Men’s Tennis Results / Paris
Men's Tennis Results / Paris
****** EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ******
* Cilic makes successful return to action with win over Sijsling, should end year in Top Forty
* Suspended Croat says he was “happy as a kid” to be playing
* Rosol spoils Chardy’s Top Thirty hopes
* Seppi loses to Kohlschreiber, will be no better than #25
* Youngster Herbert shocks Paire, who will not make year-end Top 25
* Verdasco beats Gulbis to close in on Top Thirty; one more win would probably do it
* Lopez fires 21 aces in marathon win over Tomic, almost assuring Top Thirty spot
* Haase beats Istomin to rise above #45
* Benneteau ends year around #35 after loss to Nishikori
****** TODAY’S MEN’S NEWS ******
Paris
Singles – Final: (1) J del Potro def. (3) R Federer 7-6(7-3) 2-6 6-4
Here was an interesting conundrum: With the Paris draw as it now stands, Roger Federer is sure to make it to London. So could he withdraw from Paris after wearing himself out this week? No — because that would cause Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to go up in the draw, and suddenly he and Richard Gasquet would be able to pass Federer, and Federer would be un-qualified! So if Federer wanted to skip Paris, his best approach was to win this and make it moot.
Unfortunately, he got off to another one of those slow starts he’s had so many of lately. Even though he managed to level the first set, he lost the tiebreak. And that meant he had to play three sets, again, and this time, he seemed to slow down in the third. And so he lost — and so, even though he should make it to London, he really needs to show up in Paris. At least he doesn’t need to go deep.
But the sad fact is, he still has only one title this year (Halle), and it looks likely that it will stay that way. He rises to #6 for the moment, but it appears almost certain he will end the year outside the Top Five.
That’s by contrast to Juan Martin del Potro. Del Potro remains #5 for the moment, but he’s within 1000 points of #3 Andy Murray in the Race. He still looks like a good candidate for the year-end #4, or even #3.
Doubles – Final: Huey/Inglot def. Knowle/Marach 6-3 3-6 10-4
Maybe the idea of Huey/Inglot going for London isn’t so crazy after all.
Oh, they came in at #13 in the Race, and they still need more to enter the Top Eight. But they gained on #8 Fyrstenberg/Matkowski, and also on Murray/Peers, the other main contenders for London. And they pick up their first title of the year. A pretty good week. One more good week, and Inglot might end up as the one British player in London…. Too bad they have to face #2 seeds Peya/Soares in round two.
****** TODAY’S FEATURE ******
KEYWORDS: No Feature Today
******** THIS WEEK IN TENNIS ********
THIS WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:
Paris (1000/Indoor Hard). Defending Champion: David Ferrer
NEXT WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:
London (Championships/Indoor Hard). Defending Champion: Novak Djokovic
******** STATS AND FACTS ********
RANKINGS
Estimated ATP World Tour Rankings
As of October 28, 2013
Rank &
Prior…Player………..Points
Note: This week, we’re using Race scores rather than rankings, because the Race is what everyone is watching anyway….
1..(1) Nadal………….11680
2..(2) Djokovic………..9620
3..(3) Murray………….5790
4..(4) Ferrer………….5210
5..(5) Del Potro……….4885
6..(6) Berdych…………3810
7..(7) Federer…………3455
8..(8) Wawrinka………..3160
9..(9) Gasquet…………3130
10.(10) Tsonga………….3065
11.(11) Raonic………….2780
12.(12) Haas……………2435
13.(13) Almagro…………2210
14.(14) Youzhny…………2145
15.(15) Isner…………..2070
16.(16) Fognini…………1930
17.(17) Nishikori……….1870
18.(18) Robredo…………1810
19.(19) Simon…………..1710
20.(20) Anderson………..1650
21.(21) Janowicz………..1535
22.(22) Kohlschreiber……1480
23.(23) Dimitrov………..1440
24.(24) Gulbis………….1393
25.(25) Seppi…………..1360
26.(26) Paire…………..1345
27.(27) Melzer………….1315
28.(28) Lopez…………..1310
29.(29) Tursunov………..1244
30.(30) Monfils…………1240
**DRAWS
Paris — Week of October 29
1 Nadal
–bye
Tursunov
Granollers
Mannarino (WC)
Giraldo (Q)
–bye
14 Janowicz
9 Gasquet
–bye
Gulbis
Verdasco
Nishikori
Benneteau
–bye
8 Tsonga
3 Ferrer
–bye
Rosol
Chardy
Mahut (WC)
Dolgopolov
–bye
15 Simon
10 Raonic
–bye
Istomin
Haase (Q)
Monfils
Pospisil
–bye
6 Berdych
5 Federer
–bye
Anderson
Youzhny
Seppi
Kohlschreiber
–bye
11 Haas
16 Fognini
–bye
Llodra (WC)
Dimitrov
Sijsling (Q)
Cilic
–bye
4 del Potro
7 Wawrinka
–bye
Lopez
Tomic (Q)
Roger-Vasselin (SE)
Dodig
–bye
12 Almagro
13 Isner
–bye
Przysiezny (Q)
Nieminen
Paire
Herbert (Q)
–bye
2 Djokovic
******** SCORES ********
MONDAY
Paris
Singles – First Round
[Q] S Giraldo (COL) d [WC] A Mannarino (FRA) 63 26 64
F Verdasco (ESP) d E Gulbis (LAT) 76(3) 76(5)
K Nishikori (JPN) d J Benneteau (FRA) 64 62
L Rosol (CZE) d J Chardy (FRA) 63 64
[Q] R Haase (NED) d D Istomin (UZB) 76(8) 63
P Kohlschreiber (GER) d A Seppi (ITA) 63 36 64
M Cilic (CRO) d [Q] I Sijsling (NED) 57 61 64
F Lopez (ESP) d [Q] B Tomic (AUS) 64 67(4) 76(1)
[Q] P Herbert (FRA) d B Paire (FRA) 62 62
Doubles – First Round
J Chardy (FRA) / G Simon (FRA) d [WC] A Mannarino (FRA) / G Monfils (FRA) 67(4) 63 10-7
Topics: 10sballs, Andy Murray, Atp, David Ferrer, Jo Wilfried Tsonga, Juan Martin Del Potro, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Richard Gasquet, Roger Federer, Sports, Tennis, Tennis News
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