Juan in Valencia !

During his three matches, I found Juan Carlos very nervous, no doubt due to the fact that he played in front of his audience and he wanted to do well since it was pretty gone wrong in the last two editions. But apart from the stress Juan nevertheless achieved great things on his land, I especially appreciated his net play and passing shots always beautiful. Juan has also regained the strength in the service even though I think he should work a little more this sector. The only regret  Juan might have is to have loose the second set against Bogomolov, which would have probably allowed him to be less tired in the quarter-final against Monaco! Nevertheless Juan gave everything even against Monaco except that the Argentine player is very hard to play because he has a powerful game especially indoor. But by his own admission, Juan said after the match that even he lost , it has been his best match of the tournament because he was more relaxed and focused on his game.

 Juan goes off Valencia with a quarter and a promise to do better in 2012 !

- Here is his draw : 

First Round :

Juan beats Igor Kunitsyn 6-4, 7-6 (7-2) Second Round :

Juan beats Alex Bogomolov Jr. 7-6 (7-3), 4-6, 6-2 

 Quarter finals :

Juan beaten by Juan Monaco 3-6, 3-6