Sony Ericsson Open Miami 2007

[marylin]

HOT!!HOT!!!HOT!!!HOT!!!
He's a real man!!!!
The power,the muscles,the body.GOD!!!!!
Thank you for all the pics.I looooooooooove it.
and marat,hope he has a good time in Maimi.

[davis]

Today's OOP:

Stadium: 11:00 AM Start
Vania King (USA) vs. Justine Henin (BEL) [2]
James Blake (USA) [8] vs. Florent Serra (FRA)
Akiko Morigami (JPN) vs. Kim Clijsters (BEL) [4]
Ricardo Mello (BRA) Q vs. Rafael Nadal (ESP) [2]
Stadium: 7:00 PM Start
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) [16] vs. Michelle Larcherde Brito (POR) WC
Martin Vassallo Arguello (ARG) vs. Andy Roddick (USA) [3]

Grandstand: 11:00 AM Start
Julia Vakulenko (UKR) Q vs. Eleni Daniilidou (GRE)
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) [18] vs. Raemon Sluiter (NED) Q
Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) [5] vs. Thomas Johansson (SWE) WC
Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) vs. Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) [17]
Not Before 5:00 PM
Feliciano Lopez (ESP) Q vs. Marat Safin (RUS) [25]

Court 1: 10:00 AM Start
Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP) vs. Gaston Gaudio (ARG)
Jelena Jankovic (SRB) [7] vs. Shuai Peng (CHN)
Tatiana Golovin (FRA) [17] vs. Tatiana Poutchek (BLR) Q
Simone Bolelli (ITA) Q vs. Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) [21]
Not Before 5:00 PM
Paul Goldstein (USA) vs. Andy Murray (GBR) [12]

Court 2: 10:00 AM Start
Vera Dushevina (RUS) Q vs. Nicole Pratt (AUS)
David Ferrer (ESP) [13] vs. Juan Monaco (ARG)
Laura Granville (USA) vs. Dinara Safina (RUS) [10]
Daniele Bracciali (ITA) vs. Novak Djokovic (SRB) [10]
Nadia Petrova (RUS) [6] vs. Nathalie Dechy (FRA)

Court 3: 10:00 AM Start
Christophe Rochus (BEL) vs. Fabrice Santoro (FRA)
Ai Sugiyama (JPN) [22] vs. Anastasiya Yakimova (BLR)
Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) [16] vs. Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS) Q
Vasilisa Bardina (RUS) vs. Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) [9]

Court 6: 10:00 AM Start
Jarmila Gajdosova (SVK) Q vs. Catalina Castano (COL)
Sergio Roitman (ARG) vs. Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)
Jill Craybas (USA) vs. Mara Santangelo (ITA) [32]
Meilen Tu (USA) vs. Vera Zvonareva (RUS) [18]

Court 7: 10:00 AM Start
Albert Montanes (ESP) vs. Arnaud Clement (FRA)
Martina Muller (GER) [31] vs. Virginie Razzano (FRA)
Olivier Rochus (BEL) [30] vs. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)
Ekaterina Bychkova (RUS) Q vs. Severine Bremond (FRA) [30]

Court A: 10:00 AM Start
Victoria Azarenka (BLR) vs. Eva Birnerova (CZE)
Nicolas Mahut (FRA) vs. Filippo Volandri (ITA)
Samantha Stosur (AUS) [25] vs. Olga Poutchkova (RUS)
Dominik Hrbaty (SVK) [22] vs. Michael Llodra (FRA)
Gilles Simon (FRA) [32] vs. Luis Horna (PER)

Court B: 10:00 AM Start
Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) vs. Andreas Seppi (ITA) Q
Na Li (CHN) [15] vs. Tamira Paszek (AUT) Q
Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) vs. Jurgen Melzer (AUT) [26]
Alina Jidkova (RUS) vs. Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) [20]


I hope it won't rain again today
And for very selfish reasons, I want Marat AND James to win today . That would mean a Sunday night Stadium 3rd round match and I could watch it ;D So go for it, boys, make Annette proud!! ;D ;D ;D

[marylin]

Come on,marat!!!!!!!!!!!
You gotta beat him~!!!!!
Show everybody who you really are!!!!!!!!!

[Annie]

Damn I KNEW IT!!!!!!!!!!! My coverage starts from Saturday and he plays on Friday trust my luck

[Annie]

and now that the ATPsite is working properly again... Ily you were absolutely right. Marat-Lopez head to head is 1:3

Last meeting was Wimbledon 2005 where Marat lost in straight sets

[lena]

admin said:

Damn I KNEW IT!!!!!!!!!!! My coverage starts from Saturday and he plays on Friday trust my luck

maybe we get some livestream somewhere ..... , fingers cross

[davis]

lena said:

admin said:

Damn I KNEW IT!!!!!!!!!!! My coverage starts from Saturday and he plays on Friday trust my luck

maybe we get some livestream somewhere ..... , fingers cross

Ladies, it was clear since Wednesday that he would play his first match on Friday... But even stupid ATPTennis.tv starts on Saturday, I wonder why?

lena, if you discover any live stream, please let me/us know! I trust your gold-digging qualities here! Thanks, love!

[lena]

davis said:

lena said:

maybe we get some livestream somewhere ..... , fingers cross

Ladies, it was clear since Wednesday that he would play his first match on Friday... But even stupid ATPTennis.tv starts on Saturday, I wonder why?

lena, if you discover any live stream, please let me/us know! I trust your gold-digging qualities here! Thanks, love!

I will do my best ;D ;D

[davis]

One can agree or not, but it was an entertainig read anyway:

Key Biscayne: The Men
Posted 03/22/2007 @ 1 :56 PM
tennisworld.typepad.com/thewrap/2007/03/key_biscayne_th_1.html

The tennis tours are endlessly strange, aren’t they? We’ve got a schedule that spreads over 11 months, travels to every known city on the globe, and is played on a variety of surfaces. But the two biggest non-Slam dual-gender events of the year are contested in back-to-back weeks on similarly slow U.S. hard courts. For most of the year, pro tennis is utterly haphazard. In March, it climbs into one narrow box—where’s the middle ground?

No complaining, though, because like last week in Indian Wells, we have all the best male players in the world gathered into a 96 draw. We can’t ask for more than that, can we? Here’s how the draw breaks down in Key Biscayne (notice I'm boycotting the word "bracket" this time; just in case you care).

First Quarter
Roger Federer maintains his customary pole position at the top of the draw. Are we as sure of his ultimate victory as we were before he was dropped last week by Guillermo Cañas? It’s amazing how quickly doubt can creep in—dude wins 41 in a row, loses one, and I’m thinking, “This guy Federer is vulnerable now!” Of course, that means he’ll do whatever it takes to make any seeds of doubt die quickly.

Federer’s section is not loaded, but it’s tricky. First he’ll get the winner of Sam Querrey and Igor Andreev, neither one a pushover. Then he might be looking at Nicolas Almagro, who nearly beat him on clay last year. After that, he could potentially face either Cañas, Tim Henman, Juan Carlos Ferrero, or Richard Gasquet, all of whom own wins over Sire Jacket. In the bottom of the section, Tommy Haas, who's played Federer tough, may be waiting.

Semifinalist: Roger Federer


Second Quarter
The excitement level cools a bit here, in the inevitable land of Davydenko, Nalbandian, Ljubicic, and Berdych, four great players who can throw in a clunker at any time—Berdych in particular has been a disappointment this season. Interesting matchups? Umm, Korolev-Nalby in the third round could be telling, anyway. Beyond that, I’ll take Ljubicic, who made the final here in 2006 and played a solid match last week, losing in two tiebreakers to Andy Roddick.

Semifinalist: Ivan Ljubicic


Third Quarter
The fun returns. First we could see the improving Andy Murray try to break down the veteran grinder Lleyton Hewitt. Murray won their only meeting, at San Jose last year, in a third-set tiebreaker. The winner may face Fernando Gonzalez. The bottom features a possible shootout between Roddick and Dmitry Tursunov, though the Russian has been injured, and he looked a little disinterested in Indian Wells. Brutal first round: Argentina’s Juan Monaco vs. Spain’s David Ferrer. Don’t get there early for that one—but get there eventually.

Semifinalist: Andy Roddick


Fourth Quarter
This section may hold the most in store for the core fan. At the top is Blake-Safin (if they can manage to win their first rounds—not a sure thing these days), with the winner possibly getting a crack at the newest member of the Top 10, Novak Djokovic. Below you have two hairy talents, Juan Del Potro vs. Marcos Baghdatis, playing early, as well as Rafael Nadal and Mikhail Youzhny heading toward another showdown. I think Nadal will be looking forward to it a little more eagerly, and will continue his IW roll. Of course, last week, I thought the exact opposite would happen!

Semifinalist: Rafael Nadal

[Annie]

Thanks Annnette, it was entertaining indeed ;D

[love15]

currently fuming... i need visual access to that match. Oh i hope Marat bagels that little boy ;D ;D

[Mrs. Fabregas]

OMFG

Florent Serra defeated James Blake, 7-6 (8) 2-6 6-3....

No 3rd round Blake vs. Marat then ....
It's gonna be ( IT MUST BE!!!!, Come on Maratik! ) Serra vs Marat now!

[Alya10]

davis said:

One can agree or not, but it was an entertainig read anyway

I like these previsions... specially when they get all screwed up in the end ;D
Thanks Annette

[davis]

alya10 said:

davis said:

One can agree or not, but it was an entertainig read anyway

I like these previsions... specially when they get all screwed up in the end ;D
Thanks Annette

Well, he did play it safe with his predictions, he picked the Top 3 plus Ivan (who isn't in good form, though). I'll hope for some surprises ;D

The bottom quarter of the draw is slowly losing it's seeded players: James is out, Hrbaty is out and Baghdatis has a very bad start into his match. So Marat, get your act together tonight, they are all doing you big favors! ;D

[Mrs. Fabregas]

According to the livescores at the Sony Ericcson open website, all the matches are suspended again , because of the rain !