Men Tennis Update – Oeiras and Munich

Written by: Staff on 2nd May 2013

Men Tennis Update - Oeiras and Munich

epa03685190 Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic returns the ball to Slovenia's Grega Zemlja during their second round match at the ATP tennis tournament in Munich, Germany, 02 May 2013. EPA/MARC MUELLER |

Munich

Singles – Second Round: (1) J Tipsarevic def. G Zemlja 6-4 6-2

So far, so good for Janko Tipsarevic, but of course this doesn’t count for anything.

Singles – Second Round: (3) T Haas def. E Gulbis 6-4 6-7(3-7) 6-1

Ernests Gulbis remains below #45 for the time being. Tommy Haas — who faces his countryman Florian Mayer next — still needs one more win to defend his points, but he will stay #14 no matter what.

Singles – Second Round: (6) F Mayer def. M Matosevic 2-6 6-4 6-2

No points yet for Florian Mayer, but if he can win his next match, he’ll be close to the Top 25.

Singles – Second Round: D Brands def. (WC) G Monfils 6-3 3-6 6-0

We should probably remind ourselves that this is not an upset. Gael Monfils came in at #103 (and will stay around #100); Daniel Brands was #69. This is starting to look like a breakthrough year for Brands.

Doubles – Quarterfinal: Nieminen/Tursunov def. (1) Peya/Soares 6-4 6-1

Perhaps Peya/Soares ran out of gas? They have been on a hot streak. See today’s Feature, which shows that both of them are in the Top Ten in doubles points earned this year.

Doubles – Quarterfinal: Cabal/Farah def. (2) Melzer/Paes 6-3 6-3

The Feature was written before this result came down, but it’s consistent with Leander Paes’s extreme troubles this year.

Doubles – Quarterfinal: (3) Knowle/Polasek def. Begemann/Emmrich 5-7 6-4 10-6

Doubles – Quarterfinal: Baghdatis/Butorac def. Dlouhy/Troicki 4-6 6-3 12-10

Oeiras

Singles – Second Round: (2) S Wawrinka def. A Ramos 1-6 6-3 6-4

Tough news for Albert Ramos, who was a semifinalist last year. He came in at #57, and can expect to end up below #60.

Singles – Second Round: (3) A Seppi def. A Falla 6-4 6-0

A pretty good start for Andreas Seppi, but he needs three more wins to defend his points — indeed, he needs two more to clinch his Top Twenty spot.

Singles – Second Round: (8) T Robredo def. (Q) R Haase 6-4 6-4

Tommy Robredo edges up to #36; if he can add another hundred points to his total, a Roland Garros seed becomes likely.

Singles – Second Round: (WC) G Elias def. D Istomin 3-6 6-1 6-4

This isn’t as surprising as it looks; Denis Istomin really doesn’t like clay, and Gastao Elias came in at #113, so he didn’t miss direct entry by much.

Doubles – Quarterfinal: (2) Marrero/Melo def. Elgin/Istomin 7-6(7-2) 3-6 10-3

Doubles – Quarterfinal: (3) Gonzalez/Lipsky def. (Alt) Donskoy/Kuznetsov 6-4 6-2

Doubles – Quarterfinal: (4) Bracciali/Fognini def. (WC) Gil/Sousa 6-3 6-4

CORRECTION

All Munich singles matches listed as “first round” matches in Thursday’s edition were in fact second round matches.

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RANKINGS

Estimated ATP World Tour Rankings
As of May 1, 2013

Rank & Prior...Player...........Points 1..(1) Djokovic..........12900 2..(2) Federer............8670 3..(3) Murray.............8570 4..(4) Ferrer.............6920 5..(5) Nadal..............5985 6..(6) Berdych............4760 7..(7) Del Potro..........4680 8..(8) Tsonga.............3875 9..(9) Gasquet............3260 10.(10) Tipsarevic.........3000 11.(11) Cilic..............2615 11.(12) Almagro............2615 13.(13) Raonic.............2225 14.(14) Haas...............2170 15.(15) Nishikori..........2090 16.(16) Wawrinka...........1960 17.(17) Simon..............1940 18.(19) Querrey............1870 19.(20) Monaco.............1785 20.(18) Seppi..............1735 21.(22) Isner..............1690 22.(21) Kohlschreiber......1620 23.(23) Dolgopolov.........1590 24.(24) Janowicz...........1404 25.(25) Fognini............1345 26.(26) Chardy.............1331 27.(27) Mayer..............1305 28.(28) Anderson...........1295 29.(29) Dimitrov...........1272 30.(30) Klizan.............1240