[Baghdatis#1]

Noumea CH Main Draw:
Florian Mayer GER [1] vs. Q
Alexandre Sidorenko FRA vs. Jonathan Dasnières de Véigy FRA
Q vs. Ruben Bemelmans BEL
Grega Zemlja SLO vs. Edouard Roger-Vasselin FRA [5]

Brendan Evans USA [3] vs. Kyu Tae Im KOR
Ilija Bozoljac SRB vs. Martin Klizan SVK
Marco Crugnola ITA vs. Lester Cook USA
Roko Karanusic CRO vs. Kevin Anderson RSA [7]

Michael Yani USA [8] vs. Dusan Lojda CZE
Grigor Dimitrov BUL [WC] vs. Alex Kuznetsov USA
Ryan Harrison USA [WC] vs. Daniel King-Turner NZL [WC]
Nicolas N'Godrela FRA [WC] vs. David Guez FRA [4]

Flavio Cipolla ITA [6] vs. Nicolas Devilder FRA
Vincent Millot FRA vs. Pavol Cervenak SVK
Simon Stadler GER vs. Q
Q vs. Josselin Ouanna FRA [2]

[Zirconek]

Klizan won his first title of the year, Morocco F1, a strong field and he beated some good players. Congrats!

[vamosko]

klizan is a big choker..hate him

[Tutu]

Through to the 2R of Casablanca 250 defeating Dolgopolov 4-6 6-1 7-5. Keep it up Martin!

[Juanes]

and even lost close to Wawrinka 4-6, 6-0, 4-6.... he is huge clay talent!!

i am looking forward to see French Open...

[Anya07]

Wawrinka-Klizan.Casablanca.2010.2nd (7 parts)
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[Smoke944]

Why does this guy have no fans?

[Snowwy]

Excellent job by Klizan qualifying in Valencia, plays Kevin Anderson in the first round. I hope he can win this one.

[The Bulldog]

I love Martin's personality and game, so refreshing to see somebody crazy and so aggressive

Two good wins in Heilbronn and a real chance to make the finals here. I'm hoping for a Klizan-Stebe final

[Demonsky]

good luck in 2012

[Filo V.]

After raising his ranking from #155 to start 2011 to a career-high #86 in September, before finishing a career-best #117, with a challenger title in Genova, another final and four semifinals as well as qualifying for the ATP 500 event in Valencia, Martin has started this season in even better form, winning back-to-back events during the Moroccan challenger tour, in Rabat and Marrakech and has risen his ranking to a provisional #93. Most importantly, he will likely make his first ever direct acceptance into the MD of a major at the French Open! Martin has finally been able to control himself mentally and has the confidence right now that has given him the belief he will always win when he steps onto the court.

His junior results weren't a fluke as some may have feared, it's great to see Martin progressing and starting to reach his potential as a player. His next scheduled tournament is Barletta next week. He defends a challenger final in a couple of weeks so it will be important he gains a few wins in Italy to offset any potential points lost from the Rome challenger final and solidify a French Open MD position. Hopefully he continues the good form and keeps winning!

[Ad Wim]

Don't forget that these Moroccan challengers are really weak and not really a good measurement. We'll have to see what the European clay brings.
I hope he mixes up challengers with 250 events.

[Filo V.]

Martin withdrew from Barletta, meaning his next scheduled tournament is Mersin the week after this upcoming one.

Yes, the Moroccan challengers aren't the strongest but not necessarily weak, either. Martin had to beat very good players to win both titles, and winning 10 matches in a row at any level is extremely impressive. Now as the European clay season is beginning, this is the opportunity for Martin to prove himself on a bigger stage and translate his challenger results in North Africa in bigger challengers and ATP tournaments. With his confidence level as high as it is currently, I think he has a good chance to be able to do so.

[The Bulldog]

Won the Bordeaux CH very impressively. Looking forward to seeing him try to replicate the high levels in Paris.

[JurajCrane]

Klizan was sick in that Bordeaux week and still managed to win both singles and doubles titles.

I hope he recovers very soon to prepare for RG. Archievable goal might be 3rd round.