Tim's live ranking and competitors Week 9:Vegas etc..

RobC · All-time great

Tim's live ranking and competitors Week 9:Vegas etc..

RobC · All-time great

The updated table is posted here (On BritishTennis.net)

Monaco makes it onto the table after wining Buenos Aires.

Playing today in Dubai are #2 threat Lee, who plays Ollie Rochus. Gicquel plays Andreev. Bjorkman plays Serra.

In Acapulco tonight, #1 target, Chela plays Roitman.

In Vegas, #3 target Benneteau plays Goldstein. Verdasco plays Mathieu.

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Rochus taked first set vs Lee

7-6(4)

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Rochus did the business winning 7-6(4) 6-2

RobC · All-time great

The updated table is posted here (On BritishTennis.net)

Not too bad so far for Tim:

In Dubai Lee went out to Rochus. Gicquel went out to Andreev. Bjorkman to Serra.

In Vegas, Verdasco beat Mathieu.

#3 target Benneteau and Goldstein are on court now.

In Acapulco tonight, #1 target, Chela plays Roitman.

RobC · All-time great

The updated table is posted here (On BritishTennis.net)

In Vegas, overnight #3 target Benneteau lost to Goldstein in his 1st RR.

#1 target, Chela, won in Acapulco.

, but needs more points before he advances

RobC · All-time great

The updated table is posted here (On BritishTennis.net)

Tim wins his first round- robin match, gains 20 points and shoots up 4 places to world 41, going past Mayer, Benneteau, Chela and Gaudio.

Earlier, in Doha, Vliegen lost to Djokovic
In Acapulco, Almagro beat Zabaleta. Gaudio has just beaten Horna in 2 games(1-1ret.)

and moves to just 5 points behind Tim.

Later in Vegas, new target #2, Becker plays Hernych.
In Acapulco, threat #4 Moya plays Echagaray. Massu plays Monaco. Ramirez- Hidalgo plays Santiago Gonzalez. Target #1 Acasuso plays Montanes. Calleri plays Martin.

RobC · All-time great

Becker lost

- still within reach of a semi- finalist- Tim

RobC · All-time great

The updated table is posted here (On BritishTennis.net)

After a great evening in Vegas, a bad night in Acapulco: Moya beat Echagaray. Massu beat Monaco. Ramirez- Hidalgo beat Santiago Gonzalez. Acasuso beat Montanes. Calleri beat Martin.

Today, in Dubai, target #3, Simon plays Santoro, #4, Rochus plays Davydenko.

In Vegas tonight, #2 threat Benneteau plays Querrey - he'll need to win well to go through. Target #2, Becker plays Kuerten - he'll also need to win well. Verdasco plays Udomchoke, and a win sees him through.

In Acapulco, #1 threat, Gaudio plays qualifyer Guzman. A win would see him overtaking Tim

.#3 threat, Chela plays Devilder, and can also overtake (on mandatory points)

.#4 Moya plays Hartfield. Massu plays Galvani. Ram-Ham plays Almagro.

#1 target, Acasuso plays Vanek. Calleri plays Hernandez.

RobC · All-time great

Simon v Santoro on the scoreboard

RobC · All-time great

The "What If" post.

Tim is defending 75 points from 2006, so he needs to reach the semi- final just to stand still on 820 points. On the upside, because he's got less than 18 tournaments forming his points, every point he gains this week counts towards his total.

If Tim wins Vegas: He will have 920 points. He will overtake Becker, Gicquel, Ginepri and Bjorkman. He could overtake Verdasco (out before qf in V), Almagro (out before qf in A), Rochus (S in D), Acasuso(F in A), Simon(F in D). He could be overtaken by Gaudio, Chela and Moya (all W in A). That's 8 targets/threats - a max of 6 can overtake.
Best case: 32 (+5)
Worst case: 38(-1)

If Tim loses in the final: He will have 865 points. He will overtake Gicquel, Ginepri and Bjorkman. He could overtake Acasuso(S in A), Becker (F in V), Simon(S in D). He could be overtaken by Gaudio, Chela and Moya (all F in A), Benneteau (W in V), Massu (W in A), Santoro (W in D). That's 9 targets/threats - a max of 5 can overtake.

Best case: 35 (+2)
Worst case: 40(-3)

If Tim loses in the sf: He will have 820 points. He could overtake no one. He will overtake Gicquel, Ginepri and Bjorkman. He could overtake Acasuso(Q in A), Becker (Q in V), Simon(Q in D). He could be overtaken by Gaudio(S in A), Chela and Moya (F in A), Benneteau (F in V), Massu (F in A), Ram- Ham (W in A), Santoro and Serra (both W in D). That's 11 targets/threats - a max of 8 can overtake.

Best case: 35
Worst case: 43(-6)

If Tim loses in the qf: He will have 785 points. He will overtake Ginepri. He could be overtaken by Gaudio(Q in A), Chela and Moya (S in A), Benneteau (S in V), Massu (F in A), Ram- Ham (W in A), Santoro and Serra (both W in D). That's 8 targets/threats - a max of 5 can overtake.
Best case: 40(-3)
Worst case: 45(-8)

If Tim loses in the RR round: He will have 765 points. He could overtake no one. He could be overtaken by Gaudio and Chela(Q in A), Moya (S in A), Benneteau (S in V), Massu and Ram-Ham(F in A), Santoro (F in D), Serra (F in D). That's 8 targets/threats - a max of 7 can overtake.

Best case: 41(-4)
Worst case: 48(-11)

RobC · All-time great

And as we speak, Simon is knocked out by Santoro

- which improves his chances should he reach the semis or better.

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Nice one Fabrice! Old dudes sticking together!

RobC · All-time great

Remote threat, Serra has just broken Haas in the first game of their match.

Haas just restored normality and broke straight back.

johnnylad · Tennis legend

4 breaks to 2-2 but now its 4-5 Serra serving to stay in first set