[JeorgeNoxeref]

Tournament Name: BARCELONA OPEN BANC SABADELL
BARCELONA, SPAIN
Dates: 23–29 APRIL 2012
Prize Money: €1,627,500 (Total Financial Commitment €2,072,500)
SITE: REAL CLUB DE TENIS BARCELONA 1899
BOSCH i GIMPERA 5-13
08034 BARCELONA
SURFACE: CLAY
BALL: DUNLOP FORT CLAY COURT
WEB SITE: www.barcelonaopenbancosabadell.com

Qualifying draw: Friday, April 20, 9:00 p.m.
Main draw: Saturday, April 21, Noon
Doubles draw: Saturday, April 21, 2:00 p.m.

ATP Ranking Points
W: 500
F: 300
SF: 180
QF: 90
R16: 45
R32: 20 (Seeds 1-8: 0)
R64: 0
Q: +10
Q14: 4
Q28: 0

Entry deadline: March 12, 2012
Seeding: April 16, 2012

Nadal, Rafael ESP 2
Murray, Andy GBR 4
Ferrer, David ESP 5
Berdych, Tomas CZE 7
Tipsarevic, Janko SRB 10
Almagro, Nicolas ESP 12
Lopez, Feliciano ESP 15
Nishikori, Kei JPN 17
Verdasco, Fernando ESP 19
Monaco, Juan ARG 22
Granollers, Marcel ESP 26
Raonic, Milos CAN 27
Stepanek, Radek CZE 28
Anderson, Kevin RSA 30
Chela, Juan Ignacio ARG 32
Tomic, Bernard AUS 36
Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 43
Nieminen, Jarkko FIN 44
Andujar, Pablo ESP 45
Ferrero, Juan Carlos ESP 48
Rochus, Olivier BEL 49
Bellucci, Thomaz BRA 50
Istomin, Denis UZB 51
Montanes, Albert ESP 53
Haase, Robin NED 55
Ramos, Albert ESP 57
Giraldo, Santiago COL 58
Kukushkin, Mikhail KAZ 65
Falla, Alejandro COL 70
Darcis, Steve BEL 71
Gulbis, Ernests LAT 75
Stakhovsky, Sergiy UKR 76
Kunitsyn, Igor RUS 81
Cipolla, Flavio ITA 82
Machado, Rui POR 83
Rosol, Lukas CZE 84
Gil, Frederico POR 86
Roger-Vasselin, Edouard FRA 87
Hanescu, Victor ROU 90
Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo ESP 92
Paire, Benoit FRA 95
Beck, Andreas GER 96
(SE)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(WC)
(WC)
(WC)
(WC)
(WC)
(WC)

[JeorgeNoxeref]

Doubles Entry List

1 Bryan, Bob (USA)/Bryan, Mike (USA) 2
2 Mirnyi, Max (BLR)/Nestor, Daniel (CAN) 6
3 Fyrstenberg, Mariusz (POL)/Matkowski, Marcin (POL) 18
4 Bhupathi, Mahesh (IND)/Zimonjic, Nenad (SRB) 21
5 Cermak, Frantisek (CZE)/Polasek, Filip (SVK) 42
6 Murray, Andy (GBR)/Murray, Jamie (GBR) 45
7 Marrero, David (ESP)/Verdasco, Fernando (ESP) 45
8 Gonzalez, Santiago (MEX)/Kas, Christopher (GER) 46
9 Marach, Oliver (AUT)/Peya, Alexander (AUT) 47
10 Granollers, Marcel (ESP)/Lopez, Marc (ESP) 50
11 Qureshi, Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK)/Rojer, Jean-Julien (NED) 51
12 Butorac, Eric (USA)/Soares, Bruno (BRA) 55
13 Lipsky, Scott (USA)/Ram, Rajeev (USA) 86
14 Anderson, Kevin (RSA)/Moser, Frank (GER) 90
15 Cabal, Juan Sebastian (COL)/Farah, Robert (COL) 90
16 Erlich, Jonathan (ISR)/Ram, Andy (ISR) 95
17 (OS)
18 (OS)
19 (OS)
20 (OS)
21 (OS)
22 (OS)
23 (WC)
24 (WC)

[sandracuk]

Monte Carlo redux!

[JulieSmithdccd]

Minus Djokovic and Tsonga basically.

[JeorgeNoxeref]

Qualifying Draw

[1] GOFFIN, David BEL v OLASO, Guillermo ESP
WC ROCA BATALLA, Oriol ESP v [11] BRUGUES-DAVI, Arnau ESP

[2] ROBERT, Stephane FRA v CERVENAK, Pavol SVK
FARAH, Robert COL v [14] TOREBKO, Peter GER

[3] MUNOZ-DE LA NAVA, Daniel ESP v JANOWICZ, Jerzy POL
WC SABATE-BRETOS, Oscar ESP v [9] BUBKA, Sergei UKR

[4] DONSKOY, Evgeny RUS v NAVARRO, Ivan ESP
WC SAMPER-MONTANA, Jordi ESP v [8] BEDENE, Aljaz SLO

[5] DELBONIS, Federico ARG v DEVILDER, Nicolas FRA
WC CARBALLES BAENA, Roberto ESP v [13] SCHWANK, Eduardo ARG

[6] SOUSA, Joao POR v ALT DIEZ, Steven CAN
KOROLEV, Evgeny KAZ v [10] VAGNOZZI, Simone ITA

[7] GOLUBEV, Andrey KAZ v CABAL, Juan Sebastian COL
MENENDEZ-MACEIRAS, Adrian ESP v [12] MERTL, Jan CZE


[JeorgeNoxeref]

Main Draw

[1] Rafael Nadal (ESP)/BYE
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) vs Olivier Rochus (BEL)
Qualifier vs Qualifier
Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) vs [16] Pablo Andujar (ESP)

[12] Marcel Granollers (ESP) vs Frederico Gil (POR)
Qualifier vs Igor Kunitsyn (RUS)
Victor Hanescu (ROU) vs Rui Machado (POR)
[5] Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)/BYE

[4] Tomas Berdych (CZE)/BYE
Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) vs Steve Darcis (BEL)
Qualifier vs Qualifier
Malek Jaziri (TUN) vs [13] Kevin Anderson (RSA)

[9] Fernando Verdasco (ESP) vs Andreas Beck (GER)
Benoit Paire (FRA) vs Lukas Rosol (CZE)
Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP) vs Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ)
[8] Kei Nishikori (JPN)/BYE

[7] Feliciano Lopez (ESP)/BYE
Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) vs Flavio Cipolla (ITA)
Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) vs [WC] Javier Marti (ESP)
[WC] Ruben Ramirez-Hidalgo (ESP) vs [10] Radek Stepanek (CZE)

[15] Bernard Tomic (AUS) vs Ernests Gulbis (LAT)
Albert Montanes (ESP) vs [WC] Gerard Granollers-Pujol (ESP)
[WC] Filip Krajinovic (SRB) vs [WC] Inigo Cervantes (ESP)
[3] David Ferrer (ESP)/BYE

[6] Nicolas Almagro (ESP)/BYE
Denis Istomin (UZB) vs Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)
Igor Andreev (RUS) vs Diego Junqueira (ARG)
Alejandro Falla (COL) vs [11] Milos Raonic (CAN)

[14] Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG) vs Santiago Giraldo (COL)
Qualifier vs Robin Haase (NED)
Qualifier vs Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR)
[2] Andy Murray (GBR)/BYE

[JeorgeNoxeref]

Monday, April 23, 2012

PISTA CENTRAL Start 11:00 am

Pablo Andujar (ESP)/Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) v David Marrero (ESP)/Fernando Verdasco (ESP)
Not Before 1:30 PM
Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) v [WC] Javier Marti (ESP)
Alejandro Falla (COL) v [11] Milos Raonic (CAN)
[WC] Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP) v [10] Radek Stepanek (CZE)
Albert Montanes (ESP) v [WC] Gerard Granollers-Pujol (ESP)

PISTA 1 Start 11:00 am

[WC] Filip Krajinovic (SRB) v [WC] Inigo Cervantes (ESP)
[18] Denis Istomin (UZB) v Santiago Giraldo (COL
[Q] Andrey Golubev (KAZ) v Steve Darcis (BEL)
[Q] Sergei Bubka (UKR) v Robin Haase (NED)
Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL)/Robert Farah (COL) v Nicolas Almagro (ESP)/Albert Ramos (ESP)

PISTA 2 Start 11:00 am

Benoit Paire (FRA) v Lukas Rosol (CZE)
[LL] Stephane Robert (FRA) v Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)
[Q] Joao Sousa (POR) v Igor Kunitsyn (RUS)
[LL] Evgeny Donskoy (RUS) v Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR)
[Q] Aljaz Bedene (SLO) v [Q] Federico Delbonis (ARG)

[JeorgeNoxeref]

SCHEDULE - TUESDAY, 24 APRIL, 2012

PISTA CENTRAL start 11:00 am

[15] B Tomic (AUS) vs E Gulbis (LAT)
Not Before 1:30 PM
[9] F Verdasco (ESP) vs S Darcis (BEL)
S Stakhovsky (UKR) vs [2] A Murray (GBR)
[6] N Almagro (ESP) vs E Roger-Vasselin (FRA)
[Q] D Goffin (BEL) vs [16] P Andujar (ESP)

PISTA 1 start 11:00 am

D Gimeno-Traver (ESP) vs M Kukushkin (KAZ)
[12] M Granollers (ESP) vs F Gil (POR)
G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) vs O Rochus (BEL)
[17] A Ramos (ESP) vs A Beck (GER)
[LL] A Brugues-Davi (ESP) vs [Q] R Farah (COL)

PISTA 2 start 11:00 am

M Jaziri (TUN) vs [13] K Anderson (RSA)
I Andreev (RUS) vs D Junqueira (ARG)
V Hanescu (ROU) vs R Machado (POR)
Not Before 4:30 PM
P Lorenzi (ITA) vs F Cipolla (ITA)
R Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP) / E Schwank (ARG) vs J Erlich (ISR) / A Ram (ISR)

PISTA 3 start 2:00 pm

E Butorac (USA) / B Soares (BRA) vs S Lipsky (USA) / R Ram (USA)
R Haase (NED) / J Nieminen (FIN) vs [WC] D Gimeno-Traver (ESP) / A Montanes (ESP)
M Elgin (RUS) / D Istomin (UZB) vs [WC] I Cervantes (ESP) / G Granollers-Pujol (ESP)

[gariharrr]

RESULTS
Singles - First Round
[11] M Raonic (CAN) d A Falla (COL) 64 76(3)
S Giraldo (COL) d [18] D Istomin (UZB) 76(3) 64
[Q] J Sousa (POR) d I Kunitsyn (RUS) 76(5) 63
S Darcis (BEL) d [Q] A Golubev (KAZ) 46 76(2) 76(5)
[Q] F Delbonis (ARG) d [Q] A Bedene (SLO) 63 75
B Paire (FRA) d L Rosol (CZE) 63 75
J Nieminen (FIN) d [WC] J Marti (ESP) 64 61
[LL] E Schwank (ARG) d [WC] R Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP) 26 64 60
A Montanes (ESP) d [WC] G Granollers-Pujol (ESP) 75 62
[WC] F Krajinovic (SRB) d [WC] I Cervantes (ESP) 62 64
E Roger-Vasselin (FRA) d [LL] S Robert (FRA) 62 63
R Haase (NED) d [Q] S Bubka (UKR) 61 32 ret. (ankle)
S Stakhovsky (UKR) d [LL] E Donskoy (RUS) 62 63

Doubles - First Round
D Marrero (ESP) / F Verdasco (ESP) d P Andujar (ESP) / G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 76(1) 61
N Almagro (ESP) / A Ramos (ESP) d J Cabal (COL) / R Farah (COL) 26 64 10-6

[emingeRek]

RESULTS
Singles - First Round
...
R Haase (NED) d [Q] S Bubka (UKR) 61 32 ret. (ankle)

If I were one of the players, I don't walk out on a court against Robin Haase until the clay season is over.
Or tape my ankles with duct tape...

[JeorgeNoxeref]

SCHEDULE - WEDNESDAY, 25 APRIL, 2012

PISTA CENTRAL start 11:00 am

[15] B Tomic (AUS) vs A Montanes (ESP)
Not Before 1:30 PM
[WC] F Krajinovic (SRB) vs [3] D Ferrer (ESP)
[1] R Nadal (ESP) vs G Garcia-Lopez (ESP)
[7] F Lopez (ESP) vs F Cipolla (ITA)
V Hanescu (ROU) vs [5] J Tipsarevic (SRB)

PISTA 1 start 11:00 am

M Kukushkin (KAZ) vs [8] K Nishikori (JPN)
I Andreev (RUS) vs [11] M Raonic (CAN)
[17] A Ramos (ESP) vs B Paire (FRA)
[1] B Bryan (USA) / M Bryan (USA) vs D Marrero (ESP) / F Verdasco (ESP)
[Q] R Farah (COL) vs [16] P Andujar (ESP)

PISTA 2 start 11:00 am

[Q] F Delbonis (ARG) vs [13] K Anderson (RSA)
S Giraldo (COL) vs R Haase (NED)
J Nieminen (FIN) vs [LL] E Schwank (ARG)
A Falla (COL) / S Giraldo (COL) vs M Granollers (ESP) / M Lopez (ESP)
F Gil (POR) vs [Q] J Sousa (POR)

PISTA 3 start 1:00 pm

M Elgin (RUS) / D Istomin (UZB) vs [8] O Marach (AUT) / A Peya (AUT)
A Murray (GBR) / J Murray (GBR) vs K Anderson (RSA) / F Moser (GER) - After Suitable Rest
R Haase (NED) / J Nieminen (FIN) vs [2] M Mirnyi (BLR) / D Nestor (CAN) - After Suitable Rest

[gariharrr]

RESULTS
Singles - Second Round
[2] A Murray (GBR) d S Stakhovsky (UKR) 63 62
[6] N Almagro (ESP) d E Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 75 76(3)
[9] F Verdasco (ESP) d S Darcis (BEL) 63 61

Singles - First Round
F Gil (POR) d [12] M Granollers (ESP) 62 62
[13] K Anderson (RSA) d M Jaziri (TUN) 62 63
[15] B Tomic (AUS) d E Gulbis (LAT) 63 64
[16] P Andujar (ESP) d [Q] D Goffin (BEL) 76(2) 64
[17] A Ramos (ESP) d A Beck (GER) 41 ret. (back)
G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) d O Rochus (BEL) 63 63
[Q] R Farah (COL) d [LL] A Brugues-Davi (ESP) 64 76(3)
V Hanescu (ROU) d R Machado (POR) 63 76(5)
M Kukushkin (KAZ) d D Gimeno-Traver (ESP) 62 63
F Cipolla (ITA) d P Lorenzi (ITA) 60 63
I Andreev (RUS) d D Junqueira (ARG) 62 63

Doubles - First Round
M Elgin (RUS) / D Istomin (UZB) d [WC] I Cervantes (ESP) / G Granollers-Pujol (ESP) 67(5) 63 10-8
J Erlich (ISR) / A Ram (ISR) d R Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP) / E Schwank (ARG) 76(5) 76(4)
E Butorac (USA) / B Soares (BRA) d S Lipsky (USA) / R Ram (USA) 63 63
R Haase (NED) / J Nieminen (FIN) d [WC] D Gimeno-Traver (ESP) / A Montanes (ESP) 57 63 10-4

[JeorgeNoxeref]

SCHEDULE - THURSDAY, 26 APRIL, 2012

PISTA CENTRAL start 11:00 am

[6] N Almagro (ESP) vs [11] M Raonic (CAN)
Not Before 1:30 PM
S Giraldo (COL) vs [2] A Murray (GBR)
[1] R Nadal (ESP) vs [Q] R Farah (COL)
A Montanes (ESP) vs [3] D Ferrer (ESP)
Not Before 5:00 PM
[9] F Verdasco (ESP) vs [13] K Anderson (RSA)

PISTA 1 start 11:00 am

[17] A Ramos (ESP) vs [8] K Nishikori (JPN)
[7] F Lopez (ESP) vs J Nieminen (FIN)
F Gil (POR) vs [5] J Tipsarevic (SRB)
[7] A Qureshi (PAK) / J Rojer (NED) vs A Murray (GBR) / J Murray (GBR)
M Granollers (ESP) / M Lopez (ESP) vs [5] F Cermak (CZE) / F Polasek (SVK)

PISTA 2 start 1:00 pm

E Butorac (USA) / B Soares (BRA) vs [4] M Fyrstenberg (POL) / M Matkowski (POL)
[3] M Bhupathi (IND) / N Zimonjic (SRB) vs J Erlich (ISR) / A Ram (ISR)
[6] S Gonzalez (MEX) / C Kas (GER) vs N Almagro (ESP) / A Ramos (ESP)

[gariharrr]

RESULTS
Singles - Second Round
[1] R Nadal (ESP) d G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 61 62
[3] D Ferrer (ESP) d [WC] F Krajinovic (SRB) 60 63
[5] J Tipsarevic (SRB) d V Hanescu (ROU) 75 64
[7] F Lopez (ESP) d F Cipolla (ITA) 64 63
[8] K Nishikori (JPN) d M Kukushkin (KAZ) 63 46 60
[11] M Raonic (CAN) d I Andreev (RUS) 64 61
[13] K Anderson (RSA) d [Q] F Delbonis (ARG) 76(5) 76(5)
A Montanes (ESP) d [15] B Tomic (AUS) 60 57 75 - saved 4 M.P.
[Q] R Farah (COL) d [16] P Andujar (ESP) 76(8) 46 75
[17] A Ramos (ESP) d B Paire (FRA) 63 75
F Gil (POR) d [Q] J Sousa (POR) 46 64 63
J Nieminen (FIN) d [LL] E Schwank (ARG) 63 67(4) 64
S Giraldo (COL) d R Haase (NED) 64 63

Doubles - Second Round
[1] B Bryan (USA) / M Bryan (USA) d D Marrero (ESP) / F Verdasco (ESP) 57 62 10-7
[2] M Mirnyi (BLR) / D Nestor (CAN) d R Haase (NED) / J Nieminen (FIN) 46 64 14-12
[8] O Marach (AUT) / A Peya (AUT) d M Elgin (RUS) / D Istomin (UZB) 61 46 10-7

Doubles - First Round
M Granollers (ESP) / M Lopez (ESP) d A Falla (COL) / S Giraldo (COL) 76(2) 64
A Murray (GBR) / J Murray (GBR) d K Anderson (RSA) / F Moser (GER) 64 64

[JeorgeNoxeref]

SCHEDULE - FRIDAY, 27 APRIL, 2012

PISTA CENTRAL start 12:30 pm

[11] M Raonic (CAN) vs [2] A Murray (GBR)
[7] F Lopez (ESP) vs [3] D Ferrer (ESP)
[1] R Nadal (ESP) vs [5] J Tipsarevic (SRB)
[9] F Verdasco (ESP) vs [8] K Nishikori (JPN)

PISTA 1 start 12:30 pm

[6] S Gonzalez (MEX) / C Kas (GER) vs [2] M Mirnyi (BLR) / D Nestor (CAN)
[1] B Bryan (USA) / M Bryan (USA) vs [8] O Marach (AUT) / A Peya (AUT)
[7] A Qureshi (PAK) / J Rojer (NED) vs [4] M Fyrstenberg (POL) / M Matkowski (POL) - After Suitable Rest
[3] M Bhupathi (IND) / N Zimonjic (SRB) vs M Granollers (ESP) / M Lopez (ESP)

[ViagraFeller]

Raonic just took a really impressive first set over Murray 6-4. His forehand is lethal and he has packed on muscle. He is pretty speedy for a giant.

[gariharrr]

RESULTS - Thursday
Singles - Third Round
[1] R Nadal (ESP) d [Q] R Farah (COL) 62 63
[2] A Murray (GBR) d S Giraldo (COL) 61 62
[3] D Ferrer (ESP) d A Montanes (ESP) 60 62
[5] J Tipsarevic (SRB) d F Gil (POR) 62 62
[11] M Raonic (CAN) d [6] N Almagro (ESP) 63 63
[7] F Lopez (ESP) d J Nieminen (FIN) 63 61
[8] K Nishikori (JPN) d [17] A Ramos (ESP) 76(2) 63
[9] F Verdasco (ESP) d [13] K Anderson (RSA) 64 64

Doubles - Second Round
[3] M Bhupathi (IND) / N Zimonjic (SRB) d J Erlich (ISR) / A Ram (ISR) 76(4) 46 10-6
[4] M Fyrstenberg (POL) / M Matkowski (POL) d E Butorac (USA) / B Soares (BRA) 36 76(3) 12-10
M Granollers (ESP) / M Lopez (ESP) d [5] F Cermak (CZE) / F Polasek (SVK) 76(4) 63
[6] S Gonzalez (MEX) / C Kas (GER) d N Almagro (ESP) / A Ramos (ESP) 36 76(3) 10-8
[7] A Qureshi (PAK) / J Rojer (NED) d A Murray (GBR) / J Murray (GBR) 62 57 10-8

[Numbiydq]

David Ferrer just plain does not have "quit" in his vocabulary, does he? Talk about a gutsy pull-through in that 2nd set!

[noingenah]

MILOS!!! Wow, I am literally dancing in my chair this morning New high ranking of... 22!

[Numbiydq]

Anybody know why the Bryans vs Marach/Peya does not appear to have been played yet?