China Open 2007

Right, back from my post US Open depression. Baghdatis holds the 18^th position in world rankings and is off to good old China, to defend the title he won there last year. The competition looks weak, but following Marcos’ form at the US Open, seeded 5^th might even be a compliment.

First up is a 24 year old qualifier from China, Shao Xuan Zang. Hopefully he won't be that much of a challenge.

Max Mirnyi beats Marcos at US Open

I am so annoyed about this I will not comment any further. To top it, this is not the first time.

The Flashing Meadows, US Open 2007

Only a few days to go for the last grand slam of the year. Baghdatis has never progressed far in this tournament despite this being his favourite surface (judging by past performances). He’s never gone past round 2, however he was younger and he was knocked out by Federer, Tursunov and Agassi in succession.

This year he hasn’t been dealt such a bad draw. He is in the top half along Federer, but wont be meeting him unless he progresses to the semi-finals. His first game is against Grosjean

Oh dear oh dear...

I get the impression that Marcos gets nervous in front of 3-4 top players. Namely Federer, Nadal and Roddick. How else can one explain his appearance yesterday? He collapsed like a house of cards. I just hope he gets his act together before next months’ US Open.

Not much to write about.

Marcos seems to be taking a well deserved break. At the moment there is hardly any news on him knocking about. However, he has just appeared on the Rogers Cup entry list and I think this will be his next appearance. It must be a move to North America in preparation for the US Open, which starts end of August.