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Singles Draw

Seeds are:

Djokovic
Gasquet
Youzhny
Murray
Ferrero
Baghdatis
Tsonga
Mathieu

2007 Singles Final:

G Simon (FRA) d (7)M Baghdatis (CYP) 64 76(3)

The bottom draw looks much stronger than the top one....especially if Djoko is still sick as I expect him to be.

True, but Murray is still likely to have quite a tough second round match against Grosjean or Wawrinka.

whoa!!! Got some great talent (and great bods- :D ) playing in this one. Don't know who to cheer for. :nope:

http://www.open13.fr/upload/programme/prog...08-mardi-fr.pdf

Tomorrow's matches include:

MurrayMint vs. Huta Galung (no i don't know either.... :unsure: ) - this is on second on centre court!

Lee vs Ferrero

Then in the evening:

Baggy vs. Clement

Warinka vs. Grosjean

Monday, February 11, 2008

Singles - First Round
[8] P Mathieu (FRA) d M Gicquel (FRA) 76(7) 76(4)
R Soderling (SWE) d J Nieminen (FIN) 63 57 75

Murray won the first set 6 4 and the 2nd set is currently 3 3

I thought andy had won 6-4, 6-4 :unsure:

Yes, you're right. The Eurosport results service took ages to change the scoreline, despite the fact I was pressing the refresh button every 10 seconds!

Have you tried the live scoreboard? it's *generally* (and I say that with hesitance because it often crashes at the most inopportune moments) a bit more reliable and updates much more regularly than eurosport.

http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/home/

click on the live scores tab.....

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Singles - First Round
[4] A Murray (GBR) d [Q] J Huta Galung (NED) 64 64
[5] J Ferrero (ESP) d H Lee (KOR) 64 61
[6] M Baghdatis (CYP) d A Clement (FRA) 63 64
J Benneteau (FRA) d A Pavel (ROU) 62 10 ret. (lower back)
N Mahut (FRA) d [Q] M Elgin (RUS) 63 63
[Q] T Gabashvili (RUS) d M Berrer (GER) 76(5) 64
S Wawrinka (SUI) d S Grosjean (FRA) 36 64 64

A couple of interesting matches in store today:

Cilic vs Youzhny
Tsonga vs Ancic
Mahut vs. Ferrero

And Djoko is in action against Dodig

Wednesday schedule PDF

hmmm, Tsonga beaten by Ancic.

Tsonga could be the male equivalent of Bartoli.
Reaches a Slam final with a clutch of shock results but then post Grand Slam success fails to deliver... :shrug:

Yaaay Andy M. Yaaay Marcos B. :yahoo: Go Tsonga.

sorry to burst the bubble but he lost in straight sets...

So CHoka-are you getting worried about that promise you made when you said you'd start calling Maria by her real name if she didn't cheat before Roland Garros??? :lol:

get with it scotsguy, I agreed to stop calling her The Cheat after the Oz Open... :P ;)

Oh, I thought you said she had to have a clean record up until RG before you would.....

So is she just Sharapova now-or does she have a new name???

:blink:

I hope not...

again get with it, I have been calling her Maria ever since the end of the Oz Open... ;) :ok:

Oh darn!!! :( thanks for the update

It's not a big news. Tsonga lost 2 tight sets (he had 2 break back points in the first set but was unlucky). Facing a big serve like Ancic is always going to be a bit of lottery. Rotterdam shoudl be another test for him.

Recent Slam finalist loses to world ranked no 135 player who hasn't played a competitive match since October on home turf... :shrug:

sounds noteworthy to me... :ok:

its sad, but chokas right :(

Those upsets happen everyday. Especially if this 135th is Ancic who we know should be ranked higher. Another day, another outcome.

I think the margins between 100th and 6th player in the world are paper thin. That's how good the ATP level is. From 1 to 5 they have a slight edge up.

The skill level maybe is paper thin, but the difference in belief and confidence should have given tsonga a big edge. Maybe his head is still in the clouds?

To be honest I really feel that JWT will follow in the footsteps of those various other AO finalists who then lost the plot....

your probably right, which is a shame because unlike the others, tsonga has a personality

Baggy has bags of personality..... (sorry for the pun)

oh i was talking about gonzo :lol:

yeah I think you could be right too Scotsguy :( , it would be a shame if thats the case. I guess time will tell... :shrug:

Cmon guys. Tsonga lost a match and you have burried him already. If he stays injury free, he should stay in the top 20 for some times, nothing more nothing much less.

I think there was maybe just too much hyope after his run to the Oz Open final, he is a good player but I have my doubts he will be repeating that feat again. Absolutely a top 20 player but perhaps that's as good as it gets... :shrug:

Yeah but you could say, Tsonga had 1 great tournament and all of a sudden he's the next big thing


Hype works both ways...

exactly... :ok:

There is no hype in reaching a slam final where all the best players of the world played. He beat Murray, Youszhny, Gasquet, Nadal, all convincingly. He won his match to qualify France for the DC 1/4 final this week end and...and.....just happened to lose a close match against a refreshed former top 10. Nothing to be ashamed of really. If he goes out in the 1st round in his next 3 tournaments then yes I 'll see your point but until then I am not going to panick!

Gonzo, Baggy are also great players hoovering between top 20 and top 10. Tsonga will be happy to stay around with them.

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Singles - Second Round
N Mahut (FRA) d [5] J Ferrero (ESP) 57 64 76(1)

Singles - First Round
[1] N Djokovic (SRB) d [Q] I Dodig (CRO) 61 64
[2] R Gasquet (FRA) d S Bolelli (ITA) 63 63
[3] M Youzhny (RUS) d M Cilic (CRO) 64 76(3)
[WC] M Ancic (CRO) d [7] J Tsonga (FRA) 75 76(3)
G Simon (FRA) d [WC] D Guez (FRA) 62 64
[WC] M Llodra (FRA) d A Seppi (ITA) 62 76(5)
I Karlovic (CRO) d F Lopez (ESP) 67(6) 75 76(4)

Some good matches today - this is the schedule on court 1 starting at 11am CET:

Murray vs. wawrinka
Llodra vs. Mathieu
Benneteau vs. Youzhny
Djokovic vs. Simon
Soderling vs. Gasquet
Baghdatis vs. karlovic

Thursday Order of Play

DAMNIT FERRERO :(

dammit Ferrero indeed :( but the Spaniard is so over.

Oh Wow!! :dohh: Wish I could watch all of those matches! :D

Ancic won today :clap: :clap: :clap: