Pilot Pen Tennis, New Haven, Aug 24-30

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Marcos has been handed a wild card into the main draw and faces a qualifier in the first round.

Official site: www.pilotpentennis.com/

Main draw: www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2009/3348/mds.pdf

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[1] DAVYDENKO, Nikolay - Bye
Qualifier vs KENDRICK, Robert
ZVEREV, Mischa vs STARACE, Potito
[15] SANTORO, Fabrice - Bye

[9] ALMAGRO, Nicolas - Bye
PHAU, Bjorn vs BECKER, Benjamin
GICQUEL, Marc vs VASSALLO ARGUELLO, Martin
[6] QUERREY, Sam - Bye

[3] ROBREDO, Tommy - Bye
GONZALEZ, Maximo vs ACASUSO, Jose
LJUBICIC, Ivan vs [WC] DENT, Taylor
[14] KUNITSYN, Igor - Bye

[10] CHARDY, Jeremy - Bye
DARCIS, Steve vs SERRA, Florent
Qualifier vs [WC] RAM, Rajeev
[5] FISH, Mardy - Bye


[7] ANDREEV, Igor – Bye
KIM, Kevin vs GABASHVILI, Teimuraz
Qualifier vs [WC] BAGHDATIS, Marcos
[12] Petzschner, Philipp - Bye

[13] BECK, Andreas - Bye
BOLELLI, Simone vs ROCHUS, Christophe
ISTOMIN, Denis vs MAYER, Leonardo
[4] FERRER, David - Bye

[8] HANESCU, Victor - Bye
TIPSAREVIC, Janko vs FOGNINI, Fabio
GOLUBEV, Andrey vs Qualifier
[11] MELZER, Jurgen - Bye

[16] SEPPI, Andreas - Bye
LU, Yen-Hsun vs GARCIA-LOPEZ Guillermo
NIEMINEN, Jarkko vs CAPDEVILLE, Paul
[2] [WC] VERDASCO, Fernando - Bye

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Ela, Markoooooooooo!

[choupi]

Time to win some matches again!!

[getta]

Qualifiers have been placed in the main draw. Marcos will face Frederico Gil in the first round.

It's the third match on Centre Court today, not before 1:00pm.

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Marcos lost to Frederico Gil 6-4 6-3.


Expected defeat under the current situation. He's not 100% fit yet and consequently his competitiveness has hit rock bottom. He should regret his premature comeback for the Davis Cup.

As Deb said in MTF: www.menstennisforums.com/showpost.php?p=8966652&postcount=9

"not sure if it makes you feel better or not, but in LA a few weeks ago, he practiced, then heavily iced his knee and appeared to be limping on his way off the grounds... I'd say his knee might not be 100% yet from when he injured it (before Wimbledon?)."

Reading those lines, one understands Marcos' "limitations"...