (FRA) 62 62
T Berdych (CZE) d [12] M Cilic (CRO) 76(8) 36 64
[15] T Haas (GER) d B Becker (GER) 76(5) 64
J Melzer (AUT) d J Chardy (FRA) 64 64
L Hewitt (AUS) d J Isner (USA) 62 64
I Ljubicic (CRO) d J Benneteau (FRA) 63 36 61
N Almagro (ESP) d P Kohlschreiber (GER) 67(2) 61 76(6)
V Troicki (SRB) d J Monaco (ARG) 61 62
Singles - Second Round
S Wawrinka (SUI) d [4] A Roddick (USA) 34 ret. (left knee)
[6] N Davydenko (RUS) d I Kunitsyn (RUS) 64 62
[10] F Gonzalez (CHI) d [Q] T Bellucci (BRA) 63 64
[13] R Stepanek (CZE) d A Beck (GER) 75 64
