DONALD YOUNG JUNIOR IN SEMI’S IN WASHINGTON DC & ALL MEN’S /ATP WORLD TOUR RESULTS

Written by: Staff on 2nd August 2014

DONALD YOUNG JUNIOR IN SEMI'S IN WASHINGTON DC & ALL MEN'S /ATP WORLD TOUR RESULTS

epa04028090 Donald Young of the USA in action during his match against Kei Nishikori of Japan in round three of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, 18 January 2014. EPA/JOE CASTRO AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT |

Tidbits : DONALD YOUNG IS NOW RIGHT BEHIND BIG JOHN ISNER AS THE SECOND BEST RANKED AMERICAN. !

* Gasquet blocks Nishikori’s Top Ten quest

* Johnson falls to Raonic, Young tops Anderson — now it’s Young at #2 among Americans

* Thiem ousts defending Kitzbuhel champion Granollers

* Will face Goffin in final

Kitzbuhel

Singles – Quarterfinal: (5) D Thiem def. (2) M Granollers 6-4 7-5

Dominic Thiem is clearly trying for a Newcomer of the Year award. He just keeps climbing — and, with this, he reaches his first ATP semifinal. He costs Marcel Granollers, last year’s champion, his Top Thirty spot — and, possibly, his U. S. Open seed; Granollers will be no better than #35 after this.

Singles – Quarterfinal: J Monaco def. (4) A Seppi 6-2 3-6 6-3

The length of this probably wasn’t good news for Juan Monaco — he spent only a minute and a half longer on the court than his next opponent Thiem, but he’s a lot older — but the result was good. He’s now absolutely sure to stay Top Hundred. But Andreas Seppi, because he had first a bye and then a walkover, leaves here with no points at all and will stay at the bottom of the Top Fifty.

Singles – Semifinal: (5) D Thiem def. J Monaco 6-3 6-1

Dominic Thiem is already the youngest player in the Top Fifty. Can he become the youngest in the Top Forty? With this, we show him up to #44, and a title would make him probably #38. Juan Monaco, last year’s finalist, will fall to around #95.

Singles – Semifinal: (WC) D Goffin def. (Q) M Gonzalez 5-7 6-4 6-3

This result means that we have two first-time finalists here, which obviously means we’ll have a first-time champion as well. And the level of rest for the two is probably about equal — David Goffin had much the longer semifinal, but he didn’t have to play two matches in one day. This win will probably take him above #60.

Doubles – Quarterfinal: (3) Emmrich/Rosol def. (WC) Melzer/Melzer 6-4 6-3

Doubles – Quarterfinal: Dlouhy/Marray def. (4) Begemann/Haase 6-2 3-6 10-7

Doubles – Semifinal: Bracciali/Golubev def. (3) Emmrich/Rosol 6-3 2-6 10-4

Doubles – Semifinal: Kontinen/Nieminen def. Dlouhy/Marray 3-6 7-6(7-4) 10-7

Washington

This seems to be the Week When Nothing Finished On Time. The late match, Pospisil versus Giraldo, had to be suspended with the two tied after two sets. Which means that they will have to come back at 1:00 and play the final set, then the winner will have to play Richard Gasquet in the evening.

Singles – Quarterfinal: (2) M Raonic def. S Johnson 7-6(7-2) 6-2

All right, cancel Steve Johnson’s ascent to the status of #2 American. He’ll have to settle for #3 (more on this below). Milos Raonic moves to within one win of passing David Ferrer to gain the #6 spot.

Singles – Quarterfinal: (6) R Gasquet def. (4) K Nishikori 6-1 6-4

Kei Nishikori didn’t look much like a guy going for #10 here; this was over in just less than an hour. And it means that Nishikori won’t be making the Top Ten; he’ll stay stuck at #11. It’s Richard Gasquet who rises; this takes him past John Isner into the #13 ranking. Isner will be falling from #12 to #14.

Singles – Quarterfinal: D Young def. (7) K Anderson 3-6 7-6(7-3) 6-2

Maybe we should have taken the idea of Donald Young as the American #2 more seriously. Kevin Anderson will remain below the Top Twenty, but Young moves past Sam Querrey, Jack Sock, and Steve Johnson; he is on the brink of the Top Fifty. If he makes it, he will of course be the only American Top Fifty player other than John Isner. As of now, the top five Americans are, in order, Isner, Young, Johnson, Sock, and Querrey. And to think Querrey was the #2 less than two weeks ago!

Doubles – Quarterfinal: (WC) Johnson/Querrey def. (1) Bryan/Bryan 7-5 2-6 10-8

What a wild event for the “other Americans”: Steve Johnson looked set to become the American #2, and that won’t happen — but he shows what he can do by beating the #1 doubles team in the world. The Bryans of course stay at #1, but they remain oddly inconsistent in 2014.

Doubles – Quarterfinal: Groth/Paes def. Cabal/Marrero 7-6(7-3) 3-6 12-10

RANKINGS

Estimated ATP World Tour Rankings

As of August 1, 2014

Rank &

Prior…Player………..Points

1..(1) Djokovic……….13130

2..(2) Nadal………….12670

3..(3) Federer…………6070

4..(4) Wawrinka………..5770

5..(5) Berdych…………4410

6..(6) Ferrer………….4085

7..(7) Raonic………….4055

8..(9) Dimitrov………..3270

9.(10) Murray………….3040

10..(8) Del Potro……….2860

11.(11) Nishikori……….2780

12.(13) Gulbis………….2680

13.(14) Gasquet…………2460

14.(12) Isner…………..2435

15.(15) Tsonga………….1910

16.(16) Bautista Agut……1785

17.(17) Dolgopolov………1680

18.(18) Cilic…………..1665

18.(19) Fognini…………1665

20.(20) Robredo…………1645

21.(21) Anderson………..1605

22.(22) Monfils…………1545

23.(23) Youzhny…………1530

24.(24) Kohlschreiber……1505

25.(25) Lopez…………..1500

26.(27) Mayer…………..1354

27.(29) Almagro…………1270

28.(26) Haas……………1250

29.(31) Karlovic………..1205

29.(34) Giraldo…………1205

DRAWS

Washington — Week of July 28, 2014

………………3R………………QF…………SF

1 Berdych………(1)Berdych

13 Pospisil…….(13)Pospisil……..Pospisil

10 Giraldo……..(10)Giraldo………Giraldo

8 Lopez………..Estrella Burgos

4 Nishikori…….(4)Nishikori……..Nishikori

16 Lu………….Lacko

12 Chardy………Smyczek

6 Gasquet………(6)Gasquet……….Gasquet……Gasquet

7 Anderson……..(7)Anderson………Anderson

11 Stepanek…….Jaziri

15 Istomin……..(15)Istomin

17 Benneteau……Young……………Young……..Young

5 Isner………..Johnson………….Johnson

9 Karlovic……..(9)Karlovic

14 Hewitt………(14)Hewitt

2 Raonic……….(2)Raonic………..Raonic…….Raonic

STATUS OF SEEDS:

1 Berdych…….lost 3R (Pospisil)

2 Raonic

3 Dimitrov……WITHDREW (replaced by Benneteau)

4 Nishikori…..lost QF (Gaquet)

5 Isner………lost 2R (Johnson)

6 Gasquet

7 Anderson……lost QF (Young)

8 Lopez………lost 2R (Estrella Burgos)

9 Karlovic……lost 3R (Johnson)

10 Giraldo

11 Stepanek…..lost 2R (Jaziri)

12 Chardy…….lost 2R (Smyczek)

13 Pospisil

14 Hewitt…….lost 3R (Raonic)

15 Istomin……lost 3R (Young)

16 Lu………..lost 2R (Lacko)

17 Benneteau….lost 2R (Young)

Kitzbuhel — Week of July 28, 2014

………………..QF……………..SF………..F

1 Kohlschreiber…..Goffin(WC)………Goffin…….Goffin

6 Haase………….Lorenzi

3 Rosol………….(3)Rosol

8 Carreno Busta…..(Q)M.Gonzalez……Gonzalez

7 Nieminen……….Monaco………….Monaco

4 Seppi………….(4)Seppi

5 Thiem………….(5)Thiem………..Thiem……..Thiem

2 Granollers……..(2)Granollers

STATUS OF SEEDS:

1 Kohlschreiber…lost 2R (Goffin)

2 Granollers……lost QF (Thiem)

3 Rosol………..lost QF (M Gonzalez)

4 Seppi………..lost QF (Monaco)

5 Thiem

6 Haase………..lost 1R (Lorenzi)

7 Nieminen……..lost 2R (Monaco)

8 Carreno Busta…lost 1R (M Gonzalez)

Canadian Open/Toronto — Week of August 4, 2014

1 Djokovic

–bye

Stepanek

Monfils

Chardy

Delbonis

Roger-Vasselin

13 Tsonga

12 Gasquet

Pospisil

Karlovic

Qualifier

Giraldo

Kyrgios (WC)

–bye

8 Murray

3 Wawrinka

–bye

Qualifier

Falla

Anderson

Qualifier

Youzhny

16 Fognini

9 Nishikori

Kohlschreiber

Simon

Thiem

Young (SE)

Dancevic (WC)

–bye

7 Dimitrov

6 Raonic

–bye

Sock (WC)

Melzer

Hewitt

Benneteau

Sousa

11 Gulbis

14 Bautista Agut

Lopez

Qualifier

Robredo

Granollers

–bye

4 Berdych

5 Ferrer

–bye

Mahut

Qualifier

Seppi

Qualifier

Dodig

10 Isner

15 Cilic

Istomin

Garcia-Lopez

Qualifier

Polansky (WC)

Janowicz

–bye

2 Federer

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

FRIDAY

Washington

Singles – Quarterfinal

(2) M Raonic def. S Johnson 7-6(7-2) 6-2

(6) R Gasquet def. (4) K Nishikori 6-1 6-4

D Young def. (7) K Anderson 3-6 7-6(7-3) 6-2

(13) V Pospisil tied with (10) S Giraldo 6-7(4-7) 6-3, suspended

Doubles – Quarterfinal

(WC) Johnson/Querrey def. (1) Bryan/Bryan 7-5 2-6 10-8

Groth/Paes def. Cabal/Marrero 7-6(7-3) 3-6 12-10

Kitzbuhel

Singles – Quarterfinal

(5) D Thiem def. (2) M Granollers 6-4 7-5

J Monaco def. (4) A Seppi 6-2 3-6 6-3

Singles – Semifinal

(5) D Thiem def. J Monaco 6-3 6-1

(WC) D Goffin def. (Q) M Gonzalez 5-7 6-4 6-3

Doubles – Quarterfinal

(3) Emmrich/Rosol def. (WC) Melzer/Melzer 6-4 6-3

Dlouhy/Marray def. (4) Begemann/Haase 6-2 3-6 10-7

Doubles – Semifinal

Bracciali/Golubev def. (3) Emmrich/Rosol 6-3 2-6 10-4

Kontinen/Nieminen def. Dlouhy/Marray 3-6 7-6(7-4) 10-7

Topics: Atp World Tour, David Ferrer, David Goffin, Dominic Thiem, Donald Young, jack sock, Kevin Anderson, Kitzbühel, milos raonic, Sam Querrey, Steve Johnson, Tennis, Tennis News, Washington DC

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