PRO TENNIS TOUR NEWS – MEN
PRO TENNIS TOUR NEWS - MEN
****** EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ******
* Mathieu shocks Dodig in Rotterdam
* Croat loses Top Thirty chance
* Berdych cruises past struggling Seppi, who remains below #30
* Tsonga too strong for Mayer, moves closer to #9 ranking
* Memphis #5 seed Matosevic falls to Vesely
* Russell eliminates #7 Przysiezy
* Wildcard Pella tops Garcia-Lopez in Buenos Aires
* Granollers survives almost three hour battle with Bedene
* Berlocq beats Sousa, but may need one more win to stay Top Fifty
****** TODAY’S MEN’S NEWS ******
Buenos Aires
Third seed Tommy Robredo led a trio of Spaniard to opening win, with the veteran starting with a defeat of compatriot Pablo Carreno 6-4, 6-4. Pablo Andujar followed suit over Argentine 2013 quarter-finalist Federico Delbonis 3-6, 7-5, 6-1 while fifth seed Marcel Granollers won his first clay match of the season, beating Aljaz Bedene of Slovenia 7-5, 3-6, 6-2.
The only setback for the Spaniards was the loss of Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, who went down to 108th-ranked wild card Guido Pella of Argentina 7-6(6), 6-4. Argentine Carlos Berlocq started with a win over Joao Sousa of Portugal 6-4, 6-2.
Argentine Maximo Gonzalez will face two-time champion David Ferrer in the first round after coming through qualifying with a win lasting for more than three hours.
Memphis
A pair of Australians lost in opening-day play at the slimmed-down event, now living among the crowd of 250-level tournaments on the ATP. The one-time 500 which had depended for more than a decade of the playing presence of Andy Roddick to put bums on seats, is facing the real world for the second year without a sponsor. The event has only managed to sign holder Kei Nishikori into a weak field and began getting it’s money’s worth when it sent the Japanese off on a hospital visit.
On court, Tim Smyczek beat Australian teenaged prospect Nick Kyrgios 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-3 while Czech Jiri Vesely accounted for fifth seed Marinko Matosevic 6-3, 6-2, marking the third loss in a for for the Aussie becoming known as an on-court hothead. A year ago, Matosevic made a surprise semi-final appearance; it was the second Tour-level win for Vesely.
American journeyman Michael Russell came from a set down to earn his first season win, upsetting of Polish seventh seed Michal Przysiezny 3-6, 6-3. 6-1
Rotterdam
Third seed Tomas Berdych picked reached the second round 6-3, 6-3 over Italian Andreas Seppi. The Czech who helped his nation into the Davis Cup quarter-finals in Ostrava, made a winning start to the winter ATP indoor season as he dispatched Seppi for the sixth time in eight meetings.
The pair of players are Rotterdam veterans, with 2012 semi-finalist Berdych making his eighth appearance and Seppi playing for the seventh time. Berdych went though in 66 minutes with nine aces and conversions on seven of 10 break chances. The Czech who finished in the quarter-finals or better in 15 of 23 tournaments last season, has not won a title since late 2012.
French qualifier Paul-Henri Mathieu, playing for the second straight week in a main draw, defeated Croatian Ivan Dodig 4-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-4 in two and a quarter hours. German Michael Berrer beat the first Dutchman of the week as he put out Jesse Huta Galung 6-4, 2-6, 6-3.
Fifth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga needed a comeback, but started with a win over German Florian Mayer 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 while Philipp Kohlschreiber earned German revenge by beating qualifier Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-2, 7-
THIS WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:
Rotterdam (500/Indoor Hard). Defending Champion: Juan Martin del Potro
Memphis (250/Indoor Hard). Defending Champion (as an ATP 500): Kei Nishikori
Buenos Aires (250/Clay). Defending Champion: David Ferrer
NEXT WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:
Rio de Janeiro (500/Clay). Defending Champion: New Event
Marseille (250/Indoor Hard). Defending Champion: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Delray Beach (250/Hard). Defending Champion: Ernests Gulbis
RANKINGS
Estimated ATP World Tour Rankings
As of February 10, 2013
Rank &
Prior…Player………..Points
1..(1) Nadal………….14085
2..(2) Djokovic……….10580
3..(3) Wawrinka………..5710
4..(5) Ferrer………….5280
5..(4) Del Potro……….4960
6..(6) Murray………….4795
7..(7) Berdych…………4540
8..(8) Federer…………4305
9..(9) Gasquet…………2950
10.(10) Tsonga………….2885
11.(11) Raonic………….2485
12.(12) Haas……………2435
13.(13) Isner…………..2320
14.(14) Fognini…………2260
15.(15) Youzhny…………2100
16.(16) Nishikori……….1965
17.(17) Robredo…………1960
18.(18) Almagro…………1930
19.(20) Janowicz………..1705
20.(19) Dimitrov………..1650
21.(22) Anderson………..1580
22.(21) Simon…………..1565
23.(23) Monfils…………1475
24.(24) Gulbis………….1398
25.(25) Pospisil………..1359
26.(26) Lopez…………..1355
27.(27) Kohlschreiber……1330
28.(28) Tursunov………..1314
29.(29) Paire…………..1275
30.(30) Mayer…………..1245
**DRAWS
Rotterdam — week of February 10, 2014
1 del Potro
Monfils
Mathieu (Q)
Dodig
Gulbis
Istomin
Tursunov
8 Dimitrov
3 Berdych
Seppi
Mahut
Simon
Janowicz
Benneteau
Verdasco
6 Haas
7 Youzhny
Sijsling (WC)
Huta Galung (WC)
Berrer (Q)
Kohlschreiber
Stakhovsky (Q)
de Bakker (WC)
4 Gasquet
5 Tsonga
F Mayer
Cilic
Rosol
Thiem (Q)
Nieminen
Roger-Vasselin
2 Murray (WC)
Memphis — week of February 10, 2014
1 Nishikori (WC)
–bye
Lacko
Becker
Phau (SE)
Harrison
Bogomolov
6 Querrey
3 Hewitt
–bye
Baghdatis (WC)
Qualifier
Kyrgios (WC)
Smyczek
Russell
7 Przysiezny
8 Kukushkin
Gabashvili
Qualifier
Qualifier
Qualifier
Young
–bye
4 Lu
5 Matosevic
Vesely
Sock
Mannarino
Ebden
Karlovic
–bye
2 F Lopez
Buenos Aires — week of February 10, 2014
1 Ferrer (WC)
Qualifier
Montanes
Giraldo
Qualifier
Volandri
Ramos
7 Monaco
4 Almagro
Zeballos
Qualifier
Gimeno-Traver
Dolgopolov
Cuevas (PR)
A Gonzalez
8 Chardy
6 Haase
Qualifier
Sousa
Berlocq
Garcia-Lopez
Pella (WC)
Carreno Busta
3 Robredo
5 Granollers
Bedene
Delbonis
Andujar
Aguello (WC)
L Mayer
Reister
2 Fognini
******** SCORES ********
MONDAY
Buenos Aires
Singles – First Round
[3] T Robredo (ESP) d P Carreno Busta (ESP) 64 64
[5] M Granollers (ESP) d A Bedene (SLO) 75 36 62
C Berlocq (ARG) d J Sousa (POR) 64 62
[WC] G Pella (ARG) d G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 76(6) 64
P Andujar (ESP) d F Delbonis (ARG) 36 75 61
Memphis
Singles – First Round
J Vesely (CZE) d [5] M Matosevic (AUS) 63 62
M Russell (USA) d [7] M Przysiezny (POL) 36 63 61
T Smyczek (USA) d [WC] N Kyrgios (AUS) 67(5) 64 63
Doubles – First Round
[2] E Butorac (USA) / R Klaasen (RSA) d J Sock (USA) / D Young (USA) 76(4) 64
[WC] R Harrison (USA) / S Querrey (USA) d B Becker (GER) / Y Lu (TPE) 75 16 10-4
Rotterdam
Singles – First Round
[3] T Berdych (CZE) d A Seppi (ITA) 63 63
[5] J Tsonga (FRA) d F Mayer (GER) 46 63 61
[Q] P Mathieu (FRA) d I Dodig (CRO) 46 76(2) 64
[Q] M Berrer (GER) d [WC] J Huta Galung (NED) 64 26 63
P Kohlschreiber (GER) d [Q] S Stakhovsky (UKR) 62 75
Doubles – First Round
J Benneteau (FRA) / E Roger-Vasselin (FRA) d [2] L Kubot (POL) / R Lindstedt (SWE) 63 76(4)
M Fyrstenberg (POL) / M Matkowski (POL) d [WC] T de Bakker (NED) / I Sijsling (NED) 63 76(8)
Topics: 10sballs, Aljaz Bedene, Andy Roddick, Atp, Ivan Dodig, Marcel Granollers, Nick Kyrgios, Pablo Andujar, Pablo Carreno, Sergiy Stakhovsky, Sports, Tennis, Tennis News, Tim Smyczek, Tomas Berdych, Tommy Robredo
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