I don't see how he could have got much easier to be honest. To be in a section with the 10th and 18th seed is pretty good going when there is only 24 seeds. Clearly it will be a big ask as the previous result shows, but if he serious about even getting back to the top 150 let alone going near top 100 he has to win these.
In the main draw, Andy has Ancic (eek!) or Simon in R2, then potentially:
R3: Monaco R4: Undertaker (looks like the ATP corrected their rankings - they had him 5th and Pics 4th this morning) or Kohli QF: Pics or Youzhny (etc) SF: Fed or Duckboy
Once again, Rafa and Nole are in the other half.
Apart from the Ancic banana skin (which he shouldn't really trip on), this seems as good a draw as he had at the AO. (oops!)
-- Edited by steven at 20:38, 2008-03-24
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He's on and after saving a break point on his 1st service game he has taken one of the 2 break points on Troicki's. 2-0 Boggo, something tells me this is going to be a close one.