week |28| Challengers: Aptos, Manchester, Rimini

[ToniX]

Aptos 5 WD's + 2
1 Goldstein, Paul USA 101
2 Phau, Bjorn GER 103
3 Carraz, Gregory FRA 111
4 Lapentti, Giovanni ECU 114
5 Dupuis, Antony FRA 116
6 Gimelstob, Justin USA 123
7 Gambill, Jan-Michael USA 127
8 Dlouhy, Lukas CZE 139
9 Delic, Amer USA 145
10 Tursunov, Dmitry RUS 152
11 Lu, Yen-Hsun TPE 153
12 Okun, Noam ISR 154
13 Heuberger, Ivo SUI 159
14 Bogomolov Jr., Alex USA 162
15 Dancevic, Frank CAN 164
16 Capdeville, Paul CHI 173
17 Baker, Brian USA 175
18 Reynolds, Bobby USA 189
19 Salzenstein, Jeff USA 196
20 Weiner, Glenn USA 192
21 Ferreiro, Franco BRA 209
22 Niemeyer, Frederic CAN 217
23 (SE)
24 (SE)
25 (WC)
26 (WC)
27 (WC)
28(WC)
29 (Q)
30 (Q)
31 (Q)
32 (Q)

Alternates
IN Alves, Thiago BRA 229
IN Sela, Dudi ISR 235
IN Boeker, Matias USA 237
IN Mamiit, Cecil USA 240
IN Levy, Harel ISR 254
IN Russell, Michael USA 256
IN Cakl, Tomas CZE 264
1. Healey, Nathan AUS 267
2. Mergea, Florin ROM 271
3. Kimmich, Marc AUS 274
4. Miranda, Ivan PER 277
5. Bruthans, Victor SVK 278
6. Baccanello, Paul AUS 281
7. Rojer, Jean-Julien AHO 288
8. Smeets, Robert AUS 295

Manchester 5 WD's
1 Vik, Robin CZE 117
2 Bracciali, Daniele ITA 120
3 Mahut, Nicolas FRA 135
4 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried FRA 137
5 Bastl, George SUI 146
6 Voltchkov, Vladimir BLR 176
7 Peya, Alexander AUT 190
8 Elseneer, Gilles BEL 191
9 Bogdanovic, Alex GBR 195
10 Hilton, Mark GBR 202
11 Delgado, Jamie GBR 212
12 Parmar, Arvind GBR 213
13 Mackin, Alan GBR 218
14 Dell'Acqua, Massimo ITA 220
15 Reid, Todd AUS 222
16 Stakhovsky, Sergiy UKR 224
17 Azzaro, Leonardo ITA 227
18 Stoppini, Andrea ITA 236
19 Pequery, Jean-Michel FRA 238
20 Mankad, Harsh IND 241
21 Qureshi, Aisam-Ul-Haq PAK 242
22 Gonzalez, Santiago MEX 247
23 (SE)
24 (SE)
25 (WC)
26 (WC)
27 (WC)
28 (WC)
29 (Q)
30 (Q)
31 (Q)
32 (Q)

Alternates
IN Vico, Uros ITA 251
IN Hartfield, Diego ARG 252
IN Sarstrand, Marcus SWE 253
IN Sherwood, David GBR 261
IN Marray, Jonathan GBR 272
1. Vemic, Dusan SCG 273
2. Vacek, Jan CZE 276
3. Baccanello, Paul AUS 281
4. Zelenay, Igor SVK 299
5. Petzschner, Philipp GER 302
OUT Lammer, Michael SUI 303
OUT Adaktusson, Jacob SWE 311
6. Goodall, Joshua GBR 313
7. Amritraj, Prakash IND 314
8. Auckland, James GBR 317

Rimini 2 WD's
1 Hernandez, Oscar ESP 80
2 Starace, Potito ITA 86
3 Di Mauro, Alessio ITA 93
4 Serra, Florent FRA 94
5 Calleri, Agustin ARG 95
6 Vanek, Jiri CZE 100
7 Sabau, Razvan ROM 104
8 Haehnel, Jerome FRA 106
9 Tabara, Michal CZE 109
10 Vliegen, Kristof BEL 122
11 Aldi, Francesco ITA 124
12 Benneteau, Julien FRA 126
13 Vicente, Fernando ESP 130
14 Simon, Gilles FRA 132
15 Ramirez Hidalgo, Ruben ESP 136
16 Waske, Alexander GER 140
17 Tenconi, Tomas ITA 141
18 Brzezicki, Juan Pablo ARG 143
19 Patience, Olivier FRA 144
20 Ascione, Thierry FRA 147
21 Berlocq, Carlos ARG 158
22 Luzzi, Federico ITA 165
23 (SE)
24 (SE)
25 (WC)
26 (WC)
27 (WC)
28 (WC)
29 (Q)
30 (Q)
31 (Q)
32 (Q)

Alternates
IN Marach, Oliver AUT 166
IN Galvani, Stefano ITA 166 @
1. Armando, Hugo USA 167
2. Navarro Pastor, Ivan ESP 168
3. Greul, Simon GER 171
4. Summerer, Tobias GER 178
5. Karanusic, Roko CRO 179
6. Lopez, Marc ESP 180
7. Tuksar, Sasa CRO 183
OUT Daniel, Marcos BRA 186
8. Guzman, Juan-Pablo ARG 187
9. Devilder, Nicolas FRA 193
10. Gabashvili, Teimuraz RUS 199
11. Ionita, Victor ROM 200
12. Marin, Juan Antonio CRO 201

[Shhh]

This is great work ToniX. A big thanks to you

If you get the chance, could you add the alternates for Manchester when they become availible?

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Thanks Tonix. Got your message. I have added the ALT list for Manchester above. Will slowly add more lists, as we wait for BD's exams to get done ...

Jay

[Guest]

Andy Murray said in an interview on BBC that he would play Newport and then a challenger in America. So I assume he got a wildcard for Aptos.

[jazz_girl]

Do you know if Juan Martín del Potro will get a WC for Rimini?
Thanks in advace.

[jazz_girl]

Do you know if Juan Martín del Potro will get a WC for Rimini?
Thanks in advace.

[kennycalhoo]

Murray did indeed accept a WC there, and they already have his match scheduled for Tuesday at 5:30.

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Early Update:

Aptos: Ferreiro OUT, Alves IN
Rimini: No change (Daniel at #10 in ALT is OUT)
Manchester: Peya and Reid OUT; Vico and Hartfield IN.

Jay

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Early Update 2:

Aptos: Ferreiro, Salzenstein OUT; Alves, Sela IN
Rimini: No change (Daniel at #10 in ALT is OUT)
Manchester: Peya and Reid OUT; Vico and Hartfield IN.

Jay

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Early Update 3:

Aptos: Ferreiro, Salzenstein OUT; Alves, Sela IN
Rimini: No change (Daniel at #10 in ALT is OUT)
Manchester: Peya, Reid, Tsonga (and Lammer, Adaktusson from ALT) are OUT; Vico, Hartfield, Sarstrand IN.

Jay

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Updates:

Aptos (1 of 2 SE spots cleared)
OUT: Baker, Ferreiro, Lu, Salzenstein
IN: Alves, Sela, Boeker, Russell, Mamiit,
NEXT: Levy, Russell, Cakl, Healey, Mergea, Kimmich, Miranda, Bruthans, Baccanello, Rojer

Rimini (2 SE spots to be cleared)
OUT: Sabau (and Daniel from ALT)
IN: Marach
NEXT: Galvani, Armando, Navarro-Pastor, Greul, Summerer, Karanusic, Lopez, Tuksar, Guzman, Devilder

Manchester (2 SE spots to be cleared)
OUT: Peya, Reid, Tsonga, Voltchkov (and Lammer, Adaktusson from ALT)
IN: Vico, Hartfield, Sarstrand, Sherwood
NEXT: Marray, Vemic, Vacek, Baccanello, Zelenay, Petzschner, Goodall, Amritraj, Auckland, Zovko

Jay

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Updates:

Aptos (Both SE spots cleared)
OUT: Baker, Ferreiro, Lu, Salzenstein
IN: Alves, Sela, Boeker, Russell, Mamiit, Levy
NEXT: Russell, Cakl, Healey, Mergea, Kimmich, Miranda, Bruthans, Baccanello, Rojer, Smeets

Rimini (2 SE spots to be cleared)
OUT: Sabau, Tabara (and Daniel from ALT)
IN: Marach, Galvani
NEXT: Armando, Navarro-Pastor, Greul, Summerer, Karanusic, Lopez, Tuksar, Guzman, Devilder, Gabashvili

Manchester (2 SE spots to be cleared)
OUT: Dell'Acqua, Peya, Reid, Tsonga, Voltchkov (and Lammer, Adaktusson from ALT)
IN: Vico, Hartfield, Sarstrand, Sherwood, Marray
NEXT: Vemic, Vacek, Baccanello, Zelenay, Petzschner, Goodall, Amritraj, Auckland, Zovko, Guez

Jay

[Patrik77]

Can a player withdraw from next weeks tournament when he´s still playing this week? Sabau is playing QF today in Gstaad and has already withdraw from Rimini!!!

[R. Jayakrishnan]

He is allowed to do that on account of the Davis Cup. Sabau is in the Romanian team playing Croatia!

Otherwise, a player would have to say that he expects to fall sick the next week - and I don't think that would fly

By the way, Rimini and Aptos sign-in ins today, but Manchester qualies sign-in is by saturday evening.

Jay

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Updates:

Aptos (Both SE spots cleared)
OUT: Baker, Capdeville, Ferreiro, Lu, Salzenstein
IN: Alves, Sela, Boeker, Mamiit, Levy, Russell, Cakl
NEXT: Healey, Mergea, Kimmich, Miranda, Bruthans, Baccanello, Rojer, Smeets, Lammer, Widom

Rimini (2 SE spots to be cleared)
OUT: Sabau, Tabara, DiMauro, Haehnel, O.Hernandez (and Daniel from ALT)
IN: Marach, Galvani, Armando, Navarro-Pastor, Greul
NEXT: Summerer, Karanusic, Lopez, Tuksar, Guzman, Devilder, Gabashvili, Ionita, Marin, Gimeno-Traver

Manchester (2 SE spots to be cleared)
OUT: Bastl, Dell'Acqua, Peya, Reid, Tsonga, Voltchkov (and Vemic, Lammer, Adaktusson from ALT)
IN: Vico, Hartfield, Sarstrand, Sherwood, Marray, Vacek
NEXT: Baccanello, Zelenay, Petzschner, Goodall, Amritraj, Auckland, Zovko, Guez

[I believe Amritraj is injured a bit and is not planning to play Manchester even if he makes the cut]

Jay

[Jelena]

Can anybody please explain me the SE? I don't know that for long (actually have seen that the first time at the Munich tournament this year), so how does that work?

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Updates:

Aptos (Both SE spots cleared)
OUT: Baker, Capdeville, Ferreiro, Heuberger, Lu, Salzenstein (and Miranda from ALT)
IN: Alves, Sela, Boeker, Mamiit, Levy, Russell, Cakl, Healey
NEXT: Mergea, Kimmich, Bruthans, Baccanello, Rojer, Smeets, Lammer, Widom, R.Ram, Adaktusson

Rimini (2 SE spots to be cleared)
OUT: Sabau, Tabara, DiMauro, Haehnel, O.Hernandez (and Greul, Karanusic, Daniel from ALT)
IN: Marach, Galvani, Armando, Navarro-Pastor, Summerer
NEXT: Lopez, Tuksar, Guzman, Devilder, Gabashvili, Ionita, Marin, Gimeno-Traver, Roitman, Schukin

Manchester (2 SE spots to be cleared)
OUT: Bastl, Dell'Acqua, Peya, Reid, Tsonga, Voltchkov (and Vemic, Lammer, Adaktusson from ALT)
IN: Vico, Hartfield, Sarstrand, Sherwood, Marray, Vacek
NEXT: Baccanello, Zelenay, Petzschner, Goodall, Amritraj, Auckland, Zovko, Guez

Jay

[smucav]

http://www.tennisnews.com/exclusive.php?pID=6214

Aptos' wildcards announced
$75,000 Comerica Challenger
A men’s professional tennis event
July 11-17, 2005
Seascape Sports Club, Aptos

FINAL WILDCARDS ANNOUNCED FOR NEXT WEEK’S EVENT

(FOR RELEASE JULY 8, 2005) – Young Americans Rajeev Ram, Scoville Jenkins and Ben Lankenau will join Scottish phenom and Wimbledon hero Andrew Murray as wildcard entries into the $75,000 Comerica Challenger, it was announced Friday. The tournament begins Monday, July 11, at Seascape Sports Club in Aptos (Santa Cruz County).

Ram, 21, is a native of Carmel, Ind., and helped the University of Illinois win the 2003 NCAA team championship, also claiming the NCAA doubles title that year. He is ranked No. 273 by the ATP.

Jenkins, a 19-year-old from Atlanta, was a semifinalist at the Wimbledon Juniors in 2004 became the first African American to win the USTA Boys 18s Hardcourts at Kalamazoo, Mich., in 2004. He is ranked No. 500 by the ATP.

Lankenau, a 16-year-old from Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., is a prospect coached by former ATP standout Phil Dent. Lankenau has consistently ranked among the national top 20 in his age groups and has played in several Futures tournaments. He is unranked.

Murray, whose wildcard entry was announced July 2, is an 18-year-old Scot who shocked the tennis world by reaching the third round at Wimbledon, lasting longer in the draw than beloved Brit Tim Henman. His ranked jumped from No. 312 to No. 213 on Monday based on his Wimbledon efforts. Murray, the reigning U.S. Open Junior champion, will make his Comerica Challenger debut at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 12, against an opponent to be determined Sunday.

Five players from the official ATP acceptance list have backed out of the Comerica Challenger because of injuries: two-time champion Jeff Salzenstein, Brian Baker, Paul Capdeville, Franco Ferreiro and Yen-Hsun Lu. To fill their spots in the draw, plus two other spots reserved for special exemptions that will not be used, the following seven players are now in the main draw: Thiago Alves, Dudi Sela, Matias Boeker, Michael Russell, Cecil Mamiit, Harel Levy and Tomas Cakl. Mamitt won the Seascape title in 1998.

The Comerica Challenger singles champion will receive $10,800, up from $7,200 in previous years when prize money totaled $50,000; the runner-up will earn $6,360, up from $4,250. The doubles winners will split $4,650. Marking its 19th consecutive year, the Comerica Challenger is the longest-running challenger on the men’s USTA Pro Circuit. It gets under way July 9-10 with a 32-player qualifying tournament that will advance four semifinalists to the main draw.

A percentage of all ticket sales is donated to local schools. Tickets are $14 Monday through Thursday, $18 Friday (quarterfinals), $20 Saturday (semifinals) and $22 Sunday (finals). A weekend pass (Friday-Saturday-Sunday) is $50. Kids 5 and under are admitted free and tickets for kids 6-12 are half price. There is a 20 % discount on tickets for groups of 10 or more. Admission to the qualifying tournament is free.

Seascape Sports Club is one of Northern California’s premiere clubs, located just a few hundred yards from the Pacific Ocean. It is located at 1505 Seascape Blvd. in Aptos.

For more ticket information, call (831) 688-1993 or log onto http://www.seascapesportsclub.com.

[PatatRiek]

Can anybody please explain me the SE? I don't know that for long (actually have seen that the first time at the Munich tournament this year), so how does that work?

Hi Jelena

A player is eligible to receive a Special Exempt (SE) into the singles main draw of the following week's Tournament if he is unable to compete in that qualifying competition because he is still competing on the date the qualifying competition begins in another Qualified Event (= IF he wins his match on Friday), and his current ranking as of the date of the entry deadline would not have otherwise qualified him as a Direct Acceptance on the original Acceptance List if he had entered.

For instance, this week Steve Darcis (SF @ Scheveningen) is a SE candidate for a Challenger event

regards
PatatRiek

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Here are the links where ATP will post the Qual draws. Rimini Q first, soon today; Aptos Q later today and Manchester Q tomorrow.

Aptos Q: http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2005/467/QS.pdf
Rimini Q: http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2005/2117/QS.pdf
Manchester Q: http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2005/583/QS.pdf

Links where ATP will post the Main Draws, and the local times when they will be made:

Aptos: http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2005/467/MDS.pdf (SAT, 9 am)
Rimini: http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2005/2117/MDS.pdf (TBA)
Manchester: http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2005/583/MDS.pdf (SUN, 12 noon)

Jay

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Update:

Manchester (Both SE spots cleared)
OUT: Bastl, Dell'Acqua, Peya, Reid, Tsonga, Voltchkov (and Vemic, Lammer, Adaktusson from ALT)
IN: Vico, Hartfield, Sarstrand, Sherwood, Marray, Vacek, Baccanello, Zelenay
NEXT: Petzschner, Goodall, Amritraj, Auckland, Zovko, Guez, Cerovic, Rettenmaier

Jay