Men Tennis News Update – Roland Garros and Rankings
Men Tennis News Update - Roland Garros and Rankings
Roland Garros
Rafael Nadal lost his first set of the French Open fortnight but quickly recovered for a 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-4, 6-3 defeat of German Daniel Brands as the third seed began the quest for an eighth French Open title on Monday. Nadal has won seven of the last eight editions at Roland Garros, with Roger Federer picking up the slack by lifting the trophy in 2009.
Heavy-hitting Brands gave the third seed a fight, earning the opening set in a surprise as Nadal double-faulted to drop serve and trail 4-5, One game later, Brands took the early lead. But Nadal clawed it all back after a leisurely three hours.
“He played his game right to the hilt, all the balls, all his service games, he was just firing on all cylinders. It was a fantastic tactic, but he couldn’t quite execute it. ”
“I was trying to find solutions in every moment,” said Nadal, who added that he was not frustrated by the go-for-broke tactics of his opponent. “I had my mind under control all the time, fighting for the next point every time.
Other seeds had it easier on a sunny day in Paris, with No.6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beating Slovenia’s Aljaz Bedene 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 and fellow French seventh seed Richard Gasquet defeating Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-1, 6-4, 6-3. Spain’s No. 11 made a comeback over Austrian qualifier Andreas Heider-Maurer 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3. Also out: Austria’s 2011 semi-finalist Juergen Melzer, 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 against Dutchman Igor Sijsling.
Japan’s Kei Nishikori, the No.13, made light work of Canada’s Jesse Levine 6-3, 6-2, 6-0, coming back from an early break and dominating after that. Australian teenager Nick Kyrgios made a big-time Grand Slam debut with a defeat of Czech veteran Stepanek, almost twice his age, 7-6(4), 7-6(8), 7-6(11). The Australian Open junior champion got in on a wildcard following a withdrawal and made the most of his chance. “(Winning) felt about ten times better than the championship point at the junior Australian Open,” said Kyrgios.,
He next faces Croatian tenth seed Marin Cilic, who beat Germany’s Philipp Petzschner in a 6-1, 6-2, 6-3 win.
******** THIS WEEK IN TENNIS ********
THIS WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:
Roland Garros (Slam/Clay). Defending Champion: Rafael Nadal
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 27, 2013
Rank &
Prior…Player………..Points
1..(1) Djokovic……….11120
2..(2) Murray………….8310
3..(3) Federer…………7325
4..(5) Ferrer………….6065
5..(4) Nadal…………..4940
6..(6) Berdych…………4515
7..(7) Del Potro……….3960
8..(8) Tsonga………….3480
9..(9) Gasquet…………2955
10.(11) Cilic…………..2525
11.(10) Wawrinka………..2460
12.(15) Nishikori……….2360
13.(12) Tipsarevic………2310
14.(14) Haas……………2235
15.(16) Raonic………….2180
16.(13) Almagro…………2060
17.(18) Simon…………..1850
18.(20) Querrey…………1765
19.(17) Monaco………….1740
20.(19) Kohlschreiber……1715
21.(21) Isner…………..1690
22.(23) Janowicz………..1553
23.(24) Dolgopolov………1500
24.(22) Seppi…………..1395
25.(25) Anderson………..1375
26.(27) Chardy………….1371
27.(26) Paire…………..1370
28.(28) Dimitrov………..1320
29.(29) Fognini…………1300
30.(30) Mayer…………..1255
**DRAWS
Roland Garros — Week of May 26
1 Djokovic
26 Dimitrov
22 Dolgopolov
16 Kohlschreiber
12 Haas
19 Isner
29 Youzhny
8 Tipsarevic
3 Nadal
27 Fognini
24 Paire
13 Nishikori
9 Wawrinka
21 Janowicz
28 F Mayer
7 Gasquet
5 Berdych
32 Robredo
20 Seppi
11 Almagro
14 Raonic
23 Anderson
31 Granollers
4 Ferrer
6 Tsonga
25 Chardy
17 Monaco
10 Cilic
15 Simon
18 Querrey
30 Benneteau
2 Federer
STATUS OF SEEDS
1 Djokovic
2 Federer
3 Nadal
4 Ferrer
5 Berdych
6 Tsonga
7 Gasquet
8 Tipsarevic
9 Wawrinka
10 Cilic
11 Almagro
12 Haas
13 Nishikori
14 Raonic
15 Simon
16 Kohlschreiber
17 Monaco
18 Querrey
19 Isner
20 Seppi
21 Janowicz
22 Dolgopolov
23 Anderson
24 Paire
25 Chardy
26 Dimitrov
27 Fognini
28 F Mayer
29 Youzhny
30 Benneteau
31 Granollers
32 Robredo
******** SCORES ********
MONDAY
Roland Garros
Singles – First Round
[3] R Nadal (ESP) d D Brands (GER) 46 76(4) 64 63
[WC] G Monfils (FRA) d [5] T Berdych (CZE) 76(8) 64 67(3) 67(4) 75
[6] J Tsonga (FRA) d A Bedene (SLO) 62 62 63
[7] R Gasquet (FRA) d S Stakhovsky (UKR) 61 64 63
[10] M Cilic (CRO) d P Petzschner (GER) 61 62 63
[11] N Almagro (ESP) d [LL] A Haider-Maurer (AUT) 46 64 63 63
[13] K Nishikori (JPN) d J Levine (CAN) 63 62 60
D Gimeno-Traver (ESP) d [17] J Monaco (ARG) 46 46 76(4) 64 64
[19] J Isner (USA) d C Berlocq (ARG) 63 64 64
[21] J Janowicz (POL) d A Ramos (ESP) 76(3) 75 63
[27] F Fognini (ITA) d [Q] A Beck (GER) 63 75 63
[30] J Benneteau (FRA) d R Berankis (LTU) 76(5) 63 57 76(5)
F Lopez (ESP) d [31] M Granollers (ESP) 75 26 64 46 64
[32] T Robredo (ESP) d J Zopp (EST) 63 62 61
J Nieminen (FIN) d P Mathieu (FRA) 64 46 76(9) 46 62
E Roger-Vasselin (FRA) d M Alund (ARG) 62 46 61 60
E Gulbis (LAT) d R Dutra Silva (BRA) 61 76(4) 63
M Klizan (SVK) d M Russell (USA) 36 63 61 ret. (left hamstring)
E Donskoy (RUS) d [Q] J Struff (GER) 76(7) 26 76(2) 62
P Cuevas (URU) d [WC] A Mannarino (FRA) 63 26 63 57 75 – saved 2 M.P.
T Kamke (GER) d P Lorenzi (ITA) 63 63 36 06 63
A Montanes (ESP) d [Q] S Johnson (USA) 64 36 63 36 61
I Sijsling (NED) d J Melzer (AUT) 64 63 62
R Harrison (USA) d A Kuznetsov (RUS) 63 64 76(4)
G Zemlja (SLO) d S Giraldo (COL) 61 64 61
L Rosol (CZE) d [Q] P Riba (ESP) 63 64 64
[Q] M Przysiezny (POL) d [LL] R Williams (USA) 63 67(5) 75 75
[WC] N Kyrgios (AUS) d R Stepanek (CZE) 76(4) 76(8) 76(11)
R Haase (NED) d K De Schepper (FRA) 64 76(3) 26 63
Topics: clay court tennis, Daniel Brands, French Open, Kei Nishikori, Marin Cilic, Rafael Nadal, Richard Gasquet, Roger Federer, Roland Garros
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