Roger Updated his Facebook: Great to be back in Shanghai! I missed being here last year and I am looking forward to playing in front of my Chinese fans next week. Fbook is tough to access in China but I will try and post a few pictures if I can. Thanks!
Roger is playing the Shanghai Masters 1000 event for the 1st time (last year was its debut) but let's not forget that he won the year-end championships twice when they were played here.
He has a 1st tound bye and will open against either John Isner or a qualifier. He is in Robin Soderling's quarter and Novak Djokovic's half. He can only meet Rafa should they get to the final.
Roger also has an opportunity to tie Rafa's record of 18 Masters 1000 titles should he raise the trophy on next Sunday.
Now let's get back to his first match which I'll asume will be against Isner. I've bitched about this a few times already in previous posts but Roger's decission to skip all warm-up tournaments continues to puzzle me and Isner is the reason why...
Isner, having reached the Sf's in Beijing, will have played 5 matches in Asia by the time he he gets to Roger on Tuesday/Wednesday. Roger will not have played a tour match since his Sf loss at the US Open a month ago.
For me, it just feels like poor planning. Isner is due a big scalp. Couple that with a lot of players taking care of the 0's in their H2H this year (and last) and Fed Fans might be justified in their worry.
I know I am.
Me too and where is Roger's hair, I hate when he cuts it short.
Posted by: Diane | 10/10/2010 at 08:41 AM