Doha ATP 250 - 2nd Round
1 Rafael Nadal d Lukas Lacko - 76(3) 06 63
Rafa showed up in Doha suffering from a bit of fever.
And it showed in his match today - but he still played & won in doubles after.
Rafa last lost a love set in Feb '09 to Andy Murray in the Rotterdam final.
Rafa will play 5 Ernests Gulbis - H2H: 3-0/RN.
But Ernie has taken a set in each of their three matches. Interesting.
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2 Roger Federer d Marco Chiudinelli - 76(5) 75
Roger won the battle of childhood friends. And it was closer than he'd like.
I watched the 2nd set & Fed didn't seem to have his usual fight.
But he drew enough will to score the win. Phew.
Roger moves into the Qf's at Doha in all 6 appearances: 4-1.
Roger will play 6 Viktor Troicki in the Qf's tomorrow - H2H: 1-0/RF.
Warning ahead: Troicki is playing the best tennis of his life right now.
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Both matches tomorrow should be good. Setting my alarm now.
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