Legg Mason Tennis Classic 2010: Preview of second round matches in Washington
Another hard court summer event called the Legg Mason Tennis Classic competition featured Ryan Sweeting and Thiemo de Bakker as winners in its round number one matches at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Centre in the city of Washington D.C on Monday.
Thiemo de Bakker, in his first round match, thrashed out Lukas Lacko in a total of three sets with a final match score of 5-7, 6-3, and 6-3 in a time period of sixty five minutes in Washington. He will meet another professional tennis player from the United States of America, John Isner in his second round battle of the Legg Mason Tennis tournament.
In another match, Ryan Sweeting got the better of James Blake with a final match score of 3-6, 6-3, and 6-4 in the round number one in Washington. Ryan will face Michael Llodra in his second round clash of the competition.
As far as Tuesday’s encounters are concerned, Mardy Fish, the twenty eight years old American tennis ace will play his first match of the competition against Viktor Troicki. On the other hand, Marin Cilic will also face Denis Istomin in his clash on Tuesday in the 2010 Legg Mason Tennis Classic competition.
Talking about the Marin Cilic and Denis Istomin clash at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Centre, Marin who is seeded number four for this competition will definitely be hoping to register his third career victory against Denis Istomin in the round number two of the Legg Mason tennis classic championship. The world number thirteen stands at 2-0 after grabbing both victories on hard surface back in 2009.
Cilic will come back to the ATP World Tour contest after his early round number one departure at the grass court Grand Slam tournament this season, few weeks ago in the month of June. The Croatian stands at 31-12 year record, reinforced trophy winning runs both in Zagreb as well as in Chennai. The twenty one year old young professional tennis ace, who is participating in his second Legg Mason Tennis Classic tournament, will try his level best to register his first victory in the city of Washington D.C.
As far as Denis Istomin is concerned, he started off the competition by knocking down Leonardo Mayer in his round number one clash with a final match score of 6-4, 5-7, 7-6(5). The twenty three years old Denis is currently ranked number fifty four in the world by ATP. He entered into his second Legg Mason tennis Classic competition with 21-16 for the 2010 year.
However, according to the experts, Marin Cilic is the top favourite to win the second round battle on Tuesday in the city of Washington.
As far as the match of Mardy Fish and Viktor Troicki is concerned, Fish who is seeded number fifteenth for this competition has played pretty well over the last few weeks. The twenty eight years old professional tennis ace has successfully grabbed the trophies in Atlanta as well as in Newport in his most recent performances. The thirty fifth ranked player from the men’s side, Mardy Fish stands at 28-11 for this year. Moreover, the American contender has also performed well in his previous Legg Mason Tennis Classic appearances. He has made it to the quarterfinals on two occasions so far in his career.
On the other hand, Viktor Troicki is currently ranked number fifty in the world by ATP. He registered his number twenty tour level win after defeating Kevin Kim, a qualifier from Veteran in his round number one clash on Monday. The final score was, 6-1, 6-2. The twenty four years old Viktor is participating for the third time in the Legg Mason Tennis Classic competition.
As far as the experts predictions are concerned, they have rated Mardy Fish as the favourite to be the winner of the second round battle in the city of Washington.
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