1. Gael Monfils v Ernests Gulbis Sara Errani Gael Monfils produced a fantastic performance to take out the number five seed, Tomas Berdych on Monday and set up an enticing second rounder with Ernests Gulbis, a battle between the two most dangerous floaters in the draw and eternal under-achievers on the tour. Monfils has been…
1. Novak Djokovic v Alexandr Dolgopolov Novak Djokovic It could have been a rematch of 2013’s finest encounter to date, but Novak Djokovic was spared an Australian Open rematch with Stanislas Wawrinka as the Madrid finalist pulled out before his third round match. Djokovic now takes on Alexandr Dolgopolov, another tricky opponent on his day. …
1. Milos Raonic v Ernests Gulbis Milos Raonic From the eight third round matches in Barcelona, I am most intrigued by the match-up between Ernests Gulbis and Milos Raonic, which has not even made the Pista Central schedule. Gulbis has continued his excellent form of late with two straight set wins over Radek Stepanek and…
1. Rafael Nadal v Ernests Gulbis The most tempting of the 4th rounders is likely to be the match-up between Rafael Nadal and Ernests Gulbis. Nadal is making his return to hard court action this week and beat Ryan Harrison in his first match. He benefitted from a walkover by Leonardo Mayer in the third…
Francesca Schiavone overcame a second set blip and a host of double faults to see off Galina Voskoboeva, 6-3 1-6 6-4. Schiavone was surprisingly poor on serve throughout the match with 16 double faults to her name including 3 in a row whilst serving for the macth at 5-3. However she was let off the…
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