ATP Tokyo

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

RE: ATP Tokyo

Sheddie · administrator

Wow, I wonder why so many are withdrawing from here !! This many top players pulling out is definately unusual

Sheddie · administrator

It's been confirmed that Andy and Jamie will play doubles together in Tokyo aswell this week.

After their rd1 doubles win Andy said “Jamie’s on the verge of breaking into the top 100 [in doubles] already,” the British No 1 said. “We’ll play in Tokyo next week and possibly again before the Australian Open.”

Hopefully Auckland and Delgado will be in the doubles draw aswell

Michael · Pro player

Nice, where did you find that?

Sheddie · administrator

The Times

mkkreuk · Admin:Moderator + ATP qualifying

Very winnable given current form

Aspelin/Perry (1) vs.Coetzee/Wassen
Robredo/Vicente vs. Novak/Pala

Fisher/Phillipis (3) Motomura/Soeda
Becker/Burgsmuller vs. Greul/Schuttler

Iwabuchi/Suzuki vs. Arthus/Huss
Kim/Lee vs. Haggard/Moodie (4)

Murray/Murray vs. Butorac/Parrott
Goldstein/Thomas vs. Kohlmann/Waske (2)

Sheddie · administrator

I'll start a new thread for the rd1 doubles match, it's a shame Auckland and Delgado aren't in there

Sheddie · administrator

The singles draw has been released and it's great news for Andy. He's seeded 4th and has a rd1 bye and then faces either Robin Vik or Jiri Novak in rd2 [both are Czechs]. Novak could be tricky, he's been out injured for a while but returned earlier this year and did well at the US Open. I think Andy will be hoping that Vik wins. Andy's seeded to play Benjamin Becker in rd3, if he can tame the Becker serve then he should win that one, Becker hasn't got much from the baseline.
In the quarters he's seeded to face Jarkko Nieminen who he beat in the Toronto quarters.

Henman has a rd1 bye and then faces either Frank Dancevic or Brazilian Marcos Daniel in rd2. He's seeded to play Robby Ginepri in rd3, which he'll be pleased about, he has a winning record against Ginepri.

RobC · All-time great

UltimateBoggoFan wrote:

Henman has a rd1 bye and then faces either Frank Dancevic or Brazilian Marcos Daniel in rd2. He's seeded to play Robby Ginepri in rd3, which he'll be pleased about, he has a winning record against Ginepri.

That can't be right: Tim always meets Federer or Murray in the first couple of rounds.

mkkreuk · Admin:Moderator + ATP qualifying

(1)Roger Federer - Bye
Fernando Vicente vs Q
Stefano Galvani vs Stefan Koubek
Bye - (13)Wesley Moodie
(11)Bjorn Phau - Bye
Alexander Waske vs Q
Simon Greul vs Takao Suzuki
Bye - (8)Paradorn Srichaphan

(4)Andy Murray - Bye
Robin Vik vs Jiri Novak
Danai Udomchoke vs Q
Bye - (14)Benjamin Becker
(12)Juan Monaco - Bye
Edgardo Massa vs Konstantinos Economidis
Q vs Q
Bye - (5)Jarkko Nieminen

(7)Robby Ginepri - Bye
Go Soeda vs Juan Martin Del Potro
Frank Dancevic vs Marcos Daniel
Bye - (10)Tim Henman
(16)Paul Goldstein - Bye
Rainer Schuettler vs Michael Berrer
Goulchi Motomura vs Kenneth Carlsen
Bye - (3)Mario Ancic

(6)Dmitry Tursunov - Bye
Yeu-Tzuoo Wang vs Kevin Kim
Rik De Voest vs Kristian Pless
(9)Taik-Hyung Lee - Bye
(15)Vincent Spadea - Bye
Satoshi Iwabuchi vs Q
Ramon Delgado vs Q
Bye - (2)Tommy Robredo

Drew · Oct 1, 2006

If Andy plays to form then its a Fed v Murray semi......

Heres hoping

Akhenaten · Pro player

UltimateBoggoFan wrote:

The singles draw has been released and it's great news for Andy. He's seeded 4th and has a rd1 bye and then faces either Robin Vik or Jiri Novak in rd2 [both are Czechs]. Novak could be tricky, he's been out injured for a while but returned earlier this year and did well at the US Open.

Jiri Novak won Tokyo last year. He beat Taylor Dent in the final in an odd looking final line-up.
(What's happened to Dent btw? I've not seen his name for ages.)

Drew · Oct 1, 2006

Live score link :

http://score2.tennisonline.jp/score/action/

Sheddie · administrator

Dent suffered a recurrence of a back injury which has been troubling him for many years in Rotterdam in February. He had to pull out of his rd2 match there. He had surgery on the back in May and is currently still recuperating.

He's had lots of problems with his back, wrist and with trapped nerves. It's due to his unusual service action.

Akhenaten · Pro player

I got it wrong, Novak won it in 2004, not last year. Wesley Moodie actually won it last year

, beating Ancic in the final.
(ATP are showing the 2004 draw, not 2005.)