Younes El Aynaoui postpones retirement with win over Ryler Deheart in Doha.
A high school friend I reconnected with a few months ago on Facebook posted the above photo on her page. I commented that I was watching the live stream on my laptop. She responded, "Any time you want to come to the Middle East for a tennis tournament let me know. We can arrange it." Mmm...
#2 Rafael Nadal opened his Doha tournament against the 93rd ranked cuteness from Italy, Simone Bolelli. For a comfortable 63 63 win it was actually an entertaining match. As usually Rafa dazzled his fans with some incredible gets. Yes, he's back folks and playing nearly 100% - watch out boys...
#1 Roger Federer played beautifully against Christophe Rochus. Ranked #86 it didn't even look like they were playing the same sport or belonged in the same league. Nobody inside the top 100 should lose an opening set against anyone else in the top 100 in 18 minutes - 20 minutes, maybe. Still, one felt bad for the Belgian as he got drubbed, 61 62.
I'm still betting on a Roger/Rafa final to start the year right.
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