The Importance Of Being Ernest

Watch out for this lad people!

Caught my attention when he was playing Andy Roddick at last year's US Open. Have been gussing about him since then.

Tall, young, powerful from both sides of play with an improving serve, kinda reminds you of someone else doesn't it? A certain Mr. Safin.

And he proved last year's results were not a fluke by taking out top seed Nole Djokovic in the first round of the Brissie Open.

It's a pity he was knocked out by Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu in today's second round.

Keep an eye on him when the Oz Open begins on Jan 19.

Oh, his name's Ernests Gulbis.