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Tursunov succumbs to the resurgent Kiefer and is knocked out
Over to Bethan who, if we're incredibly lucky, will give us a what- if. If the sheer number of players involved is still too much, she'll tell us who today's threats are.
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Ferrero, who would have overtaken had he won lost to Hewitt
Canas and Ljubicic were both knocked out ahead of Andy, giving him a chance to overtake later in the week Ferrer and Youzhny were not so obliging
Behind, Mathieu and Nalbandian advance , Almagro joins Ferrero on the plane to Cincinatti
Andy has 1510 points and sits at world number 16
If he wins today, he'll have 1540 points and can't overtake anyone. If he loses today, he'll stay on 1510
No- one can overtake him, whether he wins or loses.
Targets are: Two wins away(Ginepri- Fognini): Ferrer, if he loses R2 Three wins away(Ginepri- Fognini- Federer): Ferrer, if he loses R3 Four wins away(Ginepri- Fognini - Federer - Robredo/Blake): Canas (out), Ferrer if he loses his QF
Threats are: Four wins away (reach Semis): Baghdatis, Moya. (IF Andy reached R3, he can avoid Moya)
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Thanks for the Berdych spot, Mad - I'd missed that.
Chela and Moya are knocked out overnight. Baghdatis wins, but he's allowed to as he beat Moya for us
Andy has 1540 points and sits at world number 16
If he wins today, he'll have 1580 points He could overtake Ferrer, if he loses to Nalbandian. He can't be overtaken.
Best Case: 15, worst case 16.
If he loses today, he'll stay on 1540 He can't be overtaken today Best and worst case: 16
Targets are: One win away(Fognini): Ferrer, if he loses R2 Two wins away(Ginepri- Fognini- Federer): Ferrer, if he loses R3 Three wins away(Ginepri- Fognini - Federer - Robredo/Blake): Canas (out), Ferrer if he loses his QF
Threats are: Three wins away (reach Semis): Baghdatis.
Hewitt is rather surprisingly knocked out by the world number one Anyways, this remarkable event is good news for our Andy's ranking and he'll end the week at number 16 a drop of only 2.
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