Kremlin Cup: singles and doubles
As you know, Marat joined the draws in the Kremlin Cup. He already played four matches: round 1 singles: beated Denis Matsukevitch with 76(2) 75, round 2 singles: lost to Igor Andreev (this was today) with 46 46.
He also played doubles with Dimtry Tursunov; round 1: beated Evgueni Korolev and Igor Kunitsyn with 75 63, round 2: beated Oliver Marach and Michal Mertinak (seeded 4th) with 63 64. They'll now face Grosjean en Tsonga in the semi-final.
Shamil Tarpischev, captain of the Russian Davis Cup team, wanted a good double team for the Bryans (nr. 1 of the world) in the Russia-USA final in November. In the beginning, Tursunov was planning to play doubles with a whole other partner then Marat! So this could be meaning, and especially because they're doing well in this tournament, that they have a place in the team at least for the doubles!
