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)

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