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Post by davis on Feb 21, 2008 12:40:06 GMT 3
REGIONS MORGAN KEEGAN CHAMPIONSHIPS & THE CELLULAR SOUTH CUPMEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, USAFEBRUARY 25–MARCH 2, 2008Prize Money: US $769,000SITE: THE RACQUET CLUB OF MEMPHIS 5111 SANDERLIN AVENUE MEMPHIS, TN 38117-4398 SURFACE: HARD-PLEXIPAVE BALL: WILSON REGULAR DUTY WEB SITE: www.rmkchampionships.com/1/home/Qualifying draw: Friday, February 22, 2008, 9:00 p.m.
Main draw: Friday, February 22, 2008, TBA
Doubles draw: Saturday, February 23, 2008, 6:00 p.m.ATP Ranking Points/ATP Race PointsW: 250/50 F: 175/35 SF: 110/22 QF: 60/12 R16: 25/5 R32: 0/0 Q: +10/+2 Q8: 5/0 Q16: 0/0 MAIN DRAW1 WC RODDICK, Andy USA vs QUALIFIER QUALIFIER vs FISH, Mardy USA LU, Yen-Hsun TPE vs HANESCU, Victor ROU QUALIFIER vs 8 SODERLING, Robin SWE4 STEPANEK, Radek CZE vs QUALIFIER SERRA, Florent FRA vs DANIEL, Marcos BRA GUCCIONE, Chris AUS vs KENDRICK, Robert USA WC SAFIN, Marat RUS vs 6 JOHANSSON, Thomas SWE7 MELZER, Jurgen AUT vs WC ISNER, John USA DARCIS, Steve BEL vs SPADEA, Vincent USA VLIEGEN, Kristof BEL vs BECKER, Benjamin GER HARTFIELD, Diego ARG vs 3 HAAS, Tommy GER5 QUERREY, Sam USA vs RUSSELL, Michael USA CAPDEVILLE, Paul CHI vs BJORKMAN, Jonas SWE FALLA, Alejandro COL vs SELA, Dudi ISR YOUNG, Donald USA vs 2 BLAKE, James USAPretty weak field in this tournament. I really expect Marat to go far, everything else would be... 
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Post by happy on Feb 21, 2008 13:37:02 GMT 3
Marat will go far....... I am sure!!! Let´s hope the best for Marat!!!!! I believe in him......he is the best player if he believe in himself!!!! Let´s hope that he also win the doubles with Radek Stephanek!
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Post by Happiness on Feb 21, 2008 17:41:07 GMT 3
Thanks sweetie for all the infos!!!  Hopefully he'll pick up where he left and can show some quality tennis!!! ;D |
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Post by davis on Feb 22, 2008 17:04:02 GMT 3
Andy Roddick received a Wild Card for the tournament. Grosjean and Malisse withdrew.
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Post by SAFINNO1 on Feb 22, 2008 19:58:00 GMT 3
Pretty weak field in this tournament. I really expect Marat to go far, everything else would be... My sentiments exactly! hopefully he will get a pleasant draw and shows Memphis that there is only one king in town! Draw should be made tonight! |
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Post by Alya10 on Feb 23, 2008 12:29:03 GMT 3
The draw is out. Marat plays Thomas Johansson in the first round.
Full draw:
1 WC RODDICK, Andy USA vs QUALIFIER
QUALIFIER vs FISH, Mardy USA
LU, Yen-Hsun TPE vs HANESCU, Victor ROU
QUALIFIER vs 8 SODERLING, Robin SWE
4 STEPANEK, Radek CZE vs QUALIFIER
SERRA, Florent FRA vs DANIEL, Marcos BRA
GUCCIONE, Chris AUS vs KENDRICK, Robert USA
WC SAFIN, Marat RUS vs 6 JOHANSSON, Thomas SWE
7 MELZER, Jurgen AUT vs WC ISNER, John USA
DARCIS, Steve BEL vs SPADEA, Vincent USA
VLIEGEN, Kristof BEL vs BECKER, Benjamin GER
HARTFIELD, Diego ARG vs 3 HAAS, Tommy GER
5 QUERREY, Sam USA vs RUSSELL, Michael USA
CAPDEVILLE, Paul CHI vs BJORKMAN, Jonas SWE
FALLA, Alejandro COL vs SELA, Dudi ISR
YOUNG, Donald USA vs 2 BLAKE, James USA
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Post by davis on Feb 23, 2008 13:21:13 GMT 3
The draw is out. Marat plays Thomas Johansson in the first round. Hi Alex, I "stole" the draw from you and put it in the first post as well. Thanks for the work  I didn't dare look at the Memphis website this morning but the draw is pretty decent. With a bit of concentration the Semis should be not too big of a problem. Good luck Marat Anybody knows about Live Stream from Memphis? I've just found Zabgreb and Acapulco so far  |
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Post by SAFINNO1 on Feb 23, 2008 16:07:13 GMT 3
Hmmmmmm ToJo - could've been an easier draw. Marat leads the H2H 3-2 but they have not played since DC 2002 and we obviously know what happened in AO final between the 2.
It's a solid match for Marat but hopefully if he is still confident and playing well we may have a decent week.
UDACHI MARAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by maryb on Feb 23, 2008 17:16:25 GMT 3
As long as the Big Yin keeps his focused head on and goes out and plays aggressively from the first point, I ain't worried about him playing Johansson. It'll probably be a tight match, but the boy can do it. He just needs to remember that his fighting spirit is still there.  And I won't see the tournament.  Damn. I need to get broadband and stop faffing around. I will expect detailed match reports on the boy's progress from you guys. |
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Post by davis on Feb 23, 2008 17:45:58 GMT 3
Hmmmmmm ToJo - could've been an easier draw. Marat leads the H2H 3-2 but they have not played since DC 2002 and we obviously know what happened in AO final between the 2. What happened at AO 2002 was that Marat was so convinced he would win that his cocky attitude cost him the title... And the off-court activities probably didn't help, either... ToJo's best times are definitely over, plus he's been injured a lot lately - unless Marat gets mind cramps I don't see too many problems coming up for him. And writing this: I guess a lot of people would say the same things I wrote about Thomas about Marat  , so who knows... |
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Post by SAFINNO1 on Feb 24, 2008 20:49:55 GMT 3
DOUBLES DRAW:
Bhupathi & Knowles [IND/BAH, 1] vs. Isner & Young [USA, WC]
Kunitsyn & Thomas [RUS/USA] vs. Bopanna & Sela [IND/ISR]
Mirnyi & J. Murray [BLR/GBR, 3] vs. Johansson & Lindstedt [SWE]
Kuznetsov & Sweeting [USA, WC] vs. Haggard & Melzer [RSA/AUT]
R. Ram & Reynolds [USA] vs. Querrey & Spadea [USA]
Safin & Stepanek [RUS/CZE] vs. Melo & Sa [BRA, 4]
Butorac & Perry [USA/AUS] vs. Lipsky & Martin [USA]
Ratiwatana & Ratiwatana [THA] vs. Björkman & Ullyett [SWE/ZIM, 2]
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Post by davis on Feb 25, 2008 3:12:47 GMT 3
Monday OOP is out - no Marat on schedule.  |
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Post by happy on Feb 25, 2008 14:06:52 GMT 3
Hi Davis!
What do you mean? Did Marat play tomorrow than? Or doesn´t he plays in Memphis?
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Post by Alya10 on Feb 25, 2008 14:47:19 GMT 3
Don't be scared happy. If Marat is not on the OOP for today, that means he probably plays tomorrow. Nothing else. I'm going to have the rare pleasure today to cheer for a player from my country  Just found out that 15 year old Michele Brito plays in Memphis too  |
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Post by davis on Feb 25, 2008 17:12:03 GMT 3
Hi Davis! What do you mean? Did Marat play tomorrow than? Or doesn´t he plays in Memphis? Don't be scared happy. If Marat is not on the OOP for today, that means he probably plays tomorrow. Nothing else. Exactly. Sorry, didn't mean to scare anybody. Happy, tournaments with a 32 player field usually schedule their First Round matches between Monday and Wednesday, with the more attractive pairings coming up later in the week. So Marat could play either tomorrow or Wednesday. |
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Damn. I need to get broadband and stop faffing around. I will expect detailed match reports on the boy's progress from you guys.
, so who knows...
