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Madeline


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Week 42 - ATP Masters - Madrid
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Main Draw
1 Federer,Roger/SUI 1
2 Nadal,Rafael/ESP 2
3 Djokovic,Novak/SRB 3
4 Davydenko,Nikolay/RUS 4 OUT
5 Roddick,Andy/USA 5 OUT
6 Blake,James/USA 6
7 Gonzalez,Fernando/CHI 7
8 Robredo,Tommy/ESP 8
9 Berdych,Tomas/CZE 9
10 Haas,Tommy/GER 10
11 Youzhny,Mikhail/RUS 11
12 Ljubicic,Ivan/CRO 12
13 Gasquet,Richard/FRA 13
14 Canas,Guillermo/ARG 14
15 Ferrer,David/ESP 15
16 Hewitt,Lleyton/AUS 16 OUT
17 Moya,Carlos/ESP 17
18 Kiefer, Nicolas GER @17
19 Baghdatis,Marcos/CYP 18
20 Murray,Andy/GBR 19
21 Mathieu,Paul-Henri/FRA 20
22 Ferrero,Juan Carlos/ESP 21
23 Chela,Juan Ignacio/ARG 22
24 Monaco,Juan/ARG 23
25 Nalbandian,David/ARG 24
26 Safin,Marat/RUS 25
27 Nieminen,Jarkko/FIN 26
28 Tursunov,Dmitry/RUS 27
29 Almagro,Nicolas/ESP 28
30 Volandri,Filippo/ITA 29
31 Karlovic,Ivo/CRO 30
32 Starace,Potito/ITA 31
33 Malisse, Xavier BEL @31 OUT
34 Soderling,Robin/SWE 32 OUT
35 Melzer,Jurgen/AUT 33
36 Verdasco,Fernando/ESP 34
37 Stepanek,Radek/CZE 35
38 Hrbaty,Dominik/SVK 36 OUT
39 (Q) Gicquel, Marc FRA
40 (Q) Ginepri, Robbie USA
41 (Q) Calleri, Agustin ARG
42 (Q) Koubeck, Stefan AUT
43 (Q) Pavel, Andrei ROU
44 (Q) Falla, Alejandro COL
45 (WC) Lopez, Feliciano ESP
46 (WC) Montanes, Albert ESP
47 (WC) Del Potro, Juan Martin ARG
48 (SE) Wawrinka, Stanislas SUI
IN FROM ALTERNATES:
Ancic, Mario CRO
Andreev, Igor RUS
Fish, Mardy USA
Clement, Arnaud FRA
Santoro, Fabrice FRA
LL  Hernandez, Oscar ESP


-- Edited by Madeline at 19:47, 2007-10-14

-- Edited by Madeline at 16:52, 2007-10-17

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It's strange seeing Andy so far down the list cry.gif (I'm sure he'll rectify that pretty rapidly though biggrin.gif)

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I suppose, to look on the bright side, it will be fun watching him climb back up again. Though to be honest, I'm not expecting much of an improvement until next year.

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i think andy will make the semis of one of these masters either here in madrid or paris. Also think he will go well in moscow and st petersberg it may have been a wise descion not to go to asia and basel as the entry list look relativly week for the two in Russia.

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Not a good draw. His quarter:

(8)ROBREDO, Tommy ESP vs BYE
(WC)DEL POTRO, Juan Martin ARG vs STARACE, Potito ITA
CLEMENT, Arnaud FRA vs NALBANDIAN, David ARG
(9)BERDYCH, Tomas CZE vs BYE

(15)CHELA, Juan Ignacio ARG vs BYE
STEPANEK, Radek CZE vs MURRAY, Andy GBR
BAGHDATIS, Marcos CYP vs [Q]PAVEL, Andrei ROU
(2)NADAL, Rafael ESP vs BYE

Poor lad. With the ATP meeting hanging over his head, too.



-- Edited by Madeline at 19:37, 2007-10-14

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For a masters cup draw it's not too bad...offers reasonable chances of defending last year's points. There could have been worse rd1 draws - Nalbandian or Baghdatis for example ! Not great to have Rafa lying in wait so early but indoors is probably the best surface to play him and who knows, Baggy might spring a big surprise in rd2

Some interesting early clashes in the other sections....Federer-Canas in rd3 could be one !!



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Yeah I thought it was an ok draw when I saw it. I suppose pretty tough first round, though not too tough as it worked out. 2nd round you can't do much better than 15th seed really and as has been said if you're going to play Rafa better on this surface than any other. He could have been in a quarter with Fed or Novak which would have been tougher.

Needs some big points from one of these 2 masters.

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Entry list updated - Davydenko has withdrawn and is replaced by Oscar Hernandez. (Who promptly lost to Ivo Karlovic)

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Karlovic doing really well at the moment, i thought he was just a grass court specialist!

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VSandhi20 wrote:

Karlovic doing really well at the moment, i thought he was just a grass court specialist!



His game from the baseline has improved a lot over the last year or so, and now he no longer has to win tiebreaks to win matches, as he is breaking serve an awful lot more.

The serve is still his major weapon, but he is no longer solely about the serve



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With Gasquet and Blake losing along with Haas, does Andy stand a genuine chance of getting to Shanghai.

Ideal combination is to Win in Madrid, Win in St Petersburg and a Semi Final or better in Paris Masters.

However, i doubt it will happen because hes got minor tournies being counted among his best 18 results this year so i suppose he wont go to Shanghai regardless if that ideal combination did happen.

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VSandhi20 wrote:

With Gasquet and Blake losing along with Haas, does Andy stand a genuine chance of getting to Shanghai.

Ideal combination is to Win in Madrid, Win in St Petersburg and a Semi Final or better in Paris Masters.

However, i doubt it will happen because hes got minor tournies being counted among his best 18 results this year so i suppose he wont go to Shanghai regardless if that ideal combination did happen.


He doesn't really need to do that well! With everyone other than Gonzalez, Robredo and Canas above him losing, if he wins Madrid, he will go to 8th or even 7th in the race, and put himself right back in contention



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It is a genuine possibility mathematically speaking. However, I think tomorrow's result (v Nadal) will tell us more about whether it's a realistic possibility or not.

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Jamie and Mark take on the Polish due, Fyrstenburg & Matkowski at 1pm BST tomorrow.

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Jamie & Mark trail 1-2*....

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