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Doubles – Final: (1) Bryan/Bryan def. Llodra/Mahut 6-4 4-6 7-6(7-4)

It will perhaps tell you a little about the history of Nicolas Mahut that the French team led 4-2 in the final tiebreak, then lost five straight points. The last one on, yes, a Mahut error. Too bad for Mahut; too bad also for Michael Llodra, who lost what was probably his last chance to win his home Slam.

But what a year for the Bryans! They’ve now won the last three Slams straight. They continue to pad their record for most Slams as a team. And they already have seven titles in 2013 — Sydney, Australian Open, Memphis, Indian Wells, Madrid, Rome, and Roland Garros. That’s 7750 points already this year — more points just from titles in 2013 than their nearest competitors have from all events in the last twelve months, as the rankings show:

1..(1) Bryan………….13130

1..(1) Bryan………….13130

3..(4) Lopez…………..5540

4..(5) Granollers………5540

5..(3) Lindstedt……….5260

6.(13) Soares………….4990

7..(6) Bhupathi………..4920

8..(7) Tecau…………..4890

9.(14) Peya……………4820

10.(11) Bopanna…………4715

It’s hard to imagine anything else to say. The Bryans seem sure to be the year-end #1 team. And they need win only Wimbledon to complete a non-calendar Grand Slam, and if they win that, they’ll be very close to a calendar Grand Slam, too. The way this year has been going, it almost seems like the way to bet.

****** TODAY’S FEATURE ******

 

Men’s Look Forward: Halle, Queen’s

 

Once upon a time, the events the week after Roland Garros were big. They had reason to be: The rankings after this week will determine who is seeded where at Wimbledon. And, with the Wimbledon formula in effect, points earned this week are likely to count double. So Halle and Queen’s matter.

Problem is, they’re merely 250 point events. So they don’t matter much. Players come here for grass practice, or for appearance fees, or because they like the events — but they can’t expect it to make much difference.

There is one real oddity about the Queen’s draw: Feliciano Lopez is in qualifying! He must have signed up too late, because he’s ranked 140 places ahead of the next-highest-ranked player in the qualifying draw…. The qualifying is so empty, in fact, that doubles specialists Marcelo Melo, Nenad Zimonjic, and Rohan Bopanna are all in it, and they still had to hand out six byes.

The main draw doesn’t have any such oddities. What it does have is all the top players who missed Roland Garros or crashed out early. Whatever that tells you. The #1 seed is Andy Murray, who of course will be the overwhelming crowd favorite. Tomas Berdych is #2. Juan Martin del Potro, who presumably is recovered from that bug that felled him, is #3. #4 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is the top player in the field to have done anything in Paris — but he will surely be even happier to be on a faster surface. Last year’s champion Marin Cilic is #5, with Sam Querrey #6. Alexandr Dolgopolov took a wildcard to earn the #7 seed, with Kevin Anderson #8 and having the last bye. Benoit Paire is #9, Grigor Dimitrov #10, Julien Benneteau #11, Lukas Rosol #12, Jarkko Nieminen #13, Denis Istomin #14, Pablo Andujar #15, and Grega Zemlja #16, meaning that the cutoff for seeding is just below #50. Still, there are some mild threats among the unseeded players. Andujar has to open against Michael Llodra — a pretty good draw for Llodra, were it not that he just finished losing the Roland Garros doubles final. Rosol’s second round could be against Bernard Tomic, assuming Tomic has himself together. Querrey is likely to open against Paul-Henri Mathieu. Dimitrov’s second round may well be against Lleyton Hewitt, who loves grass above all things. And Cilic has to open against countryman Ivan Dodig, who is having a pretty good year.

Halle lost one of its stars even before it started — Rafael Nadal concluded he was too tired to play. Still, Roger Federer is back to take the #1 seed on his favorite surface. Richard Gasquet is #2 in Nadal’s absence. Defending champion and #1 German Tommy Haas is #3 and is in Federer’s half (meaning that one or the other of them will lose some points). Kei Nishikori is #4 and has the last bye. Milos Raonic is #5 and in Haas’s quarter; Philipp Kohlschreiber is #6 and in Nishikori’s; Jerzy Janowicz is #7 and in Federer’s; the #8 seed goes to Florian Mayer, meaning that we have three seeded Germans.

The draw certainly wasn’t kind to Haas, who will have to open against either Ernests Gulbis or Marcos Baghdatis. Raonic opens against Gael Monfils, then likely Daniel Brands, who is having quite a year. The other big unseeded threat is Mikhail Youzhny, who is likely to be Nishikori’s first opponent.

The Rankings

We said the rankings this week wouldn’t change much. There might be a few exceptions. Starting with Tommy Haas, last year’s Halle winner. Those points might have gain him a seeding tier at Wimbledon — if his ranking doesn’t fall too much this week. The player he beat in the Halle final was Roger Federer. Semifinalists were Philipp Kohlschreiber and Mikhail Youzhny. The title at Queen’s went to Marin Cilic; the finalist was David Nalbandian (who still isn’t back), and Grigor Dimitrov and Sam Querrey made the semifinal.

That means the biggest movement is likely to be just below the Top Ten, since Haas and Cilic, our two defending champions, are #11 and #12. They could easily slip behind Nishikori, and perhaps others. At the top… don’t expect anything. We don’t yet know whether David Ferrer or Roger Federer will be #3 next week, but whichever one it is, he’ll keep it. There will, in fact, be no Top Ten movement at all.

Of course, the other factor is the Wimbledon seeding formula — and, no doubt, the intense desire of the Wimbledon committee to have Andy Murray at #2. Is there a way they can juggle him to put him ahead of Roger Federer? Maybe…. After all, while Federer won Wimbledon last year, Murray was the finalist, and Murray also won the Olympics. If he can win Queen’s, and Federer does poorly at Halle, Murray should be able to hang on to the #2 seed. Reverse that, and things could get interesting…. We’ll be watching that as the week progresses.

KEYWORDS: Preview Halle Queen’s

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THIS WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:

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

NEXT WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:

Halle (250/Grass). Defending Champion: Tommy Haas

Queen’s (250/Grass). Defending Champion: Marin Cilic

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RANKINGS

 

Estimated ATP World Tour Rankings

As of June 8, 2013

 

Rank &

Prior…Player………..Points

1..(1) Djokovic……….11830

2..(2) Murray………….8310

3..(3) Federer…………7640

4..(5) Ferrer………….7220

5..(4) Nadal…………..6095

6..(6) Berdych…………4515

7..(8) Tsonga………….4155

8..(7) Del Potro……….3960

9..(9) Gasquet…………3090

10.(10) Wawrinka………..2810

11.(14) Haas……………2585

12.(11) Cilic…………..2570

13.(15) Nishikori……….2495

14.(12) Tipsarevic………2390

15.(16) Raonic………….2225

16.(13) Almagro…………2195

17.(18) Simon…………..1985

18.(19) Kohlschreiber……1885

19.(20) Querrey…………1810

20.(17) Monaco………….1740

21.(21) Isner…………..1735

22.(23) Janowicz………..1598

23.(25) Anderson………..1510

24.(24) Dolgopolov………1500

25.(26) Paire…………..1450

26.(22) Seppi…………..1440

27.(34) Robredo…………1435

28.(27) Chardy………….1416

29.(28) Dimitrov………..1400

30.(31) Youzhny…………1355

**DRAWS

 

Roland Garros — Week of May 26

 

…………………3R……………..4R………….QF………SF……..F

1 Djokovic………..(1)Djokovic……..Djokovic…….Djokovic…Djokovic

26 Dimitrov……….(26)Dimitrov

22 Dolgopolov……..Hanescu

16 Kohlschreiber…..(16)Kohlschreiber..Kohlschreiber

 

12 Haas…………..(12)Haas………..Haas………..Haas

19 Isner………….(19)Isner

29 Youzhny………..(29)Youzhny……..Youzhny

8 Tipsarevic………(8)Tipsarevic

 

3 Nadal…………..(3)Nadal………..Nadal……….Nadal……Nadal…..Nadal

27 Fognini………..(27)Fognin

24 Paire………….(24)Paire

13 Nishikori………(13)Nishikori……Nishikori

 

9 Wawrinka………..(9)Wawrinka……..Wawrinka…….Wawrinka

21 Janowicz……….(21)Janowicz

28 F Mayer………..Davydenko

7 Gasquet…………(7)Gasquet………Gasquet

 

5 Berdych…………Monfils

32 Robredo………..(32)Robredo……..Robredo……..Robredo

20 Seppi………….(20)Seppi

11 Almagro………..(11)Almagro……..Almagro

 

14 Raonic…………(14)Raonic

23 Anderson……….(23)Anderson…….Anderson

31 Granollers……..Lopez

4 Ferrer………….(4)Ferrer……….Ferrer………Ferrer…..Ferrer…..Ferrer

 

6 Tsonga………….(6)Tsonga……….Tsonga………Tsonga…..Tsonga

25 Chardy…………(25)Chardy

17 Monaco…………Troicki…………Troicki

10 Cilic………….(10)Cilic

 

15 Simon………….(15)Simon……….Simon

18 Querrey………..(18)Querrey

30 Benneteau………(30)Benneteau

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

 

STATUS OF SEEDS

1 Djokovic………….lost SF (Nadal)

2 Federer…………..lost QF (Tsonga)

3 Nadal

4 Ferrer

5 Berdych…………..lost 1R (Monfils)

6 Tsonga……………lost SF (Ferrer)

7 Gasquet…………..lost 4R (Wawrinka)

8 Tipsarevic………..lost 3R (Youzhny)

9 Wawrinka………….lost QF (Nadal)

10 Cilic……………lost 3R (Troicki)

11 Almagro………….lost 4R (Robredo)

12 Haas…………….lost QF (Djokovic)

13 Nishikori………..lost 4R (Nadal)

14 Raonic…………..lost 3R (Anderson)

15 Simon……………lost 4R (Federer)

16 Kohlschreiber…….lost 4R (Djokovic)

17 Monaco…………..lost 1R (Gimeno-Traver)

18 Querrey………….lost 3R (Simon)

19 Isner……………lost 3R (Haas)

20 Seppi……………lost 3R (Almagro)

21 Janowicz…………lost 3R (Wawrinka)

22 Dolgopolov……….lost 1R (Tursunov)

23 Anderson…………lost 4R (Ferrer)

24 Paire……………lost 3R (Nishikori)

25 Chardy…………..lost 3R (Tsonga)

26 Dimitrov…………lost 3R (Djokovic)

27 Fognini………….lost 3R (Nadal)

28 F Mayer………….lost 1R (Istomin)

29 Youzhny………….lost 4R (Haas)

30 Benneteau………..lost 3R (Federer)

31 Granollers……….lost 1R (Lopez)

32 Robredo………….lost QF (Ferrer)

Halle — Week of May 10

 

1 Federer

–bye

Stebe (WC)

Qualifier

Zverev (WC)

Goffin

Petzschner

7 Janowicz

 

3 Haas

–bye

Baghdatis

Gulbis

Qualifier

Brands

Monfils

5 Raonic

 

6 Kohlschreiber

Berlocq

Kamke

Kubot

Youzhny

Gimeno-Traver

–bye

4 Nishikori

 

8 F Mayer

Qualifier

Struff (WC)

L Mayer

Melzer

Qualifier

–bye

2 Gasquet

Queen’s — Week of May 10

 

1 Murray

–bye

Mabut

Williams

Qualifier

Matosevic

Llodra

15 Andujar

 

12 Rosol

Qualifier

Becker

Tomic

Giraldo

Levine

–bye

7 Dolgopolov (WC)

 

4 Tsonga

–bye

Rufin

Roger-Vasselin

Ito

Sijsling

And. Kuznetsov

14 Istomin

 

9 Paire

Qualifier

Delbonid

Kudla

de Schepper

R Ram

–bye

8 K Anderson

 

6 Querrey

–bye

Bedene

Mathieu

Hewitt

Russell

Sela

10 Dimitrov

 

13 Nieminen

Harrison

Pella

Evans (WC)

Garcia-Lopez

Malisse

–bye

3 del Potro

 

5 Cilic

–bye

Dodig

Ward (WC)

Qualifier

Berankis

Mannarino

11 Benneteau

 

16 Zemlja

Edmund (WC)

Corrie (WC)

Stakhovsky

de Bakker

Dutra Silva

–bye

2 Berdych

 

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

 

SATURDAY

Roland Garros

Doubles – Final

(1) Bryan/Bryan def. Llodra/Mahut 6-4 4-6 7-6(7-4)

Boys’ Singles – Final

C Garin def. (4) A Zverev 6-4 6-1

Boys’ Doubles – Final

(3) Edmund/Ferreira Silva def. (5) Garin/Jarry 6-3 6-3

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