SHANGHAI MENS TENNIS RESULTS SUPER IMPORTANT WEEK IN THE BARCLAYS YEAR END RACE. ANDY & JAMIE MURRAY WIN

Written by: Staff on 7th October 2014

SHANGHAI MENS TENNIS RESULTS SUPER IMPORTANT WEEK IN THE BARCLAYS YEAR END RACE. ANDY & JAMIE MURRAY WIN

epa04424048 Spain's Rafael Nadal in action against France's Richard Gasquet during their match at the Tennis China Open in Beijing, China, 30 September 2014. EPA/DIEGO AZUBEL |

BOTH MURRAY MEN WIN

TIDBITS

* #553 Wang earns first ATP win by beating #15 Shanghai seed Fognini

* Anderson loses to Kukushkin, will not make Top Fifteen

* Kukushkin joins Karlovic as first into third round; Karlovic’s win clinches Top Thirty spot

* #12 Gulbis falls to Youzhny, withdraws from doubles with shoulder injury

* Murray scores easy win but remains below Top Ten

* Pospisil knock Giraldo out of Top Thirty

* No Top Thirty spot for Cuevas after loss to Dodig

* Win over Golubev might put Johnson in Top Forty

* Win over Wu will probably spell another career high for Leonardo Mayer

* Simon one win away from return to Top 25 after victory over Garcia-Lopez

* Win over Kokkanis assures Lopez will return to Top Twenty

* Butorac/Klaasen all but end London hopes for Murray/Peers

NEWS

Shanghai

Andy Murray secured an efficient 6-1, 7-5 start as Scot tries to improve his status in the race for a spot in next month’s ATP season-ending finals in London. Murray stands outside the sweet spot in the chase for the eight-man competition from November 9, currently ninth.

He improved his status slightly just over a week ago by winning a title in Wuhan but will have lots more work if he is to rise himself into the field. Ahead of him are last week’s tournament finalists Tomas Berdych (seventh) and Milos Raonic on eighth.

Murray reached he second round in less than 90 minutes with six aces and six breaks of serve against his Russian opponent in the first-time meeting. “I started the match well, he wasn’t in much of a rhythm at the beginning,” Murray said post-match. “He was timing the ball a lot better in the second set. I just had to find a way to get through. “It was a good start for me, but there is some work to be done.”

The 44th-ranked Feliciano Lopez booked his place against compatriot and second seed Rafael Nadal by winning a first-round contest over Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-7(12), 6-3, 6-4. Nadal, suffering with early-stage appendicitis, has elected to play this week despite his health problem.

Fabio Fognini of Italy returns to Roger Federer of Switzerland, during the third single match of the Davis Cup World Group semi final between Switzerland and Italy at Palexpo in Geneva, Switzerland, 14 September 2014. EPA/MARTIAL TREZZINI

Two seeds lost in quick-fire fashion, with Russian Mikhail Youzhny extending his dominance over patchy Latvian Ernests Gulbis, the number 12, to 4-3 overall after a 6-4, 6-1 win. Italian 15th seed Fabio Fognini suffered the worst defeat of his career as he lost to 553rd-ranked Chinese wild card Wang Chuhan 7-6(5), 6-4. The unpredictable Fognini “saluted” the cheering home crowd with his extended middle finger as he walked off the court after going down despite 11 aces against the neophyte.

Wang went out a week ago in the first round of Beijing qualifying while Fognini has now suffered his fifth defeat in succession. His last win came two months ago in Cincinnati.

Vasek Pospisil advanced as Colombian Santiago Giraldo went into meltdown in a confrontation with chair umpire Fergus Murphy, losing all third-set concentration in a 6-2, 6-7(5), 6-1 loss.

Slovak Martin Klizan, a winner over Nadal last week, beat Sam Groth 7-6(1), 6-3. France’s Gilles Simon, a Tokyo semi-finalist at the weekend, started with a win over Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 3-6, 6-0, 6-1 while Frenchman Julien Benneteau defeated Zhang Ze of China 5-7, 6-3, 6-3.

Croatian Ivo Karklovic reached the first of the third-round spots after 24 aces assured him on 7-6 (8-6), 6-3 defeat of Taiwan’s Lu-Hsun Yu.

THIS WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:

Shanghai (1000/Hard). Defending Champion: Novak Djokovic

NEXT WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:

Moscow (250/Indoor Hard). Defending Champion: Richard Gasquet

Stockholm (250/Indoor Hard). Defending Champion: Grigor Dimitrov

Vienna (250/Indoor Hard). Defending Champion: Tommy Haas

STATS AND FACTS

RANKINGS

Estimated ATP World Tour Rankings

As of October 7, 2014

Rank &

Prior…Player………..Points

1..(1) Djokovic……….11160

2..(2) Nadal…………..8105

3..(3) Federer…………8090

4..(4) Wawrinka………..5385

5..(5) Ferrer………….4415

6..(6) Nishikori……….4355

7..(7) Berdych…………4155

8..(9) Cilic…………..3945

9..(8) Raonic………….3885

10.(10) Dimitrov………..3745

11.(11) Murray………….3590

12.(12) Tsonga………….2705

13.(13) Gulbis………….2465

14.(14) Isner…………..1925

15.(18) Bautista Agut……1890

16.(16) Anderson………..1875

17.(17) Fognini…………1790

18.(21) Lopez…………..1745

19.(15) Monfils…………1735

20.(20) Robredo…………1715

21.(22) Gasquet…………1690

22.(23) Kohlschreiber……1460

23.(24) Dolgopolov………1455

24.(25) MayerL………….1384

25.(27) Goffin………….1278

26.(19) Del Potro……….1265

26.(31) Karlovic………..1265

28.(26) Rosol…………..1255

28.(29) Simon…………..1255

30.(30) Benneteau……….1240

DRAWS

Shanghai — Week of October 5, 2014

…………………3R

1 Djokovic

16 Anderson……….Kukushkin

11 Murray

5 Ferrer

3 Federer

14 Bautista Agut

10 Dimitrov

7 Nishikori

6 Berdych

9 Cilic…………..Karlovic

15 Fognini

4 Wawrinka

8 Raonic

12 Gulbis

13 Isner

2 Nadal

STATUS OF SEEDS:

1 Djokovic

2 Nadal

3 Federer

4 Wawrinka

5 Ferrer

6 Berdych

7 Nishikori

8 Raonic

9 Cilic………..lost 1R (Karlovic)

10 Dimitrov

11 Murray

12 Gulbis………lost 1R (Youzhny)

13 Isner

14 Bautista Agut

15 Fognini…….lost 1R (Wang)

16 Anderson……lost 2R (Kukushkin)

SCORES

TUESDAY

Shanghai

Singles – Second Round

M Kukushkin (KAZ) d [16] K Anderson (RSA) 64 62

I Karlovic (CRO) d Y Lu (TPE) 76(6) 63

Singles – First Round

[11] A Murray (GBR) d [Q] T Gabashvili (RUS) 61 75

M Youzhny (RUS) d [12] E Gulbis (LAT) 64 61

[WC] C Wang (CHN) d [15] F Fognini (ITA) 76(5) 64

J Janowicz (POL) d E Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 36 75 76(6)

M Klizan (SVK) d [Q] S Groth (AUS) 76(1) 63

L Mayer (ARG) d [WC] D Wu (CHN) 64 61

V Pospisil (CAN) d S Giraldo (COL) 62 67(5) 61

J Benneteau (FRA) d [WC] Z Zhang (CHN) 57 63 63

G Simon (FRA) d G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 36 60 61

I Dodig (CRO) d P Cuevas (URU) 75 62

S Johnson (USA) d [Q] A Golubev (KAZ) 63 16 63

F Lopez (ESP) d [Q] T Kokkinakis (AUS) 67(12) 63 64

Doubles – First Round

R Bopanna (IND) / F Mergea (ROU) d F Fognini (ITA) / R Ram (USA) 62 ret. (Ram – back)

E Butorac (USA) / R Klaasen (RSA) d *[Alt] J Murray (GBR) / J Peers (AUS) 64 75

P Cuevas (URU) / D Marrero (ESP) d J Chardy (FRA) / A Qureshi (PAK) 64 64

L Rosol (CZE) / M Youzhny (RUS) d F Lopez (ESP) / M Mirnyi (BLR) 76(6) 57 10-8

*[Alt] J Murray (GBR) / J Peers (AUS) replaced E Gulbis (LAT) / D Thiem (AUT) – Gulbis (shoulder)

CONTENT via Bob LARSON Tennis

Topics: Andy Murray, Atp, Jamie Murray, Shanghai, Shanghai Rolex Masters, Tennis Results

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