CASABLANCA 2012, 9-15 April: * * DOUBLES* *Main thread - Information and Doubles Draw

[Sallydaisy]

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GRAND PRIX HASSAN II
COMPLEXE AL AMAL, ROUTE D’EL JADIDA, QUARTIER DES SPORTS, BEAUSEJOUR, CASABLANCA
WEB SITE: www.frmt.ma (http://www.frmt.ma/)

28 DRAW (Q32)
SURFACE: CLAY
BALL: HEAD ATP

Dates: 9–15 APRIL 2012
Qualifying draw: Friday, April 6, 9:00 p.m.
Main draw: Saturday, April 7, 1:00 p.m.
Doubles draw: Saturday, April 7, 2:00 p.m.


DOUBLES DRAW - link here (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Share/Event-Draws.aspx?Year=2012&EventId=360&Draw=md)
Advance entry deadline: March 26, 2012
On-site entry deadline: April 7, 2012
Seeding: April 2, 2012


ENTRY LIST
1 Cermak, Frantisek (CZE)/Polasek, Filip (SVK) 40
2 Butorac, Eric (USA)/Soares, Bruno (BRA) 54
3 Melo, Marcelo (BRA)/Marrero, David (ESP) 66
4 Bracciali, Daniele (ITA)/Fognini, Fabio (ITA) 74
5 Knowle, Julian (AUT)/Kas, Christopher (GER) 79
6 Mertinak, Michal (SVK)/Sa, Andre (BRA) 103
7 Brown, Dustin (GER)/Hanley, Paul (AUS) 105
8 Bachinger, Matthias (GER)/Mayer, Florian (GER) 118
9 Elgin, Mikhail (RUS)/Istomin, Denis (UZB) 118
10 Andujar, Pablo (ESP)/Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo (ESP) 120
11 (OS)
12 (OS)
13 (OS)
14 (OS)
15 (WC)
16 (WC)

Alternates
1 Chardy, Jeremy (FRA)/Dlouhy, Lukas (CZE) 132
2 Cipolla, Flavio (ITA)/Starace, Potito (ITA) 142
3 Fruttero, John Paul (USA)/Young, Donald (USA) 145
4 Menendez-Maceiras, Adrian (ESP)/Ramos, Albert (ESP) 160
5 Machado, Rui (POR)/Riba, Pere (ESP) 167
6 Marray, Jonathan (GBR)/Zelenay, Igor (SVK) 174
7 Delgado, Jamie (GBR)/Skupski, Ken (GBR) 178
8 Bednarek, Tomasz (POL)/Charroin, Olivier (FRA) 224
9 Giannessi, Alessandro (ITA)/Motti, Alessandro (ITA) 258
10 Bury, Alexander (BLR)/Kowalczyk, Mateusz (POL) 333
11 Rice, David (GBR)/Thornley, Sean (GBR) 389
12 Lopez Jaen, Miguel Angel (ESP)/Trujillo-Soler, Gabriel (ESP) 462

[Sallydaisy]

Jamie Murray is playing in Casablanca, partnering Jonny Marray.
Paul Hanley is partnering Dustin Brown.

Doubles Draw here
http://www.atpworldtour.com/Share/Event-Draws.aspx?Year=2012&EventId=360&Draw=md

No dubs play on the OOP for today so we'll set up FTD.

[Sallydaisy]

OOP CASABLANCA - Tuesday, April 10, 2012

NB. This info comes from the ATP site who've stopped posting unformatted details so sorry for all the links!!!





Court Central Start 11:00 am (12noon UK)



[Q] Federico Delbonis (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/D874.aspx) (ARG)
Jeremy Chardy (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/CA12.aspx) (FRA)



Paul-Henri Mathieu (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/M850.aspx) (FRA)

[WC] Mehdi Ziadi (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/Z163.aspx) (MAR)



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

[WC] Yassine Idmbarek (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/I201.aspx) (MAR)



[6] Robin Haase (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/H756.aspx) (NED)

[Q] Lamine Ouahab (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/O207.aspx) (ALG)





Court 2 Start 11:00 am



Pere Riba (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/R750.aspx) (ESP)

[7] Albert Ramos (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/R772.aspx) (ESP)



Not Before 1:00 PM (2pm UK)



Malek Jaziri (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/J267.aspx) (TUN)

Victor Hanescu (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/H528.aspx) (ROU)



Jonathan Marray (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/M983.aspx) (GBR)
Jamie Murray (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/MC81.aspx) (GBR)

Albert Montanes (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/M824.aspx) (ESP)
Albert Ramos (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/R772.aspx) (ESP)




Alexandr Dolgopolov (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/D801.aspx) (UKR)
Malek Jaziri (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/J267.aspx) (TUN)

Pablo Andujar (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/A596.aspx) (ESP)
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/G476.aspx) (ESP)






Court 3 Start 11:00 am



Michal Mertinak (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/M776.aspx) (SVK)
Andre Sa (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/S604.aspx) (BRA)

[4] Daniele Bracciali (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/B570.aspx) (ITA)
Fabio Fognini (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/F510.aspx) (ITA)




Not Before 1:00 PM



Matthias Bachinger (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/BC65.aspx) (GER)

Filippo Volandri (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/V254.aspx) (ITA)



Potito Starace (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/S843.aspx) (ITA)

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





Court 6 Start 1:00 pm



[1] Frantisek Cermak (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/C445.aspx) (CZE)
Filip Polasek (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/PA46.aspx) (SVK)

Dustin Brown (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/BA65.aspx) (GER)
Paul Hanley (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/H421.aspx) (AUS)




[Q] Sergio Gutierrez-Ferrol (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/G935.aspx) (ESP)

Rui Machado (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/MA49.aspx) (POR)

[Jane]

Up on LS now. Best of luck, Jamie and Jonny:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::)

[Sallydaisy]

Thanks Jane. How are you?
:)

Ramos won a singles match earlier so he'll be either (a) tired, or, (b) had some match practice.

Let's go MarMur!!!
:swingin::swingin::swingin:

[Sallydaisy]

Well they got an early break and went 2-0 up but the others broke back in game 5 and it stayed with serve and into a tie-break. The Spaniards got the first break and held onto with another 2 and took the first set 7'6(3).

It was very close though until the last 2 or 3 points so there is still a chance.

Let's go MarMur!!!
:swingin::swingin::swingin:

[Sallydaisy]

Coo, a love break in the first game of the 2nd set and a love hold with an Ace from Murray to go 2-0 up in the 2nd set. Let's hope they can hang onto the lead this time.

And they did. 2nd set to Marray/Murray.

CTB next ..........
:sofa:

[Sallydaisy]

Spanish serving first:

*1-0,
2-0* (DF Murray)
2-1*
*2-2
*2-3 broke back and got a mini-break!
2-4*
2-5* keep it going guys, just 5 more points needed.
*2-6 another mb
*2-7 and another one ......
3-7* oops, dropped one back
3-8*
*3-9 and 6 match points to the Brits.
*3-10

WINNERS!!!!!
:dance::dance::dance:

6'7, 6'2, 10'3

[Jane]

Well done, guys - 6-7, 6-2, 10-3:cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer::)

[Jan]

great - well done :cheer:

[hfwardhouse]

:yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

[Alis]

:cheer::cheer::cheer:

[Linda]

Well done! :clap: :clap:

[Sallydaisy]

Jamie and Jonny play their Quarter Final match tomorrow at 1pm in Casablanca which is 2pm here in the UK. They face Bracciali and Fognini (aka Major Muppet and destroyer of my Yatzy entry) who are seeded 4th.

[JAMES4578]

Fab Jamie/Johnny won earlier:cheer::cheer: Hope they'll be in form again!

[Jane]

Best of luck to Jamie and Jonny - up on LS now:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::)

[Linda]

First set gone :sad:

Come on lads! :swingin:

They lost 4-6 4-6 :sad: :sad: :sad:

[Jane]

Awwww - bad luck guys 4-6 4-6:sad::sad:

[Jan]

what a shame

[Sallydaisy]

:sad:

[hfwardhouse]

:sad:

[JAMES4578]

Disappointing, but thought it would be tough in this tourney.

[Sallydaisy]

Some good'ish news in the Houston Doubles.

Dom Inglot (GBR) and Treat Conrad Huey made it to the Final.
They were beaten by Americans Sam Querrey and James Blake 7'6(14), 6'4.

So, whilst it was a loss for the Brit and his Phillippino partner that scoreline suggests one heck of a tussle!
:thumbup:

The doubles rankings will be interesting on Monday!

[JAMES4578]

Couldn't quite follow it up but a great effort from Dom and Huey! It certainly was a good week for Dom, will have gained some confidence!