Men’s Tennis News

Written by: Staff on 3rd September 2013

Men's Tennis News

epa03848627 Rafael Nadal of Spain hits a return to Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany during their match on the eighth day of the 2013 US Open Tennis Championship at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, USA, 02 September 2013. The US Open runs through Monday 09 September, a 15-day schedule for the first time. EPA/JASON SZENES |

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

* Federer, shuffled off Ashe by rain, blows 14 of 16 break chances, loses to Robredo, will be #6

* Robredo up to probably #16

* Tipsarevic to lose two spots after loss to Ferrer

* Nadal struggles past Kohlschreiber

* No Top Ten spot for Raonic after five-set loss to Gasquet

* Huey/Inglot knock Marc Lopez out of doubles Top Five

TODAY’S MEN’S NEWS

U. S. Open

Tommy Robredo handed Roger Federer his earliest loss in a decade at the event as the five-time champion Swiss was beaten in the fourth round 7-6(3), 6-3, 6-4 in a match moved to the secondary Armstrong show court, where Federer had not played since 2006. After not playing at the venue in seven years, Federer appeared to be ill at east at the start, his usually reliable forehand giving him fits throughout the loss in two hours, 12 minutes. Federer came to the outback court with a 7-1 record on Armstrong. His lone loss there came in 2000 during his tournament debut against Spain’s Juan Carlos Ferrero.

The Swiss seventh seed, who won the tournament five years on the trot from 2004, had a brutal evening on break point conversions, missing on 14 of his 16 chances, including six in the second set, as Robredo ran away with his first victory over the 17-time grand slam winner after 10 defeats.

“I kind of feel like I beat myself, without taking any credit away from Tommy,” said Federer. “Clearly he was making many balls. It was up to me to make the difference and I couldn’t. I kind of self-destructed, which is very disappointing, especially on a quicker court. Your serve helps you out. You’re going to make the difference somewhere. I just couldn’t do it. It was a frustrating performance today.”

The upset derailed a potential Federer-Rafael Nadal quarter-final. But second seed Nadal did his part as he overcame German Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-3, 6-1. “It was very tough conditions, a lot of humidity,” said Nadal who ended with 48 winners and just 29 unforced errors. “I feel lucky to go through. “I felt lucky to get through., I had to fight a lot after losing the first set.”

Federer ended with a disappointing 43 unforced errors as he did his best to attack from the net. Robredo, a fellow over-30, sent Federer out as the Swiss played in his 56th consecutive major, tying him with the all-time reliability record set by Wayne Ferreira.

Spain’s fourth seed David Ferrer won a battle with Janko Tipsarevic 7-6(2), 3-6, 7-5, 7-6(3) to advance. Richard Gasquet reached the quarter-finals of a major for the first time after spending four hours, 40 minutes in beating Canadian tenth seed Milos Raonic 6-7(4), 7-6(4), 2-6, 7-6(9), 7-5. Raonic hit 39 aces but found his legs failing him in the final set due to exhaustion.

THIS WEEK IN TENNIS

THIS WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:

U. S. Open (Slam/Hard). Defending Champion: Andy Murray

NEXT WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:

Davis Cup

STATS AND FACTS

RANKINGS

Estimated ATP World Tour Rankings

As of September 2, 2013

Rank &

Prior…Player………..Points

1..(1) Djokovic………..9960

2..(2) Nadal…………..9220

3..(3) Murray………….6880

4..(4) Ferrer………….6850

5..(5) Berdych…………4535

6..(7) Federer…………4515

7..(6) Del Potro……….4425

8..(8) Tsonga………….3425

9..(9) Gasquet…………2805

10.(10) Wawrinka………..2610

11.(11) Raonic………….2555

12.(12) Nishikori……….2325

13.(13) Haas……………2265

14.(14) Janowicz………..2110

15.(17) Isner…………..2025

16.(22) Robredo…………1970

17.(16) Simon…………..1950

18.(18) Fognini…………1945

19.(15) Almagro…………1940

20.(20) Anderson………..1775

21.(24) Youzhny…………1645

22.(23) Seppi…………..1630

23.(21) Tipsarevic………1505

24.(19) Cilic…………..1445

25.(25) Kohlschreiber……1445

26.(26) Lopez…………..1435

27.(27) Melzer………….1425

28.(28) Paire…………..1380

29.(29) Dimitrov………..1375

30.(32) Monaco………….1275

DRAWS

Winston Salem — Week of August 19

U. S. Open — Week of August 26

…………………3R……………..4R

1 Djokovic………..(1)Djokovic……..Djokovic

25 Dimitrov……….Sousa

24 Paire………….Smyczek

16 Fognini………..Granollers………Granollers

12 Haas…………..(12)Haas

21 Youzhny………..(21)Youzhny……..Youzhny

29 Melzer…………Donskoy

6 Del Potro……….Hewitt………….Hewitt

3 Murray………….(3)Murray……….Murray

28 Monaco…………F.Mayer

20 Seppi………….(20)Seppi

15 Almagro………..Istomin………..Istomin

9 Wawrinka……….(9)Wawrinka……..Wawrinka

17 Anderson………Baghdatis

31 Benneteau……..(31)Benneteau

5 Berdych………..(5)Berdych………Berdych

8 Gasquet………..(8)Gasquet………Gasquet

32 Tursunov………(32)Tursunov

23 Lopez…………(23)Lopez

10 Raonic………..(10)Raonic………Raonic

14 Janowicz………Sock

18 Tipsarevic…….(18)Tipsarevic…..Tipsarevic

30 Gulbis………..Kukushkin

4 Ferrer…………(4)Ferrer……….Ferrer

7 Federer………..(7)Federer………Federer

26 Querrey……….Mannarino

19 Robredo……….(19)Robredo……..Robredo

11 Nishikori……..Evans

13 Isner…………(13)Isner

22 Kohlschreiber….(22)Kohlschreiber..Kohlschreiber

27 Verdasco………Dodig

2 Nadal………….(2)Nadal………..Nadal

STATUS OF SEEDS:

1 Djokovic

2 Nadal

3 Murray

4 Ferrer

5 Berdych

6 Del Potro……….lost 2R (Hewitt)

7 Federer

8 Gasquet

9 Wawrinka

10 Raonic

11 Nishikori……..lost 1R (Evans)

12 Haas………….lost 3R (Youzhny)

13 Isner…………lost 3R (Kohlschreiber)

14 Janowicz………lost 1R (M Gonzalez)

15 Almagro……….lost 1R (Istomin)

16 Fognini……….lost 1R (Ram)

17 Anderson………lost 2R (Baghdatis)

18 Tipsarevic

19 Robredo

20 Seppi…………lost 3R (Istomin)

21 Youzhny

22 Kohlschreiber

23 Lopez………..lost 3R (Raonic)

24 Paire………..lost 1R (Bogomolov)

25 Dimitrov……..lost 1R (Sousa)

26 Querrey………lost 2R (Mannarino)

27 Verdasco……..lost 1R (Dodig)

28 Monaco……….lost 1R (F. Mayer)

29 Melzer……….lost 1R (Donskoy)

30 Gulbis……….lost 1R (Haider-Maurer)

31 Benneteau…….lost 3R (Berdych)

32 Tursunov……..lost 3R (Gasquet)

SCORES

MONDAY

U. S. Open

Singles – Fourth Round

[1] R Nadal (ESP) d [22] P Kohlschreiber (GER) 67(4) 64 63 61

[4] D Ferrer (ESP) d [18] J Tipsarevic (SRB) 76(2) 36 75 76(3)

[19] T Robredo (ESP) d [7] R Federer (SUI) 76(3) 63 64

[8] R Gasquet (FRA) d [10] M Raonic (CAN) 67(4) 76(4) 26 76(9) 75 – saved 1 M.P.

Doubles – Quarter-finals

[1] B Bryan (USA) / M Bryan (USA) d [12] C Fleming (GBR) / J Marray (GBR) 76(7) 64

Doubles – Third Round

[2] A Peya (AUT) / B Soares (BRA) d P Cuevas (URU) / H Zeballos (ARG) 63 76(1)

[16] T Huey (PHI) / D Inglot (GBR) d [3] M Granollers (ESP) / M Lopez (ESP) 76(2) 60

[5] A Qureshi (PAK) / J Rojer (NED) d Y Lu (TPE) / D Sharan (IND) 76(8) 36 63

[10] I Dodig (CRO) / M Melo (BRA) d S Stakhovsky (UKR) / M Youzhny (RUS) 67(7) 64 64

Topics: 10sballs, Atp, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Sports, Tennis, Tommy Robredo, US Open

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