[NewYorkDoctorD]

Delpo out of Paris - and then probably London as well. This should maybe get Berdych into London?

[NewYorkDoctorD]

Ribbons love your eyewitness reports - keep 'em coming!

[NewYorkDoctorD]

can't find a draw yet that has the qualifiers placed, but Monday's OOP shows where all but 2 of them are:
http://www.fft.fr/sites/default/file...programme7.pdf

the draw on the ATP site now has the qualifiers placed ----
http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2011/352/mds.pdf

[RgtrsKfR]

SCHEDULE - MONDAY, 7 NOVEMBER, 2011

CENTRAL COURT start 11:00 am
M Youzhny (RUS) vs [Q] P Kohlschreiber (GER)
M Cilic (CRO) vs F Verdasco (ESP)
M Raonic (CAN) vs [WC] J Benneteau (FRA)
R Hutchins (GBR) / A Murray (GBR) vs N Almagro (ESP) / D Marrero (ESP)

Not Before 7:30 PM
J Ferrero (ESP) vs [Q] N Mahut (FRA)

Not Before 8:30 PM
D Tursunov (RUS) vs [WC] A Mannarino (FRA)

COURT 1 start 11:00 am
G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) vs [Q] S Giraldo (COL)
G Muller (LUX) vs K Anderson (RSA)
F Mayer (GER) vs R Stepanek (CZE)
T Bellucci (BRA) vs A Bogomolov Jr. (USA)
[Q] A Seppi (ITA) vs N Davydenko (RUS)

[popillio]

Defending champion Robin Soderling of Sweden has pulled out of next month’s Paris Masters because of illness, organisers declared on Thursday.

Currently ranked as World No. 6, Soderling has been suffering from the viral infection mononucleosis and has not participated in any tournament since he won in Bastad in July.

In a message to his fans, the Swede tweeted on Face book account that, ‘I’m extremely disappointed and sad right now. Playing in Stockholm is very special for me and it’s a title I still miss and dream about.” He further added that “I made an attempt to train, but my body just could not do it. I felt worse after practice and so had to make a tough decision to not play in Stockholm. I have to think long term and plan to play tennis for years to come. I believe the best days are in front of me. I will do everything I can to get through this difficult time and come back stronger and more motivated than ever.”

This withdrawal can jeopardise Soderling’s chances of qualifying in the ATP Tour Finals, to be held in London next month. Soderling has been replaced in the Paris Masters draw by Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci.

http://www.tennisearth.com/news/tenn...ters-40191.htm

that's it for Soderling, mono is kind of a kiss of death for pro athletes.

[AlistDakisa]

Thanks, y'all. Here's day 2:

http://pondhop.dreamwidth.org/1299.html

[Guaranano]

CENTRAL COURT start 11:00 am
R Hutchins (GBR) / A Murray (GBR) vs N Almagro (ESP) / D Marrero (ESP)

I wonder why Andy isn't playing with his brother? They've had some nice success this year.

[selayeffethy]

Paris Main Draw Entry List

1 Djokovic, Novak SRB 1
2 Nadal, Rafael ESP 2
3 Federer, Roger SUI 3
4 Murray, Andy GBR 4
5 Ferrer, David ESP 5
6 Soderling, Robin SWE 6
7 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried FRA 7
8 Fish, Mardy USA 8
9 Monfils, Gael FRA 9
10 Berdych, Tomas CZE 10
11 Almagro, Nicolas ESP 11
12 Simon, Gilles FRA 12
13 Del Potro, Juan Martin ARG 13
14 Roddick, Andy USA 14
15 Troicki, Viktor SRB 15
16 Gasquet, Richard FRA 16
17 Tipsarevic, Janko SRB 17
18 Isner, John USA 18
19 Dolgopolov, Alexandr UKR 19
20 Wawrinka, Stanislas SUI 20
21 Melzer, Jurgen AUT 21
22 Mayer, Florian GER 22
23 Verdasco, Fernando ESP 23
24 Stepanek, Radek CZE 24
25 Cilic, Marin CRO 25
26 Ljubicic, Ivan CRO 26
27 Ferrero, Juan Carlos ESP @26
28 Monaco, Juan ARG 27
29 Lopez, Feliciano ESP 28
30 Chela, Juan Ignacio ARG 29
31 Raonic, Milos CAN 30
32 Youzhny, Mikhail RUS 31
33 Anderson, Kevin RSA 32
34 Granollers, Marcel ESP 33
35 Llodra, Michael FRA 34
36 Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo ESP 35
37 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 36
38 Dodig, Ivan CRO 37
39 (SE)
40 (Q)
41 (Q)
42 (Q)
43 (Q)
44 (Q)
45 (Q)
46 (WC)
47 (WC)
48 (WC)

Alternates

1 Bellucci, Thomaz BRA 38
2 Fognini, Fabio ITA 39
3 Bogomolov Jr., Alex USA 40
4 Tursunov, Dmitry RUS 41
5 Haase, Robin NED 42
6 Muller, Gilles LUX 43
7 Andujar, Pablo ESP 44
8 Robredo, Tommy ESP 45
9 Malisse, Xavier BEL 46
10 Gulbis, Ernests LAT 47
11 Starace, Potito ITA 48
12 Seppi, Andreas ITA 49
13 Nieminen, Jarkko FIN 50
14 Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 51
15 Giraldo, Santiago COL 52

[inownsuipsy]

Defending champion Robin Soderling of Sweden has pulled out of next month’s Paris Masters because of illness, organisers declared on Thursday.

Currently ranked as World No. 6, Soderling has been suffering from the viral infection mononucleosis and has not participated in any tournament since he won in Bastad in July.

In a message to his fans, the Swede tweeted on Face book account that, ‘I’m extremely disappointed and sad right now. Playing in Stockholm is very special for me and it’s a title I still miss and dream about.” He further added that “I made an attempt to train, but my body just could not do it. I felt worse after practice and so had to make a tough decision to not play in Stockholm. I have to think long term and plan to play tennis for years to come. I believe the best days are in front of me. I will do everything I can to get through this difficult time and come back stronger and more motivated than ever.”

This withdrawal can jeopardise Soderling’s chances of qualifying in the ATP Tour Finals, to be held in London next month. Soderling has been replaced in the Paris Masters draw by Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci.

http://www.tennisearth.com/news/tenn...ters-40191.htm

[RgtrsKfR]

Do we know what virus he has?