The Legg Mason Tennis Classic: Preview of the top half of the main draw
The Legg Mason Tennis Classic competition is going to start from the 8th of August in the city of Washington. Three of the top ten tennis players will contest in this year’s competition in Washington. Therefore, the tournament is definitely going to be an exciting one beyond any measure of speculations. In this regard, let us throw some light at the top halves of the main draw:
The runner up of the grass court Grand Slam competition this season will also participate this season in Washington. Having performed pretty well over the recent past, Berdych, who first reached the semi final round of the Grand Slam French Open tournament and more recently ended the 2010 Wimbledon as a runner up, definitely stands out as the hot favourite to win the competition.
Tomas Berdych will meet either Teymuraz Gabasvili or Dmitry Tursunov in his round number two clash in Washington. Apart from Tomas, few other players who will provide some exciting tennis exhibit in the top half on the main draw includes the third seeded Fernando Verdasco, the ninth seeded Ernests Gulbis ,as well as the fifth seeded American tennis ace, John Isner, who won the marathon match at the grass court Grand Slam tournament this year.
As far as Fernando is concerned, he remained busy in the training sessions all through the previous week and thus prepared himself well for the upcoming hard court season. Verdasco will participate in his very first tennis competition in Washington this season. Falling down on four out of his previous five clashes on tour, the professional tennis player, Verdasco will be all set to change his past record on the hard surfaces of North America.
On the other hand, the marathon winner, John Isner will also be hoping to make his way into another final this year. He has so far reached in a total of four finals this season. The American tennis player has shown over the past few months that he has all the class and talent to be in the top twenty lists.
However, the only worry at the moment is his health and fitness, as the six feet and nine inches American tennis ace, John Isner has already contested in a couple of tough matches back to back. Also including the round number one grass court Grand Slam match at the All England Club, where he played against Nicolas Mahut, as well as his recent final appearance in the Atlanta tennis championship versus Mardy Fish. Nevertheless, Isner turned out to be the winner on both occasions in the end.
Anyhow, the American tennis ace, John Isner seems to be enjoying his game at the moment and is feeling a lot of confidence that is also reflected in the manner he faces his opponent on the court.
As far as the twenty one years old Latvian Gulbis is concerned, his devastating ground strokes will be most thrilling to watch in Washington.
Gulbis has recently recovered from his injury however his form has become a hot top of discussion over the past few months, especially with the way he has knocked down a couple of top ranked players.
However, in spite of the fact that he has managed to thrash out some superior opponents on the court, even then, he stays as one of the worst ball strikers on the tour, however he could become a serious threat for any player if his placement as well as accuracy returns.
A few of the other serious threats in the top half of the main draw includes, James Blake, Richard Gasquet as well as Marcos Baghdatis.
In spite of the fact that Tomas Berdych is undoubtedly the hot favourite in Washington, however the tough training sessions of Verdasco will also help him in reaching his first final this season.
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