Sao Paulo - 250 - Feb. 11-17

[DBBN]

Rafael Nadal [1] [WC] - Bye
Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo - Qualifier
Carlos Berlocq - Andrey Kuznetsov
Albert Ramos [8] - Guillermo Garcia Lopez

Jeremy Chardy [4] - Bye
Ricardo Mello [WC] - Leonardo Mayer
Filippo Volandri - Daniel Gimeno-Traver
Thomaz Bellucci [5] - Qualifier

Pablo Andujar [7] - Santiago Giraldo
Albert Montanes - Paolo Lorenzi
Tommy Robredo [WC] - Simone Bolelli
Juan Monaco [3] - Bye

Fabio Fognini [6] - Guido Pella
David Nalbandian - Qualifier
Horacio Zeballos - Qualifier
Nicolas Almagro [2] - Bye

[lexpretend]

Kuznetsov gets Berlocq again

Though if you can't beat Berlocq who can you beat, really.

[janie]

Great to see that Nalbandian has come to life in Brazil -- into the semis.

[Grarliner]

First semi since he broke some old guy's leg?

[janie]

Ha! I had completely forgotten about that incident.

[DBBN]

Rafa barely beats BerlocQ. 3-6 6-4 6-4. LOL.

[lexpretend]

Losing sets to Berlocq

[DBBN]

Now try losing sets to ALUND, who won 0 Tour-level matches prior to Monday.

[lexpretend]

Berlocq is worse. Alund is a new face, I've never heard of him but he might be good. Berlocq is a known quantity of shit.

[Denise49IQ]

WHAT is Rafa doing? Uh, retirement?

[Paean]

Alund is a very average challenger player, who virtually never leaves South American clay courts. Losing a set to him would be disastrous for most of the top 100 players.

Nadal is not gonna enjoy the beatdowns this year...

[lexpretend]

Fat Dave actually has to be the favourite in the final, right?

[DBBN]

Feb 17, 2013 12:49:35 GMT -5 Lady said:

Rafa won 6-2 6-3 So happy! He was down 0-3 in the 2nd with 2 breaks!

That happened. And he really needed it.

[janie]