The Gull's erratic performance veered toward his true potential this week
DELRAY BEACH, U.S — Ernests “The Gull” Gulbis moved into the quarterfinals with ease, whilst Kanepi has proved no match for Venus Williams.
Gulbis’ fine vein of form continues this week at Delray Beach, with the Latvian barely getting out of second gear in disposing of Russian Teimuraz Gabashvili 6-1, 6-4. Gabashvili was unable to[private_supervisor] replicate the form that had seen him dispose of no. 1 seed Tommy Haas earlier in the week with his game on this occasion evading him. The Latvian’s first serve was proving particularly effective, winning 23 out of 28 points on his first serve (82%), whilst his conviction on break point was also strong, breaking the Russian on four of the five occasions the opportunity arose.
In the early hours of tomorrow morning, Gulbis will take the court again in his second quarterfinal appearance in two weeks. This time his opponent is Argentinian Leonardo Mayer who has progressed to this stage by knocking out the more fancied German, Florian Mayer in his second-round match. Gulbis will be hoping like in his match previous, his opponent has already played his cards for this tournament by knocking the sixth seeded Florian Mayer.
Down in Mexico at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC Tournament, Kanepi has been unable to create a massive upset in her attempts to knock over Venus Williams. The major draw card for the tournament made light work in moving past the Estonian, breaking her serve once in each set on the way to winning 6-4, 6-4. Her attention will now move to next week’s Abierto de Tenis Monterrey Open, also in Mexico. There she will be joined by fellow Balt, Anastasija Sevastova.[/private_supervisor] [private_subscription 1 month]replicate the form that had seen him dispose of no. 1 seed Tommy Haas earlier in the week with his game on this occasion evading him. The Latvian’s first serve was proving particularly effective, winning 23 out of 28 points on his first serve (82%), whilst his conviction on break point was also strong, breaking the Russian on four of the five occasions the opportunity arose.
In the early hours of tomorrow morning, Gulbis will take the court again in his second quarterfinal appearance in two weeks. This time his opponent is Argentinian Leonardo Mayer who has progressed to this stage by knocking out the more fancied German, Florian Mayer in his second-round match. Gulbis will be hoping like in his match previous, his opponent has already played his cards for this tournament by knocking the sixth seeded Florian Mayer.
Down in Mexico at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC Tournament, Kanepi has been unable to create a massive upset in her attempts to knock over Venus Williams. The major draw card for the tournament made light work in moving past the Estonian, breaking her serve once in each set on the way to winning 6-4, 6-4. Her attention will now move to next week’s Abierto de Tenis Monterrey Open, also in Mexico. There she will be joined by fellow Balt, Anastasija Sevastova.[/private_subscription 1 month] [private_subscription 4 months]replicate the form that had seen him dispose of no. 1 seed Tommy Haas earlier in the week with his game on this occasion evading him. The Latvian’s first serve was proving particularly effective, winning 23 out of 28 points on his first serve (82%), whilst his conviction on break point was also strong, breaking the Russian on four of the five occasions the opportunity arose.
In the early hours of tomorrow morning, Gulbis will take the court again in his second quarterfinal appearance in two weeks. This time his opponent is Argentinian Leonardo Mayer who has progressed to this stage by knocking out the more fancied German, Florian Mayer in his second-round match. Gulbis will be hoping like in his match previous, his opponent has already played his cards for this tournament by knocking the sixth seeded Florian Mayer.
Down in Mexico at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC Tournament, Kanepi has been unable to create a massive upset in her attempts to knock over Venus Williams. The major draw card for the tournament made light work in moving past the Estonian, breaking her serve once in each set on the way to winning 6-4, 6-4. Her attention will now move to next week’s Abierto de Tenis Monterrey Open, also in Mexico. There she will be joined by fellow Balt, Anastasija Sevastova.[/private_subscription 4 months] [private_subscription 1 year]replicate the form that had seen him dispose of no. 1 seed Tommy Haas earlier in the week with his game on this occasion evading him. The Latvian’s first serve was proving particularly effective, winning 23 out of 28 points on his first serve (82%), whilst his conviction on break point was also strong, breaking the Russian on four of the five occasions the opportunity arose.
In the early hours of tomorrow morning, Gulbis will take the court again in his second quarterfinal appearance in two weeks. This time his opponent is Argentinian Leonardo Mayer who has progressed to this stage by knocking out the more fancied German, Florian Mayer in his second-round match. Gulbis will be hoping like in his match previous, his opponent has already played his cards for this tournament by knocking the sixth seeded Florian Mayer.
Down in Mexico at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC Tournament, Kanepi has been unable to create a massive upset in her attempts to knock over Venus Williams. The major draw card for the tournament made light work in moving past the Estonian, breaking her serve once in each set on the way to winning 6-4, 6-4. Her attention will now move to next week’s Abierto de Tenis Monterrey Open, also in Mexico. There she will be joined by fellow Balt, Anastasija Sevastova.[/private_subscription 1 year]
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