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ATP Studena Croatia Open Umag – Thursday Preview

July 29, 2010 | Comments Off

UmagThe second round wraps up at the Studena Croatia Open Umag on Thursday, with the last four quarter-final spots at stake.

First up on Centre Court is No. 2 seed Jurgen Melzer against Jan Hajek. Melzer has had his best season to date and last week he reached his first ATP World Tour final of the year at the German Open in Hamburg. The Austrian has reached the semi-finals in his only two previous appearances here as well, in 2002 and last year. Hajek’s ranking wouldn’t indicate an upset brewing (he is 63 spots below Melzer at No. 78), but he did beat his opponent’s young brother, Gerald, in the first round here.

Second on Centre Court is No. 3 seed and No. 2 Croat Ivan Ljubicic against wild card Ivan Dodig. Ljubicic will try to snap out of a four-match losing streak, having gone winless since a 10-8 fifth set second round win at Roland Garros. But the 31-year-old Croat is comfortable on these courts, playing this tournament for the 11th time (his best showings were the semi-finals in 1999 and three other quarter-finals). He and Dodig will be playing for the first time.

Two all-unseeded matchups take the Grandstand, pitting Olivier Rochus against Andreas Seppi (Seppi won their only prior meeting, albeit by retirement) and Bjorn Phau against Potito Starace, who won their previous encounter.


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