Nati Nati here we come - Cincinnati 2007 Thread

[jenhatter06]

... Lleyton and JCF scraped through in 3 ..... Dima loses in 3 to Benneteau (but wins doubles!) .... bummer for Murray, the Tommys, and Mardy (sad luck drawing Stepanek in round 1) .....



.... and thanks all for the pics and articles/interviews!

[Annie]

Yesterday's full results. Thanks Jen for constant updates

Singles - First Round
[WC] R Ginepri (USA) d J Bjorkman (SWE) 63 63
J Monaco (ARG) d [Q] F Lopez (ESP) 64 67(5) 63
[Q] J Benneteau (FRA) d D Tursunov (RUS) 64 36 63
L Hewitt (AUS) d S Wawrinka (SUI) 75 36 76(5)
J Ferrero (ESP) d [Q] O Rochus (BEL) 61 36 75
A Clement (FRA) d P Mathieu (FRA) 64 62
P Kohlschreiber (GER) d A Calleri (ARG) 76(2) 26 76(7) - Saved 1 MP
R Stepanek (CZE) d M Fish (USA) 75 76(3)
M Baghdatis (CYP) d [14] A Murray (GBR) 61 62
[Q] J del Potro (ARG) d [15] G Canas (ARG) 62 62
[9] J Blake (USA) d [Q] A Falla (COL) 76(5) 61
M Ancic (CRO) d [12] T Haas (GER) 36 76(3) 63 welcome back Bambi!!!!!!

Singles - Second Round
[3] A Roddick (USA) d F Verdasco (ESP) 76(3) 62
J Nieminen (FIN) d [7] T Robredo (ESP) 64 61

Doubles - First Round
D Tursunov (RUS) / R Wassen (NED) d (alt) D Hrbaty (SVK) / P-H Mathieu (FRA) 46 62 10-5 (Match TB) ;D ;D
N Djokovic (SRB) / N Zimonjic (SRB) d [WC] E Butorac (USA) / S Querrey (USA) 63 64
T Berdych (CZE) / N Kiefer (GER) d F Gonzalez (CHI) / I Ljubicic (CRO) 64 76(2)
[WC] A Delic (USA) / J Isner (USA) d A Pavel (ROU) / A Waske (GER) 76(5) 75


Good luck to Kolya and Misha today

[davis]

admin said:

Yesterday's full results. Thanks Jen for constant updates

Singles - First Round
M Ancic (CRO) d [12] T Haas (GER) 36 76(3) 63 welcome back Bambi!!!!!!

MARIO!!!! ;D Since the match started so late I just watched the first set and a break by Tommy in the second and went to bed expecting a quick and easy win for my fellow German. Boy, I was pleasantly surprised this morning!

BTW, what happened to the "Dream Team" Rafa and Richie? I wonder which one of them cancelled their Doubles ?

[maryb]

justsafin said:

The one good thing is that Marat is delighted with the way he and his new coach Hernan Gumy are working together and as such they have extended their initial contract which ran until after the US Open to the end of the year. At the end of the year they will re - evaluate the situation and all being well continue together next year.

For Gawd's sake Big Yin, his initial contract was only up until the US Open? Give the bloke a chance. Then ... if you opt to go for coach number 9, I'll do it. ;D

PS Anne, I may be old but I'm well-preserved. Granted the knees, hearing ... and now obviously the sight are going.

I still have all my own teeth. ;D

[Dina]

Today's results so far:

Berdych - Clément 7-6, 7-6
Blake - Kiefer 6-4, 6-4
Moya - Djokovic 6-4, 6-1 ;D
Querrey - Youzhny 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 why oh why?!!!!!
Del Potro - Kohlschreiber 6-1, 2-6, 6-4
Monaco - Nadal 7-6, 4-1 (nadal withdrew!)
Melzer - Ancic 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 Bambi!!!!!!
Almagro - Ljubicic 6-4, 6-4
Hewitt - Gasquet 6-1, 3-2 (gasquet withdrew!) ;D ;D
Ferrero - Gonzalez 6-2, 7-6 ;D
Ferrer - Stepanek 6-2, 7-5
Nieminen - Robredo 6-4, 6-1
Roddick - Verdasco 7-6, 6-2 ;D

looks like the people are mostly tired! well they must be looking forward NY!

[jenhatter06]

dina said:

Moya - Djokovic 6-4, 6-1 ;D
Monaco - Nadal 7-6, 4-1 (nadal withdrew!)
Hewitt - Gasquet 6-1, 3-2 (gasquet withdrew!) ;D ;D

YaY Carlos! ... Stunned when I got home to hear about Rafa and Richie ... bummer for Novak and Mikhail

..... also interesting, like Novak, Ivanovic lost today in Montreal after having won on Sunday (in LA)

davis said:

BTW, what happened to the "Dream Team" Rafa and Richie? I wonder which one of them cancelled their Doubles ?

Wondered that myself .... on the draw itself, it stated the reason for withdrawal was because of Richie's hand, which then didn't hold up today

admin said:

Yesterday's full results. Thanks Jen for constant updates

No prob! ..... tis a pleasure being amongst wonderful people who enjoy tennis as much as I do!


Late afternoon/night session winners: Davydenko (in 3), Federer (SS) and Baghdatis (in 3)

[jenhatter06]

OOP - Thursday (... it's Thursday again already? ... days are just flying by, for me anyway )

Center - start 11 am
Moya v del Potro (Vamos Carlos!)
NB 1 - Ferrer v Roddick
Federer v Baghdatis
NB 7 - Ferrero v Blake

Grandstand - start 11 am
Almagro v Nieminen
Melzer v Hewiit
Querrey v Monaco
Davydenko v Berdych

could-be-interesting-shame-they-don't-show-them doubles matches tomorrow .... Djokovic/Zimonjic play Bjorkman/Miryni, Damm/Paes play Benneteau/Clement

[Annie]

Here are some doubles results from yesterday
Doubles - First Round
M Fyrstenberg (POL) / M Matkowski (POL) d F Cermak (CZE) / J Nieminen (FIN) 63 36 10-5 (Match TB)
M Bhupathi (IND) / J Murray (GBR) d J Monaco (ARG) / T Perry (AUS) 76(1) 67(5) 10-3 (Match TB)
N Almagro (ESP) / D Ferrer (ESP) d J Melzer (AUT) / T Robredo (ESP) 63 63


Doubles - Second Round
[5] P Hanley (AUS) / K Ullyett (ZIM) d [WC] A Delic (USA) / J Isner (USA) 76(5) 36 11-9 (Match TB) - Saved 1 M.P.
[7] L Dlouhy (CZE) / P Vizner (CZE) d D Tursunov (RUS) / R Wassen (NED) 62 63 8)

[davis]

Oh boy, the tennis pros are doing their best to ensure that Roger will win Cincinnatti There's not a single seeded player left in his half of the draw and also no potential unseeded threat - Fed will undoubtedly crush Baghdatis tonight and should also breeze through against players like Moya or Hewitt.
As for the other half, I'm happy to see 5 seeded players still standing - but none of them is a Fed-threat. Kolya chokes every time and has been hit by the Federer curse and Andy doesn't seem to be able to convert either. Good luck to Sam Querrey and Tomas Berdych, my favorite (but unlikely) Semi final set-up.

What a shame that Rafa and Richie had to retire Also sorry for Mario who fought admirably against Melzer but lost 7-9 in the third set tie break. As for Novak - I expected him to crash out early; even Roger proved time and again that it's nearly impossible to play two successful Masters Series in a row, especially in soaring heat. Plus, try to push yourself again after such a grandiose tourney like Montreal. He can rest now for the USOpen and do wonderful things there

I'm off for the weekend so good bye for a few days. See you all in time for NYC ;D

P.S.:

admin said:

Here are some doubles results from yesterday, including Mitya's second round win ;D
Doubles - Second Round
[[7] L Dlouhy (CZE) / P Vizner (CZE) d D Tursunov (RUS) / R Wassen (NED) 62 63 8) ;D

Dearest Admin, please explain - it looks as if Mitya lost?! VERY confusing post ;D

[Annie]

OK dearest admin is fast asleep LMAO ;D sorry for confusion

[Dina]

Today's results so far!(I don't wait for the fed-baghdatis match I have my own pronostics for that match! )

Querrey - Monaco 6-3, 7-5
Ferrer - Roddick 7-6, 6-4 you must be kidding me A-Rod!!!
Hewitt - Melzer 6-3, 6-3 ;D thank you for lighting it up
Almagro - Nieminen 6-2, 6-2
Moya - Del Potro 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 ;D (Marat take some note of the positive attitude!!! )

[Annie]

Kolya Davydenko has just beaten Tomas Berdych 6/3 6/2 ;D

A very tired looking Federer has managed to scrape through past Baghdatis 7/6 7/5

[jenhatter06]

Blake d JCF 61 64 (JCF was playing with some pretty nasty-looking gashes on his leg from a golf cart accident 3-4 days ago)

Djokovic/Zimonjic win their doubles match 10-7 in the match TB after losing the first set in a TB !

Shame for Andy .... but a big YAY for Carlos!

[jenhatter06]

OOP - Friday

Center
10 am start - Dlouhy-Vizner v Knowles-Nestor
NB 12 - Moya v Hewitt
Federer v Almagro
NB 8 - Blake v Querrey
Davydenko v Ferrer

Grandstand
Erlich-Ram v Djokovic-Zimonjic
Damm-Paes v Hanley-Ullyett
Aspelin-Knowle v Bryan-Bryan

[hellanvodka]

jenhatter06 said:

OOP - Friday

Center

NB 12 - Moya v Hewitt

Thanks Jen
;D ;D ;D Vamos Carlos!!!!!!!!! crash LH to chips!!!!