Del Potro Out Of Dubai & Donald Young Wins In Acapulco as Lucky Loser & All Men’s Results

Written by: Staff on 26th February 2014

Del Potro Out Of Dubai & Donald Young Wins In Acapulco as Lucky Loser & All Men's Results

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

* Another wrist problem forces del Potro out of Dubai

* Djokovic starts title defense with easy win over Istomin

* Berdych, Tsonga, Youzhny also through in straight sets

* Stakhovsky leaves Dodig still below #30

* In Acapulco, Karlovic tops Isner 15 aces to 8, two sets to none; Isner to stay #13 or lower

* Murray perhaps one win away from return to Top Five after win over Andujar

* Roger-Vasselin out of Top Forty after loss to Lopez

* Pospisil returns to action but loses to Dolgopolov; will remain below #25

* Gulbis beats Lu to extend winning streak, but needs more to stay Top Twenty

* #1 Ferrer, #4 Dimitrov, #5 Anderson, #6 Simon also reach second round

* Mass upsets continue in Sao Paulo; bottom four seeds out after Dutra Silva beats Garcia-Lopez (who won’t reach Top Fifty), Bellucci tops Giraldo (who loses 90 points and will fall below #60)

Acapulco

Top seed David Ferrer, champion at three of the last four editions, showed as much prowess on the new hardcourts of the former clay event as he did in previous years on the dirt, with the Spaniard beating Mikhail Kukushkin 6-2, 6-3 in the opening round. It took a fightback from second seed and debutant Andy Murray to beat Spain’s Pablo Andujar 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, keeping organizers happy with his victory as a major drawcard.

Croatian Ivo Karlovic dealt out third seed John Isner as the American crashed to 7-6(4), 7-6(5) defeat. Fourth seed Grigor Dimitrov resumed normal service, putting out Australian Marinko Matosevic 7-5 6-1. Weekend Delray finalist Kevin Anderson, seeded fifth, advanced over Frenchman Stephane Robert 6-2, 7-6(7) while sixth-seeded compatriot Gilles Simon stopped Tim Smyczek 6-1, 6-2. Marseille winner Ernests Gulbis continued to impress over Lu Yen-Hsun 6-1, 6-1.

Former grand slam finalist Marcos Baghdatis beat Miguel Angel Reyes of 6-2 6-4, American Donald Young put out Finn Jarkko Nieminen 6-3 6-3 and Rio finalist Alexandr Dolgopolov started with a defeat of eighth seed Vasek Pospisil 6-2, 6-2.

Dubai

Novak Djokovic earned a quick opening win despite playing for the first time in a month, while Juan Martin del Potro had to quit the tournament with a left wrist injury. Top seed Djokovic a four-time champion, played and won for the first time since going down to Stanislas Wawrinka in an Australian Open semi-final, defeating Denis Istromin 6-3, 6-3.

“It wasn’t easy as the scoreline indicates, I needed to work for my games. My serve worked really well in the second set, and that helped me to get some free points. But having not played for more than four, five weeks, an official match, obviously it takes its toll on the court. I do feel it a little bit,” said the winner.

Second seed Del Potro lasted only through a losing tiebreaker against India’s Somdeve Devvarman before retiring trailing 7-6 (3).Djokovic beat Istomin for the second time in as many months after an Australian Open victory. The Serb world number two has played a mere six matches this season.

Third seed and Rotterdam champion Tomas Berdych opened his account at the Aviation Club against Marius Copil of Romania 6-3, 6-4 while fifth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga overcame jet-lag after flying to the Gulf from the weekend Marseille final. The Frenchman started with a defeat of Victor Hanescu 6-2, 6-4.

Sixth seed Mikhail Youzhny beat Poland’s Michel Przysiezny 6-3, 6-4. Czech Lukas Rosol beat German Daniel Brands 7-6 (7-4), 6-4; Radek Stepanek won a battle of 35-year-olds over Michael Russell 5-7, 6-3, 6-1 to next face Roger Federer. Brit wild card and Davis Cup hero James Ward won a marathon over Russian Teimuraz Gabashvili 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (8-6), coming form 1-5 down in the final set.

Sao Paolo

Brazilians produced a home double on the clay, with Rogerio Dutra Silva putting out sixth seed Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 1-6, 7-5, 6-3 and 108th wild card Thomaz Bellucci defeating eighth seed Santiago Giraldo 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 with six aces. “I couldn’t hold on to a 3-0 lead in the first set but I started playing better after that,” said the winner. “It makes a big difference to be playing at home with the support of the fans. They got behind me and I got to play more aggressively toward the end. It made a huge difference.”

A pair of Spaniards advanced, with Albert Ramos beating Portugal’s Gastao Elias 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 and Albert Montanes overcoming Slovenian Aljaz Bedene 6-2, 6-2. It went by twos for the Italians on the day: Potito Starace beat Colombia’s Alejandro Gonzalez 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 while Paolo Lorenzi advanced to the second round against Pere Riba 7-5, 6-3. There were wins for Slovak Martin Klizan, Austrian Andreas Haider-Maurer and Argentine Federico Delbonis.

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

RANKINGS

Estimated ATP World Tour Rankings

As of February 25, 2013

Rank &

Prior…Player………..Points

1..(1) Nadal………….14085

2..(2) Djokovic……….10125

3..(3) Wawrinka………..5560

4..(4) Ferrer………….5160

5..(5) Del Potro……….4870

6..(7) Murray………….4840

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…………2100

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………….1571

23.(23) Simon…………..1520

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 ********

TUESDAY

Acapulco

Singles – First Round

[1] D Ferrer (ESP) d M Kukushkin (KAZ) 62 63

[2] A Murray (GBR) d P Andujar (ESP) 36 61 62

I Karlovic (CRO) d [3] J Isner (USA) 76(4) 76(5)

[4] G Dimitrov (BUL) d M Matosevic (AUS) 75 61

[5] K Anderson (RSA) d [Q] S Robert (FRA) 62 76(7)

[6] G Simon (FRA) d [Q] T Smyczek (USA) 61 62

[7] E Gulbis (LAT) d Y Lu (TPE) 61 61

A Dolgopolov (UKR) d [8] V Pospisil (CAN) 62 62

F Lopez (ESP) d E Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 64 62

[Q] D Goffin (BEL) d L Kubot (POL) 64 26 64

[WC] M Baghdatis (CYP) d [WC] M Reyes-Varela (MEX) 62 64

*[LL] D Young (USA) d J Nieminen (FIN) 63 63

J Sousa (POR) d A Mannarino (FRA) 16 62 62

*[LL] D Young (USA) replaced J Melzer (AUT) – shoulder

Dubai

Singles – First Round

[1] N Djokovic (SRB) d D Istomin (UZB) 63 63

[WC] S Devvarman (IND) d [2] J Del Potro (ARG) 76(3) ret. (wrist)

[3] T Berdych (CZE) d [Q] M Copil (ROU) 63 64

[5] J Tsonga (FRA) d V Hanescu (ROU) 62 64

[6] M Youzhny (RUS) d M Przysiezny (POL) 63 64

[WC] J Ward (GBR) d T Gabashvili (RUS) 26 64 76(6)

R Stepanek (CZE) d M Russell (USA) 57 63 61

L Rosol (CZE) d D Brands (GER) 76(4) 64

N Davydenko (RUS) d A Golubev (KAZ) 76(6) 64

S Stakhovsky (UKR) d I Dodig (CRO) 76(6) 67(4) 62

[WC] M Jaziri (TUN) d I Sijsling (NED) 06 64 76(4)

Doubles – First Round

[1] D Nestor (CAN) / N Zimonjic (SRB) d [WC] O Awadhy (UAE) / H Janahi (UAE) 64 60

L Rosol (CZE) / A Seppi (ITA) d [3] M Fyrstenberg (POL) / M Matkowski (POL) 76(4) 76(5)

R Bautista Agut (ESP) / I Sijsling (NED) d J Marray (GBR) / D Tursunov (RUS) 63 46 10-2

D Brands (GER) / F Mayer (GER) d J Knowle (AUT) / J Peers (AUS) 63 46 10-8

Sao Paolo

Singles – First Round

[Q] R Dutra Silva (BRA) d [6] G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 16 75 63

[WC] T Bellucci (BRA) d [8] S Giraldo (COL) 46 75 63

[Q] P Starace (ITA) d A Gonzalez (COL) 46 62 63

A Ramos (ESP) d [Q] G Elias (POR) 63 36 62

P Lorenzi (ITA) d [Q] P Riba (ESP) 75 63

A Haider-Maurer (AUT) d J Reister (GER) 62 46 61

M Klizan (SVK) d [WC] G Clezar (BRA) 64 63

A Montanes (ESP) d A Bedene (SLO) 62 62

F Delbonis (ARG) d F Volandri (ITA) 61 62

Doubles – First Round

M Granollers (ESP) / P Riba (ESP) d [WC] A Sa (BRA) / J Souza (BRA) 46 63 10-7

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