WEDNESDAY 14 JANUARY 2009

FROM 11AM

MARCOS BAGHDATIS (CYP) v STANISLAS WAWRINKA (SUI)

Followed by

ROGER FEDERER (SUI) v CARLOS MOYA (ESP)

Followed by

MARIN CILIC (CRO) v FERNANDO VERDASCO (ESP)

Followed by

IVAN LJUBICIC (CRO) v FERNANDO GONZALEZ (CHI)

Z tego co rozumiem to chyba drabinka jest taka jaka widać tu, na Kooyongu nic lepszego nie ma

Niech się Feduś porusza w ciepełku, dobrze mu to zrobi. Rywale średni, można poćwiczyć warianty.

Fedrinka, Verdasco i Gonzo w 1/2, reszta gra o miejsca 5-8.

Plan gier na czwartek:

FROM 11AM
MARCOS BAGHDATIS (CYP) v IVAN LJUBICIC (CRO)
Followed by
ROGER FEDERER (SUI) v FERNANDO VERDASCO (ESP)
Followed by
CARLOS MOYA (ESP) v MARIN CILIC (CRO)

Gdzieś drugi półfinał zgubili

Mam tylko nadzieje że 3-setowy sparing stanowi conajwyżej 20% zwykłego meczowego wysiłku

Federer scrapes into Kooyong final


Roger Federer battled his way into the Kooyong Classic final after a tight 6-3 3-6 7-6 victory over Spain's Fernando Verdasco.

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The world number two, who missed last year's eight-man invitational tournament with glandular fever, will meet fellow Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka or Chile's Fernando Gonzalez in Saturday's final.

Wawrinka and Gonzalez play on Friday.

Thirteen-times Grand Slam tournament winner Federer eased through the opening set before Verdasco fought back to win the second.

The decider went to a tiebreak, which Federer sealed with an ace after two hours, 14 minutes, although the Swiss said he would quite happily have played for longer.

"It's good to be out there and get used to the court," Federer said. "Long matches don't bother me at this stage. If I was practicing I'd be practicing for two to three hours anyway.

"Either way I will be playing enough tennis this week. But it is good to be out on the match court."

Federer won the first five games of the match before Verdasco found his range.

The second set was much tighter, staying on serve until the eighth game, when Federer blew a 40-0 lead to hand the Spaniard the opportunity to serve for the set, which he duly took.

The final set was a tense battle with both holding serve, though Verdasco had two break points in the seventh game that he failed to convert and the match went to a tiebreak.

Federer jumped out to a 6-2 lead and was serving for the match before his left-handed opponent rattled off three successive points, but Federer was not to be denied.

In other matches, 2006 Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis found some form to beat Croatia's Ivan Ljubicic 7-6 6-4 while while Croatia's Marin Cilic beat Carlos Moya 6-3 7-6.

(eurosport.com)

Kolejny trening w ciepłku w wykonianiu Rogera. Sądząc po wyniku musiał być niezły kabarecik, w domu jakieś skróty zobacze.

Mimo, ze to turniej pokazowy to jednak brawa dla Baghdatisa za za zajecie 5 miejsca i pokonanie bardzo groznego Cilica bardzo pewnie. Mam nadzieje, ze to zwiastuje jakas poprawe jego formy i do szeerokiej swiatowej czolowki bo jest to gracz niezwykle kolorowy i charakterny. Na pewno ATP brakuje takich postaci i wazne zeby Cypr sie pozbieral i wrocil do gry.

Federer eases to Kooyong title

Roger Federer won his second Kooyong Classic title with an easy 6-1 6-3 victory over Swiss compatriot Stanislas Wawrinka.

"I played a really great match today," said Federer. "It was nice, but I don't want to get too excited. This was my best match of the week.

"I'm very excited that I played well in the wind and the heat. They are what you have to get used to."

Federer, seeded second next week, plays with Wawrinka in the Davis Cup and they together won the gold medal in the doubles in the Beijing Olympics last year.

Wawrinka, 16th in the world, was unable to make any impression in the first set, falling to 0-4 before getting onto the scoreboard.

But Federer broke for a third time in the rout to claim the opening set in 26 minutes.

Wawrinka's resistance stiffened a touch in the second set as he pulled his game together after trailing 4-1.

The "younger brother" to Federer on the Swiss Davis Cup team saved a break point in the sixth game for 2-4.

But Federer stepped up a further gear, cutting off a return at the net with a crushing volley winner for 5-2.

Two games later, Wawrinka saved a match point with a return winner before Federer provided a fitting conclusion with an overhead smash for victory.

"I'm very happy with my game for the week," said Wawrinka. "This was good preparation for the Open. Conditions were windy but not too bad. It's always tough against Roger."

"It was nice to play a good friend of mine," said Federer. "We had an incredible time in winning the gold medal in Beijing. I don't play against Stan very often.

"We have to be tough against each other but we were both very excited about the match."

(eurosport.com)

W mijającym tygodniu odbyły się także mecze pokazowe w Adelajdzie.
Pim - Pim ( ) pokonał Monfilsa 7-6 6-4, a Taylor Dent ograł 6-2 6-3 weterana Philippoussisa.