I had Thiemo in the 3rd round, but with Soderling struggling I'm hoping to bump that up to 4th round, and if he can beat Soderling he can definitely beat Cilic, so QF it is.
Let's just focus on the match against Dodig. He lost against Dodig last year in a challenger. He made some serious progress though this year, but I'm still not entirely convinced on his form.
His form is pretty good. Very easy win against Gicquel and he had a semi-final in New Haven. Also won before against Lopez and Monaco.
Although I don't like the way he plays very much lately. Too far behind the baseline and too defensive.
[7] Viktor TROICKI (SRB) vs Marco CHIUDINELLI (SUI)
Jarkko NIEMINEN (FIN) vs [WC] Danai UDOMCHOKE (THA)
Dudi SELA (ISR) vs QUALFIER
[3] Jurgen MELZER (AUT) has a Bye
[6] Thiemo DE BAKKER (NED) vs [WC] Marc LOPEZ (ESP)
Daniel BRANDS (GER) vs Illya MARCHENKO (UKR)
Benjamin BECKER (GER) vs [SE] Mischa ZVEREV (GER)
[2, WC] Fernando VERDASCO (ESP) has a Bye
Thiemo's draw in Bangkok. He should definitely make the quarters. Good luck!
Good looking draw for de Bakker in Brisbane. 8th seed Istomin first, then either WC Millman or a qualifier. After will probably be Soderling, but still good.
Not looking good right now for de Bakker. Was up 7-6, 6-2, 5-2. Monfils held, then broke de Bakker, and then hit 3 aces and 1 service winner to tie the set up 5-5. de Bakker didn't even attempt to move to get any of the serves at 4-5, so now I'm a bit worried about where his head is at. Beating Monfils would hugely open up the draw for him.
AHHHHHHHHHHHH Broken again, now trailing 5-6 in the third. Come on de Bakker, get your head back in this game.
Just on a side note, to the fans who speak Dutch here. Do any of you know what the Dutch equivalent of "Come-on" would be? I'm Dutch-Canadian, and think I may integrate it into my game
Just on a side note, to the fans who speak Dutch here. Do any of you know what the Dutch equivalent of "Come-on" would be? I'm Dutch-Canadian, and think I may integrate it into my game
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