Llodra Pulls Double Duty In Marseille

Michael Llodra was a double winner today. First, he upset seventh-seed Marcos Baghdatis in straight sets in singles. He now awaits the winner of the Soderling-Stakhovsky match for a quarterfinal matchup.

Later on in the day, he beat Sergiy Stakhovsky and Rogier Wassen with partner Julien Benneteau in doubles. The Frenchman is trying to defend his doubles title with a different partner. They will next meet play the person he won the title with last year, Arnaud Clement, who is now paired with Nicolas Mahut, in the semifinals.

Not a bad day’s worth of work for Monsieur Llodra.

Preview:
City: Marseille, France

Surface: Indoor Hard
 Championship Points: 250

2009 Singles Champion: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
2009 Doubles Champion: Arnaud Clement and Michael Llodra
Draws: Singles | Doubles

Wednesday’s Results
Singles First Round

WC Guillaume Rufin (FRA) def. LL Laurent Recouderc (FRA) 7-5 4-6 7-6(2)
Q Yannick Mertens (BEL) def. Jan Hajek (CZE) 7-6(8) 6-1

Singles Second Round

2 Jo-Wilfred Tsonga (FRA) def. LL Joanna Ouanna (FRA) 7-6(9) 6-4 

Mischa Zverev (GER) def. 4 Tommy Robredo (ESP) 6-2 3-6 6-1

Michael Llodra (FRA) def. 7 Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) 7-6(6) 6-4

8 Julien Benneteau (FRA) def. Florent Serra (FRA) 6-4 6-4

Doubles First Round

R. Bopanna (IND)/J. Coetzee (RSA) def. C. Rochus (BEL)/O. Rochus (BEL) 6-2 6-1

Doubles Quarterfinals

2 J. Benneteau (FRA)/M. Llodra (FRA) def. S. Stakhovsky (UKR)/R. Wassen (NED) 6-2 6-2

A. Clement (FRA)/N. Mahut (FRA) def. R. de Voest (RSA)/A. Qureshi (PAK) 6-3 7-5

Thursday’s Order of Play

(Image: EQ)