The Australian Open has only just finished, and we already have another event - a clay court event in Chile. The seeded players are:

Gonzalez
Chela
Monaco
Verdasco
Calleri
Hernandez
Acasuso
Massu

Singles Draw

There is no English website I'm afraid:

Movistar Open Website

Last year's winners:

Singles Final:
(5)L Horna (PER) d (3)N Massu (CHI) 75 63

Doubles Final:
Capdeville/Hernandez d Montanes/Ramirez Hidalgo 46 64 10-6 (Match TB)

Fells like such a let down in terms of entertainment after a GS. :(

I'll cheer Calleri on in this as I watched a few of his matches when he played in Doha earlier and I liked the look of his game :ok:

Gooooo Calleri! Whoop! Woot! Yeah! :unsure:

Gonzales and Verdasco are the only names I recognize- :huh:

Monday, January 28, 2008

Singles - First Round
[3] J Monaco (ARG) d N Lapentti (ECU) 26 63 64
J Brzezicki (ARG) d [6] O Hernandez (ESP) 76(4) 61
[7] J Acasuso (ARG) d P Luczak (AUS) 62 64
S Roitman (ARG) d [8] N Massu (CHI) 67(3) 76(4) 63
P Cuevas (URU) d G Coria (ARG) 64 46 63
S Ventura (ESP) d [WC] G Gaudio (ARG) 63 60

I see Coria's comeback didn't go as planned....... :blink:

i see jamie murray is playing doubles with nic lapentti this week. a little practice for the davis cup or has max run for the hills already?

Congratulations to the winners. Is this the same Coria that was in court for drug possession/use?

yep :yikes: tested positive for steroids in 2001, but they were found to come from a contaminated multivitamin he used. he's been out of action for a couple of years now, mostly through injuries i believe :unsure:

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Singles - First Round
[1] F Gonzalez (CHI) d P Capdeville (CHI) 75 63
F Fognini (ITA) d [2] J Chela (ARG) 76(0) 62
[4] F Verdasco (ESP) d [WC] H Podlipnik (CHI) 64 63
L Horna (PER) d [5] A Calleri (ARG) 64 64
[Q] M Granollers-Pujol (ESP) d B Pashanski (SRB) 76(4) 62
[Q] D Gimeno-Traver (ESP) d [Q] E Schwank (ARG) 64 16 61
C Berlocq (ARG) d N Devilder (FRA) 75 62
[Q] D Marrero (ESP) d [WC] A Garcia (CHI) 67(2) 76(3) 64
M Vassallo Arguello (ARG) d O Patience (FRA) 64 61


Not good losses for Chela or Calleri there :unsure:

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Singles - Second Round
[3] J Monaco (ARG) d M Vassallo Arguello (ARG) 63 46 75 - saved 3 M.P.
P Cuevas (URU) d [4] F Verdasco (ESP) 75 63
[7] J Acasuso (ARG) d (Q) D Gimeno-Traver (ESP) 62 62
JP Brzezicki (ARG) d (Q) M. Granollers-Pujol (ESP) 62 62

Thursday, January 31, 2008

Singles - Second Round
[1] F Gonzalez (CHI) d D Hartfield (ARG) 63 64
S Ventura (ESP) d S Roitman (ARG) 46 63 76(4)
F Fognini (ITA) d [Q] D Marrero (ESP) 64 67(5) 63
C Berlocq (ARG) d L Horna (PER) 76(3) 36 76(3)

YAAAAYYYYY F. Gonzales!!! :clap:

Gonzalez Captures Vina Title by Walkover

Top seed and local favorite Fernando Gonzalez captured his third Movistar Open title Saturday night as he rallied to defeat unseeded Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas 6-7(4), 7-6(6), 6-2 in the semifinals in two hours and 47 minutes.

Afterwards, the 27-year-old Chilean was declared champion after No. 3 seed Juan Monaco (pictured) suffered a second degree left ankle sprain in the second set of the doubles final earlier on Saturday. The injury prevented Monaco from playing in Sunday's final. Earlier in the day, Monaco advanced to the singles championship with a straight-sets win over Santiago Ventura.

Yaay Fernando!!! Hope his opponent is ok. :o