Roland-Garros 2007 vous invite à Porte d'Auteuil

[Dina]

The players confirmed for the French Open 2007 are:

Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal the twice defending title,Andy Roddick, Nikolay Davydenko, Fernando Gonzalez, Tommy Robredo, Novak Djokovic, Ivan Ljubicic, James Blake, Andy Murray, Tommy Haas, David Nalbandian, Lleyton Hewitt, Marcos Baghdatis and [glow=red,2,300]Marat Safin[/glow][glow=red,2,300][/glow].

Adding to them an impressive french players list:

Richard Gasquet,Julien Benneteau, Gaël Monfils, Gilles Simon, Marc Gicquel, Arnaud Clément, Paul-Henri Mathieu, Fabrice Santoro, Sébastien Grosjean, Florent Serra and Michaël Llodra.

4 players are having a protected ranking:

Justin Gimelstob (USA), Nicolas Kiefer (GER), Igor Andreev (RUS) and the 2003 French Open finalist Martin Verkerk (NED).

The men's draw will be completed later by adding 16 players from the qualifications and 8 wild-cards.

[annie]

Thanks Dina..

[Dina]

mouah sweety anytime!

[Patxy]

Russian aces eying Parisian glory
Thursday, April 26, 2007

By Christian Lacaze

Safin dreaming

Despite having slipped to around 30th in the ATP rankings, Marat Safin remains the leading light of Russian tennis due to his copious talent and charisma. Having again come to his country’s rescue during the fifth and deciding match of the recent Davis Cup quarter-final against France, the former world number one is dreaming of triumphing at Roland-Garros at last.

A semi-finalist in 2002, he is one of the darlings of the Parisian public, who have taken him to their hearts since he first took part in 1998. For the past few years, Marat has been plagued by repeated injury problems but the ‘King of Bercy’ (courtesy of three POPB titles) may now be able to pull off one of the greatest challenges of his career. At the age of 27, time is running out for him to realise his dream of lifting the Coupe des Mousquetaires.

www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/news/articles/2007-04-26/200704261177615796640.html

[Dina]

Wild-cards man draw : Nicolas Devilder (Fra), Peter Luczak (Aus), Nicolas Mahut (Fra), Mathieu Montcourt (Fra), Olivier Patience (Fra), Edouard Roger-Vasselin (Fra).

[Patxy]

On the Official Site's forum, someone mentioned that Marat is going to play some sort of tournament called "Head Star Game" on May 23th, previous to the French Open:

www.alternativemedia.fr/info_view.php?i=1493&type=cdp



(Which hasn't been confirmed, btw...)

[davis]

We didn't have the official entry list yet, so here it is:

ROLAND GARROS 2007
CHAMPIONNATS INTERNATIONAUX DE FRANCE
Dates: 27 MAY–10 JUNE 2007 (SUNDAY START)
Prize Money: €6,947,960
128 DRAW

SITE: STADE ROLAND GARROS
2 AVENUE GORDON BENNETT
75016 PARIS
SURFACE: RED CLAY
BALL: ROLAND GARROS – FRENCH OPEN
WEB SITE: www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/index.html

Qualifying draw: Monday, May 21, 2007, 6:00 p.m.
Main draw: Friday, May 25, 2007, 11:30 a.m.
Men's doubles draw: Monday, May 28, 2007, Noon
Mixed doubles draw: Monday, May 28, 2007, 2:00 p.m.

ATP Ranking Points/ATP Race Points
W: 1000/200
F: 700/140
SF: 450/90
QF: 250/50
R16: 150/30
R32: 75/15
R64: 35/7
R128: 5/1 (WC: 0/0)
Q: +15/+3
Q32: 8/0
Q64: 4/0
Q128: 0/0

Entry deadline: April 16, 2007
Seeding: May 21, 2007

1 Federer, Roger SUI 1
2 Nadal, Rafael ESP 2
3 Roddick, Andy USA 3
4 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 4
5 Gonzalez, Fernando CHI 5
6 Robredo, Tommy ESP 6
7 Djokovic, Novak SRB 7
8 Ljubicic, Ivan CRO 8
9 Blake, James USA 9
10 Murray, Andy GBR 10
11 Haas, Tommy GER 11
12 Nalbandian, David ARG 12
13 Berdych, Tomas CZE 14
14 Gasquet, Richard FRA 15
15 Ferrer, David ESP 16
16 Youzhny, Mikhail RUS 17
17 Baghdatis, Marcos CYP 18
18 Hewitt, Lleyton AUS 19
19 Nieminen, Jarkko FIN 20
20 Ferrero, Juan Carlos ESP 21
21 Chela, Juan Ignacio ARG 22
22 Tursunov, Dmitry RUS 23
23 Hrbaty, Dominik SVK 24
24 Stepanek, Radek CZE 25
25 Safin, Marat RUS 26 (I'm still mad at him but good luck anyway )
26 Canas, Guillermo ARG 27
27 Andreev, Igor RUS @27
28 Soderling, Robin SWE 28
29 Melzer, Jurgen AUT 29
30 Fish, Mardy USA 30
31 Malisse, Xavier BEL 31
32 Almagro, Nicolas ESP 32
33 Calleri, Agustin ARG 33
34 Moya, Carlos ESP 34
35 Wawrinka, Stanislas SUI 35
36 Acasuso, Jose ARG 36
37 Rochus, Olivier BEL 37
38 Verdasco, Fernando ESP 38
39 Bjorkman, Jonas SWE 39
40 Benneteau, Julien FRA 41
41 Mayer, Florian GER 40
42 Monfils, Gael FRA 42
43 Ginepri, Robby USA 43
44 Simon, Gilles FRA 44
45 Verkerk, Martin NED @44
46 Gaudio, Gaston ARG 45
47 Gicquel, Marc FRA 46
48 Becker, Benjamin GER 47
49 Henman, Tim GBR 48
50 Lee, Hyung-Taik KOR 49
51 Monaco, Juan ARG 50
52 Clement, Arnaud FRA 51
53 Vliegen, Kristof BEL 52
54 Volandri, Filippo ITA 53
55 Mirnyi, Max BLR 54
56 Massu, Nicolas CHI 55
57 Mathieu, Paul-Henri FRA 56
58 Santoro, Fabrice FRA 57
59 Grosjean, Sebastien FRA 58
60 Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 59
61 Ramirez Hidalgo, Ruben ESP 60
62 Del Potro, Juan Martin ARG 61
63 Karlovic, Ivo CRO 62
64 Korolev, Evgeny RUS 63
65 Vassallo Arguello, Martin ARG 64
66 Starace, Potito ITA 65
67 Lapentti, Nicolas ECU 66
68 Serra, Florent FRA 67
69 Russell, Michael USA 68
70 Delic, Amer USA 69
71 Querrey, Sam USA 70
72 Koubek, Stefan AUT 71
73 Lopez, Feliciano ESP 72
74 Gabashvili, Teimuraz RUS 73
75 Gimelstob, Justin USA @73
76 Johansson, Thomas SWE 74
77 Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo ESP 75
78 Horna, Luis PER 76
79 Llodra, Michael FRA 77
80 Montanes, Albert ESP 78
81 Spadea, Vincent USA 79
82 Hernych, Jan CZE 80
83 Hartfield, Diego ARG 81
84 Bracciali, Daniele ITA 82
85 Pless, Kristian DEN 83
86 Kendrick, Robert USA 84
87 Eschauer, Werner AUT 85
88 Udomchoke, Danai THA 86
89 Hajek, Jan CZE 87
90 Hernandez, Oscar ESP 89
91 Gulbis, Ernests LAT 90
92 Martin, Alberto ESP 91
93 Kunitsyn, Igor RUS 92
94 Roitman, Sergio ARG 93
95 Tipsarevic, Janko SRB 94
96 Peya, Alexander AUT 95
97 Di Mauro, Alessio ITA 96
98 Lu, Yen-Hsun TPE 97
99 Berlocq, Carlos ARG 98
100 Falla, Alejandro COL 99
101 Hanescu, Victor ROU @99
102 Guccione, Chris AUS 100
103 Seppi, Andreas ITA 101
104 Galvani, Stefano ITA 102
105 (Q)
106 (Q)
107 (Q)
108 (Q)
109 (Q)
110 (Q)
111 (Q)
112 (Q)
113 (Q)
114 (Q)
115 (Q)
116 (Q)
117 (Q)
118 (Q)
119 (Q)
120 (Q)
121 (WC) Devilder, Nicolas FRA
122 (WC) Mahut, Nicolas FRA
123 (WC) Montcourt, Mathieu FRA
124 (WC) Patience, Olivier FRA
125 (WC) Roger-Vasselin, Edouard FRA
126 (WC) Eysseric, Jonathan FRA
127 (WC) Sidorenko, Alexandre FRA
128 (WC) Luczak, Peter AUS (TA)

Two big question marks behind Murray and Haas, let's hope they are fit. Especially regarding Murray I have serious doubts, though...

[Dina]

well Patzy it's gonna be on the May 23 th and Marat is arriving Paris on Friday 25!so i'm pretty sure he won't be part of it! thanx you and Davis for all the info!

[Dina]

it starts today with the qualies:

qualifications 1st day :tuesday, 22 mai


Court 6 Starts at 09:00


Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Wayne Arthurs (AUS)
contre Paul Baccanello (AUS)


suivi de
Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Laurent Recouderc (FRA)
contre Jan Mertl (CZE)



Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Brian Dabul (ARG)
contre Dick Norman (BEL)[25]



Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Andrei Pavel (ROU)[2]
contre Daniel Koellerer (AUT)



Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Alex Bogdanovic (GBR)[9]
contre Yuri Schukin (RUS)



Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Leonardo maier (ARG)
contre Younes el Aynaoui(MAR) (good luck youn-ace!)




Court 7 Starts at 09:00

Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Frederic Niemeyer (CAN)
contre Gary Lugassy (FRA)


suivi de
Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Jeremy Chardy (FRA)
contre Juan Pablo Brzezicki (ARG)[24]



Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Wesley Moodie (RSA)[13]
contre Christophe Rochus (BEL)



Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Alex Kuznetsov (USA)
contre Josselin Ouanna (FRA)



Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Pablo Cuevas (URU)
contre Julien Jeanpierre (FRA)



Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Marin Cilic (CRO)[10]
contre Adrian Mannarino (FRA)





Court 8 Starts at 09:00
Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)[3]
contre Jesse Witten (USA)


suivi de
Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Pablo Andujar (ESP)
contre Mischa Zverev (GER)[29]



Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Michael Berrer (GER)[6]
contre Bruno Echagaray (MEX)



Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Diego Junqueira (ARG)
contre Jiri Vanek (CZE)[19]



Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Michael Lammer (SUI)
contre Pavel Snobel (CZE)



Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Maximo Gonzalez (ARG)
contre Alex Calatrava (ESP)





Court 9 Starts at 09:00


Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Santiago Ventura (ESP)
contre Michal Mertinak (SVK)


suivi de
Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Alun Jones (AUS)
contre Benedikt Dorsch (GER)



Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Fabio Fognini (ITA)
contre Lukasz Kubot (POL)



Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Marcos Daniel (BRA)
contre Rogerio Dutra Silva (BRA)



Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Dacian Craciun (ROU)
contre Dennis Van Scheppingen (NED)



Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Sergiy Stakhoc.y (UKR)
contre Flavio Saretta (BRA)[20]





Court 10 Starts at 09:00


Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Ivan Navarro Pastor (ESP)[5]
contre Joshua Goodall (GBR)


suivi de
Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Frank Dancevic (CAN)[8]
contre Paolo Lorenzi (ITA)



Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Ilia Bozoljac (SRB)[14]
contre Dieter Kindlmann (GER)



Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Bastian Knittel (GER)
contre Konstantinos Economidis (GRE)[30]



Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Matthias Bachinger (GER)
contre Santiago Giraldo (COL)[17]





Court 11 Starts at 09:00
Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Harel Levy (ISR)
contre Lukas Lacko (SVK)


suivi de
Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Robin Vik (CZE)
contre Victor Crivoi (ROU)



Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Ivo Minar (CZE)
contre Zack Fleishman (USA)



Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Paul Capdeville (CHI)[12]
contre Razvan Sabau (ROU)



Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Nathan Healey (AUS)
contre Frederico Gil (POR)





Court 12 Starts at 09:00


Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
George Bastl (SUI)
contre Ivo Klec (SVK)


suivi de
Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Martin Klizan (SVK)
contre Noam Okun (ISR)



Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Rajeev Ram (USA)
contre Victor Ionita (ROU)



Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Lamine Ouahab (ALG)
contre Viktor Troicki (SRB)



Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Adrian Voinea (ROU)
contre Boris Pashanski (SRB)



Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Dudi Sela (ISR)
contre Gorka Fraile (ESP)[28]





Court 14 Starts at 09:00
Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Tobias Clemens (GER)
contre Fernando Vicente (ESP)[23]


suivi de
Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Simon Stadler (GER)
contre Michal Przysiezny (POL)



Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Denis Gremelmayr (GER)
contre Adrian Ungur (ROU)



Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Marc Lopez (ESP)
contre Franco Ferreiro (BRA)



Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Oliver Marach (AUT)[16]
contre Jonathan Marray (GBR)



Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Federico Luzzi (ITA)[11]
contre Hugo Armando (USA)





Court 15 Starts at 09:00


Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Marcel Granollers-Pujol (ESP)
contre Horacio Zeballos (ARG)


suivi de
Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Ricardo Mello (BRA)
contre Raemon Sluiter (NED)[21]



Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Michel Kratochvil (SUI)
contre Tomas Zib (CZE)[26]



Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Farrukh Dustov (UZB)
contre Simone Vagnozzi (ITA)



Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Andre Ghem (BRA)
contre Dusan Vemic (SRB)



Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Ramon Delgado (PAR)
contre Richard Bloomfield (GBR)





Court 16 Starts at 09:00
Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Davide Sanguinetti (ITA)[4]
contre Flavio Cipolla (ITA)


suivi de
Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Rainer Schuettler (GER)
contre Roko Karanusic (CRO)[31]



Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Julio Silva (BRA)
contre Adrian Garcia (CHI)[18]



Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Wayne Odesnik (USA)
contre David Guez (FRA)



Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Kevin Kim (USA)[15]
contre Bohdan Ulihrach (CZE)



Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Albert Portas (ESP)
contre Jerome Haehnel (FRA)





Court 17 Starts at 09:00


Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Benjamin Balleret (MON)
contre Rik De Voest (RSA)[27]


suivi de
Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Juan-Pablo Guzman (ARG)[7]
contre Kenneth Carlsen (DEN)



Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Thomas Oger (FRA)
contre Marco Crugnola (ITA)



Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Mariano Zabaleta (ARG)[1]
contre aoûtin Gensse (FRA)



Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Jean-Christophe Faurel (FRA)
contre Gilles Muller (LUX)[32]



Qual. Simple Messieurs - 1er Tour.
Nicolas Tourte (FRA)
contre Robin Haase (NED)[22]

[jenhatter06]

it's official ... Haas, Murray out of French Open

PARIS (AP) -Tommy Haas and Andy Murray withdrew from the French Open on Tuesday due to injuries.

The 10th-ranked Haas injured his right shoulder, while No. 11 Murray pulled out in the first round of the Hamburg Masters last week because of a right wrist problem.


..... also not playing -- Malisse, Mario and Guga


hope they all get better soon

[Dina]

well the most important results today are'nt a surprise as all of Rainer Schüttler; Younes El Aynaoui;Andrei Pavel;Christophe Rochus; are qualified today! apart of the news concerning the withdrawals there's nothing more for today!

[Anne]

:)From the official website:

The road to Roland Garros
Friday, May 4, 2007
By Benjamin Waldbaum

On the up

Rafael Nadal
The king of clay shows no sign of relinquishing his crown. In Barcelona, he became only the second player, after Sweden's Mats Wilander, to win the tournament three times. As in the Masters Series in Monte Carlo, where he also swept all before him, the world No.2 did not drop a single set as he cruised to his 20th title, 15 of which have been on clay. Rafa beat the resurgent Guillermo Cañas in the final to make it 72 straight wins on his favourite surface.

Guillermo Cañas
After a busy start to the season on the other side of the Atlantic (including two wins over Roger Federer and a final in Miami) and a Davis Cup quarter final in which his native Argentina lost to Sweden, Cañas decided to give Monte Carlo a miss. He was back with a vengeance at Barcelona, though, and only lost in the final to that man Nadal. "Willy", as he is known, is back up to No. 22 in the world, and after making it through to the quarters at Roland Garros in 2002 and 2005, he is a definite dark horse for this year's French Open.

David Ferrer
Having reached the quarters in Monte Carlo and gone one step further at Barcelona, David Ferrer is really hitting his stride on clay. The man from Valencia serves up a hard-hitting brand of tennis, as Novak Djokovic and David Nalbandian have recently found out to their cost. Indeed, it took world No.1 Federer in Monte Carlo and No.2 Nadal in Barcelona to halt him in his tracks, which is indicative of the form he is in at the moment.

Paul-Henri Mathieu
Just over four years after winning in Moscow and Lyon, the young Frenchman finally got back to winning ways at the recent tournament in Casablanca, where his forceful game saw him beat such noteworthy adversaries as Jose Acasuso in the quarters and Albert Montanes in the final. Mathieu is back up to No.42 in the world, and if last year's French Open is anything to go by, when he was the only man to really push eventual winner Nadal (losing a near five-hour epic 5-7 6-4 6-4 6-4), his opponents had better be on their guard.

Spinning their wheels

Tommy Robredo
The world No.7 lost in the last 16 to Tomas Berdych in Monte Carlo and in the same round to Agustin Calleri in Barcelona. Robredo was a finalist at the latter tournament in 2006, but currently has as many wins as losses on clay this year (2-2). After a sparkling start to the season on hard courts (reaching the final in Auckland and the quarters of the Australian Open and Miami), he is struggling to find his feet on the slower surface.

Nikolay Davydenko
The same problem seems to have befallen the world No.4, with Davydenko having lost his first two matches this year on clay (in Moscow in the Davis Cup versus Mathieu then at Monte Carlo against Robin Söderling). In Barcelona, the Russian made it as far as the quarter finals, before having to withdraw due to an injury to his right wrist – a worrying sign for the man who reached the semis (2005) and the quarters (2006) of the last two French Opens.

David Nalbandian
Having sailed through to the semi-final in Paris last year, this season seems to be a different kettle of fish for the Argentinean. In Monte-Carlo, he was forced to retire against Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber due to back problems, while in Barcelona, he lost in the quarter-final to David Ferrer (his fifth loss in six matches against the Spaniard).

Marat SafinSince his return from a knee injury that kept him away from the circuit for six months during 2005-2006, the former world No.1 has been blowing hot and cold. The talented Russian was on sublime form for his country in the Davis Cup against Chile's Nicolas Massu and Mathieu when they played France, but he crashed out of Monte Carlo in the second round against Kristof Vliegen, squandering three match points in the process. Worse was to come in Barcelona, when the unknown Italian Simone Bolleli put him out in the first round.

[maryb]

I think the boy is about to start blowing hot again.

[davis]

dina said:

well the most important results today are'nt a surprise as all of Rainer Schüttler; Davide Sanguinetti; Younes El Aynaoui;Andrei Pavel;Christophe Rochus;Jérémy Chardy are qualified today! apart of the news concerning the withdrawals there's nothing more for today!

Sorry to disappoint you, dina, but yesterday was only the first day of the Qualification. The guys have to play two more rounds before the final 16 Qualifiers are through to the main draw.

And BTW: Chardy and Sanguinetti lost yesterday, as did my German hopeful (and Marat's sparring partner in Hamburg) MIsha Zverev ...

[Annie]

Reese sweetie I deleted your post because Jen already posted the news a few posts up