ATP 250 Qatar, Chennai 1/4/ - 1/9/2010
 

Tournament Name: QATAR EXXONMOBIL OPEN 2010
Location: DOHA, QATAR
Dates: 4-9 JANUARY, 2010 (SATURDAY FINAL)
Prize Money: USD $1,024,000
32 DRAW (Q32)
SITE: Khalifa International Tennis & Squash Complex
Majlis Al–Taawon St., Al Dafna
Doha, Qatar
SURFACE: Rebound Ace
BALL: Wilson Australian Open
WEB SITE: www.qataropen.org

Qualifying draw: Friday, January 1, 9:00 p.m.
Main draw: Saturday, January 2, 5:30 p.m.
Doubles draw: Saturday, January 2, 6:00 p.m.

ATP Ranking Points
W: 250
F: 150
SF: 90
QF: 45
R16: 20
R32: 0
Q: +12
Q8: 6
Q16: 0
Q32: 0

Entry deadline: November 23, 2009
Seeding: December 28, 2009

Federer, Roger SUI 1
Nadal, Rafael ESP 2
Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 7
Youzhny, Mikhail RUS 19
Troicki, Viktor SRB 29
Montanes, Albert ESP 31
Karlovic, Ivo CRO 37
Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo ESP 41
Seppi, Andreas ITA 49
Korolev, Evgeny RUS 53
Chiudinelli, Marco SUI 54
Fognini, Fabio ITA 55
Rochus, Olivier BEL 57
Stakhovsky, Sergiy UKR 60
Starace, Potito ITA 63
Gil, Frederico POR 68
Vassallo Arguello, Martin ARG 70
Hernandez, Oscar ESP 73
Gimeno-Traver, Daniel ESP 74
Koellerer, Daniel AUT 75
Lorenzi, Paolo ITA 85
Rochus, Christophe BEL 87
Gulbis, Ernests LAT 90
Bolelli, Simone ITA 91
Kubot, Lukasz POL 99
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Tournament Name: AIRCEL CHENNAI OPEN 2010
Location: CHENNAI, INDIA
Dates: 4-10 JANUARY 2010
Prize Money: USD $398,250
32 DRAW (Q32)
SITE: SDAT Tennis Stadium
Lake Area, Nungambakkam
Chennai 600034 Tamil Nadu, India
SURFACE: Hard (Play Pave)
BALL: Wilson
WEB SITE: www.aircelchennaiopen.org

Qualifying draw: Friday, January 1, 9:00 p.m.
Main draw: Saturday, January 2, 3:00 p.m.
Doubles draw: Saturday, January 2, 6:00 p.m.

ATP Ranking Points
W: 250
F: 150
SF: 90
QF: 45
R16: 20
R32: 0
Q: +12
Q8: 6
Q16: 0
Q32: 0

Entry deadline: November 23, 2009
Seeding: December 28, 2009

Soderling, Robin SWE 9
Cilic, Marin CRO 14
Wawrinka, Stanislas SUI 21
Tipsarevic, Janko SRB 38
Sela, Dudi ISR 43
Greul, Simon GER 59
Ram, Rajeev USA 80
Lacko, Lukas SVK 83
Russell, Michael USA 84
Schuettler, Rainer GER 86
De Bakker, Thiemo NED 94
Lu, Yen-Hsun TPE 96
Ginepri, Robby USA 97
Brands, Daniel GER 98
Berrer, Michael GER 100
Istomin, Denis UZB 101
Hajek, Jan CZE 102
Kunitsyn, Igor RUS 103
Granollers, Marcel ESP 104
Haase, Robin NED @104
Giraldo, Santiago COL 107
Robert, Stephane FRA 108
Ventura, Santiago ESP 109
Kim, Kevin USA 111
Phau, Bjorn GER 113
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(WC) Moya, Carlos ESP
(WC) Devvarman, Somdev IND
(WC) Bopanna, Rohan IND

Qualifying Draw - Doha

[1]BECKER, Benjamin GER vs VAN DERMERWE, Izak RSA
[WC] AL MULLA, Hamad QAT vs PRZYSIEZNY, Michal POL
KLEC, Ivo SVK vs FISCHER, Martin AUT
BUBKA, Sergei UKR vs [7]ASCIONE, Thierry FRA

[2]BECK, Karol SVK vs KONTINEN, Henri FIN
LOPEZ, Marc ESP vs [WC]GHAREEB, Mohammad KUW
DEL BONIS, Federico ARG vs DEHEART, Ryler USA
[WC]EL-BAYOUMY, Amir EGY vs [6]RECOUDERC, Laurent FRA

[3]DARCIS, Steve BEL vs DODIG, Ivan CRO
EVANS, Daniel GBR vs SERGEYEV, Ivan UKR
NILAND, Conor IRL vs NORMAN, Dick BEL
VEIC, Antonio CRO vs [8]RAMOS-VINOLAS, Albert ESP

[4]KUKUSHKIN, Mikhail KAZ vs EL AMRANI, Reda MAR
[WC]MAGDAS, Abdullah KUW vs TOSIC, Goran MNE
JAZIRI, Malek TUN vs OSWALD, Philipp AUT
LAMMER, Michael SUI vs [5]KOUBEK, Stefan AUT

Qualifying Draw - Chennai

[1] MARCHENKO, Illya UKR vs GREMELMAYR, Denis GER
BHAMBRI, Yuki IND vs VIRALI-MURUGESAN, Ranjeet IND
BALLERET, Benjamin MON vs SORENSEN, Louk IRL
QURESHI, Aisam-Ul-Haq PAK vs [7] YOUNG, Donald USA

[2] CAPDEVILLE, Paul CHI vs POERSCHKE, Lars GER
DE VOEST, Rik RSA vs BASTL, George SUI
AMRITRAJ, Prakash IND vs VARDHAN, Vishnu IND
GAJJAR, Rohan IND vs [6] POLANSKY, Peter CAN

[3] BROWN, Dustin JAM vs WIDOM, Todd USA
[WC] JAYAPRAKASH, Mohit Mayur IND vs MINAR, Jan CZE
BACHINGER, Matthias GER vs GHEDIN, Riccardo ITA
YANG, Tsung-Hua TPE vs [5] KINDLMANN, Dieter GER

[4] ILHAN, Marsel TUR vs [WC] SINGH, Sanam IND
[WC] RASTOGI, Karan IND vs WARD, James GBR
OKUN, Noam ISR vs [WC] NARAYANASWAMY, Srirambalaji IND
BOGOMOLOV JR., Alex USA vs [8] ITO, Tatsuma JPN

Main Draw - Chennai

[1]SODERLING, Robin SWE vs GINEPRI, Robby USA
LU, Yen-Hsun TPE vs LACKO, Lukas SVK
BRANDS, Daniel GER vs KIM, Kevin USA
ISTOMIN, Denis UZB vs [5] SELA, Dudi ISR

[3] WAWRINKA, Stanislas SUI vs BOPANNA, Rohan IND
QUALIFIER vs RUSSELL, Michael USA
QUALIFIER vs ROBERT, Stephane FRA
VENTURA, Santiago ESP vs [7] BERRER, Michael GER

[8] RAM, Rajeev USA vs DE BAKKER, Thiemo NED
HAASE, Robin NED vs QUALIFIER
DEVVARMAN, Somdev IND vs SCHUETTLER, Rainer GER
MOYA, Carlos ESP vs [4] TIPSAREVIC, Janko SRB

[6] GREUL, Simon GER vs HAJEK, Jan CZE
GIRALDO, Santiago COL vs PHAU, Bjorn GER
GRANOLLERS, Marcel ESP vs QUALIFIER
KUNITSYN, Igor RUS vs [2] CILIC, Marin CRO

Main Draw Doha

[1] Roger Federer (SUI) - Christophe Rochus (BEL)
Evgeny Korolev (RUS) - Martin Vassallo Arguello (ARG)
Oscar Hernandez (ESP) - Andreas Seppi (ITA)
Ernests Gulbis (LAT) - [6] Albert Montanes (ESP)

[3] Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) - Qualifier
Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) - Marco Chiudinelli (SUI)
Daniel Koellerer (AUT) - Qualifier
Fabio Fognini (ITA) - [7] Ivo Karlovic (CRO)

[5] Viktor Troicki (SRB) - Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP)
Olivier Rochus (BEL) - [WC] Abdulla Al Haji (QAT)
[WC] Karim Maamoun (EGY) - Lukasz Kubot (POL)
Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) - [4] Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)

[8] Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) - Qualifier
Qualifier - [WC] Younes El Aynaoui (MAR)
Frederico Gil (POR) - Potito Starace (ITA)
Simone Bolelli (ITA) - [2] Rafael Nadal (ESP)


The bottom half is so weak...

ummm.... Younes is back, again?

He actually played on the seniors Champions Tour in December- beating Rusedski and Philippoussis, and losing to Edberg.

I'm betting it will be a very short term thing.

How is it that...he received a WC for this event?

Tipsy over Moya, 6-3, 7-6(2). Serbs go 3 for 3 today, with Viktor and Ana also winning matches.

ORDER OF PLAY - TUESDAY, 5 JANUARY, 2010 - Chennai

STADIUM start 5:00 pm

[1] R Soderling (SWE) vs R Ginepri (USA)
[WC] S Devvarman (IND) vs R Schuettler (GER)
[3] S Wawrinka (SUI) vs [WC] R Bopanna (IND)
J Coetzee (RSA) / R Wassen (NED) vs I Kunitsyn (RUS) / A Qureshi (PAK)

COURT 1 start 4:00 pm

[Q] P Amritraj (IND) vs M Russell (USA)
Y Lu (TPE) vs L Lacko (SVK)
S Ventura (ESP) vs [7] M Berrer (GER)
D Brands (GER) vs K Kim (USA)

COURT 2 start 4:00 pm

M Granollers (ESP) vs [Q] J Ward (GBR)
R Haase (NED) vs [Q] T Yang (TPE)
D Istomin (UZB) vs [5] D Sela (ISR)
[Q] L Sorensen (IRL) vs S Robert (FRA)

RESULTS
Doha
Singles - First Round
S Stakhovsky (UKR) d [4] M Youzhny (RUS) 76(11) 62
[5] V Troicki (SRB) d D Gimeno-Traver (ESP) 61 75
E Gulbis (LAT) d [6] A Montanes (ESP) 62 75
[7] I Karlovic (CRO) d F Fognini (ITA) 64 64
E Korolev (RUS) d M Vassallo Arguello (ARG) 62 63
M Chiudinelli (SUI) d P Lorenzi (ITA) 75 63
O Rochus (BEL) d [WC] A Hajji (QAT) 61 60
P Starace (ITA) d F Gil (POR) 62 60

Doubles - First Round
[2] F Cermak (CZE) / M Mertinak (SVK) d [WC] R El Amrani (MAR) / M Ghareeb (KUW) 60 60
[4] C Kas (GER) / D Norman (BEL) d S Bolelli (ITA) / A Seppi (ITA) 63 36 10-6


Chennai
Singles - First Round
[2] M Cilic (CRO) d I Kunitsyn (RUS) 62 64
[4] J Tipsarevic (SRB) d [WC] C Moya (ESP) 63 76(2)
J Hajek (CZE) d [6] S Greul (GER) 36 62 64
T de Bakker (NED) d [8] R Ram (USA) 61 61
S Giraldo (COL) d B Phau (GER) 64 67(6) 63

Doubles - First Round
[2] M Granollers (ESP) / S Ventura (ESP) d M Kohlmann (GER) / R Schuettler (GER) 76(5) 63
[WC] S Devvarman (IND) / S Singh (IND) d [4] R de Voest (RSA) / S Lipsky (USA) 62 75

According to the tournament director, he is going to retire after this tournament and wanted Doha to be his farewell event.

And tournament director is his good friend and former player Karim Alami.

ORDER OF PLAY - TUESDAY, 5 JANUARY, 2010 - Qatar

CENTER COURT start 3:30 pm

[Q] R Deheart (USA) vs [WC] Y El Aynaoui (MAR)
S Bolelli (ITA) vs [2] R Nadal (ESP)
[1] R Federer (SUI) vs C Rochus (BEL)
[3] N Davydenko (RUS) vs [Q] M Kukushkin (KAZ)

COURT 1 start 3:30 pm

O Hernandez (ESP) vs A Seppi (ITA)
[WC] K Maamoun (EGY) vs L Kubot (POL)
W Moodie (RSA) / M Youzhny (RUS) vs [WC] Y El Aynaoui (MAR) / A Hajji (QAT)
M Lopez (ESP) / R Nadal (ESP) vs [3] M Fyrstenberg (POL) / M Matkowski (POL)

COURT 2 start 3:30 pm

[8] G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) vs [Q] S Darcis (BEL)
D Koellerer (AUT) vs [Q] B Becker (GER)
[1] D Nestor (CAN) / N Zimonjic (SRB) vs G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) / A Montanes (ESP)
S Darcis (BEL) / L Kubot (POL) vs F Gil (POR) / O Hernandez (ESP)

COURT 3 start 4:30 pm

F Fognini (ITA) / P Starace (ITA) vs E Korolev (RUS) / S Stakhovsky (UKR)
M Chiudinelli (SUI) / V Troicki (SRB) vs B Becker (GER) / O Rochus (BEL)

Louk Sorenson is playing a frenchie Stepane Robert today in Chennai - he is the first irish player in 25 yrs to get into the first round of an ATP event.http://www.talkabouttennis.com/forum...es/shocked.gif

I thought Conor Niland was the only Irish player outthere.

Sorry Sorenson lost http://forum.talkabouttennis.com/ima...es/redface.png

A grand total of 2 irish players down under at the moment! The match wasn't shown over here but according to news reports he was totally outclassed. The sad thing is most irish people would never even have heard of him.

ORDER OF PLAY - WEDNESDAY, 6 JANUARY, 2010 - Chennai

STADIUM start 5:00 pm

M Granollers (ESP) vs [2] M Cilic (CRO)
[WC] S Devvarman (IND) vs [4] J Tipsarevic (SRB)
[WC] Y Bhambri (IND) / C Moya (ESP) vs R Ginepri (USA) / D Sela (ISR)
J Cerretani (USA) / T Rettenmaier (USA) vs [3] M Bhupathi (IND) / R Bopanna (IND)

COURT 1 start 5:00 pm

J Hajek (CZE) vs S Giraldo (COL)
[1] E Butorac (USA) / R Ram (USA) vs Y Allegro (SUI) / S Wawrinka (SUI)
C Fleming (GBR) / K Skupski (GBR) vs J Hajek (CZE) / L Lacko (SVK)

COURT 2 start 5:00 pm

T de Bakker (NED) vs R Haase (NED)
Not Before 8:30 PM
Y Lu (TPE) / J Tipsarevic (SRB) vs M Berrer (GER) / S Greul (GER) - After Suitable Rest

ORDER OF PLAY - WEDNESDAY, 6 JANUARY, 2010

CENTER COURT start 3:30 pm

[Q] S Darcis (BEL) vs [WC] Y El Aynaoui (MAR)
[1] R Federer (SUI) vs E Korolev (RUS)
P Starace (ITA) vs [2] R Nadal (ESP)
A Seppi (ITA) vs E Gulbis (LAT)

COURT 1 start 3:30 pm

L Kubot (POL) vs S Stakhovsky (UKR)
[3] N Davydenko (RUS) vs M Chiudinelli (SUI)
[Q] B Becker (GER) vs [7] I Karlovic (CRO)
E Korolev (RUS) / S Stakhovsky (UKR) vs [3] M Fyrstenberg (POL) / M Matkowski (POL)

COURT 2 start 3:30 pm

G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) / A Montanes (ESP) vs W Moodie (RSA) / M Youzhny (RUS)
[5] V Troicki (SRB) vs O Rochus (BEL)
S Darcis (BEL) / L Kubot (POL) vs [2] F Cermak (CZE) / M Mertinak (SVK)
[4] C Kas (GER) / D Norman (BEL) vs M Chiudinelli (SUI) / V Troicki (SRB)