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Raonic just had hip surgery but is still listed here.

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Doubles Entry List

1 Lipsky, Scott (USA)/Ram, Rajeev (USA) 68
2 Melo, Marcelo (BRA)/Murray, Jamie (GBR) 80
3 Erlich, Jonathan (ISR)/Ram, Andy (ISR) 97
4 Blake, James (USA)/Isner, John (USA) 119
5 Fleming, Colin (GBR)/Hutchins, Ross (GBR) 124
6 Dimitrov, Grigor (BUL)/Sweeting, Ryan (USA) 125
7 Lu, Yen-Hsun (TPE)/Nishikori, Kei (JPN) 134
8 Devvarman, Somdev (IND)/Huey, Treat Conrad (PHI) 153
9 Fisher, Ashley (AUS)/Huss, Stephen (AUS) 172
10 Bachinger, Matthias (GER)/Moser, Frank (GER) 177
11 (OS)
12 (OS)
13 (OS)
14 (OS)
15 (WC) Bernstein, Drake USA/King, Kevin USA
16 (WC)

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Update

1 Fish, Mardy USA 9
OUT Querrey, Sam USA 26
OUT Raonic, Milos CAN 28
4 Anderson, Kevin RSA 39
5 Malisse, Xavier BEL 40
6 Isner, John USA 45
7 Lu, Yen-Hsun TPE 53
8 Nishikori, Kei JPN 60
9 Dimitrov, Grigor BUL 64
10 Sweeting, Ryan USA 66
11 Devvarman, Somdev IND 67
OUT Tursunov, Dmitry RUS 70
13 Kunitsyn, Igor RUS 72
14 Hewitt, Lleyton AUS 73
15 Gulbis, Ernests LAT 78
16 Berrer, Michael GER 79
17 Bogomolov Jr., Alex USA 81
18 Russell, Michael USA 91
19 Bachinger, Matthias GER 92
20 (SE) Cleared
21 (SE) Cleared
22 (Q)
23 (Q)
24 (Q)
25 (Q)
26 (WC)
27 (WC) Haas, Tommy GER
28 (WC) Ginepri, Robby USA

IN Muller, Gilles LUX 93
IN Berankis, Richard LTU 97
IN Mahut, Nicolas FRA 103
IN Blake, James USA 106
IN Ito, Tatsuma JPN 107
IN Harrison, Ryan USA 122

[Vomephems]

SE withdrew?

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SE withdrew?

One of the SE slots has been taken. Three withdrawals, four new players in.

Also SE thinks BYE gets better draws...

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Reports are that Nishikori is out and that the other SE has been cleared. Ito and Harrison are said to be in.

[serius_06]

Reports are that Nishikori is out and that the other SE has been cleared. Ito and Harrison are said to be in.

Reason rumored?

[FelixQY]

Reason rumored?

Sore shoulder


Bit of a bummer that Kei had to pull out of the ATL with a sore shoulder, doctor's order to rest a bit, try to be ready for LA
http://twitter.com/#!/bgtennisnation...27240363208704

[serius_06]

Sore shoulder


Bit of a bummer that Kei had to pull out of the ATL with a sore shoulder, doctor's order to rest a bit, try to be ready for LA
http://twitter.com/#!/bgtennisnation...27240363208704

Thanks!

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ATLANTA TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
QUALIFYING SINGLES

[1] MATOSEVIC, Marinko AUS/BYE
ANTON, Jack USA vs SPYSLINGER, Mark USA
SMITH, Austin USA vs SCHNUGG, Nathaniel USA
FLEMING, Colin GBR vs [7] KUDLA, Denis USA

[2] EBDEN, Matthew AUS/BYE
LEJNIEKS, Karlis LAT vs KOSAKOWSKI, Daniel USA
MASSU, Nicolas CHI vs KING, Kevin USA
BYE/[6] RAM, Rajeev USA

[3] SUGITA, Yuichi JPN/BYE
LEWIS, Haydn BAR vs BERNSTEIN, Drake USA
SAJOUS, Olivier HAI vs KRYWACZ, Alfredo BRA
SPENCER, Wil USA vs [8] LINDAHL, Nick AUS

[4] SMYCZEK, Tim USA/BYE
TOWNES, Gabriel USA vs GRAVES, Eric USA
GOMEZ, Guillermo ESP vs SIMMONDS, Phillip USA
BYE/[5] JONES, Greg AUS

[AlistDakisa]

Whoa. So no one from the "Notable Qualifiers" list they were advertising is actually playing quals (to be fair, Mahut, Ginepri, and Muller made the main draw; the no-shows are Clement, Harrison, Karlovic, Young, Zeballos).

At any rate, it makes me less wistful about not getting to see quals due to conflicting plans.

[arerrurrY]

Whoa. So no one from the "Notable Qualifiers" list they were advertising is actually playing quals (to be fair, Mahut, Ginepri, and Muller made the main draw; the no-shows are Clement, Harrison, Karlovic, Young, Zeballos).

At any rate, it makes me less wistful about not getting to see quals due to conflicting plans.

Are you in Atlanta/Georgia?

I've got tickets to the semi-finals. I find the whole draw to be 'meh.'

[FelixQY]

Whoa. So no one from the "Notable Qualifiers" list they were advertising is actually playing quals (to be fair, Mahut, Ginepri, and Muller made the main draw; the no-shows are Clement, Harrison, Karlovic, Young, Zeballos).

At any rate, it makes me less wistful about not getting to see quals due to conflicting plans.

Harrisson is in the main draw and probably Young.

[AlistDakisa]

Are you in Atlanta/Georgia?

I've got tickets to the semi-finals. I find the whole draw to be 'meh.'

4 hours away. Saw Isner-Anderson last year.

[zlopikanikanzax]

Clement is in the semifinals of a Challenger in Canada.

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Main Draw

(1)Mardy FISH/BYE
Richard BERANKIS vs Nicolsa MAHUT
Michael BERRER vs Tatsuma ITO
(8)Somdev DEVVARMAN vs Ryan SWEETING

(4)Xavier MALISSE/BYE
Ryan HARRISON vs QUALIFIER
Lleyton HEWITT vs QUALIFIER
(5)Grigor DIMITROV vs QUALIFIER

(6)Igor KUNITSYN vs QUALIFIER
Yen-Hsun LU vs Matthias BACHINGER
James BLAKE vs Ernests GULBIS
(3)John ISNER/BYE

(7)Alex BOGOMOLOV Jr vs Gilles MULLER
WC Tommy HAAS vs WC Robby GINEPRI
WC Donald YOUNG vs Michael RUSSELL
(2)Kevin ANDERSON/BYE

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SCHEDULE - MONDAY, 18 JULY, 2011

STADIUM COURT start 1:00 pm

Qualifying - M Ebden (AUS) vs R Ram (USA)
Not Before 4:00 PM
[WC] D Young (USA) vs M Russell (USA)
Not Before 7:00 PM
J Blake (USA) vs E Gulbis (LAT)
N Mahut (FRA) / G Muller (LUX) vs R Berankis (LTU) / X Malisse (BEL)

COURT 1 start 1:00 pm

Qualifying - T Smyczek (USA) vs P Simmonds (USA)
Not Before 4:00 PM
[7] A Bogomolov Jr. (USA) vs G Muller (LUX)
R Sweeting (USA) vs [8] S Devvarman (IND)

COURT 2 start 1:00 pm

Qualifying - Y Sugita (JPN) vs O Sajous (HAI)
Qualifying - M Matosevic (AUS) vs D Kudla (USA)
Not Before 5:00 PM
M Berrer (GER) vs T Ito (JPN)

[RilmAlime67]

About Robby G's injury/rehab (he plays tomorrow against Tommy Haas):

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...This will be his first ATP Tour-level event since breaking his elbow in a biking accident at Kennesaw Mountain in September. The reason? As Ginepri was barreling more than 30 mph down a hill a squirrel darted ahead of his mountain bike, causing him to crash. He has spent months rehabbing the injury – the first serious one in a career that included a five-set semifinal appearance in the U.S. Open in 2005. During his months of rehab he heard the "We have a deal" line from the "Seinfeld" episode regarding pigeons and squirrels a few times. A character in the show swerves to avoid a pigeon and hits a squirrel. They weren't funny at the time.

"Now I can look back and laugh," Ginepri, a Marietta resident, said. He was given a wildcard into the ATC's main draw.

There really was nothing to laugh at during his rehab. Because his feet were clipped into the bike's pedals, his elbow took the brunt of the impact as he slammed into the ground followed by four barrel rolls. His roommate, who was with him, and another cyclist coming up the hill, helped untangle him from the bike. As soon as he stood up he realized how badly he was injured.

During the first three months he wasn't sure his elbow would ever heal. He dealt with injuries to his neck, knee and wrist before, as well as a burst appendix. But those injuries were nothing like facing the prospect of as much as 10 months without competitive tennis.

He rehabbed three hours a day, five days a week. It's hard to be patient when success is measured in the few degrees gained in extending an arm that's used to slamming backhands.

"It was very overwhelming at times," he said. "I wondered if I would get back to the high level of tennis I was supposed to."

He leaned on his doctor as well as his girlfriend, Josephine Stafford, who is now his fiancée. As a former standout soccer player in Atlanta, Stafford could understand Ginepri's concern. Though she didn't have any experience with major injuries, she advised him to focus on the little bits of progress he was making. To think about the big goal would be insurmountable.

"It's nice to see him come out on the other end," she said.

It wasn't an instantaneous change in attitude. He rarely watched tennis on TV.

"It was tough," he said.

However, he kept grinding and began to see results.

Almost to the day when his doctor forecast he would return Ginepri was able to hit the courts again with a different perspective. He took advantage of being home full-time for the first time since he was 14 years old. It took a while, but he got used to not feeling the grind of life on the road and the never-ending cycle of matches. Stafford said today she sees someone who appreciates tennis and other things in life more. He "has a lot better head on his shoulders" than he did at the beginning of his career....

http://www.ajc.com/sports/ginepri-re...n-1022008.html

[FelixQY]

Another good WC for Young

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Another good WC for Young

From what I'm reading on Twitter he was a total hot steaming mess. Sad.