* Nieminen tops Giraldo in Eastbourne, meaning three of four low seeds lost openers
* Lu returns to action but loses to Benneteau
* Verdasco tops Mathieu at ‘s-Hertogenbosch despite fifteen double-faults
* Defending champion Mahut also wins in three sets; #3 Bautista Agut, #8 Melzer win in two
* #475 Mate Pavic tops Alejandro Gonzalez, ranked 401 places hither
* Doubles specialist Martin Emmrich loses first match since proposing to Michaella Krajicek
****** TODAY’S MEN’S NEWS ******
Eastbourne
Finland’s Jarkko Nieminen earned an upset of Colombian seventh seed Santiago Giraldo 6-3, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3 as the smaller men’s event took a definite second billing to the women also on at Devonshire Park. The 32-year-old, who reached the Queen’s third round last week but suffered with a leg problem, will next face France’s Eduardo Roger-Vasselin, a winner over Andrey Kuznetsov 6-3, 6-4. Julien Benneteau beat Lu Yen-Hsun of Taiwan 6-2, 6-4.
‘s-Hertogenbosch
Joao Sousa made the most of his good fortune on grass as intended first-round opponent and former winner David Ferrer withdrew prior to the event with stomach illness, setting the Portuguese up for a 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 defeat of Italian Paolo Lorenzi and a second-round spot.
Second-seeded Spaniard Fernando Verdasco began with a victory over Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 while third seed Roberto Bautista, another Spaniard, beat compatriot Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6-1, 6-3. Players from the traditional clay-courting nation is showing no signs of fear on the grass with the start of Wimbledon looming.
Austrian eighth seed Jurgen Melzer beat Halle finalist Alejandro Falla of Colombia 6-4, 6-3 while Croatian Mate Pavic defeated Colombian Alejandro Gonzalez 7-6(4, 6-3. There was an opening win for German Jan-Lennard Struff against Czech Lukas Rosol 6-4, 6-2
RANKINGS
Estimated ATP World Tour Rankings
As of June 17, 2014
Rank &
Prior…Player………..Points
1..(1) Nadal………….12500
2..(2) Djokovic……….12330
3..(3) Wawrinka………..5420
4..(4) Federer…………4945
5..(5) Murray………….4680
5..(6) Berdych…………4680
7..(7) Ferrer………….4190
8..(8) Del Potro……….4080
9..(9) Raonic………….3245
10.(10) Gulbis………….2725
11.(11) Isner…………..2690
11.(12) Nishikori……….2690
13.(13) Dimitrov………..2595
14.(14) Gasquet…………2310
15.(15) Fognini…………2155
16.(16) Youzhny…………1790
17.(17) Tsonga………….1775
18.(18) Anderson………..1745
19.(19) Dolgopolov………1680
20.(20) Haas……………1655
21.(21) Monfils…………1635
22.(22) Robredo…………1630
23.(23) Verdasco………..1555
24.(24) Janowicz………..1510
25.(26) Almagro…………1450
26.(27) Kohlschreiber……1440
27.(28) Bautista Agut……1350
27.(29) Cilic…………..1350
29.(25) Lopez…………..1250
29.(30) Granollers………1250
DRAWS
Eastbourne — Week of June 14, 2014
1 Gasquet
8 Delbonis
4 Garcia-Lopez
7 Giraldo
5 Karlovic
3 Lopez
6 Simon
2 Dolgopolov
STATUS OF SEEDS:
1 Gasquet
2 Dolgopolov
3 Lopez
4 Garcia-Lopez
5 Karlovic……..lost 1R (Chardy)
6 Simon
7 Giraldo………lost 1R (Nieminen)
8 Delbonis……..lost 1R (Klizan)
‘s-Hertogenbosch — Week of June 14, 2014
[Lorenzi(LL)]
5 Tursunov
4 Granollers
6 Pospisil
7 Mahut
3 Bautista Agut
8 Melzer
2 Verdasco
STATUS OF SEEDS:
1 Ferrer……….WITHDREW (replaced by Lorenzi)
2 Verdasco
3 Bautista Agut
4 Granollers……lost 1R (Becker)
5 Tursunov
6 Pospisil
7 Mahut
8 Melzer
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TUESDAY
Eastbourne
Singles – First Round
J Nieminen (FIN) d [7] S Giraldo (COL) 63 67(5) 63
D Young (USA) d [WC] J Ward (GBR) 63 62
E Roger-Vasselin (FRA) d [Q] A Kuznetsov (RUS) 63 64
J Benneteau (FRA) d Y Lu (TPE) 62 64
Doubles – First Round
[1] A Peya (AUT) / B Soares (BRA) d M Kukushkin (KAZ) / Y Lu (TPE) 63 63
[WC] C Fleming (GBR) / R Hutchins (GBR) d [4] J Knowle (AUT) / M Melo (BRA) 64 64
[WC] K Skupski (GBR) / N Skupski (GBR) d M Fyrstenberg (POL) / C Guccione (AUS) 64 76(1)
P Cuevas (URU) / D Marrero (ESP) d C Kas (GER) / G Simon (FRA) 63 63
T Huey (PHI) / D Inglot (GBR) d J Murray (GBR) / J Peers (AUS) 63 76(4)
‘s-Hertogenbosch
Singles – First Round
[2] F Verdasco (ESP) d P Mathieu (FRA) 26 64 64
[3] R Bautista Agut (ESP) d D Gimeno-Traver (ESP) 61 63
[7] N Mahut (FRA) d [WC] K Coppejans (BEL) 63 36 63
[8] J Melzer (AUT) d A Falla (COL) 64 63
[Q] J Sousa (POR) d *[LL] P Lorenzi (ITA) 63 36 63
[Q] M Pavic (CRO) d A Gonzalez (COL) 76(4) 63
J Struff (GER) d L Rosol (CZE) 64 62
*[LL] P Lorenzi (ITA) replaced [1] D Ferrer – illness
Doubles – First Round
[2] E Butorac (USA) / R Klaasen (RSA) d D Bracciali (ITA) / M Pavic (CRO) 67(4) 62 10-4
M Draganja (CRO) / F Mergea (ROU) d J Brunstrom (SWE) / M Emmrich (GER) 62 64
A Begemann (GER) / L Rosol (CZE) d M Ebden (AUS) / D Tursunov (RUS) 67(4) 62 10-8
T Bednarek (POL) / L Dlouhy (CZE) d [WC] D Brown (GER) / H Kontinen (FIN) 76(4) 64
B Becker (GER) / O Marach (AUT) d [Alt] S Fransen (NED) / W Koolhof (NED) 75 63
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