Indian Wells TMS, March 13-23

[choupi]

Serious things are on again for Marcos. We have 2 TMS in a row, starting with Indian Wells. The draws will be out soon.

More infos available here: www.pacificlifeopen.com/1/draws/default.asp

[getta]

Marcos' quarter of the draw:


[5] David FERRER vs. BYE
Arnaud CLEMENT vs. Olivier ROCHUS
Hyung-Taik LEE vs. Michael LLODRA
BYE vs. [26] Jarkko NIEMINEN

[18] Marcos BAGHDATIS vs. BYE
QUALIFIER vs. QUALIFIER
Jesse LEVINE vs. Stanislas WAWRINKA
BYE vs. [10] Tomas BERDYCH

[16] Guillermo CANAS vs. BYE
Filippo VOLANDRI vs. Jonas BJORKMAN
QUALIFIER vs. QUALIFIER
BYE vs. [21] Juan MONACO

[27] Philipp KOHLSCHREIBER vs. BYE
Xavier MALISSE vs. QUALIFIER
Andreas SEPPI vs. QUALIFIER
BYE vs. [3] Novak DJOKOVIC

[choupi]

Marcos is associated to Wawrinka and will play the Bryans for the 1st round

Main doubles draw available here:
www.pacificlifeopen.com/4/assets/common/TrackIt.asp?file=/4/assets/pdfs/draws/08ATP_MDD1.pdf

[getta]

Qualifiers were placed in the main draw.

Marcos will play the winner of the match Igor Kunitsyn-Wayne Odesnik in the 2^nd round.



^{EDIT: Wayne Odesnik is Marcos' opponent in his opening match at IW.}

[getta]

Sunday OoP:

STADIUM 3

Match start at 11:00 AM

N. Massu vs. T. Robredo
E. Gulbis vs. D. Nalbandian
(WTA)
I. Ljubicic vs. M. Cilic
B. Bryan/M. Bryan vs. M. Baghdatis/S.Wawrinka
C. Kas/R. Wassen vs. M. Bhupathi/M. Knowles

[getta]

Marcos defeated Odesnik 7-6 1-6 6-3.
He had scared me to death before he pulled off the win.

Marcos plays his friend Stan Wawrinka in the 3^rd round. I like both guys. Hope they both enjoy the upcoming match.

[getta]

Monday OoP

STADIUM 2

Match start at 11:00 AM
R. Gasquet vs. J.-I. Chela

Not before 1:00 PM
(WTA)
P.-H. Mathieu vs. J.-W. Tsonga
M. Baghdatis vs. S. Wawrinka
G. Canas vs. J. Monaco
D. Ferrer vs. H.-T. Lee

[getta]

Marcos and Stan lost to Bob and Mike Bryan 4/6 6/3 11-9.

It was a very tight match. Marcos and Stan fought well. Two breaks up at the begining of the 1^st set. They saved a match point in the tie-break. Well they didn't manage to save the second one. It was a good practice for their match tomorrow.

[getta]

Marcos lost to Stan 6-3 6-7(1) 6-0.

He has almost two weeks to regroup. Hope for a better luck in Miami.

[choupi]

Well, Stan is a good player and also someone I like so that result isn't too disappointing. But the 6-0 in the 3rd set sounds terrible.