:D

*Sigh* I missed you!

Phew

"The most important thing today was the wrist, and it was perfect."

Del Potro lost in the first round of Bangkok to Olivier Rochus today - 76(7) 64. That's not bad. He lost in 2 tight sets, first match back. Considering that this is only his 2nd or 3rd tournament of the year (the last being the Aussie Open where he lost to Cilic), this is a pretty good result.

Hopefully he'll be able to climb his way back to the top and have an impressive showing at next year's Aussie Open. But let's not worry about that now; I'm just glad that he's back.

WELCOME BACK, ELFIE! :)

Disappointed.

His facial expression just says it all.


62 61 to Kohlschreiber.
*Sigh...*

And now, because of his failure to defend his SF points, the Muzza will lose his No.4 ranking to the Tower of Tandil, despite the fact that he hasn't played any tennis since the AO [because of his wrist tendenitis or whatever happens to be the case there].

I'm even sadder now than I was at the start.

Well I only have one thing to say to you; GET YOSELF BACK ON TRACK, BRUDDA!

Bring on the dirt.

Mhmm.
This can only mean one thing... BRING ON THE CLAY COURTERS, BABY!
Mmm nothing like the orange of the dust and dirt on a slowwwww clay court.

*Sigh* Oh Gas-gay... Why is there so much to laugh at in this picture...

Well kicking things off on the ATP World Tour, we had our awesome dose of Monte-Carlo goodness. Basically, nothing too surprising I guess.

Unfortunately though, Jo Wilfried-Tsonga had it sorta tough playing against Nicolas Almagro - 76(5) 75. You know, it was a good win considering Almagro is a pretty good clay-courter.

Nando also breezed past, no fuss, no muss. I mean mess. Except for the dirt of course :) 62 61. Hope he does well in the next round too. Wow, what a great... menacing... pose you got there...

Marin Cilic - the dark horse of the AO of course, had it a little tough as well, edging past Igor Andreev in 3 sets 67 61 64. Ouch. But it's all good. You know Cilic; he's the endurance type i.e. defeating JMdP and A-Rod in 5 sets at the AO, and still having the energy to take the Muzza to 4 sets.

So that's a mild taste of what happened in Monte-Carlo. There are a many more great matches to look forward to though; I, myself, am particularly looking forward to No.3 Seed+WC Andy Murray vs. Phillip Kohlscreiber of Germany. Man is that hard to spell.

I'm a bit of a Muzza fan myself but sadly have been a touch disappointed with him since that sad upset in Dubai. From then on it sorta went downhill ;( But let's hope he does better; he+Rosco ousted the No.9 Doubles' Seed in the first round so I'm hoping his singles campaign will go well!

Anyway, would love to hear what you think! As for me, I'll be signing off for now.

thetennishopper