Safin in Beijing

I was really pleased when I found out earlier that Marat Safin had beaten Fernando Gonzalez 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Beijing today. I like Gonzalez but this is one of the few times that Marat has won back to back matches this year, and it's nice to see him winning matches so near his retirement. Unfortunately I didn't get to watch the match, but hopefully I can see some matches tomorrow - there are some really good QFs - Rafa vs. Marat and Verdasco vs. Djokovic, as well as Davydenko vs. Cilic and Soderling vs. Ljubicic. Obviously I love Rafa but it would be really cool to see Marat go far in this tournament!

I was sad that Gilles Simon was beaten by Mikhail Youzhny in Tokyo in 3 sets, so now I'm rooting for Monfils, Tsonga or Gulbis to win the tournament. Tsonga and Gulbis are playing each other in the QF, and it should be interesting as they played each other last week in Bangkok (Tsonga won) and it was a great 3 set match!

I just remembered another player I want to see more of, Grigor Dimitrov! He walked right past me when I was at Queen's but I didn't get to see him play.

Anyway here's a pic of Marat from Wimbledon earlier this year: