Miami Masters Day 01 Matches of the Day

STADIUM Start 11:00 am
Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) v Kim Clijsters (BEL)
Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) v James Blake (USA)
[WC] Venus Williams (USA) v Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN)
David Nalbandian (ARG) v Steve Darcis (BEL)
Starting at 7:30 PM
Nicolas Mahut (FRA) v [WC] Fernando Gonzalez (CHI)
Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) v Christina Mchale (USA)

GRANDSTAND Start 11:00 am
Gisela Dulko (ARG) v Sofia Arvidsson (SWE)
Ryan Sweeting (USA) v Lukas Lacko (SVK)
[Q] Guillaume Rufin (FRA) v Tommy Haas (GER)
Vania King (USA) v Laura Pous-Tio (ESP)
[Q] Jamie Hampton (USA) v Polona Hercog (SLO)

COURT 1 Start 11:00 am
Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) v Frederico Gil (POR)
Shahar Peer (ISR) v [Q] Alize Cornet (FRA)
[Q] Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) v Xavier Malisse (BEL)
Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) v [Q] Madison Keys (USA)
Anastasiya Yakimova (BLR) v Ksenia Pervak (KAZ)

COURT 2 Start 11:00 am
Robin Haase (NED) v [WC] Marinko Matosevic (AUS)
Pablo Andujar (ESP) v Santiago Giraldo (COL)
[Q] Antonio Veic (CRO) v [WC] Denis Kudla (USA)
[WC] Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) v Eleni Daniilidou (GRE)
Ayumi Morita (JPN) v [WC] Garbine Muguruza Blanco (ESP)

COURT 3 Start 11:00 am
Alejandro Falla (COL) v Denis Istomin (UZB)
[WC] Olivia Rogowska (AUS) v [Q] Stephanie Foretz Gacon (FRA)
Pauline Parmentier (FRA) v [Q] Sloane Stephens (USA)

COURT 6 Start 3:00 pm
Dudi Sela (ISR) v [Q] Arnaud Clement (FRA)
Philipp Petzschner (GER) v Ivan Dodig (CRO)

COURT 7 Start 11:00 am
Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) v Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ)
Michael Llodra (FRA) v Lukas Rosol (CZE)
Alberta Brianti (ITA) v [Q] Melinda Czink (HUN)
[Q] Roberto Bautista-Agut (ESP) v Andreas Seppi (ITA)
[Q] Urszula Radwanska (POL)v[Q] Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR)

COURT 8 Start 11:00 am
Elena Vesnina (RUS) v Iveta Benesova (CZE)
[Q] Vera Dushevina (RUS) v Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE)
Klara Zakopalova (CZE) v [Q] Valeria Savinykh (RUS)
[Q] Eva Birnerova (CZE) v Michaella Krajicek (NED)
[Q] Misaki Doi (JPN) v Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP)

Some very tasty match-ups with veterans squaring-off...

Davy vs Blake... Great match-up with two aggressive players. But Davy must come through with his recent form.

Mahut vs Gonzo... Good contrast of styles. Farewell tournament for Gonzo.

Indeed, pretty interesting matches even in the 1st round! Thanks for posting this.

spuranik why don't you give the 606v2 World Tour a try? Deadline for Miami is in 25 minutes

Blake Davydenko shoudl be interesting. Their H2H is 7/0 (reminds me of another recent H2H).

But though neither Blake or Davydenko are on top form, I am pretty sure Blake is further away from it.

Blake, another much underated player from the weak/strong era supporters.

Prostaff... I'm actually not good at predictions but surely I will give it a try from next time onward ...

On too short a leash this time around...

OK fair enough! You can still grab some cheap points from Miami by simply posting:

Everying according to seeding!

Tenez wrote:Blake Davydenko shoudl be interesting. Their H2H is 7/0 (reminds me of another recent H2H).

But though neither Blake or Davydenko are on top form, I am pretty sure Blake is further away from it.

Blake, another much underated player from the weak/strong era supporters.

Yes, quite surprising to see that H2H with the only encounter on clay going Blake's way as well. That too in 2009 when Davy was in quite good form and Blake wasn't.

Tommy Haas is also in action against young French qualifier Rufin.

Ah Rufin is back! I wondered where he disappeared.

Why there isn't a single stream available?? Seems explicable as there are streams for Marrakech and Bath challengers...

Dimitrov through to the second round with a easy 54 minutes win... Next up is Juan Ignicio Chela. A lot depends on court speed in that match. If court is playing anything like in Indian Wells he is in for a long battle.

A couple of surprises as in-form players Matosevic and Bellucci crash out in the first round...

A tough battle going on between Llodra and Rosol with Rosol one set up..

spuranik wrote:

Tenez wrote:Blake Davydenko shoudl be interesting. Their H2H is 7/0 (reminds me of another recent H2H).

But though neither Blake or Davydenko are on top form, I am pretty sure Blake is further away from it.

Blake, another much underated player from the weak/strong era supporters.

Yes, quite surprising to see that H2H with the only encounter on clay going Blake's way as well. That too in 2009 when Davy was in quite good form and Blake wasn't.

Tommy Haas is also in action against young French qualifier Rufin.

During the 2009 clay season Davy was just coming back from injury. In that period he also lost to Murray on clay (at that time quite average on the surface) in a match littered with errors. His form was nowhere near the form he had at the end of 2009, when he caught fire.

Tenez wrote:Blake Davydenko shoudl be interesting. Their H2H is 7/0 (reminds me of another recent H2H).

But though neither Blake or Davydenko are on top form, I am pretty sure Blake is further away from it.

Blake, another much underated player from the weak/strong era supporters.

Haha Tenez isn't there a single moment where you can give Nadal some rest?

Chydremion wrote:During the 2009 clay season Davy was just coming back from injury. In that period he also lost to Murray on clay (at that time quite average on the surface) in a match littered with errors. His form was nowhere near the form he had at the end of 2009, when he caught fire.

Thanks Chydremion, didn't know that...

Well, Davy might not alter that losing streak today it looks like... Trailing 4-1 already losing his serve 3 times...

Has anyone been watching the matches?

How is the court playing?

I've heard a rumour that it is playing faster this year.



emancipator

Seems that the guys that did well in Indian Wells are losing early in Miami: Bellucci, Istomin and Andujar already out... Only Nalbandian won his R1 match but he also struggled.

So maybe the court conditions in Miami are indeed quite different and take some getting used to!

Gonzo...oh, Gonzo

prostaff85 wrote:Seems that the guys that did well in Indian Wells are losing early in Miami: Bellucci, Istomin and Andujar already out... Only Nalbandian won his R1 match but he also struggled.

So maybe the court conditions in Miami are indeed quite different and take some getting used to!

Or maybe not. The players mentioned here are very inconsistent anyways. Need some player's interviews about the court conditions. Anyone has any information how are the courts playing?

"So maybe the court conditions in Miami are indeed quite different and take some getting used to!"

They're possibly faster!
Brad Gilbert twitted this on 20/3: "Heard from a very reliable source: Courts are playing much quicker this yr-not much grit-very unusual for MIAMI, big hitters will like that."
http://twitter.com/#!/bgtennisnation

Brad Gilbert‏@bgtennisnation
Answer about Courts-Center court playing slower alot like last yr, but surprisingly the outside courts are way quicker & nothing like Center

Weird!

Is this a new strategy to favour the big seeds.

Or is this more poor observation from Brad?

JuliusHMarx wrote:Gonzo...oh, Gonzo

I expected him to lose today. It must have been an overwhelming experience playing in one's last tournament. I didn't see the match, but I can assume he must not be really focused on winning.

Its alright anyway. To Gonzo

Tenez wrote:

Brad Gilbert‏@bgtennisnation
Answer about Courts-Center court playing slower alot like last yr, but surprisingly the outside courts are way quicker & nothing like Center

Weird!

Is this a new strategy to favour the big seeds.

Or is this more poor observation from Brad?

More likely the latter. I heard he's got a big mouth.

I'm lost. Don't the big seeds play on both Ctr AND ouside courts? And the biggest seeds usually stick to ctr court that's slower, according to the latest news? That means it favours Fed less, not that that matters anymore if his game is still on.

Very pleased to see Dimitrov had managed to win his first round match!

Ryan Harrison vs Potito Starace on atm - 1 set all and RH up a break.

And Harrison through to meet Federer in the second round.

Two of the most exciting young guns in back to back tournaments for TMF

Hope the Fedster gives him a good spanking.