London/Queen's Club 1 Nadal, Rafael ESP 1 OUT 2 Murray, Andy GBR 4 3 Roddick, Andy USA 6 4 Simon, Gilles FRA 7 5 Monfils, Gael FRA 9 6 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 11 OUT 7 Cilic, Marin CRO 15 8 Blake, James USA 16 9 Nalbandian, David ARG 18 OUT 10 Safin, Marat RUS 20 11 Gasquet, Richard FRA 23 OUT 12 Karlovic, Ivo CRO 24 13 Fish, Mardy USA 28 14 Lopez, Feliciano ESP 32 15 Mathieu, Paul-Henri FRA 35 16 Ancic, Mario CRO 36 OUT 17 Seppi, Andreas ITA 37 18 Chardy, Jeremy FRA 42 19 Gulbis, Ernests LAT 43 20 Benneteau, Julien FRA 45 21 Ljubicic, Ivan CRO 52 22 Hewitt, Lleyton AUS 53 23 Querrey, Sam USA 60 24 Schwank, Eduardo ARG 61 25 Lu, Yen-Hsun TPE 62 26 Ginepri, Robby USA 64 27 Tipsarevic, Janko SRB 65 28 Gabashvili, Teimuraz RUS 66 29 Youzhny, Mikhail RUS 67 30 Hernandez, Oscar ESP 68 31 Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo ESP 70 32 Gil, Frederico POR 71 33 Llodra, Michael FRA 78 34 Gimeno-Traver, Daniel ESP 79 35 Muller, Gilles LUX 80 36 Fognini, Fabio ITA 81 37 Minar, Ivo CZE 82 38 Kendrick, Robert USA 84 39 Koellerer, Daniel AUT 85 40 Capdeville, Paul CHI 87 41 Navarro, Ivan ESP 89 42 Andujar, Pablo ESP 90 43 Korolev, Evgeny RUS 91 44 Reynolds, Bobby USA 93 45 Darcis, Steve BEL 94 46 (SE) 47 (SE) 48 (Q) 49 (Q) 50 (Q) 51 (Q) 52 (WC) Grosjean, Sebastien FRA 53 (WC) Dimitrov, Grigor BUL 54 (WC) Baghdatis, Marcos CYP 55 (WC) Goodall, Josh GBR 56 (WC) Ward, James GBR
Alternates 1 Istomin, Denis UZB 98 IN 2 Martin, Alberto ESP 99 IN 3 Ferrero, Juan Carlos ESP 100 IN 4 Pavel, Andrei ROU @100 IN 5 Golubev, Andrey KAZ 101 IN 6 Vliegen, Kristof BEL 102 IN 7 Mayer, Leonardo ARG 103 IN 8 Kim, Kevin USA 104 9 Canas, Guillermo ARG 106 10 Greul, Simon GER 108 11 Dancevic, Frank CAN 109 12 Spadea, Vincent USA 110 13 Berrer, Michael GER 111 14 Crivoi, Victor ROU 112 15 Isner, John USA 113
I think somebody already posted this in the middle of the thread about wild cards, but I have put it here where it is more easily found when the tournament starts.
-- Edited by Madeline on Friday 8th of May 2009 11:13:35 AM
-- Edited by Madeline on Friday 5th of June 2009 09:29:35 PM
Can't really complain with that draw for Murray as he should have an easy path to at least the semi's, if not the final.
Seppi or Ginepri may be the perfect kind of opening match where he'll be able to get a competitive match to start with but probably won't be in danger of losing.
Fish or Lopez in the last eight isn't exactly the toughest of ties, while his semi final doesn't look that difficult either.
Really should be reaching the final here where he'll probably face Roddick or Cilic, where he'll be the favourite to win the Queens title.
The one thing to say about this event though is that it's not as strong as it has been for a long time - doesn't look as if there are many top names here and not many matches stand out as being show court material in the opening rounds, other than the British matches, Hewitt, and Ferrero/Grosjean.
[1] MURRAY, Andy GBR vs. BYE SEPPI, Andreas ITA vs. GINEPRI, Robby USA MULLER, Gilles LUX vs. [WC] GOODALL, Joshua GBR LU, Yen-Hsun TPE vs. [16] GARCIA-LOPEZ, Guillermo ESP [10] LOPEZ, Feliciano ESP vs. KENDRICK, Robert USA ISTOMIN, Denis UZB vs. MINAR, Ivo CZE LLODRA, Michael FRA vs. KOROLEV, Evgeny RUS BYE vs. [8] FISH, Mardy USA
[4] MONFILS, Gael FRA vs. BYE GOLUBEV, Andrey KAZ vs. REYNOLDS, Bobby USA DARCIS, Steve BEL vs. CAPDEVILLE, Paul CHI MARTIN, Alberto ESP vs. [13] GULBIS, Ernests LAT [11] MATHIEU, Paul-Henri FRA vs. PAVEL, Andrei ROU [WC] GROSJEAN, Sebastien FRA vs. FERRERO, Juan Carlos ESP QUALIFIER vs. ANDUJAR, Pablo ESP BYE vs. [7] SAFIN, Marat RUS
[6] BLAKE, James USA vs. BYE LJUBICIC, Ivan CRO vs. QUALIFIER QUALIFIER vs. FOGNINI, Fabio ITA QUERREY, Sam USA vs. [12] CHARDY, Jeremy FRA [14] YOUZHNY, Mikhail RUS vs. HERNANDEZ, Oscar ESP [WC] WARD, James GBR vs. [WC] BAGHDATIS, Marcos CYP [WC] DIMITROV, Grigor BUL vs. NAVARRO, Ivan ESP BYE vs. [3] SIMON, Gilles FRA
[5] CILIC, Marin CRO vs. BYE TIPSAREVIC, Janko SRB vs. QUALIFIER BENNETEAU, Julie FRA vs. KOELLERER, Daniel AUT GABASHVILI, Teimuraz RUS vs. [9] KARLOVIC, Ivo CRO [15] HEWITT, Lleyton AUS vs. SCHWANK, Eduardo ARG GIL, Frederico POR vs. GIMENO-TRAVER, Daniel ESP MAYER, Leonardo ARG vs. VLIEGEN, Kristof BEL BYE vs. [2] RODDICK, Andy USA
It will be Andreas Seppi in round two for Murray after a 5-7, 7-6(4), 6-3 win over Robby Ginepri today.
Seppi is ranked 48 in the world, but has reached just one quarter final all year, that being in Belgrade where he reached the semi finals.
Head to head record is 1-1, with Murray winning 7-6(4), 7-5 in round two of Rotterdam earlier this year, but Seppi won their only meeting on a grass court, winning 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-1 in the QFs of Nottingham, although that was back in 2006.
Murray in straights in pretty much the only outcome I can see happening though.
Do you need to put the doubles match involving andy Here
I suppose so.
Darn BBC - they are supposed to have coverage until 8pm but they have packed their bags after the last singles. I have to go out shortly but I was planning to record Andy's doubles to watch later.
Darn BBC - they are supposed to have coverage until 8pm but they have packed their bags after the last singles. I have to go out shortly but I was planning to record Andy's doubles to watch later.
Guess what! I was comfortably settled ready for this doubles, when puff, off went the coverage. I've e-mailed them at the Beeb. Let's see if they deign to answer. I'm not holding my breath!
They usually do answer, but with a load of fluffy corporate-speak that means absolutely nothing. In fact some of the replies I have had have made me wonder if they have actually read properly what I have said, as the reply seems like a standard reply that doesn't actually fit.
