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Post by davis on Oct 23, 2008 21:45:58 GMT 3
Okay, St. Petersburg is history, at least for Marat  . Let's move on to his last tournament of the season. He'll better do well in Paris: I will be there and personally kick his ass if he doesn't. ;D BNP PARIBAS MASTERS
PARIS, FRANCE
SUNDAY 26 OCTOBER-2 NOVEMBER 2008 (SUNDAY START)
Prize Money: €2,270,000 (€2,057,000)
48 DRAW (Q24)WEB SITE: www.fft.fr/bnpparibasmasters/2008_enQualifying draw: Friday, October 24, 9:00 p.m. Main draw: Friday, October 24, 6:30 p.m.Doubles draw: Saturday, October 25, 6:00 p.m.
ATP Ranking Points/ATP Race PointsW: 500/100 F: 350/70 SF: 225/45 QF: 125/25 R16: 75/15 R32: 35/7 (Seeds: 5/1) R64: 5/1 (WC: 0/0) Q: +15/+3 Q12: 8/0 Q24: 0/0 MAIN DRAWNadal (1) Llodra vs. Qualifier Safin vs. QualifierMonfils (16)Wawrinka (12) Qualifier vs. Berdych Qualifier vs. Qualifier Davydenko (6)Murray (4) Baghdatis vs.Querrey Robredo vs. Chardy (WC) Verdasco (15)Del Potro (9) Ancic vs. Schuettler Kiefer vs. Karlovic Nalbandian (8)Roddick (7) Tipsarevic vs. Lopez Mathieu vs. Andreev Simon (10)Tsonga (13) Gicquel vs. Stepanek Mannarino (WC) vs. Tursunov Djokovic (3)Ferrer (5) Kohlschreiber vs. Youzhny Qualifier vs. Nieminen Blake (11)
Gasquet (14) Cilic vs. Seppi Ouanna (WC) vs. Soderling Federer (2) |
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Post by maryb on Oct 23, 2008 21:52:10 GMT 3
Okay, St. Petersburg is history, at least for Marat . Let's move on to his last tournament of the season. He'll better do well in Paris: I will be there and personally kick his ass if he doesn't. ;D I'll post you the furry slipper, Davis. Just in case you need it.  |
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Post by SAFINNO1 on Oct 23, 2008 22:04:18 GMT 3
I can honestly say that this place is the only tournament that i believe can capture Marat's brilliance i mean winning this tournament 3 times has to say something - he missed it last year for some backpacking and am hoping with a nice draw he can end the season on a high and in the top 32 for next year which he should be! COME ON MARATSKI!!!!!!!!!!!!! Do it for Anette  |
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Post by SAFINNO1 on Oct 24, 2008 20:20:51 GMT 3
Safin to play a qualifier in the 1st Round
Potential 2nd round against Monfils and
Potential 3rd Round against Rafa!!!!!!!!
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Post by safinbgfan on Oct 24, 2008 20:43:22 GMT 3
What a draw!  |
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Post by Dina on Oct 24, 2008 23:10:31 GMT 3
the best draw ever!!!!!!!! AND I MEAN IT!!!!!!!
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Post by Alya10 on Oct 24, 2008 23:38:45 GMT 3
Okay, draw is in the first post. ;D And to make sure he hears it in St. Petersburg I'll shout very loud: I WANT TO SEE SAFIN - NADAL IN THE THIRD ROUND!!!!!! So, Marat, get your act together and win the first two matches! I'll do all I can to help..  Go for it Annette!!! Whatever helps! ;D Have a great time in Paris, in and out of the Stadium  |
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Post by justsafin on Oct 25, 2008 16:18:44 GMT 3
Just to give you an idea on the task that lies ahead: Here's the Qualifying Draw. Winning his first round match will by no means be easy for Marat. [1] BOLELLI, Simone ITA - GUCCIONE, Chris AUS [WC] GUEZ, David FRA - [8] SERRA, Florent FRA[2] LJUBICIC, Ivan CRO - RECOUDERC, Laurent FRA [WC] LUGASSY, Gary FRA – [10] CANAS, Guillermo ARG[3] MONACO, Juan ARG - [WC] EYSSERIC, Jonathan FRA [WC] RODRIGUES, Mathieu FRA – [12] LAPENTTI, Nicolas ECU[4] GRANOLLERS, Marcel ESP - SIDORENKO, Alexandre FRA MAHUT, Nicolas FRA – [9] DEVILDER, Nicolas FRA
[5] TROICKI, Viktor SRB - VLIEGEN, Kristof BEL ROCHUS, Olivier BEL - [7] GARCIA-LOPEZ, Guillermo ESP[6] GINEPRI, Robby USA - CLEMENT, Arnaud FRA [Alt] DASNIERESDE VEIGY, Jonathan FRA – [11] NAVARRO, Ivan ESPWhat a decent line-up for qualis! |
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Post by jenhatter06 on Oct 26, 2008 3:23:20 GMT 3
BNP Paribas Masters To Decide Last 3 Tickets To Shanghai The BNP Paribas Masters begins Sunday with three singles berths to Tennis Masters Cup up for grabs. So far only Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and Niklay Davydenko have clinched their spots. The final three doubles spots to Tennis Masters Cup also will be decided in Paris. There are four former champions in the tournament, led by last year's winner David Nalbandian, Davydenko (2006), Tomas Berdych (2005) and three-time champ Marat Safin (2000, '02, '04). Overall, every player in the Top 10 and 18 of the Top 20 in the South African Airways ATP Rankings are in the draw. There are 10 players in contention for three singles positions remaining for the season-ending Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai. Last year Nalbandian came into Paris No. 25 in the ATP Race before jumping to No. 9 with the title. In addition, Frenchman Richard Gasquet went from No. 13 to No. 8 after reaching the semifinals in Paris to qualify for Shanghai. The field is led by World No. 1 and last year's runner-up Rafael Nadal, who leads the ATP circuit with eight titles and an 80-10 match record. The Spaniard will meet the winner of Michael Llodra and a qualifier in his opening round match and the first seed he could meet is No. 16 Gael Monfils in the third round. Monfils opens with Safin or a qualifier. In the quarterfinals, Nadal could play No. 6 Nikolay Davydenko (Nadal leads 3-1) or No. 12 Stanislas Wawrinka (Nadal leads 3-0). In the second quarter of the draw, No. 4 seed and Madrid champion Andy Murray takes on the winner of Marcos Baghdatis (Baghdatis leads 2-0) and Sam Querrey (Murray leads 1-0). The first seed Murray could meet is No. 15 Fernando Verdasco (they played in St. Petersburg semifinals) in the third round. Verdasco plays the winner of Tommy Robredo and French wild card Jeremy Chardy. In the quarterfinals, Murray could encounter No. 8/defending champ David Nalbandian (Nalbandian leads 1-0) or No. 9 Juan Martin del Potro (Murray leads 2-0). Nalbandian and del Potro have played each other the past two weeks (Madrid, Basel). In the bottom half of the draw (third quarter), No. 3 Novak Djokovic plays the winner of wild card Adrian Mannarino and Dmitry Tursunov in his opening round and the first seed he could face is No. 13 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (tied 1-1) in the third round. Djokovic beat the Frenchman in this year's Australian Open final before Tsonga won the last meeting in the Bangkok final last month. Tsonga meets countryman Marc Gicquel or Radek Stepanek in his opening round match. In the quarterfinals, Djokovic could meet No. 7 Andy Roddick or No. 10 Gilles Simon. Roddick plays the winner of Janko Tipsarevic (tied 1-1) and Feliciano Lopez (Roddick leads 4-0). Simon's first opponent is between the winner of countryman Paul-Henri Mathieu (Mathieu leads 3-0) and Igor Andreev (Simon leads 2-0). Both Roddick and Simon are battling for the three remaining spots for the Tennis Masters Cup. Roddick is No. 6 in the ATP 2008 Race and Simon is No. 8 (as of Friday). In the final quarter of the draw, No. 2 Roger Federer, who's best result in Paris was the quarterfinals (2002-03), plays the winner of wild card Josselin Ouanna (never played) and Robin Soderling (Federer leads 7-0) in his opening round match. The first seed the Swiss could meet is No. 14 Richard Gasquet in the third round (Federer leads 6-1) and in the quarterfinals he could play No. 5 David Ferrer (Federer leads 8-0) or No. 11 James Blake (Federer leads 8-1). Ferrer and Blake enter Paris No. 9 and No. 10, respectively, in the ATP 2008 Race, and they could meet in the third round (Blake leads 1-0). www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/paris_preview.aspHave fun, Annette! ;D
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Post by maratski on Oct 26, 2008 21:39:58 GMT 3
Hope this last one give him a good result and trust for the next season !
Marat's needs a lot of trust !!!
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Post by Alya10 on Oct 26, 2008 22:42:14 GMT 3
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Post by SAFINNO1 on Oct 26, 2008 23:14:08 GMT 3
The best draw Marat could have hoped for reallly - just ranked outside top 50 and obv is a clay court player at best - not really got a great indoor/hard court pedigree with a very safe game - likes to run but wont have the power to strike blow to blow with Marat - aswell can be prone to throw in some errors
Beat N Lappenti and a qualy both in 3 sets to reach Main Draw
They have never played each other before
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Post by Dina on Oct 26, 2008 23:22:54 GMT 3
what time would that be in Paris?
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Post by Anne on Oct 26, 2008 23:32:35 GMT 3
what time would that be in Paris? Taken that each match will take about 2 hours, I guess it will be around 15.00 local time. Any livestreams available? Haven't checked it out myself yet. Btw, this could either be the best or the worst draw ever. At least he has some good matches to end the year! I really really hope to see a 3rd round match against Nadal. That would be awesome!!! Good luck Marat:)! |
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Post by maryb on Oct 27, 2008 1:47:47 GMT 3
If the boy reaches the third round - and he should - Rafa has had a long, and tiring year. If ever there was a time to run the legs off him, this is it. Go for it Big Yin. Net play WILL be necessary to beat him. ;D In the meantime, let's get past the first 2 rounds ... concentrate. No more brain cramps, you're only indulging yourself ... and irritating your fairy godmother again. Let me see the magic again. No faffing. I will even leave work early tomorrow to try to catch some of the match. Fingers crossed the first 2 matches drag on ... and on ... |
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. Let's move on to his last tournament of the season. 
