Men’s Pro Tour News

Written by: Staff on 14th January 2014

Men's Pro Tour News

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Tuesday, January 14, 2014

PRO TOUR NEWS – MEN

****** EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ******

* Djokovic continue Australian winning streak with straight-sets win over Lacko

* Haas only seed upset on day 1 in Melbourne; will once again fall short of Top Ten

* Almagro, top player not in draw, out of Top Fifteen after Fognini scores easy win

* Ferrer shows signs of breaking slump after easy win over promising youngster Gonzalez

* Anderson comes back to life; recovers from two set deficit against Vesely

* Janowicz comes from two sets down against Thompson

* Chardy beats Huta Galung to all but guarantee he will stay Top Fifty

* No Top Forty spot for Mahut after loss to Ebden

* Querrey extends Monaco’s losing streak in Melbourne

* Baghdatis still below Top Hundred after loss to Istomin

* Dodig wins Battle of the Croats over Karlovic

* Golubev, Haas, Bogomolov retire on day one

****** TODAY’S MEN’S NEWS ******

Australian Open

Opening day winners got through before this week’s heat wave began to bite, with seeds taking advantage with wins into the second round of the season’s first grand slam. Instead of rising into the 40s Celsius and beyond as they will do from Tuesday through at least Friday, temperatures stayed at a relatively tame 31 degrees.

German 12th seed Tommy Haas, a 35-year-old tennis miracle, was an early victim, though, with a shoulder injury forcing him quit trailing 7-5, 5-2 to Guillermo Garcia-Lopez.

Top see and four-time champion Novak Djokovic shook off hte rust to start with a defeat of Lukas Lacko 6-3, 7-6 (7-2), 6-1. “This was my first official match in five or six weeks. I was a bit rusty in the first two sets, I was struggling. But everything world in the third set. I’m just glad to go through.”

Number three David Ferrer advanced over Alejandro Gonzalez 6-3, 6-4, 6-4. Czech seventh seed Tomas Berdych, sporting new kit which made him look like an Argentine footballer, beat Kazak Aleksandr Nedovyesov 6-3, 6-4, 6-3.

Swiss eighth seed Stanislas Wawrinka got on and off the court in just over an hour 6-4, 4-1 when Andrey Golubev retired injured with a calf problem. While admitting that it’s always tough to play an injured opponent, Wawrinka said that beating the heat was useful.

“It’s better to finish quickly the first match, but the most important is to win. The heat has never been a problem for me. It’s the same for every player. You need to be ready. You need to feel strong physically for playing with that heat.”

Ninth seed Richard Gasquet showed his healing power after withdrawing from last week’s Kooyong event with fatigue. The Frenchman crushed compatriot David Guez 7-5, 6-4, 6-1. No. 14 Mikhail Youzhny and 15th-seeded Fabio Fognini both reached the second round. Fognini will next play Finn Jarkko Nieminen, who needed three and a half hours to overcome Dudi Sela 3-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-7 (3-7), 6-3, 6-3 as he played his seventh five-set match at the event since 2003, winning his fifth.

****** TODAY’S FEATURE ******

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******** THIS WEEK IN TENNIS ********

THIS WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:

Australian Open (Slam/Hard). Defending Champion: Novak Djokovic

NEXT WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:

Australian Open (Slam/Hard). Defending Champion: Novak Djokovic

******** STATS AND FACTS ********

RANKINGS

Estimated ATP World Tour Rankings

As of January 13, 2014

Rank &

Prior…Player………..Points

1..(1) Nadal………….13140

2..(2) Djokovic……….10305

3..(5) Del Potro……….5370

4..(3) Ferrer………….4930

5..(4) Murray………….4370

6..(7) Berdych…………3865

7..(8) Wawrinka………..3755

8..(6) Federer…………3645

9..(9) Gasquet…………3005

10.(10) Tsonga………….2715

11.(11) Raonic………….2690

12.(12) Haas……………2435

13.(13) Isner…………..2320

14.(15) Youzhny…………2145

15.(16) Fognini…………1965

16.(14) Almagro…………1930

17.(18) Robredo…………1845

18.(17) Nishikori……….1745

19.(19) Simon…………..1620

20.(20) Janowicz………..1570

21.(22) Dimitrov………..1460

22.(21) Anderson………..1445

23.(24) Gulbis………….1443

24.(23) Kohlschreiber……1340

25.(30) Pospisil………..1314

25.(26) Tursunov………..1314

27.(28) Paire…………..1300

28.(27) Lopez…………..1275

29.(29) Melzer………….1200

30.(25) Seppi…………..1190

**DRAWS

Australian Open (Slam — Weeks of January 13-26)

1 Nadal

Tomic

Kokkinakis (WC)

Sijsling

Kamke

Sock

Harrison

25 Monfils

24 Seppi

Hewitt

Haase

Young

Lajovic (Q)

Pouille (WC)

Matosevic

16 Nishikori

11 Raonic

Gimeno-Traver

Gojowczyk (Q)

Hanescu

J Wang (Q)

Klahn

22 Dimitrov

27 Paire

Dancevic (Q)

Kyrgios (WC)

Becker

Bautista Agut

Smyczek

Williams (Q)

5 Del Potro

4 Murray

Soeda

Millot (Q)

Odesnik (Q)

Berrer (Q)

Llodra

Devvarman

26 Lopez

21 Kohlschreiber

Bedene

Przysiezny

Zeballos

Rola (Q)

Delbonis

Klizan (LL)

13 Isner

10 Tsonga

Volandri

Bellucci (Q)

Reister

Cilic

Granollers

Brands

18 Simon

31 Verdasco

Zhang (Q)

Gabashvili

Stakhovsky

Stepanek

Kavcic

Duckworth (WC)

6 Federer

7 Berdych

Nedovyesov

Wu (WC)

De Schepper

Hajek

Dzumhur

Karlovic

32 Dodig

19 Anderson

Vesely

Thiem (Q)

Sousa

Berlocq

Roger-Vasselin

Garcia-Lopez

12 Haas

14 Youzhny

Struff

Mayer

Kudla (Q)

Ramos

Andujar

Thompson (WC)

20 Janowicz

29 Chardy

Huta Galung

Berankis (Q)

Dolgopolov

Johnson (WC)

Mannarino

Gonzalez

3 Ferrer

8 Wawrinka

Golubev

Falla

Kukushkin

Mahut

Ebden

Groth (WC)

28 Pospisil

17 Robredo

Rosol

Carreno Busta

Benneteau

Davydenko

Kubot

Guez (Q)

9 Gasquet

15 Fognini

Bogomolov

Sela

Nieminen

Giraldo

Querrey

Monaco

23 Gulbis

30 Tursunov

Russell

Baghdatis

Istomin

Mayer

Montanes

Lacko

2 Djokovic

******** SCORES ********

MONDAY

Australian Open

Singles – First Round

[2] Novak Djokovic (SRB) d. Lukas Lacko (SVK) 63 76(2) 61

[3] David Ferrer (ESP) d. Alejandro Gonzalez (COL) 63 64 64

[7] Tomas Berdych (CZE) d. Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ) 63 64 63

[8] Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) d. Andrey Golubev (KAZ) 64 41 ret. (calf)

[9] Richard Gasquet (FRA) d. David Guez (FRA) 75 64 61

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) d. [12] Tommy Haas (GER) 75 52 ret. (shoulder)

[14] Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) d. Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) 61 64 62

[15] Fabio Fognini (ITA) d. Alex Bogomolov Jr. (RUS) 63 62 ret. (shoulder)

[17] Tommy Robredo (ESP) d. Lukas Rosol (CZE) 61 67(7) 36 76(5) 86

[19] Kevin Anderson (RSA) d. Jiri Vesely (CZE) 26 67(4) 64 64 64

[20] Jerzy Janowicz (POL) d. Jordan Thompson (AUS) 16 46 64 62 61

[23] Ernests Gulbis (LAT) d. Juan Monaco (ARG) 16 64 76(4) 62

[28] Vasek Pospisil (CAN) d. Samuel Groth (AUS) 64 63 64

[29] Jeremy Chardy (FRA) d. Jesse Huta Galung (NED) 62 64 64

[30] Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) d. Michael Russell (USA) 62 62 63

[32] Ivan Dodig (CRO) d. Ivo Karlovic (CRO) 76(8) 63 76(4)

Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) d. Ricardas Berankis 75 75 62

Denis Istomin (UZB) d Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) 64 75 64

Matthew Ebden (AUS) d. Nicolas Mahut (FRA) 63 75 46 06 63

Dominic Thiem (AUT) d. Joao Sousa (POR) 57 64 63 76(3)

Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) d. Carlos Berlocq (ARG) 64 76(5) 67(11) 62

Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) d. Dudi Sela (ISR) 36 76(3) 67(3) 63 63

Sam Querrey (USA) d. Santiago Giraldo (COL) 63 62 36 76(3)

Damir Dzumhur (BIH) d. Jan Hajek (CZE) 64 62 61

Leonardo Mayer (ARG) d. Albert Montanes (ESP) 61 63 61

Alejandro Falla (COL) d. Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) 67(2) 62 62 63

Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) d. Lukasz Kubot (POL) 36 63 36 63 64

Adrian Mannarino (FRA) d. Steve Johnson (USA) 36 63 60 57 64

Pablo Andujar (ESP) d. Albert Ramos (ESP) 64 62 64

Julien Benneteau (FRA) d. Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) 63 36 46 61 62

Kenny De Schepper (FRA) d. Di Wu (CHN) 75 75 76(2)

Florian Mayer (GER) d. Denis Kudla (USA) 64 62 64

Topics: 10sballs, Alejandro Gonzalez, Australian Open, David Ferrer, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Richard Gasquet, Sports, Stanislas Wawrinka, Tennis, Tennis News, Tommy Haas

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