Gulbis
College has gotten very busy lately and I just don’t have the time to update as much as I used to so I’m gonna try my best to type my posts on my lunchbreak from now on!
Dubai was a real shame for a second year in a row. It’s not that there wasn’t some quality players, there certainly was, but when you don’t see either Federer or Nadal in the lineup, I automatically think its a small tour even that doesn’t get much recognition. In Dubai, however, it definitely isn’t the case. The amount of money Dubai has invested into that tournament is incredible. Under the table appearance fee’s, ridiculously luxurious facilities and an overall glamorous feeling to the whole week are all the order of the day in Dubai and its no wonder it’s one of the favourite stops on the tour.
Djokovic defended his title this week but didn’t look overly impressive. Still, he cements his place as world number 2 and got the job done. It’s good to see Youzhny doing well again his game kinf of slipped the last couple of years and I wondered if he would ever climb back up the rankings.
Biggest surprise of the week has to be Ernest Gulbis not losing a set on the way to the title in Delray Beach. Immensely talented, he just looked like he wasn’t interest the last 18 months. Losing silly matches and putting in awful performances for weeks on end. Hopefully this is the start of something great because he is more than capable of getting inside the top 10 of the rankings.
Other notables
- Ferrero was one win away from 3 consecutive titles but it wasn’t to be. Outstanding how well he has done over the years.
- Bryans win their 58th careen titles as a team and have over 600 career match wins….says it all really.
- Kleybanova and Venus grab some singles titles.
- Federer should be good to go in Indian Wells after taking a chest infection back from Ethiopia (presumably)
