You may have read the title and seen the picture in twitpic which I tweeted earlier while at the Putra Stadium.
Mohamed Lahyani again proved to be the most celebrated chair umpire.
He receives celebrity treatment from Malaysian tennis fans who ask him for autographs and photographs everywhere he goes.
(Photo credit to HSFoo/hcfoo.com)
How to meet Fernando Verdasco - the little boy was crying when he wasn’t able to catch a shirt that Verdasco had thrown into the stands. So he was brought on court to meet the tennis star.
RESULTS - FRIDAY, 2 OCTOBER, 2009Singles - Quarterfinals[3] R Soderling (SWE) d [6] T Berdych (CZE) 62 62
[1] N Davydenko (RUS) d [5] G Monfils (FRA) 63 63
[4] F Gonzalez (CHI) d M Youzhny (RUS) 63 64
[2] F Verdasco (ESP) d R Gasquet (FRA) 75 64
ORDER OF PLAY - SATURDAY, 3 OCTOBER, 2009
Semifinals
CENTER COURT start 2:30 PM[1] N Davydenko (RUS) vs [3] R Soderling (SWE)I Kunitsyn (RUS) / J Levinsky (CZE) vs S Huss (AUS) / S Lipsky (USA)Not Before 7:00 PM[4] F Gonzalez (CHI) vs [2] F Verdasco (ESP) [1] M Fyrstenberg (POL) / M Matkowski (POL) vs [3] M Damm (CZE) / R Lindstedt (SWE)(Image by Proton Malaysian Open)
I had to give Richard Gasquet presser a miss to take these gems.
I knew Feliciano Lopez had a new haircut on Tuesday so I headed to court 1 to see him practice with Fernando Verdasco hoping to snap some pictures of his famous blond locks.
How do you like his short hair?
(Photo credit to HSFoo/hcfoo.com)
This was how the crowd looked like yesterday evening. However, in the end, no autograph session took place.
Youzhny signs autograph after he wins the match against Marcos Baghdatis
Gasquet during autograph session after he beat Pim Pim in the second round.
