[Meenepek]

And Clément beats David???

[nanyaHgoc]

Tournament Name: HEINEKEN OPEN
Location: AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND
Dates: 11–16 JANUARY 2010 (SATURDAY FINAL)
Prize Money: USD $355,500
28 MAIN DRAW (Q32)
SITE: ASB Tennis Centre
No.1 Tennis Lane (PO Box 2905)
Auckland, New Zealand
SURFACE: Rebound Ace
BALL: Wilson (AO Ball)
WEB SITE: www.atptennis.com/auckland

Qualifying draw: Friday, January 8, 9:00 p.m.
Main draw: Saturday, January 9, 3:00 p.m.
Doubles draw: Saturday, January 9, 6:00 p.m.

ATP Ranking Points
W: 250
F: 150
SF: 90
QF: 45
R16: 20 (Seeds 1-4: 0)
R32: 0
Q: +12
Q8: 6
Q16: 0
Q32: 0

Entry deadline: November 30, 2009
Seeding: January 4, 2010

1 Robredo, Tommy ESP 16
2 Ferrer, David ESP 18
3 Ferrero, Juan Carlos ESP 23
4 Almagro, Nicolas ESP 26
5 Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 27
6 Melzer, Jurgen AUT 28
7 Monaco, Juan ARG 30
8 Montanes, Albert ESP 31
9 Chardy, Jeremy FRA 32
10 Isner, John USA 34
11 Bellucci, Thomaz BRA 36
12 Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo ESP 41
13 Zeballos, Horacio ARG 45
14 Hanescu, Victor ROU 48
15 Fognini, Fabio ITA 54
16 Chiudinelli, Marco SUI 56
17 Rochus, Olivier BEL 57
18 Gicquel, Marc FRA 58
19 Greul, Simon GER 59
20 (SE)
21 (SE)
22 (Q)
23 (Q)
24 (Q)
25 (Q)
26 (WC)
27 (WC)
28 (WC)

[russmodel]

ORDER OF PLAY - MONDAY, 11 JANUARY, 2010

CENTRE COURT start 11:00 am

Qualifying - M Lammer (SUI) vs G Olaso (ESP)
[WC] D King-Turner (NZL) vs [WC] J Statham (NZL)
T Bellucci (BRA) vs M Chiudinelli (SUI)
N Almagro (ESP) / D Ferrer (ESP) vs J Brunstrom (SWE) / J Rojer (AHO)
Not Before 7:30 PM
[6] J Melzer (AUT) vs F Fognini (ITA)
[WC] J Statham (NZL) / M Statham (NZL) vs [WC] M Daniell (NZL) / H Tecau (ROU)

COURT 4 start 11:00 am

Qualifying - [WC] T Yang (TPE) vs D Evans (GBR)
Qualifying - I Cervantes-Huegun (ESP) vs J Lemke (AUS)

COURT 6 start 11:00 am

Qualifying - P Lorenzi (ITA) vs C Poch-Gradin (ESP)

[CtEkM8Vq]

Nalbandian out of Heineken Open

The Heineken Open was hit with a huge blow today when the tournament's biggest draw card David Nalbandian was forced to pull out.

The former top 10 player picked up a light abdominal strain when training in Auckland today and after receiving an MRI scan at Auckland Hospital he made the decision to withdraw from the Open.

Nalbandian was on the comeback trail from a hip operation that has sidelined him since May last year.

This was to be his first tournament since then but there is a question mark over when he'll take to the court again as the injury is likely to mean he'll miss next week's Australian Open.

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[leacturavar]

He had drawn PEHK for round 1...would've been the interesting first rounder!

[goctorsurger]

This was to be his first tournament since then but there is a question mark over when he'll take to the court again as the injury is likely to mean he'll miss next week's Australian Open.

I can't believe his bad luck!

[casinochniks]

He had drawn PEHK for round 1...would've been the interesting first rounder!

Great...so instead of being able to live with the fact that Philipp lost in the first round to Nalbandian, now I'll have to cringe when Philipp loses in the first round to a Lucky Loser.

[russmodel]

ORDER OF PLAY - TUESDAY, 12 JANUARY, 2010

CENTRE COURT start 11:00 am

H Zeballos (ARG) vs [7] J Monaco (ARG)
J Isner (USA) vs G Garcia-Lopez (ESP)
[1] B Bryan (USA) / M Bryan (USA) vs R Wassen (NED) / H Zeballos (ARG)
[5] P Kohlschreiber (GER) vs [LL] I Cervantes-Huegun (ESP)
Not Before 7:30 PM
J Chardy (FRA) vs A Clement (FRA)
J Levinsky (CZE) / T Parrott (USA) vs [2] L Dlouhy (CZE) / L Paes (IND)

COURT 4 start 11:00 am

[Q] J Lemke (AUS) vs [8] A Montanes (ESP)
S Greul (GER) vs [Q] P Lorenzi (ITA)
M Melo (BRA) / B Soares (BRA) vs J Melzer (AUT) / P Petzschner (GER)
L Arnold Ker (ARG) / J Monaco (ARG) vs G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) / A Montanes (ESP)
M Damm (CZE) / F Polasek (SVK) vs [3] M Granollers (ESP) / T Robredo (ESP)

COURT 6 start 11:00 am

[Q] D Evans (GBR) vs [Q] M Lammer (SUI)
[4] J Knowle (AUT) / R Lindstedt (SWE) vs T Bellucci (BRA) / A Sa (BRA)
Not Before 2:00 PM
M Gicquel (FRA) vs O Rochus (BEL) - Possible Court Change
F Mayer (GER) vs [WC] S Grosjean (FRA)

[Meenepek]

Great...so instead of being able to live with the fact that Philipp lost in the first round to Nalbandian, now I'll have to cringe when Philipp loses in the first round to a Lucky Loser.

I hope not. The lucky loser is a Spaniard that I have never heard of ... go imagine.

[DraidodaRip]

RESULTS
Singles - First Round
[6] J Melzer (AUT) d F Fognini (ITA) 57 63 62
[WC] J Statham (NZL) d [WC] D King-Turner (NZL) 62 75
T Bellucci (BRA) d M Chiudinelli (SUI) 63 63

Doubles - First Round
[WC] M Daniell (NZL) / H Tecau (ROU) d [WC] J Statham (NZL) / M Statham (NZL) 63 62
J Brunstrom (SWE) / J Rojer (AHO) d N Almagro (ESP) / D Ferrer (ESP) 46 63 10-5

[goctorsurger]

Great...so instead of being able to live with the fact that Philipp lost in the first round to Nalbandian, now I'll have to cringe when Philipp loses in the first round to a Lucky Loser.

If it helps, Moose, there's a batsman on the Indian cricket team whose last name is "Kohli" and he's having an absolutely fabulous season. So, it might just be a great season for all the Kohlis

[shumozar]

Horacio Zeballos is very cute! grin

[casinochniks]

Wassen/Zeballos d. Bryan/Bryan 4-6 6-4 10-6. Always glad to see Wassen win, but this is a huge surprise.

[chinesemedicine]

Wassen/Zeballos d. Bryan/Bryan 4-6 6-4 10-6. Always glad to see Wassen win, but this is a huge surprise.

Zeballos got his much needed ego boost from luvs' post.

Not exactly a dream start of the year for the top 2 teams (albeit Zimo and Nestor have a chance to actually win some matches this week.)

[CtEkM8Vq]

hehehe

He lost his singles match so perhaps that motivated him more.

[koebforfrn]

I really miss David. I wish he'd hurry up and get better.

[russmodel]

ORDER OF PLAY - WEDNESDAY, 13 JANUARY, 2010

CENTRE COURT start 11:00 am

[3] J Ferrero (ESP) vs [Q] M Lammer (SUI)
[WC] J Statham (NZL) vs [8] A Montanes (ESP)
[1] T Robredo (ESP) vs S Greul (GER)
M Gicquel (FRA) vs [4] N Almagro (ESP)
Not Before 7:30 PM
A Clement (FRA) vs [2] D Ferrer (ESP)
R Wassen (NED) / H Zeballos (ARG) vs M Melo (BRA) / B Soares (BRA)

COURT 4 start 2:30 pm

J Brunstrom (SWE) / J Rojer (AHO) vs [2] L Dlouhy (CZE) / L Paes (IND)
T Bellucci (BRA) / A Sa (BRA) vs L Arnold Ker (ARG) / J Monaco (ARG) - After Suitable Rest
[WC] M Daniell (NZL) / H Tecau (ROU) vs [3] M Granollers (ESP) / T Robredo (ESP) - After Possible Suitable Rest

COURT 6 start 12:00 noon

[5] P Kohlschreiber (GER) vs T Bellucci (BRA)
Not Before 1:00 PM
J Isner (USA) vs [7] J Monaco (ARG)
[6] J Melzer (AUT) vs [WC] S Grosjean (FRA)

[DraidodaRip]

Clement AND Grosjean won matches!

[DraidodaRip]

RESULTS
Singles - First Round
[5] P Kohlschreiber (GER) d [LL]* I Cervantes-Huegun (ESP) 62 63
[7] J Monaco (ARG) d H Zeballos (ARG) 63 60
[8] A Montanes (ESP) d [Q] J Lemke (AUS) 61 75
S Greul (GER) d [Q] P Lorenzi (ITA) 63 63
J Isner (USA) d G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 46 76(3) 62
[Q] M Lammer (SUI) d [Q] D Evans (GBR) 16 62 64
M Gicquel (FRA) d O Rochus (BEL) 63 62
[WC] S Grosjean (FRA) d F Mayer (GER) 63 36 63
A Clement (FRA) d J Chardy (FRA) 75 64

*[LL] I Cervantes-Huegun (ESP) replaced David Nalbandian


Doubles - First Round
R Wassen (NED) / H Zeballos (ARG) d [1] B Bryan (USA) / M Bryan (USA) 46 64 10-6
[2] L Dlouhy (CZE) / L Paes (IND) d J Levinsky (CZE) / T Parrott (USA) 75 64
[3] M Granollers (ESP) / T Robredo (ESP) d M Damm (CZE) / F Polasek (SVK) 26 61 10-3
T Bellucci (BRA) / A Sa (BRA) d [4] J Knowle (AUT) / R Lindstedt (SWE) 63 64
M Melo (BRA) / B Soares (BRA) d J Melzer (AUT) / P Petzschner (GER) 62 63
L Arnold Ker (ARG) / J Monaco (ARG) d G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) / A Montanes (ESP) 63 64

[foonlesse]

Did I Cervantes-Huegun replace David Nalbandian as Gael Monfils was scheduled to paly at Sydney?