I got there late but was right time to catch Vasek vs. Santiago, boy what a strange match.
The first set started with a foot-fault by Vasek and almost ended by a foot-fault by Santiego, in between, there were multiple challenges that made Santiago run out of them by the time it was 4-4 in the set. I was surprised by off-speed serves by Santiago, he has Vasek guessing the entire first set with those serves, he would serve 100 mph serves mixed by 120 MPH offerings, it took a while for Vasek to get used to them...
By the time Vasek won the second set, it started raining, so the match was called off until tomorrow.
Look for the pictures in the blog.
I did get to attend Kei's after match press conference, he was asked twice if he was injured which he replied that he is OKAY! He did admit that Richard was better than him today. I asked him if he will come back next year, first he said for sure then changed it to may be but gave us the normal answer that he loves to play here and so on...
I saw Gasquet play against Sela, he seems to be the best one out there, he does have a good shot.
Here is the order of play:
The start time was changed to 11:45 am with the uncompleted match to be played after the doubles match scheduled at the beginning.
I am planning to be there the entire day.
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