ATP Hamburg 3rd Round Predictions and more...

Roger Federer is testing out a slightly larger racquet this week.

Roger Federer is testing out a 98" racquet head size model this week in Hamburg, compared to his previous 90" racquet head. He was pushed to 3 sets against Daniel Brands today, but found his rhythm in the last 2 sets to win 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 . Seven seeds went out in their first match in the second round: Andreas Seppi, Alexandr Dolgopolov, Jeremy Chardy, Tommy Robredo, Mikhail Youzhny, Ernests Gulbis, and Martin Klizan who have all been in shaky form.

Carlos Berlocq ARG vs (2)Tommy Haas GER

With all the upsets in the second round, Haas will certainly be on his toes with recent Bastad champion Berlocq being his third round opponent. They have never met before. Haas looks to bounce back from a recent upset to Fabio Fognini in Stuttgart last week, while Berlocq looks to continue his momentum from his Bastad run. Haas is the far more experienced player, and with the home crowd from his birthplace in Hamburg cheering him on, he is my bet to win.

Prediction: Haas in 3 sets

ATP Hamburg 3rd Round
(1)Roger Federer over (Q)Jan Hajek in 2 tight sets
Florian Mayer over (11)Feliciano Lopez in 3 sets
(Q)Federico Delbonis over Dmitry Tursunov in 3 sets
(5)Juan Monaco over (9)Benoit Paire in 3 sets
(3)Nicolas Almagro over Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in 2 tight sets
(12)Fabio Fognini over Marcel Granollers in 2 tricky sets

WTA Bad Gastein 2nd Round
(WC)Patricia Mayr-Achleitner over Petra Martic in 3 sets
(6)Chanelle Scheepers over Elina Svitolina in 2 tight sets
Estrella Cabeza Candela over Arantxa Rus in 3 sets (really want Rus to win though...)
Yvonne Meusburger over (3)Irina-Camelia Begu in 2 sets
(2)Annika Beck over Mandy Minella in 3 sets

ATP Bogota 2nd Round
(1)Janko Tipsarevic over Rubin Bemelmans in 3 sets
Alejandro Falla over Matthew Ebden in 2 tight sets
Vasek Pospisil over James Duckworth in 3 sets
(5)Adrian Mannarino over (Q)Victor Estrella in 2 tricky sets
Ivo Karlovic over (3)Igor Sijsling in 2 tight sets
(6)Santiago Giraldo over (Q)Chris Guccione in 2 sets (1 easy, 1 tight)
(2)Kevin Anderson over (Q)Emilio Gomez in 2 sets

WTA Bastad 2nd Round
(1)Serena Williams over Anna Tatishvili in 2 sets
(6)Lesia Tsurenko over (Q)Richel Hogenkamp in 3 sets
Mathilde Johansson over (Q)Andrea Gamiz in 2 tricky sets
(2)Simona Halep over Flavia Pennetta in 3 sets