week *37* : ATP Bucharest, Beijing, Delray Beach (13-19/9)

[BelgiumDude]

BUCHAREST

1 Verdasco‚ Fernando (ESP) 34
2 Mayer‚ Florian (GER) 36
3 Davydenko‚ Nikolay (RUS) 51
4 Ferrer‚ David (ESP) 52
5 Andreev‚ Igor (RUS) 53
6 Sanchez‚ David (ESP) 57
7 Clement‚ Arnaud (FRA) 61
8 Volandri, Filippo (ITA) 66
9 Van scheppingen‚ Dennis (NED) 76
10 Montanes‚ Albert (ESP) 84
11 Mathieu‚ Paul-Henri (FRA) 86
12 Hanescu‚ Victor (ROM) 87
13 Hernandez‚ Oscar (ESP) 88
14 Corretja‚ Alex (ESP) 89
15 Calatrava‚ Alex (ESP) 92
16 Starace, Potito (ITA) 95
17 Koubek‚ Stefan (AUT) 97
18 Acasuso‚ José (ARG) 98
19 Monaco, Juan (ARG) 100
20 Sluiter, Raemon (NED) 101
21 Vliegen, Kristof (BEL) 102
22 Elsner, Daniel (GER) 103
23 Kohlschreiber, Philipp (GER) 104
24 Mantilla, Felix (ESP) 112
25 Di Pasquale, Arnaud (FRA) @
26 WILD CARD
27 WILD CARD
28 WILD CARD
29 QUALIFIER
30 QUALIFIER
31 QUALIFIER
32 QUALIFIER

BEIJING

1 Moya‚ Carlos (ESP) 4
2 Nalbandian‚ David (ARG) 5
3 Ferrero‚ Juan-Carlos (ESP) 7
4 Schuttler‚ Rainer (GER) 8
5 Safin‚ Marat (RUS) 14
6 Srichapan, Paradorn (THA) 15
7 Hrbaty‚ Dominik (SVK) 21
8 Dent‚ Taylor (USA) 30
9 Arazi‚ Hicham (MOR) 35
10 Youhzny, Mikhail (RUS) 46
11 Nieminen‚ Jarko (FIN) 73
12 Lee‚ Hyung-Taik (KOR) 78
13 Lu‚ Yen-Hsun (TPE) 94
14 Sanguinetti, Davide (ITA) 105
15 Bogomolov, Alex (USA) 108
16 Weiner, Glenn (USA) 119
17 Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo (ESP) 121
18 Burgsmuller, Lars (GER) 124
19 Heuberger, Ivo (SUI) 134
20 Okun, Noam (ISR) 138
21 Kim, Kevin (USA) 146
22 Lisnard, Jean-Rene (FRA) 148
23 Pless‚ Kristian (DEN) @
24 Gimelstob‚ Justin (USA) @
25 Baccanello, Paul (AUS) @
26 WILD CARD
27 WILD CARD
28 WILD CARD
29 QUALIFIER
30 QUALIFIER
31 QUALIFIER
32 QUALIFIER

DELRAY BEACH

1 Fish‚ Mardy (USA) 19
2 Spadea‚ Vincent (USA) 20
3 Ancic‚ Mario (CRO) 28
4 Mirnyi‚ Max (BLR) 33
5 Malisse‚ Xavier (BEL) 37
6 Blake‚ James (USA) 49
7 Karlovic‚ Ivo (CRO) 58
8 Saulnier‚ Cyril (FRA) 63
9 Stepanek, Radek (CZE) 72
10 Gambill‚ Jan-Michael (USA) 80
11 Carlsen‚ Kenneth (DEN) 90
12 Morrison‚ Jeff (USA) 91
13 Rusedski‚ Greg (GBR) 96
14 Elseneer‚ Gilles (BEL) 109
15 Garcia, Adrian (CHI) 113
16 Falla, Alejandro (COL) 116
17 Mello, Ricardo (BRA) 129
18 Kendrick, Robert (USA) 145
19 Goldstein, Paul (USA) 151
20 Salzenstein, Jeff (USA) 155
21 Norman, Dick (BEL) 157
22 De Chaunac, Sebastien (FRA) 164
23 Chiudinelli, Marco (SUI) 167
24 Phau, Bjorn (GER) 168
25 Golmard, Jerome (FRA) @
26 WILD CARD
27 WILD CARD
28 WILD CARD
29 QUALIFIER
30 QUALIFIER
31 QUALIFIER
32 QUALIFIER

[Elina]

I thought Wayne Ferreira was retiring after US Open and now he's there on the Delray Beach entry list?

[Estevao Rohr]

Shouldn't this week be #37?

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Yes, I corrected it from 38 to 37, for BelgiumDude ..

Week *38* has no ATP tour events, due to davis Cup. BD has posted the week *39* and *40* already .. So we are all up-to-date..

Jay

[daryl]

Coria is out for the rest of 2004 or at least 2 months, he will not play in Beijing.

[PatatRiek]

Schalken is out for the rest of tha year, but i'm sure Jay will confirm these withdrawls as soon as they are official

best,
PR

[Kasia]

Coria was operated on two and a half weeks ago and he said he wouldn't play for three months. I guess this means pretty much the whole of the rest of the season, but he also said he'd like to play in Houston.

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Update:

Beijing:
2 SE spots to be relased.
OUT: Coria, Schalken
IN: Bogomolov, Reid
NEXT: Weiner, Garcial-Lopez, Burgsmuller ..

Delray Beach:
2 SE spots to be released
OUT: Draper
IN: A.Garcia
NEXT: Falla, Mahut ...

Bucharest
No change.

Jay

[Guest]

Update:



Delray Beach:
2 SE spots to be released
OUT: Draper
IN: A.Garcia
NEXT: Falla, Mahut ...

Nooo

[Tennis724]

Update:

Beijing:
2 SE spots to be relased.
OUT: Coria, Schalken
IN: Bogomolov, Reid
NEXT: Weiner, Garcial-Lopez, Burgsmuller ..

Beijing?? Kind of weird that he would choose to go over to Asia rather than stay close to home for one more week before Bangkok

Then again, if the rumor that i just read in the NY Post is correct he may pull out.

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Update:

No change in the Beijing and Delray Beach lists.

Bucharest: OUT: Verkerk. IN: Monaco. NEXT: Sluiter, Vliegen, Elsner..

Jay

[CrazyDiamond]

Glenn is doing the Beijing,Shanghai and Tokyo trip.......a month in Asia earning money.

Nice job if you can get it.

[Fee]

Jay,
Do you think there is any chance that Delray could be cancelled or moved if there is too much damage to the site and they can't clean it up in a few days? Why did they ever schedule this tournament at this point in the calendar...

[PatatRiek]

Jay,
Do you think there is any chance that Delray could be cancelled or moved if there is too much damage to the site and they can't clean it up in a few days? Why did they ever schedule this tournament at this point in the calendar...

what has happened then?

anyways, 't was good to see Vliegen appear in the NEXT list, thanks for the updates Jay...great job as usual !

[Tennis724]

Jay,
Do you think there is any chance that Delray could be cancelled or moved if there is too much damage to the site and they can't clean it up in a few days? Why did they ever schedule this tournament at this point in the calendar...

what has happened then?

anyways, 't was good to see Vliegen appear in the NEXT list, thanks for the updates Jay...great job as usual !

Florida has been having a really nasty hurricane season so far. First, there was Hurricane Charley and now Hurricane Frances this weekend and i've read that there's another one coming behind Frances but not as strong.

I've been wondering the same thing about Del Ray. Why they ever moved it to September is beyond me. I won't be surprised if it gets cancelled. Then again, if the weather does clear up for a week or two they might be able to salvage it. I would guess that it'll be a last minute decision.

[PatatRiek]

Florida has been having a really nasty hurricane season so far. First, there was Hurricane Charley and now Hurricane Frances this weekend and i've read that there's another one coming behind Frances but not as strong.

I've been wondering the same thing about Del Ray. Why they ever moved it to September is beyond me. I won't be surprised if it gets cancelled. Then again, if the weather does clear up for a week or two they might be able to salvage it. I would guess that it'll be a last minute decision.

thanx for the info Tennis724 ... I heard something in the news about a hurricane but didn't have an idea Delray beach was hit.... weird discission indeed from ATP, last year this tournament was held early march i think?

anyways, i hope the weather will get better soonish

[michelleg]

Ok, just a quick Florida geography lesson, Delray is just south of the Palm Beaches, just north of Boca Raton on the Atlantic coast of Florida. (I'm directly across from that area, on the other coast in Naples.)

The damage is mostly power outages and tree/landscape mess, not sure if that is enough to cancel the tourney, but Hurricane Ivan will play more into the decision, as it is currently a cat 4, not as large as Frances, but exponentially more powerful in terms of winds. To make matters worse, most computer models have it in the vicinity of South Florida next weekend.

Not only is it ridiculous to schedule a tournament in South Florida during the height of hurricane season, it is also rainy season here. Once again the folks over at the ATP are demonstrating their utter lack of common sense. UGH.

I'll do my best to keep you all posted, as my sister-in-law is scheduled to have a vendor booth at the tourney. I am sure she will know very soon whether or not the tournament will go on as scheduled.

[PatatRiek]

thanx michelleg

[PatatRiek]

Johansson will probably not play Beijing, hopefully Jay will confirm soonish

take care
PR

[PatatRiek]

found some news on the Delray website :

Millennium ITC Cleans Up Delray Beach Site in Wake of Frances

“We've lost 100-year old trees, courts are flooded, fences are twisted, our canopies are down, we have leaks in buildings, but the Millennium International Tennis Championships will go on,” says tournament director Mark Baron of the 12th annual ATP tournament that is scheduled to begin this weekend at the Delray Beach Tennis Center. “The City of Delray Beach is 100 percent behind us and we are busy cleaning up the site.”

Qualifying rounds for the Millennium ITC, presented by NetWorth Systems and 1400 The Fan, will be held Saturday and Sunday, September 11 and 12, beginning at 10:00 am and noon, respectively. The main draw will begin Monday, September 13 and continue through the 19th.

Phone service to the ticket offices has not been restored since Hurricane Frances passed through Delray Beach on Saturday, but fans can still purchase tickets at the Tennis Center box office. “We hope to have telephone service restored soon,” says Baron, “and fans should keep trying to get through at our 561- 330-6000 number.”

A casualty of Frances alluded to by Baron was the 100-year old ficus tree that provided a natural canopy across much of the site. As the tournament's centerpiece, it helped the Millennium ITC win an ATP award for site presentation in 2002.

[Jon-UK]

Message to Michelleg - we go on our hols to Naples quite often and are looking at buying a home there; always wondered whether Naples had considered running an event? Didnt they have a Champions Tour event there a few years ago, I remember players like Connors winning it. Is that still going?

Great place Naples, Tommy Bahamas was our favourite restaurant to eat and watch the world!

[michelleg]

*non-sequitur to the thread* Indeed Naples is a beautiful place! I know Tommy Bahamas well, as I frequent Campiello's right across Third.

We're all a little unnerved here at the moment given the current projected path of Ivan...the Keys are currently starting the evacuation process, and I am sure that our neighborhoods west of 41 will begin that same process come Saturday if all remains the same.

Actually, ironic that you mention real estate, as I am a real estate broker here in Naples....feel free to email me at michelle.groenings@engelvoelkers.com should you still have an interest in purchasing property here.

Yes, the last Champions tournament was held at our tennis club (Naples Bath & Tennis.) Unfortunately, all we have left in terms of tennis tournaments now are charity events (Venus and Serena did theirs last year at NBTC, this year its Johan Kriek's event there.) I can't understand why we can't at least attract a challenger level event, as we have a lovely community to showcase.

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Updates:

Beijing (2 SEs cleared)
OUT: Coria, El Aynaoui, Johansson, Ljubicic, Schalken, Tursounov (4 top-10 players are still there!)
IN: Bogomolov, Weiner, Garcia-Lopez, Burgsmuller, Heuberger, N.Lapentti, Golmard, Okun
NEXT: Levy, Baccanello, Kim, Lisnard, Luczak, Karanusic, Jeanpierre, Salzenstein

Delray Beach (2 SEs cleared)
OUT: Draper, Enqvist, Escude, Ferreira, Labadze, Sargsian (no top-40 withdrawals)
IN: Garcia, Falla, Mahut, Mello, Thomann, Moodie, N.Lapentti, Golmard
NEXT: Okun, Levy, Baccanello, Kendrick, Kim, Luczak, Karanusic, Goldstein

Bucharest (2 SEs cleared)
OUT: Horna, Rochus, Verkerk
IN: Monaco, Sluiter, Vliegen, Elsner, Kohlschreber
NEXT: DiPasquale, Mantilla, Garcia, Gasquet, Mutis, Mahut, Almagro, Peya

Lots of OUT names this week at all three palces.

Jay

[PatatRiek]

Thanks Jay

I'm glad Vliegen is IN, but Ollie is OUT... guess he has to recover from his match last tuesday

[Tennis724]

Isn't it Christophe, not Ollie, who's out of Bucharest?

Christophe retired from his match in a Challenger in Aschaffenburg yesterday because of his leg

My mistake...just scrolled all the way back up. Could've sworn it was Christophe. Ollie does need the rest though and the run at the Open should give him a good jump in the rankings. Hopefully, back into the 80s.

[PatatRiek]

Christophe retired from his match in a Challenger in Aschaffenburg yesterday because of his leg

yeah... that is correct.....

i assume Christophe will be OUT of the Belgrade Challenger list because of that

[Tennis724]

Probably . Just one more thing to make it harder for him to get inside the top 100 again.

[guest]

Can someone add the alternate list and the wilcards of Bucharest???

[nitsansh]

Yes, I corrected it from 38 to 37, for BelgiumDude ..

Week *38* has no ATP tour events, due to davis Cup. BD has posted the week *39* and *40* already .. So we are all up-to-date..

Jay

It is week #38 on my calendar. Probably the ATP started the count from the 2nd week of the year since there were no ATP tournaments on week #1.

[PatatRiek]

Qdraw Beijing released....
Seeds: 1. Peter Luczak 2. Arvind Parmar 3. Gilles Simon 4. Jamie Delgado 5. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6. Tasuku Iwami 7. Prakash Amritraj 8. Paul Logtens

Qdraw Bucharest released....
Seeds : 1. MARTIN, Alberto 2. ALMAGRO, Nicolas 3. GASQUET, Richard 4. SQUILLARI, Franco 5. WAWRINKA, Stanislas 6. VICENTE Fernando 7. GIMENO-TRAVER, Daniel 8. ROITMAN, Sergio

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Last Update from earlier today:

Beijing (2 SEs cleared)
OUT: Coria, El Aynaoui, Johansson, Ljubicic, Nadal, Schalken, Tursounov (4 top-10 players are still there!)
IN: Bogomolov, Weiner, Garcia-Lopez, Burgsmuller, Heuberger, Okun, Baccanello, Kim, Lisnard
NEXT: Luczak, Karanusic, Jeanpierre ...

Delray Beach (2 SEs cleared)
OUT: Ascione, Draper, Dupuis, Enqvist, Escude, Ferreira, Labadze, Popp, Sargsian (no top-40 withdrawals)
IN: Garcia, Falla, Mello, Golmard, Kendrick, Goldstein, Salzenstein, D.Norman, DeChaunac, Chiudinelli, Phau
NEXT: G.Lapentti, Sabau, Vico, Guzman

Bucharest (2 SEs cleared)
OUT: Horna, Melzer, O.Rochus, Pavel, Verkerk
IN: Monaco, Sluiter, Vliegen, Elsner, Kohlschreber, DiPasquale, Mantilla
NEXT: Garcia, Gasquet, Mutis, Mahut, Almagro, Peya

Never expected Delray to drop THAT much in the end. But good that all the top-40 players are there; the tournament should be thankful for that!

Sorry I forgot to put an "O" in front of Rochus above for Bucharest ...

Jay

[liwmh]

for bucharest, 4 are out but 7 are in? i do not understand.

[R. Jayakrishnan]

It is five out and seven in (I had missed Pavel going out. Just edfited that). 5 are out from the initial list. That plus 2 special exempt spots makes it 7 spots .. That's all.

Jay

[PatatRiek]

wow, i never expected that Dick Norman would have made it in Delray I never noticed him in the NEXT list really, lots of players from that list must have withdrawl also .... thanks for the updates Jay!

but I heard in the news hurricane Ivan is on the way

Btw,
Qdraw Delray released....
Seeds :
1 BAKER, Brian
2 ARMANDO, Hugo
3 NIEMEYER, Frederic
4 DELGADO, Ramon
5 DELIC, Amer
6 GAMONAL, Hermes
7 PEDROSO, Andres
8 BOEKER, Matias

take care
PatatRiek