Barcelona, Spain – Spanish tennis fans will be out in droves when Fernando Verdasco and Juan Carlos Ferrero take Centre Court in Barcelona for their opening matches against Richard Gasquet and Sergiy Stakhovsky, respectively. With Nadal out of the mix, both Verdasco and Ferrero are considered viable candidates for the title.

Monte Carlo, Monaco – Five-time defending champion, Rafael Nadal is in frightful form at the ATP Monte Carlo Rolex Masters, dropping a total two games in as many matches to reach the quarterfinals.

Acapulco, Mexico – The match between Spaniards Juan Carlos Ferrero and Nicolas Almagro in the quarters of the Abierto Mexicana Telcel is the most anticipated of all the quarterfinals today. What with Nicolas Almagro being the two-time defending champion and Ferrero on an incredible hot streak, picking up back-to-back titles during the South American clay court swing, the match is hyped up…

Acapulco, Mexico—Juan Monaco took out top seed Fernando Verdasco in the quarters yesterday to book his spot in the semis. He will next face Juan Carlos Ferrero for a spot in the final. Second seed Fernando Gonzalez is the highest seed still alive in the tournament after he survived Eduardo Schwank in the quarters.

Acapulco, Mexico – Inquiring minds want to know whether Igor Andreev has a credible shot to derail Juan Carlos Ferrero in Acapulco. In a word, yes. An answer in the affirmative however doesn’t mean that Andreev will have an easy time of it. The opposite, it will be a tall order for the Russian because Ferrero is hot to trot right now and on top of the world.

Costa do Sauipe, Brazil – The Brasil Open quarterfinals get underway on Friday and top seed Juan Carlos Ferrero has made an appointment with Carlos Berlocq . Elsewhere, fourth seed Igor Andreev has set a court date with Pablos Cuevas.
BetUS has released odds on both these quarterfinal clashes and peripheral markets are developing.