Acapulco, Dubai, San Paolo Results, Roger Federer Wins, Men’s Results

Written by: Staff on 25th February 2014

Acapulco, Dubai, San Paolo Results, Roger Federer Wins, Men's Results

epa04099170 Roger Federer of Switzerland returns the ball to Benjamin Becker of Germany during their first round match of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis ATP Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 24 February 2014. EPA/ALI HAIDER |

PRO TOUR NEWS – MEN

* Federer opens Dubai with strong win over Becker

* #7 Kohlschreiber, #8 Tursunov, Bautista Agut also win

* Seppi finally scores a win with victory over Florian Mayer; needs two more wins to return to Top Thirty

* Sao Paulo opens with elimination of two seeds: Pella shocks #7 Leonardo Mayer, Souza beats #5 Haase

* Melzer still not ready for comeback; replaced by Lucky Loser Young in Acapulco singles

Acapulco

Sam Querrey snapped a five-match loss streak dating to the Australian Open last month as he advanced into the second round on the new hardcourts of Mexico, beating local Tigre Hank 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-3. France’s Jeremy Chardy started with a defeat of Australian Matthew Ebden 7-5, 6-0 while Dudi Sela stopped Alejandro Falla of Colombia 6-1, 6-4 in a quiet start to the joint ATP-WTA tournament which switched from clay this year to try and attract a stronger field in the run-up to the cement Masters 1000 tournament starting next week at Indian Wells.

DUBAI

Roger Federer began with a 6-1, 6-4 first-round rout of Benjamin Becker which took just 62 minutes. The fourth seed won his 38th match at the emirate where he maintains a training base. He improved to 4-0 over Becker, the ATP No. 93, in a win which included a crowd-pleasing between-the-legs return. “In the first round, you don’t know what to expect,” Federer said. “I hit some good shots and played the attacking-style tennis that I wanted to play.”

Federer will await a second-round opponent from Czech Radek Stepanek and American Michael Russell. The Swiss maintained a near-perfect early record at the event after losing his only first-round Dubai match six years ago against Andy Murray.

Federer dominated the opening set with 11 winners but needed three match point to warp up victory., saving a break point in the final game. Russian eighth seed Dmitry Tursunov sent over eight aces in a 7-5, 6-1 defeat of Slovak qualifier Lukas Lacko. Tursunov, ranked 28th, is playing the desert event for the fourth time, with a 2013 quarter-final his best career showing. Tursunov advanced in 69 minutes, saving all four break points that he faced from the qualifier.

Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut beat Romanian qualifier Adrian Ungur 6-1, 6-3 and will face the winner of Tuesday’s Djokovic-Denis Istomin match. Italy’s Andreas Seppi reached the second round with a comeback win against German Florian Mayer 4-6, 6-1, 7-5. The victory ended a four-match losing streak for Seppi, who won only his second match of the season. His previous victory came in the Australian Open first round.

Sao Paolo

Two seeds stumbled on opening day as Brazil’s Joao Souza put out tournament No. 5 Robin Haase of the Netherlands 7-5 6-4. Argentine Guido Pella did the same to compatriot Leonardo Mayer, beating the No. 7 with a 7-6(4), 6-7(3), 7-6(4) scoreline. Argentina’s Horacio Zeballos advanced over (Argentina) beat Pablo Cuevas in an all-South American first-round clash 7-6(3), 3-6, 6-3.

****** TODAY’S FEATURE ******

KEYWORDS: No Feature Today

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

THIS WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:

Dubai (500/Hard). Defending Champion: Novak Djokovic

Acapulco (500/Hard). Defending Champion: Rafael Nadal

Sao Paulo (250/Clay). Defending Champion: (new event)

NEXT WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:

Indian Wells (1000/Hard). Defending Champion: Rafael Nadal

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

RANKINGS

Estimated ATP World Tour Rankings

As of February 24, 2013

Rank &

Prior…Player………..Points

1..(1) Nadal………….14085

2..(2) Djokovic……….10080

3..(3) Wawrinka………..5560

4..(4) Ferrer………….5160

5..(5) Del Potro……….4870

6..(7) Murray………….4795

7..(6) Berdych…………4635

8..(8) Federer…………4170

9..(9) Gasquet…………2950

10.(10) Tsonga………….2785

11.(11) Raonic………….2485

12.(12) Haas……………2435

13.(13) Isner…………..2320

14.(14) Fognini…………2230

15.(15) Youzhny…………2075

16.(16) Robredo…………2005

17.(17) Almagro…………1840

18.(19) Janowicz………..1750

19.(20) Nishikori……….1715

20.(21) Anderson………..1685

21.(22) Dimitrov………..1675

22.(18) Gulbis………….1546

23.(23) Simon…………..1485

24.(24) Monfils…………1475

25.(25) Cilic…………..1455

26.(26) Kohlschreiber……1375

27.(27) Pospisil………..1359

28.(28) Paire…………..1275

29.(30) Mayer…………..1245

30.(29) Tursunov………..1212

**DRAWS

Dubai — week of February 24, 2014

1 Djokovic

Istomin

Bautista Agut

Qualifier

Gabashvili

Ward (WC)

Przysiezny

6 Youzhny

4 Federer

Becker

Stepanek

Russell

Rosol

Brands

Qualifier

8 Tursunov

5 Tsonga

Hanescu

Davydenko

Golubev

Dodig

Stakhovsky

Qualifier

3 Berdych

7 Kohlschreiber

Qualifier

Seppi

F Mayer

Jaziri (WC)

Sijsling

Devvarman

2 del Potro

Acapulco — week of February 24, 2014

1 Ferrer

Kukushkin

F Lopez

Roger-Vasselin

Querrey

Hank (WC)

Qualifier

5 Anderson

3 Isner

Karlovic

Sela

Qualifier

Chardy

Ebden

Dolgopolov

8 Pospisil

7 Gulbis

Kubot

Qualifier

Reyes-Varela (WC)

Baghdatis (WC)

Matosevic

4 Dimitrov

6 Simon

Qualifier

Melzer

Nieminen

Sousa

Mannarino

Andujar

2 Murray

Sao Paulo — week of February 24, 2014

1 Haas

–bye

A Gonzalez

Qualifier

Cuevas (PR)

Zeballos

Pella

7 L Mayer

4 Monaco

–bye

Qualifier

Ramos

Lorenzi

Qualifier

6 Garcia-Lopez

8 Giraldo

Bellucci (WC)

Reister

Haider-Maurer

Klizan

Clezar (WC)

–bye

3 Granollers

5 Haase

Souza (WC)

Bedene

Montanes

Volandri

Delbonis

–bye

2 Almagro

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

MONDAY

Acapulco

Singles – First Round

S Querrey (USA) d [WC] T Hank (MEX) 67(5) 64 63

D Sela (ISR) d [Q] A Falla (COL) 61 64

J Chardy (FRA) d M Ebden (AUS) 75 60

Doubles – First Round

[1] L Kubot (POL) / R Lindstedt (SWE) d G Dimitrov (BUL) / J Melzer (AUT) w/o (Melzer – shoulder)

[3] T Huey (PHI) / D Inglot (GBR) d [PR] C Fleming (GBR) / R Hutchins (GBR) 76(3) 63

[WC] C Ramirez (MEX) / M Reyes-Varela (MEX) d M Matosevic (AUS) / V Pospisil (CAN) 64

Dubai

Singles – First Round

[4] R Federer (SUI) d B Becker (GER) 61 64

[7] P Kohlschreiber (GER) d [Q] T de Bakker (NED) 63 63

[8] D Tursunov (RUS) d [Q] L Lacko (SVK) 75 61

R Bautista Agut (ESP) d [Q] A Ungur (ROU) 61 63

A Seppi (ITA) d F Mayer (GER) 46 61 75

Doubles – First Round

[2] R Bopanna (IND) / A Qureshi (PAK) d [Q] N Davydenko (RUS) / V Hanescu (ROU) 61 57 10-8

J Del Potro (ARG) / R Stepanek (CZE) d [4] I Dodig (CRO) / M Youzhny (RUS) 63 75

T Bednarek (POL) / L Dlouhy (CZE) d [WC] N Djokovic (SRB) / C Gomez-Herrera (ESP) 75 16 10-5

Sao Paolo

Singles – First Round

[WC] J Souza (BRA) d [5] R Haase (NED) 75 64

G Pella (ARG) d [7] L Mayer (ARG) 76(4) 67(3) 76(4)

H Zeballos (ARG) d [PR] P Cuevas (URU) 76(3) 36 63

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