Open Sud de France, Davydenko, Frederico and Mahut take the court on Wednesday
The Russian tennis ace, Nikolay Davydenko will try to avenge his second round defeat at the Shanghai Rolex Masters two weeks ago in China to Mischa Zverev, a qualifier from Germany in the first round match of the Open Sud de France on Wednesday.
World number eleven Davydenko has won a single title this year at the Doha tournament where the Russian got the better of current World number one Rafael Nadal of Spain in the title battle. The twenty-nine year old Nikolay also reached the semi final round
in Rotterdam, quarter final round in Australian Open, Umag ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Cincinnati and Beijing.
The owner of twenty ATP World Tour single titles, who turned professional back in 1999, achieved his career high ranking of world number three back in 2006.
The twenty-three year old Zverev enters with a match record of 12-17 this season and advanced into the finals in Metz, semi final in Marseille and quarter finals in Halle earlier this year. The left handed German successfully qualified for the main draw
of the Shanghai Rolex Masters in China last week.
However, he couldn’t go beyond the third round as he was thrashed out by Juan Monaco in straight sets. He reached the third round after beating Sergiy Stakhovsky and Nikolay Davydenko in the initial rounds. He is currently ranked number ninety-six in the
South African Airways 2010 ATP list.
In the evening session, the Portuguese tennis player Frederico Gil will take on Jo Wilfried Tsonga of France. The twenty-five year old Gil posted his season best showing by reaching the finals of Estoril earlier in 2010 where he was dispatched off by Albert
Montanes. The Sintra resident enjoys a win loss mark of 12-12 on the season and is currently ranked number one hundred in the World.
World number thirteen Tsonga, on the other hand has reached the semi final round in Australian Open and Marseille, quarter final round in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami, Barcelona, ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome, Wimbledon and ATP World Tour Masters
1000 Shanghai so far in 2010.
He enters with a match record of 29-15 on the season. The Swiss tennis ace, who made his ATP World Tour debut back in 2004, achieved his career high ranking of World number six back in 2006. He outlasted Gil in the final four battle of Johannesburg on his
way into the finals back in 2009.
In the concluding match of the day in Montpellier, Nicolas Mahut, a wild card entrant will face Gilles Simon on the third occasion in his career. Both are tied at 1-1 in their head to head encounter on the tour. The twenty-eight year old Nicolas of France
enters with a win loss mark of 3-5 on the season and is currently ranked number 132 in the South African Airways 2010 ATP list.
The right hander, who turned professional back in 2000, is still looking for his first ATP World Toru career title on the tour.
World number forty-eight Simons, who achieved his career high ranking of number six back in 2006 won the Open de Moselle in Metz earlier this season and also reached the quarter final round in Eastbourne, Washington and Beijing. He stands at a match record
of 17-14 on the season and has so far won a total of seven titles in his career. There past two clashes were three setters back in 2008.
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