Tennis Paparazzi

One major upset happens yesterday when the American best player, No.6 seed Andy Roddick falls in the second round of the draw. Tommy Haas was the man who played his best tennis for 84mins to upset big-server Roddick in straight-sets 6-4, 6-4 to secure a place in the third round. No.12 seed Fernando Gonzalez was stopped by Mario Ancic in the second round after battling for 138mins 3-set match 5-7, 6-3, 3-6.

There were also other seeded players who had close encounter to exit early in the competition. Top British Andy Murray had to close up his match against Austrian Jurgen Melzer in a 3-set match 3-6, 6-3, 6-3. No.7 seed David Nalbandian and No.15 seed Tommy Robredo managed to win in the third-set tie-break.

But it was no surprise for other seeded players to breeze through the second round. World No.1 Roger Federer who suffered a second round exit last year took 66mins to defeat his opponent Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in straight-sets 6-3, 6-2. Federer will play against Frenchman Nicolas Mahut in the third round. No.4 seed Nikolay Davydenko is the next top 10 player who safely advance to the third round after a straight-sets 6-2, 7-6(3) win over the American John Isner.

That completes all the matches in the Men’s Singles second round. I am expecting more actions in the third round when there are still eight Top 10 players still in the competition.