Sopot (7th - 15th August)

[Nathaliia]

SOPOT

1. Marat Safin 15
2. Luis Horna 36
3. Rafael Nadal 46
4. David Ferrer 49
5. Filippo Volandri 52
6. Nikolay Davydenko59
7. Alberto Martin 61
8. Igor Andreev 64
9. Victor Hanescu 75
10. Albert Montanes 78
11. Oscar Hernandez 88
12. Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo 89
13. Alexander Popp 90
14. Paul Henri Mathieu 91
15. Olivier Patience 93
16. Stefan Koubek 95
17. Jose Acasuso 97
18. Olivier Mutis 98
19. Galo Blanco 102
20. Martin Vassallo Arguello 108
21. Alex Calatrava 110
22. Juan Monaco 111
23. Adrian Garcia 114
24. SE
25. SE
26. WC
27. WC
28. WC
29. Q
30. Q
31. Q
32. Q

damn, we were expecting bigger names to some, but in the middle of hard court season... perhaps I shouldn't complain.

The alternates are:
1. Bohdan Ulihrach 116
2. Tomas Zib 119
3. Marc Lopez 120
4. Christophe Rochus 122
5. Marc Rosset 124
6. Albert Portas 125
7. Nicolas Almagro 126
8. Felix Mantilla 127
9. Alexander Peya 128
10. Potito Starace 131
11. Juan Pablo Guzman 132
12. Jan Vacek 133
13. Janko Tipsarevic 136
14. Ivo Heuberger 137
15. Santiago Ventura 139
16. Stefano Pescosolido 143
17. Guillermo Garcia Lopez 144
18. Roko Karanusic 145
19. Jiri Vanek 147
20. Alessio di Mauro 149
21. Stanislas Wawrinka 151
22. Jean Rene Lisnard 152
23. Dick Norman 153
24. Peter Luczak 155
25. Franco Squillari 156
26. Phillip Kohlschreiber 158
27. Razvan Sabau 159
28. Vincenzo Santopadre 160
29. WC
30. WC
31. WC
32. WC

[Nathaliia]

Changes in main draw:
IN: Boutter (100), Di Pasquale (104)
DOWN TO ALT: Monaco (111), Garcia (114)

ALT LIST:
IN: Thomann (132)

[W Fognini]

Are Safin, Horna, Volandri, Andreev and Davydenko in the entry list of Olympic Games?
So willn't they play in Sopot?

BYE!

[Nathaliia]

Yes they are. But the Olympic Tennis Games begin the week after Polish tournament. I know it's a different surface and stuff, but I guess there's some obligatory list. It's not a challenger and that's why we have guaranteed some top players from the ATP. I'm not really much into that. I only know sponsors are still talking to Gaston Gaudio, who's also on the Olympics list. In spite of it's not a big event, great players always tend to come here, eg. last year we hosted Coria, Moya and Ferrero. At the same time women's are having their event (with Myskina, Farina Elia, Pistolesi participating). Sopot is a beautiful town by the sea, with discos, good hotels etc., maybe it also has an influence on some players.

PS. I've just read Safin probably won't play. However some people say he's only eager to pick some girls and not play serious matches.