UPDATE – SUNNY SAN JOSE
Last time I wrote, I did not include second-seeded American James Blake in my players to watch in the SAP Open. Just as well, he lost to Croatian Ivo Karlovic 6-7 7-6 6-4. Who would not be “stunned? when the opponent is serving you 29 aces? Thus the headline “Croat Karlovic stuns Blake in San Jose.?
The Croat’s next assignment will be Mardy Fish in the quarterfinals. Maybe Fish can fry him for Blake, who knows?
Surprise winner to me is American rapper/tennis (no necessarily in that order) player and world no. 64, Vincent Spadea, over Spaniard Feliciano Lopez 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 to advance to the quarterfinals. He probably rapped Lopez up. He just might have to compose new lyrics with either Andy Roddick or Sam Querrey.
Also German Benjamin Becker will face the winner of the Marat Safin and Taiwanese Yen-Hsun Lu match.
Meanwhile, on cruise is defending champion Scot Andy Murray who will have a clash with seventh-seeded Hyung Taik-Lee of South Korea who just defeated Germany’s Simon Greul. Andy should not repeat his slight lapse of concentration during his second set match with Dane Kristian Pless. He bageled the guy in the first set only to blink in the second when Pless threw caution to the wind and became the agitator. Andy could make use of his new 145mph serve again this time if it helps. Yes, he is still my bet.
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