week |28| ATP: Bastad, Gstaad, Newport

[Super-Fabio]

Gstaad
1 Ljubicic, Ivan CRO 4
2 Gaudio, Gaston ARG 10
3 Stepanek, Radek CZE 11
4 Andreev, Igor RUS 26
5 Verdasco, Fernando ESP 31
6 Mathieu, Paul-Henri FRA 32
7 Moya, Carlos ESP 33
8 Gasquet, Richard FRA 40
9 Lopez, Feliciano ESP 48
10 Mirnyi, Max BLR 49
11 Bracciali, Daniele ITA 54
12 Volandri, Filippo ITA 55
13 Wawrinka, Stanislas SUI 57
14 Djokovic, Novak SCG 63
15 Sanguinetti, Davide ITA 65
16 Vik, Robin CZE 67
17 Seppi, Andreas ITA 69
18 Schuettler, Rainer GER 73
19 Rochus, Christophe BEL 76
20 Starace, Potito ITA 77
21 Ramirez Hidalgo, Ruben ESP 79
22 Di Mauro, Alessio ITA 81
23 Berlocq, Carlos ARG 82
24 (SE)
25 (SE)
26 (WC)Roshardt, Robin SUI
27 (WC)
28 (WC)
29 (Q)
30 (Q)
31 (Q)
32 (Q)

Alternates
1.Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 83
2.Pavel, Andrei ROM 84
3.Portas, Albert ESP 85
4.Dlouhy, Lukas CZE 86
5.Vicente, Fernando ESP 87
6.Daniel, Marcos BRA 88
7.Saretta, Flavio BRA 89
8.Marach, Oliver AUT 90
9.Greul, Simon GER 93
10.Waske, Alexander GER 94
11.Hernych, Jan CZE 96
12.Minar, Ivo CZE 98
13.Vanek, Jiri CZE 100
14.Novak, Jiri CZE 101
15.Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo ESP 102
16.Monaco, Juan ARG 103
17.Tipsarevic, Janko SCG 104
18.Montanes, Albert ESP 105
19.Zib, Tomas CZE 109
20.Massa, Edgardo ARG 109

Bastad
1 Nadal, Rafael ESP 2
2 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 6
3 Robredo, Tommy ESP 7
4 Ferrer, David ESP 15
5 Nieminen, Jarkko FIN 16
6 Johansson, Thomas SWE 18
7 Berdych, Tomas CZE 20
8 Coria, Guillermo ARG 22
9 Ferrero, Juan Carlos ESP 27
10 Monfils, Gael FRA 28
11 Acasuso, Jose ARG 29
12 Massu, Nicolas CHI 35
13 Chela, Juan Ignacio ARG 38
14 Almagro, Nicolas ESP 41
15 Serra, Florent FRA 44
16 Horna, Luis PER 46
17 Simon, Gilles FRA 47
18 Soderling, Robin SWE 50
19 Hanescu, Victor ROM 59
20 Calleri, Agustin ARG 60
21 Pashanski, Boris SCG 64
22 Martin, Alberto ESP 68
23 Bjorkman, Jonas SWE 75
24 (SE)
25 (SE)
26 (WC)Vinciguerra, Andreas SWE
27 (WC)Prpic, Filips SWE
28 (WC)Eleskovic, Ervin SWE
29 (Q)
30 (Q)
31 (Q)
32 (Q)


Alternates
1.Mayer, Florian GER 78
2.Zabaleta, Mariano ARG 81
3.Pavel, Andrei ROM 84
4.Portas, Albert ESP 85
5.Dlouhy, Lukas CZE 86
6.Vicente, Fernando ESP 87
7.Daniel, Marcos BRA 88
8.Saretta, Flavio BRA 89
9.Marach, Oliver AUT 90
10.Greul, Simon GER 93
11.Waske, Alexander GER 94
12.Benneteau, Julien FRA 95
13.Hernych, Jan CZE 96
14.Minar, Ivo CZE 98
15.Vanek, Jiri CZE 100
16.Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo ESP 102
17.Monaco, Juan ARG 103
18.Tipsarevic, Janko SCG 104
19.Montanes, Albert ESP 105
20.Zib, Tomas CZE 109


Newport
1 Ginepri, Robby USA 17
2 Rusedski, Greg GBR 42
3 Murray, Andy GBR 45
4 Karlovic, Ivo CRO 52
5 Goldstein, Paul USA 58
6 Dent, Taylor USA 61
7 Muller, Gilles LUX 66
8 Melzer, Jurgen AUT 70
9 Spadea, Vincent USA 72
10 Moodie, Wesley RSA 74
11 Gimelstob, Justin USA 92
12 Fish, Mardy USA 99
13 Udomchoke, Danai THA 97
14 Kunitsyn, Igor RUS 108
15 Carlsen, Kenneth DEN 112
16 Reynolds, Bobby USA 113
17 Kim, Kevin USA 116
18 Sabau, Razvan ROM 121
19 Llodra, Michael FRA 122
20 Lu, Yen-Hsun TPE 123
21 Capdeville, Paul CHI 125
22 Dancevic, Frank CAN 127
23 Kubot, Lukasz POL 130
24 (SE)
25 (SE)
26 (WC)Baghdatis, Marcos CYP
27 (WC)Philippousis, Mark AUS
28 (WC)Querrey, Sam USA
29 (Q)
30 (Q)
31 (Q)
32 (Q)


Alternates
1.Alves, Thiago BRA 133
2.Saulnier, Cyril FRA 134
3.Bogdanovic, Alex GBR 136
4.De Voest, Rik RSA 137
5.Behrend, Tomas GER 142
6.Pless, Kristian DEN 143
7.Mello, Ricardo BRA 144
8.Bastl, George SUI 145
9.Dupuis, Antony FRA 146
10.Faurel, Jean-Christophe FRA 147
11.Navarro Pastor, Ivan ESP 150
12.Burgsmuller, Lars GER 153
13.Fleishman, Zack USA 155
14.Gonzalez, Santiago MEX 156
15.Hartfield, Diego ARG 157
16.Bozoljac, Ilia SCG 160
17.Elseneer, Gilles BEL 161
18.Sela, Dudi ISR 164
19.Cakl, Tomas CZE 165
20.Cipolla, Flavio ITA 169

[GWH]

As long as Vinciguerra is fit he should get a WC to Båstad.
Zabaleta should be able to make the main draw in Båstad as well. Moya playing in Gstaad, well he must need the appearance money

[GWH]

It's an excellent line up in Båstad 11 of the top 30 are down to play there, plus some good players on clay outside the top 30 like Chela, Almagro, Calleri if fit and Horna.

Fun tournament, too bad there are some irritating people there.

[Patrik77]

Yeah it´s an amazing line up in Båstad! In the 90´s they had som many problems with all the players going to Gstaad and now it´s the opposite, and still Båstad has the lower prize money of the two. The tournament is so well organized and the site is so beautiful, really looking forward to it!

[Tennis724]

As long as Vinciguerra is fit he should get a WC to Båstad.

*crossing fingers* for Vinci

[GWH]

Yeah it´s an amazing line up in Båstad! In the 90´s they had som many problems with all the players going to Gstaad and now it´s the opposite, and still Båstad has the lower prize money of the two. The tournament is so well organized and the site is so beautiful, really looking forward to it!

I think it's funny ever since I stopped going to Båstad, well I mean it's not easy to fly there for the week when I am in Australia at the moment.

Yes, the site is very beautiful and the town is so busy in the summer especially when this event is on. Pepe's Bodega isn't that good

The finals for the last 2 years were great too bad Gaudio pissed on the organisers, but such is life.

[Patrik77]

The finals for the last 2 years were great too bad Gaudio pissed on the organisers, but such is life.

Båstad is doing pretty well without him, he wasn´t the nicest of guys when he was there, pretty nonchalant. A pity Moya isn´t coming back to Båstad though

[GWH]

Båstad is doing pretty well without him, he wasn´t the nicest of guys when he was there, pretty nonchalant. A pity Moya isn´t coming back to Båstad though

Well he is in his own world a lot of the time and when he came as RG champion, they made a big effort to welcome him.

Funny Moya committed to Båstad and Weasel Coria committed to Gstaad and they are playing in the other tournaments.

Good to see Chucho, Berdych, Horna are back there among the other players.

I remember the good days when the Swedes could play on clay, then fat Horst Skoff and Gusten, but when Cheech Marin won that was a dark day.

Only things Gstaad does better than Båstad are fondue, mountains and chocolate.

[buddyholly]

I remember the good days when the Swedes could play on clay, then fat Horst Skoff and Gusten, but when Cheech Marin won that was a dark day.

Hitler, you Bastad.

Well the sun was shining in San Jose! And don't forget he made the final in '97. So, you could say that Marin owned Bastad in the late 90's.

[Kinetix]

Finally Zabaleta obtains the PR? Good

[Nathaliia]

Oh gosh !!!!!!!! Do I see well - Kubot in the main draw out there in Newport? Hahahaha. Not only I think it's the week of Poznań challenger by the way... but it's fun to see him with a direct ATP entry! I can't recall when it happened to the Pole for the last time!

[GWH]

Finally Zabaleta obtains the PR? Good

Yes, but fortunately he is very popular in the town and if he hadn't got the PR, he more than likely would have got a wildcard.

Next year he wil be speaking Swedish.

[GWH]

Hitler, you Bastad.

Well the sun was shining in San Jose! And don't forget he made the final in '97. So, you could say that Marin owned Bastad in the late 90's.

He wishes he owned Båstad. Gusten won it 4 times and Cheech the man with the 0-17 record in Slams somehow beat Norman, Kulti and Vinciguerra. They are still stunned how he did it.

[frans]

How come that Newport can get a decent maindraw? Some Challengertournaments have a better line-up.

I know it's in America, but a lot of players travel around the world, so why do they not come to Newport? Don't they pay a starting fee?

It is also said on the tournament site that James Blake will play there, but he isn't on the list. Does anyone know why?

http://www.tennisfame.com/Championship/ ... _9_06.html

[smucav]

It's the week after Wimbledon so no one who expects to make a deep run there wants to play.

The tournament doesn't pay big appearance fees; the hoopla of the HoF induction ceremony & related exhibitions attracts a good size crowd regardless of the player field.

Blake at one time committed to the tournament, but changed his mind a few weeks ago & withdrew his commitment. The tournament director was not happy.

http://www.tennisfame.com/PressCenter/g ... ski06.html

In a recent turn of events, James Blake, who previously agreed to play in Newport, has decided to refine his summer schedule and has chosen not to play in the tournament.

"It is unfortunate that James will not be here in July," said Mark L. Stenning, CEO of the International Tennis Hall of Fame and Tournament Director of the Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships. "However, we are building a strong player field for the tournament and will be adding more world-class players in the coming weeks."

[GWH]

Good to see Karlovic playing in Newport, he should have a chance of winning here.

[smucav]

Newport wild card to Marcos Baghdatis:
http://www.sportsmediainc.com/tenniswee ... nerregion=

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Early Update:

Bastad: OUT: Hanescu (and Mayer from ALT) .. IN: Zabaleta
GStaad: OUT: Andreev .. IN: Kohlschreiber
Newport: None

Jay

[Gamass]

Robin Roshardt first wild card in Gstaad

[Patrik77]

Andreas Vinciguerra first WC in Båstad

[Nathaliia]

min sötnos, ha det så roligt i Båstad men hoppa inte i säng med vem som helst för mycket eftersom jag ska vara svartsjuk och det vill du inte...

[Patrik77]

Who is your Swedish teacher?

[Nathaliia]

Nobody who comes even close to you. (PS. Not Micke, don't worry )

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Early Update:

GStaad: OUT: Andreev, Djokovic .. IN: Kohlschreiber, Pavel
Bastad: OUT: Hanescu (and Mayer from ALT) .. IN: Zabaleta
Newport: None

Jay

[kundalini]

Rusedski out of Newport Rhode Island due to hip injury suffered prior to Queens that requires 4 - 6 weeks rest.

http://www.channel4.com/news/content/ne ... id=1248250

[Patrik77]

45-year old Anders Järryd will make a comeback in Båstad. He got a WC to the doubles event together with Söderling

[smucav]

http://www.tennisnews.com/exclusive.php?pID=12236

Philippoussis and Querrey get Newport wildcards

The International Tennis Hall of Fame announced today that Mark Philippoussis has been granted a wild card entry into the 2006 Campbell’s Hall of Fame Tennis Championships singles tournament. The Campbell’s Hall of Fame Tennis Championships is scheduled for July 10-16, and is the only ATP event in North America played on grass.

Mark Philippoussis has captured 10 career singles titles since turning pro in 1994. In 2003 he finished the year as the No. 9 ranked player in the world. He was the runner-up at the 1998 US Open (to Patrick Rafter) and at Wimbledon in 2003 (to Roger Federer) and has also been a Wimbledon quarterfinalist three times (1998, 1999, 2000).

Rebounding from injury, Philippoussis is moving back up the 2006 ATP INDESIT Rankings, currently at the No. 210 spot after reaching the third round at Queen’s, the tune-up to Wimbledon. At Wimbledon, Philippoussis received a wild card and reached the second round, bowing to Max Mirnyi 76(6) 64 67(5) 63.

The right-handed Philippoussis is known for his serve and volley prowess and his success on grass. He has been active member of the Australian Davis Cup team, competing in 12 ties with a 13-9 career singles record. He was also a member of the winning Australian Davis Cup teams in 1999 and 2003.

This will mark Philippoussis’ second appearance in Newport, having played in the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in 1995.

Also receiving a wild card entry into the singles draw is young American Sam Querrey. The 18-year-old, who turned pro this year, has been playing the ATP Challenger circuit this year, reaching the quarterfinal in Dallas and winning the Challenger in Yuba City. Querrey was also a practice partner for the U.S. Davis Cup team in the 2005 World Group Playoff against Belgium.

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Update:

GStaad: (Both SE spots cleared)
OUT: Andreev, Djokovic, Starace (and Dlouhy, Marach, Garcia-Lopez from ALT)
IN: Kohlschreiber, Pavel, Portas, Vicente, Daniel
NEXT: Saretta, Greul, Waske, Hernych, I.Minar, Vanek, Novak, Monaco

Bastad: (Both SE spots cleared)
OUT: Hanescu, Monfils (and Mayer, Pavel, Portas, Vicente, Daniel, Garcia-Lopez from ALT)
IN: Zabaleta, Dlouhy, Saretta, Marach
NEXT: Greul, Waske, Benneteau, Hernych, I.Minar, Vanek, Monaco, Tipsarevic

Newport: (Both SE spots cleared)
OUT: Moodie (and Faurel from ALT)
IN: Alves, Saulnier, Bogdanovic
NEXT: De Voest, Behrend, Pless, R.Mello, Bastl, Dupuis, Navarro Pastor, Burgsmuller

Jay

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Newport: (Both SE spots cleared)
OUT: Ginepri, Lu, Moodie, Rusedski (and Faurel, Gonzalez, Hartfield, Bozoljac from ALT)
IN: Alves, Saulnier, Bogdanovic, De Voest, Behrend, Pless
NEXT: R.Mello, Bastl, Dupuis, Navarro Pastor, Burgsmuller, Fleishman, Elseneer, Sela

Jay

[Patrik77]

Finally these are the players who got wildcards to Båstad:

1. Andreas Vinciguerra
2. Filip Prpic
3. Ervin Eleskovic

[Björki]

Patrik what about Ryderstedt? will he play Qualy?

[Patrik77]

Patrik what about Ryderstedt? will he play Qualy?

Yes

[Patrik77]

Maybe not that unexpected after his semifinal at Wimbledon (at least) but Nadal is out of Båstad.

[Björki]

Maybe not that unexpected after his semifinal at Wimbledon (at least) but Nadal is out of Båstad.

very sad.

[smucav]

BÅSTAD
Singles: http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2006/316/MDS.pdf (Saturday, Noon)
Qualy: http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2006/316/QS.pdf
Doubles: http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2006/316/MDD.pdf
OOP: http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2006/316/OP.pdf

GSTAAD
Singles: http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2006/314/MDS.pdf (Saturday, 5:30 p.m.)
Qualy: http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2006/314/QS.pdf
Doubles: http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2006/314/MDD.pdf
OOP: http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2006/314/OP.pdf

Newport:
Singles: http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2006/315/MDS.pdf (Saturday, 4:30 p.m.)
Qualy: http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2006/315/QS.pdf
Doubles: http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2006/315/MDD.pdf
OOP: http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2006/315/OP.pdf

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Update:

Gstaad: (Both SE spots cleared)
OUT: Andreev, Djokovic, Schuettler, Starace, Stepanek (and Dlouhy, Marach, Hernych, Garcia-Lopez, Montanes, Zib from ALT)
IN: Kohlschreiber, Pavel, Portas, Vicente, Daniel, Saretta, Greul
NEXT: Waske, I.Minar, Vanek, Novak, Monaco, Tipsarevic

Bastad: (Both SE spots cleared)
OUT: Hanescu, Monfils, Nadal (and Mayer, Pavel, Portas, Vicente, Daniel, Saretta, Greul, Benneteau, Hernych, Garcia-Lopez, Montanes, Zib from ALT)
IN: Zabaleta, Dlouhy, Marach, Waske, I.Minar
NEXT: Vanek, Monaco, Tipsarevic, Massa, Roitman, Marin

Newport: (Both SE spots cleared)
OUT: Dent, Ginepri, Llodra, Lu, Moodie, Rusedski (and Faurel, Gonzalez, Hartfield, Bozoljac from ALT)
IN: Alves, Saulnier, Bogdanovic, De Voest, Behrend, Pless, R.Mello, Bastl
NEXT: Dupuis, Navarro Pastor, Burgsmuller, Fleishman, Elseneer, Sela

Jay

[Gamass]

Marco Chiudinelli wild card in Gstaad

[Gamass]

Jiri Novak last wild card in Gstaad

[robus]

Bastad - Main Draw

DAVYDENKO, Nikolay RUS (1) vs MARTIN, Alberto ESP
MINAR, Ivo CZE vs Qualifier
MASSU, Nicolas CHI vs ZABALETA, Mariano ARG
ACASUSO, Jose ARG vs CORIA, Guillermo ARG (7)

BERDYCH, Tomas CZE (3) vs ALMAGRO, Nicolas ESP
Qualifier vs CALLERI, Agustin ARG
PASHANSKI, Boris SCG vs SÖDERLING, Robin SWE
Qualifier vs FERRER, David ESP (5)

FERRERO, Juan Carlos ESP (8) vs ELESKOVIC, Ervin SWE (WC)
MARACH, Oliver AUT vs PRPIC, Filip SWE (WC)
VINCIGUERRA, Andreas SWE (WC) vs DLOUHY, Lukas CZE
CHELA, Juan Ignacio ARG vs NIEMINEN, Jarkko FIN (4)

JOHANSSON, Thomas SWE (6) vs HORNA, Luis PER
Qualifier vs SERRA, Florent FRA
BJÖRKMAN, Jonas SWE vs WASKE, Alexander GER
SIMON, Gilles FRA vs ROBREDO, Tommy ESP (2)

[robus]

Gstaad - Main Draw

I.Ljubicic(CRO) [1] vs A.Portas(ESP)
D.Sanguinetti(ITA) vs M.Chiudinelli(SUI)[wc]
R.Roshardt(SUI)[wc] vs R.Ramirez Hidalgo(ESP)
F.Volandri(ITA) vs F.Lopez(ESP)[6]

P.H.Mathieu(FRA)[4] vs Qualifier
A.Seppi(ITA) vs Qualifier
S.Wawrinka(SUI) vs A.Pavel(ROM)
C.Berlocq(ARG) vs M.Mirnyi(BLR)[8]

C.Moya(ESP)[5] vs J.Novak(CZE)[wc]
P.Kohlschreiber(GER) vs A.Di Mauro(ITA)
F.Saretta(BRA) vs D.Bracciali(ITA)
F.Verdasco(ESP)[3] vs Qualifier

R.Gasquet(FRA)[7] vs S.Greul(GER)
R.Vik(CZE) vs Qualifier
F.Vicente(ESP) vs Ch.Rochus(BEL)
M.Daniel(BRA) vs G.Gaudio(ARG)[2]

[smucav]

Newport:
Baghdatis's wild card goes to Robert Kendrick.

[pablo007]

LL in Gstaad o Bastad?

[Patrik77]

LL in Gstaad o Bastad?

Why LL in Båstad?

[pablo007]

LL in Gstaad o Bastad?

Why LL in Båstad?

for fognini and dell'acqua!!!