week |14| ATP : Valencia, Casablanca

[BelgiumDude]

Valencia 6 WD's + 2
1 Robredo, Tommy ESP 13
2 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 16
3 Youzhny, Mikhail RUS 17
4 Gonzalez, Fernando CHI 18
5 Verdasco, Fernando ESP 37
6 Nadal, Rafael ESP 39
7 Rochus, Olivier BEL 41
8 Ferrer, David ESP 47
9 Andreev, Igor RUS 48
10 Costa, Albert ESP 55
11 Martin, Alberto ESP 56
12 Carlsen, Kenneth DEN 57
13 Calleri, Agustin ARG 59
14 Kuerten, Gustavo BRA 60
15 Karlovic, Ivo CRO 62
16 Verkerk, Martin NED 63
17 Starace, Potito ITA 64
18 Kim, Kevin USA 65
19 Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 66
20 Koubek, Stefan AUT 68
21 Labadze, Irakli GEO 71
22 Hernych, Jan CZE 73
23 Benneteau, Julien FRA 75
24 (SE)
25 (SE)
26 (WC) Corretja, Alex ESP
27 (WC) Vicente, Fernando ESP
28 (WC) Matos Gil, Israel ESP
29 (Q) Luzzi, Federico ITA
30 (Q) Berrer, Michael GER
31 (Q) Navarro-Pastor, Ivan ESP
32 (Q) Andersen, Jan Frode NOR

Alternates
IN Calatrava, Alex ESP 81
IN Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo ESP 84
IN Hernandez, Oscar ESP 86
IN Montanes, Albert ESP 95
IN Mantilla, Felix ESP 97
IN Ferrero, Juan Carlos ESP 98
OUT Arthurs, Wayne AUS 99
OUT Tipsarevic, Janko SCG 100
OUT Sluiter, Raemon NED 102
OUT Massa, Edgardo ARG 103
OUT Behrend, Tomas GER 104
OUT Ulihrach, Bohdan CZE 105
OUT Vliegen, Kristof BEL 106
OUT Mutis, Olivier FRA 107
OUT Lisnard, Jean-Rene FRA 108
OUT Sanguinetti, Davide ITA 109
OUT Clement, Arnaud FRA 110
IN Phau, Bjorn GER 112
OUT Luczak, Peter AUS 115
OUT Popp, Alexander GER 116
IN Dupuis, Antony FRA 117

Casablanca 5 WD's + 2
1 Massu, Nicolas CHI 19
2 Horna, Luis PER 38
3 Schuettler, Rainer GER 40
4 Volandri, Filippo ITA 42
5 Mayer, Florian GER 44
6 Zabaleta, Mariano ARG 52
7 Santoro, Fabrice FRA 53
8 Acasuso, Jose ARG 58
9 Muller, Gilles LUX 67
10 Schalken, Sjeng NED 70
11 Puerta, Mariano ARG 74
12 Ventura, Santiago ESP 77
13 Haehnel, Jerome FRA 78
14 Zib, Tomas CZE 80
15 Hanescu, Victor ROM 82
16 Rochus, Christophe BEL 83
17 Almagro, Nicolas ESP 87
18 Burgsmuller, Lars GER 88
19 Nieminen, Jarkko FIN 89
20 Monaco, Juan ARG 90
21 Vanek, Jiri CZE 91
22 Sanchez, David ESP 93
23 Mathieu, Paul-Henri FRA 94
24 (SE)
25 (SE)
26 (WC) El Aynaoui, Younnes MOR
27 (WC) Tahiri, Mehdi MOR
28 (WC) Arazi, Hicham MOR
29 (Q)
30 (Q)
31 (Q)
32 (Q)

Alternates
OUT Montanes, Albert ESP 95
OUT Mantilla, Felix ESP 97
OUT Arthurs, Wayne AUS 99
IN Tipsarevic, Janko SCG 100
OUT Sluiter, Raemon NED 102
OUT Massa, Edgardo ARG 103
IN Behrend, Tomas GER 104
IN Ulihrach, Bohdan CZE 105
OUT Vliegen, Kristof BEL 106
IN Mutis, Olivier FRA 107
IN Lisnard, Jean-Rene FRA 108
IN Sanguinetti, Davide ITA 109
IN Clement, Arnaud FRA 110

[pozaking]

Thanks, BD!!!!

[Björki]

thanks BD

[Erikslomp]

On the calander I saw the Houston Tournament (also that's not listed as an official tournament), but what exactly is it then and are there entry lists for that tournament

[smucav]

On the calander I saw the Houston Tournament (also that's not listed as an official tournament), but what exactly is it then and are there entry lists for that tournament

It's an exhibition tournament: http://www.riveroaksinternational.com/

[Guest]

go arthurs and luczak

[smucav]

El Aynaoui back in action at Casablanca

Casablanca Wild Card:
Younes El Aynaoui

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[Eric49]

I hope Al Aynaoui will be back soon on the level he was before he got injured. Good luck Youness! When are the total qualies lists available actually?

[Patrik77]

I hope Al Aynaoui will be back soon on the level he was before he got injured. Good luck Youness! When are the total qualies lists available actually?

No qualielists for International Series Tournaments (Casablanca is one of those)

[pozaking]

Mehdi Tahiri won the national 2005 of Morocco and gets a wild card for Casablanca

[R. Jayakrishnan]

[CORRECTED LIST!]

Doubles Entry List (the sum of the ranks shown at the end of the lines)

Valencia - revised
Draw Size = 16 Teams (8 Doubles Acceptances+ 6 Singles entries + 2 WC)
Date: 4/4/2005 Cut Off: 142 Entry System Date: 3/22/2005

1 Gaston Etlis (ARG) 24 Martin Rodriguez (ARG) 22 46
2 Jonathan Erlich (ISR) 29 Andy Ram (ISR) 31 60
3 Mariano Hood (ARG) 30 Lucas Arnold (ARG) 39 69
4 Julian Knowle (AUT) 33 Petr Pala (CZE) 45 78
5 Jaroslav Levinsky (CZE) 52 Olivier Rochus (BEL) 36 88
6 Rick Leach (USA) 57 Travis Parrot (USA) 46 103
7 Chris Haggard (RSA) 73 Robbie Koenig (RSA) 64 137
8 Tomas Cibulec (CZE) 70 David Skoch (CZE) 72 142


Casablanca - revised
Draw Size = 16 Teams (8 Doubles Acceptances+ 6 Singles entries + 2 WC)
Date: 4/4/2005 Cut Off: 158 Entry System Date: 3/22/2005

1 Paul Hanley (AUS) 12 Todd Perry (AUS) 19 31
2 Frantisek Cermak (CZE) 27 Leos Friedl (CZE) 25 52
3 Fabrice Santoro (FRA) 18 Rainer Schuettler (GER) 69 87
4 Jordan Kerr (AUS) 49 Sebastian Prieto (ARG) 48 97
5 Ashley Fisher (AUS) 55 Tripp Phillips (USA) 88 143
6 Enzo Artoni (ITA) 76 Marcin Matkowski (POL) 74 150
7 Alex Lopez Moron (ESP) 94 Rogier Wassen (NED) 62 156
8 Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL) 68 Santiago Ventura (ESP) 90 158

Jay

[Guest]

I like Nadal's chances for Valencia

[KarolBeckFan]

lol that was me, i wasn't quite sure how to work this thing

[EMiLY]

yeah I also think Rafa will do well there...has a good chance to win. I also don't think Robredo will be there, since he's injured...I expect him to pull out...which further gives Rafa a big chance

[Guest]

By the way, in Valencia a WC is sure for Ferrero, if he can't finally get into main draw . Remember that he's one of the tournament organizers, and Valencia is his birthplace and residence zone .

I'm not sure, but i think another WC will go to Alex Corretja, if he isn't injured, obviously.

[Guest]

The previous message was mine

Regards

[Gatway]

Sorry, i had a problem signing in my two previous messages

Bye.

[R. Jayakrishnan]

I have corrected the doubles entry list above. I think I had flipped the lists between the events, earlier .. And then ATP also revised the lists a bit .. Edited lists above.

Jay

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Updates:

Casablanca -- No withdrawals from Main or ALT
Valencia -- Verkerk OUT, Calatrava IN. That's it.

Jay

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[R. Jayakrishnan]

Updates:

Casablanca -- Massu OUT, Montanes IN.
Valencia -- Verkerk OUT, Calatrava IN.

Jay

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[pozaking]

Mehdi Tahiri gets a wc for Casablanca

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[R. Jayakrishnan]

Updates:

Casblanca (2 SE spots to be cleared)
OUT: Massu, Zabaleta (and Mantilla, Arthurs, Massa, Vliegen from ALT)
IN: Montanes, Tipsarevic
NEXT: Sluiter, Behrend, Ulihrach, Mutis, Lisnard, Sanguinetti, Clement, Phau, Luczak, Popp

Valencia (2 SE spots to be cleared)
OUT: Verkerk
IN: Calatrava
NEXT: Garcia-Lopez, O.Hernandez, Montanes, Mantilla, Ferrero, Arthurs, Tipsarevic, Sluiter, Massa, Behrend

Jay

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[Eric49]

Sjeng Schalken is out until the end of april, so he won't play in Casablanca.

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Doubles Update:

Etlis has withdrawn from doubles at Valencia. So Martin Rordriguez can pick somebody else to play with (as long as that player rank would keep them inside the cut as it stands now - if I am not mistaken)

Jay

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Updates:

Casblanca (2 SE spots CLEARED)
OUT: Massu, Zabaleta (and Mantilla, Arthurs, Sluiter, Massa, Vliegen from ALT)
IN: Montanes, Tipsarevic, Behrend, Ulihrach
NEXT: Mutis, Lisnard, Sanguinetti, Clement, Phau, Luczak, Popp, Dupuis, Garcia, Wawrinka

Valencia (2 SE spots CLEARED)
OUT: Verkerk (and Arthurs, Tipsarevic, Sluiter, Massa from ALT)
IN: Calatrava, Garcia-Lopez, O.Hernandez
NEXT: Montanes, Mantilla, Ferrero, Behrend, Ulihrach, Vliegen, Mutis, Lisnard, Sanguinetti, Clement

Jay

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[R. Jayakrishnan]

Updates:

Casblanca (2 SE spots CLEARED)
OUT: Massu, Schalken, Zabaleta (and Mantilla, Arthurs, Sluiter, Massa, Vliegen from ALT)
IN: Montanes, Tipsarevic, Behrend, Ulihrach, Mutis
NEXT: Lisnard, Sanguinetti, Clement, Phau, Luczak, Popp, Dupuis, Garcia, Wawrinka, Ramirez-Hidalgo

Valencia (2 SE spots CLEARED)
OUT: Verkerk (and Arthurs, Tipsarevic, Sluiter, Massa from ALT)
IN: Calatrava, Garcia-Lopez, O.Hernandez
NEXT: Montanes, Mantilla, Ferrero, Behrend, Ulihrach, Vliegen, Mutis, Lisnard, Sanguinetti, Clement

Jay

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[R. Jayakrishnan]

Updates:

Casblanca (2 SE spots CLEARED)
OUT: Massu, Schalken, Zabaleta (and Montanes, Mantilla, Arthurs, Sluiter, Massa, Vliegen from ALT)
IN: Tipsarevic, Behrend, Ulihrach, Mutis, Lisnard
NEXT: Sanguinetti, Clement, Phau, Luczak, Popp, Dupuis, Garcia, Wawrinka, Ramirez-Hidalgo, VanScheppingen

Valencia (2 SE spots CLEARED)
OUT: Hernych, Verkerk (and Arthurs, Tipsarevic, Sluiter, Massa from ALT)
IN: Calatrava, Garcia-Lopez, O.Hernandez, Montanes
NEXT: Mantilla, Ferrero, Behrend, Ulihrach, Vliegen, Mutis, Lisnard, Sanguinetti, Clement, Phau

Jay

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[EMiLY]

any news on whether Tommy Robredo will still play Valencia?

[R. Jayakrishnan]

No news of Robredo not playing Valencia ..

Jay

[R. Jayakrishnan]

An update on Valencia doubles field.

Erlich/Ram have withdrawn.

No info on who are the replacement team ...

Jay

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Updates:

Casblanca (2 SE spots CLEARED)
OUT: Massu, Schalken, Zabaleta (and Montanes, Mantilla, Arthurs, Sluiter, Massa, Vliegen from ALT)
IN: Tipsarevic, Behrend, Ulihrach, Mutis, Lisnard
NEXT: Sanguinetti, Clement, Phau, Luczak, Popp, Dupuis, Garcia, Wawrinka, Ramirez-Hidalgo, VanScheppingen

Valencia (2 SE spots CLEARED)
OUT: Calleri, Hernych, K.Kim, Verkerk (and Arthurs, Tipsarevic, Sluiter, Massa from ALT)
IN: Calatrava, Garcia-Lopez, O.Hernandez, Montanes, Mantilla, Ferrero
NEXT: Behrend, Ulihrach, Vliegen, Mutis, Lisnard, Sanguinetti, Clement, Phau, Luczak, Popp

Jay

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[Wolves]

is what Gasquet can it have special Exempt in Casablanca or Valence because he playing tomorrow 1/2 final in Naples?

Thanks

[Guest]

is what Gasquet can it have special Exempt in Casablanca or Valence because he playing tomorrow 1/2 final in Naples?

To get a special exempt in an International series tournament the player must have played the prior week a same-level tournament or a higher-level tournament, then you can't get a SE in an International series playing previously a challenguer.

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Updates:

Casblanca (2 SE spots CLEARED)
OUT: Haehnel, Massu, Mathieu, Schalken, Zabaleta (and Montanes, Mantilla, Arthurs, Sluiter, Massa, Vliegen from ALT)
IN: Tipsarevic, Behrend, Ulihrach, Mutis, Lisnard, Sanguinetti, Clement
NEXT: Phau, Luczak, Popp, Dupuis, Garcia, Wawrinka, Ramirez-Hidalgo, VanScheppingen

Valencia (2 SE spots CLEARED)
OUT: Calleri, Hernych, K.Kim, Robredo, Verkerk, Youzhnyi (and Arthurs, Tipsarevic, Sluiter, Massa, Behrend, Ulihrach, Vliegen, Mutis, Lisnard, Clement from ALT)
IN: Calatrava, Garcia-Lopez, O.Hernandez, Montanes, Mantilla, Ferrero, Sanguinetti, Phau
NEXT: Luczak, Popp, Dupuis, Garcia, Wawrinka, Ramirez-Hidalgo, VanScheppingen, Corretja, Ascione, Heuberger

Jay

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[EMiLY]

thanks for the update jay...looks like robredo has pulled out too

[Guest]

Sanguinetti currently IN on both tournaments - when does he have to decide?

[R. Jayakrishnan]

ATP would normally get in touch as fast as they can and figure out where each ALT player in multiple lists is going ... But we have also seen them unable to get in touch with a player who is in a plane or something .. Then they would basically keep the name in multiple lists all the way till the end and simply wait to get the site supervisors to find out where a player shows up (normally the supervisors would then get in touch with each other and take the player out in the last minute from other lists before the lists are finalized for main draws and the qualifying draws are made) ..

Jay

[Andrew_Derer]

Peter Luczak might make a MD of a ATP tournie woohoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[keope1977]

Sanguinetti will be in Casablanca

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Updates:

Casblanca (2 SE spots CLEARED)
OUT: Haehnel, Massu, Mathieu, Schalken, Zabaleta (and Montanes, Mantilla, Arthurs, Sluiter, Massa, Vliegen, Phau, Popp, Garcia, VanScheppingen from ALT)
IN: Tipsarevic, Behrend, Ulihrach, Mutis, Lisnard, Sanguinetti, Clement
NEXT: Luczak, Dupuis, Wawrinka, Ramirez-Hidalgo, Arazi, Ascione

Valencia (2 SE spots CLEARED)
OUT: Calleri, Hernych, K.Kim, Robredo, Verkerk, Youzhnyi (and Arthurs, Tipsarevic, Sluiter, Massa, Behrend, Ulihrach, Vliegen, Mutis, Lisnard, Sanguinetti, Clement, Popp, Garcia, VanScheppingen from ALT)
IN: Calatrava, Garcia-Lopez, O.Hernandez, Montanes, Mantilla, Ferrero, Phau, Luczak
NEXT: Dupuis, Wawrinka, Ramirez-Hidalgo, Corretja, Ascione, Heuberger

So, yes, Luczak did make a main draw ...

That may be the final update, possibly. Any further changes would be known only at the tournament sites.

Jay

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[R. Jayakrishnan]

Here are the URLs where the qualifying draws would come up soon ..

Casablanca Q - http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2005/360/QS.pdf

Valencia Q - http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2005/573/QS.pdf

Jay

[Normanfan222]

hi all, i thought luzak made the main draw at valencia. How come he is in the casablanca qualies

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Oh, poor guy Luczak was probably traveling to casablanca, thinking that is where he had an outside chance to make it .. But then Valencia dropped like a rock in the end, and he made it while he ended up one out from Casablanca -- probably too late for him, and so he decided to just play the qualies at WhiteHouse I guess.

That's sad, but it happens to one or two guys every week, as some of the players withdraw way too late (even in cases where everybody and his uncle knows the withdrawal is coming -- why do they wait till the last minute??).

That means Dupuis or warinka probably made it into the Valencia main draw by the end ...

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Casablanca main draw is also out --

http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2005/360/MDS.pdf

Valencia main draw will be made only at 1 pm saturday, but it will be at
http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2005/573/MDS.pdf when it comes out.

Jay

[Normanfan222]

Oh right. OHH , i really wanted luzak to make the top 100 quicker. He should be able to qulaify i hope.

[Andrew_Derer]

Peter

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Well, as we guessed, Dupuis made it into Valencia main draw (which came out now), as Luczak couldn't go there..

Jay

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[Kowalczyk]

Luczak won first round of qualies, defeated Frantisak CERMAK (Cze) 7-5, 6-1 - plays Leonardo TAVARES (Por) in 2nd round.
2 wins to go to main draw

[Guest]

Any news on whether Rafa will pull out?

[Guest]

Any news on whether Rafa will pull out?

Well in his post-match press conference today, he talked about going there and playing Juan Carlos.... so I guess he's gonna play? IMO not a brilliant move on his part.