Hey everybody!
I’m here with you again. Today is the first day of main draw in the tournament. All matches started about 9 o’clock so all of the players got up at about 8 o clock. When I came to the dinning room everyone was eating sandwiches, corn flakes and drinking juice. Some of them left early to warm up on the court.
Our life has not changed here, we start our day with gym, this week is the most difficult week, running again or tennis. “If you did not get to ITF this time, you will be ready for the next tournaments, be sure”, our couch said when we ran another 10 km today.
It was such hot weather but matches were pretty interesting and difficult. I did not see all of the matches because I could not miss out on my running! But I had a chance to watch the most interesting. I saw some really talented players and really good fighters.
The most interesting match was between Ignacio Bachiler from Spain and second seed Seculic Milos from Sweden. The match started really well, both players started with some great passing shots. But then they started to have some problems with the score and line calls. Then, after the third set Bachiller's leg began to cramp, he continued to play the point: Serve, hit the ball and AAAAAA no puedo (I can't). Another two points and he called the doctor. Later it was the same story with his second leg, thank god he has only two! Milos was serving for the match and it was the weirdest point: Milos served slowly, he was thinking that Bachiller would not be able to hit the return and he would get advantage but Bachiller was running like a chicken and screamed like a warrior AAAAA and hit an amazing winner. Bachiller was a great fighter, every time he hit a ball he was saying:” I can’t play anymore” but he carried on, however in the end he lost the third set and the match 67 62 61.
I saw another match with Carlos Boluda, a fourteen year old Spanish guy, he plays really good tennis. He got a Wild Card for the tournament and played a Romanian guy Andrei Savulescu. That was a really exciting match. When Boluda started, it was like BAH BAH no mistakes nothing, I was like wow! He won the first set 62. In the second set both players were really fighting well but Boluda was too good, game, set, match Boluda 62 75.
And Goran Jukopila if you see his match, you should listen to what he is saying after every point: Legend!!!! Maestro!!!!..... It was a really exciting match, too.
Today our player Guillermo Garcia Lopez came to visit the tournament, he's ranked No.60 in the world right now and was just playing at the Masters tournament in Monte Carlo, it's good that the pro players are interested in watching the junior matches.
So, the day is over, no more tennis for today, so all of the players have a chance to relax. They play computer games, cards, explore the internet, listen to music, when you go to the tent you see all types of resting and maybe you will find a way to relax for yourself, hehe.
Ok, guys, thanks and see you tomorrow.
Kirill
