Mad Max Gulbis starts with a little struggle his campaign in Halle. It took 3 sets for Ernest to beat Baghdatis in the opener.
Gulbis blasted 9 aces to wrap up the match in 1 hour and 39 minutes. In the next round Ernest will play the defending champion Tommy Haas. Head to head is 2-2, but Gulbis is 2-0 on fast courts.
In the same half Jerzy Janowicz was incredibly upset by lucky loser world no.240 Mirza Basic in a +2 hours battle 7-6 (5), 3-6, 7-6 (5).
Roger Federer is scheduled to play today his opener against the German wildcard Stebe (world no.166)
