* Granollers edges Bellucci in Hamburg; last year’s Gstaad champion will fall out of Top Hundred
* Ramos extends Zeballos’s streak of misery
* Paire first seed into third round after win over Montanes
* Tursunov upsets #8 Chardy, who loses Top 25 chance
* Dolgopolov may hit Top 25 despite loss to Florian Mayer; Mayer probably needs one more win to stay Top Fifty
* Karlovic continues strong comeback with win over Bogota qualifier
* Korolev forced to retire
Bogota
Australian James Duckworth and Colombian home hero Alejandro Fall both produced upsets of seeds, with Duckworth knocking out Slovene No.
7 Aljaz Bedene 6-3, 6-4 while Falla eliminated eighth-seeded Belgian veteran Xavier Malisse 6-1, 3-6, 6-1. But Belgium’s Ruben Bemelmans got a win for the European nation, beating Colombian wild card Nicolas Barrientos 7-5, 6-3.
Canadian Vasek Pospisil started with victory over No. 102 Michal Przysiezny 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 while Croatian Ivo Karlovic continued his comeback from spring illness which put him in a Florida hospital, defeating Argentine Juan Ignacio Londero 7-6(5), 6-4. Qualifier Chris Guccione advanced into the second round when Evgeny Korolev retired ill trailing 6-1, 1-0.
Hamburg
Players moved ahead with second-round wins on the Rothenbaum clay as the ATP 500 event awaits the start of Roger Federer at mid-week against German Daniel Brands. Spanish third seed Nicolas Almagro accounted for Germany’s Tobias Kamke 6-3, 6-3, his 21st win in 31 clay matches in 2013.
Florian Mayer struck a blow for home hopes with his upset of seventh seed Alexandr Dolgopolov 6-3, 6-4. Eighth seed Jeremy Chardy of France lost to Dmitry Tursunov 6-4, 7-6(1) while No. 9 Benoit Paire ousted Spain’s Albert Montanes 6-1, 6-4. French showman Gael Monfils provided a crowd-pleasing victory as he beat Andrey Golubev, champion three years ago, 6-3, 6-3
Slovenian Blaz Kavcic set up a meeting with second seed Tommy Haas after winning his opening match over Victor Hanescu 4-6, 6-4, 6-1/ Also in the first round, there were wins for German wild card Jan-Lennard Struff, Dutchman Robin Haase, Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain and compatriots Marcel Granollers and Albert Ramos.
Federer and Haas, the week’s drawcards, made a publicity appearance at the German city’s iconic lake, with four-time champion Federer and Haas, playing the event for the 11th time, brandishing their racquets for the cameras.
THIS WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:
Hamburg (500/Clay). Defending Champion: Juan Monaco
Bogota (250/Clay). Defending Champion: New Event
NEXT WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:
Atlanta (250/Hard). Defending Champion: Andy Roddick
Gstaad (250/Clay). Defending Champion: Thomaz Bellucci
Umag (250/Clay). Defending Champion: Marin Cilic
RANKINGS
Estimated ATP World Tour Rankings
As of July 16, 2013
Rank &
Prior…Player………..Points
1..(1) Djokovic……….12310
2..(2) Murray………….9360
3..(3) Ferrer………….7120
4..(4) Nadal…………..6860
5..(5) Federer…………5785
6..(6) Berdych…………4865
7..(7) Del Potro……….4500
8..(8) Tsonga………….3480
9..(9) Gasquet…………3045
10.(10) Wawrinka………..2915
11.(12) Nishikori……….2495
12.(11) Haas……………2395
13.(13) Raonic………….2225
14.(14) Cilic…………..2075
15.(17) Janowicz………..2064
16.(18) Simon…………..2055
17.(15) Almagro…………2045
18.(16) Tipsarevic………2025
19.(19) Querrey…………1730
20.(21) Isner…………..1610
21.(23) Anderson………..1590
22.(24) Seppi…………..1550
23.(25) Fognini…………1515
24.(26) Dolgopolov………1500
25.(22) Kohlschreiber……1445
26.(27) Chardy………….1406
27.(28) Paire…………..1405
28.(29) Robredo…………1335
29.(31) Lopez…………..1300
30.(20) Monaco………….1270
**DRAWS
Hamburg — Week of July 15
1 Federer
–bye
Lorenzi
Brands
Kubot (Q)
Hajek (Q)
–bye
15 Gulbis
11 Lopez
–bye
L Mayer
Struff (WC)
Davydenko
F Mayer
–bye
7 Dolgopolov
4 Janowicz
–bye
Schwartzman (Q)
Haase
A Zverev (WC)
Bautista Agut
–bye
14 Verdasco
10 Robredo
–bye
Delbonis (Q)
Reister (WC)
Andujar
Tursunov
–bye
8 Chardy
5 Monaco
–bye
Monfils
Golubev (Q)
Mathieu
Montanes
–bye
9 Paire
13 Youzhny
–bye
Garcia-Lopez
Gimeno-Traver
Kamke
Rosol
–bye
3 Almagro
6 Seppi
–bye
Granollers
Bellucci
Zeballos
Ramos
–bye
12 Fognini
15 Klizan
–bye
Berlocq
Bachinger (WC)
Kavcic (Q)
Hanescu
–bye
2 Haas
Bogota — Week of July 15
1 Tipsarevic
–bye
Barrientos (WC)
Bemelmans
J Wang
Ebden
Falla
8 Malisse
4 Roger-Vasselin
–bye
Marchenko
Viola
Pospisil
Przysiezny
Duckworth
7 Bedene
5 Mannarino
A Gonzalez
Arguello
Qualifier
Qualifier
Karlovic
–bye
3 Sijsling
6 Giraldo
Salamanca (WC)
Korolev
Qualifier
Qualifier
Struvay (WC)
–bye
2 Anderson
******** SCORES ********
TUESDAY
Bogota
Singles – First Round
J Duckworth (AUS) d [7] A Bedene (SLO) 63 64
A Falla (COL) d [8] X Malisse (BEL) 61 36 61
R Bemelmans (BEL) d [WC] N Barrientos (COL) 75 63
V Pospisil (CAN) d M Przysiezny (POL) 63 36 61
[Q] V Estrella Burgos (DOM) d F Arguello (ARG) 75 63
I Karlovic (CRO) d [Q] J Londero (ARG) 76(5) 64
[Q] C Guccione (AUS) d E Korolev (KAZ) 61 10 ret. (illness)
[Q] E Gomez (ECU) d [WC] E Struvay (COL) 64 64
Doubles – First Round
[2] E Roger-Vasselin (FRA) / I Sijsling (NED) d M Ebden (AUS) / I Marchenko (UKR) 76(7) 61
[4] P Raja (IND) / D Sharan (IND) d [WC] E Gomez (ECU) / M Quintero (COL) 62 62
A Mannarino (FRA) / M Viola (ITA) d G Andreozzi (ARG) / F Arguello (ARG) 61 62
Hamburg
Singles – Second Round
[3] N Almagro (ESP) d T Kamke (GER) 63 63
F Mayer (GER) d [7] A Dolgopolov (UKR) 63 64
D Tursunov (RUS) d [8] J Chardy (FRA) 64 76(1)
[9] B Paire (FRA) d A Montanes (ESP) 61 64
Singles – First Round
[WC] J Struff (GER) d L Mayer (ARG) 36 64 64
R Haase (NED) d [Q] D Schwartzman (ARG) 76(3) 46 75
[Q] F Delbonis (ARG) d [WC] J Reister (GER) 63 63
G Monfils (FRA) d [Q] A Golubev (KAZ) 63 63
G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) d D Gimeno-Traver (ESP) 63 63
M Granollers (ESP) d T Bellucci (BRA) 63 57 63
A Ramos (ESP) d H Zeballos (ARG) 76(7) 76(4)
C Berlocq (ARG) d [WC] M Bachinger (GER) 67(5) 61 62
[Q] B Kavcic (SLO) d V Hanescu (ROU) 46 64 61
Doubles – First Round
[3] D Marrero (ESP) / F Verdasco (ESP) d D Bracciali (ITA) / F Fognini (ITA) 61 16 11-9
L Dlouhy (CZE) / M Klizan (SVK) d T Bednarek (POL) / J Janowicz (POL) 63 36 12-10
L Rosol (CZE) / A Seppi (ITA) d [WC] D Brands (GER) / C Kas (GER) 62 75
Topics: Alexandr Dolgopolov, Blaz Kavcic, Bogota Open, Florian Mayer, Hamburg Open, James Duckworth, Roger Federer, Tommy Haas, Vasek Pospisil
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