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

[SAFINNO1]

no offense pau but if canas doesnt fire from the word go. federer will just do the thing that comes natural to him . I must say he played really well against henman.

[tall_one]

I can't really see Canas winning this one unless Federer has an off day, he just doesn't have a weapon to really hurt Federer. Hopefully Canas can pull the upset off

[Teresa]

tall_one said:

I can't really see Canas winning this one unless Federer has an off day, he just doesn't have a weapon to really hurt Federer. Hopefully Canas can pull the upset off

It would be something if Canas can pull of an upset but i agree its unlikely, but I think Canas will give it eveything, could be a fun match.


I am looking foreward to the Roddick Hewitt match and expecting an exciting match, hope my expectations are not too high, hope Hewitt can win.

[SAFINNO1]

i too cannot wiat until roodick hewitt but i feel hewitt has got the formula to beat him as he has done previously in Houston and AO where this has put roddick completely of course

[lau]

ok, this is the result: Federer defeated Cañas 63, 61
Good match of Guillermo, but Federer was better .

So,.... Good luck to all argentine players in Miami!!!!
And good luck to Marat too!!!! (of course )

[SAFINNO1]

canas did as well as he could fair play.

[lau]

Edgardo Massa is the only argentine player in the qualifing draw of the Miami TMS. Good luck Edgardo!!!! (8th seeded in that draw)

This is a quite exaggerated article ;D ;D Agassi and Johansson are in 10th and 11th place, but, anyway, we can dream ;D ;D
Spain is still (and I think it will be for a loooong time)the country with more top 100 players
(sorry for the translation. I´m not very good with it)
"Cañas climbs and Argentina dreams"

"Willy" advanced to the 12th position in the Entry Ranking and his country was near of having historically four Top Ten, as it has Coria (5º), Gaudio (8º) and Nalbandian (9º).<br>
Guillermo Cañas had a very good week in Indian Wells, where he lost in the semifinals of the first Masters Series of the season when he faced the Swiss Roger Federer, and that was reflected in the ranking. In the Entry Ranking he climbed two positions and he is 12º whereas in the Champion´s Race it scaled 18 and he is eleventh.
On the other hand, David Nalbandian advanced a place and is 9th Entry Ranking, at the same time their compatriots Guillermo Coria and Gastón Gaudio did not vary and continue in the same places of the last week.
Meanwhile, Juan Ignacio Chela lost 7 positions and is now in the 30th place.
In addition to this, within the one hundred best ones the following Argentineans are located: Mariano Zabaleta 52º (-1), Mariano Puerta 60º (=), Agustín Calleri 66º (-7), Jose Acassuso 71 (-5), Juan Mónaco 91 (-3), Edgardo Massa 97 (+3).
In the Champion´s Race, the "albicelestes" (this means white and light blue) tennis players are located in the following positions: Gaudio 10º (-1), Cañas 11 (+18), Nalbandian 20º (+2), Coria 25º (+7), Chela 27º (-4), Calleri 29º (-3), Puerta 32º (-9), Acassuso 46º (=), Zabaleta 51º (-2), Monaco 85º (+12), Massa 97º (-5).
spanish link: www.sportsya.com/welcome/noticias.php?id_not=42016&id_estruc=54


So, this are the positions:

As of Monday, 3/21/2005
INDESIT ATP 2005 Race for Argentina (top 100)


10 Gaudio, Gaston (ARG)
11 Canas, Guillermo (ARG)
20 Nalbandian, David (ARG)
25 Coria, Guillermo (ARG)
27 Chela, Juan Ignacio (ARG)
29 Calleri, Agustin (ARG)
32 Puerta, Mariano (ARG)
46 Acasuso, Jose (ARG)
51 Zabaleta, Mariano (ARG)
85 Monaco, Juan (ARG)
97 Massa, Edgardo (ARG)

As of Monday, 3/21/2005
INDESIT ATP Entry Ranking for Argentina (top 100)

5 Coria, Guillermo (ARG )
8 Gaudio, Gaston (ARG )
9 Nalbandian, David (ARG )
12 Canas, Guillermo (ARG )
30 Chela, Juan Ignacio (ARG )
52 Zabaleta, Mariano (ARG )
60 Puerta, Mariano (ARG )
66 Calleri, Agustin (ARG )
71 Acasuso, Jose (ARG )
91 Monaco, Juan (ARG )
97 Massa, Edgardo (ARG )

[SAFINNO1]

i thougt there were more argentines in the top 100 .

[lau]

I think 11 are enough ;D ;D ;D
No, really, they are not so many players as it seems....
I have some theories about the argentine tennis, but... you know... I´m not an specialist
Anyway, I think it´s an important number for a southamerican (this means economic crisis in most of the cases, and tennis is not a cheap sport) country with a population of 37 millions
Beggining to play profesional tennis in Argentina is very difficult. I supose in many countries is like that or more difficult. On the other side you can have the spanish example. In Spain tennis is much more (really A LOT MORE) organized. (Marat is an example of this situation).
I guess (as I am not a pro player) the beginning of a profesional career requires big sacrifices. But in some countries sacrificies are bigger as it is an economic sacrifice for your family, too.....
Anyway, ...... I don´t know what`s my point ;D ;D ;D
What I meant to say is that (and this is a personal opinion) 11 argentine players in top 100 is a big number in this circumstances. Specially in a sport that is not a sport of masses (another personal opinion ;D), ....at least in Argentina. I am doubtful about the possibility that this level of argentine players can be maintained in time as Spain has done it. This is one of my theories ;D. I´m not 100% sure about this.... many things can happen in the future

I hope this is not very boring for you ;D And sorry for my writting. It´s hard for me to express myself in written english


BTW, Edgardo Massa was defeated 61, 67(5-7), 26 by Andreas Seppi (Italy) in the first round of qualification. It´s a pity.. (Edgardo won 97 points and Andreas 96!!! and 3 break points for each! It seems it was pretty close!)

[SAFINNO1]

i really love your views and comments so i ask you.
What is your opinon on the argentines draw (ATP And WTA(if you are interested in the WTA))

[lau]

I really really don´t know what can happend...... I can give you some opinions after the first matches ;D
As far as WTA is concerned I enjoy female matches, but not all of them (for me some of the first round matches are very boring). The other reason for this is that women matches are not broadcasted here. Sometimes finals, semifinals and some matches where argentines players are (there are not so many), so, I know very little of the WTA Tour. I wish I knew more....
What I really enjoy are doubles matches, but, again, there are not very oftenly broadcasted.
I like a lot mixed doubles matches. I love Hopman Cup!! It´s a great tournament in my opinion!!! ;D

Actually, Mariana Diaz Oliva is playing the qualification tournament. She needs to win just another match. ;D
María Emilia Salerni (I think is Cañas girlfriend) lost her match She has been injured for a long time and she is coming back now with a lot of efford.
In the main draw Paola Suarez is the 17th seeded. She is a GREAT doubles player with Ruano Pascual from Spain. They won several Grand Slams!! The only one they are missing is Wimbledon. She (Paola) has been injured lately, but she´s back now. They are the first ranked couple in doubles!!
I heard an nice anecdote of her from a journalist. Some years ago, Paola was swindled and she had no money to travel to the tournaments. She was in Roland Garros and told to this journalist (a former pro player) that her next match was her last match as a pro player. That match was against Mary Pierce. She won that match and she could continue with her career!! Now she is the number 1 in doubles and is trying to improve her ranking in singles. This is destiny !! She started playing tennis in a club where his father worked taking care of the courts and other things there. I think is a very beatiful life story. Guillermo Coria and Coria´s father know her since she was little. They helped her a little in her beginning.

Gisela Dulko (the female player of the argentine team in Hopman Cup) is the 29th seeded. I have a lot of faith in her. She stayed in USA (an sponsor payed for all) some years and nothing worked out for her. She was missing her family and was very melancholic. She returned to Argentina and she started to play better. Her brother is her coach now ;D.

I hope you enjoy this stories instead of some bad predictions! ;D ;D

The last 4 images in this link are of Sharapova and Gisela playing doubles in 2002. They were sooo young!!!! editorial.gettyimages.com/source/search/FrameSet.aspx?s=ImagesSearchState|0|0|30|0|0|0|1|||0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|7|sharapova+dulko|0|0|0|0&p=7

[pau]

lau said:

I think 11 are enough ;D ;D ;D
I think it´s an important number for a southamerican (this means economic crisis in most of the cases, and tennis is not a cheap sport) country with a population of 37 millions
Beggining to play profesional tennis in Argentina is very difficult. I supose in many countries is like that or more difficult.

Thanks for all your oppinions lau!!! 11 is a great number, imo, of course, and, yes it is very difficult to play tennis in Latin America, well you talked about Argentina, but in Mexico it's very difficult too, that's why I suppose that in the rest of Latin America is hard too (please correct me if I'm wrong) We don't support tennis, well I do, here in Mexico, it's really rare to find a person who enjoys tennis outside the tennis club, and as you said tennis is a very expensive sport (at least here), anyway, we are very proud of the latin players, specially the Argentinians ;D

[lau]

I´ll be back soon here. I don´t have a lot of time actually. But it doesn´t matter, argentine players are doing great. I hope this continues. ;D

[SAFINNO1]

Yes but i think JIC will lose to Henman and coria is struggling a bit gainst dent

[lau]

Bad day for argentine players, a really bad day...
Some days ago (not sure about the date), Nalbandian lost (Acasuso lost against him in second round match), Cañas lost. And today Chela lost against Henman and Coria lost against Dent (Dent made me hate him ;D).
Today at 7pm Mariano Zabaleta plays against Federer, and I said previously about the Cañas-Federer match: NO COMMENTS!!! I´m deciding if I´ll watch the match, because it can be a really sad thing to watch

The only one who won today (and if I´m not wrong, the only argentine player in the tournament, apart from Mariano till today´s night ;D ) is Gaudio.
His next match is against Agassi. That´s a difficult match!!!! I know he can do it . But it will be difficult

C´mon Gastón!!!!!! You can do it!!! (He´s my only hope to keep interested in the tournament after Marat, David Nalbandian and Cañas were defeated)

A photo of Mariano Zabaleta when he won Bastad last year. He may not be as good player as Federer. But I´m sure he looks better without shirt ;D ;D ;D Enjoy it girls!!!