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8/10/09 6:21 AM | Ricky Dimon
Dmitry Tursunov and Jeremy Chardy will be in action on Monday at the Masters Series Montreal. Paul-Henri Mathieu is also looking for a spot in the second round.
Dmitry Tursunov vs. Igor Andreev
It will be the seventh career meeting between Tursunov and Andreev when the two Russians square off in the first round of the Masters Series Montreal on Monday. Andreev is dominating the head-to-head series 6-1, including 3-1 on hard courts. Their most recent encounter came earlier this season in the Dubai second round, with Andreev prevailing in three sets. Tursunov has the talent to turn the tide, but he has been inconsistent of late (not out of the ordinary for him) in part because of an ankle injury. Both players have been in mediocre form this year and they each lost their respective Washington openers last week. Tursunov has a chance if he serves well, but look for Andreev to advance in three sets.
Yen-Hsun Lu vs. Jeremy Chardy
Lu and Chardy have never met at the ATP level, but the faced each other four years ago at a Challenger event in Orleans, France. Lu won it in straight sets, but that of course was a relatively long time ago and Chardy especially is a much different player now. The Frenchman is a solid 29-19 in 2009 and is ranked 36th in the world (as of Sunday). He won a clay-court title in Stuttgart last month. Lu has been struggling this season, but he advanced one round in Washington and took a set off eventual champion Juan Martin Del Potro. If Chardy is not putting in a high percentage of first serves and gets forced into too many baseline rallies, don't be shocked if the veteran from Chinese Taipei pulls off a three-set upset.
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez vs. Paul-Henri Mathieu
Mathieu leads the head-to-head series with Garcia-Lopez 1-0 heading into this first-round encounter at the Rogers Cup. The Frenchman dominated a clay-court meeting 6-1, 6-4 three years ago in Bucharest, Romania. Granted that will not be a factor when they clash for a second time, but nothing suggests Mathieu will go down to Garcia-Lopez on hard courts if he handled the Spaniard on clay. Garcia-Lopez won his first career title (on clay, not surprisingly) just prior to this spring's French Open, but he has done little since. Mathieu reached the Hamburg final last month before falling to Nikolay Davydenko. As long as Mathieu maintains anything close to that kind of form, he should cruise in straight sets.
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