Archive for October, 2010

2010 Valencia Tournament Draw

Click below to see Fernando’s section of the singles draw for the upcoming Valencia Open 500 tournament:

Fernando is the #3 seed and looking to improve on his semifinal appearance from last year. He’ll need to do well here in order to keep his hopes in qualifying for London alive. He’ll face qualifier Michael Russell in the first round, and either Gilles Simon or Sergiy Stakhovsky in the second and Nikolay Davydenko or Philipp Kohlschreiber in the QF.

The doubles draw is also out and Feli & Fernando will take on Andy and Jamie Murray in the first round.

2010 Shanghai Tournament Draw

Click below to see Fernando’s section of the singles draw for the upcoming Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 p/b Rolex tournament:

Fernando is the #9 seed and plays Dutch up-and-coming Thiemo de Bakker in the first round. He could go up against Juan Monaco in his second round match and could face defending champion Nikolay Davydenko in the third round and finalist Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals.

Fernando needs to do well here in order to get into a good position to claim one of the final remaining spots to London this year. David Ferrer’s final appearance in Beijing bumps him up to #8 in the race, knocking Fernando down to #9, so he will need to play much better at his last three events (Shanghai, Valencia & Paris) if he wants to keep his London hopes alive.

The doubles draw is also out and Fernando will play doubles with Feli again. They take on Chinese wild cards Zhang Ze and Bai Yan. They would face #3 seeds Jurgen Melzer & Leander Paes if they win.

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