Men Tennis Updates – St Petersburg, Metz, and Rankings

Written by: Staff on 21st September 2012

Men Tennis Updates - St Petersburg, Metz, and Rankings

epa03372612 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France hits a return to Karol Beck of Slovakia during their match on the second day of the 2012 US Open Tennis Championship at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, USA, 28 August 2012. The US Open runs through Sunday 09 September 2012. EPA/PETER FOLEY |

St. Petersburg

Singles – Quarterfinal: (1) M Youzhny def. (7) G Garcia-Lopez 6-4 0-6 6-3
Although Mikhail Youzhny has now started to add points, this isn’t enough to really improve his ranking. A title would probably make him Top 25.

Singles – Quarterfinal: (3) M Klizan def. R Berankis 6-3 6-2
Unlike Youzhny, Martin Klizan is climbing fast; this should move him into the Top Forty.

Singles – Quarterfinal: (4) F Fognini def. R Bautista-Agut 6-4 7-6(7-1)
Fabio Fognini is in the Top Fifty, and his chances of going higher look pretty good, because his next opponent is:

Singles – Quarterfinal: D Gimeno-Traver def. F Cipolla 6-2 7-5
A small upset; Daniel Gimeno-Traver came here at #93, twelve spots below Cipolla. Hard to believe he’ll be much challenge to Fognini, though.

Doubles – Quarterfinal: (4) Moser/Skupski def. Kubot/Youzhny 6-3 7-6(7-4)

Metz

Singles – Quarterfinal: (1) J Tsonga def. J Levine 6-3 6-4
Still nothing that matters for Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. On the other hand, he’s the only one of the top four seeds left here. So his odds for a title look pretty good. And that would count — a little.

Singles – Quarterfinal: (7) G Monfils def. (2) P Kohlschreiber 6-7(3-7) 6-4 6-4
Philipp Kohlschreiber really should have played Davis Cup, as it turned out. Here, he earned no points that counted. Davis Cup wouldn’t have been worth much, either (the points for playoff wins are small) — but they’re 500 point event points…. Kohlschreiber should stay at #18. Gael Monfils, unfortunately, needs one more win before the points start counting.

Singles – Quarterfinal: (5) A Seppi def. (4) F Mayer 7-5 6-2
Florian Mayer was defending champion’s points (from Bucharest), so this costs him substantially — he’ll fall from #25 to probably #29. Who will take his spot in the Top 25? It just might be Andreas Seppi — he’s up to #26 in safe points.

Singles – Quarterfinal: (8) (WC) N Davydenko def. I Karlovic 6-7(5-7) 7-6(8-6) 6-0
Talk about coming up just short for Ivo Karlovic, who had a match point in this contest! And he needed these points. But then, so did Nikolay Davydenko, who is very close to #45 as a result of this win.

Doubles – Semifinal: (4) Brunstrom/Nielsen def. Malisse/Waske 7-6(7-5) 7-6(7-5)

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Rankings:

Estimated ATP World Tour Rankings
As of September 21, 2012

Rank &
Prior…Player………..Points
1..(1) Federer………..11805
2..(2) Djokovic……….10470
3..(3) Murray………….8570
4..(4) Nadal…………..7385
5..(5) Ferrer………….5960
6..(6) Berdych…………4965
7..(7) Tsonga………….4405
8..(8) Del Potro……….3850
9..(9) Tipsarevic………3285
10.(10) Isner…………..2610
11.(11) Monaco………….2565
12.(12) Almagro…………2515
13.(13) Cilic…………..2455
14.(14) Gasquet…………2165
15.(15) Raonic………….2090
16.(16) Wawrinka………..1865
17.(17) Nishikori……….1860
18.(18) Kohlschreiber……1855
19.(20) Simon…………..1800
20.(19) Dolgopolov………1745
21.(21) Haas……………1553
22.(22) Fish……………1535
23.(23) Verdasco………..1525
24.(24) Granollers………1510
25.(26) Querrey…………1440
26.(28) Seppi…………..1435
27.(27) Roddick…………1420
28.(29) Youzhny…………1335
29.(25) Mayer…………..1295
30.(30) Chardy………….1258