Nico's next tournament is in Poland when he will play the Pekao Szczecin Open , still on clay.
In the first round, he will play Pavol Cervenak, born in 1987 and currently # 262 at the ATP Ranking.
They have been played each other once in 2009, in Reggio Emilia Challenger, on clay and Nico won 6/3 7/6 (4)
Location: Szczecin, Poland
Date : 13 - 19 September
Surface : Outdoor Clay
Prize Money : 106.5k €
Official site : http://www.pekaoszczecinopen.eu/2010/
Nico's part of the draw :
(1) Lukasz Kubot (POL) vs Qualifier
Qualifier vs Lukas Rosol ( CZE)
Jan Hernych (CZE) vs Olivier Patience (FRA)
Pavol Cervenak ( SVK) vs (7) NICO MASSU (CHI)
Rik de Voest defeated Nico 7-5 6-3
Nico will play the second match on court 2 against the South African Rik de Voest.
Order of play Court 2 :
play starts at noon (Italy time)
Adrian GARCIA (CHI) vs Alessandro GIANNESSI (ITA)
Nicolas MASSU (CHI) vs Rik DE VOEST (RSA)
Marco CECCHINATO (ITA) vs Jan HERNYCH (CZE)
Diego HARTFIELD (ARG) / Leonardo TAVARES (POR) vs Frank MOSER (GER) / David SKOCH (CZE)
Nico and Rik de Voest lost 4-6 4-6 against Bracciali and Cerretani.
Nico will play in doubles with Rik de Voest against the Italian Daniele Bracciali and the American James Cerretani.
Order of play court 2 :
play starts at 11:30am (Italy time)
Patricio HERAS (ARG) vs Francesco PICCARI (ITA)
Andre BEGEMANN (GER) / Martin EMMRICH (GER) vs Jacopo MARCHEGIANI (ITA) / Gianluca NASO (ITA)
Daniele BRACCIALI (ITA) / James CERRETANI (USA) vs Rik DE VOEST (RSA) / Nicolas MASSU (CHI)
Gero KRETSCHMER (GER) / Andrey KUMANTSOV (RUS) vs Alessandro GIANNESSI (ITA) / Francesco PICCARI (ITA)
Alessio GUIDOTTI (ITA) / Tommaso METTI (ITA) vs Alessandro MOTTI (ITA) / Walter TRUSENDI (ITA)
In first round, Nico will play against the South African Rik de Voest, a 30 year's old player ranked 231th at the ATP. Nico defeated him in Vienna in 2004 (hard court) 6-4 6-2
Nico's part of the draw :
Nicolas Massu (CHI) vs Rik de Voest (RSA)
Mischa Zverev (GER) vs Leonardo Tavares (POR)
Adrian Garcia (CHI) vs Alessandro Giannessi (ITA)
Daniele Bracciali (ITA) vs Fabio Fognini (ITA)
Official website : http://www.atpgenova.com/default.aspx