Wimbledon Mens Warm up and More

Written by: on 15th June 2013
Tennis ATP tournament in Halle
Wimbledon Mens Warm up and More

epa03744730 Germany's Tommy Haas returns the ball to France's Gael Monfils during their quarter final match at the ATP tennis tournament in Halle, Westphalia, Germany, 14 June 2013. EPA/OLIVER†KRATO  |

Halle

 

Singles – Semifinal: (1) R Federer def. (3) T Haas 3-6 6-3 6-4

The rematch definitely lived up to its predecessor a year ago. But, this time, the result was reversed. Good news for Roger Federer, who will be the clear favorite to finally win his first title of the year. But tough for Tommy Haas, since he was defending champion’s points. This immediately dropped him to #12 in the ranking, with the possibility that Marin Cilic could still pass him. And, worse, it means he’ll be stuck with the #13 Wimbledon seed, because Cilic is already ahead of him in that contest.

Singles – Semifinal: M Youzhny def. (2) R Gasquet 6-3 6-2

This was a pretty thorough thumping; Mikhail Youzhny won almost 60% of the points. Too bad that, yet again, he did it at an optional event. He rises perhaps one ranking spot. More in the Wimbledon seedings, but not enough to gain a seeding tier. Richard Gasquet will stay at #9.

Doubles – Semifinal: Bracciali/Erlich def. Kohlschreiber/Youzhny 4-6 6-1 10-4

Perhaps it’s not surprising that this ended badly for Kohlschreiber/Youzhny. After all, Youzhny in the singles cost Kohlschreiber his shot at the #16 Wimbledon seed.

Queen’s

 

Singles – Semifinal: (1) A Murray def. (3) J Tsonga 4-6 6-3 6-1

It was another of Those Days: Drizzle for a few minutes, stop, wait forever for the ground to dry, repeat. It did that all day; they didn’t get started until evening — meaning that they had to open up all the courts and play three matches at once. And Jo-Wilfried Tsonga seemed to be liking the conditions a lot better than Andy Murray. But as the match got longer, Murray got stronger — obviously.

Singles – Semifinal: (5) M Cilic def. L Hewitt 6-4 4-6 6-2

Could all that rain have slowed the court just enough to have cost Lleyton Hewitt? We can’t know, but it wouldn’t be too big a surprise. Still, he will be dangerous at Wimbledon. As will Marin Cilic. This win will let him keep the #12 ranking; a title would make him #11. And the Wimbledon formula will promote him higher still. Here is our current Wimbledon Seeding Formula estimate. This is final as far as the tiers are concerned, although we might still see Cilic or Youzhny move a little.

1 (ATP: 1) Djokovic: 14558

2 (ATP: 2) Murray: 10793

3 (ATP: 3) Federer: 10138

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: 12) Cilic: 3041

11 (ATP: 10) Wawrinka: 2866

12 (ATP: 11) Nishikori: 2848

13 (ATP: 13) 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: 28) Youzhny: 2109

21 (ATP: 19) Querrey: 2003

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: 29) Robredo: 1365

Doubles – Semifinal: (1) Bryan/Bryan def. (3) Bhupathi/Bopanna 6-4 6-2

Interesting that the Bryans had their easiest match in the semifinal. Probably not good news for their opponents in the final.

Doubles – Semifinal: (4) Peya/Soares def. (6) Benneteau/Zimonjic 7-5 6-2

In the mad rush to play all four of the day’s matches simultaneous, Peya/Soares finished before anyone else, singles or doubles. Presumably that will be at least a slight advantage in the final.

****** TODAY’S FEATURE ******

 

Men’s Look Forward: Eastbourne, ‘s-Hertogenbosch

 

Call it delayed gratification.

The results from this week’s two events, Eastbourne and ‘s-Hertogenbosch, make little immediate difference. The Wimbledon seeds are set, and the events this week are 250s anyway; the short-term rankings effects for the top players will be small.

But, next year, they’ll count toward the Wimbledon seeding formula. To the far-sighted players (and those who expect to be seeded in England a year from now), those points could be big.

And the players seem to like the tournaments. It shows in the rather high cutoffs for direct entry — above #100 for Eastbourne. That leaves players like James Blake and Ryan Harrison and Michael Russell in qualifying. In ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Rajeev Ram and Steve Darcis and Lukasz Kubot and Nicolas Mahut are in the qualifying.

Eastbourne is highlighted by Milos Raonic — whose serve is obviously quite a weapon on grass, although it didn’t do him much good last week. #2 Gilles Simon isn’t much of a grass fan, and neither is #4 Juan Monaco, but #3 Philipp Kohlschreiber likes it a lot. Those four have byes; the lower seeds — #5 Kevin Anderson, #6 Alexandr Dolgopolov, #7 Andreas Seppi, and #8 Fabio Fognini — do not. Seppi, who has been champion and finalist here, may be the biggest threat of that list.

There are some pretty good unseeded players, too. Raonic will open against Denis Istomin or Ivan Dodig. Fognini’s second round will be against Viktor Troicki or Martin Klizan. Monaco’s opener is likely to be against Feliciano Lopez. Dolgopolov starts against Fernando Verdasco. Kohlschreiber might start against Radek Stepanek. And Anderson starts against Julien Benneteau, then maybe Bernard Tomic.

Overall, ‘s-Hertogenbosch is the weaker of the two events, but it’s the one with the bigger names at the top — even though it offers no byes. David Ferrer, the top player in action this week, is the #1 seed, and #2 Stanislas Wawrinka gives the event two Top Ten players. John Isner, whose serve is obviously an incredible weapon on grass, is #3 and in Ferrer’s half (and won’t that be a fascinating meeting if it comes off). Benoit Paire is #4. Jeremy Chardy has the #5 seed, Marcos Baghdatis is #6, Victor Hanescu #7, and Daniel Gimeno-Traver is #8. Even though that means the cutoff for seeding is around #50, we may well see several seeds challenged. Ferrer opens against Xavier Malisse, who is still a danger on grass if perhaps not anywhere else. Hanescu starts against Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, then probably Daniel Brands. Paire’s first opponent is Michael Llodra, whose game is excellent for grass. And Wawrinka has to start against Igor Sijsling, who isn’t quite as hot as he was earlier in the year but who probably likes the surface better.

The Rankings

Last year, the title at Eastbourne went to Andy Roddick, who of course won’t be defending. The finalist was Andreas Seppi (who won the title before that). Steve Darcis and Ryan Harrison were semifinalists. At ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the title went to David Ferrer, over Philipp Petzschner, with Benoit Paire and Xavier Malisse semifinalists.

Given that Darcis and Harrison are in qualifying this week, and Petzschner is hurting, and Malisse is facing Ferrer in his opener, we could see a lot of big falls. Not for Ferrer, though. His #4 ranking is safe. Indeed, there will be no movement in the Top Ten. The first substantial movement will likely be in the #15-#20 range, where Raonic and Simon and Kohlschreiber and Monaco are in action. Simon can’t climb, but Kohlschreiber could pass him. Monaco could overtake Sam Querrey — if he overcomes his dislike of grass.

Paire’s Top 25 spot is in danger, although the guy right behind him is Seppi, and he is in even greater danger of falling. Ryan Harrison’s Top Hundred spot is insecure, and Philipp Petzschner and Steve Darcis look like toast.

KEYWORDS: Men’s Look Forward: Eastbourne, ‘s-Hertogenbosch

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

 

THIS WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:

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

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

NEXT WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:

Eastbourne (250/Grass). Defending Champion: Andy Roddick

‘s-Hertogenbosch (250/Grass). Defending Champion: David Ferrer

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

 

RANKINGS

 

Estimated ATP World Tour Rankings

As of June 15, 2013

 

Rank &

Prior…Player………..Points

1..(1) Djokovic……….11830

2..(2) Murray………….8460

3..(3) Federer…………7640

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.(12) Cilic…………..2470

13.(11) Haas……………2425

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.(29) Youzhny…………1415

29.(30) Robredo…………1355

30.(31) Fognini…………1345

**DRAWS

 

Halle — Week of May 10

 

……………….QF……………..SF……..F

1 Federer……….(1)Federer………Federer…Federer

7 Janowicz………Zverev(WC)

3 Haas………….(3)Haas…………Haas

5 Raonic………..Monfils

 

6 Kohlschreiber….(6)Kohlschreiber

4 Nishikori……..Youzhny………..Youzhny….Youzhny

8 F Mayer……….(8)F Mayer

2 Gasquet……….(2)Gasquet……..Gasquet

 

STATUS OF SEEDS

1 Federer

2 Gasquet

3 Haas…………lost SF (Federer)

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……..F

1 Murray…………(1)Murray……..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……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………..lost SF (Murray)

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)

Eastbourne — Week of May 17

 

1 Raonic (WC)

–bye

Istomin

Dodig

Troicki

Klizan

Zemlja

8 Fognini

 

4 Monaco

–bye

Nieminen

Lopez

Ramos

Qualifier

Verdasco

6 Dolgopolov

 

7 Seppi

Qualifier

Qualifier

Mathieu

Stepanek

Matosevic

–bye

3 Kohlschreiber

 

5 Anderson

Benneteau

Tomic

Ward (WC)

Edmund (WC)

Qualifier

–bye

2 Simon

‘s-Hertogenbosch — Week of May 17

 

1 Ferrer

Malisse

Roger-Vasselin

Lu

Bautista Agut

Qualifier

Berlocq

6 Baghdatis

 

3 Isner

Donskoy

L Mayer

Haase

Qualifier

Berankis

And. Kuznetsov

8 Gimeno-Traver

 

7 Hanescu

Garcia-Lopez

Brands

Huta Galung (WC)

Qualifier

Goffin

Llodra

4 Paire

 

5 Chardy

Qualifier

Dutra Silva

Copil (WC)

Lorenzi

de Bakker (WC)

Sijsling

2 Wawrinka

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

 

SATURDAY

Halle

Singles – Semifinal

(1) R Federer def. (3) T Haas 3-6 6-3 6-4

M Youzhny def. (2) R Gasquet 6-3 6-2

Doubles – Semifinal

Bracciali/Erlich def. Kohlschreiber/Youzhny 4-6 6-1 10-4

Queen’s

Singles – Semifinal

(1) A Murray def. (3) J Tsonga 4-6 6-3 6-1

(5) M Cilic def. L Hewitt 6-4 4-6 6-2

Doubles – Semifinal

(1) Bryan/Bryan def. (3) Bhupathi/Bopanna 6-4 6-2

(4) Peya/Soares def. (6) Benneteau/Zimonjic 7-5 6-2

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