29 Haziran 2011 Çarşamba
1st Round: Done!
Marsel first made us sad, but then happy. Let it be like this all the time. Score 46-63-63.
Marsel was broken both at the beginning of 2nd and 3rd sets but he came back. It's good that he can fight this well. It seems like but he served well but he only saved 2 break points; a stat to be improved, we think.
Go on Marsel!
26 Haziran 2011 Pazar
Braunschweig Draw
Here!
The most dangerous player on Marsel's quarter is Gil. He is taking Minar on the first round. It would have been better if he played with one of those qualifiers on his quarter.
Surface is red clay.
Come on Marsel!
13 Haziran 2011 Pazartesi
Tennis Birthdays
Ilhan was actually born in Uzbekhistan, so the story of how he came to Turkey is probably pretty interesting. According to Wikipedia, his real name is “Marsel Khamdamov.” He moved to Turkey with his mother (his father is deceased) in 2004, after he’d already been playing the game about 10 years. In 2007, he leaped from No. 1327 to No. 320.
He has blossomed into a viable player the last couple of years, breaking into the top 100 at No. 87 just before the Australian Open this year.
On the ATP Tour web site, Ilhan states his ambition as “to finish inside the Top 100 for 10 consecutive years.” We like the reality he lives in.
He was the first Turkish played to win a Challenger, and the first to reach the second round of a Slam when he beat Christophe Rochus in a five-set thriller at the U.S. Open in 2009.
He defeated Tommy Haas (who had been returning from more than a year off) in the first round of the French Open this year, in four sets. Ilhan had moved through the qualifying to get there; he ended up losing in the second round to Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain – 13-11 in the fifth set but earned himself a nifty 25,000 Euros for his week’s work
It Didn't Happen
4-6/7-6/13-15.
Janowicz is a good server and he served well today. If Marsel wasn't broken 2 times in a row in the first set he may have won it. He broke right at the beginning of the third set after tie break but he couldn't convert his break points and he couldn't save the 5th match point.
Marsel needs to be a little more positive.
We trust him.
12 Haziran 2011 Pazar
Wimbledon Begins!
Marsel will play his first qualifying match in Wimbledon tomorrow. He will face against Polish youngster Jerzy Janowicz who has a really big serve. Janowicz could be a tricky opponent for Marsel but if Marsel can handle him well, the draw gets easier then.
11 Haziran 2011 Cumartesi
Hey.. Marsel?
Happy birthday! :)
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