While most of the tennis world is still recuperating from the long grind of the US Open Series and the Davis Cup Semifinals, most of the guys on the tour are back to work in Asia for the start of the indoor hard court stretch. This stretch runs from September until the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in early November.
Until then we are focusing on the current indoor tournaments in Asia and one that is starting today in Bangok is the 2012 Thailand Open featuring players such as Janko Tipsarevic, Richard Gasquet, Milos Raonic and Gilles Simon.
The draw sets up really nicely for the one seed Tipsarevic as he faces virtually no real threats until a potential quarterfinal matchup against the eight seed Fernando Verdasco. The same cannot be said for the second seeded Frenchman Richard Gasquet. He most likely has a second round matchup against the young up and coming Bulgarian who also has a beautiful one-handed backhand, Grigor Dimitrov.
Final Prediction and Score: Milos Raonic def. Janko Tipsarevic 7-6, 6-3.
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