Men Tennis Update – Madrid Saturday, May 11, 2013

Written by: Staff on 10th May 2013

Men Tennis Update - Madrid Saturday, May 11, 2013

epa03695445 Czech tennis player Tomas Berdych returns the ball to British Andy Murray during their Madrid Open tennis tournament quarter final match played at the Caja Magica tennis center in Madrid, central Spain, 10 May 2013. EPA/EMILIO NARANJO |

Madrid

Singles – Quarterfinal: (6) T Berdych def. (3) A Murray 7-6(7-3) 6-4

There probably weren’t many people who expected Andy Murray to win here, but it’s going to be hard for him to ever get to #1 if he doesn’t learn to deal with clay one of these years. This took two hours, but Tomas Berdych was in charge for effectively the whole time. Murray will rise to #2, but he isn’t really gaining much ground on Novak Djokovic….

Singles – Quarterfinal: (5) R Nadal def. (4) D Ferrer 4-6 7-6(7-3) 6-0

Once again David Ferrer suffered a match to remember in his nightmares. He had leads in both the first and second sets, and let them slip — and although he got the lead back in the first, he obviously didn’t in the second, and the third was pure disaster. This even though Rafael Nadal was hot and bothered in the first set — the umpire actually enforced the time rule on him. Ferrer will stay #4 this week (although by the thinnest of margins if Nadal wins the title), but he now has to defend his points from Rome if he wants to be sure of the #4 Roland Garros seed.

Singles – Quarterfinal: (15) S Wawrinka def. (7) J Tsonga 6-2 6-7(9-11) 6-4

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga had dealt pretty well with the clay so far — maybe the thin air of Madrid helped him, since it makes the courts faster. But, here, he faced someone who likes clay a lot. Tsonga will stay at #8; Stanislas Wawrinka is up to #13 — and he’s in the good half of the draw; he doesn’t have to face Nadal next.

Singles – Quarterfinal: (WC) P Andujar def. (14) K Nishikori 6-3 7-5

Roger Federer must really be kicking himself now. Kei Nishikori is in the Top Fifteen, but this is quite a big chance lost.

Doubles – Quarterfinal: (1) Bryan/Bryan def. Haas/Stepanek 7-6(7-2) 6-3

Doubles – Quarterfinal: Marrero/Verdasco def. (5) Mirnyi/Tecau 6-2 7-6(7-3)

Marrero/Verdasco are looking as if they will be one of the stealth teams at Roland Garros….

Doubles – Quarterfinal: Chardy/Kubot def. (6) Bhupathi/Bopanna 6-2 6-4

Bhupathi/Bopanna looked good in the previous round, but this is frankly more typical of their recent results.

Doubles – Quarterfinal: (7) Peya/Soares def. (3) Lindstedt/Nestor 6-4 6-2

This is truly becoming an amazing year for Peya/Soares. If they can keep up their clay results on other surfaces, a spot at the year-end championships seems sure.

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******** THIS WEEK IN TENNIS ********

THIS WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:

Madrid (1000/Clay). Defending Champion: Roger Federer

NEXT WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:

Rome (1000/Clay). Defending Champion: Rafael Nadal

******** STATS AND FACTS ********

RANKINGS

Estimated ATP World Tour Rankings

As of May 10, 2013

Rank &

Prior…Player………..Points

1..(1) Djokovic……….12730

2..(3) Murray………….8750

3..(2) Federer…………7760

4..(4) Ferrer………….6920

5..(5) Nadal…………..6255

6..(6) Berdych…………4520

7..(7) Del Potro……….4320

8..(8) Tsonga………….3965

9..(9) Gasquet…………3180

10.(10) Tipsarevic………2650

11.(12) Almagro…………2570

12.(11) Cilic…………..2535

13.(15) Wawrinka………..2435

14.(13) Haas……………2420

15.(16) Nishikori……….2270

16.(14) Raonic………….2225

17.(17) Simon…………..1940

18.(19) Monaco………….1830

19.(18) Querrey…………1790

20.(21) Isner…………..1725

21.(20) Seppi…………..1700

22.(22) Kohlschreiber……1690

23.(23) Dolgopolov………1420

24.(24) Janowicz………..1418

25.(25) Fognini…………1345

26.(28) Dimitrov………..1342

27.(26) Mayer…………..1340

28.(27) Anderson………..1340

29.(29) Chardy………….1291

30.(31) Youzhny…………1265

**DRAWS

Madrid — Week of May 6

…………..3R……………..QF………….SF

1 Djokovic….Dimitrov

15 Wawrinka…(15)Wawrinka…….Wawrinka…….Wawrinka

12 Raonic…..Verdasco

7 Tsonga……(7)Tsonga……….Tsonga

3 Murray……(3)Murray……….Murray

16 Simon……(16)Simon

9 Tipsarevic..Anderson

6 Berdych…..(6)Berdych………Berdych……..Berdych

5 Nadal…….(5)Nadal………..Nadal……….Nadal

11 Almagro….Youzhny

13 Haas…….(13)Haas

4 Ferrer……(4)Ferrer……….Ferrer

8 Gasquet…..Gimeno-Traver

10 Cilic……Andujar(WC)……..Andujar…….Andujar

14 Nishikori..(14)Nishikori……Nishikori

2 Federer…..(2)Federer

STATUS OF SEEDS:

1 Djokovic…….lost 2R (Dimitrov)

2 Federer……..lost 3R (Nishiori)

3 Murray………lost QF (Berdych)

4 Ferrer………lost QF (Nadal)

5 Nadal

6 Berdych

7 Tsonga………lost QF (Wawrinka)

8 Gasquet……..lost 2R (Gimeno-Traver)

9 Tipsarevic…..lost 1R (Monaco)

10 Cilic………lost 1R (Andujar)

11 Almagro…….lost 2R (Youzhny)

12 Raonic……..lost 2R (Verdasco)

13 Haas……….lost 3R (Ferrer)

14 Nishikori…..lost QF (Andujar)

15 Wawrinka

16 Simon………lost 3R (Murray)

******** SCORES ********

FRIDAY

Madrid

Singles – Quarterfinal

(6) T Berdych def. (3) A Murray 7-6(7-3) 6-4

R Nadal def. (4) D Ferrer 4-6 7-6(7-3) 6-0

(15) S Wawrinka def. (7) J Tsonga 6-2 6-7(9-11) 6-4

(WC) P Andujar def. (14) K Nishikori 6-3 7-5

Doubles – Quarterfinal

(1) Bryan/Bryan def. Haas/Stepanek 7-6(7-2) 6-3

Marrero/Verdasco def. (5) Mirnyi/Tecau 6-2 7-6(7-3)

Chardy/Kubot def. (6) Bhupathi/Bopanna 6-2 6-4

(7) Peya/Soares def. (3) Lindstedt/Nestor 6-4 6-2

Topics: Andy Murray, David Ferrer, Jo Wilfried Tsonga, Madrid Open, men tennis news, Novak Djokovic, Sports, Stanislas Wawrinka, Tennis, Tennis News, Tomas Berdych

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