AN ATP MASTERS SERIES EVENT
11th - 19th OCTOBER
ATP News : 2007
BOTH SURPRISES
Resurgent Nalbandián and USA No.1 Andy Roddick out of Basel and Lyon.
 The players are aware of how tennis works: the final is played in every match; they have to do their best in every battle, step by step just to reach a good position. That’s the reason why top-seeded players have no guarantees to be in the final but playing well. Andy Roddick must be thinking about this right now after Santono upseted him being the favourite in Lyon. Two months out of court and having had to renounce Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid due to an injury, he finds himself knocked out in his first match after a 7-6, 2-6, 6-4 Santoro victory. Un-seed Nalbandián but favourite after defeating the best three players in the world in Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid was beat in Basel in his match against Wawrinka (7-6, 6-2). On the other hand, Fernando Verdasco is the only Spaniard in active with his victory over Austrian Eschauer in St. Petersburg after ‘Spanish Armada’ members Feliciano López, Óscar Hernández and Albert Montañés fell against Berdych, Blake and Baghdatis respectively. |