Monte Carlo 2007

[jenniferjoa]

Thank you happines for the photos , they are great

[Alya10]

admin said:

More photos from yesterday

"His lime shirt was caked with clumps of red clay, the skin on his forearms was scratched raw from his collision with the court, the taste of dirt stuck to the tip of his tongue and his head was hanging heavily burdened by blown opportunities. Marat Safin looked like a man who had spent the previous two hours mud wrestling with a Rottweiler and was exhausted by the experience."

Fantastic pics, thanks everyone

[Mrs. Fabregas]

Results from today: Wednesday, 18 April, 2007


Singles Main Draw - Second Round
[6]N Djokovic (SRB) d G Gaudio (ARG) 61 36 61
R Soderling (SWE) d [3]N Davydenko (RUS) 64 67(6) 63
[10]T Berdych (CZE) d B Becker (GER) 61 62
[5]T Robredo (ESP) d A Clement (FRA) 63 62
[16]J Ferrero (ESP) d N Massu (CHI) 62 60
I Andreev (RUS) d [4]F Gonzalez (CHI) 62 26 63 ;D
[2]R Nadal (ESP) d J Chela (ARG) 63 61
M Mirnyi (BLR) d [Q]S Roitman (ARG) 75 64
[12]D Ferrer (ESP) d J Benneteau (FRA) 61 75
[Q]P Kohlschreiber (GER) d [9]D Nalbandian (ARG) 75 41 ret. (back)
[11]R Gasquet (FRA) d D Hrbaty (SVK) 63 62
[7]I Ljubicic (CRO) d R Stepanek (CZE) 76(6) 76(5)


Doubles - Second Round
A Fisher (AUS) / J Thomas (USA) d [8] F Cermak (CZE) / P Vizner (CZE) 75 63
[5] P Hanley (AUS) / K Ullyett (ZIM) d M Fyrstenberg (POL) / M Matkowski (POL) 64 63
J Nieminen (FIN) / A Pavel (ROU) d [4] F Santoro (FRA) / N Zimonjic (SRB) 36 60 10-8 (Match TB)
[7] S Aspelin (SWE) / J Knowle (AUT) d I Andreev (RUS) / D Tursunov (RUS) 57 61 10-6 (Match TB)

[davis]

I wanted to go on a "tennis-fast" but there are way too many great matches coming up tomorrow:

COURT CENTRAL 10:00
[5] T Robredo (ESP) vs [10] T Berdych (CZE)
[1] R Federer (SUI) vs H Lee (KOR)
[11] R Gasquet (FRA) vs [7] I Ljubicic (CRO) GO RICHIE!!!
K Vliegen (BEL) vs [2] R Nadal (ESP)

COURT DES PRINCES 10:00
M Mirnyi (BLR) vs R Soderling (SWE)
[12] D Ferrer (ESP) vs [6] N Djokovic (SRB)
I Andreev (RUS) vs [16] J Ferrero (ESP)
[LL] G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) vs [Q] P Kohlschreiber (GER)

Annie, thanx for the photos, loved them! They depict yesterday's drama quite accurately and heartbreakingly.

[Anne]

Hi guys!
I can't find any interviews from this tournament on the internet.. do you? Please let me know.. I'm wondering how he's doing now..

kisses

[jenhatter06]

davis said:

I wanted to go on a "tennis-fast" but there are way too many great matches coming up tomorrow:

so very true - great stuff tomorrow ... time difference is slowly killing me though (but I'm just so glad to have it on TV, I'll deal with the very early mornings ) there's also some intriguing doubles matches scheduled tomorrow too - it's a shame they don't show some of those. oh well.

[davis]

TOMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;D ;D

Just finished watching Berdych beating Robredo 16 63 62
Pretty big surprise if you ask me.
The match felt like Safin-Vliegen revisited. After utterly dominating his opponent in set 1, Robredo somehow lost his mojo and got sunk by Berdych, especially in the third set. Tommy threw his racket and cursed and argued with himself and looked up to the sky for help, but it all didn't work. Strange how matches can be turned around in such a fashion.

Now Roger better finishes off Lee quickly, I wanna see Gasquet and Ljubicic fighting for their lifes

2 pm:
Roger beat Lee in 1 hour 64 63, no surprise here.
Soderling beat Mirnyi 76 62, no surprise either.

The match Ferrer v. Djokovic was typical clay court grind. Lots of baseline ralleys, not really attractive. It was funny to see how happy Ferrer was after he won 75 64! A huge wave of relief swept over his face and the two hugged big time. Aahh, how cute

Richard and Ivan are warming up, yay!

3:45 pm:
Condolensces to all our Russian fans, Ivan Andreev lost to JCF 36 36

Richard led 63 42 and then decided to play badly for a while so I could get to see him play a third set...
Gasquet - Lubicic 63 67 10

[Annie]

OMFG WHAT A MATCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So far definitely match of the day: Gasquet - Ljubo. Richard just choked serving for match at 5/3 in third. Ivan played some incredible shots there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Igor

[davis]

RICHIIIEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Merci beaucoup!
Gasquet - Ljubicic 63 67 75

[Alya10]

poor Igor...

congrats to Richie well done, this way I might get to see you play tomorrow!!!

[reese]

Oh my I stuck all day in uni so I couldn´t watch Richards match. Must have been great ;D
Good luck for tomorrow ;D ;D ;D Allez Allez Richie

[davis]

Tomorrow sounds like so much fun:

COURT CENTRAL start 11:00 am
[10] T Berdych (CZE) vs R Soderling (SWE)
[1] R Federer (SUI) vs [12] D Ferrer (ESP)
[16] J Ferrero (ESP) vs [11] R Gasquet (FRA)
[Q] P Kohlschreiber (GER) vs [2] R Nadal (ESP)

COURT DES PRINCES start 1:00 pm
[1] B Bryan (USA) / M Bryan (USA) vs A Fisher (AUS) / J Thomas (USA)
F Gonzalez (CHI) / I Ljubicic (CRO) vs [5] P Hanley (AUS) / K Ullyett (ZIM)
J Benneteau (FRA) / R Gasquet (FRA) vs [2] J Bjorkman (SWE) / M Mirnyi (BLR)

[iman]

hey guys thanks for all the pictures and reports.....i have been reading all the pages but have been too tied up in exams and reports to sign in!!!.....i am sorry Marat didnt did too well in this tornament....and i am gettting tired of watching him loose.........i hope he can pull through these dark times!!!!

xxx
iman

[Mrs. Fabregas]

montecarlo.masters-series.com/1/en/news/2007/revue.asp

Stars Shine on a Different Stage at Players' Revue

Novak Djokovic and Thomas Johansson won the highest acclaim at Wednesday night’s Player Revue in Monte-Carlo after entertaining imitations of Andy Roddick and Rafael Nadal respectively. Yves Allegro also won praise for his send up of countryman and sometimes doubles partner Roger Federer.

Johansson gave audience members – including dozens of players – an up close and hilarious look at Nadal’s pre-match routine in the locker room. Allegro played the part of Federer, who was interrupted by mobile phone calls three times during an interview, first by girlfriend Mirka, then Tiger Woods and finally by Allegro. Federer didn’t answer the third call as he suspected Allegro would ask him to play doubles again.


Kristof Vliegen impersonated Maria Sharapova and The Times’ tennis writer Neil Harman impersonated Serena Williams, who was carrying a dog and checking herself regularly in the mirror before she went out to play.

Federer was seen deep in laughter in the audience during Allegro’s performance and later, along with Nadal, joined the performing cast on stage for a curtain call.

Doubles player Jim Thomas, Nikolay Mirnyi (father of Max), Marian Vajda (coach of Djokovic) and Julien Hoferlin (coach of O. Rochus) formed a bellydancing quartet the likes of which has never before been seen (and hopefully never will be again!)

Jonas Bjorkman and doubles team Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram dressed up as the Scissor Sisters in the final act of the night. Bjorkman also impersonated ATP Supervisor Tom Barnes.



Check this out.... There are some pictures from the players party on it......... Truelly HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!

[Annie]

ROTFLMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ABSOLUTELY PRICELESS STUFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;D ;D HAHAHAHAHA