Men Tennis News Update – Roland Garros and Rankings

Written by: on 28th May 2013
French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros
Men Tennis News Update - Roland Garros and Rankings

epa03720267 Rafael Nadal of Spain in action during his 1st round match against Daniel Brands of Germany at the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris, France, 27 May 2013. EPA/YOAN VALAT  |

Roland Garros

Rafael Nadal lost his first set of the French Open fortnight but quickly recovered for a 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-4, 6-3 defeat of German Daniel Brands as the third seed began the quest for an eighth French Open title on Monday. Nadal has won seven of the last eight editions at Roland Garros, with Roger Federer picking up the slack by lifting the trophy in 2009.

 

Heavy-hitting Brands gave the third seed a fight, earning the opening set in a surprise as Nadal double-faulted to drop serve and trail 4-5, One game later, Brands took the early lead. But Nadal clawed it all back after a leisurely three hours.

 

“He played his game right to the hilt, all the balls, all his service games, he was just firing on all cylinders. It was a fantastic tactic, but he couldn’t quite execute it. ”

 

“I was trying to find solutions in every moment,” said Nadal, who added that he was not frustrated by the go-for-broke tactics of his opponent. “I had my mind under control all the time, fighting for the next point every time.

 

Other seeds had it easier on a sunny day in Paris, with No.6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beating Slovenia’s Aljaz Bedene 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 and fellow French seventh seed Richard Gasquet defeating Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-1, 6-4, 6-3. Spain’s No. 11 made a comeback over Austrian qualifier Andreas Heider-Maurer 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3. Also out: Austria’s 2011 semi-finalist Juergen Melzer, 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 against Dutchman Igor Sijsling.

 

Japan’s Kei Nishikori, the No.13, made light work of Canada’s Jesse Levine 6-3, 6-2, 6-0, coming back from an early break and dominating after that. Australian teenager Nick Kyrgios made a big-time Grand Slam debut with a defeat of Czech veteran Stepanek, almost twice his age, 7-6(4), 7-6(8), 7-6(11). The Australian Open junior champion got in on a wildcard following a withdrawal and made the most of his chance. “(Winning) felt about ten times better than the championship point at the junior Australian Open,” said Kyrgios.,

 

He next faces Croatian tenth seed Marin Cilic, who beat Germany’s Philipp Petzschner in a 6-1, 6-2, 6-3 win.

 

 

 

******** THIS WEEK IN TENNIS ********

 

THIS WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:

Roland Garros (Slam/Clay). Defending Champion: Rafael Nadal

 

NEXT WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:

Roland Garros (Slam/Clay). Defending Champion: Rafael Nadal

 

******** STATS AND FACTS ********

 

RANKINGS

 

Estimated ATP World Tour Rankings

As of May 27, 2013

 

 

Rank &

Prior…Player………..Points

1..(1) Djokovic……….11120

2..(2) Murray………….8310

3..(3) Federer…………7325

4..(5) Ferrer………….6065

5..(4) Nadal…………..4940

6..(6) Berdych…………4515

7..(7) Del Potro……….3960

8..(8) Tsonga………….3480

9..(9) Gasquet…………2955

10.(11) Cilic…………..2525

11.(10) Wawrinka………..2460

12.(15) Nishikori……….2360

13.(12) Tipsarevic………2310

14.(14) Haas……………2235

15.(16) Raonic………….2180

16.(13) Almagro…………2060

17.(18) Simon…………..1850

18.(20) Querrey…………1765

19.(17) Monaco………….1740

20.(19) Kohlschreiber……1715

21.(21) Isner…………..1690

22.(23) Janowicz………..1553

23.(24) Dolgopolov………1500

24.(22) Seppi…………..1395

25.(25) Anderson………..1375

26.(27) Chardy………….1371

27.(26) Paire…………..1370

28.(28) Dimitrov………..1320

29.(29) Fognini…………1300

30.(30) Mayer…………..1255

 

**DRAWS

 

Roland Garros — Week of May 26

 

 

1 Djokovic

26 Dimitrov

22 Dolgopolov

16 Kohlschreiber

 

12 Haas

19 Isner

29 Youzhny

8 Tipsarevic

 

3 Nadal

27 Fognini

24 Paire

13 Nishikori

 

9 Wawrinka

21 Janowicz

28 F Mayer

7 Gasquet

 

5 Berdych

32 Robredo

20 Seppi

11 Almagro

 

14 Raonic

23 Anderson

31 Granollers

4 Ferrer

 

6 Tsonga

25 Chardy

17 Monaco

10 Cilic

 

15 Simon

18 Querrey

30 Benneteau

2 Federer

 

STATUS OF SEEDS

1 Djokovic

2 Federer

3 Nadal

4 Ferrer

5 Berdych

6 Tsonga

7 Gasquet

8 Tipsarevic

9 Wawrinka

10 Cilic

11 Almagro

12 Haas

13 Nishikori

14 Raonic

15 Simon

16 Kohlschreiber

17 Monaco

18 Querrey

19 Isner

20 Seppi

21 Janowicz

22 Dolgopolov

23 Anderson

24 Paire

25 Chardy

26 Dimitrov

27 Fognini

28 F Mayer

29 Youzhny

30 Benneteau

31 Granollers

32 Robredo

 

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

 

 

MONDAY

 

Roland Garros

Singles – First Round

[3] R Nadal (ESP) d D Brands (GER) 46 76(4) 64 63

[WC] G Monfils (FRA) d [5] T Berdych (CZE) 76(8) 64 67(3) 67(4) 75

[6] J Tsonga (FRA) d A Bedene (SLO) 62 62 63

[7] R Gasquet (FRA) d S Stakhovsky (UKR) 61 64 63

[10] M Cilic (CRO) d P Petzschner (GER) 61 62 63

[11] N Almagro (ESP) d [LL] A Haider-Maurer (AUT) 46 64 63 63

[13] K Nishikori (JPN) d J Levine (CAN) 63 62 60

D Gimeno-Traver (ESP) d [17] J Monaco (ARG) 46 46 76(4) 64 64

[19] J Isner (USA) d C Berlocq (ARG) 63 64 64

[21] J Janowicz (POL) d A Ramos (ESP) 76(3) 75 63

[27] F Fognini (ITA) d [Q] A Beck (GER) 63 75 63

[30] J Benneteau (FRA) d R Berankis (LTU) 76(5) 63 57 76(5)

F Lopez (ESP) d [31] M Granollers (ESP) 75 26 64 46 64

[32] T Robredo (ESP) d J Zopp (EST) 63 62 61

J Nieminen (FIN) d P Mathieu (FRA) 64 46 76(9) 46 62

E Roger-Vasselin (FRA) d M Alund (ARG) 62 46 61 60

E Gulbis (LAT) d R Dutra Silva (BRA) 61 76(4) 63

M Klizan (SVK) d M Russell (USA) 36 63 61 ret. (left hamstring)

E Donskoy (RUS) d [Q] J Struff (GER) 76(7) 26 76(2) 62

P Cuevas (URU) d [WC] A Mannarino (FRA) 63 26 63 57 75 – saved 2 M.P.

T Kamke (GER) d P Lorenzi (ITA) 63 63 36 06 63

A Montanes (ESP) d [Q] S Johnson (USA) 64 36 63 36 61

I Sijsling (NED) d J Melzer (AUT) 64 63 62

R Harrison (USA) d A Kuznetsov (RUS) 63 64 76(4)

G Zemlja (SLO) d S Giraldo (COL) 61 64 61

L Rosol (CZE) d [Q] P Riba (ESP) 63 64 64

[Q] M Przysiezny (POL) d [LL] R Williams (USA) 63 67(5) 75 75

[WC] N Kyrgios (AUS) d R Stepanek (CZE) 76(4) 76(8) 76(11)

R Haase (NED) d K De Schepper (FRA) 64 76(3) 26 63

 

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