The Indian Wells Men’s draw is out.
As usual I decided to partake in the ATP Tour Draw Challenge, which means that I guesstimate who I think will win and when I sit down to watch the match, I completely forget my wish list and start rooting for who am I feeling that day. Did I really pick Cilic to win the whole darn thing???
Looking into the future, there are some sweet match-ups that could make my day. As most of the top guys have first round byes, I’m not really all that intrigued by the first round matches except for Nalbandian taking on a qualifier, Richard Gasquet vs Simon Gruel, and James Black vs Gimeno-Traver. I am hoping Richard, Nalby, and Blake make it less interesting and get through their 1st round matches.
I’m slated to be in Indian Wells til Wednesday but I think I may stick around til Friday; I’ll decide when I get there.
ROUND TWO POSSIBLE MATCHES (Saturday & Sunday)
- Monfils vs Gasquet;
- James Blake (whom I picked to get through 2nd round) vs David Ferrer;
- Tsonga vs Llodra –thought Tsonga twisted his ankle and Llodra just beat him in Marseille last month, so am tense about this match up.
- Davydenko vs Gulbis (if he makes it to 2nd round)–neither player sets me on fire but am intrigued to see if Gulbis is worth the fan girl buzz and if Davyenko’s wrist has healed.
- Kohlschreiber vs. Petzschner–two Germans I saw in Halle and saw quite a bit on the road, though they both have talent, I think Kohlschreiber is the safer bet over WTF! Petzschner.
ROUND THREE MATCHES (Monday & Tuesday)
- Verdasco vs Berdych
- Soderling vs Feli
- Nalbandian vs Monfils or Gasquet
- Federer vs. Baghdatis (sure that will be some kind of evening match)
ROUND OF 16 (Wednesday)
- Monfils vs Roddick (though in Miami ’09, Monfils totally punked out after fighting pretty hard in the first set.
- Soderling vs Tsonga
- Davydenko vs Verdasco (let’s hope Verdasco will learn from AO ’10 and clean up his game and take it!)
QUARTERFINALS (Thursday/Friday)
- Verdasco/ Davy vs. Nadal –yeah Verdasco has been Nadal bitch, but a miracle could happen 🙁
- Federer vs Roddick – I know like Verdasco to Nadal, Roddick is Fed’s bitch, so I’m hoping that continues.
- Murray vs Tsonga/Soderling
- Clilic vs Djokovic ––
SEMIS
- Cilic vs Nadal – yeah I have my hopes for Verdasco but I think Nadal is gonna make it and hopefully Cilic will rise to the occasion.
- Murray vs Federer -is the wish but I am only certain about Murray
FINALS
- Cilic vs Murray –I think Cilic might take it. I just think he should be able to do it in three sets