Marseilles Open Final Act: Fully Loaded

23 Feb 2010 by Matthew Zemek in 2010 Marseilles Open
Marseilles Open Final Act: Fully Loaded

At the biggest tournaments in tennis, Michael Llodra is considered a lightweight. At the 2010 Open 13 event in his native country, the left-handed Frenchman lived up to his last name.
Mr. Llodra – make that, Monsieur Llodra – was simply a load over the past week at the Palais des Sports in Marseilles, France.
A man [...]


Marseilles Open – Quarterfinal Review

20 Feb 2010 by Matthew Zemek in 2010 Marseilles Open

At the Open 13 tennis tournament – which has now completed the quarterfinal round – it’s fair to say that home cooking has been the order of the week. This ATP 250 event held in Marseilles has witnessed three French competitors advance to the final four.
Saturday’s semifinals will have a richly Gallic flavor, and that’s [...]


Marseilles Open Report – First Round Rundown

19 Feb 2010 by Matthew Zemek in Open 13
Marseilles Open Report – First Round Rundown

The Open 13 in Marseilles, France, an ATP 250 event played on indoor hardcourts, has completed most of its 14 first-round matches. The tournament field was supposed to include Andy Murray and Juan Martin del Potro, but the two stars pulled out of the event for different reasons (and, for that matter, with different levels [...]


Marseilles Open – Round of 16 Review

19 Feb 2010 by Matthew Zemek in 2010 Marseilles Open
Marseilles Open – Round of 16 Review

The Open 13 tennis tournament in Marseilles, France, is quite literally proving to be an “open” tournament. In Thursday’s round of 16 matches – singles and doubles alike – the smell of cutthroat competition wafted through the sterile indoor air at the Palais des Sports.
If anyone thought that the top seeds in this event would [...]

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