PRO TOUR NEWS – MEN
****** EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ******
* Pospisil withdraws from Delray Beach
* Slumping Klizan comes to life to upset Garcia-Lopez in rain-disrupted Rio
* Big day for qualifiers: Bagnis beats Souza, Lajovic wins when Volandri retires
* Kavcic tops wildcard Kokkinakis in only singles match in Marseille
****** TODAY’S MEN’S NEWS ******
Delray Beach
Spanish sixth seed Feliciano Lopez rallied past dis-heartened American Sam Querrey 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 to hand the Californian his fifth consecutive defeat of the season. One-time US No. 1 Querrey, his ranking sinking like a stone and now down to 57th, has not been able to produce much game after the heartbreak of an engagement gone wrong in 2013 and its subsequent effects on his tennis.
The Spanish winner advanced in just over 90 minutes as Querrey lost serve five times, double-faulting four times. On a lightly scheduled day, Frenchman Adrian Mannarino beat Jack Sock 6-4, 6- after losing twice this season to the American in Auckland and last week in the Memphis first round. Sock fired seven aces in defeat in an event headed by top seed Tommy Haas.
Marseille
Only one main draw match was played in a sleepy start, with Slovenian Kavcic schooling Australia’s teenaged hope Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-4, 6-2
Rio De Janeiro
The new event was big on South Americans as play began with Brazilian No. 1 Thomaz Bellucci reaching the second round over Santiago Giraldo of Colombia 3-6, 6-4, 6-3. Argentine Federico Delbonis beat Brazil’s Guilherme Clezar with the loss of just two games while Argentine Facundo Bagnis eliminated Joao Souza from the host nation 7-5, 2-6, 6-2
Serb Dusan Lajovic overcame Filippo Volandri 6-7(7), 6-3, 4-0 as the Italian retired injured while Slovak Martin Klizan beat Spain’s Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(4).
THIS WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:
Delray Beach
Marseille
Rio De Janeiro
NEXT WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:
Dubai (500/Hard). Defending Champion: Novak Djokovic
Acapulco (500/Hard). Defending Champion: Rafael Nadal
Sao Paulo (250/Indoor Hard). Defending Champion: (new event)
RANKINGS
Estimated ATP World Tour Rankings
As of February 17, 2013
Rank &
Prior…Player………..Points
1..(1) Nadal………….14085
2..(2) Djokovic……….10580
3..(3) Wawrinka………..5560
4..(4) Ferrer………….5280
5..(5) Del Potro……….4960
6..(6) Berdych…………4890
7..(7) Murray………….4795
8..(8) Federer…………4305
9..(9) Gasquet…………2950
10.(10) Tsonga………….2680
11.(11) Raonic………….2440
12.(12) Haas……………2435
13.(13) Isner…………..2320
14.(14) Fognini…………2260
15.(16) Youzhny…………2100
16.(17) Robredo…………1960
17.(18) Almagro…………1930
18.(19) Janowicz………..1750
19.(15) Nishikori……….1715
20.(20) Dimitrov………..1675
21.(21) Anderson………..1580
22.(23) Gulbis………….1558
23.(22) Simon…………..1485
24.(24) Monfils…………1475
25.(25) Kohlschreiber……1375
26.(26) Pospisil………..1359
27.(29) Cilic…………..1295
28.(30) Paire…………..1275
29.(28) Tursunov………..1257
30.(31) Mayer…………..1245
**DRAWS
Rio de Janeiro — week of February 17, 2014
1 Nadal
Gimeno-Traver
Montanes
Haase
L Mayer
Ramos
J Sousa
6 Granollers
4 Robredo
Carreno Busta
Volandri
Lajovic (Q)
Garcia-Lopez
Qualifier
Reister
8 Andujar
5 Almagro
Dolgopolov
Souza (WC)
Bagnis (Q)
Cuevas (PR)
A Gonzalez
Bedene (Q)
3 Fognini
7 Monaco
Zeballos
Giraldo
Bellucci (WC)
Clezar (WC)
Delbonis
Chardy
2 Ferrer
Marseille — week of February 17, 2014
1 Gasquet
–bye
Kavcic
Kokkinakis (WC)
Kamke
Edmund (WC)
Olivetti (WC)
5 Dodig
3 Gulbis
–bye
Brown
Bautista Agut
Hajek
Qualifier
de Schepper
8 Mahut
7 Benneteau
Huta Galung
Qualifier
Struff
Lacko
Llodra
–bye
4 Seppi
6 Roger-Vasselin
Qualifier
Stakhovsky
Qualifier
Davydenko
Sijsling
–bye
2 Tsonga
Delray Beach — week of February 17, 2014
1 Haas
Qualifier
Qualifier
Kukushkin
Sock (WC)
Mannarino
Querrey
6 F Lopez
4 Anderson
Smyczek
Karlovic
Qualifier
Matosevic
Goffin
Klahn
8 Hewitt
7 Cilic
Becker
Lu
Harrison (WC)
Gabashvili
Ebden
Qualifier
3 Nishikori
5 Pospisil
Falla
Baghdatis (WC)
Vesely
Bogomolov
Sela
Russell
2 Isner
******** SCORES ********
MONDAY
Delray Beach
Singles – First Round 1 results
[6] Feliciano Lopez (Spain) beat Sam Querrey (U.S.) 4-6 6-2 6-3
Adrian Mannarino (France) beat Jack Sock (U.S.) 6-4 6-2
Marseille
Singles – First Round
B Kavcic (SLO) d [WC] T Kokkinakis (AUS) 64 62
Doubles – First Round
[2] J Benneteau (FRA) / E Roger-Vasselin (FRA) d M Cecchinato (ITA) / A Seppi (ITA) 76(8) 61
[PR] C Fleming (GBR) / R Hutchins (GBR) d [3] J Brunstrom (SWE) / J Knowle (AUT) 76(1) 63
Rio De Janeiro
Singles – First Round
[Q] D Lajovic (SRB) d F Volandri (ITA) 67(7) 63 40 ret. (right shoulder)
[Q] M Klizan (SVK) d G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 64 46 76(4)
[Q] F Bagnis (ARG) d [WC] J Souza (BRA) 75 26 62
[WC] T Bellucci (BRA) d S Giraldo (COL) 36 64 63
F Delbonis (ARG) d [WC] G Clezar (BRA) 61 61
Doubles – First Round
[1] A Peya (AUT) / B Soares (BRA) d [WC] J Monaco (ARG) / A Sa (BRA) 62 36 10-3
J Chardy (FRA) / L Dlouhy (CZE) d R Haase (NED) / C Kas (GER) 62 67(8) 10-7
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