Marsel's Photo from Guadeloupe (vs. Duclos)

Marsel in the quarters!

I think, this blog is aispicious for Marsel! His win against Duclos was predictable but this one against Kamke was a surprising and significant result. Marsel beats Kamke from Germany, 7-6(4) 6-3 in his second round match in Le Gosier.

His quarter final opponent will be Pablu Andujar from Spain or Stephane Robert from France. I prefer Andujar for Marsel which is very bad on hard courts but in every way he has a great chance. I'm expecting him beating Andujar/Robert. The match will be played tomorrow. Haydi (which means "come on" in English) Marsel!

Marsel's Run Will Continue in Doubles

Marsel won his first round match in singles today but he lost in doubles with his partner Mina; 64-75. No problem; anyway he had a tough time yesterday considering all those rain delay problems.

His match today with Kamke will start at 5 pm, local time.

First win of the season from Marsel!

Marsel who is playing in Le Gosier this week, grabs his first win in 2011 at the last! His opponent was Canadian Pierre-Ludovic Duclos. There was rain delay, so match began later than should have been. We don't know how match goes on due to lack of live score but the final score -which is the important- is good: 6-2 6-4.

Marsel will play his first round doubles match also with his partner Gianni Mina, today.

His second round opponent is Tobias Kamke from Germany. This match is pretty critical. If Marsel can manage to win this match, he'll play against much weaker player in the quarter final.

Huge congrats to Marsel for the first win of the season. Hope this one will give some confidence to him which he needs really too much.

Marsel's Doubles Draw

Marsel is also playing doubles this week. His draw is here.

His partner is Frenchman Gianni Mina. He is the young guy who faced Nadal in first round of French Open, whose face looks a lot like Gael Monfils. He also plays singles via wild card here, and is in Marsel's side at the draw.

Good luck to Marsel and Baby Monfils!

Le Gosier Courts

Marsel will play on these courts this week in Guadeloupe... It looks like Wells courts, even maybe they are the same... Weather looks good there, by the way... Cloudy and sunny...

Marsel's Draw - Guadeloupe

Is here!

Marsel is not seeded as we have a strong main draw here. He is facing another Canadian, Duclos, in the first round, then he will pay Kamke who has a bye in first round. Kamke seems to be out of form lately.

Good luck Marsel!