Ferrero will play in first round of the US Open against Santoro

After having a short holiday,Juan Carlos Ferrero will come back to the courts this week,at New York,where he will play the fourth grandslam of the year,the US Open.This grandslam is very important for him:

1)He needs to obtain a good result so that he has good options to be a member of the Davis Cup team which will play in september the semifinals against Israel.Ferrero needs a better result than players like Verdasco,Robredo,Ferrer...so that he can be again at the Davis Cup and why not,be again the hero of the spanish team.

2)JC again will play a granslam being a seeded player,which didnt happen since Roland Garros,where his poor ranking made him pass to Main draw with a wildcard.Also,remember that last year he didnt play at US Open,so he doesnt defend any point,so he needs a good performance to improve his ranking to the 22 position.


As an overall,JC has a nice draw,with easy matches in first and second round:

6] Del Potro vs Monaco
Melzer vs Safin
Cuevas vs Guccione
Koellerer vs [25] Fish

[24] Ferrero vs Santoro
Petzschner vs Stakhovsky
Q vs Lu
Ginemo-Traver vs [9] Simon

[16] Cilic vs Sweeting
Gabashvili vs Levine
Istomin vs Evans
Lapentti vs [19] Wawrinka

[27] Karlovic vs Navarro
Lopez vs Dent
Capdeville vs Crivoi
Gulbis vs [2] Murray


As you can see,once more this year,Ferrero will play against Santoro,a player who he meet twice in this year,both times in grandslams (at Australian Open,where he lost to him and at Wimbledon,where he easily won the frenchmen)