Men Tennis Update – Munich and Oeiras Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Written by: on 30th April 2013
Tennis Conde Godoy Tournament in Barcelona
Men Tennis Update - Munich and Oeiras Wednesday, May 1, 2013

epa03672863 Czech Republic's Radek Stepanek returns the ball to Latvia's Ernests Gulbis during their first round match of the Conde Godoy Tournament in Barcelona, Spain, 22 April 2013. EPA/ALEJANDRO GARCIA  |

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 ******

 

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******** 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

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