The draws for the Olympic Tennis Event are out.
SINGLES
David is in the bottom, i.e. Rafa's half.
Which looks like this:
[7] David Nalbandian (ARG) vs. Shaoxuan Zeng (CHN)*
Nicolas Massu (CHI) vs. Steve Darcis (BEL)
Simone Bolelli (ITA) vs. Victor Hanescu (ROM)
Gael Monfils (FRA) vs. [11] Nicolas Almagro (ESP)
[13] Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) vs. Jiri Vanek (CZE)
Jankko Nieminen (FIN) vs. Thomas Johansson (SWE)
Rainer Schüttler (GER) vs. Kei Nishikori (JPN)
Robby Ginepri (USA) vs. [3] Novak Djokovic (SRB)
[6] Andy Murray (GBR) vs. Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE)
Agustin Calleri (ARG) vs. Ivan Ljubicic (CRO)
Marcos Daniel (BRA) vs. Jürgen Melzer (AUT)
Frank Dancevic (CAN) vs. [9] Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI)
[16] Radek Stepanek (CZE) vs. Michael Llodra (FRA)
Sam Querrey (USA) vs. Igor Andreev (RUS)
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) vs. Jonas Björkman (SWE)
Potito Starace (ITA) vs. [2] Rafael Nadal (ESP)
*Zeng is #598 in the world.
DOUBLES
Again, David (together with Guillermo Canas) is in the bottom half:
[8] Andreev/Davydenko (RUS) vs. Blake/Querrey (USA)
Nalbandian/Canas (ARG) vs. Darcis/Rochus (BEL)
Murray/Murray (GBR) vs. Nestor/Niemeyer (CAN)
Clement/Llodra (FRA) vs [3] Erlich/Ram (ISR)
[5] Almagro/Ferrer (ESP) vs. Anderson/Coetzee (RSA)
Aspelin/Johansson (SWE) vs. Hanley/Kerr (AUS)
Fyrstenberg/Matkowski (POL) vs. Yu/Zeng (CHN)
Damm/Vizner (CZE) vs. [2] Djokovic/Zimonjic (SRB)
The complete draws can be found here:
Singles
http://www.itftennis.com/shared/medialibrary/pdf/original/IO_35058_original.PDF
Doubles
http://www.itftennis.com/shared/medialibrary/pdf/original/IO_35061_original.PDF
Thursday, August 7, 2008
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On paper, David shouldn't be too troubled in either of his first or second round matches. However, with David, one can never count on that.
Possible later round matches with Almagro and Djokovic would be major challenges but, again, you never know with David. He could struggle against an early opponent and then ride smoothly through these later challenges.
Still, as always, he must win the first match first. Then we'll see.
Well, he could've hardly had more luck, as far as his first match is concerned. Second round also looks quite manageable.
Then possibly Almagro. Who has had a lot of problems with his wrist, lately. And then perhaps Nole. David surely has some sort of "talent" for being drawn in Nole's quarter...
It's true, with David you never know. But I'm glad that he'll play his first match against the world's #598, who's also apparently more of a doubles than a singles player. David really needs a good start. Especially to build up his confidence.
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