Grass is for cows...and Marat (Halle 2006 Thread)

[Annie]

Now that Official site has confirmed Marat's participation..

Welcome to Halle 2006 thread ;D Bring on the Grass!!!! ;D Marat was in the final last year and lost to Roger Federer in an exciting 3-setter

The logo is a year old but still

Place: Halle, Germany
Date: June 12-18, 2006
Draw Size: 32
Surface: Grass
Prize Money: ˆ659,000
Tournament Director: Ralf Weber
Website: www.gerryweber-open.de

Points and Prize Money

W 45 ˆ96,000
F 31 ˆ56,500
SF 20 ˆ33,200
QF 11 ˆ19,550
R16 4 ˆ11,500
R32 1 ˆ6,755

Draw will be made on Friday, June 9, 2006 and posted here

DAVAI MARAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[LaFFy TaFFy]

love the name for the thread annie

[SAFINNO1]

Love the title Annie

Finally the much anticipated and shortest season is upon us -Grass

What do i expect from Marat, alot more than we got on the clay.
Halle again could be a good tournament for Marat considering it's a fairly week line up compared to Queens unless we get Roger in the 1st round - then that's another issue. But hopefully Marat can get some clay courters early on - just to give him some confidence and so he can head for Wimbledon and show that he can play on grass as he did in the 1st 2 rounds last year!

I find it amazing though how Roger commits to this event and has success in Halle after slugging it out at RG for 2 draining weeks. Amazing & i am sure he will live up to his word this year after he hopefully beats Rafa

1 Federer, Roger SUI 1
2 Nalbandian, David ARG 4
3 Kiefer, Nicolas GER 13
4 Nieminen, Jarkko FIN 20
5 Baghdatis, Marcos CYP 22
6 Berdych, Tomas CZE 24
7 Haas, Tommy GER 25
8 Gasquet, Richard FRA 26
9 Rochus, Olivier BEL 30
10 Rochus, Christophe BEL 38
11 Youzhny, Mikhail RUS 40 ;D ;D ;D
12 Serra, Florent FRA 48
13 Safin, Marat RUS 49 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
14 Novak, Jiri CZE @49
15 Vliegen, Kristof BEL 50
16 Santoro, Fabrice FRA 52
17 Wawrinka, Stanislas SUI 54
18 Hanescu, Victor ROM 55
19 Seppi, Andreas ITA 56
20 Soderling, Robin SWE 57
21 Simon, Gilles FRA 58
22 Sanguinetti, Davide ITA 59
23 Clement, Arnaud FRA 60
24 (SE)
25 (SE)
26 (WC)
27 (WC)
28 (WC)
29 (Q)
30 (Q)
31 (Q)
32 (Q)

Alternates
1. Pashanski, Boris SCG 63
2. Phau, Bjorn GER 69
3. Mayer, Florian GER 75
4. Schuettler, Rainer GER 76
5. Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 86

[reese]

thread title ;D ;D
aww good memories from last year!! ;D I cross my fingers for a good draw

[Annie]

Kolya and Mitya announced that they will play Halle too ;D ;D ;D ;D

[reese]

ooh how cool is that!!! ;D ;D Maybe Mitya and Marat will play some doubles?!? ;D

[SAFINNO1]

I though Kolya and Mitya are entered into queens as they're still on the entry lists

[Annie]

Damn yes sorry.... they were contemplating both tourneys so I guess they picked Queen's

[sabz]

Annie - LOVING the name of the thread - one of my favourite quotes from Marat
Wishing Marat the best of luck for this tournie and hopefully the draw will be kind
I have a good feeling about the grass court season! (or am i being too optimistic? )
UDACHI MARAT!

[safinbgfan]

Cool name of the thread
I wish Marat all the best!!!!
Good luck

[SAFINNO1]

MAIN DRAW WILL BE MADE SATURDAY 10 JUNE AT 7.00 P.M. IN THE ATP OFFICE ON-SITE.

[marats]

Marat at 13 ........... just great !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[safinbgfan]

marat said:

Marat at 13 ........... just great !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah!

[Madou]

Annie, your title is wonderful ;D ;D ;D !!!!

I will try to hope for nothing, so that he can perform as well as last year

[marats]

Yeah , let's hope he can win a few matches ............ !!!