The US Men's Clay Court Championship in Houston, Texas continued with its matches yesterday. And more surprises came about. The third and fourth seeds were knocked out in the second round. Jurgen Melzer, the left-handed Austrian third seed who has risen in the rankings for the past couple of months fell to another lefty, Wayne Odesnik(USA). The American, who is ranked 69 places below Melzer showed his brilliant clay court abilities by rampaging him, 64 60.
The other seed that lost yesterday was the fourth seed from France, Jeremy Chardy. Chardy was eaten alive by his Spanish opponent, Guillermo Garcia-Lopez. Jeremy Chardy has proved that he has a lot of talent on the hard courts by making it to the finals of Delray Beach, but it doesn't seem like clay is where Chardy's comfort zone is. He was smashed by the one-handed backhand Spaniard, 61 60 in just under an hour.
Lleyton Hewitt is still on a clay court hot streak after diminishing his Argentine opponent, Sergio Roitman in the second round, 61 63 also under an hour. Something tells me that Hewitt has a chance to get back to the top 10. Who knows? Maybe he could win another grand slam.
The only match of the day that lasted longer than an hour and a minute was the Paul Capdeville, John Isner match. Now I was expecting a straight set win for Capdeville. And it started off that way when Capdeville captured a break to take the first set 6-4. But not one more break occurred throughout the rest of the match. Isner started to play more aggressive in the second set tiebreak and won it, 7-1. The third set was exactly the same as the second. A final set tiebreak was inevitable. And Isner surprised many by winning the tiebreak, 8-5 and winning the match, 46 76(1) 76(5). I am honestly very surprised. I guess having an awesome serve can really help you. And Isner served an astounding 24 aces. His next opponent is Wayne Odesnik. I'm gonna say that Odesnik is gonna win in three sets.
Who I Want to Win: John Isner
Who I Think Will Win: Tommy Haas
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