1 Federer, Roger SUI 1 OUT 2 Nadal, Rafael ESP 2 OUT 3 Ljubicic, Ivan CRO 3 OUT 4 Nalbandian, David ARG 4 OUT 5 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 5 6 Roddick, Andy USA 6 OUT 7 Safin, Marat RUS @6 8 Robredo, Tommy ESP 7 9 Baghdatis, Marcos CYP 8 OUT 10 Blake, James USA 9 11 Stepanek, Radek CZE 10 OUT 12 Ancic, Mario CRO 11 13 Gonzalez, Fernando CHI 12 14 Berdych, Tomas CZE 13 15 Haas, Tommy GER 14 16 Ferrer, David ESP 15 17 Murray, Andy GBR 16 18 Nieminen, Jarkko FIN 17 19 Ferrero, Juan Carlos ESP 18 OUT 20 Hewitt, Lleyton AUS 19 OUT 21 Gaudio, Gaston ARG 20 OUT 22 Djokovic, Novak SCG 21 23 Johansson, Joachim SWE @21 OUT 24 Tursunov, Dmitry RUS 22 OUT Kiefer, Nicolas GER 23 26 Youzhny, Mikhail RUS 24 OUT 27 Calleri, Agustin ARG 25 OUT 28 Acasuso, Jose ARG 26 29 Gasquet, Richard FRA 27 30 Hrbaty, Dominik SVK 28 31 Verdasco, Fernando ESP 29 32 Monfils, Gael FRA 30 33 Rochus, Olivier BEL 31 34 Chela, Juan Ignacio ARG 32 35 Bjorkman, Jonas SWE 33 36 Vliegen, Kristof BEL 34 37 Soderling, Robin SWE 35 38 Grosjean, Sebastien FRA 36 39 Malisse, Xavier BEL 37 40 (WC) Serra, Florent FRA 41 (WC) Gicquel, Marc FRA 42 (WC) Mahut, Nicolas FRA 43 (Q) Llodra, Michael FRA 44 (Q) Mirnyi, Max BLR 45 (Q) Seppi, Andreas ITA 46 (Q) Tipsarevic, Janko SRB 47 (Q) Bracciali, Daniele ITA 48 (Q) Spadea, Vincent USA LL Rochus, Christophe BEL replaces Nadal LL Gabashvili, Teimuraz RUS replaces Federer
Alternates OUT Volandri, Filippo ITA 38 IN Andreev, Igor RUS 39 IN Ginepri, Robby USA 40 1. Srichaphan, Paradorn THA 41 IN 2. Johansson, Thomas SWE 42 IN OUT Moya, Carlos ESP 43 Wawrinka, Stanislas SUI 44 IN OUT Verkerk, Martin NED @44 4. Massu, Nicolas CHI 45 IN 5. Simon, Gilles FRA 46 IN 6. Almagro, Nicolas ESP 47 IN OUT Martin, Alberto ESP 48 7. Benneteau, Julien FRA 49 IN 8. Melzer, Jurgen AUT 50 OUT 9. Santoro, Fabrice FRA 51 IN 10. Mathieu, Paul-Henri FRA 52 IN 11. Mayer, Florian GER 53 OUT 12. Clement, Arnaud FRA 54 IN 13. Serra, Florent FRA 55 14. Fish, Mardy USA 56
bump. first post has been updated (had to use mtf cos of technical issues on steveg)
Stepanek withdrew.
Wont make a differnece to whether andy is seeded or not cos i think with him withdrawing from Basel and djokovic overtaking him he'll be ranked somehting like 18-19 when the seedings happen.
will need a few more withdrawals yet for that to happen i think
Are you sure, MKK? He was ranked 17 this Monday, and that is the rankings used for seedings surely? The draw will be out this weekend before the next rankings.
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I don't know if it is official but it is certainly very widely rumoured. The steveg site seems to be down, so I can't check there, but Neil Harman (I recognise the name, doesn't he write for one of the papers?) says on British Tennis Zone that he has accepted one.
AND I have just checked Henman's official website - Paris is on his schedule
Bet the French are annoyed with Tim getting one of the 3 wildcards. They've got 6 players just missing the cut, and they give one to a Brit. Hehe.
ALT list 3. Simon, Gilles FRA 46 6. Benneteau, Julien FRA 49 8. Santoro, Fabrice FRA 51 9. Mathieu, Paul-Henri FRA 52 11. Clement, Arnaud FRA 54 12. Serra, Florent FRA 55
A bucketload of withdrawals, courtesy of MTF as the steveg site is still down (or down again).
Benneteau was one of the 3 Frenchmen rumoured to have been given wildcards; he is now in on direct acceptance, so there is still hope for Henman. For those not keeping up with rumours, Tim was rumoured to have been given one then rumoured not to have one as all three were given to Frenchmen. . .so now the door may be open for him again. . .
yeah heard jonathan overend on five live before saying today's match was tim's last for the season as he's not getting a WC! though other sources seem to suggest he is!
the fact that he is a former champion must work in his favour!
really think he can get into top 32 if he plays in paris
goldenboy wrote: ps why are there so many tounies in france?!
i dont know the exact reason. i think its do with the number of players(incl. women) established in the top 100, so many tournies are played to give the fans more opportunities to see the top french players on a regular basis, its the same with the usa, spain, belguim and spain. had we had at least 6 brits in the top 100, then we would have hosted more tournies than just queens as well as other grass court tournies.