Davis Cup
Another day, another Davis Cup withdrawal. France has lost Gael Monfils for their tie against the United States; he cited a stomach problem. They will still have the top player in the tie in Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, but it briefly appeared it would put France at a disadvantage; they will probably have to play Julien Benneteau at #2 singles.
It sort of balanced out, though, because Mardy Fish is out for the Americans. He cited extreme fatigue after Miami. So both teams have lost a key singles player. The Americans have chosen Ryan Harrison to be Fish’s replacement. Since the rest of the team is John Isner and the Bryans, that means that Harrison will definitely play #2 singles.
We note one other interesting fact: Of the four players who made the Miami semifinal last week, only one — Juan Monaco — is willing to play Davis Cup this week.
OFFICIAL ATP WORLD TOUR SINGLES RANKINGS as of April 1, 2012
1..Djokovic, Novak…………..SRB..12670
2..Nadal, Rafael…………….ESP…9935
3..Federer, Roger……………SUI…9035
4..Murray, Andy……………..GBR…8040
5..Ferrer, David…………….ESP…4700
6..Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried……….FRA…4670
7..Berdych, Tomas……………CZE…3725
8..Tipsarevic, Janko…………SRB…2820
9..Fish, Mardy………………USA…2730
10..Del Potro, Juan Martin…….ARG…2660
11..Isner, John………………USA…2630
12..Almagro, Nicolas………….ESP…2250
13..Simon, Gilles…………….FRA…2050
14..Monfils, Gael…………….FRA…2015
15..Lopez, Feliciano………….ESP…1855
16..Monaco, Juan……………..ARG…1810
17..Nishikori, Kei……………JPN…1750
18..Gasquet, Richard………….FRA…1640
19..Verdasco, Fernando………..ESP…1565
20..Mayer, Florian……………GER…1540
21..Melzer, Jurgen……………AUT…1507
22..Dolgopolov, Alexandr………UKR…1495
23..Cilic, Marin……………..CRO…1435
24..Stepanek, Radek…………..CZE…1385
25..Raonic, Milos…………….CAN…1380
26..Granollers, Marcel………..ESP…1315
27..Troicki, Viktor…………..SRB…1295
28..Wawrinka, Stanislas……….SUI…1290
29..Roddick, Andy…………….USA…1245
30..Soderling, Robin………….SWE…1210
31..Benneteau, Julien…………FRA…1195
32..Chela, Juan Ignacio……….ARG…1175
33..Anderson, Kevin…………..RSA…1170
34..Kohlschreiber, Philipp…….GER…1155
35..Youzhny, Mikhail………….RUS…1140
36..Tomic, Bernard……………AUS…1116
37..Berlocq, Carlos…………..ARG…1051
38..Davydenko, Nikolay………..RUS…1045
39..Andujar, Pablo……………ESP…1045
40..Baghdatis, Marcos…………CYP…1025
41..Bogomolov Jr., Alex……….RUS…1021
42..Ljubicic, Ivan……………CRO…1010
43..Istomin, Denis……………UZB….982
44..Seppi, Andreas……………ITA….980
45..Bellucci, Thomaz………….BRA….975
46..Young, Donald…………….USA….972
47..Nieminen, Jarkko………….FIN….968
48..Llodra, Michael…………..FRA….965
49..Ferrero, Juan Carlos………ESP….960
50..Nalbandian, David…………ARG….905
OFFICIAL ATP WORLD TOUR DOUBLES RANKINGS as of April 1, 2012
1..Bryan, Bob……………….USA…9480
1..Bryan, Mike………………USA…9480
3..Mirnyi, Max………………BLR…8670
3..Nestor, Daniel……………CAN…8670
5..Llodra, Michael…………..FRA…7560
6..Zimonjic, Nenad…………..SRB…7440
7..Paes, Leander…………….IND…6015
8..Bopanna, Rohan……………IND…4790
9..Fyrstenberg, Mariusz………POL…4765
9..Matkowski, Marcin…………POL…4765
11..Lindstedt, Robert…………SWE…4690
12..Tecau, Horia……………..ROU…4690
13..Qureshi, Aisam-Ul-Haq……..PAK…4270
14..Stepanek, Radek…………..CZE…3915
15..Bhupathi, Mahesh………….IND…3770
16..Petzschner, Philipp……….GER…3569
17..Melzer, Jurgen……………AUT…3275
18..Peya, Alexander…………..AUT…3110
19..Kas, Christopher………….GER…2955
20..Cermak, Frantisek…………CZE…2900
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