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Tournament Name: DUBAI DUTY FREE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Location: DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Dates: FEBRUARY 27–MARCH 3, 2012 (SATURDAY FINAL)
Prize Money: USD $1,700,475
SITE: The Dubai Tennis Stadium
The Aviation Club, Al Garhoud
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
SURFACE: Decoturf II
BALL: Head ATP
WEB SITE: www.dubaitennischampionships.com

Qualifying draw: Friday, February 24, 9:00 p.m.
Main draw: Saturday, February 25, 3:00 p.m.
Doubles draw: Saturday, February 25, 2:00 p.m.

ATP Ranking Points
W: 500
F: 300
SF: 180
QF: 90
R16: 45
R32: 0
Q: +20
Q8: 10
Q16: 0

Entry deadline: January 16, 2012
Seeding: February 20, 2012

1 Djokovic, Novak SRB 1
2 Federer, Roger SUI 3
3 Murray, Andy GBR 4
4 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried FRA 6
5 Berdych, Tomas CZE 7
6 Fish, Mardy USA 8
7 Tipsarevic, Janko SRB 9
8 Del Potro, Juan Martin ARG 11
9 Dolgopolov, Alexandr UKR 13
10 Gasquet, Richard FRA 18
11 Lopez, Feliciano ESP 19
12 Ljubicic, Ivan CRO 30
13 Youzhny, Mikhail RUS 35
14 Tursunov, Dmitry RUS 43
15 Baghdatis, Marcos CYP 44
16 Llodra, Michael FRA 46
17 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 52
18 Stakhovsky, Sergiy UKR 65
19 Rosol, Lukas CZE 69
20 Kunitsyn, Igor RUS 74
21 Cipolla, Flavio ITA 76
22 Becker, Benjamin GER @80
23 Mahut, Nicolas FRA 81
24 (SE)
25 (Q)
26 (Q)
27 (Q)
28 (Q)
29 (WC)
30 (WC)
31 (WC)
32 (WC)

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Qualifying List

Lacko, Lukas SVK 65
Stebe, Cedrik-Marcel GER 72
Beck, Andreas GER 97
Ito, Tatsuma JPN 106
Ilhan, Marsel TUR 108
Zemlja, Grega SLO 111
Mannarino, Adrian FRA 116
Jaziri, Malek TUN 117
Berrer, Michael GER 118
De Voest, Rik RSA 125
Golubev, Andrey KAZ 132
Brugues-Davi, Arnau ESP 142
Bubka, Sergei UKR 157
(WC)
(WC)
(WC)

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Doubles List

1 Llodra, Michael (FRA)/Zimonjic, Nenad (SRB) 11
2 Lindstedt, Robert (SWE)/Tecau, Horia (ROU) 18
3 Fyrstenberg, Mariusz (POL)/Matkowski, Marcin (POL) 24
4 Bhupathi, Mahesh (IND)/Bopanna, Rohan (IND) 26
5 Qureshi, Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK)/Rojer, Jean-Julien (NED) 39
6 Lipsky, Scott (USA)/Ram, Rajeev (USA) 70
7 Dlouhy, Lukas (CZE)/Dolgopolov, Alexandr (UKR) 74
8 Baghdatis, Marcos (CYP)/Youzhny, Mikhail (RUS) 75
9 Hanley, Paul (AUS)/Murray, Jamie (GBR) 86
10 Erlich, Jonathan (ISR)/Ram, Andy (ISR) 89
11 (OS)
12 (OS)
13 (OS)
14 (OS)
15 (WC)
16 (WC)

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Qualifying Draw

[1] LACKO, Lukas SVK vs LI, Zhe CHN
MEFFERT, Dominik GER vs [7] ZEMLJA, Grega SLO

[2] JAZIRI, Malek TUN vs WC AL NABHANI, Mohammed OMA
SCHUKIN, Yuri KAZ vs [8] GOLUBEV, Andrey KAZ

[3] ITO, Tatsuma JPN vs WC JANAHI, Hamad Abbas UAE
WC RAM, Rajeev USA vs [5] BERRER, Michael GER

[4] ILHAN, Marsel TUR vs BRUGUES-DAVI, Arnau ESP
CHIUDINELLI, Marco SUI vs [6] DE VOEST, Rik RSA




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Main Draw

[1] DJOKOVIC, Novak SRB vs STEBE, Cedrik-Marcel GER
STAKHOVSKY, Sergiy UKR vs WC AWADHY, Omar UAE
LJUBICIC, Ivan CRO vs CIPOLLA, Flavio ITA
KUNITSYN, Igor RUS vs [7] TIPSAREVIC, Janko SRB

[3] MURRAY, Andy GBR vs QUALIFIER
DAVYDENKO, Nikolay RUS vs QUALIFIER
QUALIFIER vs WC BUBKA, Sergei UKR
BECKER, Benjamin GER vs [5] BERDYCH, Tomas CZE

[8] DEL POTRO, Juan Martin ARG vs DOLGOPOLOV, Alexandr UKR
QUALIFIER vs WC DJOKOVIC, Marko SRB
MANNARINO, Adrian FRA vs ROSOL, Lukas CZE
BAGHDATIS, Marcos CYP vs [4] TSONGA, Jo-Wilfried FRA

[6] FISH, Mardy USA vs BECK, Andreas GER
YOUZHNY, Mikhail RUS vs GASQUET, Richard FRA
MAHUT, Nicolas FRA vs LOPEZ, Feliciano ESP
LLODRA, Michael FRA vs [2] FEDERER, Roger SUI

[Qutlsilh]

There is 30 km/h difference in average forehand speeds between both players. No prizes for guessing who's is faster.

[fuesquemill]

There is 30 km/h difference in average forehand speeds between both players. No prizes for guessing who's is faster.

Del Potro? More thread confusion

[Qutlsilh]

Maybe del Potro too!

[vipBrooriErok]

C'mon, Suliso. Stop teasing and throw the figures out. 30 Kmh MORE? Who cares if you don't know the absolute speeds? If your fave hits it 30 kph more than Stefan Edberg, I am not impressed.
Spill the beans, I mean, the chocolate. Then we can talk.

[Qutlsilh]

C'mon, Suliso. Stop teasing and throw the figures out. 30 Kmh MORE? Who cares if you don't know the absolute speeds? If your fave hits it 30 kph more than Stefan Edberg, I am not impressed.
Spill the beans, I mean, the chocolate. Then we can talk.

Hey, don't touch Stefan - he was my earliest favorite! Not that his forehand had anything to do with it.

Actually I posted this in the wrong thread and it was about Goerges and Radwanska. 125 km/h for Julia (very good for a girl, I think) and 95 km/h for Agnieszka.

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Doubles Draw

[1]Llodra/Zimonjic vs [WC]Ilhan/Jaziri
[WC]Ghareeb/Maqdas vs Knowle/Peya

[4]Bhupathi/Bopanna vs Dlouhy/Dolgopolov
Qureshi/Rojer vs Hanley/Murray

Kohlmann/Stakhovsky vs Cerretani/Ljubicic
Baghdatis/Youzhny vs [3]Fyrstenberg/Matkowski

Erlich/Ram vs Lipsky/Ram
Paes/Tipsarevic vs [2]Lindstedt/Tecau

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A wildcard for Marko Djokovic?

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A wildcard for Marko Djokovic?

thanks big bro

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A wildcard for Marko Djokovic?

There was a lot of commentary about this on Twitter yesterday. He is ranked, per Wiki, at #867 in the world. His highest rank was #628 11/8/2010.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marko_Djokovic

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A wildcard for Marko Djokovic?

Tournament director and Dubai Duty Free Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications Salah Tahlak explained there are certain things the tournament has to take into consideration, which is why the younger Djokovic took precedence over the top Arab player.

“We had four wild cards, one of them wasn’t used because it’s only for top-20 players, so we had three left. So we gave the wild cards to Sergei Bubka Jr. who took it last year and did great so we gave it to him again. And then we have of course the Emirati Omar,” said Tahlak.

“Marko Djokovic is important to us because he is the brother of the No.1 player in the world. So that helps us, automatically. As a tournament we have other things to take into consideration.”

Tahlak added: “Novak only recommended that we include his brother in our tournament. We studied that request and we ultimately made the decision that serves the tournament’s best interests and therefore the interests of the players participating in it. We will never accept for anyone to interfere in our work.”

http://www.sport360.com/article/arab...-championships

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SCHEDULE - MONDAY, 27 FEBRUARY, 2011

CENTRE COURT start 2:00 pm

[Q] A Golubev (KAZ) vs [WC] M Djokovic (SRB) - ATP

Not Before 4:00 PM
[6] M Fish (USA) vs A Beck (GER) - ATP

Not Before 7:00 PM
[1] N Djokovic (SRB) vs C Stebe (GER) - ATP
[Q] L Lacko (SVK) vs [WC] S Bubka (UKR) - ATP

COURT 1 start 3:00 pm

M Kohlmann (GER) / S Stakhovsky (UKR) vs J Cerretani (USA) / I Ljubicic (CRO) - ATP
M Baghdatis (CYP) / M Youzhny (RUS) vs [3] M Fyrstenberg (POL) / M Matkowski (POL) - ATP
A Mannarino (FRA) vs L Rosol (CZE) - ATP

[Numbiydq]

Cedrik-Marcel Stebe is doing a pretty good job of keeping up with Nole this morning -- or, Nole is toying with him --

[JulieSmithdccd]

Almost had a co-worker agree to wager on Djokovic- Ghobulev with me Suckered him in with the "oh I can't believe Djokovic is losing" line.

[hs6KnlcW]

Cedrik-Marcel Stebe is doing a pretty good job of keeping up with Nole this morning -- or, Nole is toying with him --

CMS has been on an upward climb and I expect good things from him during the clay court season!

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SCHEDULE - TUESDAY, 28 FEBRUARY, 2012

CENTRE COURT start 2:00 pm

[3] A Murray (GBR) vs [Q] M Berrer (GER) - ATP
Not Before 4:00 PM
M Baghdatis (CYP) vs [4] J Tsonga (FRA) - ATP
Not Before 7:00 PM
M Llodra (FRA) vs [2] R Federer (SUI) - ATP
[8] J Del Potro (ARG) vs A Dolgopolov (UKR) - ATP

COURT 1 start 12:00 noon

J Erlich (ISR) / A Ram (ISR) vs S Lipsky (USA) / R Ram (USA) - ATP
Not Before 2:00 PM
N Davydenko (RUS) vs [Q] M Chiudinelli (SUI) - ATP
I Kunitsyn (RUS) vs [7] J Tipsarevic (SRB) - ATP
Not Before 4:00 PM
B Becker (GER) vs [5] T Berdych (CZE) - ATP
N Mahut (FRA) vs F Lopez (ESP) - ATP

COURT 3 not before 2:00 PM

S Stakhovsky (UKR) vs [WC] O Awadhy (UAE) - ATP
M Youzhny (RUS) vs R Gasquet (FRA) - ATP
I Ljubicic (CRO) vs F Cipolla (ITA) - ATP
[WC] M Ghareeb (KUW) / A Maqdas (KUW) vs J Knowle (AUT) / A Peya (AUT) - ATP