Men’s Tennis Update (4/26) – Barcelona/Bucharest

Written by: Staff on 25th April 2013

Sony Open tennis tournament on Key Biscayne

Men's Tennis Update (4/26) - Barcelona/Bucharest

epa03640462 Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil returns the ball to Andreas Seppi of Italy during their third round round match at the Sony Open tennis tournament in Miami, Florida, USA, 25 March 2013. EPA/ERIK S. LESSER |

Barcelona

Rain washed out more than half the day’s action in Barcelona. It will be a long Friday….

Singles – Third Round: (4) N Almagro def. (15) M Granollers 6-3 6-4

This will leave Marcel Granollers around #35. He of course still has chances for a Roland Garros seed, but it’s getting less likely.

Singles – Third Round: (7) J Monaco def. (10) J Chardy 6-0 7-6(13-11)

Juan Monaco ends Jeremy Chardy’s Top 25 hopes.

Singles – Third Round: (16) T Bellucci def. D Tursunov 4-6 6-1 6-3

So much for any thoughts that Dmitry Tursunov had suddenly turned into a great clay player because he beat David Ferrer…. This should put Thomaz Bellucci into the Top Forty.

Doubles – Quarterfinal: (3) Lindstedt/Nestor def. Dodig/Melo 6-4 7-6(8-6)

Bucharest

Singles – Second Round: (1) (WC) J Tipsarevic def. S Giraldo 6-3 6-3

It probably won’t surprise you to learn that this makes no difference at all to Janko Tipsarevic — he hasn’t earned any points yet, and he can’t climb in the rankings no matter what he does here.

Singles – Second Round: V Hanescu def. (4) M Youzhny 6-4 6-3

Mikhail Youzhny was facing the local favorite, which probably didn’t help, but this is still pretty surprising. And it will cost him his Top Thirty ranking.

Singles – Second Round: (5) F Mayer def. D Goffin 7-6(7-2) 1-6 6-3

No move yet for Florian Mayer. Or, obviously, for David Goffin, who is increasingly being labelled a major disappointment.

Singles – Second Round: G Garcia-Lopez def. (Q) S Stakhovsky 1-6 6-3 6-4

Interesting that Guillermo Garcia-Lopez didn’t play Barcelona. But it’s looking like a smart move — he might not have done so well among all those Spanish clay experts.

Doubles – Quarterfinal: (1) Mirnyi/Tecau def. (WC) Hanescu/Muller 7-6(7-1) 6-2

Doubles – Quarterfinal: Seppi/Troicki def. Emmrich/Nieminen 6-2 7-6(7-3)

Doubles – Quarterfinal: Dlouhy/Marach def. Inglot/Rosol 6-2 6-4 .