16:00 – Stakhovsky v Harrison Rankings are 36 and 220. They have never played. Harrison beat Ljubicic in the first round although Ljubicic is starting to feel the years and slowed down noticeably after the first set. However Harrison played and served well and had the home crowd behind him. Today will be very different. [...]
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US Open – week 1 – Thursday
16:00 – Montanes v Ball Rankings are 23 and 145. They haven’t played before. Montanes is more of a clay court player but can adapt well to faster courts and usually does ok in the Major tournamants. Ball has a big, consistent serve and he holds serve 87% of the time but the majority of [...]
US Open – week 1 – Tuesday
16:00 – Chardy v Gulbis Rankings are 64 and 26. Head to heads are 2-0 to Gulbis. Chardy had a great run in the recent Rogers cup beating Baghdatis, Verdasco and Davydenko before losing to Djokovic in the quarter final. In the W and S Financial group Masters he took the first set from Murray before [...]
