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by **BelgiumDude** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 5:34 am

WASHINGTON

1 Hewitt‚ Lleyton (AUS) 9
2 Agassi‚ Andre (USA) 10
3 Schalken‚ Sjeng (NED) 23
4 Ginepri‚ Robby (USA) 29
5 Blake‚ James (USA) 43
6 Tursunov‚ Dmitry (RUS) 63
7 Martin‚ Alberto (ESP) 65
8 Ferreira‚ Wayne (RSA) 68
9 Gambill‚ Jan-Michael (USA) 75
10 Martin‚ Todd (USA) 76
11 Sluiter‚ Raemon (NED) 82
12 Corretja‚ Alex (ESP) 83
13 Saulnier‚ Cyril (FRA) 84
14 Carlsen‚ Kenneth (DEN) 88
15 Patience‚ Olivier (FRA) 89
16 Mathieu‚ Paul-Henri (FRA) 91
17 Koubek, Stefan (AUT) 94
18 Dupuis, Antony (FRA) 96
19 Elseneer, Gilles (BEL) 98
20 Muller, Gilles (LUX) 104
21 Salzenstein, Jeff (USA) 109
22 Falla, Alejandro (COL) 115
23 Pless, Kristian (DEN) @
24 Gimelstob, Justin (USA) @
25 (SE) Garcia, Adrian (CHI)
26 (WC) Yoo, Daniel (USA)
27 (WC) Baker, Brian (USA)
28 (WC) Goldstein, Paul (USA)
29 QUALIFIER
30 QUALIFIER
31 QUALIFIER
32 QUALIFIER

by **liwmh** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 11:33 am

sluiter is in both washington and athens. why?

by **R. Jayakrishnan** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 3:43 pm

Very good question! .. Yes, Sluiter is in the Olympics and Washington lists. I assume he will withdraw from one of the two (probably withdraw from DC?)

That must be a mistake by either ITF or by ATP...

Jay

by **Elina** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 9:30 am

It's nice to see both Nicolas Escudé and Wayne Ferreira in that Washington entry list. At Wimbledon Wayne told me that he would only play US Open but now he's already played in LA and is listed for Washington. 8) And I really hope Escudé's shoulder injury is healed and he can play. How much bad luck a player can have each year...

by **michelleg** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 12:11 pm

Anyone have the alternate/next-in info (or better yet, know where I can access that info myself???)

by **Tennis724** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 3:10 pm

Any alternate list yet?

by **R. Jayakrishnan** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 5:47 am

ALTERNATE LIST (Top names)

1. Koubek, Stefan (AUT) 94 [Into main draw. Escude Withdrew]
2. Dupuis, Antony (FRA) 96
3. Johansson, Thomas (SWE) 97
4. Elseneer, Gilles (BEL) 98
5. Draper, Scott (AUS) 102
6. Muller, Gilles (LUX) 104
7. Di Pasquale, Arnaud (FRA) 104
8. Pless, Kristian (DEN) 104
9. Vliegen, Kristof (BEL) 107
10. Gimelstob, Justin (USA) 107
11. Burgsmuller, Lars (GER) 108
12. Salzenstein, Jeff (USA) 109
13. Monaco, Juan (ARG) 110
14. Popp, Alexander (GER) 111
15. Sanguinetti, Davide (ITA) 112
ect...

Jay

by **BelgiumDude** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 4:09 pm

I added the US open quali-list to the this topic,
because it is held in this week.

by **R. Jayakrishnan** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 4:15 pm

Good idea. Except you have to edit and it out from here and move it to the Long Island week (week 34) which is when the USO qualies are.

I will then delete the qualies list from the US Open (week 35/36) page, because it would be easier to keep up the entry list updates together in a couple of weeks, for Long Island and USO Qualies.

Jay

by **Tennis724** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 12:43 pm

Alex has decided not to play D.C. so i guess I won't have to worry about checking here for updates on the alternate list

by **R. Jayakrishnan** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 3:49 pm

So, now we understand why Sluiter had put his name for the Washington DC event and the Olympics list. He knkew that his country doesn't think highly enough of him to allow him to play at the Olympics. So he put his name in for DC. The Olympics list was the names of those who qualified. Does not mean they will be allowed to go by their country's associations.

Jay

by **KING CLAY** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 10:10 pm

AGUSTIN CALLERI IS GONNA BE PLAYING IN ATHENS REPLACING GASTON GAUDIO BECAUSE OF AN INJURY...

by **Guest** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 3:35 am

Tennis724 wrote:Alex has decided not to play D.C. so i guess I won't have to worry about checking here for updates on the alternate list

Does your entire life revolve around Alex Bogomolov......are you related to him,is he your brother,your cousin.......what's the story.
I mean the guy's not the next Roddick or Federer,he's just a Top 100 Pro Tennis player.

by **Tennis724** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 1:24 pm

Anonymous wrote:
Does your entire life revolve around Alex Bogomolov......are you related to him,is he your brother,your cousin.......what's the story.
I mean the guy's not the next Roddick or Federer,he's just a Top 100 Pro Tennis player.

Thank the Higher Power that he's not the "next Roddick or Federer." He's an individual that happens to be a damn good player. Personally, I think he's the best out there.

I mean no offense by this but "the story" with Alex Bogomolov is really none of your business. I may have been more receptive to telling you how I came to start supporting his tennis career but your post strikes me as an insult.

No, I'm not a relative. I'm just someone who supports what he does on the court and also respects him as a person.

by **nitsansh** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 4:15 pm

Do you have the qualifying list??

by **R. Jayakrishnan** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 6:06 pm

No qualifying list, as usual. The main draw alternate list is above, so two or threeplayers who miss the cut by next friday would definitely be there for qualies. It will be a sign-in next friday night, so by late night then we will know who all goes.

Jay

PS: Only a few ATP events outside of grand slams have an entry list for qualies that players enter early. Roght now Madrid Masters, Paris Masters, Tokyo ATP and Vienna ATP are ones which have qualifyinmg entry lists for the rest of the year

by **nitsansh** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 8:47 pm

Presumably many players who will be out of Binghampton by Thursday will go to DC...

by **BelgiumDude** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 4:51 pm

any other withdrawals yet?
Jay, could you tell me if Dick Norman is on the alternate/qualifying list?
Any news on the 2 remaining wildcards?
thanks!

by **R. Jayakrishnan** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 8:22 pm

OUT: Escude, Verdasco (and Draper from ALT list)
IN: Koubec, Dupuis
NEXT: T.Joahnsson, Elseneer, Muller ....

No idea about the wildcards .. Norman is not on the ALt list, but he could show up for qualies of course ..

Jay

by **R. Jayakrishnan** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 9:43 am

OUT: Calleri [and, T.Johansson, DiPasquale, Vliegen, Burgsmuller, Sanguinetti, Hernych from ALT list]
IN: Elseneer
NEXT: Muller, Pless, Gimelstob, Salzenstein, Monaco, Popp, Falla

Calleri withdrew as expected, as he is a last-minute replacement for Argentina at the Olympics.

Jay

by **daryl** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 11:24 am

Zabaleta is on OG, take him out of the list

by **R. Jayakrishnan** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 11:58 am

ATP also has Zabaleta listed as gone (to Olympics)

OUT - Zabaleta
IN: Muller
NEXT: Pless, Gimelstob, Salzenstein ..

2 special exempts spots to possibly clear later ..

Jay

by **PatatRiek** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 12:32 pm

Nice day for Gilles

he made it to maindraw of this event & the US open

thanx Jay ...

take care

by **R. Jayakrishnan** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 8:00 am

Two SE spots to go ..
OUT: Stepanek
IN: Pless
NEXT: Gimelstob, Salzenstein

Jay

by **Guest** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 9:35 am

R. Jayakrishnan wrote:Two SE spots to go ..
OUT: Stepanek
IN: Pless
NEXT: Gimelstob, Salzenstein

Jay

How long exactly will Gimelstobs "injury ranking " last.

by **Guest** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 9:42 am

Salzenstein is ranked 156,how does he get the next spot.?

by **R. Jayakrishnan** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 3:56 pm

He has an injury ranking of #109 from earler that can be used for up to six(?) events.

Jay

by **nitsansh** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 5:15 pm

As far as I know, injury protected ranking can be used for 8 tournaments or 9 months from the 1st tournament after injury, whichever last first.

by **R. Jayakrishnan** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 8:07 pm

OK thanks. Then it is eight. WTA has six, I think .... Jay

by **R. Jayakrishnan** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 7:43 am

Two SE spots to go.
OUT: Ascione (and Popp from ALT list)
IN: Gimelstob
NEXT: Salzenstein, Monaco, Falla, Morrison, Garcia, Peya

Jay

by **R. Jayakrishnan** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 6:52 am

Washington entry list update: NO CHANGES as of now... 2 SE spots to be determined today

Jay

by **R. Jayakrishnan** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 11:09 am

Update:

2 SE spots to go.
OUT: Canas (and Monaco from ALT list)
IN: Salzenstein
NEXT: Falla, Morrison, Garcia, Peya, Ulihrach

Jay

by **R. Jayakrishnan** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 7:42 pm

Update:

1 SE released
OUT: none
IN: Falla

That may have been the last change. We will wait for the qualies draw.

Jay

by **R. Jayakrishnan** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 8:16 pm

Qualies seeds:

1. Weiner, 2. Moodie, 3. Levy, 4. Kendrick, 5. Kim, 6. Kratochvil, 7. Wang, 8. Suzuki. CUT: #768

Jay

by **Adolfo`** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 12:56 am

García is in as a special exempt. As he could not play yesterday due to the rain in Sopot he cannot play the qualies.

by **Guest** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 9:42 am

R. Jayakrishnan wrote:Qualies seeds:

1. Weiner, 2. Moodie, 3. Levy, 4. Kendrick, 5. Kim, 6. Kratochvil, 7. Wang, 8. Suzuki. CUT: #768

Jay

Weiner has now been No 1 seed in three of the US Open Series events...never an SE,never a Wild Card....that's tough luck,or maybe "no luck".

by **Guest** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 11:32 am

Seems George Bush is running the Washington site.

No results,and the 2004 Qualifying Draw shows last years Qualies Draw...which aint much use this year.

by **R. Jayakrishnan** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 11:35 am

They do have the correct draw at the draws&scores page. Most website are no good in reporting qualies results anyway. They did promptly post the saturday schedule and all early today, so at least they are doing something. So I don;t thin Dubya is in charge

Certainly not a candidate to beat the Newport "Hall of Fame" website, which has been the holder of the "worst ATP website" award for many many years with nobody close to taking it away from them..

Jay

by **R. Jayakrishnan** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 11:38 am

Wow, I just noticed that they have LIVE SCORES from the qualies .. Hats off to them! Jay

by **Fee** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 12:35 pm

Anonymous wrote:Weiner has now been No 1 seed in three of the US Open Series events...never an SE,never a Wild Card....that's tough luck,or maybe "no luck".

Well, there are specific rules to get Special Exempts, they are not just handed out as gifts. You have to be playing in a tournament that causes you to miss your chance to play in qualies. As for the wildcards, those are not always easy to come by, even in the smaller tournaments. There are only 3 in a 32 player draw and some tournies promise them to a junior who wins a USTA tournament (as DC does) or keeps them for clients of the agency that owns the tournament (SFX owns LeggMason). In Los Angeles earlier this year, no one needed the WC's, so they were given to the next three guys on the Alt list and they got to skip qualies. Even though Glenn is moving up the rankings at a pretty good clip lately, he is an older player, not very well known yet, and I think he doesn't have an agent to do his legwork for him. All of that works against him when it comes to getting those wildcards.

by **Guest** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 10:06 pm

Fiona

I agree with what you say.....so I guess it's fair to say that Paul Goldstein has one helluva agent.

.....ranked 151 how did he get a Wildcard.?

by **Fee** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 10:17 pm

I can't explain the wildcards for this tournament at all. Makes me wonder if they had one left over and put the names of the Americans in qualies into a hat and drew one out. Can't remember if Paul is on the SFX roster, or if he might be considered a local guy (I know he went to Stanford, but can't remember where he grew up). Perhaps it was a wedding present from one of the tournament staff. He's a really good guy though, so its hard to begrudge him a spot in an ATP draw, every once in a while.

by **PatatRiek** » Sun Aug 15, 2004 4:51 am

the maindraw has been released by atp
http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2004/418/mds.pdf

thanx for all the updates Jay

by **John Weber** » Sun Aug 15, 2004 3:16 pm

Paul Goldstein, for those of you who don't know, is a local DC-area product (Silver Spring, MD, I think) who has appeared at the Legg Mason tournament in DC year after year. It's unfortunate with the reduction in the size of the main draw from 48 to 32 that he doesn't make the cut as a direct entry, but his Wild Card is the result of no "gift" or agent as he is a fan favorite every year in DC, and I think his presence in the main draw will help sell tickets. Every time I have seen him play he always hustles and gives 110%. He is one of the players I am looking forward to seeing when I attend the tournament here later this week.

by **Guest** » Sun Aug 15, 2004 10:53 pm

John

Every Pro player I've ever seen hustles and gives 110%.
In fact in the few times I've actually stood on a court and watched a Pro playing another Pro,it seemed as though they were giving 210%......astonishing experience.

Let's face it,it's not what you know,it's who you know.

by **Tennis724** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 2:02 am

R. Jayakrishnan wrote:Two SE spots to go ..
OUT: Stepanek
IN: Pless
NEXT: Gimelstob, Salzenstein

Jay

Ahhh...so that's how Kristian got in

.

A combo of protected ranking and pull outs

by **Guest** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 7:25 am

Can someone explain to me how Salzenstein got into the Main Draw with a ranking of 156.?

by **Guest** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 7:46 am

Well, the ranking taken as reference is not this week's ranking but an older ranking (a few weeks ago). On this ranking Salzenstein was #109 (see Jay's post on the 4th of August), so he could enter the draw after some withdrawals.

by **cogliati** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 2:06 pm

PatatRiek wrote:Nice day for Gilles he made it to maindraw of this event & the US open

thanx Jay ...

take care

As far as i know, Gilles is not making the US open main draw. where did u get this info?

lorenzo

by **PatatRiek** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 2:10 pm

cogliati wrote:
PatatRiek wrote:Nice day for Gilles he made it to maindraw of this event & the US open

thanx Jay ...

take care

As far as i know, Gilles is not making the US open main draw. where did u get this info?

lorenzo

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