Percy896's Tennis Forum

Benchwarmer1 · Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 7:16 pm Post subject: Open de Moselle (Metz)

Discuss Metz here...

Serbian rising star Novak Djokovic, playing in his first ATP event since a third round appearance at the US Open, defeated local favorite Nicolas Mahut 6-2, 6-3 in 65 minutes to move into the second round of the Open de Moselle in Metz.

Djokovic, currently No.20 in the INDESIT ATP 2006 Race, is 156 points behind No.8 David Nalbandian but still in the hunt for a berth in the Tennis Masters Cup.

Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu notched his 100th career win after outlasting countryman Fabrice Santoro 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 in two hours and 34 minutes.

Mathieu, a 24-year-old Geneva resident, has two career titles won in back-to-back weeks at Lyon and Moscow in 2004.

Fifth-seeded Richard Gasquet needed one hour to beat Russia's Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-3, 6-1. For a spot in the quarterfinals he will take on the winner of countryman Arnaud Clement and Xavier Malisse.

Second-seeded Juan Carlos Ferrero crashed out in the first round of an ATP event for the second time in as many weeks as the No.4 Spaniard lost to local Julien Benneteau 6-4, 1-6, 7-6(7) in two hours and 12 minutes.

Ferrero, currenly No.19 in the INDESIT ATP 2006 Race, is 155 points behind No.8 David Nalbandian.

American Mardy Fish also advanced to the second round by dismissing qualifier Thierry Ascione 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 in one hour and 44 minutes. Fish, the winner at Houston (d. Melzer), improved to 19-14 in the season and will next face No.7 seed Fernando Verdasco or Ruben Ramirez-Hidalgo.

French qualifier Cyril Saulnier upset No.6 seed Dominik Hrbaty 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 to post only his third ATP-level match win in 2006. Saulnier, who reached a career-high INDESIT ATP Ranking of No.48 last season, will next battle Germany's Tobias Clemens, a 7-5, 6-7(2), 6-3 winner over wild card Olivier Patience.
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J-man · Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 8:24 pm Post subject:

Not a great year for Dominik Hrbaty. Also not a bad day for the French other than Mahut. And it seems since JCF had that great run at Cincy he hasn't done much at all since.

04.10.06 Singles: 1st Rd: Marat plays Misha Youzhny(RUS) on Centre Court not before 7pm CET (6pm BST). Go Marat. I'm hoping for a good match. Both are coming off good wins in Davis cup where they both defeated top Americans, James Blake, and Andy Roddick. Should be very intresting.
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x.doublea · Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 8:31 pm Post subject:

Yes, not a great year for Hrbaty. Hasn't done much at the Slams or at the normal level... perhaps his 'lucky' shirt isn't doing it for him. Laughing

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J-man · Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 8:34 pm Post subject:

But I'm still pondering on JCF. Comes off a good run it cincy and then blows at the Open and then here. Talk about confidence shatering.
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PSALT · Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 8:40 pm Post subject:

J-man · Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 8:43 pm Post subject:

No it wasn't. I don't mistype russian names (I never write anything relating to russian like names). I got the first sentence from Marat's offical website. Hence "Misha"
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Tennis fan · Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 10:26 pm Post subject:

Yep, these are standard Russian nicknames:
Misha for Mikhael and Sasha for Alexander

PSALT · Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 10:38 pm Post subject:

Misha goes out to Safin.
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J-man · Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 6:41 am Post subject:

Oh yeah go Safin. I hope he doesn't crash out in the next round Rolling Eyes

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x.doublea · Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 3:26 pm Post subject:

With Safin, it sort of depends how he feels. If he feels good, he's definitely one of the best. Sort of like you in Fantasy Tennis, J-Man. Wink

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J-man · Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 5:32 pm Post subject:

Yes very much like me.
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PSALT · Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 7:35 pm Post subject:

J-man · Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 7:40 pm Post subject:

Damn.
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Benchwarmer1 · Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 7:47 pm Post subject:

wow, gasquet is out too, my interest in this tourney is done for
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Benchwarmer1 · Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 1:38 pm Post subject:

Melzer Posts 10th Consecutive Win, Reaches Metz Final

Austria's No.1 Jurgen Melzer posted his 10th consecutive win to book a spot in the final of the Open de Moselle in Metz.

Melzer needed one hour and 24 minutes to dismiss French wild card Macq Gicquel 7-6(3), 6-3 and notch his 110th career win.

The 25-year-old is on quite a roll, winning the first tournament of his seven-year ATP career three weeks ago in Bucharest (d. Volandri). He is riding a 10-match winning streak. After a dismal 1-8 start to the year, Melzer has gone 30-15 for an overall record of 31-23.

For the title, Melzer will take on the winner of No.3 seed Novak Djokovic (pictured) and Sebastien Grosjean.

Djokovic, 19, is playing in his fourth semifinal this year and the fourth of his young ATP career. He won his first title at Amersfoort in July (d. Massu) and was runner-up at Umag a week later (l. to Wawrinka). He lost in the semis at Zagreb in February (l. to Ljubicic). He has won 16 of his last 20 matches after starting the year 16-11.

Djokovic has won more matches this year (32) than anyone else on the ATP circuit who is still a teenager.

Grosjean, 28, is playing in his second semifinal of the year. He also made it that far at Marseille in February (l. to Ancic). He hasn’t won more than two matches in a tournament since then until this week.

Grosjean is trying to make it to his first final since April 2005 in Houston (l. to Roddick). He has reached 12 finals in his career and won three titles, the last coming at St. Petersburg four years ago (d. Youzhny). He is playing here for the first time too.

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