week |21-22| ATP : Roland Garros

[PatatRiek]

As Luczak has just gone out from the qualifying list today, I suppose he may have taken the wildcard that Scud declined? ..

yep, he gets the WC (posted if a few days ago)

thanks for the updates

regards
PatatRiek

[smucav]

As Luczak has just gone out from the qualifying list today, I suppose he may have taken the wildcard that Scud declined? ..

Jay

Luczak and Ferguson get wildcards

[Guest]

Who are news Zabaleta, Verkerk, Massa ?

[daryl]

Massa is definitely out, he's going to have surgery in both shoulders .
Zabaleta is 90% out for what i heard.

[Jorbaty]

I talked to Mariano yesterday, he told me he started running, felt no pain and will decide this weekend if he plays at the French.

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Update:

Roland Garros Main Draw
OUT: Massa, Verkerk
IN: Draper, Enqvist
NEXT: Benneteau, D.Sanchez, Monfils, Clement, Ulihrach, Vliegen, Minar, Saretta, Simon, Wawrinka

Jay

Check

[dryeagle]

Lleyton Hewitt broke some ribs in Australia, he probably won't play at RG.

[pipoun]

7 of the 8 WC have been annouced :

- Thierry Ascione (FRA)
- Julien Benneteau (FRA)
- Arnaud Clément (FRA)
- Peter Luczak (AUS)
- Gaël Monfils (FRA)
- Florent Serra (FRA)
- Gilles Simon (FRA)

[Guest]

Who players is OUT for Roland Garros ?

[Patrik77]

Who players is OUT for Roland Garros ?

You can see that on the first page in this topic! (this is the second)

[FreddeSwe]

Funny thing that Scud was offered WC instead of Luczak. Luczak actually can play pretty well on clay and can win some matches. As for Scud, think that his latest results speaks for themselves. If he can't even win on Hard Court it is pointless to grant him a WC on clay. Surely he has had capacity to play well on clay but always been 10 times better on HC.

Granting Scud a WC is certainly not based on anything else than really old merits. Good thing he denied it.

[Guest]

Don't you think that beneteau, monfils and Clement will give bask their WC as they will certainely make the draw after the few next withdrawls that may come in the next few days ?

[PatatRiek]

NEXT: Benneteau, D.Sanchez, Monfils, Clement, Ulihrach, Vliegen, Minar, Saretta, Simon, Wawrinka

i've just been informed that vliegen is currently 4 out of main draw, so that probably means 2 more players have withdraw after the latest update from Jay ; hopefully we'll have a confirmation from him soonish

i also hope a few more players will withdraw before the quallie draw comes out

take it easy
PatatRiek

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Well, this is what I have ..

Update:

Roland Garros Main Draw
OUT: Massa, Verkerk, Zabaleta
IN: Draper, Enqvist, Benneteau
NEXT: D.Sanchez, Monfils, Clement, Ulihrach, Vliegen, Minar, Saretta, Simon, Wawrinka

As Monfils and Clement have wildcards, that effectively makes Vliegen 4th out. On the other hand, if there are withdrawals, then those WCs may go to another French player, which means Vliegen still needs 4 withdrawals to make it in.

But really, why can't some of these players who we know would eventually withdraw, just get off their behinds and call ATP with their withdrawals, so that the waiting list players can proceed with their plans?

Jay

Check

[jorbaty]

I talked to Agustin and he said he will skip the french due to herniated disc (is that correct?)

[florentino]

Is there any deadline for WC's?
If Clement and Monfils get in the MD after late withdrawals few days before RG, can they change the WC's at the last minute??

[Guest]

Tennisreporters.net says Hewitt is expected to withdraw next week, before the draw is made.

http://tennisreporters.net/scoop_federer_051305.html

[PatatRiek]

Tennisreporters.net says Hewitt is expected to withdraw next week, before the draw is made.

http://tennisreporters.net/scoop_federer_051305.html

i assume they mean before the main draw is made in that case he'll be replaced by a LL and not by an alternate

regards
PatatRiek

[nitsansh]

Is there any deadline for WC's?
If Clement and Monfils get in the MD after late withdrawals few days before RG, can they change the WC's at the last minute??

WC may be altered until the MD is made, but players who played in qualifying can't recieve WC

[R. Jayakrishnan]

RG main draw list

No sign of any further withdrawals from the above list. Still only Massa, Verkerk, Zabaleta OUT from it.

The qualifying entry list will be made by 6 pm today (like in 2 hours). So, I am not sure if anybody in the qualifying main list and waiting list would get lucky with any of the main draw guys withdrawing.

Come on guys. If any of you are planning on withdrawing, go ahead and withdraw! ...

Jay

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Update:

Roland Garros Main Draw
OUT: Calleri, Massa, Verkerk, Zabaleta
IN: Draper, Enqvist, Benneteau, D.Sanchez
NEXT: Monfils, Clement, Ulihrach, Vliegen, Minar, Saretta, Simon, Wawrinka

Jay

Check

[seb]

The 2 last WCs go to:

- Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
- Olivier Patience

I don't know who else can diserve a WC in case of new retirement...
Devilder ? Gicquel ? Mutis ?

Maybe better let a LL get into the MD...

[Guest]

If a new retirement, after the qualifying are starting, it's LL who replace the player and no the alternate list (monfils and clément) ?

[pozaking]

If a new retirement, after the qualifying are starting, it's LL who replace the player and no the alternate list (monfils and clément) ?

Yes you´re right

[D]

When's the deadline to withdraw... Thursday?

[nitsansh]

The deadline has passed

[seb]

If a new retirement, after the qualifying are starting, it's LL who replace the player and no the alternate list (monfils and clément) ?

Very good question...
But as MD and QD have different entry list, withdrawal could be substituted by Clement or Monfils because they didn't play the qualies. I hope it will be the case to see how the case is solved.

In case Monfils enters the draw, I don't know who will be nominated substitute WC because the French Federation let all players play the qualies incliding some who did not really deserve it like Renavand, Sidorenko or Lugassy.

Maybe Correja, Varlet, Coutelot or Rosset but I think they are all injured...

[nitsansh]

There's no addition to the MD entry list after the qualifying have started. Any vacancy that occur after 9AM Tuesday will be filled by LL.

[Guest]

If one of the 32 seeded players withdraws after the main draw has been hold ,, this seeded spot would be filled by a lucky loser or the highest ranked player who couldn't be seeded player would fill this place in the draw as a seeded player ??

Bye

[Elikian]

When the draw has been made, but play on the main draw hasn't started yet (so, before Monday 11 am CET) the place will be filled with the highest unseeded player (which will be Ferrero!). If a seeded player withdraws later, then the slot will be filled by a LL.

[rhubarb]

Wouldn't the highest unseeded player be Chela? Ferrero is currently 34th and would get a seed only if two players above him pulled out.

Any official news on Hewitt's participation yet?

All the articles I read seem to indicate he still is hoping to play, but none of them say that he is travelling yet. Can anyone imagine he will play when he's still injured, arriving rather late and having had no matches or even practice on clay? I sincerely hope he pulls out before the MD is made on Friday, or it could make things rather unbalanced (Safin and Nadal could both be in one half of the draw, probably Federer's).

[Elikian]

Ah, OK, I presumed Hewitt was already out, hence I said JCF. Didn't know he hadn't made that 'official' yet.

[Kowalczyk]

From news in Australia, Hewitt is still a possibility to play at RG. He only cracked a couple of ribs, not broken. I would expect he would concentrate on the grass season - even without the rib problem he probably wouldn't make it past the last 16 on clay.

[D]

Cracked ribs even if they're not fully broken still can take weeks and months to heal completely. They're just simply AWFUL injuries.

[rhubarb]

Swiss paper is reporting Hewitt definitely out now http://www.baz.ch/news/index.cfm?keyID= ... 9F5718B45&

[pipoun]

Dent (ankle problem) also withdraw. So there will be at least two Lucky losers

Chela and Ferrero are now seeded (31 and 32)

[Patrik77]

Highest seeded players in the qualifying round that can become LL are:

1.Wawrinka
2.Behrend
3.Nieminen
4.Dupuis
5.Djokovic
6.Bracciali
...

If two LL are sure now then Wawrinka and Behrend are already in, they can go out and lose their qualifying round....but then they miss out on a couple of ranking points as well...

[pozaking]

Hewitt is oficially OUT of Roland Garros

[smucav]

#11 seed Joachim Johansson withdrew; Robin Soderling is now #33 seed & will replace Johansson in the draw. Soderling's place will be filled by a lucky loser or qualifier.

[PatatRiek]

update Highest seeded players in the qualifying round that can become LL :

1. Antony Dupuis FRA (8) OR Flavio Saretta BRA (19)
2. Daniele Bracciali ITA (16) OR Kristof Vliegen BEL (20)
3. James Blake USA (17)
4. Dick Norman BEL (18)
5. Robin Vik CZE (21)
6. LL Juan Pablo Brzezicki ARG (27)
7. LL Hugo Armando USA (28)
8. Tomas Tenconi ITA (29)
9. LL Noam Okun ISR (32)

we know that at least 3 LLs will get in ...

so that means that Dupuis, Bracciali & Blake are already sure of main draw , even if they loose tomorrow

regards
PatatRiek

[Elikian]

#11 seed Joachim Johansson withdrew; Robin Soderling is now #33 seed & will replace Johansson in the draw. Soderling's place will be filled by a lucky loser or qualifier.

I'd say Soderling is more lucky than that loser

[Andry]

Yesterday Starace had a leg injury so he is in doubt.This morning he take a plane to Paris but he' ll decide on monday if playing or not.

[PatatRiek]

update Highest seeded players in the qualifying round that can become LL :

1. LL Daniele Bracciali ITA (16)
2. James Blake USA (17)
3. LL Dick Norman BEL (18)
4. L Flavio Saretta BRA (19)
5 . L Juan Pablo Brzezicki ARG (27)
6 . L Hugo Armando USA (28)
7 . Tomas Tenconi ITA (29)
8 . L Noam Okun ISR (32)

at least 3 LLs will get in

regards
PatatRiek

[D]

Blake just won, so I guess Saretta is in?

Anyone know how they determine which half of the draw plays monday and which tuesday?

[Guest]

Why Federer is gonna face a QF ( Sela ) and not a LL ?? and i also would like to ask if this fact is only an ITF rule or a ATP too ?

Thank you .

[D]

as far as I know, qualifiers and lucky losers are basically the same in terms of where they go in the draw. Anywhere a qualifier can go, a lucky loser can also go. So that's why Fed got a qualifier and not a lucky loser, he just as easily could've gotten a lucky loser.

[PatatRiek]

Potito Starace OUT

replaced by LL Juan Pablo Brzezicki

regards
PatatRiek

[smucav]

Lucky losers are Daniele Bracciali, Dick Norman, & Flavio Saretta.

Starace & Schalken withdrew; replaced by lucky losers Juan Pablo Brzezicki & Hugo Armando