Percy896's Tennis Forum

J-man · Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 6:13 am Post subject: POERTSCHACH

Marcos Daniel posted the biggest upset of the day in Poertschach as the Brazilian defeated No.2 seed Lleyton Hewitt 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(3) in the first round of the Hypo Group Tennis International on Monday.

Juan Ignacio Chela, the No.5 seed, broke a three-match losing streak by defeating Yeu-Tzuoo Wang 6-3, 6-1. The Argentine will next meet Jiri Novak, who notched his 325th career win by dismissing Bjorn Phau 6-3, 6-3.

Frenchman Richard Gasquet - who came into the tournament as a lucky loser after falling in the final round of qualifying - upset No.3 seed Dominik Hrbaty 6-0, 4-6, 6-3. My question is why did gasquet have to qualify???

Also advancing were Potito Starace and Nicolas Almagro. The Italian Starace defeated Alberto Martin 7-5, 7-6(5), while Almagro downed Christophe Rochus 6-3, 6-4.
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J-man · Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 6:15 am Post subject:

Nevermind anserwed my own question. He's ranked 43.
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PSALT · Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 7:28 am Post subject:

dav6789 · Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 7:33 am Post subject:

I still don't know why he played qualifying, and even worse, he lost in the final round. He is still in the top 50 so there is no way he should have to qualify for a tournament.

PSALT · Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 7:37 am Post subject:

PSALT · Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 7:43 am Post subject:

I think we was late to enter. Simon & Horna are ranked lower than him but seeded in the main draw...

dav6789 · Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 8:45 am Post subject:

PSALT · Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 8:50 am Post subject:

PSALT · Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 8:53 am Post subject:

he lost to Azzaro (currently ranked 309) from Italy in three....

dav6789 · Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 8:55 am Post subject:

Azzaro is an old pro, but mainly on the lower circuits. Gasquet should not have lost that match.

J-man · Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 2:44 pm Post subject:

He's confidence worse alittle bit when he did beat hrbaty today
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x.doublea · Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 3:22 pm Post subject:

J-man · Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 5:08 pm Post subject:

Plus the French crowd will be counting on him
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J-man · Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 7:26 pm Post subject:

Update

Top seed Nikolay Davydenko cruised past Tomas Zib 6-3, 6-0 in the first round of the Hypo Group Tennis International in Poertschach on Tuesday. The Russian, who reached the final in Estoril and quarterfinals in Hamburg, improved to 27-14 on the season (10-6 on clay).

Davydenko, currently No.6 in the INDESIT ATP Rankings, will next battle qualifier Ruben Ramirez-Hidalgo who defeated Nicolas Lapentti 4-6, 6-4, 6-3

Seventh-seeded Luis Horna also advanced to the second round with a 7-6(3), 6-3 win over Wesley Moodie.

Horna will next take on Andreas Seppi, a 6-3, 6-4 winner over Lukas Dlouhy.

Gilles Simon, the No.8 seed, continued his solid play of late by defeating qualifier Thorsten Popp 7-5, 6-4.

For a spot in the quarterfinals Simon will face wild card Oliver Marach. The Austrian overcame Vince Spadea 6-4, 6-3 to post his second clay court win of the season.

Qualifier Juan Monaco posted a solid win over the No.4 seed Dmitry Tursunov 7-6(4), 6-2 in one hour, 32 minutes. The Argentine will next meet Gilles Muller who defeated qualifier Leonardo Azzaro 6-3, 7-6(6)
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J-man · Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 4:03 pm Post subject:

update

The 32-year-old Pavel ousted Marcos Daniel 7-5, 6-0 to move into the quarterfinals of an ATP event for the first time since Moscow in October 2005.

Wild card Marach advanced to the quarterfinals of an ATP event for the first time in his career by posting a 7-6(3), 6-1 upset win over No.8 seed Gilles Simon.

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