A bunch of good matches occurred today. One of which was David Nalbandian's victory over Frenchman, Paul-Henri Mathieu. Nalbandian started off strong, but then fell in the second set, but he retained his game from the first set to close out the match, 64 36 63.
Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic floated through there second round matches. Murray admits that clay isn't his favorite, but he played well enough to take down Romanian, Victor Hanescu, 63 62. And Novak Djokovic defeated qualifier, Oscar Hernandez, 61 62.
The surprises of the day consisted of Gilles Simon, Gael Monfils, and Tommy Robredo. Gael Monfils was incredibly out of sorts today as he faced off against Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic. Tipsarevic dismantled Monfils, 63 61. Gilles Simon went against Germany's Andreas Beck. Beck came from behind big time to stun Nicolas Kiefer in the first round. This time, Andreas didn't need to come back. Beck struggled in the first set, but took control in the second. In the end, Beck pulled off another upset, 75 61. And Tommy Robredo has been on tour for many years. He has always been very comfortable on the clay, but Argentinian, Juan Monaco was playing beautiful tennis to easily eliminate Robredo, 62 64.
The most hyped up match of the day was the mouthwatering encounter between Marat Safin and Lleyton Hewitt. Hewitt came from a great run in Houston. But Hewitt arrived in Monte Carlo the night before he had to play. So the lack of sleep/jetlag could have affected Hewitt's movement. But credit to Safin, he played consistently and won the match, 64 75.
Other Scores of Day 2:
(Q) Fabio Fognini(ITA) def. Tomas Berdych(CZE) 16 63 63
Ivo Karlovic(CRO) def. Florent Serra(FRA) 64 64
(10) David Ferrer(ESP) def. Feliciano Lopez(ESP) 62 63
Albert Montañes(ESP) def. (16) Nicolas Almagro(ESP) 76(6) 46 76(5)
(WC) Jean Rene Lisnard(MON) def. Christophe Rochus(BEL) 62 62
Martin Vassallo Arguello(ESP) def. Igor Andreev(RUS) 26 76(5) 62
Who I Want to Win: DAVID NALBANDIAN
Who I Think Will Win: ANDY MURRAY
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