week *30* : ATP Toronto (26/7-1/8)

[BelgiumDude]

TORONTO

1 Federer, Roger (SUI) 1
2 Roddick, Andy (USA) 2
3 Coria, Guillermo (ARG) 3
4 Nalbandian, David (ARG) 4
5 Ferrero, Juan Carlos (ESP) 5
6 Henman, Tim (GBR) 6
7 Moya, Carlos (ESP) 7
8 Schuettler, Rainer (GER) 8
9 Agassi, Andre (USA) 9
10 Hewitt, Lleyton (AUS) 10
11 Gaudio, Gaston (ARG) 11
12 Massu, Nicolas (CHI) 12
13 Grosjean, Sebastien (FRA) 13
14 Srichaphan, Paradorn (THA) 14
15 Safin, Marat (RUS) 15
16 Novak, Jiri (CZE) 16
17 Schalken, Sjeng (NED) 17
18 Fish, Mardy (USA) 18
19 Philippoussis, Mark (AUS) 19
20 Chela, Juan Ignacio (ARG) 20
21 Pavel, Andrei (ROM) 21
22 Lopez, Feliciano (ESP) 22
23 Robredo, Tommy (ESP) 23
24 Kuerten, Gustavo (BRA) 24
25 Hrbaty, Dominik (SVK) 25
26 Gonzalez, Fernando (CHI) 26
27 Bjorkman, Jonas (SWE) 27
28 Mirnyi, Max (BLR) 28
29 Ljubicic, Ivan (CRO) 29
30 Spadea, Vincent (USA) 30
31 Dent, Taylor (USA) 31
32 Zabaleta, Mariano (ARG) 32
33 Kiefer, Nicolas (GER) 33
34 Ginepri, Robby (USA) 34
35 Arazi, Hicham (MAR) 35
36 Youzhny, Mikhail (RUS) 36
37 Horna, Luis (PER) 37
38 Clement, Arnaud (FRA) 38
39 Blake, James (USA) 39
40 Calleri, Agustin (ARG) 40
41 Verdasco, Fernando (ESP) 41
42 Melzer, Jurgen (AUT) 42
43 El Aynaoui, Younes (MAR) 43
44 Soderling, Robin (SWE) 44
45 Johansson, Joachim (SWE) 45
46 Labadze, Irakli (GEO) 46
47 Nadal, Rafael (ESP) 47
48 Sargsian, Sargis (ARM) 48
49 Ferrer, David (ESP) 49
50 Malisse, Xavier (BEL) 50
51 Haas, Tommy (GER) @
52 SPECIAL EXEMPT
53 WILD CARD
54 WILD CARD
55 WILD CARD
56 WILD CARD
57 QUALIFIER
58 QUALIFIER
59 QUALIFIER
60 QUALIFIER
61 QUALIFIER
62 QUALIFIER
63 QUALIFIER
64 QUALIFIER

[BelgiumDude]

normally for toronto masters, there should be 52 direct entries.
Anybody knows why there are only 51 now?

[nitsansh]

Next in is Volandry... he would like to know...

[Guest]

are there any special exempt ?

[W Fognini]

We want VOLANDRI.

BYE!

[nitsansh]

are there any special exempt ?

Special exempt for TMS is reserved only when there is another TMS the previous week (IE Miami, Hamburg, Cincinnati).

[masto22]

Calleri WD

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Actually there IS a special exempt spot available at Toronto this time, it seems! (ATP does list one SE for Toronto) ..

The reason is that Kitzbuhel is the week before (unlike two weeks before last year). According to the ATP rule book, "A qualified Event for special exempt to a Tennis Masters Series Tournament is the singles event of another Tennis Masters Series or International Series Gold Tournament."

I really didn't know that International Gold series events counted for this! .. So, that solves the mystery. Reach semi at Kitzbuhel and you will make the Toronto draw!

Jay

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Toronto Main Draw Next In:

1. Volandri, Filippo ITA 51
2. Santoro, Fabrice FRA 52
3. Sanchez, David ESP 53
4. Costa, Albert ESP 54
5. Verkerk, Martin NED 55
6. Andreev, Igor RUS 56
7. Enqvist, Thomas SWE 57
8. Escude, Nicolas FRA 58
9. Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 59
10. Nieminen, Jarkko FIN 60
11. Martin, Alberto ESP 61
12. Karlovic, Ivo CRO 62
13. Stepanek, Radek CZE 63
14. Carraz, Gregory FRA 64
15. Llodra, Michael FRA 65
Then, Tursunov, Ancic, Beck, Martin, Mayer, Rochus, Canas, Sluiter, Berdych, saretta ......

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Qualifying Main List:

1. Ancic, Mario CRO 27
2. Enqvist, Thomas SWE 50
3. Verkerk, Martin NED 53
4. Llodra, Michael FRA 54
5. Santoro, Fabrice FRA 56
6. Karlovic, Ivo CRO 59
7. Beck, Karol SVK 64
8. Escude, Nicolas FRA 66
9. Carraz, Gregory FRA 71
10. Stepanek, Radek CZE 72
11. Benneteau, Julien FRA 74
12. Lee, Hyung-Taik KOR 77
13. Lapentti, Nicolas ECU 79
14. Saulnier, Cyril FRA 84
15. Ascione, Thierry FRA 86
16. Lu, Yen-Hsun TPE 92
17. Johansson, Thomas SWE 97
18. Arthurs, Wayne AUS 100
19. Draper, Scott AUS 102
20. Salzenstein, Jeff USA 109
21. Hernych, Jan CZE 114
22. Bogomolov Jr., Alex USA 124
23. Weiner, Glenn USA 132
24. Reid, Todd AUS 134
25. Levy, Harel ISR 135
26. Kendrick, Robert USA 149
27. Jeanpierre, Julien FRA 152
28. Parmar, Arvind GBR 159
29. Wildcard
30. Wildcard
31. Wildcard
32. Wildcard

ALTERNATES TO QUALIFYING.

1. Okun, Noam ISR 160
2. Kratochvil, Michel SUI 162
3. Wang, Yeu-Tzuoo TPE 169
4. Norman, Dick BEL 171
5. Seppi, Andreas ITA 173
6. Chiudinelli, Marco SUI 175
7. De Chaunac, Sebastien FRA 177
8. Dancevic, Frank CAN 182
9. Knowle, Julian AUT 194
10. Larose, Simon CAN 199
11. Niemeyer, Frederic CAN 209
12. De Voest, Rik RSA 210
13. Cermak, Frantisek CZE 257
14. Etlis, Gaston ARG 278
15. Ram, Rajeev USA 303
16. Mankad, Harsh IND 321
17. Ram, Andy ISR 325
18. Vagnozzi, Simone ITA 348
19. Crabb, Jaymon AUS 349
20. Zimonjic, Nenad SCG 359
Then, Reynolds, Fruttero, Masik, Sitak, Nettle, Matsui, Prieto, Motti, Nestor ...

No official withdrawals yet from the main draw or qualifying lists.

Jay

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Here are some of the players entered into challengers, who are automatically out from the main draw next-in list and from the Qualifying alternates list (the once I notice; there may be a couple of others I missed):

Volandri (San Marino)
J.Nieminen (San Marino)
O.Rochus (San Marino)
Berdych (San Marino)
Saretta (San Marino)

A couple of others who may leave the lists are,
De Voest (3rd out from Segovia)
Rajeev Ram (4th out from Lexington)

Jay

[PatatRiek]

Here are some of the players entered into challengers

can someone post the lists for the upcoming challengers? i'm interested in that info

thanks already

msg,
PatatRiek

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Damn .. I wish I had the time to the challengers also.. I doubt it. Why can't ATP publish this info for God's sake?

Jay

[michelleg]

Clement WD (foot) per his official site

[BelgiumDude]

patatriek, i'll try to update the challengerlists tomorrow or the day after.
I leave on holliday wednesday, but I ll try to do it before that. the lists for the ones starting this week, are already on.

I'll also try to post the Long Island and US Open (comes out tomorrow) lists before I leave.

[PatatRiek]

patatriek, i'll try to update the challengerlists tomorrow or the day after.
I leave on holliday wednesday, but I ll try to do it before that. the lists for the ones starting this week, are already on.

I'll also try to post the Long Island and US Open (comes out tomorrow) lists before I leave.

thanx in advance for yr efforts Belgiandude hope you'll have a great holiday

[Steve G]

Challenger entry lists are in a secret location.
Email me for the link.

[Taxmanpat]

Tennis Canada has announced (to no one's surprise) that the main draw WCs have been given to Nestor, Dancevic, Larose and Niemeyer.

The qualifying WCs have been given to Cvetovik (sp?) Gubenco and Sandovich, with one more to be announced on Thursday.

Cheers !

Pat

[PatatRiek]

thanks Pat

any updates on main draw or qualifying lists?

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Toronto Masters:

Main draw:
OUT - Calleri, Philippoussis
IN - Santoro, Sanchez (Volandri not playing; I suppose due to the challenger)
NEXT: Costa, Verkerk, Andreev

Qualifying Draw:
OUT - Ancic, Draper, and (to main draw) Santroro
IN - Okun, Kratochvil, Wang
NEXT - Norman, Chiudinelli, DeChaunac, Knowle, DeVoest, Cermak, Etlis, Ram, Mankad.

Jay

[Estevao Rohr]

Anybody knows why did Ancic withdraw? Will he play in Cinci qualies? Thanks...

[Fee]

Thanks Jay. (Is there a US Open list somewhere?)

I believe Ancic is nursing an injury that he got playing Roddick at Wimbledon, but I can't remember if its a shoulder, hip, or foot.

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Toroto Main draw:

OUT - Clement, Schalken (and A.Costa, Davydenko, Nieminen from ALT list)
IN - Verkerk, Andreev
NEXT - Enquist, Escude, Martin, Karlovic

Toronto Qualies:

OUT - Stepanek, Verkerk (to main draw), Seppi from ALT list.
IN: Norman, Chiudinelli
NEXT: DeChaunac, Knowle, DeVoest ..

Jay

[Guest]

Last WC goes to Andrew Piotrowski, who defeated Peter Polansky to earn it.

[Taxmanpat]

Sorry, I wasn't logged in properly, but the last post was from me.

Pat

[PatatRiek]

thanks for all the updates

[nitsansh]

Qualifying Draw:
OUT - Ancic, Draper, and (to main draw) Santroro
IN - Okun, Kratochvil, Wang
NEXT - Norman, Chiudinelli, DeChaunac, Knowle, DeVoest, Cermak, Etlis, Ram, Mankad.

Jay

Noam is in Indy QF. I don't think he will make it to qualies at Toronto.
Which Ram is it? Rajeev or Andy?

[R. Jayakrishnan]

nitsansh: It is Rajeev Ram. Andy is two spots behind. As for Noam Okun, I suppose he can still get to Toronto if he loses tomorrow.. If he makes the draw, he only needs to get there by saturday 10 am (they may even schedule a later match for him if needed). The guys inside the cut are automatically into the draw and are not required to sign-in Friday night. The only sign-in is for ALT spots if anybody from the Q draw is a no-show on saturday.

Update:

Main Draw: No change.

Qualies:
OUT - Enqvist, Escude (I suppose they said they will wait for two more main draw spots to clear for them - they are the next two for main draw)
IN - DeChaunac, Knowle
NEXT - DeVoest, Cermak, Etlis, R.Ram, Mankad, A.Ram

I believe Mankad is already in Lexington for qualies. Hopefully Rajeev will get a wildcard at lexington too. Cermak is in the doubles SF saturday at Kitzbuhel.

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Toronto Main draw:

The one special exempt spot released.
OUT - Blake, El Aynaoui
IN - Enqvist, Escude, martin
NEXT - Karlovic, Stepanek, Carraz, llodra

Toronto Qualifying: No change (but you can cut out Cermac, Mankad)

Jay

[nitsansh]

Into main draw:
2. Santoro, Fabrice FRA 52
3. Sanchez, David ESP 53
5. Verkerk, Martin NED 55
6. Andreev, Igor RUS 56
7. Enqvist, Thomas SWE 57
8. Escude, Nicolas FRA 58
11. Martin, Alberto ESP 61
12. Karlovic, Ivo CRO 62

Main Draw Next In:
13. Stepanek, Radek CZE 63
14. Carraz, Gregory FRA 64
15. Llodra, Michael FRA 65


Qualifying Main List:
4. Llodra, Michael FRA 54
7. Beck, Karol SVK 64
9. Carraz, Gregory FRA 71
11. Benneteau, Julien FRA 74
12. Lee, Hyung-Taik KOR 77
13. Lapentti, Nicolas ECU 79
14. Saulnier, Cyril FRA 84
15. Ascione, Thierry FRA 86
16. Lu, Yen-Hsun TPE 92
17. Johansson, Thomas SWE 97
18. Arthurs, Wayne AUS 100
20. Salzenstein, Jeff USA 109
21. Hernych, Jan CZE 114
22. Bogomolov Jr., Alex USA 124
23. Weiner, Glenn USA 132
24. Reid, Todd AUS 134
25. Levy, Harel ISR 135
26. Kendrick, Robert USA 149
27. Jeanpierre, Julien FRA 152
28. Parmar, Arvind GBR 159
29. Wildcard
30. Wildcard
31. Wildcard
32. Wildcard

Into Qualies from alternate list:
1. Okun, Noam ISR 160
2. Kratochvil, Michel SUI 162
3. Wang, Yeu-Tzuoo TPE 169
4. Norman, Dick BEL 171
6. Chiudinelli, Marco SUI 175
7. De Chaunac, Sebastien FRA 177
9. Knowle, Julian AUT 194
12. De Voest, Rik RSA 210

ALTERNATES TO QUALIFYING:
14. Etlis, Gaston ARG 278
15. Ram, Rajeev USA 303
17. Ram, Andy ISR 325
18. Vagnozzi, Simone ITA 348
19. Crabb, Jaymon AUS 349
20. Zimonjic, Nenad SCG 359

[nitsansh]

Is Stepanek out of quallies but still on MD next in??

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Yes. Stepanek is still in there for main draw if he makes it, not for qualies. I assume he may have informed ATP that he can get there for main draw if he makes it.

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Main Draw:
OUT - Verkerk, IN-Karlovic, NEXT - Stepanek, Carraz, Llodra

Qualies:
OUT - Karlovic (and Mankad from ALT as expected)
IN - DeVoest
NEXT - Etlis, R.Ram, A.Ram, S.vagnozzi, J.Crabb

Jay

[nitsansh]

Anyone on qualifying list is still playing this week and could miss it?
(other than Noam Okun)

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Possible next withdrawals in the qualifying main and Alt lists (if they win today, they are out from the Toronto Q tomorrow):

Arthurs - playing doubles SF late at night at Indi
Carraz - playing singles QF at Indi today
Okun - playing singles QF at Indi today
Kendrick - playing singles QF at Aptos today
Andy Ram - playing doubles QF at Indi

If Arthurs wins it will be after the Q draw is made at Toronto, and so one ALT spot will clear in the Q draw before play starts tomorrow, unless he withdraws himself today; perhaps not. He will try to fly up there tomorrow morning if he loses doubles tonight I guess. Oh what a life these players have, eh?

Anyway, at least a couple more guys are sure to make it into the Toronto Q from the qualies list. Andy ram has a tough choice today. Should I win or should I lose? ... Those playing singles will of course will go for the win, as it is for a lot of points.

Jay

[nitsansh]

Okun play Carraz in Indy QF, so one would be in the semi. Therfor Etlis is definitely in.

What happends in the case of Andy Ram? There's no way he can be in Toronto on time for alt sign-in, but will he be considered for a spot?

BTW... he won't have any dillema today... doubles semi is more important than qualifying, and he won't let down his partner... mind you, he's defending champion at Indy and won't give up the title easily...

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Oh, I missed the fact that Okun plays carraz. So add one more spot in the qualies draw for sure. Etlis is in (no idea if he is playing at all though; he has not played singles in ages; only one event or something this year).

Looks like Andy will make it into the qualies cut today. Then all he has to do is to ask for a later start tomorriw and fly up there in the morning from Indi. There seems no way fopr him to sign-up for any ALT spots cleared up by no-shows tomorrow. He has to make the cut bu tonight for qualies and be in the draw (he will quite possibly be in)

Jay

[nitsansh]

What time is the sign-in deadline?

Andy's match is scheduled for 4PM (possibly later) at Indy, which is 5PM at Toronto... the match might not be over until 7 or 8 Toronto time...

[R. Jayakrishnan]

So there is no way for Andy to get to Toronto for sign-in by 9 pm. You have to be physically there at the tournament office; nothing else is accepted. I don't think he will need it. I am quite sure that Rajeev Ram and Andy Ram will make the draw by tonight; no need to sign in.

But I would love to see Erlich/Ram beating Black-Ullyett this evening though. Not easy but the Israeli pair is very good and it won't be a surprise at all if they win.

Jay

[nitsansh]

It's not certain that andy will get into Quallies... if Etlis and Rajeev Ram both enter he's 3rd in line at the moment... he needs 2 players from qualies or 3 from MD to withdraw to get in...

BTW, Ram&Erlich play Rodriguez&Parrot today... Ullyet&Black maybe tommorrow...

[Fee]

He might get Kendrick's spot in the qualie draw. Kendrick plays at 2 pm PDT/4 pm Indy time so that result will be known before dinner in Indy (unless Kendo goes mental and plays another unnecessary 3 setter).

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Main Draw:

OUT -- Verkerk, A.Martin (and Stepanek and Tursunov from the ALT too)
IN - Karlovic, Carraz
NEXT -- Llodra, Ancic, Beck, T.Martin

Qualies:

OUT - Carlovic (Cermak and R.Ram also from the ALT!!)
IN- Etlis
NEXT - ANDY RAM!!! .. .. Vagnozzi, Crabb, Zimonjic

Knowing that one spot will clear from Okun-vs-Carraz at Indi, Andy is alkready in. After this basically it is a free-for-all. Whoever shows up tonight at Toronto makes it in, as I think there will be a spot or two more that will clear.

Jay

[R. Jayakrishnan]

I just heard that Phillip King, who was to play Kendrick (and also a candidate for an SE spot at Lexington) had badly injured his left (non-playing hand) running into a ball boy or something yesterday. He was getting X-Rays done it seems... So, nobody knows what will happen. Ah the glorious uncertainties on the ATP tour on the Fridays!

Jay

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Update - no changes in the main draw or qualies...

Carraz just beat Okun at Indi, so Carraz' spot in the qualies will clear up and Andy will go in ...

Jay

[Tennis724]

Any word on when the quallie draw will be released? Do we have to wait till the alternate sign-in deadline?

The way it looks is that Bogie will be seeded in the Quallies. Doesn't always mean much but I hope that will give him a boost and relieve some of the frustration.

[nitsansh]

Excuse me... Carraz is allready in the main draw, so no qualifying spot is cleared for Andy Ram yet!

Into main draw:
2. Santoro, Fabrice FRA 52
3. Sanchez, David ESP 53
5. Verkerk, Martin NED 55
6. Andreev, Igor RUS 56
7. Enqvist, Thomas SWE 57
8. Escude, Nicolas FRA 58
11. Martin, Alberto ESP 61
12. Karlovic, Ivo CRO 62
14. Carraz, Gregory FRA 64

Main Draw Next In:
15. Llodra, Michael FRA 65
16. Ancic, Mario CRO
17. Beck, Karol SVK
18. Martin, Todd USA

Qualifying Main List:
4. Llodra, Michael FRA 54
7. Beck, Karol SVK 64
11. Benneteau, Julien FRA 74
12. Lee, Hyung-Taik KOR 77
13. Lapentti, Nicolas ECU 79
14. Saulnier, Cyril FRA 84
15. Ascione, Thierry FRA 86
16. Lu, Yen-Hsun TPE 92
17. Johansson, Thomas SWE 97
18. Arthurs, Wayne AUS 100
20. Salzenstein, Jeff USA 109
21. Hernych, Jan CZE 114
22. Bogomolov Jr., Alex USA 124
23. Weiner, Glenn USA 132
24. Reid, Todd AUS 134
25. Levy, Harel ISR 135
26. Kendrick, Robert USA 149
27. Jeanpierre, Julien FRA 152
28. Parmar, Arvind GBR 159
29. Wildcard
30. Wildcard
31. Wildcard
32. Wildcard

Into Qualies from alternate list:
1. Okun, Noam ISR 160
2. Kratochvil, Michel SUI 162
3. Wang, Yeu-Tzuoo TPE 169
4. Norman, Dick BEL 171
6. Chiudinelli, Marco SUI 175
7. De Chaunac, Sebastien FRA 177
9. Knowle, Julian AUT 194
12. De Voest, Rik RSA 210
14. Etlis, Gaston ARG 278

ALTERNATES TO QUALIFYING:
17. Ram, Andy ISR 325
18. Vagnozzi, Simone ITA 348
19. Crabb, Jaymon AUS 349
20. Zimonjic, Nenad SCG 359

[Tennis724]

Just realized that it's a 32 player draw so Bogie won't be seeded unles 6 more above him pull out. Not likely.

[R. Jayakrishnan]

nitsansh - you are right. Carraz winning does not help Andy. But Kendrick should be able to win at Aptos without much delay and Andy's spot should come through ..

Tennis724 - Yes, we may have to wait till night time in Toronto.


Jay

[Tennis724]

Thanks, Jay. Looks like I'm for another LONG wait (bad for someone with no patience

It's only 5 PM over there and I don't think the closing of sign-ins is until 9 PM

[nitsansh]

Is that normal that only 2 players between 200 and 300 remain in qualies???

I note that the next 3 players (after Andy) in alt list are non-Americans, and as far as I know not playing in America this week... I don't suppose they will make a trip to Canada if they don't have a guarantied spot...
maybe Zimonjic will be there as I suppose he'll play in doubles...