Memphis ATP Feb. 15
Top Players: Roddick, Del Potro, Blake, Soderling, Stepanek, Andreev, Fish, Querrey
Underdog Pick: Querrey
Roddick wins easy and plays Genepri next round. Roddick is 8-1 lifetime against Robby and cannot lose this match… For the kind of push he is trying to make, it’d kill his confidence to lose to a guy like that.
Querrey d. Haas 7-6(4) 6-4
Hewitt d. Blake 3-6 6-1 6-4
Rochus d. Young 6-3 6-4 (Glad to see Young waste another wildcard, for the 503rd time… keep dumping our US wildcards on that guy, please…)
Kunitsyn d. (6)Andreev 1-6 6-4 6-3
Stepanek d. Kim 6-4 6-2
Gulbis d. Dent 6-4 3-6 6-2
Del Potro d. Canas 6-3 7-6(5)
Look out for the Gulbis / Del Potro match… I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Gulbis is coming sooner or later.
Stepanek is on fire lately, beating Roddick last week and rolling early here… if Del Potro gets past both Gulbis and Stepanek I’ll be impressed (and suprised).
Hewitt over Blake is certainly no shock to anyone and now he plays a fellow countrymen Guccione who he is almost assured to beat.
Querrey and Baghdatis is going to be a barn burner. I’ll actually take Querrey to win this one, but ya gotta like watching Baggy play and it wouldn’t be much of an upset if he pulls it out.
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