[misty1]

Well Wimbledon is just around the corner now and philipp has 3rd round points to defend.

He starts things off at Halle but i have to say his draw sucks

possible third round encounter with roger federer

[Truc]

He has a poor h2h against Steps, making it past the first round will already be tough enough if Radek is fit.

(1) FEDERER, Roger SUI vs. NIEMINEN, Jarkko FIN
FALLA, Alejandro COL vs. Qualifier
CHIUDINELLI, Marco SUI vs. ROCHUS, Olivier BEL
(5) STEPANEK, Radek CZE vs. KOHLSCHREIBER, Philipp GER

(4) FERRERO, Juan Carlos ESP vs. Qualifier
LACKO, Lukas SVK vs. CHARDY, Jérémy FRA
TROICKI, Viktor SRB vs. GARCIA-LOPEZ, Guillermo ESP
(7) BAGHDATIS, Marcos CYP vs. PETZSCHNER, Philipp GER

[Truc]

They play against Fed-Allegro in doubles (he plays with Kas, as expected).

[misty1]

unreal

could he have gotten a tougher draw?

granted stepanek is just coming back and he did retire just yesterday against hajek in the final of prostejov so he might not even play and if he does i doubt he'll be 100% in just 3 days time

[misty1]

kohli and kas defeated roger and yves 6-4, 7-6

although the second set should have been over alot sooner considering they were up 4-1 at one point then lost 4 straight games

[Truc]

It even was on TV here (Halle is a huge Federer lovefest).
I couldn't watch everything, but Kohli was looking OK at the net.

[misty1]

i suppose thats good to hear

and good luck to him tommorrow

[Truc]

They have highlights of the doubles match on the tournament website if you didn't see it:
http://video.gerryweber-open.de/media.1086.0.106.html
The doubles draw was perfect, actually, because it also was the occasion to get some practice on the Center Court, I think they're not allowed to practice there to not ruin the grass. The other Philipp says it feels very different with the grass "plates" and the roof and it takes some time to adjust.

[misty1]

thanks for that

atleast he beat federer in doubles, lol

[misty1]

so philipp's chances to win just increased, stepanek as i thought he might has withdrawn and now philipp will play ruben bemelmans

[misty1]

pretty impressive opening game from bemelmans, love hold and 2 aces, got all 4 first serves in aswell

now 0-15 on philipp's serve

15-15

30-15

40-15

philipp holds

[misty1]

damn, second straight love hold for bemelmans and 3 aces

[misty1]

philipp holds to 40-15 again, although only because of a double fault

gets bemelmans to deuce

adv. bemelmans with ace # 4

deuce

adv. bemelmans

deuce

bemelmans holds

3-2 he leads

[misty1]

break point philipp

bemelmans saves it

adv. bemelmans

he holds

4-3 bemelmans

[misty1]

philipp and bemelmans hold so bemelmans leads 5-4

15-15 on philipp's serve

15-30

30-30

40-30

philipp holds with ace # 2