week |34| Challengers: Bukhara, Geneva, Manerbio

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Bukhara
1 Mazarakis, Vasilis GRE 161
2 Pashanski, Boris SCG 170
3 Istomin, Denis UZB 301
4 Cerovic, Ivan CRO 304
5 Beck, Andreas GER 330
6 Petrazzuolo, Giancarlo ITA 332
7 Tarantino, Agustin ARG 338
8 Bozoljac, Ilia SCG 340
9 Sun, Peng CHN 341
10 Piccari, Francesco ITA 343
11 Gil, Frederico POR 349
12 Bopanna, Rohan IND 352
13 Cruciat, Adrian ROM 356
14 Ivanov-Smolensky, Kirill RUS 364
15 Capkovic, Kamil SVK 365
16 Qureshi, Aisam-Ul-Haq PAK 368
17 Pedrini, Marco ITA 371
18 Ocera, Massimo ITA 385
19 Im, Kyu Tae KOR 405
20 Audouy, Xavier FRA 415
21 Jaziri, Malek TUN 418
22 Zovko, Lovro CRO 427
23 (SE)
24 (SE)
25 (WC)
26 (WC)
27 (WC)
28 (WC)
29 (Q)
30 (Q)
31 (Q)
32 (Q)

Alternates
1. Dustov, Farrukh UZB 428
2. Stoliarov, Andrei RUS 429
3. Popovic, Petar SCG 441
4. Smirnov, Evgueni RUS 444
5. Clarke, Peter IRL 445
6. Matsui, Toshihide JPN 450
7. Renavand, Nicolas FRA 453
8. Kedriouk, Alexey KAZ 463
9. Hasek, Jakub CZE 467
10. Matsukevitch, Denis RUS 473
11. Coene, Dominique BEL 475
12. Satschko, Alex GER 484
13. Brizzi, Alberto ITA 499
14. Mukhometov, Philipp RUS 515
15. Sakai, Toshiaki JPN 526

Geneva
1 Hernandez, Oscar ESP 80
2 Haehnel, Jerome FRA 110
3 Ventura, Santiago ESP 125
4 Vicente, Fernando ESP 129
5 Ramirez Hidalgo, Ruben ESP 142
6 Marin, Juan Antonio CRC 166
7 Guzman, Juan-Pablo ARG 169
8 Darcis, Steve BEL 181
9 Lopez, Marc ESP 192
10 Wauters, Stefan BEL 221
11 Faurel, Jean-Christophe FRA 225
12 Blanco, Galo ESP 274
13 Mutis, Olivier FRA 276
14 Mertl, Jan CZE 278
15 Guez, David FRA 295
16 Auckland, James GBR 299
17 Klec, Ivo GER 307
18 De Armas, Jose VEN 310
19 Uebel, Lars GER 313
20 Bloomfield, Richard GBR 315
21 Eschauer, Werner AUT 317
22 Kralert, Petr CZE 323
23 (SE)
24 (SE)
25 (WC)
26 (WC)
27 (WC)
28 (WC)
29 (Q)
30 (Q)
31 (Q)
32 (Q)

Alternates
1. Robert, Stephane FRA 325
2. Di Pasquale, Arnaud FRA 326
3. Herm-Zahlava, Jakub GER 327
4. Andersen, Jan Frode NOR 329
5. Cuadrado, Carlos ESP 334
6. Urban, Filip POL 339
7. Perez, Didac ESP 351
8. Ruiz-Cadenas, Hector ESP 354
9. Patriarca, Damian ARG 355
10. Sorensen, Kevin IRL 360
11. Redondi, Emiliano ARG 370
12. Moldovan, Ion ROM 370
13. Marx, Philipp GER 377
14. El Aarej, Mounir MAR 378
15. Jeanpierre, Julien FRA 379

Manerbio
1 Di Mauro, Alessio ITA 118
2 Berlocq, Carlos ARG 135
3 Marach, Oliver AUT 156
4 Navarro Pastor, Ivan ESP 175
5 Gimeno-Traver, Daniel ESP 182
6 Van Gemerden, Melle NED 197
7 Ionita, Victor ROM 203
8 Koellerer, Daniel AUT 207
9 Azzaro, Leonardo ITA 223
10 Moraru, Gabriel ROM 238
11 Vassallo Arguello, Martin ARG 261
12 Fraile, Gorka ESP 280
13 Mirnegg, Marco AUT 282
14 Korolev, Evgueni RUS 287
15 Montcourt, Mathieu FRA 291
16 Granollers-Pujol, Marcel ESP 292
17 Eitzinger, Rainer AUT 300
18 Radic, Mario CRO 301
19 Moyano, Diego ARG 302
20 Junqueira, Diego ARG 309
21 Fogues, Francisco ESP 311
22 Cipolla, Flavio ITA 314
23 (SE)
24 (SE)
25 (WC)
26 (WC)
27 (WC)
28 (WC)
29 (Q)
30 (Q)
31 (Q)
32 (Q)

Alternates
1. Robert, Stephane FRA 325
2. Di Pasquale, Arnaud FRA 326
3. Herm-Zahlava, Jakub GER 327
4. Andersen, Jan Frode NOR 329
5. Cuadrado, Carlos ESP 334
6. Urban, Filip POL 339
7. Perez, Didac ESP 351
8. Ruiz-Cadenas, Hector ESP 354
9. Patriarca, Damian ARG 355
10. Sorensen, Kevin IRL 360
11. Redondi, Emiliano ARG 370
12. Moldovan, Ion ROM 370
13. Fognini, Fabio ITA 373
14. Marx, Philipp GER 377
15. El Aarej, Mounir MAR 378

Jay

[PatatRiek]

Thanks Jay

regards
PatatRiek

[Guest]

Geneva gave wildcards to Finnish players the last 3 years, is there a reason for that and can I expect it again?

[vlad]

WC for geneva to Andy murray and the winner of Roland garros junior 2005 but i dont remember his name

We dont know yet if these players will accept their WC

[oRioL]

Andy Murray will play the US Open Qualy that week

[anttik]

Hi

Geneva challenger wild cards to Finnish players.

The main sponsor of Geneva challenger is IPP which is russian owned energy company who has business in Finland.
IPP has sponsored many years Helsinki challenger in november.
So IPP has his own interest to give wild cards to Finnish players.

I really hope that this year IPP gives wild card to Juho Paukku.
Juho has played poor tennis this year, but he is slowly coming back to his last year's good level. Juho won Capdeville last year in Geneva and played even match against Almagro in the second round.

Juho's new coach is Henrik Johansen, who was the coach of Jarkko Nieminen some years ago. So let's hope that Johansen can give important tennis tips to help Juho Paukku.

greetings
AnttiK

[Jan]

Thanks anttik, for the info. I already know your good knowledge from menstennisforums. 8)

[Mark Carpenter]

Marian Cilic won Junior Roland Garos this year.

[Guest]

Any Aus players in the Alt lists?

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Update:

No MAIN or ALT withdrawals yet from Mennerbio, Geneva.

Bukhara: (2 SE spots to be cleared)
OUT: Capkovic, Tarantino (and Dustov, Clarke, Hasek, Coene, Satschko, Mukhometov from ALT)
IN: Stoliarov, Popovic
NEXT: Smirnov, Matsui, Renavand, Kedriouk, Matsukevitch, Brizzi, Sakai, Moser, Colangelo, Ivanov

Jay

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Update:

No MAIN or ALT withdrawals yet from Geneva.

Mennerbio: (2 SE spots to be cleared)
OUT: Granollers-Pujol (No ALT withdrawals yet)
IN: S.Robert

Bukhara: No change from above

Jay

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Update:

Mennerbio: (2 SE spots to be cleared)
OUT: Granollers-Pujol (and Herm-Zahlava from ALT)
IN: S.Robert
NEXT: Di Pasquale, JF.Andersen, Cuadrado, Urban, Perez, Ruiz-Cadenas, Patriarca, Sorensen, Redondi, Moldovan, Fognini, Marx

Geneva: (2 SE spots to be cleared)
OUT: Blanco, De Armas, Marin, Mutis (and S.Robert from ALT)
IN: DiPasquale, Herm-Zahlava, JF.Andersen, Cuadrado
NEXT: Urban, Perez, Ruiz-Cadenas, Patriarca, Sorensen, Redondi, Moldovan, Marx, El Aarej, Jeanpierre, Scherrer, Zemlja

Bukhara: (2 SE spots to be cleared)
OUT: Capkovic, Tarantino (and Dustov, Clarke, Hasek, Coene, Satschko, Mukhometov, Sakai from ALT)
IN: Stoliarov, Popovic
NEXT: Smirnov, Matsui, Renavand, Kedriouk, Matsukevitch, Brizzi, Moser, Colangelo, Ivanov, Rastogi

Jay

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Updates:

Menerbio: (2 SE spots to be cleared)
OUT: Granollers-Pujol, Moyano (and Di Pasquale, Herm-Zahlava, JF.Andersen, Cuadrado, Perez, Redondi, Jeanpierre from ALT)
IN: S.Robert, Urban
NEXT: Ruiz-Cadenas, Patriarca, Sorensen, Moldovan, Fognini, Marx, El Aarej, Scherrer, Zemlja

Geneva: (2 SE spots to be cleared)
OUT: Blanco, De Armas, Marin, Mutis (and S.Robert, Urban, Perez, Redondi, Jeanpierre from ALT)
IN: DiPasquale, Herm-Zahlava, JF.Andersen, Cuadrado
NEXT: Ruiz-Cadenas, Patriarca, Sorensen, Moldovan, Marx, El Aarej, Scherrer, Zemlja, Giorgini, Enev

Bukhara: (One of two SE spots cleared)
OUT: Capkovic, Tarantino (and Dustov, Clarke, Hasek, Coene, Satschko, Brizzi, Mukhometov, Sakai, Sitak from ALT)
IN: Stoliarov, Popovic, Smirnov
NEXT: Matsui, Renavand, Kedriouk, Matsukevitch, Moser, Colangelo, Ivanov, Rastogi, Jun

Jay

[Guest]

Updates:

Menerbio: (One of 2 SE spots cleared)
OUT: Granollers-Pujol, Moyano (and Di Pasquale, Herm-Zahlava, JF.Andersen, Cuadrado, Perez, Patriarca, Redondi, Jeanpierre from ALT)
IN: S.Robert, Urban, Ruiz-Cadenas
NEXT: Sorensen, Moldovan, Fognini, Marx, El Aarej, Scherrer, Zemlja

Geneva: (One of 2 SE spots cleared)
OUT: Blanco, De Armas, Marin, Mutis (and S.Robert, Urban, Perez, Ruiz-Cadenas, Redondi, Jeanpierre from ALT)
IN: DiPasquale, Herm-Zahlava, JF.Andersen, Cuadrado, Patriarca
NEXT: Sorensen, Moldovan, Marx, El Aarej, Scherrer, Zemlja, Giorgini, Enev

Bukhara: (Second SE spot cleared)
OUT: Capkovic, Tarantino (and Dustov, Clarke, Hasek, Coene, Satschko, Brizzi, Mukhometov, Sakai, Sitak from ALT)
IN: Stoliarov, Popovic, Smirnov, Matsui
NEXT: Renavand, Kedriouk, Matsukevitch, Moser, Colangelo, Ivanov, Rastogi, Jun

That may be the last official update, probably?

Jay

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Here are the links where ATP will post the draws --

Manerbio Q - http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2005/486/QS.pdf
Genva Q - http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2005/471/QS.pdf
Bukhara Q - http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2005/659/QS.pdf

Main draw singles:

Manerbio - http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2005/486/MDS.pdf (TBA)
Genva - http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2005/471/MDS.pdf (SAT., 4pm)
Bukhara - http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2005/659/MDS.pdf (SAT., 12 noon)

Jay

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Correction --- The Bukhara challenger has a Saturday 9 pm sign-in for qualies .. So, th list could change till tomorrow ..

Jay

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Updates:

Manerbio: (Second SE spots cleared)
OUT: Granollers-Pujol, Moyano (and Di Pasquale, Herm-Zahlava, JF.Andersen, Cuadrado, Perez, Patriarca, Redondi, Jeanpierre from ALT)
IN: S.Robert, Urban, Ruiz-Cadenas, Sorensen
NEXT: Moldovan, Fognini, Marx, El Aarej, Scherrer, Zemlja

That should be the last update on Manerbio. Geneva is done too. Bukhara could change still for a day.

Jay

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Sorensen is in the qualifying draw at Geneva. I assume he may be taken out by tomorrow before play, as he has made the main draw at Manerbio (unless he says he does not want to go to Manerbio!)

Andrew Derer is in the qualifying draw as 3rd seed at Geneva, but he is name is also crossed out from the seeds list at the bottom of the drawsheet. That's strange! .. Hmmm ... We will know tomorrow if he is playing there or not!

Jay

[Terremoto]

WC for Gianluca Naso in Manerbio!

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Bukhara -- no further changes from above; The qualies draw is out.

As for Andrew Derer, I think that was some typing problem why his name was crossed out at the bottom of the draw yesterday. He played qualies today and won two rounds at Geneva. Plyas Matkowski tomorrow in the final qualies.

Sorensen seems to have played at the Geneva qualies - though he had made the Menerbio main draw list i the last minute .. Worse still, he lost the first round of qualies to a wildcard, Fred Nussbaum and he is done done for the week! .. Oh, how sad!

Jay

[vlad]

here's a incredible joke!
But that's the truth!

In the qualifs draw of geneva, David benabou is a very bad player....his level is like a beginner....

Look this video to see some views from match against the player Bonami!

http://www.passion3ds.com/Gag1.wmv

I dont know how he could play the qualifs but that's anything!

[Normanfan222]

lol! I can't beleive that guy got into the qualies. I have been playing properly for like 3 months and already i can play better. How did he get into the qualies?

[R. Jayakrishnan]

You can walk in and play qualies at most challengers. Unless you are significantly better than Benabou, be ready for being badly beaten by some Bonami by a bagel and bagel like Benabou was butchered ...

Be warned

Jay

[Vlad]

As i live in geneva, i'm going to see some matches and will ask to a person who know the answer about this joke...

[Normanfan222]

Yes plz do. I saw the following week he entered week 1 of the satalites for switzerland , so either he must have a well good national ranking or they let anyone into thier qualies .

[Elikian]

That serve is marvellous

[Normanfan222]

lol i know tell me about it, lol. I am just well suprised how he got into qulaifying.

[pggtips2]

Maybe the Swiss see him as someone who could eventually challenge Federer to become Swiss #1.

[Normanfan222]

lol, i like your sarcasim