week |16| ATP: Monte Carlo (+Q)

[Rosie]

Is there any official news of Wild Cards (apart from Lisnard) in both main draw and quallies? Thanks.

[Super-Fabio]

Is there any official news of Wild Cards (apart from Lisnard) in both main draw and quallies? Thanks.

Main Draw WC to Lisnard,Llodra,Benneteau e Simon

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Update:

Monte Carlo Main Draw
OUT: Agassi, Ancic, Blake, Dent, Gasquet, Ginepri, Hewitt, T.Johansson, Roddick, Verkerk (and Goldstein from ALT)
IN: Clement, Safin, Mirnyi, Seppi, Pashanski, Vliegen, Wawrinka, Karlovic, A.Martin, Srichaphan
NEXT: Calleri, Soderling, Mayer, Vik, Djokovic, Bjorkman, Muller, Bracciali

Monte Carlo Qualifying
OUT: Benneteau, Karlovic, A.Martin, J.Melzer, Mirnyi, Pashanski, Simon, Vliegen, Wawrinka (and Koubek, Llodra, Healey, El Aynaoui, Arazi from ALT)
IN: Berrer, Ascione, Gicquel, Luczak, Gabashvili, Van Gemerden, Gremelmayr, Faurel, Korolev
NEXT: Luzzi, Cipolla, Roger-Vasselin, Hartfield, Galimberti, Bolelli, Meffert, Becker

Jay

[Super-Fabio]

thanks a lot Jay

[Judio]

Yet again the ATP do not seem to have solved the
problem of players not playing the required events

[D]

Yet again the ATP do not seem to have solved the
problem of players not playing the required events

What do you suggest they do? If players don't want to play a particular event for whatever reason, they're going to find a way not to play it, even if it costs them a fine or whatever.

[Judio]

I want them to Change the Calendar
as they keep promising to do

[Fee]

Yet again the ATP do not seem to have solved the
problem of players not playing the required events

At least not this one, and Paris at the end of the year. Those two seem to be the ones that suffer the most withdrawals. I think the players have figured out that if everybody (including Federer) skips one Masters event, then they are all even with each other and it doesn't really hurt them by the end of the year. It is a bit ridiculous, but if DeVilliers is serious about changing the schedule, perhaps he'll find a way to address this.

[D]

I want them to Change the Calendar
as they keep promising to do

Well didn't they try to do that this year by making sure Houston is permanently before Monte Carlo? It used to be that Monte Carlo often came first, then Houston then Rome 2 weeks later and obviously these guys wouldn't make that trip twice but now it's before. If they want to go they can. They'd have to change it to have a whole week off before Monte Carlo, I'd guess, or they'll continue to skip it I bet. That or make some harsher punishment system somehow.

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Update:

Monte Carlo Main Draw
OUT: Agassi, Ancic, Blake, Dent, Gasquet, Ginepri, Hewitt, T.Johansson, Roddick, Verkerk (and Calleri, Goldstein from ALT)
IN: Clement, Safin, Mirnyi, Seppi, Pashanski, Vliegen, Wawrinka, Karlovic, A.Martin, Srichaphan
NEXT: Soderling, Mayer, Vik, Djokovic, Bjorkman, Muller, Bracciali

Monte Carlo Qualifying
OUT: Benneteau, Karlovic, A.Martin, J.Melzer, Mirnyi, Pashanski, Simon, Vliegen, Wawrinka, Zib (and Koubek, Llodra, Healey, El Aynaoui, Arazi, Roger-Vasselin, Hartfield, Lammer from ALT)
IN: Berrer, Ascione, Gicquel, Luczak, Gabashvili, Van Gemerden, Gremelmayr, Faurel, Korolev, Luzzi
NEXT: Cipolla, Galimberti, Bolelli, Meffert, Becker, Witten, Russell

Jay

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Update:

Monte Carlo Main Draw
OUT: Agassi, Ancic, Baghdatis, Blake, Dent, Gasquet, Ginepri, Hewitt, T.Johansson, Roddick, Verkerk (and Calleri, Goldstein from ALT)
IN: Clement, Safin, Mirnyi, Seppi, Pashanski, Vliegen, Wawrinka, Karlovic, A.Martin, Srichaphan, Soderling
NEXT: Mayer, Vik, Djokovic, Bjorkman, Muller, Bracciali, Zib

Monte Carlo Qualifying
OUT: Almagro, Benneteau, Dlouhy, Karlovic, A.Martin, J.Melzer, Mirnyi, Pashanski, Simon, Soderling, Vik, Vliegen, Wawrinka, Zib (and Koubek, Llodra, Healey, El Aynaoui, Arazi, Roger-Vasselin, Hartfield, Lammer, Guez, Mirnegg from ALT)
IN: Berrer, Ascione, Gicquel, Luczak, Gabashvili, Van Gemerden, Gremelmayr, Faurel, Korolev, Luzzi, Cipolla, Galimberti, Bolelli, Meffert
NEXT: Becker, Witten, Russell, Hadad, Vemic, Eitzinger, Dorsch, Lopez

Jay

[lucky71]

galimberti is in the sf in futures roma. (play today)
if he win tomorrow stay in rome to play final.

[voci nella notte]

galimberti lost sf today 6-0 6-1
tomorrow montecarlo play post meridian

[dryeagle]

Why did Paul Goldstein pull out? The career minor leaguer of professional tennis finally gets a main entry draw to a Master Series and he pulls out. And Monte Carlo of all places, the one place I would probably like to visit most out of all the destinations on the ATP Tour.

[Björki]

Goldstein still plays in Housten

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Update:

Monte Carlo Main Draw - No change

Monte Carlo Qualifying
OUT: Almagro, Benneteau, Dlouhy, Karlovic, A.Martin, J.Melzer, Mirnyi, Pashanski, Simon, Soderling, Vik, Vliegen, Wawrinka, Zib (and Koubek, Llodra, Healey, El Aynaoui, Arazi, Roger-Vasselin, Hartfield, Becker, Russell, Lammer, Guez, Mirnegg from ALT)
IN: Berrer, Ascione, Gicquel, Luczak, Gabashvili, Van Gemerden, Gremelmayr, Faurel, Korolev, Luzzi, Cipolla, Galimberti, Bolelli, Meffert
NEXT: Witten, Hadad, Vemic, Eitzinger, Dorsch, Lopez

Jay

[Björki]

Jay do you have the link to the quali draw?

[Super-Fabio]

Jay do you have the link to the quali draw?

http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2006/410/QS.pdf

The draw isn't out

[Thanks. It just came out at the link .. Jay]

[Fee]

Goldstein was 12th on the original Alternate list. I guess he decided not to take a chance on getting in and entered the Bermuda Challenger instead. It looks like he will be the Number one seed.

[smucav]

qualifying:
Luczak OUT; Zimonjic IN

[smucav]

main draw:
Haas OUT; lucky loser Bracciali IN

[Patrik77]

MC Q -- http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2006/410/QS.pdf
MC Singles -- http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2006/410/MDS.pdf
MC Doubles -- http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2006/410/MDD.pdf
MC OOP -- http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2006/410/OP.pdf

[Patrik77]

Looks like an american boycott this year with no americans in neither singles, qualifying or doubles.