Men’s Tennis Update

Written by: on 23rd July 2013
French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros
Men's Tennis Update

epa03720484 Rhyne Williams of the USA in action during his 1st round match against Michal Przysiezny of Poland at the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris, France, 27 May 2013. EPA/CHRISTOPHE KARABA  |

 

Atlanta

 

Americans won the only two matches played, with Rhyne Williams beating wild card Denis Kudla 7-5, 6-4 and No. 132 Ryan Harrison earning his first ATP win in more than a month as he reached the second round over Australian Marinko Matosevic 6-2, 2-6, 6-3.

Gstaad

 

One possible hurdle for Roger Federer was eliminated when the Swiss player’s Wimbledon conqueror Sergiy Stakhovsky lost in the first round to Russian Andrey Kuznetsov 7-5, 3-6, 6-2. Stakhovsky has now been beaten in four straight matches (including qualifying last week in Hamburg) since upsetting Federer in the second round on grass in London.

Spanish fifth seed Feliciano Lopez got past Czech qualifier Jan Hernych 7-6 (7-2), 6-3, while Russian No. 6 Mikhail Youzhny beat Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-3, 4-6, 6-2, with that match interrupted in the third set by an afternoon rainstorm. Spain’s Marcel Granollers eliminated Czech seventh seed Lukas Rosol 6-2, 6-4.

Federer, whose twins turned four on opening day, is returning to Gstaad for the first time since his 2004 title. Up to 800 seats were added to the stands – all quickly sold out – and publicity posters re-worked to show both Swiss headliners, Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka.

Second seed Wawrinka psyched up for what he hopes is a week to remember, taking his second parachute jump at the weekend over the pristine alpine countryside linked in tandem with an instructor. “You could not dream of a better landscape. I was a bit nervous flying up, but I did enjoy the moment,” said world No. 10.

Federer will be working this week to get more comfortable with his new, larger 98-square-inch racquet which he tried for the first time last week in Hamburg, losing in a semi-final to qualifier Federico Delbonis. The Argentine is also in the Gstaad field in the bottom half of the draw.

Umag

 

Main draw results were few at this seaside tournament popular with players for its location and party-like off-court atmosphere. While opening day play was mainly dedicated to completing qualifying rounds, two players did advance into the second round on the Croatian clay.

Dutchman Thiemo de Bakker put out Russian veteran Dmitry Tursunov 6-3, 6-3 while Argentine Leonardo Mayer beat Spain’s Albert Ramos 6-1, 6-3.

 

RANKINGS

 

Estimated ATP World Tour Rankings

As of July 22, 2013

 

Rank &

Prior…Player………..Points

1..(1) Djokovic……….12310

2..(2) Murray………….9360

3..(3) Ferrer………….7120

4..(4) Nadal…………..6860

5..(5) Federer…………5875

6..(6) Berdych…………4865

7..(7) Del Potro……….4500

8..(8) Tsonga………….3480

9..(9) Gasquet…………3045

10.(10) Wawrinka………..2915

11.(11) Nishikori……….2495

12.(12) Haas……………2395

13.(13) Raonic………….2225

14.(14) Almagro…………2135

15.(15) Cilic…………..2075

16.(16) Simon…………..2055

17.(17) Janowicz………..2029

18.(18) Tipsarevic………2025

19.(19) Fognini…………1970

20.(21) Anderson………..1635

21.(22) Isner…………..1610

22.(20) Querrey…………1570

23.(24) Seppi…………..1550

24.(25) Dolgopolov………1500

25.(23) Kohlschreiber……1490

26.(26) Chardy………….1406

27.(27) Paire…………..1405

28.(28) Robredo…………1335

29.(29) Lopez…………..1325

30.(30) Monaco………….1270

 

DRAWS

 

Atlanta — Week of July 22

 

1 Isner

–bye

Falla

C Harrison (WC)

Blake

Qualifier

R Ram

8 Donskoy

 

3 Dodig

–bye

Berankis

Qualifier

Kudla (WC)

Williams (WC)

Roger-Vasselin

7 Hewitt

 

6 Fish

Russell

Sock

Giraldo

R Harrison

Matosevic

–bye

4 Sijsling

 

5 Lu

Qualifier

Istomin

Lacko

Qualifier

Karlovic (WC)

–bye

2 Anderson

Gstaad — Week of July 22

 

1 Federer (WC)

–bye

Brands

Chiudinelli (WC)

Brown (Q)

Hanescu

Laaksonen (WC)

8 Bautista Agut

 

4 Monaco

–bye

Garcia-Lopez

Ungur

Andujar

Crivoi (Q)

Mathieu

6 Youzhny

 

7 Rosol

Granollers

Delbonis

Bellucci

Haase

Souza (Q)

–bye

3 Tipsarevic

 

5 F Lopez

Hernych (Q)

Stakhovsky

And. Kuznetsov

Gimeno-Traver

de Schepper

–bye

2 Wawrinka

Umag — Week of July 22

 

1 Gasquet

–bye

Qualifier

Montanes

Monfils

Pavic (WC)

Qualifier

7 F Mayer

 

3 Fognini

–bye

Tursunov

de Bakker

L Mayer

Ramos

Lorenzi

6 Klizan

 

5 Robredo

Hajek

Veic (WC)

Troicki

Qualifier

Bedene

–bye

4 Dolgopolov

 

8 Berlocq

Qualifier

Coric (WC)

Zeballos

Haider-Maurer

Vesely

–bye

2 Seppi

MONDAY

Atlanta

Singles – First Round

[WC] R Williams (USA) d [WC] D Kudla (USA) 75 64

R Harrison (USA) d M Matosevic (AUS) 62 26 63

Doubles – First Round

[3] C Fleming (GBR) / J Marray (GBR) d E Donskoy (RUS) / D Istomin (UZB) 63 76(5)

Gstaad

Singles – First Round

[5] F Lopez (ESP) d [Q] J Hernych (CZE) 76(2) 63

[6] M Youzhny (RUS) d P Mathieu (FRA) 63 46 62

M Granollers (ESP) d [7] L Rosol (CZE) 62 64

A Kuznetsov (RUS) d S Stakhovsky (UKR) 75 36 62

Doubles – First Round

[4] D Brown (GER) / P Hanley (AUS) d [WC] A Ritschard (SUI) / A Sadecky (SUI) 16 76(4) 10-5

[PR] L Arnold Ker (ARG) / J Monaco (ARG) d T Bellucci (BRA) / J Souza (BRA) 76(5) 64

P Andujar (ESP) / G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) d D Brands (GER) / R Haase (NED) 62 64

Umag

Singles – First Round

T de Bakker (NED) d D Tursunov (RUS) 63 63

L Mayer (ARG) d A Ramos (ESP) 61 63

Doubles – First Round

A Seppi (ITA) / V Troicki (SRB) d [WC] B Coric (CRO) / N Mektic (CRO) 76(2) 61








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