Men Tennis Update – Halle and Queen’s Monday, June 17, 2013

Written by: on 16th June 2013
ATP tennis tournament in Halle
Men Tennis Update - Halle and Queen's Monday, June 17, 2013

epa03747535 Swiss tennis player Roger Federer returns the ball during the final match against Mikhail Youzhny from Russia at the ATP†tournament in Halle/Westphalia, Germany, 16 June 2013. EPA/OLIVER†KRATO  |

Halle

 

Singles – Final: (1) R Federer def. M Youzhny 6-7(5-7) 6-3 6-4

This took a little more than two hours, and there were some scary moments in there for Roger Federer. On the other hand, he was never broken in the entire match. He just has a bad tiebreak…. A bad tiebreak, but a good feeling: This is his first title of 2013. Not that it matters, rankings-wise; he remains #3, and in fact he loses ground to Andy Murray (since Federer was defending finalist points, and Murray was defending nothing, Murray increases his point total more than Federer). But Federer has the Wimbledon title to defend in three weeks, and he could easily fall as low as #5 after that. In addition to the points, this must be a big emotional boost.

The ATP notes that this is title #77 for Federer, matching John McEnroe’s total; they are tied for third on the all-time list.

Poor Mikhail Youzhny — who is now 0-15 against Federer — added a few points, but he has plenty of optional results; it’s the big events where he suffers. It looks as if he will gain only one ranking spot. The good news is, he has enough solid grass results that he will rise into the #17-#24 seeding tier on the Wimbledon seed list, assuming we’ve estimated it right.

Doubles – Final: (3) S Gonzalez/Lipsky .def. Bracciali/Erlich 6-2 7-6(7-3)

If only Santiago Gonzalez and Scott Lipsky could do at the big events what they do at the small! They now have four titles in the last 12 months (Newport, Winston-Salem, Oeiras, and Halle). But they’re all 250s. It is interesting that two of them are on grass…. Clearly the talent is there, but the points for titles like this don’t help much. Still, they’re putting a lot of stuff in their trophy cabinets. Jonathan Erlich at least earns his first final in more than a year; his last was at Belgrade 2012. Danielle Bracciali earns his first since Moscow.

Queen’s

 

Singles – Final: (1) A Murray def. (5) M Cilic 5-7 7-5 6-3

Once again Andy Murray faced a rain delay before the start of his match. So he seemed to be determined to get off to a face start; he broke Marin Cilic in the second game of the match. But then things started to slip — literally; he took a skid on the humid grass. It took him two and a half hours to win — even longer than Roger Federer needed in Halle.

But win he did. Which, as we noted above, means that he increases his lead in the contest for #2. His odds of keeping the #2 spot after Wimbledon look good; indeed, he’s in fairly good shape even after the Olympics come off.

Marin Cilic didn’t defend his title, but he did well enough to retain the #12 ranking — and even to get a little boost from the Wimbledon seeding formula; it appears he’ll be #10. We show the seed list as follows:

1 (ATP: 1) Djokovic: 14558

2 (ATP: 2) Murray: 10993

3 (ATP: 3) Federer: 10338

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 – Final: (1) Bryan/Bryan def. (4) Peya/Soares 4-6 7-5 10-3

It was a struggle every match of the way, but somehow the Bryans did it again. What else is there to say about them? Eight titles already this year! — Sydney, Australian Open, Memphis, Indian Wells, Madrid, Rome, Roland Garros, Queen’s. That’s a surface sweep, you’ll note — Australian Open, Indian Wells, and Sydney on hardcourt; Memphis indoors; Madrid, Rome, and Roland Garros on clay; now Queen’s on grass. They’ve won the biggest tournament so far on every surface! They will clearly be the year-end #1 team; the only question is how many titles — and how many Slams — can they still win? On the evidence, it’s likely to be a lot.

Peya/Soares lose their chance for their third title of the year; it’s their second loss to the Bryans in a final (the other being at Madrid). Still, they came in at #2 in the doubles Race, and this will strengthen their grip on that spot. They haven’t clinched a spot at the year-end Championships, but it looks very likely. A spot in the year-end Top Five looks perfectly possible. They may be the #2 team right now — but they’re #2 behind a team for the record books….

‘s-Hertogenbosch

 

Singles – First Round: R Haase def. L Mayer 4-6 6-1 6-4

This was an astounding struggle, given the surface and the fact that Robin Haase was playing at home. But everything seems to be a bit of a struggle for Haase right now.

Singles – First Round: D Brands def. (WC) J Huta Galung 6-3 6-2

This wasn’t much opposition, so Daniel Brands would likely have won anyway, but the scoreline is perhaps more evidence of the solid progress Brands has made this year.

Doubles – First Round: Lorenzi/Paire def. Bautista Agut/Gimeno-Traver 6-3 4-6 14-12

****** TODAY’S FEATURE ******

 

KEYWORDS: No Feature Today

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

 

THIS WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:

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

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

NEXT WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:

Wimbledon (Slam/Grass). Defending Champion: Roger Federer

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

 

RANKINGS

 

Estimated ATP World Tour Rankings

As of June 16, 2013

 

Rank &

Prior…Player………..Points

1..(1) Djokovic……….11830

2..(2) Murray………….8560

3..(3) Federer…………7740

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

WINNER: Roger Federer

……………….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………WON TOURNAMENT

2 Gasquet………lost SF (Youzhny)

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

WINNER: Andy Murray

………………..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………..WON TOURNAMENT

2 Berdych……….lost QF (Cilic)

3 del Potro……..lost QF (Hewitt)

4 Tsonga………..lost SF (Murray)

5 Cilic…………lost F (Murray)

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

Blake (Q)

Verdasco

6 Dolgopolov

 

7 Seppi

Rufin (Q)

Harrison (Q)

Mathieu

Stepanek

Matosevic

–bye

3 Kohlschreiber

 

5 Anderson

Benneteau

Tomic

Ward (WC)

Edmund (WC)

de Schepper (Q)

–bye

2 Simon

‘s-Hertogenbosch — Week of May 17

 

1 Ferrer

Malisse

Roger-Vasselin

Lu

Bautista Agut

Bohli (Q)

Berlocq

6 Baghdatis

 

3 Isner

Donskoy

L Mayer

Haase

Mahut (Q)

Berankis

And. Kuznetsov

8 Gimeno-Traver

 

7 Hanescu

Garcia-Lopez

Brands

Huta Galung (WC)

Hernych (Q)

Goffin

Llodra

4 Paire

 

5 Chardy

Pouille (Q)

Dutra Silva

Copil (WC)

Lorenzi

de Bakker (WC)

Sijsling

2 Wawrinka

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

 

SUNDAY

Halle

Singles – Final

(1) R Federer def. M Youzhny 6-7(5-7) 6-3 6-4

Doubles – Final

(3) S Gonzalez/Lipsky .def. Bracciali/Erlich 6-2 7-6(7-3)

Queen’s

Singles – Final

(1) A Murray def. (5) M Cilic 5-7 7-5 6-3

Doubles – Final

(1) Bryan/Bryan def. (4) Peya/Soares 4-6 7-5 10-3

‘s-Hertogenbosch

Singles – First Round

R Haase def. L Mayer 4-6 6-1 6-4

D Brands def. (WC) J Huta Galung 6-3 6-2

Doubles – First Round

Lorenzi/Paire def. Bautista Agut/Gimeno-Traver 6-3 4-6 14-12

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