Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Miami Open: Novak Djokovic Against Canas, Nadal Again


Novak Djokovic is #3 seed in Miami, just like last week in Indian Wells, as well he will possibly match up with Guillermo Canas and Rafael Nadal the same as in Indian Wells.

Novak will be free in Round 1, in Round 2 he awaits the winner of Augustin Callieri vs. Qualifier. In Round 3, Novak could meet Igor Andreev (winner of comeback of the year in the 2007 ATP Awards held yesteday in Miami), then most likely in Round 4 await him Guillermo Canas or Ferdando Gonzales.

In possible Quarterfinal match, Novak can play against Richard Gasquet. Then in the Semifinals, he could play against Rafael Nadal (in Rafael's part of the draw three are players such as James Blake, David Nalbandian, Carlos Moya, Ivan Ljubicic, Radek Stepanek...).

Novak left Indian Wells yesterday, Tuesday March 25th, two days after winning the tournament, just couple of hours after he won the title, Novak flew to Los Angeles in a private jet to watch LA Lakers NBA match where he met NBA's leading star Kobe Bryant; video clip with Novak attending the LA Lakers game you can see in blog's next post.

Novak will not be on court in a couple of days more, there is some pressure on him as a defending champion in Miami with a lot of ATP points to defend, some of that pressure Novak took off after winning Indian Wells prior to coming to the 'fifth' Grand Slam as some call Miami Open tournament.