CINCY TENNIS. RESULTS, SCORES & SCHEDULE FOR SATURDAY & U.S. OPEN SEEDS

Written by: Staff on 15th August 2014

CINCY TENNIS. RESULTS, SCORES & SCHEDULE FOR SATURDAY & U.S. OPEN SEEDS

epa04354120 Roger Federer of Switzerland hits a return shot to Gael Monfils of France in their third round match of the Western & Southern Open tennis tournament at the Linder Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio, USA, 14 August 2014. EPA/TANNEN MAURY |

*Tidbits

* No return to #3 for Wawrinka after shock loss to Benneteau

* Fognini, Robredo both lose — which means Fognini is the #16 U. S. Open seed

* Murray may be seeded below the Top Eight after loss to Federer.

Cincinnati

Singles – Quarterfinal: (2) R Federer def. (8) A Murray 6-3 7-5

Andy Murray of Great Britain hits a return to Roger Federer of Switzerland in their quarter-finals match of the Western & Southern Open tennis tournament at the Linder Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio, USA, 15 August 2014. EPA/TANNEN MAURY

Going into this, we couldn’t help but think that this was a contest to see which of these two had slipped more from his prime. It was, obviously, Murray, who will not rise above #9 and therefore will need a withdrawal by Rafael Nadal or someone if he is to earn the #8 U. S. Open seed. Roger Federer has now clinched the #3 ranking, and he’s now less than 4000 points behind Rafael Nadal. Keep this up and there is just a chance that he could regain the #2 spot from Nadal at the U. S. Open — if he wins the title.

Singles – Quarterfinal: J Benneteau def. (3) S Wawrinka 1-6 6-1 6-2

Apparently Julien Benneteau wants more than just a U. S. Open seed. He wants a high seed.

Whatever it was that happened to Stan Wawrinka, it happened suddenly. After breezing through the first set in twenty minutes, Wawrinka couldn’t keep the ball in the court after that. Benneteau won more than 60% of the points in the last two sets. That will take him to #27 in the world, just below his career high. Make the final and he’ll not only reach a career high, he’ll be one of the Top 24 seeds in New York. Indeed, he needs only two more withdrawals to make it even if he loses his semifinal, and there are several iffy guys above him — Rafael Nadal, Kei Nishikori, Alexandr Dolgopolov.

The loss means that Stan Wawrinka will remain stuck at #4 rather than returning to #3. It won’t matter much if Nadal plays the U. S. Open, since Wawrinka would be in the #3/#4 seeding block no matter what. But if Nadal pulls out, this costs Wawrinka his chance to be the #2 seed. Either Nadal gets the spot or it will go to Roger Federer.

Singles – Quarterfinal: (5) M Raonic def. (15) F Fognini 6-1 6-0

Not much sign of Fabio Fognini’s stamina here; he got pretty well stomped. For Milos Raonic, that kept alive his hopes of reaching the Top Five — but it left Fognini waiting to see how Tommy Robredo did to learn if he would get a Top Sixteen U. S. Open seed.

Singles – Quarterfinal: (6) D Ferrer def. (16) T Robredo 6-4 3-6 6-3

Unlike Fabio Fognini, Tommy Robredo made a valiant attempt to clinch the #16 U. S. Open seed, but he came up just short. He’ll be #18, meaning that he’ll be stuck with the #17 seed unless Rafael Nadal or someone pulls out. David Ferrer still hasn’t clinched the #5 ranking, but Milos Raonic now needs a title to catch him.

Doubles – Quarterfinal: (1) Bryan/Bryan def. Rojer/Tecau 7-6(7-5) 6-7(6-8) 10-2

This was definitely not pretty, but the Bryans got the job done. Maybe it will lead to better things.

Doubles – Quarterfinal: Pospisil/Sock def. (2) Peya/Soares 6-2 5-7 10-7

One of these days, Pospisil/Sock will lose a match. But we’re still waiting….

Doubles – Quarterfinal: ((6) Benneteau/Roger-Vasselin def. (3) Nestor/Zimonjic 6-3 6-4

It’s going to be a busy weekend for Julien Benneteau, with semifinals in both singles and doubles.

Doubles – Quarterfinal: (WC) Johnson/Querrey def. Lindstedt/Matkowski 7-6(9-7) 4-6 10-2

Apart from that bright moment in Melbourne, it continues to be a tough, tough year for Robert Lindstedt.

U. S. Open Seed Update

Even yesterday, the biggest suspense about the U. S. Open seeds was whether Rafael Nadal would be one of them. That’s even more true today, because most seed contests have been settled.

Settled even before the event began was the #1 seed. That will be Novak Djokovic. Nadal will be #2 if he can play.

If Nadal plays, then Roger Federer will be #3 and Stan Wawrinka #4. If Nadal doesn’t play, then Federer is #2, Wawrinka #3, and the #5 player gets the #4 seed. That’s currently David Ferrer, but Milos Raonic could still pass him with a title.

If Nadal plays, then the seeds in the #5 to #8 group will be Ferrer, Tomas Berdych, Raonic, and Grigor Dimitrov.

#9 to #12 will be Andy Murray, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Kei Nishikori, and Ernests Gulbis. With Juan Martin del Potro out, #13-#16 will be Richard Gasquet, John Isner, Marin Cilic, and Fabio Fognini.

The #17-#24 block will consist of Tommy Robredo, Roberto Bautista Agut, Kevin Anderson, Feliciano Lopez, Gael Monfils, Alexandr Dolgopolov (if he can play), Mikhail Youzhny, and Philipp Kohlschreiber. Leonardo Mayer is next in line if Nadal or someone pulls out.

#25-#32 includes Mayer, Julien Benneteau, Nicolas Almagro (if he can play), Ivo Karlovic, Santiago Giraldo, Gilles Simon, and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez. Tommy Haas would also be here, but he can’t play, so Jeremy Chardy should get the last seed.

Fernando Verdasco is in if we have another pullout, then Joao Sousa, Yen-Hsun Lu, Radek Stepanek, and Pablo Cuevas.

RANKINGS

Estimated ATP World Tour Rankings

As of August 15, 2014

Rank &

Prior…Player………..Points

1..(1) Djokovic……….12770

2..(2) Nadal………….10670

3..(3) Federer…………6850

4..(4) Wawrinka………..5985

5..(6) Ferrer………….4525

6..(7) Raonic………….4225

7..(5) Berdych…………4060

8..(8) Dimitrov………..3540

9..(9) Murray………….3150

10.(10) Tsonga………….2920

11.(12) Nishikori……….2680

12.(13) Gulbis………….2580

13.(11) Del Potro……….2410

14.(15) Gasquet…………2360

15.(14) Isner…………..1925

16.(19) Cilic…………..1845

17.(21) Fognini…………1835

18.(20) Robredo…………1825

19.(18) Bautista Agut……1800

20.(17) Anderson………..1775

21.(16) Lopez…………..1770

22.(23) Monfils…………1660

23.(22) Dolgopolov………1625

24.(25) Youzhny…………1540

25.(24) Kohlschreiber……1505

26.(26) Mayer…………..1354

27.(41) Benneteau……….1285

28.(27) Almagro…………1250

29.(28) Karlovic………..1220

30.(30) Giraldo…………1180

30.(31) Simon…………..1180

DRAWS

Cincinnati — Week of August 11, 2014

………………3R…………..QF……….SF

1 Djokovic……..(1)Djokovic

16 Robredo……..(16)Robredo…..Robredo

12 Tsonga………Youzhny

6 Ferrer……….(6)Ferrer…….Ferrer……Ferrer

3 Wawrinka……..(3)Wawrinka…..Wawrinka

14 Cilic……….(14)Cilic

[Rola(LL)]……..Benneteau…….Benneteau…Benneteau

7 Dimitrov……..Janowicz

5 Raonic……….(5)Raonic…….Raonic……Raonic

9 Gulbis……….Johnson(WC)

15 Fognini……..(15)Fognini…..Fognini

4 Berdych………Lu

8 Murray……….(8)Murray…….Murray

11 Isner……….(11)Isner

13 Bautista Agut..Monfils

2 Federer………(2)Federer……Federer…..Federer

STATUS OF SEEDS:

1 Djokovic…….lost 3R (Robredo)

2 Federer

3 Wawrinka…….lost QF (Benneteau)

4 Berdych……..lost 2R (Lu)

5 Raonic

6 Ferrer

7 Dimitrov…….lost 2R (Janowicz)

8 Murray………lost QF (Federer)

9 Gulbis………lost 2R (Johnson)

10 Gasquet…….WITHDREW (replaced by Rola)

11 Isner………lost 3R (Murray)

12 Tsonga……..lost 1R (Youzhny)

13 Bautista Agut.lost 2R (Monfils)

14 Cilic………lost 3R (Wawrinka)

15 Fognini…….lost QF (Raonic)

16 Robredo…….lost QF (Ferrer)

Winston-Salem — Week of August 18, 2014

1 Isner

–bye

Klahn

Rubin (WC)

Haase

Paire

–bye

13 Kukushkin

10 Andujar

–bye

Sijsling

Golubev

Harrison (WC)

Struff

–bye

7 Rosol

3 Robredo

–bye

Kavcic

Mahut

Klizan

Delbonis

–bye

14 Seppi

9 Lu

–bye

Qualifier

Rola

Ginepri (WC)

Mathieu

–bye

8 Granollers

6 Sousa

–bye

Janowicz

Berlocq

Qualifier

Nedovyesov

–bye

12 Roger-Vasselin

15 Nieminen

–bye

Becker

Carreno Busta

Qualifier

Melzer

–bye

4 L Mayer

5 Garcia-Lopez

–bye

Brown

A Gonzalez

Dancevic

Bellucci

–bye

11 Young

16 Johnson

–bye

Querrey

Riba

Qualifier

Mannarino

–bye

1 Anderson (WC)

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

FRIDAY

Cincinnati

Singles – Quarterfinal

(2) R Federer def. (8) A.Murray 6-3 7-5

J Benneteau def. (3) S Wawrinka 1-6 6-1 6-2

(5) M Raonic def. (15) F Fognini 6-1 6-0

(6) D Ferrer def. (16) T Robredo 6-4 3-6 6-3

Doubles – Quarterfinal

(1) Bryan/Bryan def. Rojer/Tecau 7-6(7-5) 6-7(6-8) 10-2

Pospisil/Sock def. (2) Peya/Soares 6-2 5-7 10-7

(6) Benneteau/Roger-Vasselin def. (3) Nestor/Zimonjic 6-3 6-4

(WC) Johnson/Querrey def. Lindstedt/Matkowski 7-6(9-7) 4-6 10-2

Topics: Andy Murray, Atp, Bryan Brothers, Cincinnati, Cincy Tennis, David Ferrer, milos raonic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Stanislas Wawrinka, Tennis, Tennis News, US Open

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