Sunday, 21 September 2008

ATP next week

Well the Thailand Open and the China open are next for the mens.
Djokovic leads the seeds in the Thailand Open, he'll be looking for a win here as his next strongest opponent is Tsonga (do we remember the shock he made in the Aussie 2008 - it seems like it was years ago!) Though the The other 3 top seeds are out of their top form they could be dangerous if they were playing at their best. Well Djokovic should find getting to the final an easy feat considering that most of his opponents will rank below 40. Tomas Berydych would have been a threat a year ago but his recent performances show he way below his best.
Though I would love Marko Djokovic (yes Novak's younger brother) to play against Novak but I think it's too early for him to be able to get into the Quaterfinals even with an average score of players in his group.
But all my eyes (well two) would be on Marat Safin, hopefully he'll be able to play Monfisl as his group isn't too difficult, if he does get past these early round maybe he'll be able to reach the finals! That would be great my old favourite player playing against my current favourite player! Anyway Monfils will be a huge hurdle to jump across.
With Tsonga I don't know what to think as besides in the Australian Open I barely remember him playing in any other tournament (of course he has but I just don't remember). So it will be confusing down there but it just looks Djokovic will sweep away this field!
In China it will be a more difficult contest. Ferrer leads the seeds with Roddick as second. Ferrer will probably have to pass Tommy Robredo to reach the Semis as I don't see any of te other players in that group making a threat. The unpredictable Gasquet will be the 4th seed (I just really hope he was steadier instead of the first round loss for two weeks and then suddenly a win in the other type game he has. Rainer Schuettler could cause some problems but Gasquet shouldbe safe in this group.
Gonzalez is the next seed but he'll probably have to play an in form Sam Querrey to reach the semis. Personally I think if they play each other Sam Querrey may have the upper hand.
Finally we have Roddick and to be honest if he doesn't get past this group I will be crying for the next day!

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