CHENNAI & DOHA, 31 Dec 2012 - 6 Jan 2013, ATP250s. Main thread and information

[Sallydaisy]

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AIRCEL CHENNAI OPEN
SDAT Tennis Stadium, Lake Area, Nungambakkam, Chennai 600034 Tamil Nadu, India
WEB SITE: www.aircelchennaiopen.org (http://www.aircelchennaiopen.org)

32 MAIN DRAW & 32 QUALIFYING
SURFACE: Hard (Play Pave)
BALL: Wilson
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Dates: 31 DECEMBER 2012 - 6 JANUARY 2013
Qualifying draw: Friday, December 28, 9:00 p.m.
Main draw: Saturday, December 29, 3:00 p.m.
Doubles draw: Saturday, December 29, 2:00 p.m.


SINGLES ENTRY LIST
Entry deadline: November 19, 2012
Seeding: December 24, 2012

1 Tipsarevic, Janko SRB 9
2 Cilic, Marin CRO 15
3 Wawrinka, Stanislas SUI 17
4 Paire, Benoit FRA 47
5 Haase, Robin NED 56
6 Soeda, Go JPN 58
7 Lu, Yen-Hsun TPE 60
8 Sijsling, Igor NED 69
9 Kuznetsov, Andrey RUS 79
10 Bautista-Agut, Roberto ESP 80
11 Rufin, Guillaume FRA 90
12 Kavcic, Blaz SLO 92
13 Cipolla, Flavio ITA 93
14 Donskoy, Evgeny RUS 96
15 Bedene, Aljaz SLO 98
16 Sousa, Joao POR 99
17 Roger-Vasselin, Edouard FRA 100
18 Stakhovsky, Sergiy UKR 101
19 Bachinger, Matthias GER 104
20 Hajek, Jan CZE 105
21 Sela, Dudi ISR 109
22 (Q)
23 (Q)
24 (Q)
25 (Q)
26 (WC)
27 (WC)
28 (WC)

Alternates
1. Andreev, Igor RUS 110
2. Bemelmans, Ruben BEL 111
3. Haider-Maurer, Andreas AUT 113
4. Berankis, Ricardas LTU 114
5. Petzschner, Philipp GER 116
6. Brands, Daniel GER 117
7. Jaziri, Malek TUN 118
8. Sugita, Yuichi JPN 119
9. Serra, Florent FRA 120
10. De Schepper, Kenny FRA 121
11. Alund, Martin ARG 122
12. Viola, Matteo ITA 123
13. Ouanna, Josselin FRA 124
14. de Bakker, Thiemo NED 126
15. Pospisil, Vasek CAN 127

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QATAR EXXON MOBIL OPEN
Khalifa International Tennis & Squash Complex, Majlis Al–Taawon St., Al Dafna, Doha, Qatar
WEB SITE: http://www.qatartennis.org/tournaments/index/32 (http://www.aircelchennaiopen.org)

32 MAIN DRAW & 32 QUALIFYING
SURFACE: Plexicushion (Same as Australian Open)
BALL: Wilson Australian Open
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Dates: 31 DECEMBER - 5 JANUARY, 2013 (SATURDAY FINAL)
Qualifying draw: Friday, December 28, 9:00 p.m.
Main draw: Saturday, December 29, 5:30 p.m.
Doubles draw: Saturday, December 29, 2:00 p.m.


SINGLES ENTRY LIST
Entry deadline: November 19, 2012
Seeding: December 24, 2012

1 Nadal, Rafael ESP 4
2 Ferrer, David ESP 5
3 Gasquet, Richard FRA 10
4 Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 20
5 Youzhny, Mikhail RUS 25
6 Chardy, Jeremy FRA 32
7 Troicki, Viktor SRB 38
8 Lopez, Feliciano ESP 40
9 Andujar, Pablo ESP 42
10 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 44
11 Fognini, Fabio ITA 45
12 Lacko, Lukas SVK 50
13 Ramos, Albert ESP 51
14 Zemlja, Grega SLO 55
15 Malisse, Xavier BEL 62
16 Lorenzi, Paolo ITA 63
17 Hanescu, Victor ROU 64
18 Becker, Benjamin GER 65
19 Gimeno-Traver, Daniel ESP 71
20 Dodig, Ivan CRO 73
21 Rosol, Lukas CZE 74
22 Kubot, Lukasz POL 75
23 Phau, Bjorn GER 76
24 Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo ESP 77
25 Monfils, Gael FRA 78
26 (Q)
27 (Q)
28 (Q)
29 (Q)
30 (WC)
31 (WC)
32 (WC)

Alternates
1. Bolelli, Simone ITA 83
2. Ramirez Hidalgo, Ruben ESP 85
3. Russell, Michael USA 87
4. Volandri, Filippo ITA 88
5. Kamke, Tobias GER 95
6. Karlovic, Ivo CRO 97
7. Levine, Jesse USA 102
8. Kukushkin, Mikhail KAZ 106
9. Andreev, Igor RUS 110
10. Bemelmans, Ruben BEL 111
11. Petzschner, Philipp GER 116
12. Brands, Daniel GER 117
13. Jaziri, Malek TUN 118
14. Sugita, Yuichi JPN 119
15. Serra, Florent FRA 120

[Sallydaisy]

Doubles Entry Lists


Doha

1 Lindstedt, Robert (SWE)/Zimonjic, Nenad (SRB) 28
2 Fleming, Colin (GBR)/Hutchins, Ross (GBR) 55
3 Knowle, Julian (AUT)/Polasek, Filip (SVK) 69
4 Kas, Christopher (GER)/Kohlschreiber, Philipp (GER) 70
5 Chardy, Jeremy (FRA)/Kubot, Lukasz (POL) 71
6 Bracciali, Daniele (ITA)/Marach, Oliver (AUT) 72
7 Cermak, Frantisek (CZE)/Mertinak, Michal (SVK) 72
8 Brown, Dustin (GER)/Marray, Jonathan (GBR) 73
9 Erlich, Jonathan (ISR)/Youzhny, Mikhail (RUS) 74
10 Huey, Treat Conrad (PHI)/Inglot, Dominic (GBR) 75
11 (OS)
12 (OS)
13 (OS)
14 (OS)
15 (WC)
16 (WC)


Chennai

1 Bhupathi, Mahesh (IND)/Nestor, Daniel (CAN) 16
2 Bopanna, Rohan (IND)/Ram, Rajeev (USA) 56
3 Paire, Benoit (FRA)/Wawrinka, Stanislas (SUI) 64
4 Delgado, Jamie (GBR)/Skupski, Ken (GBR) 112
5 Lu, Yen-Hsun (TPE)/Soeda, Go (JPN) 119
6 Haase, Robin (NED)/Sijsling, Igor (NED) 124
7 Ratiwatana, Sanchai (THA)/Ratiwatana, Sonchat (THA) 130
8 Kohlmann, Michael (GER)/Petzschner, Philipp (GER) 131
9 Begemann, Andre (GER)/Emmrich, Martin (GER) 138
10 Klaasen, Raven (RSA)/Monroe, Nicholas (USA) 152
11 (OS)
12 (OS)
13 (OS)
14 (OS)
15 (WC)
16 (WC)

Marray plays with Dustin Brown for this event but be partnering Andre Sa after week 1.
The Brazilian will be at home celebrating his daughters birthday during the first week of the season.

[Linda]

Vamos Flemchins! :cheer:

[Sallydaisy]

Vamos Flemchins! :cheer:
Hope they make it. Colin had to cut short his training in La Manga after just 2 days 'cos he picked up an injury so although he'll be 'rested' he'll be very short of court practice!

[Linda]

According to Twitter, Rafa has pulled out of Doha due to the stomach virus that kept him out of Abu Dhabi. Kooyong, Sydney & Auckland are all offering him a place. (Nothing official yet as far as I can see.)

ETA - apparently it stems from this Al Jazeera report http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10200295769702051&set=vb.179157408775482&type=2&theater Can anyone here understand what he is saying?

[Sallydaisy]

CHENNAI

SINGLES DRAW
(1)(WC)Tomas Berdych (CZE) bye
Jan Hajek (CZE) vs (WC)Somdev Devvarman (IND)
Blaz Kavcic (SLO) vs Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP)
Matthias Bachinger (GER) vs (7)Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE)

(3)Marin Cilic (CRO) bye
(q) vs Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR)
Dudi Sela (ISR) vs (q)
Flavio Cipolla (ITA) vs (5)Benoit Paire (FRA)

(6)Robin Haase (NED) vs (WC)Yuki Bhambri (IND)
Aljaz Bedene (SLO) vs Joao Sousa (POR)
Igor Sijsling (NED) vs (q)
(4)Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) bye

(8)Go Soeda (JPN) vs Evgeny Donskoy (RUS)
(q) vs Guillaume Rufin (FRA)
Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS)
(2)Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) bye

DOUBLES DRAW
Danny Nestor kicks off 2013 with new partner Mahesh Bhupathi.
Delgado/Skupski are seeded 4th!!!

(1)Bhupathi/Nestor vs. (WC)Balaji/Nedunchezhiyan
BautistaAgut/Cipolla vs. Klaasen/Monroe
(3)Bopanna/Ram vs. Lu/Soeda
(WC)Singh/Vardhan vs. Paire/Wawrinka

Bedene/Kavcic vs. Donskoy/Kuznetsov
Begemann/Emmrich vs. (4)Delgado/Skupski
Kohlmann/Petzschner vs. Haase/Sijsling
Ratiwatana/Ratiwatana vs. (2)Paes/RogerVasselin

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DOHA

SINGLES DRAW
(1)David Ferrer (ESP) vs (q)
Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP) vs (q)
Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) vs Albert Ramos (ESP)
Lukas Rosol (CZE) vs (8)Pablo Andujar (ESP)

(4)Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) vs Benjamin Becker (GER)
Victor Hanescu (ROU) vs Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)
Simone Bolelli (ITA) vs Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP)
Lukasz Kubot (POL) vs (7)Feliciano Lopez (ESP)

(5)Jeremy Chardy (FRA) vs (q)
(WC)Mohamed Safwat (EGY) vs (WC)Jabor Mohammed Ali Mutawa (QAT)
Gael Monfils (FRA) vs (WC)Mousa Shanan Zayed (QAT)
Ivan Dodig (CRO) vs (3)Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)

(6)Viktor Troicki (SRB) vs Bjorn Phau (GER)
Lukas Lacko (SVK) vs Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)
Grega Zemlja (SLO) vs Fabio Fognini (ITA)
(q) vs (2)Richard Gasquet (FRA)

DOUBLES DRAW
There's obviously been a change of plan because rather than play this event with Ross Hutchins it seems Colin Fleming has headed to Brisbane to partner Jamie Murray. No word of Ross's whereabouts but we wish him well.

[1] Lindstedt/Zimonjic v Huey/Inglot
Kas/Kohlschreiber v Troicki/Zemlja

[3] Bracciali/Marach v Andujar/F.Lopez
Chardy/Kubot v (WC) Ali Mutawa/Safwat

Brown/Marray v Lacko/Ramos
Erlich/Youzhny v Cermak/Mertinak [4]

(WC) Harib/Zayed v Fognini/Marrero
Becker/Dodig v Knowle/Polasek [2]

[Linda]

this evening? :confused:

I hope Ross is OK and not injured or unwell (fingers crossed)

[Sallydaisy]

this evening? :confused:

I hope Ross is OK and not injured or unwell (fingers crossed)
edited to read 'event'

[Sallydaisy]

OOP's for Monday 31st December 2012

CHENNAI
http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2013/891/op.pdf

James Ward's FQR match is 2nd on Court 1 after a match beginning at 14.00 local, 19.00 UK.
Estimated start for Wardy is 20.30hrs over here

DOHA
http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2013/451/op.pdf
Dom Inglot and Treat Huey get their 2013 campaign underway around 7pm local time, 4pm UK.
Unfortunately they're up against top seeds Lindstedt/Zimonjic!

[cazza99]

Steven‏@GBtennis

Chennai ATP QR2: @JamesWardtennis beats Saketh Myneni IND WR 384, recovering from a set down & 2-4* down in the 3rd to win 36 63 64 :-)

[Sallydaisy]

Wardy was beaten by Amritraj 57 64 64; tight match but James didn't start well in sets 2 and 3.
Shame he didn't make the main draw though having come so close.

[Sallydaisy]

DOHA - OOP for Tuesday 1st January.
http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2013/451/op.pdf
Jonny Marray is in action today - 4th on Court 2 around 9pm local time, 6pm UK.
He's partnering Dustin Brown but first the German/Jamaican has to play a singles match against #1 seed David Ferrer. That probably won't help but Dustin is a good competitor so hopefully the 2 can progress against Lacko/Ramos.

Dom Inglot and Treat Huey got 2013 off to a great start yesterday by beating top seeds Lindstedt/Zimonjic!

[Sallydaisy]

CHENNAI - OOP for Tuesday 1st January
http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2013/891/op.pdf

No sign yet of Delgy/Skupski. Hopefully the #4th seeds will start their season tomorrow.

[Linda]

The Ferru-Brown match has just started. Some kids are holding up a sign that says 'Go Ferrer! We miss you Nadal!' :)

2 games all. A good match so far!

[Linda]

My goodness! Brown just broke to love and will now serve for the first set. This is a really good match - if you're not watching it, you should be!

[RoastLamb]

I'm there.

[Linda]

And Brown has indeed taken the first set! :shocked:

[RoastLamb]

Bit disappointing tennistv is showing no ATP tournaments this week.

[RoastLamb]

Dusty is reminding me of Lukas Rosol vs Rafa at Wimbly. Going for his shots, nothing to lose. Scary.

[Sallydaisy]

Dreddy's problem is that he's not consistent and if he gets too confident he overhits his shots.
If he could learn to tame some of the wilder stuff or make it work more effectively he'd really be a thread.

They've got a problem on the court - a hole in the hitting zone area.
Play is stopped with Dreddy 15-30 on his serve.

[RoastLamb]

Oops play stops coz there's a hole behind the baseline. Too funny. How on earth are they going to repair that?

[Linda]

I can't imagine they can get it repaired in less than a few hours!

- oh, they're now saying 15-20 minutes

[Linda]

They're back on court!

[Sallydaisy]

Ferrer won 5'7, 6'3, 6'2

[david1610]

Marray and Brown won 6-2 7-5

[Sallydaisy]

Great start for Jonny and Dreddy. They won 2 Challengers and reached 2 Challenger Finals in the first 4 months of 2012 so they're used to playing together.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/A_joAYxCcAA7nuV.jpg

[RoastLamb]

So are they a permanent team? Would be fun to see them at Wimbly together.

[Sallydaisy]

So are they a permanent team? Would be fun to see them at Wimbly together.
No. Jonny Marray has plans to play with Andre Sa next week and for the Oz Open and perhaps beyond that if they can 'gel' on court and off it. Sa and his wife have just had a new baby so he wanted this first week of the season with his family before going on 'tour' for several weeks. The Brazilian is higher ranked (than Dreddy) and Jonny said they are hoping to build on that so they can get DA's into Masters events.

Next up for Jonny/Dreddy in the Quarter-Final, are Youzhny/Erlich - an experienced pair of tennis players although they're not exactly a doubles 'team'.
The match is later today at approx 19.00hrs in Doha, 16.00 UK time.

Dustin Brown ‏@DreddyTennis (https://twitter.com/DreddyTennis) Good Morning... Just Had #Bfast (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Bfast&src=hash), Now Back In Room & Crawled Into Bed =))
Warm Up @ 1pm With @JonnyMarray (https://twitter.com/JonnyMarray) & Match 2nd After 5pm... #DoubsTime (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23DoubsTime&src=hash)

[Sallydaisy]

CHENNAI - 00P FOR WED 2nd JANUARY
http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2013/891/op.pdf

Delgado/Skupksi are 2nd on Court 1 not before 18.00 local time whcih is 13.00 UK.

[Linda]

Brown & Marray bt Erlich & Youzhny 7-6(3) 7-6(6)

[Sallydaisy]

Oh, that's really great news! So, they're into the Semi-Finals to play [2] Knowle/Polasek.
Best of luck lads - you can beat those two!!!
:swingin:

[Sallydaisy]

Sadly, Jonny and Dreddy (aka the Milk Chocolates) lost to Knowle/Polasek 5'7, 7'6, 6'10.

Not a great start in Chennai for new partnership Bhupathi(IND, #11)/Nestor(CAN,#5).
They lost to Raven Klaasen(RSA,#73)/Nick Monroe(USA,#79) who won 6'4, 7'5.
Bopanna and Ram lost to Paire/Wawrinka.

Everyone's a bit rusty after the Christmas/New Year break it seems.

[JAMES4578]

Pretty amazed that Davy beat Ferrer so easily today 6-2, 6-3 but he really was on song and had the intensity back. He will play Gasquet in the final,hopefully that will be a good match.

[Linda]

Quite worrying that Ferru lost so badly. :confused: Wish I'd seen it, to know whether Davy was playing really well or Ferru was playing badly.

[cazza99]

The final is just about to start on Eurosport. But I'd wait until switching it on as Andrew Castle is there analysing their previous matches.

[Sallydaisy]

Quite a battle in the Doha Final. Davy romped away with the first set 6'3 and had a 4-2 lead in the 2nd but Gasquet held serve, broke and it ended up in a tie-breaker which Ritchie has just won 7'6(4).

Into a 3rd set we go. The Frenchman leads their H2H 3-2.
Wonder if his comparative youth/energy and continuing to be on the tour will now be a factor. Davydenko has missed a lot of matches over the last couple of years what with injuries, getting married, first child etc so he's probably going to feel it over 3 sets - and he's 5 years older than Gasquet.

[JAMES4578]

Indeed Davy seemed to be strolling to victory as Gasquet didn't seem to have many answers to his powerful hitting but Richie got an opening and certainly in with a chance now.

[Linda]

Davy injured now. Think he was tiring anyway.

[Sallydaisy]

Gasquet won!!! 3'6, 7'6, 6'3.
Well done Ritchie!

:trophy:

[JAMES4578]

Quite glad Richie won really, though of course Davy's injury was unfortunate.

[RoastLamb]

Ooh good stuff, Ritchie! :yahoo: