Open Barcelona Godo 2007

[Dido]

maryb said:

Off the thread to Dido - what is the FENERBAHCE SUKRU SARACOGLU STADIUM / ÝSTANBUL?

Is the building illuminated - ie is it purely lights that produce that effect? It looks fantastic. ;D

fenerbahce is a sport club.this stadium belongs to our football (soccer) team.
The lighting for our 100. year celebration ;D
it look fantastic because we are fantastic club
and i think i'm a huge fan ;D ;D

you may find more here www.fenerbahce.org/eng/#
(sorry for my bad engilsh )

[maryb]

Yeah! I have posted some questions. Marat's domestic failings have featured in one. ;D

[maryb]

Thanks for the explanation Dido. ;D Had a read in the site - the history is intriguing ... and your stadium looks pretty good! It's always interesting when you come in to a site like this - you forget that 'the world is viewing', so to speak, on the internet! ;D

PS Your English is pretty good!

[Patxy]

DiMarat, congrats dudes ;D

Bwin.com will broadcast every match. You just need to register there to watch the matches, although the image resolution is very small...

www.bwin.com/betsnew.aspx?SportID=5

[sandra]

safinadal said:

DiMarat, congrats dudes ;D

Bwin.com will broadcast every match. You just need to register there to watch the matches, although the image resolution is very small...

www.bwin.com/betsnew.aspx?SportID=5

You can increase the image. You have to download Magical Class for that:
freestone-group.com/magg.htm

The quality isn’t getting better with this. But it is bigger and you can see more.

[Annie]

Soderling just thrashed Gaston Gaudio 6/0 6/1

[Happiness]

Marat lost to Bolelli: 4-6; 5-7!!! Can anyone tell anything from this match!?

[justsafin]

WTF is going on? He just lost to somebody that I never heard of.......why why why???

Marat, really really hope that you can find your game ASAP....More master series are coming up, you can't afford to jeopardize your ranking and confidence any more.......

[love15]

happiness said:

Can anyone tell anything from this match!?

That it is frustrating being a fan of someone so talented and yet so..... no word.

[Mrs. Fabregas]

Tuesday, April 24

Singles - First Round

[13] R Soderling (SWE) d G Gaudio (ARG) 61 60
K Vliegen (BEL) d D Sanguinetti (ITA) 62 64
[Q] B Pashanski (SRB) d C Berlocq (ARG) 40 (Contractura pierna derecha)
J Vanek (CZE) d [Q] J Marin (CRC) 60 32 ret. (Espalda)
P Starace (ITA) d S Querrey (USA) 64 64
P Goldstein (USA) d [WC] F Vicente (ESP) 63 67(6) 63
[14] N Almagro (ESP) d [Q] F Fognini (ITA) 63 62
[16] C Moya (ESP) d [WC] M Granollers-Pujol (ESP) 62 64 ;D
S Bolelli (ITA) d [11] M Safin (RUS) 64 76(5)
[12] G Canas (ARG) d M Mirnyi (BLR) 62 76(4)


Singles - Second Round

[3] T Robredo (ESP) d F Lopez (ESP) 62 62 ;D
[15] A Calleri (ARG) d [Q] P Lorenzi (ITA) 62 62
[4] D Nalbandian (ARG) d A Martin (ESP) 62 60


Doubles - First Round

Y Allegro (SUI) / J Thomas (USA) d A Fisher (AUS) / C Haggard (RSA) 64 61
(Alt.) O Hernandez (ESP) / A Seppi (ITA) d B Becker (GER) / C Kas (GER) 76(3) 62
[4] A Pavel (ROU) / A Waske (GER) d H Lee (KOR) / K Vliegen (BEL) 76(6) 62
T Johansson (SWE) / N Zimonjic (SRB) d P Goldstein (USA) / S Querrey (USA) 62 62
M Bhupathi (IND) / R Stepanek (CZE) d [WC] M Lopez (ESP) / T Robredo (ESP) 64 64
[WC] R Nadal (ESP) / B Salva-Vidal (ESP) d D Ferrer (ESP) / F Vicente (ESP) 63 64

[Mrs. Fabregas]

ORDER OF PLAY - Wednesday, April 25, 2007

PISTA CENTRAL 10:00 am
[Q] Y Schukin (RUS) vs [2] N Davydenko (RUS) ;D Davai Kolya, you're Russia's last hope in the singles!

Not Before 12:45 PM
[WC] F Mantilla (ESP) vs [16] C Moya (ESP) (TV)

Not Before 3:15 PM
[1] R Nadal (ESP) vs K Vliegen (BEL) (TV) Vamos RAFA!!!!!
[7] J Ferrero (ESP) vs [Q] P Andujar (ESP) (TV)
[3] J Erlich (ISR) / A Ram (ISR) vs M Safin (RUS) / D Tursunov (RUS) Davai DiMarat...... (IF they're gonna play )


PISTA 1 10:00 am
V Spadea (USA) vs [8] J Chela (ARG)
[14] N Almagro (ESP) vs F Volandri (ITA)
[6] J Nieminen (FIN) vs A Seppi (ITA)
P Goldstein (USA) vs [5] D Ferrer (ESP)
T Johansson (SWE) vs [13] R Soderling (SWE)


PISTA 3 12:00 noon
S Bolelli (ITA) vs P Starace (ITA)
B Becker (GER) vs O Hernandez (ESP)
J Vanek (CZE) vs M Mirnyi (BLR) or [12] G Canas (ARG)
O Hernandez (ESP) / A Seppi (ITA) vs [2] P Hanley (AUS) / K Ullyett (ZIM)


PISTA 4 start 12:00 noon
[6] S Aspelin (SWE) / F Cermak (CZE) vs Y Allegro (SUI) / J Thomas (USA)
A Pavel (ROU) vs [Q] B Pashanski (SRB)
[8] J Levinsky (CZE) / P Pala (CZE) vs N Almagro (ESP) / M Granollers-Pujol (ESP)
M Bhupathi (IND) / R Stepanek (CZE) vs [5] M Fyrstenberg (POL) / M Matkowski (POL)

[maryb]

Good to see he's looking ahead to the next tournament. From Guardian online:

Defiant Safin not worried about form after Barcelona exit
Simon Cambers
BARCELONA, April 24 (Reuters) - Marat Safin said he was not overly concerned about his recent poor run of form after he made another early exit on Tuesday, this time in the first round of the Barcelona Open.

The Russian former world number one was beaten 6-4 7-6 by Italian Simone Bolelli, the world number 103.
That followed his second-round defeat by Belgian Kristof Vliegen in Monte Carlo last week, when he squandered four match points, having won the first set 6-0.
Safin's win-loss record this year is now 10-8 but the former U.S. Open and Australian Open champion said he was not bothered by his apparent loss of form.
"I don't care," he said. "I am playing well, I am still 26 in the rankings.
"With one good result I will be top 20, but I don't really care about the rankings any more. I just need to stay focused on my tennis."
Safin's best performance of the year came in the Davis Cup earlier this month when he won the deciding rubber against Paul-Henri Mathieu to give Russia a quarter-final victory over France on indoor clay in Moscow.
On that occasion, Safin barely missed a ball, the kind of form that took him to the top of the rankings and his two grand slam titles.
The Russian's early exits from Monte Carlo and Barcelona cost him the chance to climb the rankings, but Safin said his confidence was unaffected.
"With all of your losses, you try to put them behind you," he said. "There is always next week and it's difficult to play well all the time.
"I couldn't find my game today on the court. It was pretty slippery, and I didn't play my best tennis so that's why. I barely had a chance.
"He was solid, he had nothing to lose. He went for his shots, he was serving well in the tiebreak, he just did his job and he had no pressure at all."
Safin's next tournament will be the Masters Series event in Rome, beginning a week on Monday.
"I will just take it easy and practise and do my job," he said.

[Patxy]

[hipponette]

Nowadays, when Marat loses, I'm more disappointed/depressed than angry.

And some people said that he tanked on purpose, because he needed to get back to Moscow because of Yeltsin's death (RIP, Boris), and I think I believe that. But with the results he's produced lately, you just never know.

What a depressing day.

[Dido]