Daily Men Tennis News – Barcelona, Bucharest, Ranking (04/24/12)
Barcelona
Singles – First Round: F Gil def. (12) M Granollers 6-2 6-2
It would seem this place jinxes anyone named Granollers. This means no Top 25 spot for Marcel.
Singles – First Round: (13) K Anderson def. M Jaziri 6-2 6-3
Kevin Anderson needs two more wins before the points start counting — but if he can get that far, he is likely to hit the Top Thirty.
Singles – First Round: (15) B Tomic def. E Gulbis 6-3 6-4
Bernard Tomic is now up to about #32 in safe points. His chances of a Roland Garros seed look pretty good.
Singles – First Round: (16) P Andujar def. (Q) D Goffin 7-6(7-2) 6-4
It has been a big month for Pablo Andujar, but for the moment, he doesn’t earn any points.
Singles – First Round: (17) A Ramos def. A Beck 4-1, retired (back)
Not yet enough points to count for Albert Ramos, but he’ll be pretty close to the Top Forty if he wins his next match.
Singles – First Round: G Garcia-Lopez def. O Rochus 6-3 6-3
A bit of an upset, based on current rankings. On the other hand, neither of these guys likes clay much, and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez at least has the advantage of being a Spaniard.
Singles – First Round: (Q) R Farah def. (LL) A Brugues-Davi 6-4 7-6(7-3)
Robert Farah lost all four of his ATP matches last year, so this has to feel good!
Singles – First Round: V Hanescu def. R Machado 6-3 7-6(7-5)
If we counted right, Rui Machado has now lost his last eighteen ATP matches. Hard to believe he is still Top Hundred.
Singles – First Round: M Kukushkin def. D Gimeno-Traver 6-2 6-3
Mikhail Kukushkin seems to like the big events; he has six wins this year, and all are at 500 point events or better: Australian Open, Monte Carlo, and here.
Singles – First Round: F Cipolla def. P Lorenzi 6-0 6-3
Paolo Lorenzi has now lost seven of his last eight matches.
Singles – First Round: I Andreev def. D Junqueira 6-2 6-3
Diego Junqueira falls to 1-3 in 2012.
Singles – Second Round: (2) A Murray def. S Stakhovsky 6-3 6-2
Evidently Andy Murray — who lost much too soon at Monte Carlo — just needed a little more clay practice….
Singles – Second Round: (6) N Almagro def. E Roger-Vasselin 7-5 7-6(7-3)
The points are already starting to count for Nicolas Almagro, but he needs at least two more wins to rise in the rankings.
Singles – Second Round: (9) F Verdasco def. S Darcis 6-3 6-1
No points yet for Fernando Verdasco — he needs a semifinal to do him any good.
Doubles – First Round: Elgin/Istomin def. (WC) Cervantes/Granollers-Pujol 6-7(5-7) 6-3 10-8 (Match TB)
Doubles – First Round: Erlich/A Ram def. Ramirez Hidalgo/Schwank 7-6(7-5) 7-6(7-4)
Ironic: Schwank the doubles specialist won in singles, lost in doubles.
Doubles – First Round: Butorac/Soares def. Lipsky/R Ram 6-3 6-3
Doubles – First Round: Haase/Nieminen def. (WC) Gimeno-Traver/Montanes 5-7 6-3 10-4 (Match TB)
Bucharest
Singles – First Round: (6) A Seppi def. (Q) G Rufin 1-6 7-6(7-5) 6-4
Not exactly the most promising start, considering that Andreas Seppi needs a semifinal to earn any points here.
Singles – First Round: (Q) D Brands def. (8) I Dodig 7-6(7-4) 6-2
Ivan Dodig’s ranking just took a hit; he would not have been seeded based on this week’s rankings. Perhaps it would have been just as well if he hadn’t….
Singles – First Round: D Sela def. A Ungur 7-6(7-2) 6-2
Dudi Sela is the higher-ranked of these two, but he is no fan of clay and he isn’t a local; we’d call this rather a surprise.
Singles – First Round: (WC) M Copil def. T Kamke 6-3 6-2
That’s the first win for Marius Copil since Bucharest 2011. The one before that? Bucharest 2009. Guess we know what his favorite tournament is!
Singles – First Round: (Q) J Zopp def. (WC) V Crivoi 6-3 6-3
Jurgen Zopp has two first round losses in the last year; finally he earns his first win.
Singles – First Round: C Stebe def. (LL) E Chvojka 6-3 6-3
Cedrik-Marcel Stebe opened the year with five straight first round losses, but now has won his opener at back-to-back events.
Singles – First Round: F Fognini def. J Souza 7-5 7-6(7-5)
Four straight losses for Souza.
Singles – First Round: (Q) A Balazs def. L Lacko 6-7(7-9) 7-6(7-2) 6-4
Strange — Lukas Lacko has been having the best year of his career, and he’s out to a guy with no experience at all!
Doubles – First Round: Hanley/Kerr def. (3) Bracciali/Starace 4-6 7-5 10-8 (Match TB)
Doubles – First Round: (4) Cerretani/Fognini def. Seppi/Volandri 7-6(7-3) 6-4
Doubles – First Round: Huey/Inglot def. (5) Malisse/Norman 7-6(7-4) 6-4
Doubles – First Round: Chardy/Kubot def. Baghdatis/Hutchins 6-2 6-4
Estimated ATP World Tour Rankings
As of April 24, 2012
Rank &
Prior…Player………..Points
1..(1) Djokovic……….13020
2..(2) Nadal…………..9715
3..(3) Federer…………8880
4..(4) Murray………….7860
5..(5) Tsonga………….4830
6..(6) Ferrer………….4160
7..(7) Berdych…………4080
8..(8) Tipsarevic………2820
9..(9) Fish……………2725
10.(11) Isner…………..2620
11.(10) Del Potro……….2495
12.(12) Simon…………..2295
13.(13) Almagro…………2220
14.(14) Monfils…………2075
15.(15) Monaco………….2015
16.(16) Lopez…………..1725
17.(17) Nishikori……….1670
18.(18) Gasquet…………1595
19.(19) Dolgopolov………1565
20.(20) Verdasco………..1505
21.(22) Wawrinka………..1425
22.(21) Mayer…………..1410
23.(23) Cilic…………..1400
24.(24) Stepanek………..1340
25.(26) Granollers………1295
26.(25) Raonic………….1285
27.(27) Benneteau……….1250
28.(28) Roddick…………1245
29.(30) Troicki…………1185
30.(31) Chela…………..1175
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