week |13| Challengers : Napoli, Leon

[BelgiumDude]

Napoli 9 WD's
1 Montanes, Albert ESP 62
2 Starace, Potito ITA 65
3 Rochus, Christophe BEL 68
4 Labadze, Irakli GEO 72
5 Ventura, Santiago ESP 75
6 Calatrava, Alex ESP 77
7 Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo ESP 78
8 Benneteau, Julien FRA 82
9 Haehnel, Jerome FRA 87
10 Vanek, Jiri CZE 91
11 Hernandez, Oscar ESP 95
12 Tipsarevic, Janko SCG 98
13 Sanguinetti, Davide ITA 99
14 Ulihrach, Bohdan CZE 104
15 Vliegen, Kristof BEL 105
16 Mutis, Olivier FRA 106
17 Minar, Ivo CZE 109
18 Luczak, Peter AUS 111
19 Behrend, Tomas GER 115
20 Ascione, Thierry FRA 118
21 Wawrinka, Stanislas SUI 120
22 Corretja, Alex ESP 121
23 (SE) Patience, Olivier FRA
24 (SE) Vik, Robin CZE
25 (WC) Fognini, Fabio ITA
26 (WC) Galimberti, Giorgio ITA
27 (WC) Sanguinetti, Davide ITA
28 (WC) Petrazzuolo, Giancarlo ITA
29 (Q) Vassallo Arguello, MArtin ARG
30 (Q) Navarro Pastor, Ivan ESP
31 (Q) Luzzi, Federico ITA
32 (Q) Pless, Kristian DEN

Alternates
IN Simon, Gilles FRA 129
OUT Bogomolov Jr., Alex USA 136
IN Bracciali, Daniele ITA 137
IN Lopez, Marc ESP 138
IN Di Mauro, Alessio ITA 141
IN Aldi, Francesco ITA 143
IN Chiudinelli, Marco SUI 144
IN Seppi, Andreas ITA 146
IN Ramirez Hidalgo, Ruben ESP 147
OUT Okun, Noam ISR 148
IN Gasquet, Richard FRA 155

Leon 5 WD's
1 Massa, Edgardo ARG 100
2 Garcia, Adrian CHI 113
3 Moodie, Wesley RSA 116
4 Heuberger, Ivo SUI 126
5 Lu, Yen-Hsun TPE 127
6 Elseneer, Gilles BEL 128
7 Saretta, Flavio BRA 130
8 van Scheppingen, Dennis NED 131
9 Gimelstob, Justin USA 135
10 Falla, Alejandro COL 150
11 Ryderstedt, Michael SWE 152
12 Salzenstein, Jeff USA 153
13 Guzman, Juan-Pablo ARG 154
14 Sa, Andre BRA 156
15 Armando, Hugo USA 159
16 Sabau, Razvan ROM 161
17 Squillari, Franco ARG 162
18 Norman, Dick BEL 163
19 Suzuki, Takao JPN 168
20 Weiner, Glenn USA 170
21 Bogdanovic, Alex GBR 171
22 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried FRA 172
23 (SE) Vicente, Fernando ESP
24 (SE) Delgado, Ramon PAR
25 (WC) Romero, Victor MEX
26 (WC) Elizondo, Juan-Manuel MEX
27 (WC) Ast, Pedro VEN
28 (WC) Gallardo, Francisco MEX
29 (Q) Ketola, Tuomas FIN
30 (Q) Ferreiro, Franco BRA
31 (Q) Gonzalez, Santiago MEX
32 (Q) Roger-Vasselin, Edouard FRA

Alternates
IN Bastl, George SUI 175
IN De Voest, Rik RSA 180
OUT Wang, Yeu-Tzuoo TPE 181
IN Brzezicki, Juan Pablo ARG 183
OUT Delic, Amer USA 185
IN Reynolds, Bobby USA 187
IN Marach, Oliver AUT 188

[pozaking]

Thanks Bd!!!!!! It´s a great draw for a challenger of $25K. Te mexicans will play with WC´s or qualifying but I can´t think in a player who can qualify well I only think in Pablo Martinez(but ) Well good luck in this circuit of challengers for the mexicans.

[R. Jayakrishnan]

I had to literally press my eye-balls back in after they popped out, on seeing the #172 cut for a $25K+H at Leon (MX) .. That may be the highest I have ever seen for a $25K event anywhere. Wow!

Jay

[Nathaliia]

Michael Ryderstedt in Leon? Hmmm... Kubot in the ALT list? Is it going to be the 4th in a row challenger when they both participate and may play against each other?

[Tennis724]

Alex choosing Napoli over Leon confuses me a bit. I know there's a difference in prize money but he's done well in Leon in the past.

Then, again just because he sits in the alternate doesn't mean that he'll play.

[Estevao Rohr]

Thanks a lot for the info... do you know what are the Brazilians in the alternate lists of these tournaments? Thanks again!

[BelgiumDude]

Thanks a lot for the info... do you know what are the Brazilians in the alternate lists of these tournaments? Thanks again!

Leon :
25. Ferreiro, Franco BRA 228
32. Daniel, Marcos BRA 256
41. Costa, Francisco BRA 280
55. Soares, Bruno BRA 335
72. Melo, Marcelo BRA 398

Napoli :
22. Silva, Julio BRA 182
58. Costa, Francisco BRA 280

[Estevao Rohr]

Thanx BD!

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Early update:

No withdrawals from Napoli or Leon main draw.

Y-T.Wang OUT from Leon ALT. That's it!

Jay

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[Tennis724]

Does Napoli have the same deadlines that any other "normal" tourney has? Ex. Sign-in deadline for Quallies on a Friday.

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Yes. Napoli and Leon have the usual Friday 9 pm sign-in for qualies.

Jay

[Tennis724]

Thanks, Jay!!

Good! It will be the normal waiting around then.

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Updates:

Napoli CH (2 SE spots to be cleared)
No change, no withdrawals.

LeonCH (2 SE spots to be cleared)
OUT: Falla, Sa, Salzenstein (and Y-T.Wangh, Kendrick from ALT)
IN: Bastl, DeVoest, Brzezicki
NEXT: Delic, Reynolds, Marach, Vicente, Serra, Delgado, Kubot, Parmar

Jay

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[Tennis724]

Napoli: If Christophe can beat Flip again he will probably pull out so that leaves only one so that Alex can slide into the main draw. I think Irakli won today so I guess that he might pull out.

[keope1977]

WC for Fabio Fognini and Andreas Seppi in Napoli.

[Tennis724]

No WDs from Napoli yet?

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Updates:

Napoli CH (2 SE spots to be cleared)
OUT: Benneteau, Labadze, Minar, C.Rochus, Sanguinetti, Ulihrach, Ventura (and Bogomolov from ALT)
IN: Simon, Bracciali, Lopez, DiMauro, Aldi, Chiudinelli, Seppi
NEXT: Ramirez-Hidalgo, Okun, Gasquet, Patience, Djokovic, Tenconi, Karanusic, Voltchkov, Gicquel, Portas

LeonCH (2 SE spots to be cleared)
OUT: Falla, Heuberger, Sa, Salzenstein (and Y-T.Wangh, Kendrick from ALT)
IN: Bastl, DeVoest, Brzezicki, Delic
NEXT: Reynolds, Marach, Vicente, Serra, Delgado, Kubot, Parmar, Jeanpierre, Udomchoke, Reid

So, a sudden drop at Napoli today ...

Jay

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[Fee]

Guess no one wanted to leave Miami (or they ALL missed the flight!).

[keope1977]

So Andreas Seppi don't need a WC!

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Updates:

Napoli CH (2 SE spots to be cleared)
OUT: Benneteau, Calatrava, Labadze, I.Minar, C.Rochus, Sanguinetti, Ulihrach, Ventura (and Bogomolov from ALT)
IN: Simon, Bracciali, Lopez, DiMauro, Aldi, Chiudinelli, Seppi, Ramirez-Hidalgo
NEXT: Okun, Gasquet, Patience, Djokovic, Tenconi, Karanusic, Voltchkov, Gicquel, Portas, Bastl

LeonCH (2 SE spots to be cleared)
OUT: Falla, Heuberger, Sa, Salzenstein (and Y-T.Wangh, Kendrick from ALT)
IN: Bastl, DeVoest, Brzezicki, Delic
NEXT: Reynolds, Marach, Vicente, Serra, Delgado, Kubot, Parmar, Jeanpierre, Udomchoke, Reid

Jay

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[R. Jayakrishnan]

Updates:

Napoli CH (2 SE spots to be cleared)
OUT: Benneteau, Calatrava, Haehnel, Labadze, I.Minar, C.Rochus, Sanguinetti, Ulihrach, Ventura (and Bogomolov, Okun, Djokovic from ALT)
IN: Simon, Bracciali, Lopez, DiMauro, Aldi, Chiudinelli, Seppi, Ramirez-Hidalgo, Gasquet
NEXT: Patience, Tenconi, Karanusic, Voltchkov, Gicquel, Portas, Bastl, Elsner

LeonCH (2 SE spots to be cleared)
OUT: Falla, Gimelstob, Heuberger, Sa, Salzenstein (and Y-T.Wang, Delic, Kendrick from ALT)
IN: Bastl, DeVoest, Brzezicki, Reynolds, Marach,
NEXT: Vicente, Serra, Delgado, Kubot, Parmar, Jeanpierre, Udomchoke, Reid, Berlocg, Villagran

Jay

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[R. Jayakrishnan]

Here are the links for the qualifying draws:

Napoli - http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2005/443/qs.pdf

Leon - http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2005/1539/qs.pdf

The Napoli Q-draw is out. The Leon Q-draw will come out in another 6 hours or so.

Jay

[ToniX]

Thanks a lot Jay....

[EMiLY]

so now that Olivier Patience is into the final of St. Brieuc he'll get the special entry into Naples, right?

[PatatRiek]

so now that Olivier Patience is into the final of St. Brieuc he'll get the special entry into Naples, right?

yep

thanks for the updates Jay

regards
PatatRiek

[Guest]

Thanks a lot for the info... do you know what are the Brazilians in the alternate lists of these tournaments? Thanks again!

Leon :
25. Ferreiro, Franco BRA 228
32. Daniel, Marcos BRA 256
41. Costa, Francisco BRA 280
55. Soares, Bruno BRA 335
72. Melo, Marcelo BRA 398

Napoli :
22. Silva, Julio BRA 182
58. Costa, Francisco BRA 280

BD, do you know what about Martín Vassallo Argüello?

Thanks !

Ale

[Guest]

BD, do you know what about Martín Vassallo Argüello?

Thanks !

Ale

I saw him in the in Napoli Quallies

[pozaking]

Hey hello anybody miss me???????
I was on vacation so I want to know who the hell is Pedro Ast . He received a wc for Leon.

[Guest]

He's a Venezuelan junior player, who doesn't seem to have played many matches at all.

[PatatRiek]

Hey hello anybody miss me???????

yes cos i wanted to ask you something... is it possible to follow results from the Leon challenger? website or

please let me know ; thanks!

btw, hope your vacation was fun

regards
PatatRiek

[pozaking]

Thanx PatatRiek, I´m sorry there´s no website for Leon only for the the next two challengers in Mexico City.

[Nathaliia]

Steve says Ast is from Argentina. Still hard to guess what is he doing there. Maybe he's from that Clerc academy? BTW, I wonder why Mexican tournaments give wild cards to strange players... like Ast or Francisco Gallardo - who is he? He doesn't perform well in senior and junior tournaents. Why Santiago Gonzalez couldn't get his WC? Damn strange.

[pozaking]

Francisco Gallardo is from Leon so the organizers prefered him than Santi.
But they are Francisco don´t play very well.

[pozaking]

I have checked the ATP website and says in the Leon main draw that Ast is from Venezuela. Anybody knows who is this guy??????

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Pedro Ast is from Venezuela. ITF lists him at only 16 years old, but he came on some sort of a scholarship from venezuela to some place in Miami (junior college? high school?) .. Has not had any wins in the juniors or seniors yet, as far as ITF knows ....

Jay

[PatatRiek]

Pedro probably paid for his WC .... sad but true it happens quite often on this level

regards
PatatRiek

[pozaking]

WOW Pedro Ast lost 6-0 6-0 !!!!!!!!!! lol