Auckland is last on court 7 today, play starts on court 7 at 9.00 Las Vegas time.

International Series Event - Week 9

Defending Singles Champion : Wayne Arthurs

Tournament Web Site : http://www.tennischannelopen.com

Price Money $380,000 (ATP) or $500,000 (Event Web Site) ? 

ATP Ranking Points  : W-175  F-120  SF-75  QF-40  R16-15  R32-5

Main Singles Draw : http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2006/433/MDS.pdf
(From 3.00am 26/02/06)

Live Scores from event web site : Yes...see next line below for link :

http://lss.atptennis.com/2006/0433/frameset.asp (Supplied by Sally !)

Entry List : (From SteveG) .......

OUT Roddick, Andy USA 3
2 Hewitt, Lleyton AUS 6
OUT Gonzalez, Fernando CHI 12
4 Ginepri, Robby USA 18
5 Robredo, Tommy ESP 19
6 Blake, James USA 22
7 Kiefer, Nicolas GER 25
8 Monfils, Gael FRA 27
9 Verdasco, Fernando ESP 30
10 Mirnyi, Max BLR 34
OUT Hanescu, Victor ROM 38
12 Malisse, Xavier BEL 39
13 Haas, Tommy GER 41
14 Sanguinetti, Davide ITA 44
OUT Novak, Jiri CZE 47
16 Srichaphan, Paradorn THA 50
17 Tursunov, Dmitry RUS 53
18 Murray, Andy GBR 62
19 Carlsen, Kenneth DEN 63
OUT Escude, Nicolas FRA @65
21 Bjorkman, Jonas SWE 66
22 Karlovic, Ivo CRO 67
23 Goldstein, Paul USA 68
24 (SE)
25 (SE)
26 (WC)
27 (WC)
28 (WC)
29 (Q)
30 (Q)
31 (Q)
32 (Q)

Alternates
IN Mayer, Florian GER 69
IN Zib, Tomas CZE 70
OUT Muller, Gilles LUX 71
IN Spadea, Vincent USA 73
IN Soderling, Robin SWE 74 - Whats the chances of them meeting again !!!
IN Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 79
1. Pavel, Andrei ROM 82
OUT Vliegen, Kristof BEL 84
2. Saulnier, Cyril FRA 89
3. Hernych, Jan CZE 90
4. Phau, Bjorn GER 91
OUT Reynolds, Bobby USA 92
5. Ascione, Thierry FRA 93
6. Wang, Yeu-Tzuoo TPE 98
7. Arthurs, Wayne AUS 100
8. Minar, Ivo CZE 102

Doubles Draw : http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2006/433/MDD.pdf
(From 3.00am 26/02/06)

 

 

-- Edited by Drew at 00:09, 2006-02-26

Oh heck - Robredo in the first round. I was hoping for a nice easy win in the first round, pick up 25 points and losing gracefully in the second to give time for rest and preparation for Indian Wells.

Tough first round match then.

Nice to see Soderling in the other half of the draw for a change.

It's a tough opener for Andy but on current form he can beat Robredo if he's not too tired. I'm really looking forward to the potential QF match-up if it happens between Andy and Monfils though so, for that reason alone, I hope he starts well and gets to the QF's.

HEWITT, Lleyton AUS (1) vs MAYER, Florian GER
Q vs HERNYCH, Jan CZE
SODERLING, Robin SWE vs BENNETEAU, Julien FRA (SE)
KOHLSCHREIBER, Philipp GER vs VERDASCO, Fernando ESP (8)

GINEPRI, Robby USA (4) vs GOLDSTEIN, Paul USA
Q vs SPADEA, Vincent USA
MIRNYI, Max BLR vs MALISSE, Xavier BEL
TURSUNOV, Dmitry RUS vs HAAS, Tommy GER (7)


MONFILS, Gael FRA (8) vs BJORKMAN, Jonas SWE
SANGUINETTI, Davide ITA vs KARLOVIC, Ivo CRO
FISH, Mardy USA (WC) vs Q
MURRAY, Andy GBR vs ROBREDO, Tommy ESP (3)

BLAKE, James USA (6) vs SRICHAPHAN, Paradorn THA
BRYAN, Bob USA (WC) vs QUERREY, Sam USA (WC)
ZIB, Tomas CZE vs CARLSEN, Kenneth DEN
Q vs KIEFER, Nicolas GER (2)

Thats not a bad draw for Andy. Although Robredo reached the last 16 of the Australian Open he has only won one other match this year (in 4 tournaments) and lost in the first round at both San Jose and Memphis.

Moved from "British men discussion section" to "Latest Andy Murray news."

I'm really disappointed that James lost to Giovanni Lapentti, apart from at the Wrexam Challenger, he's hardly had 1 decent win all season. He was doing so great last autumn that I felt sure he looked like he'd break the top 200 fairly soon. I reckon he might have made a mistake in going to the States, maybe he should have stayed in Europe and played the indoor tournaments. James' game is based around a big serve and good volleying and this would surely suit the faster indoor surfaces more than the slower outdoor courts which absorb the pace and allow the ball to sit up more.

It's a shame that he hasn't been able to team up with Andy but it's probably a good decision from Andy as he might still be feeling the effects of all the tough matches he's played recently and doesn't want to compromise his chances in the singles by playing the doubles.