On Day 3 of the Grand Prix Hassan II in Casablanca, only four singles matches took place. The only small shock of the day was portuguese, Frederico Gil. He dismantled my favorite of the tournament, Ivan Ljubicic. The first set was very tight and it went to a tiebreak. Ljubicic didn't seem to struggle too much throughout the tiebreak and won it, 7-2. The second set looked to have another tiebreak, but as Ljubicic tried to serve into a tiebreak, Gil breaks and takes the second set from Ljubicic, 7-5. So far, the score was exactly the same to Ljubicic's previous match with Arnaud Clement. There weren't any breaks of serve for the most of the final set, but as Ljubicic tried to level the match at 5-5, he was broken, and Gil took the final set, 6-4. Ivan may not have won this one, but he is for sure gonna go far at Roland Garros.
And expected winner (for me), Juan Carlos Ferrero pulled through a tricky encounter with Italy's, Potito Starace. Ferrero played well and fought hard to come out with a straight set win over Starace, 64 76(1).
Romanian, Victor Hanescu destroyed his Spanish opponent, Ivan Navarro yesterday whilst winning 86% of his first serve points. The final score was 61 60.
An all Spanish duel ensued on the slow clay courts of Casablanca yesterday. And the match turned out to be a real cracker. Spaniards, Albert Montañes and Santiago Ventura faced off in a 2 hour and 15 minute grudge match. The first set was tight, but Ventura won it, 7-5. But Montañes crawled back to break Ventura twice in the second set to take it, 6-3. In the final set, Montañes had a strong lead which led him to serve for the match at 5-2. But Ventura clawed his way to 5-5. But it wasn't enough for Ventura, and Montañes broke Ventura again to take the final set, 7-5.
The NEW player I want to Win: Juan Carlos Ferrero
Who I think Will Win: Juan Carlos Ferrero
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