ST PETERSBURG ATP250, 17-23 Sept 2012: Main thread - information & Draws. Fleming, Hutchins,Skupski

[Sallydaisy]

http://www.atpworldtour.com/Scores/~/media/2932A150938C42E7856459F32F3A4D5A.ashx

ST. PETERSBURG OPEN
Sports Complex “Petersburgsky”, Pr. Gagarina 8, St. Petersburg, Russia
WEB SITE: http://www.spbopen.ru/

Dates: September 17 - 23 2012
Qualifying draw: Friday, September 14, 9:00 p.m.
Main draw: Saturday, September 15, 1:00 p.m.
Doubles draw: Saturday, September 15, 2:00 p.m.

32 MAIN DRAW & 32 QUALIFYING
SURFACE: Play It Global Acrylic
BALL: HEAD

DOUBLES DRAW
Advanced entry deadline: September 3, 2012
On-site entry deadline: September 15, 2012
Seeding: September 10, 2012

[1] R.Ram/Zimonjic v Cipolla, Flavio/Lorenzi, Paolo (ITA)
Cerretani, James/Kohlmann, Michael (GER) v Marx/Mergea

[4] Moser/Skupski, Ken (GBR) v Bolelli, Simone/Fognini, Fabio (ITA)
Garcia-Lopez/Zeballos v Kubot, Lukasz (POL)/Youzhny, Mikhail (RUS)

WC Berankis/Gudozhnikov v Lacko, Lukas (SVK)/Zelenay, Igor (SVK)
WC Yakovlev/Zhurbin v Cermak, Frantisek (CZE)/Mertinak, Michal (SVK) [3]

Klizan, Martin (SVK)/Polasek, Filip (SVK) v Petzschner, Philipp (GER)/Stakhovsky, Sergiy (UKR)
Elgin, Mikhail (RUS)/Istomin, Denis (UZB) v Fleming/Hutchins [2]


ATP Ranking Points
W: 250, F: 150. SF: 90, QF: 45, R16: 0

SINGLES DRAW
Entry deadline: August 6, 2012
Seeding: September 10, 2012

[1]YOUZHNY, Mikhail RUS V POSPISIL, Vasek CAN
BACHINGER, Matthias GER V RAM, Rajeev USA
QUALIFIER V LORENZI, Paolo ITA
[WC] DONSKOY, Evgeny RUS V [7]GARCIA-LOPEZ, Guillermo ESP

[9] KLIZAN, Martin SVK V [WC] ELGIN, Mikhail RUS
BOLELLI, Simone ITA V ZEBALLOS, Horacio ARG
PETZSCHNER, Philipp GER V BERANKIS, Ricardas LTU
QUALIFIER V [8]ZOPP, Jurgen EST

[6]LU, Yen-Hsun TPE V BAUTISTA-AGUT, Roberto ESP
[WC] GABASHVILI, Teymuraz RUS V QUALIFIER
LL NedelkoANDREEV, Igor RUSV STAKHOVSKY, Sergiy UKR
KAMKE, Tobias GER V [4]FOGNINI, Fabio ITA

[5]LACKO, Lukas SVK V ZEMLJA, Grega SLO
CIPOLLA, Flavio ITA V QUALIFIER
SERRA, Florent FRA V GIMENO-TRAVER, Daniel ESP
KUBOT, Lukasz POL V [2]ISTOMIN, Denis UZB


ATP Ranking Points
W: 250, F: 150. SF: 90, QF: 45, R16: 20, R32: 0,
Q: +12, Q8: 6, Q16: 0, Q32: 0

[Sallydaisy]

No doubles scheduled for Monday and the main singles draw starts 5pm (2pm UK)

MONDAY, 17 SEPTEMBER, 2012



CENTRE COURT start 5:00 pm
F Cipolla (ITA) vs [Q] A Vasilevski (BLR)
Not Before 7:00 PM
[WC] E Donskoy (RUS) vs [7] G Garcia-Lopez (ESP)
M Bachinger (GER) vs R Ram (USA)

[Sallydaisy]

St. Petersburg OOP - Tue 18 September

Centre Court Start 1:00 pm
[6] Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) v Roberto Bautista-Agut (ESP)
[5] Lukas Lacko (SVK) v Grega Zemlja (SLO)
Mikhail Elgin (RUS)/Denis Istomin (UZB) v [2] Colin Fleming/Ross Hutchins (GBR)
Not Before 7:00 PM
[1] Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) v Vasek Pospisil (CAN)
[WC] Andrey Yakovlev/Alexander Zhurbin (RUS) v [3] Frantisek Cermak (CZE)/
Michal Mertinak (SVK)

Court 1 Start 1:00 pm
Florent Serra (FRA) v Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP)
[4] Frank Moser (GER)/Ken Skupski (GBR) v Simone Bolelli/Fabio Fognini (ITA)
Martin Klizan/Filip Polasek (SVK) v Philipp Petzschner (GER)/ergiy Stakhovsky (UKR)
[1] Rajeev Ram (USA)/Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) v Flavio Cipolla/Paolo Lorenzi (ITA)
Not Before 7:00 PM
James Cerretani (USA)/Michael Kohlmann (GER) v Philipp Marx (GER)/lorin Mergea (ROU)

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St. Petersburg OOP - Thu 20 Sept

Centre Court Start 13.00 (10.00 UK)
Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) v [4] Fabio Fognini (ITA)
Ricardas Berankis (LTU) v [8] Jurgen Zopp (EST)
Roberto Bautista-Agut (ESP) v [WC] Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS)
Not Before 19:00
[1] Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) v Rajeev Ram (USA)
Lukas Lacko/Igor Zelenay (SVK) v [3] Frantisek Cermak(CZE)/Michal Mertinak (SVK)

Court 1 Start 13.00 (10.00 UK)
Grega Zemlja (SLO) v Flavio Cipolla (ITA)
Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP) v Lukasz Kubot (POL)
[3] Martin Klizan (SVK) v Simone Bolelli (ITA)
Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) v [7] Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)
Martin Klizan/Filip Polasek (SVK) v [2] Colin Fleming/Ross Hutchins (GBR)

Flemchins will be playing anytme from 16.00 UK time allowing for 90mins/2 sets for each singles.

[Sallydaisy]

Klizan/Polasek just took the first set off Flemchins 7'5.
:sad:

[Linda]

Come on Flemchins!

[Sallydaisy]

2nd set Flemchins!!! 6'2. CTB.
:sofa:

[Linda]

:swingin:

[Sallydaisy]

Flemchins serving first:-

*1-0
1-1*
2-1* and a mini-break.
*2-2 dang, gave it straight back
*2-3 erm, that's not in the script guys ...
2-4* Bah! t'others have held and taken the last 3 points in a row.

[Linda]

:sofa:

[Sallydaisy]

Change of ends: 2-4* to Klizan/Polasek
2-5* Humph!
*2-6 Nooooooooooo!!! Come on Flemchins!
*3-6 stopped the rot but it might be too late.
3-7* getting cross now.
3-8*
*3-9 *sad*
*4-9 and the others will serve for it with 5 match points.
*4-10

They lost.

:crying::crying::crying:

[Linda]

:crying:

[JAMES4578]

oh a bit gutting, bad luck!

[Sallydaisy]

Ken Skupski is in Quarter-Final action late this evening in Russia ...

OOP Friday, September 21, 2012 Previous Day (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Scores/schedule.aspx?EventId=568&Year=2012&Seq=6)


Centre Court Start 1:00 pm




Flavio Cipolla (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/C723.aspx) (ITA)
v


Daniel Gimeno-Traver (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/G676.aspx) (ESP)
H2H (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Scores/schedule.aspx?EventId=568#)



Roberto Bautista-Agut (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/BD06.aspx) (ESP)
v


[4] Fabio Fognini (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/F510.aspx) (ITA)
H2H (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Scores/schedule.aspx?EventId=568#)



Not Before 5:00 PM




[1] Mikhail Youzhny (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/Y061.aspx) (RUS)
v


[7] Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/G476.aspx) (ESP)
H2H (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Scores/schedule.aspx?EventId=568#)



Not Before 7:00 PM




[3] Martin Klizan (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/K966.aspx) (SVK)
v


Ricardas Berankis (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/BE90.aspx) (LTU)
H2H (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Scores/schedule.aspx?EventId=568#)



[4] Frank Moser (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/M747.aspx) (GER)
Ken Skupski (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/SC40.aspx) (GBR)
v


Lukasz Kubot (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/K540.aspx) (POL)
Mikhail Youzhny (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/Y061.aspx) (RUS)

[supergran]

Sad for Flemchins.:crying:

[Sallydaisy]

Oooooh - great news from St Petersburg!!! (I forgot to follow and went out for a swim).
SF: Skupski/Moser v R.Ram/Zimonjic
Tough match .........

Ken Skupski ‏@k_skupski (https://twitter.com/k_skupski) Top performance from @FrankyMoser (https://twitter.com/FrankyMoser) and me today.
Got a win against a very good pair. Semi final here in St.Petersburg tomorrow v Ram/Zimo.

[Sallydaisy]

OOP St Petersburg - Sat 22 Sept



Centre Court Start 14.00 (11.00 UK)





[4] Fabio Fognini (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/F510.aspx) (ITA)
v


Daniel Gimeno-Traver (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/G676.aspx) (ESP)
H2H (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Scores/schedule.aspx?EventId=568#)



[1] Mikhail Youzhny (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/Y061.aspx) (RUS)
v


[3] Martin Klizan (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/K966.aspx) (SVK)
H2H (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Scores/schedule.aspx?EventId=568#)



[1] Rajeev Ram (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/R548.aspx) (USA)
Nenad Zimonjic (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/Z072.aspx) (SRB)
v


[4] Frank Moser (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/M747.aspx) (GER)
Ken Skupski (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/SC40.aspx) (GBR)
ATP




Lukas Lacko (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/L797.aspx) (SVK)
Igor Zelenay (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/Z134.aspx) (SVK)
v


Martin Klizan (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/K966.aspx) (SVK)
Filip Polasek (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/PA46.aspx) (SVK)

[Sallydaisy]

Skupski/Moser took the first set 7'6(5) and they're into another tie-breaker for the 2nd.

RamZim serving first:
*1-0
2-0* oops
2-1* break back please guys,
*2-2 very good, and another for insurance???
*3-2 not much to be done about an Ace from team RZ
3-3*
4-3* Oh crumbs, not good timing, break back needed.
*5-3
*6-3 and that's 3 set points to t'others.
6-4*

Ram/Zimonjic take the 2nd set 7'6(5).
Now for a CTB.
:facepalm:

[Sallydaisy]

Off we go with Moski serving first .....

*1-0
1-1*
1-2*
*1-3 Oh blast it, plenty of time lads, keep going.
*1-4
1-5*
:sad:

[Sallydaisy]

Ram/Zim are now 6-1 up in the CTB and only 4 points from the Final.
Skupski/Moser with a mountain to climb .......

*3-6 They at least held both serves this time.
3-7*
3-8* and Moski are just not getting any break point chances.
*4-8
*5-8 so well held but RamZim have 3 match points and will be serving for it.
5-9*
5-10* And that's the last Brits out of St Pete's ... onwards Ken!

Ram/Zim win 6'7(5), 7'6(5), 10'5

[JAMES4578]

Good effort but still a bit gutting!