Men Tennis News Update – Nice, Dusseldorf, and Rankings

Written by: on 20th May 2013
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Men Tennis News Update - Nice, Dusseldorf, and Rankings

epa03617139 Lleyton Hewitt from Australia in action against John Isner from the USA during the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament in Indian Wells, California, USA, 09 March 2013. Hewitt won the match. EPA/MICHAEL NELSON  |

Nice

Lleyton Hewitt will head to the French Open without a European clay match win after the former No.1 exited to Spain’s Pablo Andujar 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 as the surprise Madrid semi-finalist dominated the Aussie. Over-30 Hewitt has never done well on clay and cannot expect to start at this late stage in his career. He was joined on the sidelines on the French Mediterranean coast by compatriot Marinko Matosevic, who lost to Dutchman Robin Hasse 6-1, 6-4.

 

Taiwan’s Yen-hsun Lu notched an upset by knocking out Italian fifth seed Andreas Seppi 7-5, 1-6, 6-4 while Argentine Carlos Berlocq beat compatriot Leo Mayer with the loss of just three games.

 

 

 

Dusseldorf

Jarkko Nieminen began putting the final polish on his French Open form with an opening win over Lukas Lacko 6-3, 6-1. The start was delayed for two hours by morning rain but that did not bother the veteran Finn, seeded sixth and playing in the northern German city for the first time.

 

Nieminen, ranked 42nd, had exited to Ernests Gulbis over two consecutive weeks in Munich and Rome and was glad to put that dismal series behind him. “I have a lot of confidence from Monte Carlo,” said the Finn who reached the last eight in the principality with wins over Milos Raonic and Juan Del Potro last month. “The courts and the clay there are similar to Paris. I haven’t done well at a Grand Slam – a 2008 quarter-final in Australia was his last solid result – and I’d love to carry this confidence and game to Paris.”

 

Nieminen took 76 minutes to get past Slovak Lacko, whom he beat in the Helsinki Challenger last November, with the winner breaking five times. “Today I played well in the heavy conditions. I don’t think they were the favorite of my opponent. You can’t expect to get any quick points, you have to work and build on every one.”

 

Lacko, ranked 74th, was playing in his first ATP-level match since a first-round loss in Miami two months ago to Ivan Dodig, a first-round Düsseldorf victim.

 

The final tune-up event prior to the Sunday start at Roland Garros features Serb Janko Tipsarevic in the top seeding position, ahead of Munich winner Tommy Haas.

 

Brazilian qualifier Andre Ghem, a 30-year-old ranked 260th, won the third ATP match of his career as he stopped Japan’s Go Soeda 6-4, 6-0. Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut beat Luxembourg veteran Gilles Muller 2-6, 6-4, 6-2, Tobias Kamke won a German battle with Benjamin Becker 6-3, 6-2 and Guido Pella of Argentina put out Lukas Kubot of Poland 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.

 

 

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

 

THIS WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:

Nice (250/Clay). Defending Champion: Nicolas Almagro

Dusseldorf. Defending Champion: (No individual champion/Serbia in team competition)

 

NEXT WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:

Roland Garros (Slam/Clay). Defending Champion: Rafael Nadal

 

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

 

RANKINGS

 

Estimated ATP World Tour Rankings

As of May 20, 2013

 

 

Rank &

Prior…Player………..Points

1..(1) Djokovic……….12310

2..(2) Murray………….8670

3..(3) Federer…………8000

4..(4) Nadal…………..6895

5..(5) Ferrer………….6740

6..(6) Berdych…………4685

7..(7) del Potro……….4320

8..(8) Tsonga………….3795

9..(9) Gasquet…………3090

10.(11) Wawrinka………..2630

11.(12) Cilic…………..2570

12.(10) Tipsarevic………2480

13.(13) Almagro…………2375

14.(14) Haas……………2340

15.(15) Nishikori……….2315

16.(16) Raonic………….2225

17.(17) Simon…………..1895

18.(18) Kohlschreiber……1750

19.(19) Monaco………….1750

20.(20) Querrey…………1730

21.(21) Isner…………..1690

22.(22) Seppi…………..1530

23.(23) Janowicz………..1524

24.(24) Dolgopolov………1500

25.(25) Anderson………..1420

26.(26) Paire…………..1405

27.(27) Chardy………….1371

28.(28) Dimitrov………..1355

29.(29) Fognini…………1345

30.(30) Mayer…………..1290

 

**DRAWS

 

Dusseldorf — Week of May 20

 

 

1 Tipsarevic

7 Troicki

3 Monaco (WC)

8 Davydenko

 

5 Rosol

4 Kohlschreiber

6 Nieminen

2 Haas (WC)

 

STATUS OF SEEDS

1 Tipsarevic

2 Haas (WC)

3 Monaco (WC)

4 Kohlschreiber

5 Rosol………..lost 1R (Brands)

6 Nieminen

7 Troicki

8 Davydenko

 

Nice — Week of May 20

 

 

1 Berdych

7 Granollers

3 Querrey

8 Istomin

 

6 Fognini

4 Isner

5 Seppi

2 Simon

STATUS OF SEEDS

1 Berdych

2 Simon

3 Querrey

4 Isner

5 Seppi

6 Fognini

7 Granollers

8 Istomin……lost 1R (Berankis)

 

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

 

 

MONDAY

 

Dusseldorf

Singles – First Round

[6] J Nieminen (FIN) d L Lacko (SVK) 63 61

[Q] G Pella (ARG) d [Q] L Kubot (POL) 64 46 64

[Q] A Ghem (BRA) d G Soeda (JPN) 64 60

T Kamke (GER) d [WC] B Becker (GER) 63 62

R Bautista Agut (ESP) d G Muller (LUX) 26 64 62

 

Doubles – First Round

I Dodig (CRO) / L Rosol (CZE) d [2] J Knowle (AUT) / F Polasek (SVK) 62 36 10-8

D Brands (GER) / I Sijsling (NED) d T Bednarek (POL) / J Delgado (GBR) 62 64

J Erlich (ISR) / D Tursunov (RUS) d T Haas (GER) / M Russell (USA) 64 67(5) 10-8

 

Nice

Singles – First Round

Y Lu (TPE) d [5] A Seppi (ITA) 75 16 64

V Hanescu (ROU) d A Ramos (ESP) 63 57 64

C Berlocq (ARG) d L Mayer (ARG) 62 61

R Haase (NED) d M Matosevic (AUS) 61 64

P Andujar (ESP) d [WC] L Hewitt (AUS) 63 46 63

 

Doubles – First Round

J Cabal (COL) / R Farah (COL) d [Alt] J Levinsky (CZE) / Y Lu (TPE) 62 64

F Cermak (CZE) / M Mertinak (SVK) d C Berlocq (ARG) / L Mayer (ARG) 62 46 10-3

©Daily Tennis News Wire

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