[Snoo Foo]

I have such a crush on this dude, I hope this is a sign of a great 2008 for him cuz I love watching him.

[kukka]

Congrats to Mika for the Adelaide title! He played perfect tennis in the final. I thought that his on-court speech was also great (as was Jarkko's). I just didn't understand anything of the French part but he looked so hilarious there.

Elina

[dada_nt]

Sorry for Mika that his great run ended in Auckland. Hope he can do well in Melbourne!

By the way, I just finished organizing my 2007 photos and like to share Mika's photos during Thailand Open here. Hope you like some.
First ones are Mika with girls at Lacoste Booth.

[dada_nt]

At Center Court with Nico.

[dada_nt]

Mika & Nico at Court No. 1, my favourite court.
It'd be great if I can understand French because these guys talked & laughed a lot! They're also very kind to the fans. Please come again next year ...

[scotthongkong]

Wonderful work today getting to the final of the Australian Open doubles. A shame he did not win as he may have done another strip for us! He is so smooth and charming!

[Truc]

A poll on the blog of the Marseille tournament asking if he or Santoro deserves a WC. I doubt it will be of any importance in the end, but you can vote though:
http://blog.open13.fr/sondages/

Fabrice just didn't enter the event in time, while Mika's ranking is not good enough to directly enter the main draw and he won't be able to play the qualies because of the DC, so I don't see why they're even asking...

[Piti Pingoin]

URGENT URGENT!

Le blog de l’Open 13 a organisé un sondage qui jouera certainement son rôle dans la décision finale. On demande aux internautes qui ils préfèreraient voir recevoir une Wild Card pour le tableau final du tournoi entre Michaël Llodra et Fabrice Santoro. Fabrice avait un classement à l’ATP qui lui aurait permis d’intégrer directement le tableau final mais il aurait « oublié » de s’inscrire, un oubli jugé « involontaire » par les organisateurs du tournoi. Michaël quant à lui, n’avait pas, lors des inscriptions, un classement suffisant pour être directement admis dans le tableau final. Par ailleurs, Fabrice pourrait disputer les qualifs’, ce qui n’est pas le cas de Michaël qui a été appelé pour disputer la rencontre du premier tour de la Coupe Davis en Roumanie les 8, 9 et 10 février. Alors, si vous estimez que Michaël mérite plus sa WC que Fabrice et surtout, si vous voulez le voir défendre son titre en double avec Arnaud,

VOTEZ MICHAEL LLODRA en cliquant ICI. Dépêchez vous, c'est URGENT!

[Truc]

You've got me on igno, PitiPingoin? I posted the same poll the post above you.

But I agree with the bump, even though it's probably hopeless. I can't stand it when players who just "forgot" to enter a tournament in time get the WC over players who really need them - and I don't buy Santoro "forgot" to enter Marseille anyway.

[higherlaw]

Am I misunderstanding something? What does a singles WC have to do with a doubles entry?

[Truc]

Nothing, the poll is all about the singles WC, not about the doubles. He will play in doubles anyway, I guess, but we mean he would deserve a WC in singles too, especially after his Adelaide title.

[higherlaw]

Ok, thanks. I had understood the last part as something like: So, if you think Michael deserves the WC more than Fabrice, especially, if you want to see him defend his doubles title with Arnaud.

[Truc]

Yes, you're right, that's what was written in French, I hadn't read it.
I don't know why Piti Pingoin is saying that... The poll is definitely about the WC for the singles.

Originally Posted by Piti Pingoin

Alors, si vous estimez que Michaël mérite plus sa WC que Fabrice et surtout, si vous voulez le voir défendre son titre en double avec Arnaud,

VOTEZ MICHAEL LLODRA en cliquant ICI. Dépêchez vous, c'est URGENT!

Pourquoi tu mets ça? Ça ne va pas l'empêcher de jouer en double.

[Piti Pingoin]

tu connais beaucoup de joueurs de simple qui vienne disputer un tournoi juste pour le double toi?

[higherlaw]

So, here's how they've solved getting Mika into the draw!

From the Open13 website:
Ancic and Llodra in the main draw
18:56
The Croat Mario Ancic, 2006 runner-up, has been awarded a wild card for the main draw of the 2008 Open 13. Tournament management has also given an “invitation” to Frenchman Michaël Llodra. A last wild card is still uncalled for.