Men’s Tennis News

Written by: on 16th September 2013
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Men's Tennis News

epa03731018 Roger Federer of Switzerland in action during his quarter final match against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France at the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris, France, 04 June 2013. EPA/YOAN VALAT  |

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

* Querrey survives Karlovic barrage in only singles match in Metz

* Tsonga returns to action with doubles victory

* Youzhny needs two hours to beat wildcard in St. Petersburg

* Hanescu upset by another wildcard

* Golubev blocks Struff’s Top Hundred quest

* Cilic banned for nine months for accidental drug use

 

 

TODAY’S MEN’S NEWS

 

Metz

 

With the excitement over the return of French No. 1 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to competition this week at the home event, the hype outshone the actual day 1 action on court, with qualifying rounds taking most of the local spotlight, American sixth seed Sam Querrey accomplished something he rarely has in his recent career – winning a match outside of the US. The notoriously poor traveler managed to overcome his typical reticence at playing in Europe, winning his opening match by beating Croatia’s Ivo Karlovic in a battle of big servers 7-6(4), 6-4. The Californian’s last win in Europe came three months ago at Eastbourne. Tsonga will be defending his title after last winning a round at Wimbledon but retiring in the second round against Ernests Gulbis with the knee injury which forced him to miss the entire summer hardcourt season.

 

St. Petersburg

 

Second seed and US Open quarter-finalist Mikhail Youzhny got away to a winning start as he beat compatriot Asian Karatsev 6-7(5), 6-2, 6-2 in the first round at home. The contest was actually the only one played on day 1 as four qualifying matches took up the bulk of the program. Youzhny and fellow Russian Dmitry Tursunov had kick-started the event at the weekend with a brief exhibition on a clay court laid down in a main square of the Russian city.

 

 

THIS WEEK IN TENNIS

 

THIS WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:

Metz (250/Indoor Hard). Defending Champion: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

St. Petersburg (250/Indoor Hard). Defending Champion: Martin Klizan

NEXT WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:

Bangkok

Kuala Lumpur

 

 

STATS AND FACTS

 

RANKINGS

 

Estimated ATP Rankings As of September 16, 2013

Rank &

Prior

Rank….Name….Points

1..(1) Djokovic……….11120

2..(2) Nadal………….10860

3..(3) Murray………….7075

4..(4) Ferrer………….6710

5..(5) Federer…………4515

6..(6) Berdych…………4460

7..(7) Del Potro……….4425

8..(8) Tsonga………….3265

9..(9) Gasquet…………3165

10.(10) Wawrinka………..3150

11.(11) Raonic………….2610

12.(12) Nishikori……….2325

13.(13) Haas……………2265

14.(14) Janowicz………..2110

15.(15) Isner…………..2025

16.(16) Simon…………..1950

17.(18) Almagro…………1940

18.(19) Robredo…………1855

19.(17) Fognini…………1840

20.(20) Youzhny…………1780

21.(21) Anderson………..1775

22.(22) Seppi…………..1555

23.(23) Tipsarevic………1525

24.(24) Cilic…………..1445

25.(25) Kohlschreiber……1445

26.(26) Lopez…………..1435

27.(27) Melzer………….1425

28.(28) Paire…………..1380

29.(29) Dimitrov………..1375

30.(30) Monaco………….1275

 

 

DRAWS

 

Metz — Week of September 15

 

1 Tsonga

–bye

Delbonis

Roger-Vasselin

Kamke

Qualifier

Qualifier

7 Chardy

 

4 Kohlschreiber

–bye

Berlocq

Vesely

Haider-Maurer

Lacko

Qualifier

8 F Mayer

 

5 Paire

Becker

Qualifier

Olivetti (WC)

Mahut

L Mayer

–bye

3 Seppi

 

6 Querrey

Karlovic

Sijsling

Mathieu (WC)

de Schepper

Huta Galung

–bye

2 Simon (WC)

St. Petersburg — Week of September 15

 

1 Fognini

Qualifier

Przysiezny

Ramos

Hanescu

Khachanov (WC)

Berankis

7 Rosol

 

3 Tipsarevic

Bautista Agut

Mannarino

Donskoy

Zopp (PR)

Gimeno-Traver

Elgin (WC)

6 Gulbis

 

5 Verdasco

Stakhovsky

Lorenzi

Sousa

Zeballos

Qualifier

Baghdatis

4 Tursunov

 

8 Istomin

Qualifier

Struff

Golubev

Qualifier

Garcia-Lopez

Karatsev (WC)

2 Youzhny

 

 

SCORES

 

Monday

Metz

Singles – First Round

[6] S Querrey (USA) d I Karlovic (CRO) 46 76(4) 64

Doubles – First Round

N Mahut (FRA) / J Tsonga (FRA) d C Berlocq (ARG) / I Sijsling (NED) 64 61

P Hanley (AUS) / A Sa (BRA) d F Delbonis (ARG) / M Demoliner (BRA) 63 64

St. Petersburg

Singles – First Round

[2] M Youzhny (RUS) d [WC] A Karatsev (RUS) 67(5) 62 62

[WC] K Khachanov (RUS) d V Hanescu (ROU) 76(4) 76(4)

A Golubev (KAZ) d J Struff (GER) 67(3) 63 61

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