DELRAY, MARSEILLE, & HOT RIO. ATP PRO SCORES, RESULTS, RANKINGS TENNIS PLAYERS ARE CRISS-CROSSING THE GLOBE. TRUE GLOBETROTTERS !

Written by: Staff on 18th February 2015

DELRAY, MARSEILLE, & HOT RIO. ATP PRO SCORES, RESULTS, RANKINGS TENNIS PLAYERS ARE CRISS-CROSSING THE GLOBE. TRUE GLOBETROTTERS !

epa04626449 Spain's David Ferrer returns a ball against Dutch Thiemo de Bakke, during their match at the Rio Open Tennis 2015 tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 18 February 2015. EPA/Marcelo Sayao |

PRO TOUR NEWS – MEN

HOT RIO

Rio de Janeiro

Singles – Second Round: (2) D Ferrer def. (Q) T de Bakker 7-6(10-8) 2-0, retired (stomach)

Toward the end of the first set of this, there were surely overworked staffers here saying, “Why are you putzing around, David Ferrer? We don’t need another three hour match!” (This followed Joao Souza’s marathon.) They needn’t have worried. Having finally won the first set, he broke in the very first game of the second, and Thiemo de Bakker quit a game later — the fourth player to retire here. Not that it makes any difference to Ferrer; he’s going to be #9 no matter what happens here.

Dutch Thiemo de Bakke returns a ball to Spain’s David Ferrer, during their match at the Rio Open Tennis 2015 tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 18 February 2015. EPA/Marcelo Sayao

Singles – Second Round: A Haider-Maurer def. (3) T Robredo 6-3 6-2

We can’t help but think that, somehow, this is related to the plague of retirements that has hit this place. It’s just crazy. Tommy Robredo won’t rise above #18, and he might fall.

Singles – Second Round: J Monaco def. J Nieminen 6-1 7-6(7-4)

Jarkko Nieminen would probably have been better advised to play indoors in Marseille. But perhaps he thought he ought to go for the 500 point event. That may be a little bit too much to shoot for; his ranking is down to #77.

Singles – Second Round: (WC) J Sousa def. B Rola 6-4 6-7(7-9) 6-4

It almost seemed as if Joao Sousa wanted this to go three hours. If so, he got his wish; it lasted three hours and two minutes, but he’s in the quarterfinal. He came here at #88, just shy of his career high of #84. It looks as if he’ll be surpassing that by a significant margin.

Brazilian Joao Souza (Feijao) celebrates after a point against Slovenian Blaz Rola, during their Rio Open Tennis 2015 tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 18 February 2015. EPA/Marcelo Sayão

Doubles – First Round: (2) Cabal/Farah def. Giraldo/Ramos-Vinolas 6-4 6-3

Santiago Giraldo was one of those who had retired in singles. Interesting that he played — and did about as well as could reasonably be expected against strong opponents. It would seem that he, at least, is all right.

Doubles – First Round: Andujar/Marach def. (3) Knowle/Melo 6-0 6-3

Looks like another instance of physical problems. Would Knowle/Melo even have played were it not for the fact that Marcelo Melo is Brazilian?

Doubles – First Round: (4) Cuevas/Marrero def. Cermak/Vesely 6-2 6-1

Doubles – First Round: Lorenzi/Schwartzman def. Carreno Busta/Delbonis 6-3 6-3

Only one of these four players is over the age of 24. That one is Paolo Lorenzi. Interesting that his team won; it’s actually the lower-ranked (combined #368 versus #314). But none of these guys are noteworthy for doubles.

Marseille

Singles – First Round: (5) G Simon def. (Q) P Herbert 7-5 2-0, retired (right shoulder)

The retirement plague continues. This was #7 this week — and the total would reach eight when Thiemo de Bakker quit at Rio. As for David Ferrer in Rio, the result hardly matters to Gilles Simon; it’s not enough points to count.

Singles – First Round: (6) D Goffin def. J Janowicz 6-4 6-2

Nothing that matters yet for David Goffin, either, but he leaves Jerzy Janowicz still below #45.

Singles – First Round: S Bolelli def. (SE) L Vanni 6-4 7-6(7-4)

Luka Vanni got a special exempt for reaching the Sao Paulo final. Problem is, that was in clay, and several time zones to the west. So he had a lot of adjusting to do. Too much adjusting, it would appear.

Singles – Second Round: (4) R Bautista Agut def. V Pospisil 7-5 6-4

Is Roberto Bautista Agut trying to tell the world that he isn’t just another Spanish clay-courter? If so, he’s doing a pretty good job. It isn’t likely he’ll rise above #16 this week, but we’re coming up on much bigger tournaments….

Singles – Second Round: (7) (WC) G Monfils def. And Kuznetsov 6-3 6-2

An efficient start, but Gael Monfils needs at least a final to add any points, and to have any chance of returning to the Top Twenty. And that’s if current #20 David Goffin cooperates. So far, Goffin looks at least as good.

Singles – Second Round: S Stakhovsky def. J Struff 6-4 4-6 6-3

Sergiy Stakhovsky continues to perform very well indoors; if the season were even a few weeks longer, he’d have a real shot at the Top Fifty. As it is, he drops Jan-Lennart Struff, who was defending semifinalist points, below #70.

Doubles – First Round: (2) Draganja/Kontinen def. (WC) Zverev/Zverev 2-6 7-5 10-7

Not even playing with his hotshot little brother is enough to help Mischa Zverev these days.

Doubles – First Round: Golubev/Istomin def. (3) J Murray/Peers 7-5 6-7(7-9) 10-7

Doubles – First Round: Junaid/Shamasdin def. (4) Begemann/Haase 3-6 6-4 10-8

Doubles – First Round: Emmrich/Siljestrom def. Daniell/Sitak 7-6(7-0) 6-3

Delray Beach

Singles – Second Round: Y Lu def. (1) K Anderson 7-6(8-6) 6-3

Another week, another non-title for Kevin Anderson. It’s going to be hard to get much above #15 if he can’t change that! Anderson was last year’s finalist, so he loses more than 100 points, but it doesn’t look likely to cost him in the rankings — there was a big gap between #15 and #16 entering this week.

Singles – Second Round: (4) I Karlovic def. (Q) T Kokkinakis 7-6(7-4) 7-6(7-2)

This was perhaps not quite as close as you’d think from the score; Ivo Karlovic won a lot more points than Thanasi Kokkinakis. (That apart from hitting 21 aces.) But there were no breaks, and hence the scoreline. It doesn’t matter to Karlovic, points-wise; he needs two more wins to hit the Top 25.

Singles – Second Round: (5) A Mannarino def. (WC) D Kudla 6-2 6-2

It’s by no means certain yet, but we’d guess this will make Adrian Mannarino Top Forty.

Singles – Second Round: (7) S Johnson def. (WC) A Rublev 6-3 6-3

Even with John Isner and Sam Querrey out, the Americans still have someone to cheer for in Steve Johnson. It’s a big win for Johnson, who came in with 102 points to defend; he’s now sure to stay Top Fifty, and we’d guess he’ll remain above #45.

Doubles – First Round: (1) Bryan/Bryan def. Brown/Mannarino 6-3 7-5

It’s astounding to realize that the Bryans came in here a mere #26 in the doubles Race. This will help only slightly (they’re now just below #20) — but we’d expect that to change rapidly.

Doubles – First Round: (3) Dodig/Mirnyi def. Fyrstenberg/S Gonzalez 3-6 7-5 10-7

Dodig/Mirnyi didn’t look too good last week, so this may be an improvement.

Doubles – First Round: Tomic/Troicki def. Bedene/A Gonzalez 6-4 6-2

Doubles – First Round: Smith/Venus def. Cerretani/Gabashvili 6-2 7-6(8-6)

THIS WEEK IN TENNIS

THIS WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:

Rio de Janeiro (500/Clay). Defending Champion: Rafael Nadal

Marseille (250/Indoor Hard). Defending Champion: Ernests Gulbis

Delray Beach (250/Hard). Defending Champion: Marin Cilic

NEXT WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:

Dubai (500/Indoor Hard). Defending Champion: Roger Federer

Acapulco (500/Hard). Defending Champion: Grigor Dimitrov

Buenos Aires (250/Clay). Defending Champion: David Ferrer

RANKINGS

Estimated ATP World Tour Rankings

As of February 17, 2015

Rank &

Prior…Player………..Points

1..(1) Djokovic……….13045

2..(2) Federer…………9205

3..(4) Murray………….5460

4..(3) Nadal…………..5290

5..(5) Nishikori……….5205

6..(6) Raonic………….4980

7..(7) Wawrinka………..4550

8..(8) Berdych…………4460

9..(9) Ferrer………….3775

10.(11) Dimitrov………..3465

11.(10) Cilic…………..3450

12.(12) Tsonga………….2345

13.(14) Lopez…………..2325

14.(13) Gulbis………….2125

14.(15) Anderson………..2125

16.(16) Bautista Agut……1975

17.(17) Simon…………..1890

18.(18) Robredo…………1755

19.(19) Isner…………..1720

20.(20) Goffin………….1659

21.(21) Monfils…………1635

22.(22) Kohlschreiber……1460

23.(23) Cuevas………….1447

24.(26) Garcia-Lopez…….1405

25.(25) Gasquet…………1365

26.(27) Benneteau……….1335

27.(29) Karlovic………..1295

28.(28) Fognini…………1275

29.(30) Mayer…………..1264

30.(31) Rosol…………..1245

DRAWS

Rio de Janeiro — Week of February 16

………….QF

1 Nadal

6 Cuevas

4 Fognini

8 Klizan

5 L Mayer….Sousa(WC)

3 Robredo….Haider-Maurer

7 Giraldo….Monaco

2 Ferrer…..(2)Ferrer

STATUS OF SEEDS:

1 Nadal

2 Ferrer

3 Robredo…lost 2R (Haider-Maurer)

4 Fognini

5 L Mayer…lost 1R (Rola)

6 Cuevas

7 Giraldo…lost 1R (Monaco)

8 Klizan

Marseille — Week of February 16

……………….QF

1 Raonic

7 Monfils (WC)…..(7)Monfils(WC)

4 Bautista Agut….(4)Bautista Agut

6 Goffin

5 Simon

3 Gulbis

8 Rosol…………Stakhovsky

2 Wawrinka

STATUS OF SEEDS:

1 Raonic

2 Wawrinka

3 Gulbis

4 Bautista Agut

5 Simon

6 Goffin

7 Monfils (WC)

8 Rosol…………lost 1R (Stakhovsky)

Delray Beach — Week of February 16

…………..QF

1 Anderson….Lu

5 Mannarino…(5)Mannarino

4 Karlovic….(4)Karlovic

7 Johnson…..(7)Johnson

6 Querrey

3 Dolgopolov

8 Troicki

2 Isner

STATUS OF SEEDS:

1 Anderson…..lost 2R (Lu)

2 Isner……..lost 1R (Matosevic)

3 Dolgopolov

4 Karlovic

5 Mannarino

6 Querrey……lost 1R (A Gonzalez)

7 Johnson

8 Troicki

SCORES

WEDNESDAY

Rio de Janeiro

Singles – Second Round

(2) D. Ferrer def. (Q) T. de Bakker 7-6(10-8) 2-0 retired (Stomach)

A. Haider-Maurer def. (3) T. Robredo 6-3 6-2

(WC) J. Souza def. B. Rola 6-4 6-6(9-11) 6-4

J. Monaco def. J. Nieminen 6-1 7-6(7-4)

Doubles – First Round

(2) Cabal/Farah def. Giraldo/Ramos-Vinolas 6-4 6-3

Andujar/Marach def. (3) Knowle/Melo 6-0 6-3

(4) Cuevas/Marrero def. Cermak/Vesely 6-2 6-1

Lorenzi/Schwartzman def. Carreno Busta/Delbonis 6-3 6-3

Marseille

Singles – First Round

(5) G. Simon def. (Q) P. Herbert 7-5 2-0, retired (Right Shoulder)

(6) D. Goffin def. J. Janowicz 6-4 6-2

S. Bolelli def. L. Vanni 6-4 7-6(7-4)

Singles – Second Round

(4) R. Bautista Agut def. V. Pospisil 7-5 6-4

(7) (WC) G. Monfils def. A. Kuznetsov 6-3 6-2

S. Stakhovsky def. J. Struff 6-4 4-6 6-3

Doubles – First Round

(2) Draganja/Kontinen def. (WC) Zverev/Zverev 2-6 7-5 10-7

Golubev/Istomin def. (3) J Murray/Peers 7-5 6-6(7-9) 10-7

Junaid/Shamasdin def. (4) Begemann/Haase 3-6 6-4 10-8

Emmrich/Siljestrom def. Daniell/Sitak 7-6(7-0) 6-3 .

Delray Beach

Singles – Second Round

Y Lu def. (1) K Anderson 7-6(8-6) 6-3

(4) I Karlovic def. (Q) T Kokkinakis 7-6(7-4) 7-6(7-2)

(5) A Mannarino def. (WC) D Kudla 6-2 6-2

(7) S Johnson def. (WC) A Rublev 6-3 6-3

Doubles – First Round

(1) Bryan/Bryan def. Brown/Mannarino 6-3 7-5

(3) Dodig/Mirnyi def. Fyrstenberg/S Gonzalez 3-6 7-5 10-7

Tomic/Troicki def. Bedene/A Gonzalez 6-4 6-2

Smith/Venus def. Cerretani/Gabashvili 6-2 7-6(8-6)

CONTENT VIA BOB LARSON TENNIS NEWS.

Topics: Atp, Delray Beach Open, Marseille, Rio Open, Tennis

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