Men Tennis News – Nice, Dusseldorf and Rankings…

Written by: on 22nd May 2013
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Men Tennis News - Nice, Dusseldorf and Rankings...

epa03670012 Fabio Fognini of Italy returns the ball to Novak Djokovic of Serbia during his semi final match at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters tournament in Roquebrune Cap Martin, France, 20 April 2013. EPA/GUILLAUME HORCAJUELO  |

Nice

Sixth seed Fabio Fognini beat fellow Italian Marco Cecchinato 1-6, 6-1, 6-2 while Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu won his first ATP match of the season, keeping US qualifier Ryan Harrison winless at the top level since early May with a 6-4, 6-4 scoreline.

The Ukraine’s Sergiy Stakhovsky beat Brazilian Rogerio Dutra Silva 6-2, 6-3 while Challenger winner Gael Monfils carried his game over the ATP with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 start over Santiago Giraldo of Colombia. Guillaume Rufin of France put out Paolo Lorenzi of Italy 6-3, 6-1.

 

Dusseldorf

Slovenians advanced into the second round at the with comeback victories as Russian eighth seed Nikolay Davydenko was a high-profile victim at the French Open tune-up event. The 31-year-old, playing for his sixth week in a row, has now lost his last four matches heading into the weekend kickoff at Roland Garros. He went down after a promising start to 23-year-old lucky loser Aljaz Bedene 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, with the Slovenian firing 11 aces.

Slovenia’s Grega Zemlja beat Belgian David Goffin 5-7, 6-0, 6-2 inaugural edition of the ATP 250 event played at the venue of the former World Team Cup. Igor Sijsling of the Netherlands beat Kazakh Evgeny Korolev 6-2, 6-4 at the tournament where the top four seeds led by Janko Tipsarevic and German Tommy Haas go into second-round action after byes.

Davydenko, now ranked 46th after once standing third, ended his loss with 33 unforced errors as Bednene fought back after dropping the first set. “I may be a lucky loser but I deserved this win,” said Bedene. “In the middle of the second set I started playing better. I felt the chance to win – and I took it. My serving saved me many times, I’m very happy with my entire performance.”

Fellow Slovene Zemla, a Casablanca clay quarter-finalist last month, played what he called “strange” match against Goffin to finally advance as he allowed Goffin only one winning service game from his last seven. The winner ended with 11 aces and overcame 31 unforced errors.

 

HIS 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 21, 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 ********

 

 

TUESDAY

 

Dusseldorf

Singles – First Round

[7] V Troicki (SRB) d M Russell (USA) 36 63 64

[LL] A Bedene (SLO) d [8] N Davydenko (RUS) 36 64 63

G Zemlja (SLO) d D Goffin (BEL) 57 60 62

I Sijsling (NED) d [Q] E Korolev (KAZ) 62 64

Doubles – Quarter-finals

[4] F Nielsen (DEN) / A Sa (BRA) d J Erlich (ISR) / D Tursunov (RUS) 64 57 10-8

Doubles – First Round

[1] C Fleming (GBR) / J Marray (GBR) d [WC] D Brown (GER) / F Moser (GER) 76(2) 64

[3] T Huey (PHI) / D Inglot (GBR) d P Marx (GER) / F Mergea (ROU) 57 76(2) 10-2

 

Nice

Singles – First Round

[6] F Fognini (ITA) d [Q] M Cecchinato (ITA) 16 61 62

P Mathieu (FRA) d [LL] R Harrison (USA) 64 64

[Q] S Stakhovsky (UKR) d [Q] R Dutra Silva (BRA) 62 63

[WC] G Monfils (FRA) d S Giraldo (COL) 46 63 63

[Q] G Rufin (FRA) d P Lorenzi (ITA) 63 61

Doubles – First Round

[1] A Qureshi (PAK) / J Rojer (NED) d J Cerretani (USA) / V Hanescu (ROU) 63 61

[WC] P Andujar (ESP) / A Ramos (ESP) d [2] M Fyrstenberg (POL) / M Matkowski (POL) 63 63

[3] E Butorac (USA) / L Dlouhy (CZE) d [WC] A Massa (FRA) / A Pierson (FRA) 62 62

J Brunstrom (SWE) / R Klaasen (RSA) d [4] D Bracciali (ITA) / P Starace (ITA) 46 75 11-9

N Mahut (FRA) / E Roger-Vasselin (FRA) d L Hewitt (AUS) / M Matosevic (AUS) 46 61 12-10

M Elgin (RUS) / D Istomin (UZB) d A Seppi (ITA) / K Skupski (GBR) 76(6) 64

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