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Post by davis on Aug 7, 2009 8:58:13 GMT 3
ROGERS CUP
MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA
AUGUST 10-16, 2009Prize Money: US $3,000,000 (US $2,430,000) 56 MAIN DRAW/28 QUALIFYING DRAW SITE: Stade Uniprix 285 Faillon St. West Montreal, Quebec, H2R-2W1–Canada SURFACE: Hard court BALL: Penn Masters Series PRIZE MONEY: U.S. Dollars–Paid by ATP WEB SITE: www3.rogerscup.com/men/english/home.phpQualifying draw: Friday, August 7, 9:00 p.m. Main draw: Friday, August 7, 3:00 p.m.Doubles draw: Saturday, August 8, 6:00 p.m. ATP Ranking Points W: 1000 F: 600 SF: 360 QF: 180 R16: 90 R32: 45 (Seeds 1-8: 0) R64: 10 (WC: 0) Q: +25 Q14: 14 Q28: 0 Entry deadline: June 29, 2009 Seeding: August 3, 2009 1 Nadal, Rafael ESP 1 2 Federer, Roger SUI 2 3 Murray, Andy GBR 3 4 Djokovic, Novak SRB 4 5 Del Potro, Juan Martin ARG 5 6 Roddick, Andy USA 6 7 Simon, Gilles FRA 7 8 Verdasco, Fernando ESP 8 9 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried FRA 9 10 Gonzalez, Fernando CHI 10 11 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 11 12 Soderling, Robin SWE 12 13 Cilic, Marin CRO 13 14 Monfils, Gael FRA 14 15 Robredo, Tommy ESP 15 16 Wawrinka, Stanislas SUI 18 17 Berdych, Tomas CZE 20 18 Ferrer, David ESP 21 19 Tursunov, Dmitry RUS 22 20 Stepanek, Radek CZE 23 21 Safin, Marat RUS 2422 Fish, Mardy USA 25 23 Andreev, Igor RUS 26 24 Lopez, Feliciano ESP 27 25 Hanescu, Victor ROU 28 26 Schuettler, Rainer GER 29 27 Melzer, Jurgen AUT 30 28 Troicki, Viktor SRB 31 29 Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 32 30 Haas, Tommy GER 34 31 Kiefer, Nicolas GER 35 32 Karlovic, Ivo CRO 36 33 Mathieu, Paul-Henri FRA 38 34 Kunitsyn, Igor RUS 39 35 Chardy, Jeremy FRA 41 36 Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo ESP 42 37 Acasuso, Jose ARG 43 38 Youzhny, Mikhail RUS 44 IN Zverev, Mischa GER 45 IN Sela, Dudi ISR 46 IN Querrey, Sam USA 47 IN Serra, Florent FRA 54 IN Petzschner, Philipp GER 55 IN Hewitt, Lleyton AUS 56 45 (SE) 46 (Q) 47 (Q) 48 (Q) 49 (Q) 50 (Q) 51 (Q) 52 (Q) 53 (WC) Dancevic, Frank CAN 54 (WC) Polansky, Peter CAN 55 (WC) Niemeyer, Fred CAN 56 (WC)
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Post by SAFINNO1 on Aug 7, 2009 23:34:43 GMT 3
Draw is out here it is
Safin v Monfils
Make of it what you want!
I wont be around during Montreal so see you in Cincy maybe
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Post by justsafin on Aug 8, 2009 2:30:54 GMT 3
Draw is out here it is Safin v Monfils  Hope Big Yin don't repeat the same drama again! VAMOS! |
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Post by Annie on Aug 10, 2009 8:35:49 GMT 3
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Post by Dina on Aug 10, 2009 20:50:28 GMT 3
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Post by maryb on Aug 10, 2009 23:19:14 GMT 3
Hey, my Big Pixie even made his fairy godmother go WOOF! there! ;D He's looking good (and happy!) ... let's translate that to the match Big Yin!  Can we focus on this match ... and not on any past results or anxieties? New match, new approach. I expect my Big Pixie to come up with Russki magic ... and I will be getting up at midnight to watch ... even though I have a meeting tomorrow ...  Make me proud ... again, my Big Pixie.  I take it as read that the blonde/brunette/redhead is back in the box until after the USO? (delete as applicable ...) ;D You can play with them as much as you want when you retire! Better get the flask of tea ready ... Jeez, 'I'm aff ma heid' ... as we say in Scotland ... FG PS I believe that Bet 365 have a livestream tonight ... see some of you then ... |
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Post by justsafin on Aug 11, 2009 3:17:01 GMT 3
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Post by maryb on Aug 11, 2009 4:03:14 GMT 3
6-2 3-6 6-2 to Monfils. Damn.  Chin up Big Yin - glad to see that at least you were fighting ... and had the first break in the third opener. Missed the first set completely - my Broadband went down. Classic timing. G'night ... FG |
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Post by justsafin on Aug 11, 2009 4:20:51 GMT 3
6-2 3-6 6-2 to Monfils. Damn. Chin up Big Yin - glad to see that at least you were fighting ... and had the first break in the third opener. Missed the first set completely - my Broadband went down. Classic timing. G'night ... FG Had the first break in the third opener and ended up losing the match...how sad  Hope he will have some great results by the end of this year! |
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Post by Annie on Aug 11, 2009 9:48:39 GMT 3
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Post by Annie on Aug 11, 2009 9:50:29 GMT 3
Monfils moves on to round two
France’s Gaël Monfils, ranked 13th in the world, has advanced to the second round of the Rogers Cup presented by National Bank, with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 win over former world No.1 Marat Safin Monday evening at the Uniprix Stadium.
During a period of one and a half sets, Safin – the 2000 US Open champion and 2005 Australian Open champion – gave Monfils quite a fright. In complete control of his volleys and passing shots, he took the second set and opened the decisive set with a service break.
Down 2-0 in the final set, Monfils lifted his level of play, winning six straight games to knock off the 61st player in the world.
The match, played under an unbearable humidity at times, lasted one hour and 49 minutes. It was mainly Safin’s inability to control his first serve (51% compared to 66% for his rival) that the Russian sacrificed his chances of victory. He nailed seven aces and committed five double faults, while Monfils hit 10 aces and only had one double fault.
He gave up 13 break points to the Frenchman, who converted five of them. Monfils, on the other hand, only had to save two break points – once in the second set and once at the start of the third – but Safin was too strong and managed to take advantage both times.
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Post by SAFINNO1 on Aug 11, 2009 17:30:02 GMT 3
Another tournament ticked off the farewell tour.
Ball Striking seems okayish - but its match toughness that is not there!
Nice to see Teimuraz Gabashvilli in Marats camp supporting his compatriot!
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Post by Dina on Aug 11, 2009 19:20:41 GMT 3
very funny stuff!!! never realized how overprotective big bro he could be... ah Marat Marat! will so miss you inspite of all!!! sighs!
Post match interview
ROGERS CUP
August 10, 2009
MONTREAL, QUEBEC
G. MONFILS/M. Safin
6-2, 3-6, 6-2
THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.
Q. It was a slow start?
MARAT SAFIN: Yeah, definitely. It made a huge difference. If start different, would have been faster, I think I would finish in two sets. I started to play well. I slipped away in the third set, but definitely a terrible first set.
Q. (Indiscernible.)
MARAT SAFIN: No, just a little bit too nervous. I was a little bit -- a little bit slow. Couldn't move properly. Didn't serve well. A lot of mistakes without moving, so it's tough. I was a little bit too nervous.
Q. Can we say this year that you've played as well as ever but not for long enough time in matches?
MARAT SAFIN: Yeah. Well, lack of confidence, also, because when you get -- I lost a lot of matches when I was really close. I think I couldn't close it in Miami, couldn't close it in Rome, Monte-Carlo.
If I would close these matches, I think I would be in a different position and definitely I would be closer to top 20, and of course it would give me much more confidence and then these kind of matches, they don't slip away.
Q. Once again, played well. He was coming back from a long letdown?
MARAT SAFIN: Yeah. Well, the guy, you know, whole time he's injured, and he's -- he's okay. He's good, good athlete. He tries his best. He runs, he fights. Sometimes a little bit he goes for too much with the dancing story. It's a part of his game. Well, he's a good athlete.
Q. What made the difference in the third set? You were a break up.
MARAT SAFIN: Well, I stopped -- I stopped and started to get a little bit -- I got tight in the 3-2. Didn't serve any first serves. Just pushed the ball in the middle of the court, and I made -- he didn't do anything special from 3-2. He just played, put his first serve in, and I missed everything basically. It was not -- it was not incredible, his game.
Q. What's your motivation going towards the US Open now?
MARAT SAFIN: Well, my motivation is to finish up the year, so I'm not really -- I'm a different -- my way is a little bit different than for other players. They try to get as many points as they can. I try to win some matches and enjoy it.
End of the season and end of my career, so it's a little bit different. Maybe I get a little bit more extra pressure than other guys, because I want to finish up in a right note. But it's getting tough, but I can -- it will wait.
Q. How much would you like to win a title before you retire?
MARAT SAFIN: Well, I'm realistic. I know I'm not going to win it. There is no way.
At least -- just enjoy it, you know. It's difficult. It's getting tougher and tougher with the tournaments. With the more time I spend on the court, it's getting really tough. It really gets into you, and it's not easy to play.
Every match is -- it's a battle. It's very tough to motivate. It's very tough not to choke in important moments. For some reason I should be other way around. I should enjoy it more. But I want to finish up nicely.
It's getting into my head in important moments so that's why sometimes I stop. My legs are stopping and a little bit -- I get a little bit tight.
Q. Can an old journalist make a suggestion here?
MARAT SAFIN: Yeah.
Q. How about, when you get nervous, a little vodka?
MARAT SAFIN: I'll have a lot of plans to do it afterwards.
Q. Did you enjoy some part of the match tonight?
MARAT SAFIN: Yeah, I've been playing well. Some of the points were great, a lot of great games. Important moments, like at the 3-2, I should have hold my serve 4-2, and it would be a different story. It slipped away.
Slips away. I don't have a grip on important moments. I wanted too much. So I know what I have to do, but it's difficult when you're out there. You know, it, and but doesn't have -- it slips away, and I feel it.
Q. Your sister once said she never has a press conference without being asked about you.
MARAT SAFIN: All right. You want to ask me about her?
Q. Can you enjoy it when she's playing well like she has the past year? Is it fun to watch her?
MARAT SAFIN: Her?
Q. Because after years when she wasn't playing so well, are you enjoying it now?
MARAT SAFIN: I'm enjoying it, but she -- she's a hard worker. So for her, everything is like a battle. She wants it. She wants it badly. She spends so much time on court. I think she is more professional than all the players together.
So when she's trying and she's -- nobody believed that she's going to be No. 1 in the world. Nobody believed that she going to be top 10 even two, three years ago.
So look where she is right now. A lot of people they giving her trouble, okay, she's No. 1 in the world but she never won a Grand Slam.
So it's a little bit -- it gets tough on her. But she's there. She's fighting. She's trying. I'm really proud of her that she can stand, and I tell everybody to **** off basically in every press conference. I would do this way, but unfortunately she's very polite to you guys.
But I'm really proud that she's holding up herself even though that's somebody can be really rough on her. She's there. I hope she can be No. 1 for a long time so she can prove to everybody that they can go **** themselves.
Q. When she became No. 1 and joined you as the only brother/sister as No. 1, did you have a celebration together?
MARAT SAFIN: We will. I'm really proud. I'm not proud of myself so much as I'm proud of my sister because she's -- everybody spoke about me. I know she's the younger one. I was No. 1 in the world, and everybody expected from her, well, we'll see where she can get to. And she made it. She pulled through and became No. 1 in the world.
Well, she's in -- in every Grand Slam she's in the semifinal. She's getting to the finals. So it really makes me proud to have such a great sister, and I'm going to leave something, or our family will leave something in tennis.
Q. Now that you stopped, what about coaching her?
MARAT SAFIN: Oh, you want me to hang myself? (laughter.)
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Post by safinette on Aug 11, 2009 20:35:32 GMT 3
LOL! He's unique.
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Post by Dina on Aug 12, 2009 13:36:04 GMT 3
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Make me proud ... again, my Big Pixie. 
I take it as read that the blonde/brunette/redhead is back in the box until after the USO? (delete as applicable ...) ;D You can play with them as much as you want when you retire!
