MEN’S Tennis RESuLTS & MoRe From Miami.

Written by: Staff on 19th March 2014

MEN'S Tennis RESuLTS & MoRe From Miami. |

* Del Potro withdraws from Miami

* Gabashvili hands Granollers another bad loss

* Karlovic keeps Mathieu below #100

* Baghdatis comes from behind to upset Giraldo

Miami

With no seeds in action on the first day of men’s play, the biggest news was probably off-court. Juan Martin del Potro’s wrist is still acting up, and he was forced to pull out — nice news for Rafael Nadal, who was drawn to face him in the quarterfinal. The news came late enough that del Potro is being replaced in the draw by Lucky Loser Benjamin Becker; there is no seed promotion. For del Potro, that ends any hopes he had of returning to the Top Five; he will be #7 or #8, depending on how Andy Murray does.

Singles – First Round: T Gabashvili def. M Granollers 6-4 6-3

There was a time when Marcel Granollers seemed to be getting the hang of hardcourts. Not lately, though! This will leave him still below #35.

Singles – First Round: (Q) T de Bakker def. V Hanescu 6-3 6-2

Thiemo de Bakker came here at #162, almost exactly twice Victor Hanescu’s ranking of #84 — but Hanescu has been going downhill fast this year. So maybe this isn’t a big surprise.

Singles – First Round: A Montanes def. M Przysiezny 5-7 7-6(7-5) 6-3

Officially this is not an upset; Albert Montanes came in at #59 and Michal Przysiezny at #75. But the surface should probably have made Przysiezny more of a favorite. Maybe he’s still hurting. Montanes didn’t even play last year, so this should gain him several ranking spots.

Singles – First Round: M Ebden def. L Kubot 4-6 6-4 6-4

This will probably leave Lukasz Kubot still below #80.

Singles – First Round: A Mannarino def. N Davydenko 6-4 7-5

Russia may be out conquering innocent neighboring peninsula these days, but Nikolay Davydenko isn’t conquering anyone. It appears he’ll stay below #70.

Singles – First Round: J Chardy def. J Monaco 7-5 3-6 7-6(7-5)

Someone really needs to sit Juan Monaco down and tell him, gently, that tennis does not pay by the minute. He would get paid just as much for losing in an hour’s time as he did for losing in this two hour, 38 minute marathon. We don’t know who is playing the longest average match on the ATP this year, but it sure feels like it’s Monaco. And it certainly isn’t doing him any good; he can expect to remain below #40.

Singles – First Round: A Gonzalez def. (Q) M Jaziri 7-6(11-9) 6-1

Now that Alejandro Gonzalez has finally won an ATP match, he seems finally to be showing at the ATP level the same sort of results he had in Challengers. It won’t make much difference for him in the rankings yet, but the year is young….

Singles – First Round: J Benneteau def. (WC) K Edmund 6-7(2-7) 6-3 6-2

This probably won’t quite suffice to return Julien Benneteau to the Top Fifty, but one more win would very likely do it.

Singles – First Round: I Dodig def. (Q) A Golubev 4-6 6-1 6-4

Quite a scare for Ivan Dodig, considering that he was the #2 unseeded player (Granollers was #1). But Dodig defends his points and should stay Top Forty.

Singles – First Round: M Matosevic def. A Falla 1-6 6-4 7-6(8-6)

A very, very small upset; Alejandro Falla was the higher-ranked of these two by four spots. He loses 35 points; he’ll probably be falling below #70.

Singles – First Round: J Vesely def. F Volandri 6-4 7-6(7-1)

No surprise here; Jiri Vesely is the higher-ranked of these two, he has been climbing, and he isn’t a complete clay specialist the way Filippo Volandri is. Volandri is probably just relieved to be able to head to Europe and the clay season.

Singles – First Round: I Karlovic def. (Q) P Mathieu 7-6(7-3) 7-6(7-5)

There were no break points in this match, but Ivo Karlovic hit 21 aces — about a quarter of his points. Tough to win tiebreaks against that. Which means that Paul-Henri Mathieu remains below the Top Hundred. Karlovic is now only a few dozen points from the Top Fifty. Of course, there is the problem that he faces Roger Federer next.

Singles – First Round: R Stepanek def. D Brands 6-3 6-0

Daniel Brands had a great 2013, but he’s going nowhere in 2014; he may not be Top Hundred for much longer, and certainly won’t be getting direct entry into any more Masters events. Radek Stepanek has just about assured his Top Fifty spot.

Singles – First Round: (Q) D Thiem def. L Rosol 7-6(8-6) 6-4

Dominic Thiem just hit the Top Hundred (see the Feature), and he just keeps winning. This will cost Lukas Rosol at least one ranking spot; there is just a chance he’ll lose his Top Forty spot.

Singles – First Round: H Zeballos def. (Q) D Goffin 7-5 6-3

Entries for Miami closed before Horacio Zeballos turned into a pumpkin; he would not have gotten in based on his current ranking. This is a fairly big upset based on current rankings. It’s good timing for Zeballos, though; he needs to do very well very soon if he is to get into Roland Garros directly.

Singles – First Round: (WC) M Baghdatis def. S Giraldo 1-6 6-2 7-5

Marcos Baghdatis is down to #143, and came in showing no signs of breaking that slump; there didn’t seem much point in giving him a wildcard. It looked, in the third set, as if that trend would continue, he was down a break. But Santiago Giraldo just couldn’t finish things off, and will fall below #65 as a result. Baghdatis of course remains far below #100.

****** TODAY’S FEATURE ******

This Week’s Movers — Men

Each week, Daily Tennis will look at the biggest movers of the week, looking at how they did what they did.

Biggest Upward Mover — Most Places Moved (Top 100)

Leader: Dominic Thiem — Moved 15 places, from #101 to #86.

Thiem made the Indian Wells third round as a qualifier.

Runner-Up: Julien Benneteau — Moved 13 places, from #65 to #52

Benneteau reached the Indian Wells quarterfinal before losing to eventual champion Novak Djokovic. One of those he beat along the way, incidentally, was Thiem.

Biggest Percentage Mover — Cut Ranking By Highest Percent (Top 100)

Leader: Roger Federer — Moved 3 places, 38%, from #8 to #5

Federer made the Indian Wells final, winning ten straight matches before losing a nailbiter to Novak Djokovic.

Runner-Up: Alexandr Dolgopolov — Moved 8 places, 26%, from #31 to #23

An Indian Wells semifinal let Dolgopolov keep up his steady rise in the rankings.

Biggest Loser — Most Places Lost (Top 100)

Loser: Adrian Mannarino — Dropped 14 places, from #66 to #80

Mannarino lost his opener at Indian Wells this year, and he was defending some Challenger points.

Biggest Percentage Loser — Worst Percentage Increase in Ranking (Top 100)

Loser: Tomas Berdych, ranking increased 2 places, 40%, from #5 to #7.

Berdych, a semifinalist at Indian Wells last year, this year lost his opener.

Ranking Notes

Even we can’t complain about the rankings moves this week. Federer, up 38%. Dolgopolov, 26%. John Isner, up 23% and back in the Top Ten. Benneteau, up 20%. Lukas Rosol, up 19%, to #38 — although that’s not the result of Indian Wells as much as the Irving $125K Challenger, which he won. Thiem was next, with a rise of just less than 15%. We might also note Steve Johnson, since he came very close to the Top Hundred. He lost the Irving final to Rosol, and rose 15%, from #119 to #101. Had he beaten Rosol, he would have been Top Hundred.

On the down side, Berdych fell 40%. Long-injured Jurgen Melzer lost his Top Fifty spot, falling 34% (to #51; he’ll be outside the Top Sixty after Miami). Mannarino fell 21%. Gilles Simon lost 17%, to #27. No one else fell as much as 15%.

RANKINGS

Estimated ATP World Tour Rankings

As of March 19, 2013

Rank &

Prior…Player………..Points

1..(1) Nadal………….13140

2..(2) Djokovic……….10820

3..(3) Wawrinka………..5660

4..(5) Federer…………5055

5..(4) Ferrer………….4560

6..(7) Berdych…………4370

7..(8) Del Potro……….4260

8..(6) Murray………….3805

9.(10) Isner…………..2635

10..(9) Gasquet…………2555

11.(12) Raonic………….2540

12.(11) Tsonga………….2535

13.(14) Fognini…………2260

14.(16) Dimitrov………..2095

15.(15) Youzhny…………2090

16.(13) Haas……………2085

17.(17) Robredo…………2060

18.(18) Anderson………..1905

19.(19) Almagro…………1715

19.(20) Janowicz………..1715

21.(22) Gulbis………….1655

22.(21) Nishikori……….1635

23.(23) Dolgopolov………1520

24.(24) Monfils…………1510

24.(25) Kohlschreiber……1510

26.(28) Pospisil………..1333

27.(26) Cilic…………..1330

28.(27) Simon…………..1315

29.(29) Verdasco………..1270

30.(31) Paire…………..1220

**DRAWS

Miami — week of March 17, 2014

1 Nadal

29 Tursunov

19 Janowicz

14 Fognini

12 Raonic

23 Monfils

27 Pospisil

[Becker(LL)]

3 Wawrinka

25 Cilic

22 Dolgopolov

13 Haas

10 Isner

18 Almagro

26 Simon

7 Berdych

5 Federer

28 Verdasco

17 Anderson

9 Gasquet

15 Dimitrov

20 Nishikori

31 Seppi

4 Ferrer

6 Murray

32 Lopez

24 Kohlschreiber

11 Tsonga

16 Robredo

21 Gulbis

30 Mayer

2 Djokovic

STATUS OF SEEDS:

1 Nadal

2 Djokovic

3 Wawrinka

4 Ferrer

5 Federer

6 Murray

7 Berdych

8 del Potro………WITHDREW (replaced by Becker)

9 Gasquet

10 Isner

11 Tsonga

12 Raonic

13 Haas

14 Fognini

15 Dimitrov

16 Robredo

17 Anderson

18 Almagro

19 Janowicz

20 Nishikori

21 Gulbis

22 Dolgopolov

23 Monfils

24 Kohlschreiber

25 Cilic

26 Simon

27 Pospisil

28 Verdasco

29 Tursunov

30 Mayer

31 Seppi

32 Lopez

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

WEDNESDAY

Miami

Singles – First Round

T Gabashvili def. M Granollers 6-4 6-3

(Q) T de Bakker def. V Hanescu 6-3 6-2

A Montanes def. M Przysiezny 5-7 7-6(7-5) 6-3

M Ebden def. L Kubot 4-6 6-4 6-4

A Mannarino def. N Davydenko 6-4 7-5

J Chardy def. J Monaco 7-5 3-6 7-6(7-5)

A Gonzalez def. (Q) M Jaziri 7-6(11-9) 6-1

J Benneteau def. (WC) K Edmund 6-7(2-7) 6-3 6-2

I Dodig def. (Q) A Golubev 4-6 6-1 6-4

M Matosevic def. A Falla 1-6 6-4 7-6(8-6)

J Vesely def. F Volandri 6-4 7-6(7-1)

I Karlovic def. (Q) P Mathieu 7-6(7-3) 7-6(7-5)

R Stepanek def. D Brands 6-3 6-0

(Q) D Thiem def. L Rosol 7-6(8-6) 6-4

H Zeballos def. (Q) D Goffin 7-5 6-3

(WC) M Baghdatis def. S Giraldo 1-6 6-2 7-5

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