ARG players: Gaudio,Acasuso,Nalbandian,Coria, etc

[marats]

Nice pics ............ thanks !!!

[SAFINNO1]

Argentine Hood banned for a year

Argentine doubles specialist Mariano Hood has been banned for one year by the International Tennis Federation after a positive dope test.
Hood, 32, tested positive for a masking agent, finasteride, after a doubles match at last year's French Open.

An independent tribunal accepted that Hood had taken a treatment to prevent hair loss for several years.

He had failed to notice that finasteride had been added to the list of prohibited substances in 2005.

Hood is the fifth Argentine to be banned for doping in recent years.

Six weeks ago, another Argentine, Mariano Puerta, was banned for a record eight years for failing a drugs test for the second time.

He also tested positive at the French Open, for the banned stimulant etilefrine.

Three other Argentines - Juan Ignacio Chela, Guillermo Coria and Guillermo Canas - have received bans for doping offences in the past five years.

Hood, who has won 13 doubles titles in his career, must forfeit his ranking points and prize money from the French Open.

The ban starts retrospectively from 10 October, 2005.

[SAFINNO1]

I must admit he looks hot for a guy

[marats]

The last one: nice David pic !!!

[Annie]

aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh Ily, that Chucho pic is so....YUMMY lol thanks ;D

[Annie]

The Team at the draw

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Are there any results ?

[SAFINNO1]

David Nalbandian Def Robin Soderling 3-6 6-2 6-4 6-1
Acasuso v Johansson just about to start

[marats]

Congrats David !
I know you can beat him !!!

[lau]

Wooohoooo!!! Chucho was really on fire in his DC debut!! Incredible tennis. I know clay is not ToJo´s best surface, but José was really on fire!!! ;D ;D ;D 61 61 63 was the scoreline!!
If you want to see a vid with highlights of this match, you can go here and download it (thanks Alexito @mtf!!!) 6 minutes vid with great Chucho´s points and lovely interview in the final (I thought he was about to cry in certain moment )

Good luck in the doubles Agustín and David!!! ;D ;D

And I leave you all with the cuttiest team pic. I feel like pinching all their cheeks!! ;D ;D (It´s a hilarious pic, in my opinion LOL)

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Thanks Lau !

[marats]

Congrats to the Argentine Team !
5/0 wow !

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David Nalbandian has withdrawn from this week's Copa Telmex tournament in his home town of Buenos Aires.
The top seed and world number four has a strained abdominal muscle and will be sidelined for at least three weeks.

Nalbandian's compatriot Gaston Gaudio is unable to defend the title because of a sore right shoulder.

On day one, second seed Guillermo Coria beat Jiri Vanek 6-1 2-6 7-6 (7-2), and Juan Carlos Ferrero edged past Juan Martin Del Potro 6-2 4-6 6-4.

"To come back from 3-0 down in the third set feels great," said Coria. "The crowd really supported me and I played my all.

"Vanek is an excellent player, very solid and he was very difficult, but I managed to prevail

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ATP Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires:

1st rd:

Boris Pashanski (Ser) bt Juan Pablo Brzezicki (Arg) 6-4 5-7 7-5

(3) Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spa) bt Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg) 6-2 4-6 6-4

Tomas Behrend (Ger) bt Carlos Berlocq (Arg) 7-6 (7/1) 6-4

(2) Guillermo Coria (Arg) bt Jiri Vanek (Cze) 6-1 2-6 7-6 (7/2)

Potito Starace (Ita) bt Juan Monaco (Arg) 6-3 6-3,

[lau]

Thanks Ily for keeping it updated while I´m not here

safinno1 said:

(3) Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spa) bt Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg) 6-2 4-6 6-4

It was a close match and it says a lot of a 17 year old that is playing his 3º atp match
And his safinesque backhand...
He has a lot of things to improve, but the talent is there ;D