NICE & DUSSELDORF, 21/5 - 27/5 2012 (ATP250'S): Main thread - Entry Lists

[Sallydaisy]

NICE

SINGLES ENTRY LIST
Entry Deadline: April 9, 2012
Seeding: May 14, 2012

1 Isner, John USA 10
2 Almagro, Nicolas ESP 12
3 Simon, Gilles FRA 13
4 Gasquet, Richard FRA 17
5 Granollers, Marcel ESP 26
6 Tomic, Bernard AUS 36
7 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 38
8 Istomin, Denis UZB 42
9 Seppi, Andreas ITA 43
10 Young, Donald USA 45
11 Kubot, Lukasz POL 50
12 Haase, Robin NED 51
13 Falla, Alejandro COL 54
14 Lu, Yen-Hsun TPE 55
15 Rochus, Olivier BEL 56
16 Fognini, Fabio ITA 57
17 Andujar, Pablo ESP 58
18 Sela, Dudi ISR 61
19 Volandri, Filippo ITA 63
20 (SE)
21 (SE)
22 (Q)
23 (Q)
24 (Q)
25 (Q)
26 (WC)
27 (WC)
28 (WC)

Alternates
1. Lacko, Lukas SVK 66
2. Darcis, Steve BEL 67
3. Malisse, Xavier BEL 68
4. Montanes, Albert ESP 69
5. Kukushkin, Mikhail KAZ 70
6. Stakhovsky, Sergiy UKR 71
7. Ebden, Matthew AUS 73
8. Roger-Vasselin, Edouard FRA 79
9. Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo ESP 80
10. Rosol, Lukas CZE 81
11. Kamke, Tobias GER 82
12. Starace, Potito ITA 83
13. Gil, Frederico POR 84
14. Cipolla, Flavio ITA 85
15. Jaziri, Malek TUN 86

DOUBLES ENTRY LIST
Advance entry deadline: May 7, 2012
On-site entry deadline: May 19, 2012
Seeding: May 14, 2012

1 Marach, Oliver (AUT)/Polasek, Filip (SVK) 53
2 Cabal, Juan Sebastian (COL)/Gonzalez, Santiago (MEX) 59
3 Bracciali, Daniele (ITA)/Melo, Marcelo (BRA) 60
4 Butorac, Eric (USA)/Soares, Bruno (BRA) 62
5 Erlich, Jonathan (ISR)/Ram, Andy (ISR) 89
6 Lipsky, Scott (USA)/Ram, Rajeev (USA) 91
7 Hanley, Paul (AUS)/Knowle, Julian (AUT) 94
8 Huey, Treat Conrad (PHI)/Moser, Frank (GER) 99
9 Ebden, Matthew (AUS)/Tomic, Bernard (AUS) 101
10 Cerretani, James (USA)/Sa, Andre (BRA) 106
11 (OS)
12 (OS)
13 (OS)
14 (OS)
15 (WC)
16 (WC)

Alternates
1 Elgin, Mikhail (RUS)/Istomin, Denis (UZB) 110
2 Ball, Carsten (AUS)/Murray, Jamie (GBR) 112
3 Kohlmann, Michael (GER)/Norman, Dick (BEL) 112
4 Knowles, Mark (BAH)/Malisse, Xavier (BEL) 119
5 Emmrich, Martin (GER)/Siljestrom, Andreas (SWE) 120
6 Becker, Benjamin (GER)/Kubot, Lukasz (POL) 128
7 Darcis, Steve (BEL)/Rochus, Olivier (BEL) 129
8 Brunstrom, Johan (SWE)/Marx, Philipp (GER) 135
9 Delgado, Jamie (GBR)/Skupski, Ken (GBR) 177
10 Ratiwatana, Sanchai (THA)/Ratiwatana, Sonchat (THA) 195
11 Becker, Benjamin (GER)/Kubot, Lukasz (POL) 206
12 Motti, Alessandro (ITA)/Volandri, Filippo (ITA) 207
13 Draganja, Marin (CRO)/Marcan, Dino (CRO) 371
14 Rice, David (GBR)/Thornley, Sean (GBR) 405
15 Lopez Jaen, Miguel Angel (ESP)/Trujillo-Soler, Gabriel (ESP) 527

[Sallydaisy]

DUSSELDORF - WORLD TEAM CUP

Team Entry Deadline: April 9, 2012
Seeding: May 14, 2012

USA
Mardy Fish
Andy Roddick
James Blake
Captain: tba

Serbia
Janko Tipsarevic
Viktor Troicki
Nenad Zimonjic
Captain: Nenad Zimonjic

Czech Republic
Tomas Berdych
Radek Stepanek
Frantisek Cermak
Captain: Tomas Krupa

Croatia
Marin Cilic
Ivan Dodig
Ivo Karlovic
Captain: Marin Cilic

Germany
Florian Mayer
Philipp Kohlschreiber
Philipp Petzschner
Christopher Kas
Captain: Tobias Summerer

Russia
Alex Bogomolov
Dmitry Tursunov
Igor Kunitsyn
Captain: Yoav Schab

Argentina
Juan Ignacio Chela
Carlos Berlocq
Leonardo Mayer
Juan Pablo Brzezicki
Captain: Pablo Fuente

(WC) Japan
Kei Nishikori
Go Soeda
Tatsuma Ito
Captain: Dante Bottini

ATP Ranking Points

Singles 1
1st R: +35
2nd R: +35
3rd R: +35
* Finals: +95
**Bonus Points: +50

Singles 2
1st R: +25
2nd R: +25
3rd R: +25
*Finals: +50
**Bonus Points: +50

Doubles Deciding match
1st R: +35
2nd R: +35
3rd R: +35
*Finals: +95
**Bonus Points: +50

Doubles Dead Rubber
1st R: +10
2nd R: +10
3rd R: +10
*Finals: +20
**Bonus Points: 0

* Player who only play the finals will be awarded points from the previous round
** Players must win all 4 matches and be part of the winning team in order to earn the Bonus Points

[DaveArneRiise]

Fancy Almagro to win in Nice (defending champion) He was unfortunate to not beat Ferrer yesterday. Lights out tennis at times. Also got the most wins on clay this year.

[DaveArneRiise]

Baker is the surprise package in nice, came through the qualies with some impressive wins, then disposed of Sergei Stakhosky in the first round. And he has only gone and took the first set against La Monf. On serve in the 2nd. Never heard of this player before this tournament!

[DaveArneRiise]

That is well and truly stunning from Brian Baker saving 3 set points in the tie breaker in monstrous fashion. Now at 8-9 he saves another SP with a 2nd serve ace! He wins the next 2 points to win the match!!!!!! Truly stunning stuff.

Just found out he's making a comeback at the age of 27! Before he was a coach!

Unbelievable!

[JAMES4578]

Yes that was simply an incredible result and a a bit of a blow for Monfils!

[RoastLamb]

Baker is the surprise package in nice, came through the qualies with some impressive wins, then disposed of Sergei Stakhosky in the first round. And he has only gone and took the first set against La Monf. On serve in the 2nd. Never heard of this player before this tournament!

He was going to be the next big thing in American tennis but then he kept getting injured. Great to see him come back!

[Sallydaisy]

He was going to be the next big thing in American tennis but then he kept getting injured. Great to see him come back!
He's been given a Wildcard into Roland Garros.

[Linda]

I've never heard of him before. Could be a bit of a worry at RG.

[DaveArneRiise]

He's been given a Wildcard into Roland Garros.

Thoroughly deserved! He's my new hero!

[Sallydaisy]

He opened a twitter account tonight ..... 92 followers so far!
:p

https://twitter.com/#!/BBakesTennis

[RoastLamb]

I think what's "nice" is that you know he'll appreciate all the success that comes his way.

[DaveArneRiise]

Would you Adam and Eve it? Baker defeats Kuksuhkin in 3 sets saving a match point along the way to book himself semi finals berth! Stunning, truly stunning!

He'll play Davydenko in the semi finals.

Almagro v Simon is the other semi final.

[RoastLamb]

Going to try and watch the semi. Haven't seen him play as of yet.

[cazza99]

I've posted his story on the newspaper thread but I'll post it here too. http://www.usta.com/Pro-Tennis/Grand-Slams/French-Open/baker_to_make_grand_slam_return_at_french_open/

Are there any streams of Nice?

[ljs]

cazza .. hahasport.com has them listed

[DaveArneRiise]

Fine win for Almagro in the semis, 6-1 6-3 over Simon. Almagro by the way has the most wins on clay this year. Will play the winner of Davydenko and Baker which is just about to commence.

[Linda]

I see that you're a fan of Almagro lately. How do you reckon he'll do at RG?

[cazza99]

Brian Baker has just beaten Davydenko to get into the final 6-7 6-4 6-2

[RoastLamb]

Brian Baker has just beaten Davydenko to get into the final 6-7 6-4 6-2

Watched bits of it. Nice stuff! Good for him. :yahoo:

[Sallydaisy]

Wow, how about that. I saw he'd lost the first set and thought it was all too much for him.
He's up against Almagro in the Final tomorrow - the Spaniard beat Gilles Simon 6'1, 6'3.

Forecast for Nice is rain all day .......

[DaveArneRiise]

I see that you're a fan of Almagro lately. How do you reckon he'll do at RG?

Been a fan for years now. Think he will do well hopefully, he is a due a performance at RG.

[cazza99]

Baker is second on court, not before 1.30 pm UK time.

[Sallydaisy]

Nico Almagro wins the title in Nice: 6'2, 6'3.
:trophy:
Shame Brian Baker couldn't go one more step and lift the trophy but he's had an amazing week!!!

[JAMES4578]

Baker done really well, thought he'd be up against it today!

[Linda]

Well done Almagro. I did think he would win - the BB story would have been just too much of a fairy tale if he'd won!

[DaveArneRiise]

What made it even more amazing was that BB came through the qualies!

Delighted for Nico though, another title on clay :cheer: