Order of Play
Center Court
starting at 7PM
Juan Carlos FERRERO (ESP) vs Bartlomiej DABROWSKI (POL)
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Sopot Preview
from www.atptennis.com
Ferrero has a chance to claim his fourth championship trophy in Sopot.
Top seed Juan Carlos Ferrero begins his challenge for a fourth title of the year against Polish wild card Bartlomiej Dabrowski in the first round.
Ferrero, the Roland Garros champion and current Race leader, is seeded to meet No. 3 Guillermo Coria in the semifinals. The in-form Argentine has won back-to-back titles in the last two weeks in Stuttgart and Kitzbühel, and moved to third position in the ATP Champions Race 2003. Coria, the 21-year-old who also won the Tennis Masters Hamburg title and reached the semifinals at Roland Garros, is 42-11 this year (30-3 on clay) and has not dropped a set in his last two tournaments (22-0). Coria opens his campaign against Romania’s Victor Hanescu having won their only previous meeting at the Telecom Italia Masters in Rome earlier this year.
Center Court
starting at 7PM
Juan Carlos FERRERO (ESP) vs Bartlomiej DABROWSKI (POL)
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Sopot Preview
from www.atptennis.com
Ferrero has a chance to claim his fourth championship trophy in Sopot.
Top seed Juan Carlos Ferrero begins his challenge for a fourth title of the year against Polish wild card Bartlomiej Dabrowski in the first round.
Ferrero, the Roland Garros champion and current Race leader, is seeded to meet No. 3 Guillermo Coria in the semifinals. The in-form Argentine has won back-to-back titles in the last two weeks in Stuttgart and Kitzbühel, and moved to third position in the ATP Champions Race 2003. Coria, the 21-year-old who also won the Tennis Masters Hamburg title and reached the semifinals at Roland Garros, is 42-11 this year (30-3 on clay) and has not dropped a set in his last two tournaments (22-0). Coria opens his campaign against Romania’s Victor Hanescu having won their only previous meeting at the Telecom Italia Masters in Rome earlier this year.
