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Post by Annie on Nov 2, 2005 18:00:56 GMT 3
Today's results so far F. Verdasco 3 7 3 R. Ginepri 6 6 6 J-R. Lisnard 3 3 D. Hrbaty 6 6 T.Johansson 6 6 another Kolya's rival won  K. Vliegen 3 2 A. Clement 5 2 T. Robredo 7 6 |
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Post by Annie on Nov 3, 2005 10:07:30 GMT 3
Day 4 preview: Ginepri and Roddick last American hope
As Ivan Ljubicic and Thomas Johansson will fight for a place in the quarterfinals and a chance to clinch a spot for Shanghai, n°1 seed Andy Roddick will face Dominik Hrbaty. His compatriot Robby Ginepri will also attempt to reach the last 8, when playing 2004 French Open champion Gaston Gaudio.
Roddick-Hrbaty
Andy Roddick will attempt on Thursday to win his seventh consecutive singles match. A winner in Lyon last week, he captured on Wednesday an extremely dangerous duel against his countryman Taylor Dent in three tight sets. Although he didn’t produce his best tennis all the way against Dent, Roddick’s ability to play well when he needed to – he saved 11 break points – should give him some valuable confidence for today’s obstacle. His opponent will be solid Slovakian Dominik Hrbaty, who’s enjoying an exciting end of season, as he will soon lead his country in the Davis Cup final in Bratislava. On Wednesday, Hrbaty had little trouble defeating French lucky loser Jean-René Lisnard. His task should be much tougher in the third round as Roddick defeated him three out of four times so far.
Johansson-Ljubicic
Here’s a match which promises to be spectacular. Both Thomas Johansson and Ivan Ljubicic have been showing some inspired tennis lately. Ljubicic captured two events, in Metz and Vienna, and only bowed to Rafael Nadal in the Madrid final ten days ago. As for the Swede, he just captured on Sunday, the ATP event in Saint Petersburg. In addition, both opponents still have a chance of qualifying for the Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai. If Ljubicic hits the ball even harder than Johansson, the Swede might be a little quicker around the court. In their only previous meeting of 2005, in Rotterdam last spring, Ljubicic had prevailed in straight sets. Can Johansson get his revenge?
Ginepri-Gaudio
Robby Ginepri is still enjoying what has been by far the best season of his career so far. The 23 year-old American has captured the title in Indianapolis this summer, and reached the semis at the US Open, and at the ATP Masters Series in Cincinnati and Madrid, which earned him the 12th seeding here. More at ease on faster surfaces than Gaston Gaudio, the 2004 Roland Garros champion, Ginepri should be considered as the slight favourite under the fast playing conditions of the POPB. Yet, Gaudio who has captured no less than five tournaments this year – all on clay – is not lacking confidence. His straight sets win over Fabrice Santoro on Wednesday proves that he can play some excellent indoor tennis .
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Post by Annie on Nov 3, 2005 10:12:12 GMT 3
Order of play 03/11/2005 Central Début à 11:00 / Start at 11.00 am Dmitry TURSUNOV (RUS) Q vs Nikolay DAVYDENKO (RUS) [3]   Pas avant 13:00 / Not before 1.00 pm Juan Carlos FERRERO (ESP) [13] vs Tomas BERDYCH (CZE) Come on Tomas!!!!!!!!!!!! ;D Suivi de / Followed by Thomas JOHANSSON (SWE) [9] vs Ivan LJUBICIC (CRO) [6]  that should be good!!! One of Kolya's rivals will be out today ;D Suivi de / Followed by Radek STEPANEK (CZE) [8] vs Paul-Henri MATHIEU  come one PHM!!!!!!!!!!! Pas avant 19:00 / Not before 7.00 pm Andy RODDICK (USA) [1] vs Dominik HRBATY (SVK) [16] Suivi de / Followed by Gaston GAUDIO (ARG) [7] vs Robby GINEPRI (USA) [12] Oh Lau I am sooooooo sorry, I love Gastyn but COME ON ROBBY!!!!!!!!! (Gastyn is too close to Kolya to get far in this tournament...lol sorry sorry Lau and Gastyn ) Court 1 Début à 13:00 / Start at 1.00 pm Novak DJOKOVIC (SCG) Q vs Tommy ROBREDO (ESP) [14] Hell, Novak is on the roll....come on!!!! Suivi de / Followed by M. LLODRA (FRA) / F. SANTORO (FRA) vs W. BLACK (ZIM) / K. ULLYETT (ZIM) [3] Suivi de / Followed by David FERRER (ESP) [10] vs Tommy HAAS (GER) COME ON TOMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ferrer is another one of Kolya's rivals lol  |
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Post by lena on Nov 3, 2005 11:45:27 GMT 3
Nice OOP for today  . Fingers Cross and Udachi for Kolya , wish him so much to qualify for Shanghai . And dito for Tommy, he need to beat someone like Ferrer for his ego and for german tennis fans.....  hopefully the website will work today  |
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Post by Annie on Nov 3, 2005 12:06:03 GMT 3
lmao lena...I wouldn't be too hopeful...if it doesn't work in an hour when Kolya starts playing, I'll file an official complaint...coz I can't watch  I am at work and obviously this match not being the most interesting one for the organisers had to be at 11 am...oh well at least they gave him a Centre Court lol good morning girl and good to see ya ;D |
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Post by Annie on Nov 3, 2005 21:28:26 GMT 3
Today's results so far D. Tursunov 6 2 3 N. Davydenko3 6 6 ;D ;D ;D J. C. Ferrero 5 7 4 T. Berdych7 6 6 ;D ;D woohoo Tomas!!!! N. Djokovic 4 3 T. Robredo 6 6 too bad Novak T.Johansson 3 6 I. Ljubicic 6 7 nothing unexpected R. Stepanek 4 P-H.Mathieu 5 playing now  D. Ferrer 6 6 6 T. Haas 2 7 3 Tommy |
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Post by lena on Nov 4, 2005 11:58:56 GMT 3
Now we can watch veryy relaxing Bercy results ;D.
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Post by jewell on Nov 4, 2005 17:46:28 GMT 3
Shit! the ljubicic-robredo match is taking forever, i can't wait for stepanek-davydenko.
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Post by SAFINNO1 on Nov 5, 2005 1:05:25 GMT 3
stepanek bt Koyla
lJubo bt Tommy
Roddick bt Ferrer
Berdych bt Gaudio.
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Post by Joy on Nov 5, 2005 22:54:35 GMT 3
Saturday, 5 November, 2005
ATP Tennis Masters Series, Paris:
Semi-Final:
(6) Ivan Ljubicic (Cro) bt (1) Andy Roddick (USA) 6-3 7-5
Tomas Berdych (Cze) bt (8) Radek Stepanek (Cze) 6-1 3-6 6-3,
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Post by blue on Nov 6, 2005 20:49:21 GMT 3
Yeeeesss!!!! Berdych beat Ljubicic in the final 6-3 6-4 3-6 4-6 6-4 ;D Well done, Tomas |
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Post by marats on Nov 6, 2005 21:05:44 GMT 3
I saw that match ! Pretty good to see it !!
I was supporting Tomas Berdych !
Congratulations Tomas !!!
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Post by lau on Nov 6, 2005 22:20:38 GMT 3
Good Berdych won!! BTW, I found his "tennis style" or whatever you call it, similar to Marat´s.... I noticed this some time ago, but watching him playing the final and winning Bercy was like a big sign for me LOL ;D ;D |
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Post by marats on Nov 6, 2005 22:35:18 GMT 3
Yes Lau you're wright and we gonnea hear and see more from Tomas Berdych the next tennis seasons !!
A new tennis champ if you ask me !!
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Post by blue on Nov 7, 2005 1:18:00 GMT 3
Thought the same thing, Lau |
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that should be good!!! One of Kolya's rivals will be out today ;D
come one PHM!!!!!!!!!!!
. Fingers Cross and Udachi for Kolya , wish him so much to qualify for Shanghai 
I am at work and obviously this match not being the most interesting one for the organisers 
