Daily Men Update – Results (Casablanca and Houston) and Men Rankings

Written by: Staff on 10th April 2012

Daily Men Update - Results (Casablanca and Houston) and Men Rankings

Donald Young of the USA returns the ball to Andy Murray of Great Britain in their men's final match at the ATP PTT Thailand Open tennis tournament in Bangkok, Thailand, on 02 October 2011. Murray defeated Young to win the final. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT |

Casablanca

Singles – First Round: B Paire def. (5) D Young 4-6 7-6(7-5) 6-2

Donald Young was defending Challenger points this week, so he is going to fall several spots below his current #45. It appears he’ll stay Top Fifty, but perhaps not by much. What with all the points coming off this week, this win is likely to put Benoit Paire in the Top Hundred.

Singles – First Round: G Garcia-Lopez def. (8) F Fognini 6-4 3-6 7-5

A double, or maybe a triple, surprise: Fabio Fognini likes the surface better, he is higher-ranked, and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez has been in poor form. This means no Top Fifty spot for Fognini.

Singles – First Round: I Andreev def. A Montanes 6-3 6-3

A significant upset based on current rankings, especially given how well Albert Montanes likes clay. But it’s worth remembering that Montanes missed both Miami and Indian Wells. Unfortunately, this puts him on a five match losing streak.

Houston

The early news out of Houston was all about injury. The first match to conclude ended in a retirement. And Tommy Haas didn’t even get to take the court; he had to withdraw with a knee injury.

Singles – First Round: (6) C Berlocq def. J Blake 6-4 2-6 6-1

This really was as much of a seesaw as it looked — the third set seemed almost instantaneous. But Carlos Berlocq hardly ever loses first round matches any more. Any additional points he earns here will count, but it appears he needs two more wins to move in the rankings.

Singles – First Round: B Phau def. D Junqueira 6-1 3-0, retired (hip)

This was the very first match of the tournament. Not the best omen….

Singles – First Round: S Querrey def. E Prodon 6-1 6-4

We’ve stopped trying to read omens into Sam Querrey’s results. But he won five-eighths of the points in this match, and more than 80% of the points on serve, and finished in less than an hour. On clay. That would clearly seem to imply that he can still play at a high level. Now he just has to do it every day.

Doubles – First Round: (3) Kohlmann/Waske def. (WC) Kendrick/Sweeting 1-6 6-2 10-7 (Match TB)

Ryan Sweeting was last year’s singles champion here. Those points are off (see the Feature), but this can’t make him feel too good as he prepares to defend….

OFFICIAL ATP WORLD TOUR SINGLES RANKINGS as of April 8, 2012

1..Djokovic, Novak…………..SRB..12670
2..Nadal, Rafael…………….ESP…9935
3..Federer, Roger……………SUI…9035
4..Murray, Andy……………..GBR…8040
5..Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried……….FRA…4735
6..Ferrer, David…………….ESP…4700
7..Berdych, Tomas……………CZE…3810
8..Tipsarevic, Janko…………SRB…2820
9..Fish, Mardy………………USA…2725
10..Isner, John………………USA…2710
11..Del Potro, Juan Martin…….ARG…2700
12..Almagro, Nicolas………….ESP…2265
13..Simon, Gilles…………….FRA…2050
14..Monfils, Gael…………….FRA…2015
15..Lopez, Feliciano………….ESP…1855
16..Monaco, Juan……………..ARG…1810
17..Gasquet, Richard………….FRA…1640
18..Nishikori, Kei……………JPN…1625
19..Verdasco, Fernando………..ESP…1565
20..Mayer, Florian……………GER…1540
21..Melzer, Jurgen……………AUT…1507
22..Dolgopolov, Alexandr………UKR…1495
23..Cilic, Marin……………..CRO…1445
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..Baghdatis, Marcos…………CYP…1025
40..Bogomolov Jr., Alex……….RUS…1021
41..Ljubicic, Ivan……………CRO…1010
42..Istomin, Denis……………UZB….982
43..Seppi, Andreas……………ITA….980
44..Bellucci, Thomaz………….BRA….975
45..Young, Donald…………….USA….972
46..Nieminen, Jarkko………….FIN….968
47..Llodra, Michael…………..FRA….965
48..Ferrero, Juan Carlos………ESP….960
49..Nalbandian, David…………ARG….905
50..Kubot, Lukasz…………….POL….872

OFFICIAL ATP WORLD TOUR DOUBLES RANKINGS as of April 8, 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…4590
12..Tecau, Horia……………..ROU…4590
13..Qureshi, Aisam-Ul-Haq……..PAK…4270
14..Stepanek, Radek…………..CZE…3995
15..Bhupathi, Mahesh………….IND…3770
16..Petzschner, Philipp……….GER…3569
17..Melzer, Jurgen……………AUT…3275
18..Peya, Alexander…………..AUT…3120
19..Kas, Christopher………….GER…2910
20..Cermak, Frantisek…………CZE…2900