Curses! Foiled again.
Marc! lost his first round doubles match to Aspelin/Moodie 7-6 2-6 12-10 today in Barcelona.
April 21, 2009 at 6:54 pm by miri | Marc! | 3 Comments
Awww
Marc! lost his second qualifying match to Nicolas Lapentii today. The score was 7-5 2-6 1-6. There’s still more tennis ahead for him this week as he’s in the doubles draw and will team up with Fernando Vicente.
April 19, 2009 at 1:37 pm by miri | Marc! | No Comments
Victory!
Before that other guy took the courts in Monte-Carlo, Marc! won his first round qualifying match in Barcelona.
Nicolas Lapentti, who also qualified for Monte Carlo where he reached the last sixteen before falling to Rafael Nadal, recovered from a poor first set to dominate Uruguay’s Pablo Cuevas 26 63 60. The former world #6 next plays Marc López, who was one of two Spanish wild cards to score upset wins on Saturday, thrashing fifth seed Paul Capdeville of Chile 61 62.
Lapentii’s going to be tough. Come on, Marc! Make it into the main draw so the world stands a chance of seeing your adorableness on TV.
April 18, 2009 at 10:57 pm by miri | Marc! | No Comments
Marc! in Barcy qualies
Anyone going to the Barcelona tournament? Show up early to insure you see Marc! He’s in the qualifying draw.
April 18, 2009 at 7:32 am by miri | Marc! | No Comments
Marc! out of the Athens Open
(Yeah, the news is a few days late, but it’s difficult to find out who’s playing what tournament on the Challenger’s tour. Oh, and okay…I didn’t think to check until now.)
Looks like Marc! had a sucky day on the 9th – he lost in both the singles and doubles at the Athens Open. From the singles match write up it sounds like he put up a good fight, though.
Number 2 seed Denis Istomin overcame Marc Lopez and advanced to the quarterfinal.
The player from Uzbekistan had to save 7 (out of 10) break points during the 2 hour match to subdue the resistance of Lopez 7-5, 7-6(5). The Spaniard had 9 aces in his 12 service games. Denis said: “It was a hard test for my next matches which might be even more difficult. This victory over a clay court specialist like Lopez increases my confidence for the next matches”.
Now to figure out where the heck he’s playing next…
April 11, 2009 at 11:56 pm by miri | Marc! | No Comments
Miami photos
I had the pleasure of watching Marc! and some other guy play their second doubles match in Miami. Sadly, they lost, but they did look darn cute while doing it.
More photos can be found in my flickr set.
April 7, 2009 at 9:51 pm by miri | Marc! | No Comments
Marc! in Miami
Marc! was in the house for for that other guy’s round 2 match:
He wasn’t there the next round because he was probably busy preparing for the night’s doubles…which he and that other guy lost. Pictures of that to come later after I sort through the 1000s that I have.
April 2, 2009 at 8:57 am by miri | Marc! | No Comments