I don't mean to be getting ahead of myself, but if these two guys win their way through to the fourth round, a juicy fourth round encounter will be showcased on Sunday local time (Saturday night for those in Europe/America). The #8 seed against the #9 seed, featuring two of my favourite players.
Surprisingly, these two backhand maestros have only met twice before, with the head to head tied at 1-1. Their last meeting was at Roland Garros in last year's, also in the fourth round, which was an epic. On that occasion, the #2 Swiss player fought his way from two sets down to take the match 8-6 in the fifth.
I'm obviously really looking forward to (and hoping for) this potential showdown. I'm off to Rod Laver Arena on Sunday, so I'm praying for the scheduling Gods to showcase these two top ten players on the main court.
If Gasquet is completely over his back injury, I honestly can't call this match. I'll be leaning slightly in favour of Wawrinka otherwise. The prize for winning this match will most likely to be match up against Novak.
Edit: forgot the "n" in Wawrinka's name in the subject.
Surprisingly, these two backhand maestros have only met twice before, with the head to head tied at 1-1. Their last meeting was at Roland Garros in last year's, also in the fourth round, which was an epic. On that occasion, the #2 Swiss player fought his way from two sets down to take the match 8-6 in the fifth.
I'm obviously really looking forward to (and hoping for) this potential showdown. I'm off to Rod Laver Arena on Sunday, so I'm praying for the scheduling Gods to showcase these two top ten players on the main court.
If Gasquet is completely over his back injury, I honestly can't call this match. I'll be leaning slightly in favour of Wawrinka otherwise. The prize for winning this match will most likely to be match up against Novak.
Edit: forgot the "n" in Wawrinka's name in the subject.
