BEIJING & TOKYO 2013, 30 Sept - 6 Oct ATP500S. Main thread - info and draws

[Sallydaisy]

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CHINA OPEN
National Tennis Centre, No.2 Lin Cui Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, P.R. China
WEB SITE: www.chinaopen.com.cn (http://www.chinaopen.com.cn/)

32 DRAW & 16 QUALIFYING DRAW
SURFACE: HARD COURT
BALL: HEAD

Dates: 30 Sept - 6 Oct 2013
Qualifying draw: Friday, September 27, tbc
Main draw: Saturday, September 28, tbc
Doubles draw: Saturday, September 89, tbc

SINGLES ENTRY LIST

Entry deadline: August 19, 2013
Seeding: September 23, 2013

1 Djokovic, Novak SRB 1
2 Nadal, Rafael ESP 2
3 Ferrer, David ESP 4
4 Berdych, Tomas CZE 5
5 Gasquet, Richard FRA 9
6 Wawrinka, Stanislas SUI 10
7 Haas, Tommy GER 13
8 Isner, John USA 14
9 Janowicz, Jerzy POL 15
10 Fognini, Fabio ITA 18
11 Cilic, Marin CRO 19
12 Robredo, Tommy ESP 22
13 Seppi, Andreas ITA 23
14 Youzhny, Mikhail RUS 24
15 Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 25
16 Dimitrov, Grigor BUL 28
17 Querrey, Sam USA 29
18 Verdasco, Fernando ESP 30
19 Gulbis, Ernests LAT 33
20 Benneteau, Julien FRA 34
21 Pospisil, Vasek CAN 39
22 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 41
23 Klizan, Martin SVK 46
24 Mayer, Florian GER 47
25 (SE)
26 (Q)
27 (Q)
28 (Q)
29 (WC)
30 (WC)
31 (WC)
32 (WC)

Alternates
1. Montanes, Albert ESP 44
2. Rosol, Lukas CZE 45
3. Tomic, Bernard AUS 52
4. Cuevas, Pablo URU @54
5. Andujar, Pablo ESP 55
6. Matosevic, Marinko AUS 56
7. Baker, Brian USA @56
8. Delbonis, Federico ARG 57
9. Haase, Robin NED 59
10. Gimeno-Traver, Daniel ESP 60
11. Zemlja, Grega SLO 61
12. Lu, Yen-Hsun TPE 62
13. Mannarino, Adrian FRA 63
14. Bautista Agut, Roberto ESP 64
15. Istomin, Denis UZB 65


ATP Ranking Points
W: 500, F: 300, SF: 180, QF: 90, R16: 45, R32: 0, Q: +20, Q8: 10, Q16: 0

[Sallydaisy]

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RAKUTEN JAPAN OPEN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2013
Ariake Tennis Forest Park/Ariake Colosseum, 2-2-22 Ariake, Koto-Ku, Tokyo, 135-0063 Japan
WEB SITE: http://rakutenopen.rakuten.co.jp (http://rakutenopen.rakuten.co.jp/)

32 MAIN DRAW & 16 QUALIFYING DRAW
SURFACE: HARDCOURT
BALL: SRIXON made by Dunlop

Dates: 30 September - 6 October 2013
Qualifying draw: Friday 27th September
Main draw: Saturday, 28th September time tbc
Doubles draw: Saturday 28th September time tbc

SINGLES ENTRY LIST
Entry deadline and ranking on: August 19, 2013
Seeding based on rankings on: September 23, 2013

1 Murray, Andy GBR 3
2 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried FRA 8
3 Raonic, Milos CAN 11
4 Nishikori, Kei JPN 12
5 Almagro, Nicolas ESP 16
6 Simon, Gilles FRA 17
7 Anderson, Kevin RSA 20
8 Tipsarevic, Janko SRB 21
9 Lopez, Feliciano ESP 26
10 Monaco, Juan ARG 31
11 Melzer, Jurgen AUT 32
12 Tursunov, Dmitry RUS 35
13 Chardy, Jeremy FRA 36
14 Dodig, Ivan CRO 37
15 Dolgopolov, Alexandr UKR 38
16 Nieminen, Jarkko FIN 40
17 Granollers, Marcel ESP 42
18 Monfils, Gael FRA 43
19 Berlocq, Carlos ARG 48
20 Llodra, Michael FRA 49
21 Zeballos, Horacio ARG 50
22 Brands, Daniel GER 51
23 Baghdatis, Marcos CYP 53
24 Hanescu, Victor ROU 54
25 (Q)
26 (Q)
27 (Q)
28 (Q)
29 (WC)
30 (WC)
31 (WC)
32 (WC)

Alternates
1. Cuevas, Pablo URU @54
2. Andujar, Pablo ESP 55
3. Matosevic, Marinko AUS 56
4. Baker, Brian USA @56
5. Delbonis, Federico ARG 57
6. Stepanek, Radek CZE 58
7. Haase, Robin NED 59
8. Gimeno-Traver, Daniel ESP 60
9. Zemlja, Grega SLO 61
10. Lu, Yen-Hsun TPE 62
11. Mannarino, Adrian FRA 63
12. Bautista Agut, Roberto ESP 64
13. Istomin, Denis UZB 65
14. Hewitt, Lleyton AUS 67
15. Roger-Vasselin, Edouard FRA 68


ATP Ranking Points
W: 500, F: 300, SF: 180, QF: 90, R16: 45, R32: 0, Q: +20, Q8: 10, Q16: 0

[Sallydaisy]

An early rematch between Rafa and Nole is in prospect if the seeded #1 and #2 reach the Final

http://www.tennis4you.com/forum/Smileys/new/ladyfight.gif

[Linda]

It seems most of the top players have put their names down for this one - I wonder why Andy is playing Tokyo instead? Or why this one is more popular?

[Sallydaisy]

It seems most of the top players have put their names down for this one - I wonder why Andy is playing Tokyo instead? Or why this one is more popular?
Perhaps the TD can't afford Andy as well ...
;)

... but the more obvious reason is SUSHI ... Andy loves it and Tokyo probably has some of the best in the world so it might well be the reason he goes.
:yak:

[Linda]

Ah, an excellent reason! :thumbup: http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd287/Granny_Linda/Smileys/Eats.gif

[Mickey]

Andy hasn't played there for a few years, he finds the conditions difficult, which is why he isn't playing there.

[Sallydaisy]

Beijing and Tokyo threads have been merged and both now in Tour Tennis since Andy won't be at either ...
:sad:

[Sallydaisy]

TOKYO DRAWS
With Andy's absence the #1 seed (on a Wildcard) is Juan Martin Del Potro making a return after injury.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is the 2nd seed and a nice easy R1 match against compatriot Gael Monfils.
;)

SINGLES DRAW
(1) (WC) Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) vs. Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)
Carlos Berlocq (ARG) vs. (PR) Pablo Cuevas (URU)
Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) vs. Daniel Brands (GER)
Victor Hanescu (ROU) vs. (8) Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)

(4) Kei Nishikori (JPN) vs. Jurgen Melzer (AUT)
Feliciano Lopez (ESP) vs. (WC) Tatsuma Ito (JPN)
(Q) vs. Horacio Zeballos (ARG)
(Q) vs. (6) Nicolas Almagro (ESP)

(7) Kevin Anderson (RSA) vs. (Q)
(Q) vs. Dmitry Tursunov (RUS)
Michael Llodra (FRA) vs. Jeremy Chardy (FRA)
(WC) Go Soeda (JPN) vs. (3) Milos Raonic (CAN)

(5) Gilles Simon (FRA) vs. Marcel Granollers (ESP)
Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) vs. Juan Monaco (ARG)
(WC) Yuichi Sugita (JPN) vs. Ivan Dodig (CRO)
Gael Monfils (FRA) vs. (2) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)

The doubles draw is in the Tokyo thread in Jamie's Joint (http://www.andymurrayfanforum.com/forums/showthread.php?2207-TOKYO-2013-**DOUBLES**-30-9-6-10.-Main-thread-and-doubles-draw-Murray-Peers-Inglot-Huey&goto=newpost) ...

[Sallydaisy]

BEIJING SINGLES DRAW

[1] Djokovic v Rosol
Verdasco v Q
Querrey v Youzhny
Seppi v [6] Wawrinka

[3] Ferrer v Pospisil
Matosevic v Benneteau
Tomic v WC Zhang
F.Mayer v [5] Gasquet

[8] Isner v WC Wu
Dimitrov v Q
Q v Davydenko
Andujar v [4] Berdych

[7] Haas v WC Hewitt
Fognini v Robredo
Montanes v Kohlschreiber
Q v [2] Nadal

See Doubles World sub-forum for the Doubles Draw (Fleming/Marray) when released.

[patmoren]

Laura loses in straight sets 6-1 6-2. I s suffering with a cold, coughing and sneezing most of the time. Some good play at the beginning of the second set but ran out of steam.

[Alis]

Laura was obviously suffering physically. Although she did play really well in parts, Kerber was just too solid for her.

[JAMES4578]

I was disappointed with the crushing scoreline but looks like Laura really was under the weather and Kerber obviously took advantage. Hopefully Laura more of a threat with a top 10 player the next time. Well done Colin/Jonny!

[Sallydaisy]

Laura loses in straight sets 6-1 6-2. I s suffering with a cold, coughing and sneezing most of the time. Some good play at the beginning of the second set but ran out of steam.
I've heard that Laura has chronic bronchitis which probably isn't helped by playing in Beijing, one of the most poluted cities in the world where locals habitually wear smog masks in their everyday life!!!

Hope she can regroup and be healthy and positive from the start of 2014.

[Alis]

The 6-1, 6-2 score line makes it look more one-sided than it actually was. Given the circumstances, Laura played very well in parts - she just couldn't sustain the effort.

[Linda]

One for the ladies on Friday. Rafa v Fabio :drool: