Weekend Wrap-Up
In today's US Open Series tournament finals, Andy Roddick overcame James Blake to claim the Legg Mason Tennis Classic title in Washington, D.C., while Mary Pierce gave Ai Sugiyama a bagel on the way to winning the Acura Classic in San Diego, California.
This win puts Roddick and Pierce atop the US Open Series race standings. At the end of the series of tournaments that comprise the US Open Series, the male and female player who top the race will be entitled to receive double prize money at the US Open. There are five tournaments left in the US Open Series. This coming week, the men will be playing in Montreal (Rogers Cup) while the ladies will still be in California (JP Morgan Chase Open).Meanwhile, French teen Gael Monfils has won his first ATP title at the Sopot Open in Poland. For someone who was playing in the juniors last year, this is a huge leap. Also, last year it was Rafael Nadal who won this title--and look where he is now. Monfils probably won't rise as fast as Nadal has, but hey, he was four matches away from completing the junior Grand Slam last year.
posted by Noelle De Guzman @ 9:17 AM
2 Comments:
Funny how much people are making of Nadal having won his first tournament last year in Sopot, and Monfils winning his first there this year, isn't it? I think it will take Monfils longer than Nadal to get to the top.
I certainly don't expect Nadal-like results but couldn't help drawing comparisons between the two. :) I really like these teens (including Gasquet) coming up through the rankings, led by Nadal.
Watching Monfils play, I think what he needs is consistency. Nadal has that in bucketloads.
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