Halle
Singles – Quarterfinal: (1) R Federer def. (WC) M Zverev 6-0 6-0
By the looks of things, Tommy Haas had better watch out. Roger Federer has something to prove. This took only 39 minutes, and it is said to be only the second double bagel of Federer’s career, the first being all the way back in 2005.
Singles – Quarterfinal: (2) R Gasquet def. (8) F Mayer 6-3 7-6(7-4)
It appears this does it. Florian Mayer was the last player who could pass Julien Benneteau to earn the #32 Wimbledon seed. With this, Benneteau clinches and Mayer will have to settle for being the #1 alternate.
Singles – Quarterfinal: (3) T Haas def. G Monfils 6-7(4-7) 6-3 6-3
It looked for a while as if Tommy Haas wasn’t going to be around for his rematch with Roger Federer. But Gael Monfils seemed to be collapsing at the end of this. So Haas could earn the #12 Wimbledon seed if he wins his next match, and he will keep the #12 ranking if he defends the title here. Unfortunately for Haas, Federer is going to have a huge edge in rest — Haas spent almost three times as long on the court on Friday!
Singles – Quarterfinal: M Youzhny def. (6) P Kohlschreiber 6-3 6-2
It was a lousy day for Germans trying to move up the Wimbledon seed list. Florian Mayer lost his chance to be seeded at all, and Philipp Kohlschreiber lost his chance to be among the Top Sixteen. It appears he’ll be #17. Mikhail Youzhny will be promoted by the formula, but he isn’t going to reach #16, so what he does from now on hardly matters.
Doubles – Semifinal: (3) S Gonzalez/Lipsky def. (2) Knowle/Tecau 6-4 6-4
Horia Tecau really does seem to be struggling since his split with Robert Lindstedt. That team seems to have been greater than the sum of its parts.
Queen’s
Singles – Quarterfinal: (1) A Murray def. B Becker 6-4 7-6(7-3)
Entering this week, we wondered a little about just which seeding formula Wimbledon would use, because some schemes might have allowed Roger Federer a shot at the #2 Wimbledon seed if Andy Murray did badly this week; others would have blocked Federer unequivocally. It’s looking less and less as if it matters, because Murray is doing just fine, thank you….
Singles – Quarterfinal: (5) M Cilic def. (2) T Berdych 7-5 7-6(7-4)
Interesting that Marin Cilic had an easier time with Tomas Berdych than with Feliciano Lopez the round before. Of course, Berdych doesn’t have much reason to care about points earned here. Lopez did — and Cilic, the defending champion, has his own reasons to care. One more win might let him keep the #12 ranking. And it’s now clear that the Wimbledon formula will promote him at least somewhat — probably #10.
Singles – Quarterfinal: L Hewitt def. (3) J del Potro 6-2 2-6 6-2
And Lleyton Hewitt does it again! This is only a 250 point event, so he still hasn’t moved all that much in the rankings, but it’s pretty clear that he can still beat almost anyone on grass. He’s clearly going to be one of the more significant unseeded threats at Wimbledon. Juan Martin del Potro will stay at #8, where he came in.
Singles – Quarterfinal: (4) J Tsonga def. D Kudla 6-3 6-2
Funny how the viral illness that took Jo-Wilfried Tsonga out of the doubles didn’t seem to bother him in singles…. Frankly, this is pretty impressive given the battering he took the day before. But he won’t be rising above #7 this week.
Doubles – Quarterfinal: (1) Bryan/Bryan def. (WC) J Murray/Peers 7-6(7-5) 6-7(9-11) 11-9
The Bryans can’t seem to earn an easy win here. On the other hand, they haven’t actually lost, and they haven’t had to spend too long on the court.
Doubles – Quarterfinal: (3) Bhupathi/Bopanna def. (5) Fleming/Marray 7-6(7-5) 4-6 10-4
Bhupathi/Bopanna had a bye, then a walkover, so this is fairly important — they needed to win this to earn any points.
Wimbledon Seed Update
For starters, let’s give the list of the 32 players who will have Wimbledon seeds: (assuming, of course, that we calculated everything right): Djokovic, Murray, Federer, Ferrer, Nadal, Berdych, Tsonga, Del Potro, Gasquet, Wawrinka, Nishikori, Haas, Cilic, Tipsarevic, Raonic, Almagro, Simon, Kohlschreiber, Querrey, Monaco, Isner, Janowicz, Anderson, Dolgopolov, Paire, Seppi, Chardy, Robredo, Fognini, Dimitrov, Youzhny, Benneteau. Florian Mayer, Rosol, and Klizan are alternates.
Now let’s look at what the seeding formula will do to that list:
1 (ATP: 1) Djokovic: 14558
2 (ATP: 2) Murray: 10673
3 (ATP: 3) Federer: 10018
4 (ATP: 5) Nadal: 8174
5 (ATP: 4) Ferrer: 7723
6 (ATP: 7) Tsonga: 5646
7 (ATP: 6) Berdych: 4796
8 (ATP: 8) Del Potro: 4575
9 (ATP: 9) Gasquet: 3476
10 (ATP: 13) Cilic: 2921
11 (ATP: 10) Wawrinka: 2866
12 (ATP: 11) Nishikori: 2848
13 (ATP: 12) Haas: 2803
14 (ATP: 14) Tipsarevic: 2690
15 (ATP: 16) Almagro: 2454
16 (ATP: 15) Raonic: 2390
17 (ATP: 18) Kohlschreiber: 2334
18 (ATP: 21) Isner: 2326
19 (ATP: 17) Simon: 2161
20 (ATP: 19) Querrey: 2003
21 (ATP: 29) Youzhny: 1989
22 (ATP: 26) Seppi: 1881
23 (ATP: 20) Monaco: 1844
24 (ATP: 22) Janowicz: 1677
25 (ATP: 23) Anderson: 1628
26 (ATP: 24) Dolgopolov: 1564
27 (ATP: 31) Dimitrov: 1540
28 (ATP: 25) Paire: 1538
29 (ATP: 27) Chardy: 1475
30 (ATP: 30) Fognini: 1416
31 (ATP: 32) Benneteau: 1414
32 (ATP: 28) Robredo: 1365
The only significant change in the Top Eight is that Rafael Nadal takes the #4 seed from David Ferrer.
Things are still interesting in the #9-#12 block. Gasquet, Wawrinka, and Cilic are in. The last spot will go to either Nishikori or Haas. Haas is in a tough situation: He needs a final to keep the #12 spot. Which presumably means beating Roger Federer again.
Note that Mikhail Youzhny and Andreas Seppi rise into the #17-#24 seeding block; they knock out Kevin Anderson and Alexandr Dolgopolov.
The only contest that still matters is the Haas versus Nishikori competition for #12. That will be settled tomorrow, one way or the other.
RANKINGS
Estimated ATP World Tour Rankings
As of June 14, 2013
Rank &
Prior…Player………..Points
1..(1) Djokovic……….11830
2..(2) Murray………….8400
3..(3) Federer…………7580
4..(4) Ferrer………….7220
5..(5) Nadal…………..6895
6..(6) Berdych…………4515
7..(7) Tsonga………….4155
8..(8) Del Potro……….3960
9..(9) Gasquet…………3135
10.(10) Wawrinka………..2810
11.(13) Nishikori……….2495
12.(11) Haas……………2425
13.(12) Cilic…………..2410
14.(14) Tipsarevic………2390
15.(15) Raonic………….2225
16.(16) Almagro…………2195
17.(17) Simon…………..1985
18.(18) Kohlschreiber……1885
19.(19) Querrey…………1810
20.(20) Monaco………….1740
21.(21) Isner…………..1735
22.(22) Janowicz………..1591
23.(23) Anderson………..1510
24.(24) Dolgopolov………1500
25.(25) Paire…………..1450
26.(26) Seppi…………..1440
27.(27) Chardy………….1416
28.(30) Robredo…………1355
29.(29) Youzhny…………1355
30.(31) Fognini…………1345
DRAWS
Halle — Week of May 10
……………….QF……………..SF
1 Federer……….(1)Federer………Federer
7 Janowicz………Zverev(WC)
3 Haas………….(3)Haas…………Haas
5 Raonic………..Monfils
6 Kohlschreiber….(6)Kohlschreiber
4 Nishikori……..Youzhny………..Youzhny
8 F Mayer……….(8)F Mayer
2 Gasquet……….(2)Gasquet……..Gasquet
STATUS OF SEEDS
1 Federer
2 Gasquet
3 Haas
4 Nishikori…….lost 2R (Youzhny)
5 Raonic……….lost 1R (Monfils)
6 Kohlschreiber…lost QF (Youzhny)
7 Janowicz……..lost 1R (Basic)
8 F Mayer………lost QF (Gasquet)
Queen’s — Week of May 10
………………..3R……………QF………..SF
1 Murray…………(1)Murray……..Murray…….Murray
15 Andujar……….Matosevic
12 Rosol…………Becker………..Becker
7 Dolgopolov (WC)…(7)Dolgopolov
4 Tsonga…………(4)Tsonga……..Tsonga…….Tsonga
14 Istomin……….Sijsling
9 Paire………….Kudla…………Kudla
[Bopanna(LL)]…….de Schepper
6 Querrey………..(6)Querrey
10 Dimitrov………Hewitt………..Hewitt…….Hewitt
13 Nieminen………Evans (WC)
3 del Potro………(3)del Potro…..del Potro
5 Cilic………….(5)Cilic………Cilic………Cilic
11 Benneteau……..F Lopez(Q)
16 Zemlja………..(16)Zemlja
2 Berdych………..(2)Berdych…….Berdych
STATUS OF SEEDS
1 Murray
2 Berdych……….lost QF (Cilic)
3 del Potro……..lost QF (Hewitt)
4 Tsonga
5 Cilic
6 Querrey……….lost 3R (Hewitt)
7 Dolgopolov (WC)..lost 3R (Becker)
8 K Anderson…….WITHDREW (replaced by Bopanna)
9 Paire…………lost 2R (Kudla)
10 Dimitrov……..lost 2R (Hewitt)
11 Benneteau…….lost 2R (Lopez)
12 Rosol………..lost 2R (Becker)
13 Nieminen……..lost 2R (Evans)
14 Istomin………lost 2R (Sijsling)
15 Andujar………lost 1R (Llodra)
16 Zemlja……….lost 3R (Berdych)
FRIDAY
Halle
Singles – Quarterfinal
(1) R Federer def. (WC) M Zverev 6-0 6-0
(2) R Gasquet def. (8) F Mayer 6-3 7-6(7-4)
(3) T Haas def. G Monfils 6-7(4-7) 6-3 6-3
M Youzhny def. (6) P Kohlschreiber 6-3 6-2
Doubles – Semifinal
(3) S Gonzalez/Lipsky def. (2) Knowle/Tecau 6-4 6-4
Queen’s
Singles – Quarterfinal
(1) A Murray def. B Becker 6-4 7-6(7-3)
(5) M Cilic def. (2) T Berdych 7-5 7-6(7-4)
L Hewitt def. (3) J del Potro 6-2 2-6 6-2
(4) J Tsonga def. D Kudla 6-3 6-2
Doubles – Quarterfinal
(1) Bryan/Bryan def. (WC) J Murray/Peers 7-6(7-5) 6-7(9-11) 11-9
(3) Bhupathi/Bopanna def. (5) Fleming/Marray 7-6(7-5) 4-6 10-4
(4) Peya/Soares def. Harrison/Querrey 6-4 1-6 10-5
(6) Benneteau/Zimonjic def. Cilic/del Potro 5-7 7-5 10-8