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| J-man |
Adelaidetommy robredo had a 7-5, 6-4 win over Austrian Jurgen MelzerMario Ancic beat Arnaud Clement 6-0, 6-2 for the win Thomas Berdych beat Agustin Calleri 6-4, 6-7(11), 6-4 to win in 2 hours 18 minutes Xavier Malisse won his opening set against wild card card Peter Luczak more updates as they become avaliable. if you want to, feel free to post updates for this tournment |
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| leftys_rock |
thats basically all the updates that are on for now so...there will be more later cuz some havent played yet.... | ||||||
| J-man |
here's the link for the draw: http://www.atptennis.com/en/commo...sp?file=/posting/2006/339/mds.pdf
Berdych plays anicic. that should be a hard one for both. i can see a three setter for that match |
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| leftys_rock |
oh yeah cuz theyre both pretty young and theyre both considered dark horses for GS...well not as much ancic but berdych...but ancic pulled croatia through davis cup..... | ||||||
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| leftys_rock |
i think berdych will win that one cuz hes made a lot of big upsets last year....yeah ancic didnt have that great of a year besides davis cup....but hes still pretty young and he should do better this year.... | ||||||
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| leftys_rock |
i remeber i saw berdych beat nadal at one of the tournaments in the USO series and that was a really good match....berdych just simply outplayed nadal in that one... | ||||||
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| leftys_rock |
yeah cuz he looked tired in that match and he wasnt running as fast and as comfortably as normal... | ||||||
| J-man |
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| leftys_rock |
yeah...nadal probably didnt like the surface anyway....but he still does ok with hard courts....obviously not as good as clay but still he gets results on hard... | ||||||
| J-man |
oh and yeah i'm a semifinalsit     
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| leftys_rock |
whats his ranking now?? congrats on the SF 
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| J-man |
nadal is now 2 in the world | ||||||
| Agassi2000 |
To check out rankings, visit atptennis.com and wtatour.com |
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| leftys_rock |
i meant berdych sry.....i already knew nadals ranking... | ||||||
| J-man |
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| leftys_rock |
o ic....he should move up during the year to at least the top 20.....hes got a good game to beat top players... | ||||||
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| leftys_rock |
yeah thats true too...but do u think he'll make a big push like nadal to go from this ranking to a really high top 10?? | ||||||
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| leftys_rock |
yeah if he hits it, he'll probably be #3 or #2 depending on whether he can knock nadal down... | ||||||
| J-man |
and hewitt, davydenko | ||||||
| leftys_rock |
do u think davydenko is gonna win a slam?? cuz he seems a little too shy to really pick it up in the big matches.... | ||||||
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| leftys_rock |
yeah thats true....whats the farthest hes gone at a slam?? | ||||||
| leftys_rock |
and gasquet got beaten by henman by the way....and sanguinetti upset monfils.... | ||||||
| J-man |
 some big upsets
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| J-man |
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| leftys_rock |
im sry it wasnt monfils...it was o. rochus.....that probably made it less impressive....i was looking at monfils picture when i wrote that.... | ||||||
| J-man |
oh but still big one for david. by the way are upsets in a different tournment??? because i couldn't find there names in the adelaide draw | ||||||
| leftys_rock |
did victoria azarenka make any upsets last year in the WTA?? | ||||||
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| leftys_rock |
shes the #1 girl in juniors now....umm the upsets were in the qatar exxonmobil open....not the adelaide....there werent any upsets in the adelaide... | ||||||
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| leftys_rock |
federers playing tomorrow in the qatar open....hes playing against ivo minar... | ||||||
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| leftys_rock |
hope he gets a double bagel tomorrow....federer did one on gaudio at the YEC.... | ||||||
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| leftys_rock |
ya i wouldnt either....but seeing federer has so few weaknesses, i would think that he would get more double bagels more frequently... | ||||||
| Agassi2000 |
It is very hard to get a double-bagel, especialyl on the men's side with the amount depth in the ATP. To be able to break their serve everytime is extremely difficult. As the returner, you could: Get aced, miss the return, barely get the return back they hit a winner, and many things, and and server can only double fault. Its definately more common with the women, but still very, very difficult. |
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| J-man |
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| leftys_rock |
have there been any double bagels that weve heard of with the women besides davenport double bageling sharapova?? | ||||||
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| leftys_rock |
there have been some close ones like 6-0, 6-1, but not really any doubles... | ||||||
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| leftys_rock |
i think the last 6-0, 6-1 game was done at the USO by sharapova.....im not sure tho...cuz i dont remember in the other tournaments... | ||||||
| Agassi2000 |
I'd say the opposite. There is so little depth in women's tennis that it is much easier for a top player to win 6-0 6-0 against a lower player. |
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| leftys_rock |
if i was on the mens tour, and i was a qualifier or something, i would hate to have a first round match set up w/ fed.... | ||||||
| J-man |
but then again ti would be a honor to play him
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| leftys_rock |
yeah i would be like (if i actually managed to get on the scoreboard), "i won some points against fed!!" that would be a really good experience tho... | ||||||
| J-man |
Lleyton Hewitt beat Jan Hernych, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4. it took hewitt 1 hour, 56 minutes it defeat the Czech. he next faces Philipp Kohlschreiber of germany.
Andy Murray defeated Italian qualifier Paolo Lorenzi, 3-6, 6-0, 6-2 in 1 hour, 28 minutes. he next faces tomas Berdych Mark Philippoussis beat Vincent Spadea 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. No. 2 seed Dominik Hrbaty had countinued sucess, by beating Rameez Junaid in straight sets, 6-3, 7-5. James Blake beat Alberto Martin 6-3, 6-3, in just over an hour. Ivo Karlovic beat Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina 6-3, 3-6, 6-1. that's all for now from adelaide
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| leftys_rock |
is blake seeded at adelaide?? cuz shouldnt he be high enough in the rankings to be seeded?? | ||||||
| x.doublea |
Blake is seeded fifth. He plays Seppi, a 6-4 6-4 winner against Pashanski, next. |
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| J-man |
blake shoud win over seppi in straight sets. | ||||||
| x.doublea |
Blake just lost to Seppi in three sets, 3-6 6-3 6-4.
Forth seed Ancic also lost in three sets, 3-6 6-3 7-6[8] to Malisse. He had three match points. Third see Robredo lost in (again) three sets, 7-6[4] 3-6 6-3, to Serra. Luckily, one seeded player got through: Seventh seed Nieminen defeated Mayer in straight sets, 7-6[1] 7-5 . |
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| dav6789 |
It's a shame about Blake's loss because he ended 2005 really well. I hope he can do well at the A.Open this year. | ||||||
| J-man |
i was just about ot do them when i saw you had already posted them.
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| x.doublea |
Lleyton Hewitt lost in the wecond round to PhilippKohlschreiber (Ranked 89th) 6-3, 0-6, 7-5. Kohlschreiber will next play Thomas Berdych, a 7-6[2], 4-6, 6-1 winner against Andy Murray.
Hrbaty beat another Australian, Philippoussis, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1. He'll next face Kenneth Carson, who won 2-6, 7-6[5], 6-4 against Ivo Karlovic. The other two quarterfinal matchups will be Jarkko Nieminen vs. Florent Serra and Andreas Seppi vs. Xavier Malisse. |
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| J-man |
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seems to be a pretty good match with berdych and murray (espically the two first 2 sets). not a surprise with hrbaty over philippoussis. hrbaty really rallied back from that first set lost there. oh and by the way if anyone watched it how did hrbaty rally back in the last two sets??? keneth carleson over ivo, not a surprise. but close. thanks x.doublea for the update. you get them way before i post them
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| leftys_rock |
agassi pulled out of AO.....the condition of sharapova, safin, and nadal we dont know....yeah it was too bad hewitt lost yesterday.... | ||||||
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| leftys_rock |
yeah thats true....its probably a safina vs hingis final at the womens hardcourts..... | ||||||
| J-man |
hingis will win that one
going a bit off topic |
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| leftys_rock |
whats safinas ranking on the WTA?? | ||||||
| J-man |
*early friday update*
Dominik Hrbaty beat Kennenth Carlsen, 7-5, 6-3. not a surprsise Frenchman Florent Serra beat seventh seed Jarkko Nieminen, 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-2 he now faces Tommy Robredo. Belgian Xavier Malisse crushed Italian Andreas Seppi (who by the way took out james blake), 6-0, 6-1. he next will face the winner of Philipp Kohlschreiber and Czech Tomas Berdych (i think TB will win that one  )
that's all for now from adelaide
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| leftys_rock |
hingis lost today....thanx for the info on the adelaide....she said that she felt good about her performance tho... | ||||||
| J-man |
Tomas Berdych beat Philipp Kohlschreiber, 6-1, 6-4. tomas next faces the belguim wonder boy Xavier Malisse
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| leftys_rock |
yup...fed is making the final.....and the US won the hopman cup... | ||||||
| x.doublea |
Must have been pretty embarassing for Seppi, because he only won seven points. |
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| leftys_rock |
oh wow....that must have been pretty close to a double bagel....too bad for seppi.... | ||||||
| dav6789 |
Malisse is looking very dangerous | ||||||
| J-man |
*update from adelaide*
Belgium’s Xavier Malisse and Florent Serra of France will meet in the final of adelaide. serra who beat Dominik Hrbaty, 6-3, 6-3 to reach the final. Malisse beat Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-0. both players are vying for a second ATP title. it will be a good match |
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| leftys_rock |
yeah....malisse is having a good run....he had a good 5 setter vs agassi at USO... | ||||||
| beachjm |
Malisse is a very talented player. He's always had issues with injuries and has underachieved at times, but he's dangerous. I was impressed with how well he played against Agassi at the U.S. Open last year.
To beat Berdych that bad is impressive. |
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| leftys_rock |
its just too bad he couldnt play DC....he has like problems with the coach or something.... | ||||||
| J-man |
it's really to bad that he has problems with the belguim davis cup team captain or whatever. that's why he didn't play against america in davis cup last year. it would have been better for belguim if that happened | ||||||
| leftys_rock |
yeah malisse could have beaten roddick cuz roddick stinks on clay...and rochus defeated blake anyway....so belgium could have won if malisse played... | ||||||
| leftys_rock |
fed won his first event of the season....def monfils 6-3, 7-6(5)......not a snag in it yet.... | ||||||
| dav6789 |
Monfils played very well and had the best start to his season. Most top players will probably play at the Kooyong classic, which is a popular event. The Ausrtralian Open is just over a week away !!!!!!!!! | ||||||
| leftys_rock |
yes i know!! now i can put my tivo into serious use...i hope some good players are gonna be able to make it...cuz both tours are being plagued by injuries now....but we'll see about it... | ||||||
| dav6789 |
Its still very exciting despite the injuries, althoough a huge shame about Agassi. Very high-quality tennis last year, probabaly the best of the slams in 05. Hope it will carry on this year. | ||||||
| Agassi2000 |
I don't know, I think Wimbledon was incredible this year. |
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| J-man |
second se was close | ||||||
| leftys_rock |
yup it said that monfils was up 5-3, but then fed pulled it even, and then won the next two points and the match was his... | ||||||
| dav6789 |
Yes, wimbledon had some good matches too, but its not always fun to watch ( ace after ace etc.) The Australian Open has a medium-pace court which everyone played well on. It was fantastic tennis to watch. |
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| x.doublea |
Serra beat Malisse 63 64 in the final of the Adelaide tournament. | ||||||
| leftys_rock |
yup and ljubicic won his final too.... | ||||||
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| x.doublea |
He still has his ankle brace on if I recall correctly...Maybe he isn't as confident in his movement as usual. | ||||||
| J-man |
your proably right
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| leftys_rock |
he still didnt lose a set in his tourney win tho...oh well thats what fed is like..... | ||||||
| x.doublea |
Federer said that his ankle is completely healed and fit. I guess he's just wearing it for security. |
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| J-man |
or for an excuse
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| leftys_rock |
lol...fed probably wasnt happy at all when he hurt his ankle at the end of last year so he doesnt want to injure it again.... | ||||||
| J-man |
true | ||||||
| leftys_rock |
but he seems to be back to his old self again... | ||||||
| J-man |
i think by AO he will be back to his old self (or at least closer to it) | ||||||