Hamburg and Bogota Open – Sunday, July 21, 2013

Written by: Staff on 20th July 2013

Hamburg and Bogota Open - Sunday, July 21, 2013

epa03794399 Switzerland's Roger Federer leaves the court during the semifinal match against Argentina's Delbonis at the 2013 International German Open at Am Rothenbaum inâ Hamburg,â Germany, 20â July 2013. EPA/AXEL HEIMKEN |

****** EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ******

* Delbonis stuns Federer to reach first career final

* To take on Fognini

* Karlovic upsets Anderson to reach first final in three years; will face Falla

****** TODAY’S MEN’S NEWS ******

Hamburg

Singles – Semifinal: (Q) F Delbonis def. (1) (WC) R Federer 7-6(9-7) 7-6(7-4)

In one sense, you could feel this coming: Roger Federer clearly hasn’t been right this week. He was an upset waiting to happen — perhaps because of his new racquet. But to Delbonis? Ouch…. Federer will stay #5, but this is his worst upset in more than a decade. Delbonis is in his first career final — and at a 500 point event, even. He’s increased his points by more than 60%< and will rise from #116 to somewhere around #55.

Singles – Semifinal: (12) F Fognini def. (3) N Almagro 6-4 7-6(7-1)

After the preceding, this seems almost an anticlimax. (Well, a proclimax, since it came first, but anyway….) Fabio Fognini is in his second straight final; he has won nine matches straight, and ought to rise to #19. Nicolas Almagro will be #14.

Doubles – Semifinal: Fyrstenberg/Matkowski def. Dlouhy/Klizan 7-5 4-6 10-7

It’s only one event, but it really does seem as if Fyrstenberg/Matkowski have rediscovered the ability to win. Too bad the clay season is almost over….

Bogota

Singles – Semifinal: I Karlovic def. (2) K Anderson 6-4 6-7(4-7) 6-3

This sort of makes you wonder if there wasn’t something wrong with Ivo Karlovic even before his troubles this spring. He’s playing better now than he has in years. This is his first final since Delray Beach 2010. He costs Kevin Anderson the chance to hit the Top Twenty.

Singles – Semifinal: A Falla def. V Pospisil 6-7(4-7) 6-3 6-4

Vasek Pospisil was the higher-ranked of these two, and has the better tools. But… he really doesn’t have much experience — whereas Alejandro Falla is 29, and was Top Fifty as recently as a year ago. It looks as if experience counts. Falla, who is down to #122, makes his first career final — and also puts himself back in the Top Hundred.

Doubles – Final: (4) Raja/Sharan def. (2) Roger-Vasselin/Sijsling 7-6(7-4) 7-6(7-3)

Pretty amazing — two guys with four doubles wins between them teaming up to earn their first title. It wasn’t exactly easy — Roger-Vasselin/Sijsling actually won 11 more points than the Indians. In fact, the #2 seeds were better in every statistic — except break points won. Somehow, Raja/Sharan saved eight of 11 break points against them, which was just enough — and then they pounced in the tiebreaks. It is, of course, their first title. Their first significant ATP results of any kind, in fact. By earning it, they end Edouard Roger-Vasselin’s winning streak at seven.

****** TODAY’S FEATURE ******

Men’s Look Forward: Atlanta, Gstaad, Umag

Now we start to get serious. Atlanta is the first summer hardcourt event to be held in North America. The preparations for the U. S. Open are on!

Of course, it’s generally not an advantage to be the first event of a cycle, especially when it’s also the hottest, most humid, most physically wearing event.

Which might explain why Janko Tipsarevic, who last week played in Bogota, decided to head back to Europe for Gstaad rather than heading for Georgia. He ended up as the #3 seed. And, yes, the top two are the two Swiss powerhouses, Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka. Federer, after his Hamburg disappointment, is the #1 seed, with Wawrinka #2. Tipsarevic is #3 and in Wawrinka’s half; Juan Monaco, whose ranking just took a big hit, is nonetheless #4 and in Federer’s half. The top four seeds have byes. Feliciano Lopez is #5 and would be the first seed to face Wawrinka; Mikhail Youzhny is #6 and in Monaco’s quarter; Lukas Rosol is #7 and would face Tipsarevic; Federer’s likely quarterfinal opponent is #8 Roberto Bautista Agut. There aren’t many strong unseeded players, but Federer is likely to open against Daniel Brands, Youzhny is certain to start against Paul-Henri Mathieu, and Rosol has to start against Marcel Granollers. After that he would face either Federico Delbonis, who just beat Federer, or Thomaz Bellucci.

That’s a much tougher field than Umag. It managed to hook Richard Gasquet as the top seed, but he is the only Top Twenty player. Based on last week’s ranking list, anyway. As at Gstaad, the top four seeds have byes, so Gasquet, #2 Andreas Seppi, #3 Fabio Fognini, and #4 Alexandr Dolgopolov will get some extra rest — good news for Fognini, who will come in having played ten matches in the previous fourteen days. (Too bad he’s in the same half as Gasquet, given that he’s now the #2 player in the field.) Rounding out the seeds are #5 Tommy Robredo, #6 Martin Klizan, #7 Florian Mayer, and #8 Carlos Berlocq. There are a lot of players on hot streaks in that list, even if they aren’t ranked very high.

And some of the unseeded players could give the seeds a tussle. Gasquet is likely to open against Albert Montanes. Mayer may face Gael Monfils in round two. And Robredo could face Viktor Troicki in round two — and Troicki is a Croat.

Atlanta really did end up weak — only three Top Fifty players! John Isner is the #1 seed, with Kevin Anderson #2 and Ivan Dodig #3. The last bye goes to #4 Igor Sijsling. Yen-Hsun Lu is #5.

But there is big news: Mardy Fish is back! And, because the draw is so weak, he was able to obtain the #6 seed in a very American draw. Lleyton Hewitt is #7; Evgeny Donskoy has the eighth and last seed.

At least there are some decent unseeded names. Donskoy could face James Blake in round two. Dodig’s opener could be against Ricardas Berankis, who is defending the biggest result of his career. Sijsling might start against Ryan Harrison. Lu could face Denis Istomin in round two. And Anderson’s second round match might be against the guy who beat him at Bogota, Ivo Karlovic, who is in on a special exempt.

The Rankings

This was a tough week last year — the week before the Olympics. The two events were Kitzbuhel and Los Angeles, neither of which is back. The Kitzbuhel title went to Robin Haase, with Philipp Kohlschreiber the finalist and semifinalists Filippo Volandri and Martin Klizan. Sam Querrey won Los Angeles, over Ricardas Berankis; Marinko Matosevic and Rajeev Ram were the unlikely semifinalists.

Haase might well end in the #90 range. Berankis might lose his Top Hundred spot. Querrey, who isn’t playing this week, will be out of the Top Twenty.

At the top — don’t expect movement. All this week’s events are 250s, so they don’t mean much to the top players.

KEYWORDS: Preview Atlanta, Gstaad, Umag

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

THIS WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:

Hamburg (500/Clay). Defending Champion: Juan Monaco

Bogota (250/Clay). Defending Champion: New Event

NEXT WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:

Atlanta (250/Hard). Defending Champion: Andy Roddick

Gstaad (250/Clay). Defending Champion: Thomaz Bellucci

Umag (250/Clay). Defending Champion: Marin Cilic

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

RANKINGS

Estimated ATP World Tour Rankings

As of July 19, 2013

Rank &

Prior…Player………..Points

1..(1) Djokovic……….12310

2..(2) Murray………….9360

3..(3) Ferrer………….7120

4..(4) Nadal…………..6860

5..(5) Federer…………5875

6..(6) Berdych…………4865

7..(7) Del Potro……….4500

8..(8) Tsonga………….3480

9..(9) Gasquet…………3045

10.(10) Wawrinka………..2915

11.(12) Nishikori……….2495

12.(11) Haas……………2395

13.(13) Raonic………….2225

14.(15) Almagro…………2135

15.(14) Cilic…………..2075

16.(18) Simon…………..2055

17.(17) Janowicz………..2029

18.(16) Tipsarevic………2025

19.(25) Fognini…………1770

20.(19) Querrey…………1730

21.(23) Anderson………..1635

22.(21) Isner…………..1610

23.(24) Seppi…………..1550

24.(26) Dolgopolov………1500

25.(22) Kohlschreiber……1445

26.(27) Chardy………….1406

27.(28) Paire…………..1405

28.(29) Robredo…………1335

29.(31) Lopez…………..1325

30.(20) Monaco………….1270

**DRAWS

Hamburg — Week of July 15

……………3R……………QF………SF…………F

1 Federer……(1)Federer…….Federer….Federer

15 Gulbis……Hajek(Q)

11 Lopez…….(11)Lopez

7 Dolgopolov…F.Mayer……….Mayer

4 Janowicz…..(4)Janowicz

14 Verdasco….(14)Verdasco…..Verdasco

10 Robredo…..Delbonis(Q)……Delbonis….Delbonis….Delbonis

8 Chardy…….Tursunov

5 Monaco…….(5)Monaco…….Monaco

9 Paire……..(9)Paire

13 Youzhny…..Garcia-Lopez

3 Almagro……(3)Almagro……Almagro……Almagro

6 Seppi……..Granollers

12 Fognini…..(12)Fognini…..Fognini……Fognini…..Fognini

16 Klizan……Berlocq

2 Haas………(2)Haas………Haas

STATUS OF SEEDS:

1 Federer…….lost SF (Delbonis)

2 Haas……….lost QF (Fognini)

3 Almagro…….lost SF (Fognini)

4 Janowicz……lost 3R (Verdasco)

5 Monaco……..lost QF (Almagro)

6 Seppi………lost 2R (Granollers)

7 Dolgopolov….lost 2R (Mayer)

8 Chardy……..lost 2R (Tursunov)

9 Paire………lost 3R (Monaco)

10 Robredo……lost 2R (Delbonis)

11 Lopez……..lost 3R (Mayer)

12 Fognini

13 Youzhny……lost 2R (Garcia-Lopez)

14 Verdasco…..lost QF (Delbonis)

15 Gulbis…….lost 2R (Hajek)

16 Klizan…….lost 2R (Berlocq)

Bogota — Week of July 15

……………….QF…………….SF………F

1 Tipsarevic…….(1)Tipsarevic

8 Malisse……….Falla………….Falla……Falla

4 Roger-Vasselin…Viola

7 Bedene………..Pospisil……….Pospisil

5 Mannarino……..(5)Mannarino

3 Sijsling………Karlovic……….Karlovic…Karlovic

6 Giraldo……….(6)Giraldo

2 Anderson………(2)Anderson…….Anderson

STATUS OF SEEDS:

1 Tipsarevic…….lost QF (Falla)

2 Anderson………lost SF (Karlovic)

3 Sijsling………lost 2R (Karlovic)

4 Roger-Vasselin…lost 2R (Viola)

5 Mannarino……..lost QF (Karlovic)

6 Giraldo……….lost QF (Anderson)

7 Bedene………..lost 1R (Duckworth)

8 Malisse……….lost 1R (Falla)

Atlanta — Week of July 22

1 Isner

–bye

Falla

C Harrison (WC)

Blake

Qualifier

R Ram

8 Donskoy

3 Dodig

–bye

Berankis

Qualifier

Kudla (WC)

Williams (WC)

Roger-Vasselin

7 Hewitt

6 Fish

Russell

Sock

Giraldo

R Harrison

Matosevic

–bye

4 Sijsling

5 Lu

Qualifier

Istomin

Lacko

Qualifier

Karlovic (WC)

–bye

2 Anderson

Gstaad — Week of July 22

1 Federer (WC)

–bye

Brands

Chiudinelli (WC)

Qualifier

Hanescu

Laaksonen (WC)

8 Bautista Agut

4 Monaco

–bye

Garcia-Lopez

Ungur

Andujar

Qualifier

Mathieu

6 Youzhny

7 Rosol

Granollers

Delbonis

Bellucci

Haase

Qualifier

–bye

3 Tipsarevic

5 F Lopez

Qualifier

Stakhovsky

Kuznetsov

Gimeno-Traver

de Schepper

–bye

2 Wawrinka

Umag — Week of July 22

1 Gasquet

–bye

Qualifier

Montanes

Monfils

Pavic (WC)

Qualifier

7 F Mayer

3 Fognini

–bye

Tursunov

de Bakker

L Mayer

Ramos

Lorenzi

6 Klizan

5 Robredo

Hajek

Veic (WC)

Troicki

Qualifier

Bedene

–bye

4 Dolgopolov

8 Berlocq

Qualifier

Coric (WC)

Zeballos

Haider-Maurer

Vesely

–bye

2 Seppi

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

FRIDAY

Bogota (full results)

Singles – Quarterfinal

A Falla def. (1) J Tipsarevic 3-6 6-2 6-3

(2) K Anderson def. (6} S Giraldo (Col) 6-3 6-3

I Karlovic def. (5} A Mannarino 7-6(7-5) 7-6(7-3)

V Pospisil def. M Viola 3-6 6-3 6-2

Doubles – Semifinal

(4) Raja/Sharan def. (1) Cabal/Farah 6-2 6-3

(2) Roger-Vasselin/Sijsling def. Karlovic/Moser 6-1 7-6(7-3)

SATURDAY

Hamburg

Singles – Semifinal

(Q) F Delbonis def. (1) (WC) R Federer 7-6(9-7) 7-6(7-4)

(12) F Fognini def. (3) N Almagro 6-4 7-6(7-1)

Doubles – Semifinal

Fyrstenberg/Matkowski def. Dlouhy/Klizan 7-5 4-6 10-7

Bogota

Singles – Semifinal

I Karlovic def. (2) K Anderson 6-4 6-7(4-7) 6-3

A Falla def. V Pospisil 6-7(4-7) 6-3 6-4

Doubles – Final

(4) Raja/Sharan def. (2) Roger-Vasselin/Sijsling 7-6(7-4) 7-6(7-3)

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