week *44* : ATP Paris + Q (1-7/11)

[zik013]

so, the current tournament schedules for tomorrow are out, what i can say:

Mirny is probably out of Paris, as he is scheduled to play a doubles game on Saturday...
in Petersburg,
Saulnier/Beck, Karlovic (assuming he will loose in doubles in the current game),Labadze are in action tomorrow, and if they loose, they could come to Paris only on Saturday morning.

In Stockholm,
Gambill, Rochus,T.Johanson,Arthurs are in action and can make it only on Saturday morning.

So my question is, can these players come on Saturday morning and play in the qualies, or we can assume they are out (i hope not) ??

[Fee]

Last I heard from JMG, he had no plans to go to Paris. I really don't think that's changed for him because he hates to play on carpet.

[rhubarb]

Any updates on withdrawls, in particular, Federer and Hewitt?

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Sorry for the delay in updating. Was traveling and the internt connection did not come through as expected...

Paris Main Draw (No SE spots)
OUT: ElAynaoui, Grosjean, Kiefer, Kuerten, Coria, Mayer, Santoro (and Andreev, Verkerk from ALT)
IN: Llodra, Arazi, Sargsian, Soderling, Davydenko, Volandri, A.Costa
NEXT: Bjorkman, T.Johansson, Nadal, Ferrer, Schalken, Zabaleta, Calleri

Paris Q
OUT: Sargsian, Berdych, Bjorkman, Calleri, Ginepri, Martin, Mello, Nadal, Soderling, Volandri (and Monaco, Gambill, Rusedski, Calatrava, Hernych, Popp, Kohlschreiber, Arthurs, Morrison, Ulihrach from ALT)
IN: Benneteau, Mirnyi, Starace, Hanescu, Carraz, Corretja, Dupuis, Sanguinetti, Mutis, Vliegen
NEXT: Kucera, Mahut, Patience, Rochus, Ascione, Lisnard, Chiudinelli, Seppi

That is a whole lot of changes in the last two days ..

Jay

[rhubarb]

Thanks Jay

Looks like they are expecting a few more to pull out, if Nadal has pulled out of quallies, and is waiting for an sport as third alternate.

Deadline is midday, Eastern time, isn't it?

[PatatRiek]

Wildcards for maindraw go to Paul-Henri Mathieu, Arnaud Clément & Cyril Saulnier

Wildcards for Qdraw go to Richard Gasquet, Gaël Monfils, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga & Jérôme Haehnel

[keope977]

Wild Cards for qualifying tournement go to: Richard Gasquet, Gaël Monfils, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Jérôme Haehnel

[PatatRiek]

i'm still wondering about a few things, but guess we'll have our answers soon cos the main draw has been made a half hour ago

[Guest]

Mirnyi pulled out of his doubles match in order to play the qualifying rounds at Paris. A shame since he had a good chance in winning the doubles match in Sweden.

[PatatRiek]

main draw is out, federer , costa & Nadal must have pulled out since last update from Jay

IN Bjorkman, T.Johansson, Ferrer


Andy Roddick (USA/N.1) bye
Thomas Johansson (SUE) - Sargis Sargsian (ARM)
Hicham Arazi (MAR) - Q
Fernando Gonzalez (CHI/N.15) bye
Dominik Hrbaty (SVQ/N.12) bye
Luis Horna (PER) - Cyril Saulnier (FRA) wc
Robin Soderling (SUE) - Taylor Dent (USA)
David Nalbandian (ARG/N.8) bye
Tim Henman (GBR/N.3) bye
Vincent Spadea (USA) - Paradorn Srichaphan (THA)
Jonas Bjorkman (SUE) - Mikhaïl Youzhny (RUS)
Jiri Novak (TCH/N.16) bye
Joachim Johansson (SUE/N.9) bye
Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) - Fernando Verdasco (ESP)
Tommy Haas (ALL) - Mickaël Llodra (FRA)
Andre Agassi (USA/N.5) bye
Gaston Gaudio (ARG/N.7) bye
Feliciano Lopez (ESP) - Rainer Schuettler (ALL)
Mardy Fish (USA) - David Ferrer (ESP)
Andrei Pavel (ROU/N.11) bye
Guillermo Canas (ARG/N.13) bye
Q - Mario Ancic (CRO)
Q - Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) wc
Carlos Moya (ESP/N.4) bye
Marat Safin (N.6) bye
Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) - Arnaud Clément (FRA) wc
Juergen Melzer (AUT) - Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG)
Tommy Robredo (ESP/N.10) bye
Nicolas Massu (CHI/N.14) bye
Filippo Volandri (ITA) - Q
Q - Q
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS/N.2) bye

regards
PR

[PatatRiek]

and since T.Johansson was also in Qlist, Kucera is now In for the qualies

but it expect more changes there. i assume the qdraw will come out after 9pm?

[Guest]

ATP site says R64 is worth 3 race points. Is this a mistake?

[PatatRiek]

qdraw is out, lots of surpirses, as expected

[PatatRiek]

After first draw was made, J Johansson withdrew, he was replaced, not by a lucky loser, but by alternate Zabaleta.

can someone explain why they did it like this? normally when the draws are made they take a LL to fill the draw, no?

regards
PR

[Guest]

the qualifying rounds have not been completed. Only if that's the case & if a player drops out of the main draw would he be replaced by a lucky loser.
Happy Halloween from Switzerland everyone!

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Actually once the qualifying round play STARTS, all subsequent main draw withdrawals turn into LL spots.

Jay

[PatatRiek]

Initially seeded 4th, Carlos Moya was forced to pull out of the BNP Paribas Masters, due to a shoulder surgery.

Moya's withdrawal allows Tommy Haas to become the 18th seed, and Xavier Malisse, who lost in the final round of the qualifying draw, to gain a spot in the main draw. As for Michaël Llodra originally due to meet Haas in the first round, he will now face either a qualifyer or a lucky-loser.

regards
PR

[rhubarb]

Two more very significant withdrawls: Nalbandian (various injuries reported, not sure what is true), Agassi (hip).

This means that Coria, Safin and Henman qualify for Houston, and the race is over.

What a shame; this week looked so interesting. The indoor season this year has been a big disappointment.

[cogliati]

Sanguinetti replaces Nalbandian and Hanescu replaces Agassi...what a shame...the race is over...

PS is Moya pulling out to have more rest??

lorenzo

[rhubarb]

I think Moya pulled out because after the draw was made, he realised he didn't need to play in order to make Houston.