Men’s Tennis Update (5/18) – Rome

Written by: on 17th May 2013
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Men's Tennis Update (5/18) - Rome

epa03700397 Italy's Potito Starace serves the ball to Swiss player Roger Federer during their second round match of the Italian Open tennis tournament at Foro Italico in Rome, Italy, 14 May 2013. EPA/CLAUDIO ONORATI  |

Rome

 

Singles – Quarterfinal: (6) T Berdych def. (1) N Djokovic 2-6 7-5 6-4

Tomas Berdych is better known for giving away gifts than for taking them, but in this case, he latched on to what was offered. Novak Djokovic seemed to be cruising along — and then it was as if he relaxed a little too soon and let Berdych back into the match. And Berdych, for once, didn’t let go. It doesn’t make any short-term difference; Djokovic remains #1 and Berdych is still at #6..

Singles – Quarterfinal: (2) R Federer def. J Janowicz 6-4 7-6(7-2)

Roger Federer trailed by a break for much of the second set before getting it back. He blew a couple of break chances in the twelfth game, but then dominated the tiebreak. He can’t get back to #2 this week, but maybe Roland Garros will give him a chance — after all, Andy Murray is hurting. This comes close to settling the Paris seeds; see the Feature.

Singles – Quarterfinal: (5) R Nadal def. (4) D Ferrer 6-4 4-6 6-2

For the second straight week, David Ferrer really made Rafael Nadal work. Work for two and three-quarter hours, in fact. But, for the second straight week, Ferrer lost. And that means that Nadal still has his shot at the #4 Roland Garros seed. Win Rome, and it’s his. Anything else and it’s Ferrer’s. Nadal will, of course, be very tired. But — he’s Rafael Nadal. And the rest of the field is pretty depleted.

Singles – Quarterfinal: B Paire def. M Granollers 6-1 6-0

Benoit Paire just doesn’t know when to stop. He had already clinched a Roland Garros seed — but he kept winning anyway. With this, he has secured his Top Thirty ranking — and denied Marcel Granollers his Paris seed (barring withdrawals). The seed list is now set, although the order could still change.

Doubles – Quarterfinal: (1) Bryan/Bryan def. Marrero/Verdasco 6-4 7-5

Doubles – Quarterfinal: S Gonzalez/Lipsky def. (2) Granollers/M Lopez 1-6 6-4 10-6

After the way he played in singles, the surprise here may be that Marcel Granollers made it close.

Doubles – Quarterfinal: (5) Mirnyi/Tecau def. (3) Lindstedt/Nestor 7-6(7-5) 6-4

Meetings of ex-partners are almost always interesting, especially in cases like this where two teams swapped partners with each other. Neither of the new teams has been particularly successful so far. This is interesting because the two younger members of the former teams paired up against the older members — and the younger members won. Another hint, perhaps, that Daniel Nestor is finally getting old.

 

Roland Garros Seed Update — Men

 

Not much news, except for #4. The seed list:

1. Djokovic

2. Murray

3. Federer

4. Ferrer, Nadal. It’s Nadal if he wins Rome, otherwise Ferrer.

5. Ferrer or Nadal

6. Berdych

7. del Potro

8. Tsonga.

#9-#12 are Richard Gasquet, Janko Tipsarevic, Stanislas Wawrinka, and Marin Cilic. #13-#16 are Nicolas Almagro, Tommy Haas, Kei Nishikori, and Milos Raonic.

#17-#24 will be Gilles Simon, Juan Monaco, Philipp Kohlschreiber, Sam Querrey, John Isner, Andreas Seppi, Jerzy Janowicz, and probably Alexander Dolgopolov, although Benoit Paire still has a shot. Rounding out the seeds are Kevin Anderson, Jeremy Chardy, Grigor Dimitrov, Fabio Fognini, Florian Mayer, Mikhail Youzhny, Paire, and Julien Benneteau.

Alternates are Martin Klizan, Marcel Granollers, Lukas Rosol, Jurgen Melzer, and Tommy Robredo.

 

RANKINGS

 

Estimated ATP World Tour Rankings

As of May 17, 2013

 

Rank &

Prior…Player………..Points

1..(1) Djokovic……….12310

2..(2) Murray………….8750

3..(3) Federer…………7760

4..(4) Ferrer………….6740

5..(5) Nadal…………..6255

6..(6) Berdych…………4700

7..(7) Del Potro……….4320

8..(8) Tsonga………….3795

9..(9) Gasquet…………3090

10.(11) Tipsarevic………2640

11.(10) Wawrinka………..2630

12.(13) Cilic…………..2570

13.(12) Almagro…………2490

14.(14) Haas……………2340

15.(15) Nishikori……….2315

16.(16) Raonic………….2225

17.(17) Simon…………..1940

18.(18) Monaco………….1750

19.(22) Kohlschreiber……1750

20.(19) Querrey…………1730

21.(20) Isner…………..1690

22.(21) Seppi…………..1530

23.(24) Janowicz………..1518

24.(23) Dolgopolov………1500

25.(27) Anderson………..1420

26.(36) Paire…………..1405

27.(29) Chardy………….1371

28.(26) Dimitrov………..1355

29.(25) Fognini…………1345

30.(28) Mayer…………..1295

 

DRAWS

 

Rome — Week of May 13

 

……………..3R……………QF…………SF

1 Djokovic…….(1)Djokovic……Djokovic

15 Wawrinka……Dolgopolov

11 Cilic………Anderson

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

 

4 Ferrer………(4)Ferrer……..Ferrer

14 Raonic……..Kohlschreiber

10 Tipsarevic….Gulbis(Q)

5 Nadal……….(5)Nadal………Nadal………Nadal

 

7 del Potro……(7)del Potro

12 Almagro…….Paire…………Paire………Paire

16 Nishikori…..Chardy

3 Murray………Granollers…….Granollers

 

8 Tsonga………Janowicz………Janowicz

9 Gasquet……..(9)Gasquet

13 Haas……….Simon

2 Federer……..(2)Federer…….Federer…….Federer

 

STATUS OF SEEDS:

1 Djokovic………lost QF (Berdych)

2 Federer

3 Murray………..lost 2R (Granollers)

4 Ferrer………..lost QF (Nadal)

5 Nadal

6 Berdych

7 del Potro……..lost 3R (Paire)

8 Tsonga………..lost 2R (Janowicz)

9 Gasquet……….lost 3R (Janowicz)

10 Tipsarevic……WITHDREW (replaced by Rosol)

11 Cilic………..lost 2R (Anderson)

12 Almagro………lost 1R (Benneteau)

13 Haas…………lost 1R (Youzhny)

14 Raonic……….lost 1R (Kohlschreiber)

15 Wawrinka……..WITHDREW from 2R

16 Nishikori…….lost 2R (Chardy)

Dusseldorf — Week of May 20

 

1 Tipsarevic

–bye

Qualifier

Qualifier

Goffin

Zemlja

Russel

7 Troicki

 

3 Monaco (WC)

–bye

Soeda

Qualifier

Kamke

Becker (WC)

Tursunov

8 Davydenko

 

5 Rosol

Brands

Hajek

Donskoy

Qualifier

Sijsling

–bye

4 Kohlschreiber

 

6 Nieminen

Lacko

Bautista Agut

Muller

Kavcic

Dodig

–bye

2 Haas (WC)

 

FRIDAY

Rome

Singles – Quarterfinal

(6) T Berdych def. (1) N Djokovic 2-6 7-5 6-4

(2) R Federer def. J Janowicz 6-4 7-6(7-2)

(5) R Nadal def. (4) D Ferrer 6-4 4-6 6-2

B Paire def. M Granollers 6-1 6-0

Doubles – Quarterfinal

(1) Bryan/Bryan def. Marrero/Verdasco 6-4 7-5

S Gonzalez/Lipsky def. (2) Granollers/M Lopez 1-6 6-4 10-6

(5) Mirnyi/Tecau def. (3) Lindstedt/Nestor 7-6(7-5) 6-4








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