[WepKeyday]

Hmmm... I had intended to go at least one early day to the WTA event but never did get the perfect chance to go after work. We are getting another heatwave so I'm not optimistic about this one either. Especially with Kei out and a lot of the same names as before.

I think it would be cool to see Gael, though. Any idea when he is supposed to arrive?

Without Rasheed, I imagine he'll be as showtime-y as ever. Don't know about his arrival, but am kind of hoping he's gone by the time I get there

[Hpdovoxm]

Main Draw

    [1]WC MONFILS, Gael FRA/BYE
SWEETING, Ryan USA vs BOGOMOLOV JR., Alex USA
ILHAN, Marsel TUR vs CIPOLLA, Flavio ITA
BYE/[15] TURSUNOV, Dmitry RUS

[10] LLODRA, Michael FRA/BYE
QUALIFIER vs DIMITROV, Grigor BUL
LORENZI, Paolo ITA vs BERRER, Michael GER
BYE/[6] TIPSAREVIC, Janko SRB

[3] TROICKI, Viktor SRB/BYE
WC HARRISON, Ryan USA vs ZVEREV, Mischa GER
FALLA, Alejandro COLvs QUALIFIER
BYE/[13] ANDERSON, Kevin RSA

[11] ISNER, John USA/BYE
WC KUDLA, Denis USA vs KAMKE, Tobias GER
BLAKE, James USA vs ITO, Tatsuma JPN
BYE/[8]NALBANDIAN, David ARG


[7]BAGHDATIS, Marcos CYP/BYE
GREMELMAYR, Denis GER vs DEVVARMAN, Somdev IND
HAAS, Tommy GER vs GONZALEZ, Fernando CHI
BYE/[12] BELLUCCI, Thomaz BRA

[14] MALISSE, Xavier BEL/BYE
KARLOVIC, Ivo CRO vs RUSSELL, Michael USA
QUALIFIER vs YOUNG, Donald USA
BYE/[4] MELZER, Jurgen AUT

[5] WC VERDASCO, Fernando ESP/BYE
QUALIFIER vs BERANKIS, Richard LTU
QUALIFIER vs QUALIFIER
BYE/[9] DAVYDENKO, Nikolay RUS

[16]NIEMINEN, Jarkko FIN/BYE
MULLER, Gilles LUX vs KUNITSYN, Igor RUS
STEPANEK, Radek CZE vs PETZSCHNER, Philipp GER
BYE/[2] FISH, Mardy USA

[occafeVes]

Without Rasheed, I imagine he'll be as showtime-y as ever. Don't know about his arrival, but am kind of hoping he's gone by the time I get there

You are attending a lot of tournaments. I can't decide if I am jelous or not.

[Hpdovoxm]

Qualifying Draw

(1) EBDEN, Matthew AUS vs ALT FRANK, Mitchell USA
SAJOUS, Olivier HAI vs (12) SIMMONDS, Phillip USA

(2) MATOSEVIC, Marinko AUS vs ALT SHABAZ, Michael USA
WC STEER, Henry USA vs (8) DELIC, Amer BIH

(3) ODESNIK, Wayne USA vs LEVINE, Jesse USA
DOMIJAN, Alexander USA vs (7) RAM, Rajeev USA

(4) ESTRELLA, Victor DOM vs WC MASSU, Nicolas CHI
WC ADAMS, Andrew USA vs (11) SITAK, Artem NZL

(5) SMYCZEK, Tim USA vs MARACH, Oliver AUT
WC JENKINS, Jarmere USA vs (9) KUZNETSOV, Alex USA

(6) GUCCIONE, Chris AUS vs YOO, Daniel KOR
ALT BOPANNA, Rohan IND vs (10) WITTEN, Jesse USA

[Hpdovoxm]

ORDER OF PLAY - SATURDAY, JULY 30, 2011

STADIUM start 10:00 am

Qualifying - O Sajous (HAI) vs P Simmonds (USA)
Qualifying - M Matosevic (AUS) vs M Shabaz (USA)
Qualifying - W Odesnik (USA) vs J Levine (USA)
Qualifying - A Domijan (USA) vs R Ram (USA)

GRANDSTAND start 10:00 am

Qualifying - [WC] H Steer (USA) vs A Delic (BIH)
Qualifying - M Ebden (AUS) vs M Frank (USA)
Qualifying - [WC] J Jenkins (USA) vs A Kuznetsov (USA)
Qualifying - V Estrella (DOM) vs [WC] N Massu (CHI)

COURT 1 start 10:00 am

Qualifying - C Guccione (AUS) vs D Yoo (KOR)
Qualifying - R Bopanna (IND) vs J Witten (USA)
Qualifying - T Smyczek (USA) vs O Marach (AUT)
Qualifying - [WC] A Adams (USA) vs A Sitak (NZL)

*Player field and schedule is subject to change.

[Hpdovoxm]

DOUBLES DRAW - FIRST ROUND

[1] B Bryan (USA) / M Bryan (USA) vs. M Melo (BRA) / B Soares (BRA)
O Marach (AUT) / J Melzer (AUT) vs. [WC] J Erlich (ISR) / A Ram (ISR)

[3] M Llodra (FRA) / N Zimonjic (SRB) vs. K Anderson (RSA) / P Hanley (AUS)
[WC] J Blake (USA) / J Isner (USA) vs. M Fyrstenberg (POL) / M Matkowski (POL)

R Lindstedt (SWE) / H Tecau (ROU) vs. J Tipsarevic (SRB) / V Troicki (SRB)
M Knowles (BAH) / X Malisse (BEL) vs. [4] R Bopanna (IND) / A Qureshi (PAK)

S Lipsky (USA) / R Ram (USA) vs. E Butorac (USA) / J Rojer (AHO)
T Haas (GER) / R Stepanek (CZE) vs. [2] M Mirnyi (BLR) / D Nestor (CAN)

[Hpdovoxm]

ORDER OF PLAY - SUNDAY, JULY 31, 2011

STADIUM start 11:00 am

Qualifying - T Smyczek (USA) vs A Kuznetsov (USA)
Not Before 1:00 PM
Qualifying - M Matosevic (AUS) vs A Delic (BIH)
Not Before 3:00 PM
Main Draw - [WC] D Kudla (USA) vs T Kamke (GER)

GRANDSTAND start 11:00 am

Qualifying - C Guccione (AUS) vs J Witten (USA)
Qualifying - W Odesnik (USA) vs A Domijan (USA) or R Ram (USA)

COURT 1 start 10:00 am

Qualifying - M Ebden (AUS) vs P Simmonds (USA)
Qualifying - V Estrella (DOM) or [WC] N Massu (CHI) vs A Sitak (NZL)

[Hpdovoxm]

SCHEDULE - MONDAY, 1 AUGUST, 2011

STADIUM start 4:00 pm

R Stepanek (CZE) vs P Petzschner (GER)
Not Before 5:30 PM
[Q] A Sitak (NZL) vs D Young (USA)
Not Before 7:00 PM
J Blake (USA) vs T Ito (JPN)
T Haas (GER) / R Stepanek (CZE) vs [2] M Mirnyi (BLR) / D Nestor (CAN)

GRANDSTAND start 4:00 pm

G Muller (LUX) vs I Kunitsyn (RUS)
A Falla (COL) vs [Q] C Guccione (AUS)
R Lindstedt (SWE) / H Tecau (ROU) vs J Tipsarevic (SRB) / V Troicki (SRB)
I Karlovic (CRO) vs M Russell (USA)

COURT 1 start 6:00 pm

[Q] M Matosevic (AUS) vs R Berankis (LTU)
[Q] R Ram (USA) vs [Q] M Ebden (AUS)

[eocavrWM]

The way the Fish/Gulbis match has gone thus far, regardless of whether Mardy wins or loses, he's probably going to pull out of Washington, isn't he?

[WepKeyday]

The way the Fish/Gulbis match has gone thus far, regardless of whether Mardy wins or loses, he's probably going to pull out of Washington, isn't he?

He gets an appearance fee a bye, and then a respectable loss tough opponent in Stepanek, so he might just lose early.