Sunday, February 28, 2010

Ferrer breaks Ferrero's winning streak on clay

This has been, one hell of a great month for Juan Carlos Ferrero, in terms of tennis. The Spanish player who just recently turned 30, claimed the Brasil Open, Copa Telmex, (defeating Ferrer) and then reached the finals in the Abierto Mexicano Telcel, losing narrowly to Ferrer, in 3 sets.

In total, Ferrero, was on a 14 match winning streak, before losing to Ferrer in the finals. He attributes his recent success, to having improved his fitness, which is critical for doing well, on clay.

Now, I realize that most of these tournaments are relatively small and the results he managed to achieve in them, might not translate to the bigger, masters series events, but still, he's headed right back to the top 10 if he keeps this up.

His ranking improved to 14 in the world, which is the highest that it's been in nearly 6 years. The only down side, is that he did injure his knee a bit, in the finals against Ferrer. As a result, he's pulled out of the Davis Cup match, scheduled for next week and will be replaced by Nicolas Almagro. I'm not quite sure how serious this injury is but I hope to see him back next month for the BNP Paribas Open.

It's also, possible, that he could make a serious run at the French Open later this year. Assuming, that he's able to keep his injuries down to a minimum.

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