Marsel in Izmir!

After losing early in Istanbul, Marsel headed to Izmir for taking the title there. He lost two straight finals in Izmir at 2009 and 2010. He is playing today first on centre court against 15 years-old Muhammet Haylaz. He won the Under 16's Turkish National Championship. Surely, it will be Marsel's easiest match on his carreer.

Then he'll play Kutrovsky or Durmus in the second round.

From Ledovskikh Match

Sigh.. Clement withdrew but Marsel was beaten anyway; 61-36-63...

There was wind, the weather went colder and colder, Marsel couldn't concentrate. Nothing much to say really..

Some videos from me for you can be found here,

http://twitpic.com/6kgwtq

http://twitpic.com/6kh5pw

http://twitpic.com/6kgj13

http://twitpic.com/6kgifv

http://twitpic.com/6kg1di

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Marsel Is At His Home

His draw is here!

The first match will be with Celement. Should be tough. It will be played on Tuesday.

Won't you join us?

Go for it Marsel!

Marsel is on Court 13!

Marsel will play his match Thursday against Verdasco. His match scheduled on court 13 as fourth and last match of the day. We are lucky that, we have a coverage on that court. Hopefully, tomorrow will be the best day of Marsel's carreer. Good luck!

Video: Marsel vs. Dancevic

Dancevic retires from Stephanie Myles on Vimeo.

From Stephanie Myles who is a Canadian tennis author. Maybe we can put a few videos more later... That's it for now.

Report: Marsel vs. Dancevic

Here is the summary of Marsel's first round match against Dancevic. Thanks to MensTennisForums' member ibreak4coffee who is a Canadian guy for photos and this match report. It's really great to get some inside info. :)

Truth be told, Frank didn't look injured out there - he was simply being outplayed. Marsel was hitting winners and aces consistently and making Frank hit a ton of backhands, which in the only thing he was able to do consistently he was missing all the time. His serve was off, he was playing tentative, and the winners and confident play I saw against Clement were completely absent. His groundstrokes were coming up short, allowing Ilhan to dictate at will. The few times he attacked he was much more successful, but these moments were few and far between.

It felt like the match only lasted 30 minutes. I caught the first two sets, but left after the end of the second because it was simply a waste of my time to watch. So I missed the apparent medical timeout and/or injury break and didn't see the game before he retired. I videoed the game before he retired though and he's moving well. I will try and post tonight.

Credit to Marsel for some good tennis but this wasn't how Frank is capable of playing. These injuries must be so frustrating, seems he cant go more than a few weeks without injuring himself again. Must be frustrating as well to qualify four times and not win once - he wont get three very generous draws like he did at the French, Wimbledon, and US.

Photo: Marsel against Frank Dancevic of Canada