METZ & ST PETERSBURG SINGLES ATP250, 17-23 Sept: Main thread and information

[Sallydaisy]

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MOSELLE OPEN
Parc des Exposition de Metz Metropole, Metz Expo, rue do la Grange aux Bois, 57000 Metz
WEB SITE: www.opendemoselle.com (http://www.opendemoselle.com)

28 DRAW (Q32)
SURFACE: GREENSET
BALL: TECHINIFIBRE X ONE

Dates: 17–23 SEPTEMBER 2012
Qualifying draw: Friday, September 14, 9:00 p.m.
Main draw: Saturday, September 15, 5:00 p.m.
Doubles draw: Saturday, September 15, 2:00 p.m.

SINGLES DRAW
Entry deadline and ranking on August 6, 2012
Seeding based on rankings on September 10, 2012

[1] Tsonga vs Bye
Roger-Vasselin vs Qualifier [Q]
Stebe vs Levine
Hajek vs Nieminen [6]

[3] Granollers vs Bye
Karlovic vs Becker
[WC] Mathieu vs Muller
[Q] Qualifier vs Davydenko [8/WC]

[5] Seppi vs Dodig
Sijsling vs Qualifier [Q]
[WC] Olivetti vs Blake
Bye vs Mayer [4]

[7] Monfils vs Rochus
Mahut vs Qualifier [Q]
Malisse vs Paire
Bye vs Kohlschreiber [2]

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



http://www.atpworldtour.com/Scores/%7E/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

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
ANDREEV, Igor RUS V 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]

Gael Monfils returns to the ATP Tour at Metz - hope he's fully recovered from his injuries now.

[Sallydaisy]

St Pete's OOP for Sunday 23rd September



Centre Court Start 2:00




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


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




Not Before 4:00 PM




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


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

[Linda]

Now, do I get on with all the things I have to do, or do I watch the St Petersburg final followed by the Metz final followed by the repeat of Downton?

[Sallydaisy]

Now, do I get on with all the things I have to do, or do I watch the St Petersburg final followed by the Metz final followed by the repeat of Downton?
I've got errands to do so will miss the doubles but then, as it is raining and will be all day, I'm sorting my office with the tennis on 'in the background' and anything else I can think of to detract from the mind-numbing brought on by sorting receipts.
:whistle:

[Linda]

Disappointing finals in the end - both very one sided. :sad:

[Sallydaisy]

Disappointing finals in the end - both very one sided. :sad:
They were ..... but it's good to see a new face winning a tour title.

Martin Klizan beat Fabio Fognini 6'2, 6'3 in St Petersburg.
Strange to think we were watching him 9 months ago being beaten by Dan Evans at D/Cup!!!
(and if it had been a best of 3 sets Dan would have won in 2 - 6-1 6-1 4-6 3-6 6-3)
Poor Foggy, he's been on the tour so much longer and has yet to win his maiden title.

As for Tsonga ... he must have been the only player to WANT to win that hideous Metz trophy!
That and he's French and on home soil so he managed to trash Seppi 6'1, 6'2.
;)

[Linda]

I was very sad for Fabio - he's been playing much better recently and I thought deserved to win his first title - but he had one of his off days. And Klizan, obviously, was 'on' for the whole tournament.

Talking of Fabio, there was a large contingent of VBers in Cinci and as Rafa wasn't there they decided to watch Fabio's practices instead (he was out of the tournament but stayed there to practice). They of course are used to watching Rafa's very intense practice sessions and couldn't believe Fabio's - he put virtually no effort in, never ran for the ball but just let it bounce twice before he hit it. In fact it seemed that the only reason for his practices was for his fans to take pics of him posing shirtless. Hilarious!

[RoastLamb]

:rolling: Yes, Fabio does seem to fancy himself a little too much. Bit like a couple of Spanish boys I could mention.