Men Tennis Update – Munich and Oeiras Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Men Tennis Update - Munich and Oeiras Wednesday, May 1, 2013 
Munich
Radek Stepanek won his first match since January surgery to relieve pressure on a nerve in his neck as the 34-year-old defeated 2010 winner Mikhail Youzhny 6-4, 5-7, 6-4. Fifth seed Alexandr Dolgopolov began with a first-round win over Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-4, 6-2 while No. 6 German Florian Mayer got past Lukas Kubot 7-6(2), 4-6, 7-5.
The poor form continued for Marcos Baghdatis as the one-time Australian Open finalist lost a fifth consecutive ATP match, going out to Russian Evgeny Korolov 7-5, 7-6(3). Ernests Gulbis stopped Jarkko Nieminen 6-4, 6-2 while Grega Zemlja advanced over John Millman 6-2, 6-2.
Oeiras
A pair of Spaniards reached the second round on another unseasonably cold day while Barcelona quarter-finalist and eighth seed Tommy Robredo continued his injury comeback with a win. who missed half of 2012 with a leg injury, won from a set down as he beat Daniel Gimeno-Traver 2-6, 7-5, 6-3.
Spain’s Albert Ramos set up a showdown with Swiss second seed Stanislas Wawrinka after the No. 57, who lost a Barcelona quarter-final last week to Rafael Nadal after beating Japanese seed Kei Nishikori, defeated Argentine Carlos Berlocq 7-6(4), 2-6, 6-3. Qualifier Pablo Carreno-Busta of Spain continued his run at the Estadio Nacional as he upset French fifth seed Julien Benneteau 6-3, 6-4 with five aces and four breaks of serve.
Ramos will take on Wawrinka for the fourth time and second this season while standing 0-3 in the series. Two of their three have been played on clay, including February in Buenos Aires.
Robin Haase provided disappointment on the day for Spain, defeating Pablo Andujar 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.
The country’s no. 1 David Ferrer takes the top seeding at the pre-French Open tune-up after replacing ailing Argentine Juan Martin del Potro in the lineup. Ferrer is short of match play after losing last week in his opening match in Barcelona after skipping Monte Carlo to rest a thigh injury.
Portugal’s Gastao Elias won his first match at the home event in five tries with a knockout of Argentine seventh seed Horacio Zeballos 6-3, 6-4. The NO. 113 is playing in his second ATP main draw of the season.
****** TODAY’S FEATURE ******
KEYWORDS: No Feature Today
******** THIS WEEK IN TENNIS ********
Oeiras (250/Clay). Defending Champion: Juan Martin del Potro (at Estoril)
Munich (250/Clay). Defending Champion: Philipp Kohlschreiber
NEXT WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:
Madrid (1000/Clay). Defending Champion: Roger Federer
******** STATS AND FACTS ********
RANKINGS
Estimated ATP World Tour Rankings
As of April 30, 2013
Rank &
Prior…Player………..Points
1..(1) Djokovic……….12900
2..(2) Federer…………8670
3..(3) Murray………….8570
4..(4) Ferrer………….6920
5..(5) Nadal…………..5985
6..(6) Berdych…………4760
7..(7) Del Potro……….4680
8..(8) Tsonga………….3875
9..(9) Gasquet…………3260
10.(10) Tipsarevic………3000
11.(11) Cilic…………..2615
11.(12) Almagro…………2615
13.(13) Raonic………….2225
14.(14) Haas……………2170
15.(15) Nishikori……….2090
16.(16) Wawrinka………..1960
17.(17) Simon…………..1940
18.(19) Querrey…………1870
19.(20) Monaco………….1785
20.(18) Seppi…………..1735
21.(22) Isner…………..1690
22.(21) Kohlschreiber……1620
23.(23) Dolgopolov………1590
24.(24) Janowicz………..1404
25.(25) Fognini…………1345
26.(26) Chardy………….1331
27.(27) Mayer…………..1305
28.(28) Anderson………..1295
29.(29) Dimitrov………..1272
30.(30) Klizan………….1240
**DRAWS
Munich — Week of April 29
1 Tipsarevic
–bye
Bellucci
Zemlja
Brands
Kamke (WC)
Monfils (WC)
8 Melzer
4 Kohlschreiber
–bye
Baghdatis
Qualifier
Qualifier
Troicki
Stepanek
7 Youzhny
6 Mayer
Qualifier
Matosevic
Krawietz (WC)
Gulbis
Nieminen
–bye
3 Haas
5 Dolgopolov
Qualifier
Mathieu
Tursunov
Davydenko
Dodig
–bye
2 Cilic
Oeiras — Week of April 29
1 Ferrer (WC)
–bye
Muller
Roger-Vasselin
Hanescu
Qualifier
Sijsling
6 Paire
3 Seppi
–bye
Falla
And. Kuznetsov
Andujar
Qualifier
Gimeno-Traver
8 Robredo
5 Benneteau
Qualifier
Goffin
P Sousa (WC)
Lorenzi
Qualifier
–bye
4 Fognini
7 Zeballos
Elias (WC)
Istomin
Donskoy
Ramos
Berlocq
–bye
2 Wawrinka
******** SCORES ********
TUESDAY
Munich
Singles – First Round
[5] A Dolgopolov (UKR) d [LL] S Stakhovsky (UKR) 64 62
[6] F Mayer (GER) d [Q] L Kubot (POL) 76(2) 46 75
R Stepanek (CZE) d [7] M Youzhny (RUS) 64 57 64
[WC] G Monfils (FRA) d [8] J Melzer (AUT) 63 63
G Zemlja (SLO) d [Q] J Millman (AUS) 62 62
[Q] E Korolev (KAZ) d M Baghdatis (CYP) 75 76(3)
V Troicki (SRB) d [Q] M Bachinger (GER) 63 62
E Gulbis (LAT) d J Nieminen (FIN) 64 62
Doubles – First Round
J Nieminen (FIN) / D Tursunov (RUS) d N Monroe (USA) / S Stadler (GER) 64 64
L Dlouhy (CZE) / V Troicki (SRB) d I Dodig (CRO) / M Matosevic (AUS) 64 46 10-6
J Cabal (COL) / R Farah (COL) d S Giraldo (COL) / L Kubot (POL) 64 62
Oeiras
Singles – First Round
[Q] P Carreno-Busta (ESP) d [5] J Benneteau (FRA) 63 64
[WC] G Elias (POR) d [7] H Zeballos (ARG) 63 64
[8] T Robredo (ESP) d D Gimeno-Traver (ESP) 26 75 63
V Hanescu (ROU) d [Q] R Machado (POR) 64 64
A Falla (COL) d A Kuznetsov (RUS) 75 64
[Q] R Haase (NED) d P Andujar (ESP) 46 62 63
P Lorenzi (ITA) d [Q] N Desein (BEL) 63 46 62
A Ramos (ESP) d C Berlocq (ARG) 76(4) 26 63
Doubles – First Round
[1] A Qureshi (PAK) / J Rojer (NED) d P Lorenzi (ITA) / A Seppi (ITA) 63 46 10-6
[4] D Bracciali (ITA) / F Fognini (ITA) d P Marx (GER) / F Mergea (ROU) 64 76(6)
[Alt] E Donskoy (RUS) / A Kuznetsov (RUS) d B Paire (FRA) / E Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 63 64
©Daily tennis news wire
Topics: Alexandr Dolgopolov, Daniel Gimeno Traver, men tennis news, Mikhail Youzhny, Radek Stepanek, Sports, Tennis, Tennis News, Tommy Robredo
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