Men’s tennis results

Gstaad

 

Singles – Semifinal: R Haase def. (5) F Lopez 4-6 6-1 6-4

What is it about Robin Haase and this week? A title last year (at Kitzbuhel, not here), now another final. He still has a lot of defending to do, but at least he has the chance! Feliciano Lopez will be #29 or #30, depending on whether Mikhail Youzhny wins or loses the final.

Singles – Semifinal: (6) M Youzhny def. V Hanescu 6-3 6-3

No doubt a lot of players will be glad to see Mikhail Youzhny back in the Top Thirty (although they may not be as glad that Juan Monaco is out, since that means they might face Monaco early). This takes Youzhny to #30, with Monaco at #31; the Russian will rise to #29 if he can win the title.

Umag

 

Singles – Semifinal: (5) T Robredo def. (2) A Seppi 6-3 2-6 6-4

When Andreas Seppi finally had to play a full match — he couldn’t manage it. Which means, once again, no Top Twenty spot. The best he can hope for is #23, and that’s if Tommy Robredo loses the final. If Robredo wins, then he is #23 and Seppi stays stuck at #24. If Robredo loses the final, he’s #26.

Singles – Semifinal: (3) F Fognini def. G Monfils 6-0 3-6 7-6(7-3)

Don’t ask us how Fabio Fognini is doing it. This was even crazier than you might think. Fabio Fognini was up 5-0 in the fifth, lost the lead, faced three match points, but still won the match. Thirteen straight wins. His third straight final, and his chance for his third straight title. Win it and he’s Top Fifteen. Even if he loses, it’s likely he’ll be #16.

Doubles – Final: Klizan/Marrero def. (3) Monroe/Stadler 6-1 5-7 10-7

Somehow, we can’t feel very surprised by this. No matter what the seedings say, Klizan/Marrero were the better team. And although Martin Klizan doesn’t have much of a doubles record — it’s his first title, and indeed his first final — David Marrero has been at this for a long time. He picks up career title number eight, and his sixth of the last year and a half; it is his second of 2013 (following Acapulco with Kubot). The only problem is, every one of those eight titles has been on clay. Guess we know what he needs to work on!

Atlanta

 

Friday

Singles – Quarterfinal: (2) K Anderson def. D Istomin 6-3 3-6 6-3

Kevin Anderson has come far enough that he is starting to add points, but he hasn’t clinched a move yet.

Saturday

Singles – Semifinal: (1) J Isner def. (7) L Hewitt 6-4 4-6 7-6(7-5)

This would have been a lot more interesting if the statistics hadn’t been so predictable. Would you be even slightly surprised to know that the score was 21 aces to John Isner, 12 to Lleyton Hewitt; two breaks each; one more point to Isner (102 to 101)? But Isner’s extra point came at a pretty good time.

Isner is now sure to rise from #22 to #21. But whether he can go higher depends mostly on Kevin Anderson….

Singles – Semifinal: (2) K Anderson def. R Harrison 6-3 7-6(7-3)

This match was, in some ways, even more extreme than the Isner/Hewitt match. Ryan Harrison actually had more break points than Kevin Anderson — but he converted none. Anderson converted one, and had a good tiebreak.

Anderson is now #20 in safe points, right ahead of John Isner — but they are within a hundred points of each other. So the winner will get the #20 ranking. And, one suspects, they will both get a lot of aces….

Doubles – Semifinal: (4) Roger-Vasselin/Sijsling def. Erlich/A Ram 3-6 6-1 10-7

It has turned into quite a summer for Edouard Roger-Vasselin in doubles. Can he pick up his second post-Wimbledon title? It certainly seems within the realm of possibility.

 

Men’s Look Forward: Washington, Kitzbuhel

 

One look at the Kitzbuhel draw will give you a pretty good clue that it’s the very end of the clay season. Almost everyone in the field is a clay die-hard, and even by those standards, it’s pretty weak. There isn’t a single Top Twenty player, and the only Top Thirty player (based on the new rankings) is #1 seed Philipp Kohlschreiber. Juan Monaco is #2. Fernando Verdasco’s solid recent results have earned him the #3 spot. Jurgen Melzer, who has been almost invisible lately, is #4 and has the last bye. Carlos Berlocq is #5, with Roberto Bautista Agut #6 and Albert Montanes #7. They were the only Top Fifty players based on last week’s rankings list; #8 Marcel Granollers was ranked #51.

Still, the seeds can’t just expect to coast. Verdasco might have to open against Thomaz Bellucci. Berlocq starts against Daniel Brands. And Montanes might face suddenly-hot Victor Hanescu in round two. So there might be some interesting matches.

Washington is a 500 point event, but even it is weaker than one might hope — only one Top Ten player, and he’s in on a wildcard! Juan Martin del Potro is the top seed in a 48-draw field (16 seeds, all with byes). Still, it’s not too bad below that. Kei Nishikori is the #2 seed, with Tommy Haas #3 and Milos Raonic #4, so there are four of the Top Fifteen. Gilles Simon is #5, Sam Querrey #6, Kevin Anderson #7, and John Isner #8; we’ll probably see a lot of big-serving quarterfinals. Rounding out the seeds are #9 Alexandr Dolgopolov, #10 Feliciano Lopez, #11 Grigor Dimitrov, #12 Julien Benneteau, #13 Ivan Dodig, #14 Bernard Tomic, #15 Nikolay Davydenko, and #16 Marcos Baghdatis (who hasn’t played much lately, although that may be more his dislike of clay than anything else).

Not all of the seeds will be challenged in the early going, but Benneteau will have to open against Michael Llodra or Mardy Fish, Lopez is likely to face Radek Stepanek, and Isner may well face Gael Monfils.

The Rankings

It’s interesting that Juan Martin del Potro decided to play this week, because he in a way has the most on the line from last year’s Olympics. No, he didn’t win the Olympics, but he did medal — and that’s a more important result to him than to any of the medalists. Andy Murray of course was the gold medalist. Roger Federer was the silver medalist, with del Potro taking bronze. Novak Djokovic was the other semifinalist. Quarterfinalists were John Isner, Kei Nishikori, Nicolas Almagro, and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. At Washington, the title went to Alexandr Dolgopolov, over Tommy Haas; Mardy Fish and Sam Querrey were semifinalists.

It all adds up to very little movement at the top. None at all, in fact. Djokovic is secure at #1. Murray’s lead over #3 David Ferrer is big enough that he’ll keep #2, although the gap will narrow. Nadal, Federer, Berdych, Del Potro, Tsonga, Gasquet, Wawrinka — they will stay #4 to #10, in that order. We could see movement in the #11-#13 range — probably will, in fact. But not big moves. The big moves will almost all be below #20.

 

RANKINGS

 

Estimated ATP World Tour Rankings

As of July 27, 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.(19) Fognini…………2075

17.(16) Simon…………..2055

18.(17) Janowicz………..2029

19.(18) Tipsarevic………2025

20.(21) Anderson………..1740

21.(22) Isner…………..1670

22.(20) Querrey…………1570

23.(24) Seppi…………..1550

24.(25) Dolgopolov………1500

25.(23) Kohlschreiber……1490

26.(28) Robredo…………1470

27.(26) Chardy………….1406

28.(27) Paire…………..1405

29.(29) Lopez…………..1390

30.(33) Youzhny…………1295

 

DRAWS

 

Atlanta — Week of July 22

 

…………..QF………….SF………..F

1 Isner…….(1)Isner…….Isner……..Isner

8 Donskoy…..Blake

3 Dodig…….(3)Dodig

7 Hewitt……(7)Hewitt……Hewitt

 

6 Fish……..Giraldo

4 Sijsling….R.Harrison…..Harrison

5 Lu……….Istomin

2 Anderson….(2)Anderson….Anderson…..Anderson

 

STATUS OF SEEDS:

1 Isner

2 Anderson

3 Dodig…….lost QF (Hewitt)

4 Sijsling….lost 2R (Harrison)

5 Lu……….lost 2R (Istomin)

6 Fish……..lost 1R (Russell)

7 Hewitt……lost SF (Isner)

8 Donskoy…..lost 2R (Blake)

Gstaad — Week of July 22

 

…………….QF…………..SF……..F

1 Federer (WC)..Brands

8 Bautista Agut.Hanescu………Hanescu

4 Monaco……..(4)Monaco

6 Youzhny…….(6)Youzhny……Youzhny…Youzhny

 

7 Rosol………Granollers

3 Tipsarevic….Haase………..Haase…..Haase

5 F Lopez…….(5)Lopez……..Lopez

2 Wawrinka……(2)Wawrinka

 

STATUS OF SEEDS:

1 Federer (WC)….lost 2R (Brands)

2 Wawrinka……..lost QF (Lopez)

3 Tipsarevic……lost 2R (Haase)

4 Monaco……….lost QF (Youzhny)

5 F Lopez………lost SF (Haase)

6 Youzhny

7 Rosol………..lost 1R (Granollers)

8 Bautista Agut…lost 2R (Hanescu)

Umag — Week of July 22

 

……………QF…………SF……..F

1 Gasquet……Montanes

7 F Mayer……Monfils…….Monfils

3 Fognini……(3)Fognini….Fognini…Fognini

6 Klizan…….(6)Klizan

 

5 Robredo……(5)Robredo….Robredo…Robredo

4 Dolgopolov…Bedene

8 Berlocq……Zeballos

2 Seppi……..(2)Seppi……Seppi

 

STATUS OF SEEDS:

1 Gasquet……lost 2R (Montanes)

2 Seppi……..lost SF (Robredo)

3 Fognini

4 Dolgopolov…lost 2R (Bedene)

5 Robredo

6 Klizan…….lost QF (Fognini)

7 F Mayer……lost 1R (Kavcic)

8 Berlocq……lost 2R (Zeballos)

Washington — Week of July 29

 

1 del Potro (WC)

–bye

Hewitt

R Harrison

Goffin

Lu

–bye

14 Tomic

 

12 Benneteau

–bye

Llodra

Fish

Duckworth (WC)

Qualifier

–bye

7 Anderson

 

3 Haas

–bye

Zemlja

Qualifier

Berankis

Kamke

–bye

13 Dodig

 

11 Dimitrov

–bye

Malisse

Ram

Istomin

Giraldo

–bye

6 Querrey

 

5 Simon

–bye

Qualifier

Tursunov

Stepanek

Johnson (WC)

–bye

10 F Lopez

 

15 Davydenko

–bye

Blake

Matosevic

Kudla (WC)

Qualifier

–bye

4 Raonic

 

8 Isner

–bye

Bogomolov

Monfils

Qualifier

Qualifier

–bye

9 Dolgopolov

 

16 Baghdatis

–bye

Lacko

Falla

Sock (WC)

Sijsling

–bye

2 Nishikori

Kitzbuhel — Week of July 29

 

1 Kohlschreiber

–bye

de Schepper

L Mayer

Qualifier

Zeballos

Pavic (WC)

8 Granollers

 

3 Verdasco

–bye

Bellucci

Garcia-Lopez

Rufin

Haase

Brands

5 Berlocq

 

7 Montanes

Ungur

Bedene

Hanescu

And. Kuznetsov

Thiem (WC)

–bye

4 Melzer

 

6 Bautista Agut

Qualifier

Qualifier

Gimeno-Traver

Haider-Maurer (WC)

Qualifier

–bye

2 Monaco

FRIDAY

Atlanta (full results)

Singles – Quarterfinal

(1) J Isner def. J Blake 7-6(7-1) 7-6(7-5)

(2) K Anderson def. D Istomin 6-3 3-6 6-3

(7) L Hewitt def. (3) I Dodig 1-6 6-3 6-0

R Harrison def. S Giraldo 6-3 3-6 7-6(7-2)

Doubles – Quarterfinal

(4) E Roger-Vasselin/I Sijsling def. Berankis/Giraldo 7-5 7-6(7-5)

SATURDAY

Atlanta (so far)

Singles – Semifinal

(1) J Isner def. (7) L Hewitt 6-4 4-6 7-6(7-5)

(2) K Anderson def. R Harrison 6-3 7-6(7-3)

Doubles – Semifinal

(4) Roger-Vasselin/Sijsling def. Erlich/A Ram 3-6 6-1 10-7

Gstaad

Singles – Semifinal

R Haase def. (5) F Lopez 4-6 6-1 6-4

(6) M Youzhny def. V Hanescu 6-3 6-3

Umag

Singles – Semifinal

(5) T Robredo def. (2) A Seppi 6-3 2-6 6-4

(3) F Fognini def. G Monfils 6-0 3-6 7-6(7-3)

Doubles – Final

Klizan/Marrero def. (3) Monroe/Stadler 6-1 5-7 10-7

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