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Salmon


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This is in Russia and it's on hard courts.

 

1. Stakhovsky, Sergiy UKR 135
2. Kukushkin, Mikhail RUS 139 
3. Istomin, Denis UZB 151 
4. Ledovskikh, Mikhail RUS 182 
5. Elgin, Michail RUS 206 
6. Dorsch, Benedikt GER 229 
7. Marach, Oliver AUT 235 
8. Chekhov, Pavel RUS 279 
OUT Coelho, Andrew AUS 309 
10. King-Turner, Daniel NZL 314 
11. Ghem, Andre BRA 315 
OUT Kavcic, Blaz SLO 325 
13. Kravchuk, Konstantin RUS 329 
14. Skenderovic, Vjekoslav CRO 331 
15. Slabinsky, Alexander GBR 333 
16. Cerovic, Ivan CRO 344 
17. Westerhof, Boy NED 357 
18. Klec, Ivo SVK 360 
19. Kirillov, Evgeniy RUS 364 
20. Matsukevitch, Denis RUS 367 
21. Armstrong, Miles AUS 379 
22. Eysseric, Jonathan FRA 381 
23. (SE) 
24. (SE) 
25. (WC) 
26. (WC) 
27. (WC) 
28. (WC) 
29. (Q) 
30. (Q) 
31. (Q) 
32. (Q) 

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IN Klein, Brydan AUS 384 
IN Ebden, Matthew AUS 392 
1. Madjarovski,DarkoSRB405 
2. Obradovic, VladimirSRB406 
3. Blandin, Jeremy FRA 413 
4. Valtzer, Dekel ISR 416 
5. An, Jae Sung KOR 418 
6. Sabau, Razvan ROU 431 
7. Kindlmann, Dieter GER 450 
8. Im, Kyu Tae KOR 457 
9. Coll, Ignacio ESP 466 
10. Jones, Greg AUS 470 
11. Duclos, Pierre-Ludovic CAN 475 
12. Ward, James GBR 476 
13. Cakl, Tomas CZE 477
IN Krotiouk, Sergei RUS 629 
IN Bubka, Sergei UKR 641 
1. Sitak, Dmiti RUS 693 
2. Belyaev, Ilya RUS 891




Ward won't be here as he's a DE at a Futures. Ed Seator could be in qualies, though - he hasn't entered a Futures and could be down in alts list, like in the Saransk Challenger the week after.

Big week for Alex as he'll have to get whatever number of wins he needs for USO qualies.

I think Eysseric will withdraw as he's in Canada this week. Will probably train for a week in North America - he was based at Bollettieri's for a few weeks once and maybe he'll go there again.



-- Edited by Kung Fu Panda at 22:48, 2008-07-18

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Wonder if Ward's regretting playing a 10K in Spain over this now, as he would have made the cut here, given that Cakl is now 1st alternate, with the 2 SE spots to be cleared.

Good shout on Eysseric withdrawing, because that's exactly what he had done, and I think Slabba may sneak a seeding here, as I think he's the 7th best ranked player left in this according to the latest rankings, which would be a huge boost for him, as I think it must be the first time he's been seeded in a challenger

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I guess Eysseric thought of this because there was a chance of him making the USO qualies cut. But then he didn't do well at the Futures he was playing (needed the titles), so there's no point in going.


Anyway, the cut for this is ... ashamed.gif .... doh.gif ... 641 and it may still go down. I wish that we had another player here.

At this moment, the direct entrant who are ranked ahead of Slabba (as of this Monday) are - Stakhovsky, Kukushkin, Istomin, Elgin, Dorsch and Chekhov. So a seeding of 6 or better unless there are higher ranked qualifiers or WCs.

Slabba needs three wins here for a guaranteed place in the USO qualies, and two to have a decent chance. I think it is quite possible.



-- Edited by Kung Fu Panda at 23:02, 2008-07-18

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Kung Fu Panda wrote:

Slabba needs three wins here for a guaranteed place in the USO qualies, and two to have a decent chance. I think it is quite possible.



-- Edited by Kung Fu Panda at 23:02, 2008-07-18
Has he ever made a Challenger semi yet?



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Nope. Quarters at Shrewsbury and Ramat Hasharon are his best results.

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To support the comment that I made under the Manchester thread - several of those at Manchester earlier this week now turn up here in Russia, I don't know how they cope with this week after week, I doubt that many (if any) of them will have agents to arrange travel, flights and hotels. I need a month to sort things out when I go on holiday once or sometimes twice a year! Let no one suggest these guys don't have commitment.
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-- Edited by mjd at 09:16, 2008-07-19

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I wonder if Maniel Bains could be here? He was in Kazakhstan this week.

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http://www.atptennis.com/en/common/TrackIt.asp?file=http://www.atptennis.com/1/posting/2008/3468/mds.pdf

Slabba seeded 7 here and not a bad draw..no other Brits though

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Draw is okay for the first two rounds, but Istomin is the king of Challengers in West Central Asia and Russia (read - king of weak Challengers).

Wish we had a Brit in qualies. Fourth seed there is ranked 1816!

-- Edited by Kung Fu Panda at 19:01, 2008-07-19

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He probably should be able to make the QF's here without too much difficulty, although the Russian he's got in round 1 has had a decent season at Futures level, and Ebden in round 2 is a good player on fast surfaces, but I think we are justified this week in expecting a QF from him.

That would be a decent result for the week, although I think he'd push Istomin to a decent match at least, and if he knows US Open qualies depends on it (still think he should take some cheap points somewhere instead, but that's a different matter), he may be able to beat him.

Looking at that Q draw!!! One of these days I'm going to go to somewhere obscure like this and try and qualify!

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Sounds like a great plan smile.gif

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Slabba's quarter :

Denis Istomin [147] of Uzbekistan vs. Ivan Cerovic [335] of Croatia
Evgeniy Kirillov [347] of Russia vs. Vjekoslav Skenderovic [331] of Croatia

Dekel Valtzer [438] of Israel vs. Matthew Ebden [395] of Australia
Sergei Krotiouk [596] of Russia vs. Alex Slabinsky [315] of Great Britain

 




Not sure, but chances are that this is the last week to get the points for USO qualies.

Cuts from the last five years:

2007 - 292.
2006 - 275.
2005 - 279.
2004 - 281.
2003 - 301.


If he loses in the first round, he will be ranked around 308.
If he loses in the second round, he will be ranked around 300.
If he loses in the quarters, he will be ranked around 285.
If he loses in the semis, he will be ranked around 265.


As we can see, he doesn't have much of a chance if he loses before the quarters.

-- Edited by Kung Fu Panda at 10:11, 2008-07-20

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Slabba plays doubles with Ivan Cerovic of Croatia.

http://www.atptennis.com/en/common/TrackIt.asp?file=http://www.atptennis.com/1/posting/2008/3468/mdd.pdf

This confirms that he is indeed present in Russia. w00t.gif

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L32: Alexander Slabinsky WR 306 beat Sergei Krotiouk (RUS) WR 570 by 6-4 3-6 6-3 smile.gif

He will play Ebden or Valtzer next.

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Just two wins needed now.

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