If Stockholm Open 2010: Friday’s review
Seven matches were played at the all men tournament in Stockholm on Friday. All in all six quarterfinals for the singles and doubles, and one doubles semifinal, were scheduled for the day.
The first match of the day was between wild card entrant James Blake from U.S.A and the Finnish professional Jarkko Nieminen. The Finn eased his way into the semis with a straight set win over the wild card entry with the final
match score, 6-0, 6-2.
This match was followed by that of Croatian countrymen Ivan Dodig and 4th seed Ivan Ljubicic. Even though Ljubicic lost the first set 4-6 to his compatriot, he soon bounced back in the second set. He then won two consecutive
sets making the final score 4-6, 6-2, 6-4.
2nd seed Robin Soderling from Sweden played and lost to Florian Mayer from Germany. Having smoothly sailed till the quarterfinals, the Swede lost the match by 7-6, 6-1.
World no. 2 Roger Federer played his compatriot Stanislas Wawrinka; Wawrinka was a wild card entry into the tournament. He managed to win the first set 2-6, however Federer made a swift comeback and won both the second and third
set making the final score 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.
2nd seed Wesley Moodie from Russia and Belgian d**k Norman teamed up to play against the Finnish-Swede pair of Henri Kontinen and Michael Ryderstedt. The Russian-Belarusian pair won the match 7-6, 6-2.
Another Finnish-Swede pair in the tournament is that of Jarkko Nieminen and Johan Brunstrom. The pair played their quarterfinal match against the German team of Christopher Kas and Michael Kohlmann. Jarkko and Johan had a straight
set win over the German team with a match score of 7-5, 6-3.
Last match of the day was between the Brazilian team of Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares and the pair of American Eric Butorac and Jean-Julien Rojer from Netherland Antilles. The Brazilian team lost the match with a final match score
of 7-6(3), 6-4.
As If Stockholm Open 2010 enters Saturday the 23rd of October three decisive matches are scheduled for the day.
First matchup of the day is the semi final between Nieminen and Mayer. Nieminen sailed his way into the semi finals and if he continues his performance he might just win over Mayer and secure a spot for himself in the finals.
A match between Federer and Ljobicic is also scheduled for later in the day. Both players having lost only one set in the tournament might prove to be a tough competition for each other. Though tennis fans may want their Swiss
favourite to reach the finals and have a go at the title.
The last match of the day is the only remaining semifinal for the doubles; the Nieminen-Brunstrom pair will take on the team of Moodie and Norman. The winner of this match will go onto face the team of Rojer and Butorac in the
finals.
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