Morning!

And to get us under way, Lapentti is 4-2 up against Verdasco, against whom he has a 0-3 record.


Marcos Daniel just starting against Ivan Navarro

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Ventura ditto vs Gimeno-Traver


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Afternoon Tim :hug:

I've just changed the topic title to include Munich as well - hope that's ok, i'd hate for them to get forgotten :P

No prob, was just wondering whether to start a separate thread actually :)

So, over in Munich Cilic is a set up on Rochus... if they posed for a pic before the match it must have looked odd as Cilic is about a yard taller. OK, 11 inches actually but that's still something of a contrast :blink:

Cilic beats Rochus 6-4 6-4, 10 aces with no DFs might have something to do with it. :)

I can't seem to find what happened with Verdasco and Lapentti? Are they still playing?

Highest-ranked player we've seen so far today about to start in Munich against the lowest, Mathieu vs Brands, 18th-ranked vs 209th. Home advantage may not count for much I suspect.

Trisco, Lapentti is 6-3 and 3-2 with a break up on Verdasco, although the scoreboard is only updating occasionally. :shrug:

Scoreboard shows Lapentti up a set and a break at 6-3 3-2

And some early :bread: courtesy of Daniel Gimeno-Traver, who beats Santiago Ventura 6-2 6-1

If we're looking for our weekly GOAT, both those players have those letters in their names - yes, since you ask, it IS an unusually slow day at work here :P

Talking of potential GOATs did you know there is a younger Granollers-Pujol?

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Just having a quick look at matches already played, and in Barcelona Ancic, Chela, Tursunov and Haase all won their matches. In Munich Cilic, Seppi and Vliegen all won their main draw matches, and i notice that El Aynaoui also won his qualifying match :ok:

Thanks DJ...

Lapentti now serving for the match against Verdasco.

Wawrinka about to start against Jose Antonio Sanchez de Luna, about whom the ATP site can tell us nothing except ranking (293) and age... :blink:

wild card i presume???

So Andy is up against Ancic next (again) - could be interesting...

Presumably so.


Lapentti serves out the win against Verdasco, a good scalp for him that.

No, he's a qualifier :)

Barcelona WCs are ~Blake, Ancic, Murray and Alberto Martin.

And JCF appears from the draw to have withdrawn.

Gremylmayr is playing Ramirez-Hidalgo - I'm sure Rog is watching with bated breath ;)

Is Lapentti on the comeback trail?

Thanks fah51, apologies to JAS de L... who has just been broken by Stan.

In Munich Del Potro vs. Clement has just started - with DP a break up. Also Bolelli vs. Gicquel is with serve in the first set although Bolelli did just have a set point on Gicquel's serve.....

Yes, I wondered that too :)

Mathieu not being too rough on home hope Brands (well, he's another big lad) but goes a set up.

No worries Tim :ok:

Apologies to any Spaniards but some of their names really crack me up! I just looked up the Spaniards on the ATP Rankings page and there are some really good ones. Yes things are slow here today too :)

Actually, his name made me think of gremlins... (not meant to be rude...just the thought came to mind.)

there was a junior from Thailand playing in the US open called Kittipong Wachiramanowong - which comes close to the best name ever!

My faves on the main tour have got to be Mardy Fish - although the crazy puns that start on here whenever he plays (you know who you are :P ) are making me like it less. and of course the CabbageWriter himself..... :giggle:

Stan takes the first set 6-3

Hidalgo a break up on Gremelmayr

Del Potro a break up on Clement

Mathieu a break up in the second set against Brands

The referees must have been fighting over that one.... :giggle:

Mathieu wins his match 6-3, 6-3

Bolelli currently a break up on Gicquel

Del Potro takes the first set 6-3

Stan has just been broken by Luna at the start of the second set :unsure:

I always pitied the athletics commentators who got the races of Nicole Ramalalanirina - not the easiest name to deal with in the space of a 100m hurdles race :yikes:

surely it would be easier to just call her Nicole :P

some :bread: served up by Canas - taking the first set 6-1 :ok:

Wawrinka wins 6-3, 6-3 :ok:

More :bread: in Munich, Del Potro beats Clement 6-3 6-1

Ramirez Hidalgo fails to serve out the first set and loses the TB - now where have we heard that before :hmm:

Hidalgo retired :unsure:

Oops, must have jinxed him - sorry Ruben :unsure:

Dinky, I see your Tipsy is down to play Gulbis first round - better hope Ernests isn't in one of his giant-killing moods? :unsure:

I believe I was the first one to spot him on here!

And I take great pride in that. :clap: :P

Sometime this year (I think) there was a first-round match between Karlovic and O. Rochus. I thought that was close to violating Olivier's human rights ...

Lapentti taking out Verdasco ... :blink: