First Round in Bangkok

Andy is now the highest seed at the Thailand Open after Novak Djokovic’s withdrawal, and is daunting oppostion for Wang. Wang has spent most of his year on Challenger circuit, winning titles in Recanati and Busan. The 20-year-old also qualified into Wimbledon this year and won his first round match against Kunitsyn before losing out to Bjorkman in the second round. Wang has been as highly ranked as World No. 85 in the South African Airways ATP Rankings, however has since fallen to his current position of World No. 164.

Find out more about Wang from these stats courtesy of the ATP site:
Birthdate: 8-Feb-85
Birthplace: Saudi Arabia
Residence: Taipei, Chinese Taipei
Height: 5’10’’ (177 cm)
Weight: 141 lbs (64 kg)
Plays: Right-handed
Turned Pro: 2001
Coach: Kuo-Yen Wang
Current ATP Ranking – Singles: 164
Career High ATP Ranking – Singles: 85 (6-Mar-06)
Current ATP Race – Singles: 168

Andy has played Wang once before, three years ago at Queen’s where Andy had to battle hard to win in three sets.

Andy is going in to Bangkok playing with a lot of confidence after contributing greatly to the USA’s thrashing of Sweden in the Davis Cup World Group semifinals at the weekend. He will also have good memories from Bangkok after reaching the final there in 2004 where he lost to Roger Federer. Good results from Andy this week will see him book his place in the Masters Cup in Shanghai.

The match will take place on Wednesday evening in Bangkok, starting at 7pm local time (8am EST). Check out the full order of play here:

http://www.atptennis.com/en/common/TrackIt.asp?file=http://www.atptennis.com/1/posting/2007/1720/op.pdf

Stay tuned to andyroddick.com for all the latest on Andy’s progress in Bangkok.

Go Andy!