Ernests Gulbis vs Fernando Verdasco Match Updates

Friday, April 23rd, 2010 at 7:08 am , filed under Australian Open by Sam Siril

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Ernests Gulbis vs Fernando Verdasco Barcelona open Bancsabadell atlantico 2010 match on Friday, April 23, 2010.

Venue: Barcelona, Spain.

Time: 10:30 A.M

Players Report:

Ernests Gulbis will meet Fernando Verdasco in the Barcelona open Bancsabadell atlantico 2010 match on Friday.

Gulbis claimed wins in the first two rounds of the Australian Open precursor tournament, the Qatar ExxonMobil Open, defeating 6th seeded Spaniard Albert Montañés 6-2, 7-5, and subsequently Italian Andreas Seppi 6-4, 7-5. Gulbis progressed on to the third round, where he was defeated in a tight match against world number 1 Roger Federer 2-6, 6-4, 4-6. At the 2010 Australian Open itself, Gulbis was ousted in the first round by 30th Seed Argentine Juan Monaco in straight sets.

In February, Gulbis reached his second career semifinal at an ATP 500 event, the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships in Memphis, Tennessee. In the second round he defeated No. 3 seed Radek Stepanek, facing two, consecutive Czech players as he ousted No. 5 seed Tomas Berdych in the third round in a tight, three set match. He lost in the semifinals to eventual champion Sam Querrey.

At the end of February he then competed in the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, an outdoor hard court tournament, where he won his maiden ATP tour title. In the final, he faced 6’11″ Croatian and No. 2 seed Ivo Karlovic, winning convincingly with a score line of 6-2, 6-3. With this victory, his ranking rose back into the top 50.

Gulbis’ next tournament was the 2010 BNP Paribas Open, an ATP 1000 Tier tournament. Gulbis defeated swiss player Marco Chiudinelli in the first round, but succumbed to No. 5 seed Nikolay Davydenko 6-4, 6-4 in the second round, who was playing with a broken wrist. Ernests missed the Sony Ericsson Open and reappeared in Monte Carlo. He again beat Chiudinelli and then lost to Stanislas Wawrinka.

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