Brazil open : Juan Carlos lost in first round

No respite for Juan Carlos since after the Davis Cup he flew to Sao Paulo in order to take part to the Brazil tournament. Unfortunately Juan has lost in the first round to the Argentinian player Leonardo Mayer in 2 sets 7-6 / 6-2. After a very disputed first set lost in the tiebreak(Juan led 4-1 in the decisive game !), Juan has been virtually non-existent in the second set. It must be said that Mayer has raised his level of play and especially his service since he has served not less than 11 aces!

It's a pity for Juan Carlos because i think he had the potential to win this game and go further in this tournament!

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Now let's look at the statistics of the match :

 Juan Carlos Ferrero vs Leonardo Mayer

*Service Statistics 

-Aces 

1 vs 11 

-Double Faults

3 vs 2 

-1st Serve % 

70% vs 58% 

-1st Serve Points Won 

29/46 (63%) vs 33/43 (77%) 

-2nd Serve Points Won 

11/20 (55%) vs 18/31 (58%) 

-Break Points Saved 

4/6 (67%) vs 5/5 (100%) 

-Service Games Played 

10 vs 10 

*Return Statistics 

-1st Return Points Won

10/43 (23%) vs 17/46 (37%) 

-2nd Return Points Won 

13/31 (42%) vs 9/20 (45%) 

-Break Points Won 

0/5 (0%) vs 2/6 (33%) 

-Return Games Played 

10 vs 10 

*Points Statistics 

-Total Service Points Won 

40/66 (61%) vs 51/74 (69%) 

-Total Return Points Won 

23/74 (31%) vs 26/66 (39%) 

-Total Points Won 

63/140 (45%) vs 77/140 (55%)

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    Juan Carlos next tournament : Buenos Aires , Argentina 

Happy Birthday Juan Carlos !

Juan Carlos Ferrero celebrated his 32nd birthday in an original way this year as he celebrated it with his friends of the Davis Cup Spain team in Oviedo ! 

Just after Spain had won his fifth match against Kazakhstan, the public sang "Happy birthday" and Juan partners reserved him a small surprise with his birthday cake !

Here i a small statement of Juan :

"I don't remember [the last time] that I spent my birthday here, usually I spend the day playing in Brazil, so it was very special to spend it here with all the team, here, very nice . I expect something but I didn't expect the cake and all the people so I'm very happy about how they treat me here so I felt very special today."

       ¡ FELIZ CUMPLEAÑOS JUAN CARLOS  !

Davis Cup : Spain in quarters !

last weekend was held the first round of the Davis Cup. among the meetings there was one between Spain and Kazakhstan. 

To compose his team, Alex Corretja decided to combine the experience with the fire of youth, a unique team! 

* Composition of teams:

- SPAIN: 

* Juan Carlos Ferrero 

* Nicolas Almagro 

* Marcel Granollers 

* Marc Lopez

                          Captain: Alex Corretja - 

-Kazakhstan: 

* Mikhail Kukushkin 

* Andrey Golubev 

* Evgeny Korolev 

* Yuriy Schukin

                       Captain: Yegor SHALDUNOV 

* Friday: 

- 1st match: Ferrero vs Kukushkin

victory of Ferrero 6-1, 4-6, 7-6, 4-6, 6-4

- 2nd match: Almagro vs. Golubev victory Almagro 6-3, 4-6, 6-1, 6-1 

* Saturday: 

- 3rd match : López-Granollers vs Schukin-Korolev

victory of the Spanish pair 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 

* Sunday: 

- 4th match: Almagro vs. Korolev

victory of Almagro 6-3, 6-4. 

- 5th match: Granollers vs Golubev

victory of Granollers 6-3, 6-7 (2), 

So Spain has won this 1st round by 5 points to 0 and will receive the Austrian team for the quarters on 6 to 8 April.

Juan Carlos blog : To the Davis Cup !

"Hello everybody !

Hope everything is going well. Today has been a hard day because of several interviews of TV, radio, etc. but, finally, I'm back home and let's watch a film on the sofa. The truth s that I'm really happy with being called for the Davis Cup and hope I could show my real level. I will send you a picture from Oviedo. Big hugs!! Follow us on Twitter on @EqueliteFerrero."

                                           Juan Carlos Ferrero

(source : http://www.juancarlosferrero.com/blog )

And in bonus here are some pics (from the Equelite twitter) of Juan Carlos and Nicolas training in Villena and Oviedo to prepare the 1st round of the Davis cup .

(source of the pics : http://www.twitter.com/equeliteferrero )

Juan Carlos Ferrero returns to the Davis Cup !!!

Very great news today since Juan Carlos Ferrero has been called to play the first round of the Davis Cup alongside Nicolas Almagro (which also makes his return in the competition), Marcel Granollers and Marc López .it's been since 2009 that Juan had not participated in the davis Cup and it is obviously a great joy for him to have been selected. 

immediately here are the reactions of Juan Carlos and Nicolas: 

Juan Carlos Ferrero: 

"I am very pleased and grateful to be able to return to the team. It is no doubt, as a second youth for me.  Representing his country is the best that can happen to a player and I am very pleased that it re-surfaced me confidence to defend our colours."

Nicolás Almagro:

"during two years it has been very difficult to join the team because of the great players who were called as Rafael (Nadal) and David (Ferrer), then for me it is a pride to fight for Spain, sportingly speaking, and there is no doubt that I will give the best of me to lead the team to the top." 

So let's go on 10, 11 and 12 February at the Palais des Sports of Oviedo in Spain to follow the 1st round of the davis Cup, which will face the Spain against the Kazakhstan. 

(source : http://www.equelite.com/noticia.asp?idnoticia=119792 )

Juan Carlos @ the Auckland Heineken open 2012

Juan Carlos Ferrero began his season in Auckland and the least that can be said is that it was not very well for the Spanish player since he lost to Benoit Paire , a French player from the qualifications, in two small sets(3-6/2-6) and within less than an hour !

* my opinion on the match : 

I could see the match on the web and the only positive point of the match was that I found Juan in a very good physical shape and it is a good thing because of all physical problems he had last year! In contrast to the level of the game, up to 3-3 in the first set all was well but after I found that Juan Carlos had been too in a waiting mood , he has not created opportunities and  expected too much the mistakes(that never came !) of his opponent . result: it is rather Paire that raised his game and Juan suffered without ever being able to implement his game . What is a pity cos  Juan Carlos had the physical form to go far in this tournament ! 

* let's see now the statistics of the match where it is interesting to see that Juan has good percentages in the first service but that he has cruelly sinned at the level of the aces because he did none against 8 for his opponent! 

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Benoit Paire vs Juan Carlos Ferrero :

*1st SERVE % 

BP : 22/53 (42 %)

JCF : 33/ 51 (65 %) 

*1st SERVE POINTS WON 

BP : 19/22 (86 %) 

JCF : 19/ 33 (58 %) 

*2nd SERVE POINTS WON 

BP : 20/31 (65 %) 

JCF : 9/18 (50 %) 

*BREAK POINTS WON

BP : 3/8 (38 %) 

JCF : 0/1 (0 %) 

*TOTAL RETURN POINTS WON

BP : 23/51 (45 %) 

JCF : 14/ 53 (26 %) 

*TOTAL POINTS WON 

BP : 62/ 104 (60 %) 

JCF : 42/104 (40 %) 

*DOUBLE FAULTS 

BP : 0 

JCF : 2 

*ACES 

BP : 8 

JCF : 0

Auckland Heineken open draw

Juan Carlos will start his 2012 season at the Auckland heineken open next week ! Juan Carlos is not seeded but personally i think he has a good draw ! Good luck to our champion hoping he'll make a wonderful first tournament of the year !

Here's the draw :

(1) FERRER, David (ESP)

 BYE                            

 RAMOS, Albert (ESP)

 ROSOL, Lukas (CZE)    

 MONTANES, Albert (ESP)

 STARACE, Potito (ITA) 

 FALLA, Alejandro (COL)

 (7) YOUNG, Donald (USA) 

 (3) VERDASCO, Fernando (ESP)

 BYE                                  

 BERLOCQ, Carlos (ARG)

 VOLANDRI, Filippo (ITA)  

 KUNITSYN, Igor (RUS)

 GARCIA-LOPEZ , Guillermo (ESP) 

 QUALIFIER 

(5) ANDERSON, Kevin (RSA) 

(6) BELLUCCI, Thomaz (BRA)

MACHADO, Rui (POR)     

    

ROCHUS, Oliver (BEL)

QUALIFIER                          

FERRERO, Juan Carlos (ESP) 

QUALIFIER 

BYE 

(4) CHELA, Juan Ignacio (ARG) 

(8) KOHLSCHREIBER, Philipp (GER) 

QUALIFIER 

(WC) HARRISON, Ryan (USA) 

(WC) QUERREY, Sam (USA) 

(WC) VENUS, Michael (NZL) 

GIRALDO, Santiago (COL) 

QUALIFIER 

(2) ALMAGRO, Nicolas (ESP)

Juan Carlos blog : "Happy new year 2012 !"

Hi everyone !

Hope all these days had gone well and you could have some good time next to your relatives and friends. I want to wish you all the best for 2012 full of success. In addition, I have taken part in a charity match for Africa where we were looking for money and it looks to have gone all well. Last, I want to say you all goodbye to spend the rest of this last 2011 day with my family. I want to wish you a good New Year Eve! Big hugs for all and see you soon!!

Juan Carlos Ferrero 

(source : http://www.juancarlosferrero.com/blog )

Pics of Juan at the "champions for Africa"

As I had announced you in my previous article, Juan Carlos participated on 29 December 2011 to a charity football match for an association working against hunger held in the Horn of Africa.

 Here are some pics of  Juan during this match(source : the facebook page of Champions of Africa) .