week *42* : ATP Madrid + Q (18-24/10)

[BelgiumDude]

Madrid
1 Federer, Roger (SUI) 1
2 Roddick, Andy (USA) 2
3 Coria, Guillermo (ARG) 3
4 Moya, Carlos (ESP) 4
5 Hewitt, Lleyton (AUS) 5
6 Henman, Tim (GBR) 6
7 Agassi, Andre (USA) 7
8 Ferrero, Juan Carlos (ESP) 8
9 Nalbandian, David (ARG) 9
10 Gaudio, Gaston (ARG) 10
11 Massu, Nicolas (CHI) 11
12 Schuettler, Rainer (GER) 12
13 Grosjean, Sebastien (FRA) 13
14 Safin, Marat (RUS) 14
15 Srichaphan, Paradorn (THA) 15
16 Gonzalez, Fernando (CHI) 16
17 Chela, Juan Ignacio (ARG) 17
18 Pavel, Andrei (ROM) 18
19 Robredo, Tommy (ESP) 19
20 Kiefer, Nicolas (GER) 20
21 Kuerten, Gustavo (BRA) 21
22 Dent, Taylor (USA) 22
23 Hrbaty, Dominik (SVK) 23
24 Spadea, Vincent (USA) 24
25 Ljubicic, Ivan (CRO) 25
26 Novak, Jiri (CZE) 26
27 Schalken, Sjeng (NED) 27
28 Fish, Mardy (USA) 28
29 Ancic, Mario (CRO) 29
30 Johansson, Joachim (SWE) 30
31 Canas, Guillermo (ARG) 31
32 Lopez, Feliciano (ESP) 32
33 Horna, Luis (PER) 33
34 Santoro, Fabrice (FRA) 34
35 Bjorkman, Jonas (SWE) 35
36 Verdasco, Fernando (ESP) 36
37 Mayer, Florian (GER) 37
38 El Aynaoui, Younnes (MOR) @
39 SPECIAL EXEMPT
40 WILD CARD
41 WILD CARD
42 WILD CARD - Marca's vote
43 QUALIFIER
44 QUALIFIER
45 QUALIFIER
46 QUALIFIER
47 QUALIFIER
48 QUALIFIER

Alternates
IN Youzhny, Mikhail RUS 38
IN Soderling, Robin SWE 39
OUT Melzer, Jurgen AUT 40
IN Arazi, Hicham MAR 41
OUT Verkerk, Martin NED 42
IN Malisse, Xavier BEL 43
IN Costa, Albert ESP 44
IN Haas, Tommy GER 45
IN Labadze, Irakli GEO 46
IN Ginepri, Robby USA 47
IN Calleri, Agustin ARG 48
IN Nadal, Rafael ESP 49
OUT Andreev, Igor RUS 50
OUT Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 51
IN Karlovic, Ivo CRO 52
1. Zabaleta, Mariano ARG 53
2. Sargsian, Sargis ARM 54
3. Ferrer, David ESP 55
OUT Llodra, Michael FRA 56
4. Philippoussis, Mark AUS 57
5. Martin, Alberto ESP 58
6. Enqvist, Thomas SWE 59
7. Volandri, Filippo ITA 60
8. Johansson, Thomas SWE 61
9. Saulnier, Cyril FRA 62
10. Tursunov, Dmitry RUS 63
11. Sanchez, David ESP 64
12. Mirnyi, Max BLR 65

Madrid Qualifying
1 Llodra, Michael FRA 41
2 Volandri, Filippo ITA 45
3 Johansson, Thomas SWE 48
4 Nadal, Rafael ESP 49 ; to MD
5 Soderling, Robin SWE 50 ; to MD
6 Ferrer, David ESP 51
7 Zabaleta, Mariano ARG 53
8 Berdych, Tomas CZE 55
9 Beck, Karol SVK 56
10 Ginepri, Robby USA 58 ; to MD
11 Enqvist, Thomas SWE 59
12 Malisse, Xavier BEL 60 ; to MD
13 Mirnyi, Max BLR 61
14 Clement, Arnaud FRA 62
15 Labadze, Irakli GEO 63 ; to MD
16 Karlovic, Ivo CRO 66 ; to MD
17 Mello, Ricardo BRA 67
18 Martin, Alberto ESP 68
19 Rochus, Olivier BEL 69
20 Acasuso, Jose ARG 70
21 WILD CARD
22 WILD CARD
23 WILD CARD
24 WILD CARD

Alternates
IN Nieminen, Jarkko FIN 71
OUT Sanchez, David ESP 72
IN Gambill, Jan-Michael USA 74
OUT Stepanek, Radek CZE 75
OUT Benneteau, Julien FRA 76
IN Koubek, Stefan AUT 79
IN Starace, Potito ITA 80
OUT Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 82
OUT Hernych, Jan CZE 83
OUT Popp, Alexander GER 84
IN Carraz, Gregory FRA 85
OUT Monaco, Juan ARG 86
OUT Hanescu, Victor ROM 87
IN Calatrava, Alex ESP 88
IN Muller, Gilles LUX 89
OUT Corretja, Alex ESP 90
OUT Blake, James USA 91
OUT Montanes, Albert ESP 95
IN Vliegen, Kristof BEL 96
6. Morrison, Jeff USA 97
IN Dupuis, Antony FRA 98
IN Almagro, Nicolas ESP 99

[Fee]

Hey, can someone post the Basel/Stockholm/St. Petersburg lists? Are both of you away from your computers this week? I'm having entry list withdrawal.....

[R. Jayakrishnan]

I am sure BelgiumDude will post it within a day, Fiona...

Jay

[Fee]

Shouldn't there be some updates to this list by now? Or is everyone waiting as long as possible to pull out because it's a Masters?

[PatatRiek]

no Qlist for this event?

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Yes there is. I am sure Belgium Dude will post it soon. Jay

[PatatRiek]

Shouldn't there be some updates to this list by now?

Grosjean will be OUT for sure! take notice: Schalken will play here!

[R. Jayakrishnan]

OK, I was getting confused .. just figured it out. The list BD posted for Paris Qualifying was actually for Madrid qualifying. Paris Q list won't be out for another couple of weeks (three weeks ahead of the event).

So I moved the qualifying list in from the other thread to here. So now you have the qualifying list above!

Jay

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Actually too early for updates, as we are about 2.5 weeks away still, but since you all are dying to know ..

Update:

OUT: Coria, Grosjean, Kuerten, Santoro (and Verkerk from ALT)
IN: Youzhny, Soderling, Melzer, Arazi
NEXT: Malisse, Costa, Haas ...

I guess we knew those withdrawals, so no surprise ..

Jay

[Fee]

Forgive my impatience Jay, just hoping JMG gets into the qualies here. I'll shut up now.

[PatatRiek]

OK, .. just figured it out. The list BD posted for Paris Qualifying was actually for Madrid qualifying. Paris Q list won't be out for another couple of weeks (three weeks ahead of the event).

thanx Jay, I was also confused that Qlist for Paris came out before Madrid... but i'm glad you figured it out now.... thanx again

PR

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Update:

Madrid Main draw
OUT: Coria, Grosjean, Kuerten, Santoro, Moya (and Verkerk from ALT)
IN: Youzhny, Soderling, Melzer, Arazi, Malisse
NEXT: Costa, Haas, Labadze, Ginepri ...

Madrid Q
OUT: Malisse, Nadal, Soderling
IN: J.Nieminen, D.Sanchez, J-M.Gambill
NEXT: R.Stepanek, J.Benneteau, S.Koubek

Jay

[BelgiumDude]

Rafael Nadal was given the first wild card.
Another wildcard will go to the winner of Marca's poll.
Current standaings there:
Corretja 40,6%
Ferrer 36,4%
Martín 10%
Montañés 7,8%
Sanchez, 4%

There is also one special exempt spot (and in total just 3 wild cards, not 4 like I wrote earlier). This spot will go to a semifinalist of Vienna I guess. Perhaps interesting to follow this week who will get it.

Greetings
BD

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Update -- Madrid and Madrid Q --> NO changes in either list from above ..

Jay

[seb]

What is Marca's poll ?
A kind of vote ?

[Guest]

What is Marca's poll ?
A kind of vote ?

Marca is a Spanish sports newspaper (see http://www.marca.com/indices/tenis.html). You can vote for which Spanish player you'd like to see win a wildcard into TMS Madrid. Last year Nadal won it.

[Guest]

That's a nice way to give a wild card ! At least, the player deserve it (from the spectator point of view)
Are there any other tornament that has the same wild card policy ?

[racquet rules]

does anyone have the entry list for thailand 1 futures ???????????????????????????????????????????????????

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Wrong thread, but since you asked, here it is -

http://www.itftennis.com/mens/tournamen ... r=Position

All the men's futures/satellites entry lists appear by the twuesday 2 weeks ahead, at the ITf site t6hese days. Click the calendar page at http://www.itftennis.com/mens and select the event.

Jay

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Madrid Main draw
OUT: Coria, Grosjean, Kuerten, Santoro, Moya, Hewitt (and Verkerk from ALT)
IN: Youzhny, Soderling, Melzer, Arazi, Malisse, A.Costa
NEXT: Haas, Labadze, Ginepri, Calleri ...

Madrid Q
OUT: Malisse, Nadal, Soderling
IN: J.Nieminen, D.Sanchez, J-M.Gambill
NEXT: R.Stepanek, J.Benneteau, S.Koubek

Jay

[Guest]

Hewitt out - is he injured? Federer and Roddick still in though, good.

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Madrid Main draw
OUT: Coria, Grosjean, Kuerten, Santoro, Moya, Hewitt , Roddick, Kiefer (and Verkerk from ALT)
IN: Youzhny, Soderling, Melzer, Arazi, Malisse, A.Costa, Haas, Labadze
NEXT: Ginepri, Calleri, Nadal, Andreev ...

Madrid Q
OUT: Malisse, Nadal, Soderling, Labadze
IN: J.Nieminen, D.Sanchez, J-M.Gambill, R.Stepanek
NEXT: J.Benneteau, S.Koubek, Starace, Kohlschreiber

Damn .. Lot of good players going off the main draw list ..

Jay

[zik013]

who can get the Q Wild Cards ??

Can Portas,Montanes,Ventura or Hernandes get them ??

[Estevao Rohr]

Why did Roddick, Hewitt and Kiefer withdraw? Thanks!

[Björki]

Kiefer is still injured.
His season is proabably finished.

[Fee]

Kiefer injured his wrist at the USO and he's only just had the cast off, so he is probably done for the season.

Hewitt apparently mentioned that he would keep a light schedule after the USO and is fishing in Australia somewhere at the moment. We may not see him at all until the Masters Cup.

Roddick is claiming right knee soreness, but he has also stated that his priority is resting up and preparing for Davis Cup (but I think he'll go to Stockholm and pick up that guarantee).

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Madrid Main draw (One SE spot to be released)
OUT: Coria, Grosjean, Kuerten, Santoro, Moya, Hewitt , Roddick, Kiefer, El-Aynaoui, Gaudio (and Verkerk, Andreev from ALT)
IN: Youzhny, Soderling, Melzer, Arazi, Malisse, A.Costa, Haas, Labadze, Ginepri, Calleri
NEXT: Davydenko, Karlovic, Zabaleta, Sargsian, Ferrer, Llodra

Madrid Q
OUT: Malisse, Nadal, Soderling, Labadze, Ginepri, Llodra, Beck
IN: J.Nieminen, D.Sanchez, J-M.Gambill, R.Stepanek, Benneteau, Koubek, Starace
NEXT: Kohlschreiber, Hernych, A.Popp, Carraz, Monaco, Hanescu

Jay

[BelgiumDude]

Special Exempt - spot !

8 Vienna Quarterfinalists
David Nalbandian (ARG) : in already
Guillermo Canas (ARG) : in already
Tommy Haas (GER) : in already
Robby Ginepri (USA) : in already
Feliciano Lopez (ESP) : in already
Rainer Schuettler (GER) : in already
Davide Sanguinetti (ITA)
Nicolas Massu (CHI) : in already

So if Sanguinetti wins, he's in Madrid as the special exempt, I think.
Not sure though. Perhaps Jay can confirm or disconfirm.

Greetings
BD

[Guest]

Why Vienna and not Moscow?
Those two tournaments are at the same level, aren't they?
Apologies if that's a dumm question but I still don't get the SE rule very well.

Rodrigo

[cogliati]

I think no SE is given for next week cos Vienna, Metz or Moscow are not the same level of Madrid (TMS). SE are only given between tourneys of same level. so TMS with TMS, INT Series with INT Series and so on.
It might be that there are some exceptions. So please Steve or Jay confirm please.

lorenzo

[liwmh]

vienna is a championship series tournament, and it has a wildcard for madrid TMS.

[Guest]

A question for you:

the other 7 players in Vienna's QF are already in MD,then Sanguinetti has automatically the SE winning or losing today?

[PatatRiek]

A question for you:

the other 7 players in Vienna's QF are already in MD,then Sanguinetti has automatically the SE winning or losing today?

SE are not always given Sanguinetti must win otherwise it will be released & someone from Alternates will get the spot

for more info on SE go to ATP Rulebook, page 134

greetings
PatatRiek

[Guest]

and then, Davide you must win!!!

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Madrid Main draw (One SE spot to be released)
OUT: Coria, Grosjean, Kuerten, Santoro, Moya, Hewitt , Roddick, Kiefer, El-Aynaoui, Gaudio (and Verkerk, Melzer, Andreev from ALT)
IN: Youzhny, Soderling, Arazi, Malisse, A.Costa, Haas, Labadze, Ginepri, Calleri, Nadal
NEXT: Davydenko, Karlovic, Zabaleta, Sargsian, Ferrer, Llodra

Madrid Q
OUT: Malisse, Nadal, Soderling, Labadze, Ginepri, Llodra, Beck
IN: J.Nieminen, D.Sanchez, J-M.Gambill, R.Stepanek, Benneteau, Koubek, Starace
NEXT: Kohlschreiber, Hernych, A.Popp, Carraz, Monaco, Hanescu

Jay

[PatatRiek]

Thanks Jay

but what happened to Nadal? he was not the Alternates list for maindraw at first? then all of a sudden appeared on the NEXT list?

NEXT: Ginepri, Calleri, Nadal, Andreev ...

i also don't understand why Andreev was in the NEXT list?

but now Nadal is IN for maindraw

IN: Nadal

will the WC go to someone else now? i'm confused

regards,
PR

[BelgiumDude]

Nadal appeared on the original alternate list.
I deleted him after he got the wild card and after Jay stopped referring to him in the next-in lists. (Andreev was on the ALT-list as well originally)

A few weeks ago I started to delete the players who whitdrew and who were on the alternate list. From now on I'll leave them in the alternate list and give them a red colour. That will be less confusing I think (and hope). I'll do it in a minute for Madrid, to stop the confusion!

Greetings
BD

PS : to PatatRiek : yes, the wildcard originally reserved for Nadal, will go to someone else

[PatatRiek]

Thanks for the clarification BelgiumDude

[pipoun]

I've just one question :
I know that the entry is based on the ranking 6 weeks ago.
Is this the same for the Qualifying ?

And how can you explain in your post that Haas is IN and Volandri in the Qualifying, with the same ranking ?

IN Haas, Tommy GER 45

Madrid Qualifying
2 Volandri, Filippo ITA 45


Thanks in advance

[Guest]

Any news on Federer? He was apparently trying to join the mass exodus yesterday.

[BelgiumDude]

I've just one question :
I know that the entry is based on the ranking 6 weeks ago.
Is this the same for the Qualifying ?

And how can you explain in your post that Haas is IN and Volandri in the Qualifying, with the same ranking ?

IN Haas, Tommy GER 45

Madrid Qualifying
2 Volandri, Filippo ITA 45


Thanks in advance

MD : 6 weeks in advance
Quali's : 3 weeks in advance

That's also the solution to your "haas-volandri-45"-problem.
6 weeks ago Haas was no. 45
3 weeks ago Volandri was no.45

Grretings
BD

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Yeah, I was wondering about Nadal too .. I might have a made a mistake, or they put him back in among the direct entries. If he is anyway making it, they can use the wildcard for somebody else!

Anyway, another update ...

Madrid Main draw (One SE spot to be released)
OUT: Coria, Grosjean, Kuerten, Santoro, Moya, Hewitt , Roddick, Kiefer, El-Aynaoui, Gaudio, Federer (and Verkerk, Melzer, Andreev, Davydenko, Llodra from ALT)
IN: Youzhny, Soderling, Arazi, Malisse, A.Costa, Haas, Labadze, Ginepri, Calleri, Nadal, Karlovic
NEXT: Zabaleta, Sargsian, Ferrer, Philippoussis, A.Martin

Madrid Q
OUT: Malisse, Nadal, Soderling, Labadze, Ginepri, Llodra, Beck, Ferrer, Karlovic (and Benneteau, Kohlschreiber, Hernych, A.Popp, J.Blake from ALT)
IN: J.Nieminen, D.Sanchez, J-M.Gambill, R.Stepanek, Koubek, Starace, Carraz, Monaco, Hanescu
NEXT: Calatrava, Muller, Corretja, Montanes, Vliegen ..

So, there goes Federer too .. Man, this tournament is hurting badlky. Sorry to see that. This is really unfair to the fans for the top players all not showing up enmasse.

Jay

[Guest]

Thanks Jay for the update.

Please no more withdrawls, especially from the top (Tim's back/shoulder, Marat's foot)....

[Jon-UK]

Will this make Henman top seed for Madrid? Assuming he is fully recovered from his injury and doesnt drop out - either way, chance for Henman, Agassi and Safin to all make hay while the others "rest".

[pipoun]

Thank you very much BD, it's much understandable now!

[tennisfan82]

Sanguinetti won!!!!! 6-4 6-3!!!! Great Davide!!! SE for him!!!

[Guest]

WHEN CAN WE KNOW QUALIFYING DRAW OF MADRID? THIS EVENING?

[Fee]

You don't need to yell. I believe the sign-in deadline is 9 pm in Madrid and the draw should be out some time after that.

[PatatRiek]

qdraw is out, with a few surprises ...

take it easy
PR

[nitsansh]

Added to OUT of qualifying:
Clement - still playing at Metz
Sanchez - presumably got WC
Stepanek - played singles and doubles today at Moscow, out from both but probably exhausted...
Monaco
Hanescu

IN:
Calatrava
Muller
Vliegen
Dupuis
Almagro