Today’s Men’s News (10/29) – Paris

Written by: Staff on 29th October 2012

BNP Paribas 2012 Masters Tennis Tournament

Today's Men's News (10/29) - Paris

epa03451663 Gilles Simon of France returns the ball to Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus during their first round match at the BNP Paribas 2012 Masters tennis tournament in Paris, France, 29 October 2012. EPA/IAN LANGSDON |

> Paris

> Singles – First Round: G Simon def. M Baghdatis 7-5 6-1

> With Roger Federer out, Gilles Simon finds himself in effect

> the #1 seed here; he would have faced Federer next. He is

> now all but guaranteed to end the year in the Top Twenty.

> Marcos Baghdatis will be a little below the Top Thirty.

> Singles – First Round: (WC) B Paire def. P Andujar 6-3 6-4

> Pablo Andujar will end the year #40 or lower. Benoit Paire

> is now just below that mark.

> Singles – First Round: K Anderson def. T Bellucci 6-2 6-1

> Thomaz Bellucci came in at #30 in the Race — in effect, #30

> in safe points. We’d guess this means he will end up two or

> three spots below that. It will be touch and go for him to

> earn an Australian Open seed.

> Singles – First Round: A Seppi def. M Klizan 6-2 2-6

> 7-6(7-5)

> Martin Klizan came in at #29 in the Race. He too seems

> likely to end up below the Top Thirty — but he looks good

> for a Melbourne seed.

> Singles – First Round: J Benneteau def. V Troicki 6-4 7-5

> The off season flatly could not come too soon for Viktor

> Troicki. He has a lot he needs to get straightened out. He

> will end the year at about #35 — maybe a little lower.

> Singles – First Round: A Ramos def. F Lopez 7-6(7-5) 6-4

> Feliciano Lopez isn’t ending the year in the greatest form,

> either. This should be a good time for him, but he will

> probably end up not much above #40.

> Singles – First Round: (Q) J Janowicz def. P Kohlschreiber

> 7-6(7-5) 6-4

> Philipp Kohlschreiber is the first Top Twenty player to lose

> here — but he may not be Top Twenty for long; he came in at

> #19, but Kei Nishikori needs only one win to pass him, and

> several others are also within striking distance.

> Singles – First Round: C Berlocq def. D Istomin 7-6(7-2)

> 6-2

> A medium surprise on this surface, and one that means that

> Denis Istomin will end the year below the Top Forty.

> Singles – First Round: M Granollers def. M Youzhny 6-4 6-3

> Marcel Granollers is likely to take a big fall next week,

> because his Valencia points will come off, but we’d say that

> this makes it more likely than not that he will earn an

> Australian Open seed. Mikhail Youzhny will probably be #25

> or #26.

> Singles – First Round: (Q) A Falla def. F Mayer 7-6(7-3)

> 6-2

> Florian Mayer loses what should have been a decent shot at

> the Top 25.

> Doubles – First Round: Fleming/Hutchins def. Isner/Querrey

> 6-7(5-7) 7-6(7-4) 10-7 (Match TB)

> Fleming/Hutchins came here #9 in the doubles Race —

> ordinarily good enough for at least the alternate spot. It

> won’t be, this year, because of the Grand Slam Wildcard. But

> it seems promising for next year. The Race currently looks

> like this:

> 1..Bryan/Bryan…………. 9495..CLINCHED

> 2..Mirnyi/Nestor……….. 6505..CLINCHED

> 3..Paes/Stepanek……….. 6275..CLINCHED

> 4..Lindstedt/Tecau……… 5975..CLINCHED

> 5..Granollers/M Lopez…….4370..CLINCHED

> 6..Qureshi/Rojer……….. 3525..

> 7..Fyrstenberg/Matkowski… 3520..

> 8..Bhupathi/Bopanna………3465..

> 9..Fleming/Hutchins………2420..OUT

> 10..Marrero/Verdasco………2260..OUT

> 11..Marray/Nielsen………..2190..CLINCHED

> Doubles – First Round: Cilic/Melo def. Chardy/Kubot 6-3 6-4

> Marin Cilic is still alive in the singles race, if barely.

> But the fact that he played doubles here seems a bit like a

> concession.

> Doubles – First Round: Kas/Seppi def. Knowle/Polasek

> 6-7(10-12) 7-6(7-4) 10-6 (Match TB)

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