Ferrero will play tomorrow in Rome the first round of the qualies against Paul Capdeville,a player which he hasn´t played yet in all his career and which is in the best ranking on which he has been.He is in the 87th position and he has done some good results in this year (like quarter finals in Viña del Mar or final in the Challenger of Sao Paulo).
Tha mtch will be tomorrow more or less at 4:00 pm (spanish hour,3:00 om british hour).As it is qualies,probably the match will not be in tv so we will probably need to vies the livescore of the ATP.
Tha draw for qualies has been great.If he wins tomorrows match,he will need to play against the winner of Ramirez Hidalgo vs Zverev.Then,if he wions that match,he will pass to main draw.
C´mon Ferreroooo!!!
Friday, April 24, 2009
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Ferrero will play in first round against Kunitsyn
Juan Carlos Ferrro will play this week in the Barcelona´s Open (the Conde de Godo),a tournament which admires him because of being a champion,because of playing memorable matchs and also because of the good relationship he has with it´s director,Albert Costa.
In the first round he will play against the rusian Igor Kunitsyn,a player which Ferrero has never play against so it will be more or less a completely unknown player for Ferrero.This player is now playing the best tennis of his career,as he is on the best ranking of his life (37).His best result on the year has been aquarter final in Memphis.This year,he has a negative balace,as he has 4 wins and 8 losses this year,so in theory it will not be a difficult opponent for Ferrero.
The match will be at 16:45 (spanish hour,15:45 british hour)
C´mon Ferrero!!
In the first round he will play against the rusian Igor Kunitsyn,a player which Ferrero has never play against so it will be more or less a completely unknown player for Ferrero.This player is now playing the best tennis of his career,as he is on the best ranking of his life (37).His best result on the year has been aquarter final in Memphis.This year,he has a negative balace,as he has 4 wins and 8 losses this year,so in theory it will not be a difficult opponent for Ferrero.
The match will be at 16:45 (spanish hour,15:45 british hour)
C´mon Ferrero!!
Monday, April 13, 2009
Ferrero wins the tournament of Casablanca
Juan Carlos Ferrero snapped a title drought dating back to October 2003 by defeating fifth-seeded Frenchman Florent Serra 6-4, 7-5 on Sunday in the final of the Grand Prix Hassan II in Casablanca to win the ATP World Tour 250 tennis tournament.Victory for Ferrero earns him 250 South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking points and €71,700 in prize money
Ferrero was returning to Casablanca for the first time since making his ATP World Tour debut there as a 19 year old, when he reached the semi-finals (l. to A. Martin).
"This is a special tournament for me," said Ferrero. "Ten years ago I played my first ATP World Tour tournament here and now I'm back winning the title. I'm very happy, it was a great week for me."
Two breaks were exchanged early in the first set before Ferrero earned a decisive third break to close out a one-set lead 6-4. The players swapped two more breaks of serve in the second set before Ferrero once again made a key breakthrough in the 11th game to lead 6-5. The Villena resident then served out his first victory in three meetings with Serra after one hour and 36 minutes.
"It wasn't easy because Florent was playing very aggressively and I felt a lot of pressure," said Ferrero. "I wanted to take my chances and finally I could win which makes me very happy." "It is very important for my confidence that I won this tournament. This helps a lot coming back from an injury."
Ferrero is closing on his 400th tour-level match win. Victory in Casablanca took the Spaniard to a 396-210 record. His match record in 2009 stands at 10-5, highlighted up till now by quarter-final showings at Costa do Sauipe (l. to Bellucci) and Buenos Aires (l. to Nalbandian).
At No. 115 in the South African Airways 2009 ATP Rankings, Ferrero is the lowest-ranked winner on the ATP World Tour this year. The only other player ranked outside the Top 100 to reach a final was Somdev Devvarman in Chennai (l. to Cilic)
C´mon Juan Carlos,enjoy your win and hope that you can do also another great result next week in Barcelona!!
Friday, April 10, 2009
Ferrero beats Hanescu by 6-3 7-5 and will play in semis against Andreev
Today Ferrero has done a wonderful match,with a very aggresive play and with a very consistant first serve.
In the first match,once more Ferrero started witha lot of confidence and he rapidly lead in the set by 4-0.The rumanian player tried to recover by doing less unforced errors,but Ferrero saw his new tactic and he started to move Hanescu around all the court,varying widely his shots.Finally,he served perfectly to win the first serve by 6-3
In the second serve,everything changed and Hanescu gained confidence and played a more serius tennis than before.Ferrero was the one that was always leading the point,but when he had a break point,the rumanian served powerfully and then he won the game.This all changed when they where 6-5,serving Hanescu.He was winning by 40-15 and was very near to force a tie break,but Ferrero put pressure on him and forced de deuce,where he played confidently and with a forehand winner he reached and advantage and finally he won thefinal game by doing a wonderful deep forehand that Hanescu couldn´t return back.
His next opponent will be Andreev,who has won easily to Gicquel in less than an hour.He is currently in the Top 30 and he has done an irregular tournament,as he nearly lost in first round but since then,he has done good matches.He most dangerous shots are the forehand (which is very deep) and his first serve.Hope tomorrow he continues with his irregularity and that Ferrero plays like today,with lots of confidence and with a powerful forehand.
The match will be more or less at about 5:00 pm(spanish hour,it will be more or less at 4:00 pm in british hour).The match can be followed in BET365).
C´mon Ferrero!!!
In the first match,once more Ferrero started witha lot of confidence and he rapidly lead in the set by 4-0.The rumanian player tried to recover by doing less unforced errors,but Ferrero saw his new tactic and he started to move Hanescu around all the court,varying widely his shots.Finally,he served perfectly to win the first serve by 6-3
In the second serve,everything changed and Hanescu gained confidence and played a more serius tennis than before.Ferrero was the one that was always leading the point,but when he had a break point,the rumanian served powerfully and then he won the game.This all changed when they where 6-5,serving Hanescu.He was winning by 40-15 and was very near to force a tie break,but Ferrero put pressure on him and forced de deuce,where he played confidently and with a forehand winner he reached and advantage and finally he won thefinal game by doing a wonderful deep forehand that Hanescu couldn´t return back.
His next opponent will be Andreev,who has won easily to Gicquel in less than an hour.He is currently in the Top 30 and he has done an irregular tournament,as he nearly lost in first round but since then,he has done good matches.He most dangerous shots are the forehand (which is very deep) and his first serve.Hope tomorrow he continues with his irregularity and that Ferrero plays like today,with lots of confidence and with a powerful forehand.
The match will be more or less at about 5:00 pm(spanish hour,it will be more or less at 4:00 pm in british hour).The match can be followed in BET365).
C´mon Ferrero!!!
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Ferrero beats Starace by 6-4 7-6 and will play quarterfinals against Hanescu
Ferrero´s match will be tomorrow more or less at 2:30pm (british hour,spanish hour will be at 3:30 pm).You can see the match by BET365
Yesterday Ferrero did once more a great match with a great and deep forehand and won a very complicated match against Starace.
In te first set,Juan Carlos did a perfect start,winning two breaks points and leading by 4-0.However,the itaian player waked up and played very aggresively,making Ferrero loss control of the game until he equalised the set 4-4.At this point the match once more changed,as Ferrero started dong some great forehand winners and serving with first serves,by which he won the first set.
Th secong set started badly for Ferrero,as Starace was putting lots of pressure on JC and he had chances to do break,but Ferrero succesfully stayed in the set and got some confidence.Finally,both players forced to get to the tie break,where it seemed that Starace had more confidence than Ferrero after doing a break.However he only won one point,the first one.Ferrero kept in the baseline and the italian player made lots of uforced errors,which Ferrero took benefit of and won the tie break by 7-1.
His next opponent will be Hanescu,who won easily his match against the spanish Navarro by 6-1 6-0.The most important things that makes Hanescu win matches is his powerful serve and also his backhand (mostly when he has confidence,as he can do impossible shots when he has confidence and motivation).
We will know at which time the match is later,when the schedule is released by the ATP.
Yesterday Ferrero did once more a great match with a great and deep forehand and won a very complicated match against Starace.
In te first set,Juan Carlos did a perfect start,winning two breaks points and leading by 4-0.However,the itaian player waked up and played very aggresively,making Ferrero loss control of the game until he equalised the set 4-4.At this point the match once more changed,as Ferrero started dong some great forehand winners and serving with first serves,by which he won the first set.
Th secong set started badly for Ferrero,as Starace was putting lots of pressure on JC and he had chances to do break,but Ferrero succesfully stayed in the set and got some confidence.Finally,both players forced to get to the tie break,where it seemed that Starace had more confidence than Ferrero after doing a break.However he only won one point,the first one.Ferrero kept in the baseline and the italian player made lots of uforced errors,which Ferrero took benefit of and won the tie break by 7-1.
His next opponent will be Hanescu,who won easily his match against the spanish Navarro by 6-1 6-0.The most important things that makes Hanescu win matches is his powerful serve and also his backhand (mostly when he has confidence,as he can do impossible shots when he has confidence and motivation).
We will know at which time the match is later,when the schedule is released by the ATP.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Ferrero wins against Rochus and will play in second round against Starace
Today Ferrero has won Christophe Rochus by 6-2 6-3 in a easy match on which has won in 1 hour.He has served really well (doing 9 aces with only one double fault and winning more than 70% of his serves).n the match he has done 5 break points,which is a really great thing to do against the 61 ranked player of the ATP.
His next opponent is position 90 of the ATP rankings,the italian Potito Starace.In the Head-to-Head,Ferrero has won 3 matches against the italian and has only lost one,two years go in Rome.In all their matches there has been lots of equality as in most of them there has been 3 sets played.
Ferrero´s match will be around 18:15 (spanish hour,check your timezone in xscores) due to the long matches there have been played before Ferrero´s one and it will be played in centre court,so we will be able to watch the match in BET365
Herer there is a video on which you can see how is the style of play of Starace.
His next opponent is position 90 of the ATP rankings,the italian Potito Starace.In the Head-to-Head,Ferrero has won 3 matches against the italian and has only lost one,two years go in Rome.In all their matches there has been lots of equality as in most of them there has been 3 sets played.
Ferrero´s match will be around 18:15 (spanish hour,check your timezone in xscores) due to the long matches there have been played before Ferrero´s one and it will be played in centre court,so we will be able to watch the match in BET365
Herer there is a video on which you can see how is the style of play of Starace.
We now know at which hour Ferrero´s match will be.
Juan Carlos first match will be more or less at 3:00 pm spanish hour,2:00 pm in British hour (you can check the hour for your country here,pressing in time zone) and it will be played in Court 2,as the organization has moved all the matches involving national players to Court 1.As it is in Court 2,there is no tv live coverage,so we will need to follow the scores in the live scores of the ATP.
Good luck Juan Carlos!!
Good luck Juan Carlos!!
Monday, April 6, 2009
Analysis of Christophe Rochus,opponent of Ferrero in first round
Tommorrow Ferrero will play against C.Rochus,which is the seventh seeded player of the tournament.Although Christophe is 61 in the ranking,he has worst statistics than Ferrero in the Year-to-date results.His percentage of first serve is of 60 % (whilst Ferrero has a 67%).Another important fact is that Rochus ha s a 69 % on winning his serving games (whilst Ferrero has a great 78%),which shows us that if Ferrero has confidence and becomes a little bit agressive in his game,he will have lots of opportunities of having break options.
The belgian player has obtained some goods resulys this year (as he reached semifinals in Delray Beach and quarter finals in Memphis).However,he has a negative balance in winning matches this year (as he has won 6 and he has lost 8).This is beacuse he is normally a player that competes in Chellengers,s he should not be a difficult opponent for Ferrero.
The last time they played where in Valencia,long time ago in 2003,where Ferrero won him in the final by 6-2 6-4.
In conclusion,he should not be a great problem for Ferrero to win.As Rochus doesn´t have a great serve,Ferrero should have lots of chances of winning the match.In here you can see a video that shows how Christophe Rochus plays,and you can see his serve,his forehand and his backhand.Enjoy it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_EBvxu2uMY
The belgian player has obtained some goods resulys this year (as he reached semifinals in Delray Beach and quarter finals in Memphis).However,he has a negative balance in winning matches this year (as he has won 6 and he has lost 8).This is beacuse he is normally a player that competes in Chellengers,s he should not be a difficult opponent for Ferrero.
The last time they played where in Valencia,long time ago in 2003,where Ferrero won him in the final by 6-2 6-4.
In conclusion,he should not be a great problem for Ferrero to win.As Rochus doesn´t have a great serve,Ferrero should have lots of chances of winning the match.In here you can see a video that shows how Christophe Rochus plays,and you can see his serve,his forehand and his backhand.Enjoy it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_EBvxu2uMY
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Great draw for Ferrero in Casablanca.
Juan Carlos Ferrero will have in Casablanca a great draw,it cannot be better.In first round he has had lots of luck and he will play against Christophe Rochus,the seventh seeded of the tournament.If he wins this first round match,he will play against the winner of the match Starace-Hernandez.
JC is capable of getting to semifinals,where in theory he would play against the first seeded,Andreev.
Draw of the tournament:
ANDREEV, Igor (RUS, 1) vs CHAKI, Rabie (MOR, WC)
DEVILDER, Nicolas (FRA) vs KOELLERER, Daniel (AUT)
ZVEREV, Mischa (GER) vs Q
VLIEGEN, Kristof (BEL) vs GICQUEL, Marc (FRA, 6)
HANESCU, Victor (ROM, 4) vs DARCIS, Steve (BEL)
NAVARRO, Ivan (ESP) vs STAKHOVSKY, Sergyi (UKR)
STARACE, Potito (ITA) vs HERNANDEZ, Oscar (ESP)
FERRERO, Juan Carlos (ESP) vs ROCHUS, Christophe (BEL, 7)
CLEMENT, Arnaud (FRA, 8) vs LJUBICIC, Ivan (CRO)
MARTIN, Alberto (ESP) vs GIL, Frederico (POR)
Q vs Q
EL AMRANI, Reda (MOR, WC) vs MONTANES, Albert (ESP, 3)
SERRA, Florent (FRA, 5) vs BELLUCCI, Thomaz (BRA)
ZIADI, Mehdi (MOR, WC) vs ROCHUS, Olivier (BEL)
FOGNINI, Fabio (ITA) vs GABASHVILI, Teimuraz (RUS)
Q vs SCHUETTLER, Rainer (GER, 2)
Official website of the tournament here
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Ferrero obtains a WC for the Open 500 of Barcelona
Juan Carlos Ferrero has been awarded with a WildCard for the Barcelona Open 500 that will start in the 16th of April.Ferrero asked for the Wild Card and the tournament inmediatly told him that he could count on it,which shows how much respect the Barcelona´s Open has on Ferrero,specially Albert Costa,which in a interview said ("“We all know how important Juan Carlos is to Spanish tennis. Due to niggling injuries in recent months at unfortunate times, his ranking has dropped to a point where he could not gain direct entry to the draw but nobody considers his real level to equate to his current ranking").
Another news about Ferrero´s next tournamentsis that he has claimed for a WC in Estoril,where hi has high chances of getting it as he once won that tournament.
Hope Ferrero´s hard work can be seen in Casablanca,where hi has really high chances of getting a great result.
Another news about Ferrero´s next tournamentsis that he has claimed for a WC in Estoril,where hi has high chances of getting it as he once won that tournament.
Hope Ferrero´s hard work can be seen in Casablanca,where hi has really high chances of getting a great result.
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