[ResistNewWorldOrder]

Tournament Name: INTERNAZIONALI BNL D’ITALIA
Location: ROME, ITALY
Dates: 27 APRIL–3 MAY 2009
Prize Money: €2,750,000
56 DRAW

SITE: FORO ITALICO
VIALE DEI GLADIATORI 21
00194 ROME
SURFACE: RED CLAY
BALL: HEAD ATP
PRIZE MONEY: EURO/PRIZE MONEY PAID BY ATP
WEB SITE: http://www.internazionalibnlditalia....ult.asp?LNG=EN

Qualifying draw: Friday, April 24, 9:00 p.m.
Main draw: Saturday, April 25, Noon
Doubles draw: Saturday, April 25, 6:00 p.m.

ATP Ranking Points
W: 1000
F: 600
SF: 360
QF: 180
R16: 90
R32: 45 (Seeds 1-8: 10)
R64: 10 (WC: 0)
Q: +25
Q14: 14
Q28: 0

Nadal, Rafael ESP 1
Federer, Roger SUI 2
Djokovic, Novak SRB 3
Murray, Andy GBR 4
Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 5
Del Potro, Juan Martin ARG 6
Simon, Gilles FRA 8
Verdasco, Fernando ESP 10
Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried FRA 11
Ferrer, David ESP 12
Blake, James USA 13
Nalbandian, David ARG 14
Robredo, Tommy ESP 15
Wawrinka, Stanislas SUI 16
Gonzalez, Fernando CHI 17
Stepanek, Radek CZE 18
Cilic, Marin CRO 19
Fish, Mardy USA 20
Almagro, Nicolas ESP 21
Berdych, Tomas CZE 22
Andreev, Igor RUS 23
Gasquet, Richard FRA 24
Safin, Marat RUS 25
Soderling, Robin SWE 26
Karlovic, Ivo CRO 28
Schuettler, Rainer GER 30
Melzer, Jurgen AUT 31
Kiefer, Nicolas GER 32
Mathieu, Paul-Henri FRA 33
Lopez, Feliciano ESP 34
Montanes, Albert ESP 35
Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 36
Hanescu, Victor ROU 37
Kunitsyn, Igor RUS 38
Seppi, Andreas ITA 39
Bolelli, Simone ITA 40
Troicki, Viktor SRB 41
Acasuso, Jose ARG 42
Gulbis, Ernests LAT 43
Benneteau, Julien FRA 44
(SE)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
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(Q)
(Q)
(WC) Cipolla, Flavio ITA
(WC) Fognini, Fabio ITA
(WC) Starace, Potito ITA
(WC) Volandri, Filippo ITA

[otheloComRole]

thanks Ti!

and Volandri is finally back from his "ban"!!!!

[PyncGyncliacy]

Nalbandian's withdrawn.
http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=906082

[gyjsdtuwr]

Nalbandian's withdrawn.
http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=906082

Mmmm8, that article's from May 2007. Thought it was funny that JMDP has to play qualies.

Here's today's:

http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1121506

[PyncGyncliacy]

Mmmm8, that article's from May 2007. Thought it was funny that JMDP has to play qualies.

Here's today's:

http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1121506

Oops, I had a Russian source and googled for something more authentic. David should stop withdrawing from Rome

[Quick$bux]

Internazionali BNL D'Italia
Qualifying Singles Draw

(1) CLEMENT, Arnaud FRA v. MANNARINO, Adrian FRA
(WC) NASO, Gianluca ITA v (9) YOUZHNY, Mikhail RUS

(2) MONACO, Juan ARG v. GREUL, Simon GER
KOROLEV, Evgeny RUS v. (8) GARCIA-LOPEZ, Guillermo ESP

(3) BECK, Andreas GER v. MARTIN, Alberto ESP
ISTOMIN , Denis UZB v. (13)GIMENO-TRAVER, Daniel ESP

(4) HERNYCH, Jan CZE v. (WC) COMPORTO, Antonio ITA
(WC) FABBIANO, Thomas ITA v. (14) MASSU, Nicolas CHI

(5) GABASHVILI, Teimuraz RUS v. PATIENCE, Olivier FRA
CRIVOI, Victor ROU v. (11) LAPENTTI, Nicolas ECU

(6) HERNANDEZ, Oscar ESP v. RIBA-MADRID, Pere ESP
GOLUBEV, Andrey KAZ v. (10) BELLUCCI, Thomaz BRA

(7)(WC) FERRERO, Juan Carlos ESP v. CAPDEVILLE, Paul CHI
RAMIREZ HIDALGO, Ruben ESP v. (12) ZVEREV, Mischa GER

[soprofaxelbis]

Wonder why WaynO's not here...

[Quick$bux]

Wonder why WaynO's not here...

Visa problems?

[ResistNewWorldOrder]

Main Draw


[1] NADAL, Rafael ESP vs BYE
SEPPI, Andreas ITA vs QUERREY, Sam USA
SODERLING, Robin SWE vs GRANOLLERS, Marcel ESP
QUALIFIER vs [14] BLAKE, James USA

[9] TSONGA, Jo-Wilfried FRA vs GASQUET, Richard FRA
ALMAGRO, Nicolas ESP vs GULBIS, Ernests LAT
FISH, Mardy USA vs ANDREEV, Igor RUS
BYE vs [6] VERDASCO, Fernando ESP

[4] MURRAY, Andy GBR vs BYE
KIEFER, Nicolas GER vs QUALIFIER
CHELA, Juan Ignacio ARG vs ROCHUS, Christophe BEL
[WC] CIPOLLA, Flavio ITA vs [15] CILIC, Marin CRO

[12] GONZALEZ, Fernando CHI vs CHARDY, Jeremy FRA
TIPSAREVIC, Janko SRB vs ACASUSO, Jose ARG
BENNETEAU, Julien FRA vs MELZER, Jurgen AUT
BYE vs [7] DAVYDENKO, Nikolay RUS

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[5] DEL POTRO, Juan Martin ARG vs BYE
HANESCU, Victor ROU vs TROICKI, Viktor SRB
QUALIFIER vs QUALIFIER
KUNITSYN, Igor RUS vs [10] WAWRINKA, Stanislas SUI

[13] ROBREDO, Tommy ESP vs SAFIN, Marat RUS
KOHLSCHREIBER, Philipp GER vs BOLELLI, Simone ITA
[WC] STARACE, Potito ITA vs MONTANES, Albert ESP
BYE vs [3] DJOKOVIC, Novak SRB

[8] SIMON, Gilles FRA vs BYE
[WC] FOGNINI, Fabio ITA vs [WC] VOLANDRI, Filippo ITA
QUALIFIER vs BERDYCH, Tomas CZE
MATHIEU, Paul-Henri FRA vs [11] FERRER, David ESP

[16] STEPANEK, Radek CZE vs SERRA, Florent FRA
QUALIFIER vs LOPEZ, Feliciano ESP
QUALIFIER vs KARLOVIC, Ivo CRO
BYE vs [2] FEDERER, Roger SUI

[soprofaxelbis]

Tough draw for Mr. Vavrinec.

[RicyReetred]

In many ways, it looks like the MC draw redux.

[berdyanskdotsu]

In many ways, it looks like the MC draw redux.

Absolutely! Murray-Davy QF, Rafa - Murray SF, Djoko -Rafa F

[anderriter]

Tough draw for Mr. Vavrinec.

No kidding. He can't seem to escape Karlovic for more than two tournaments at a time!

Some exciting first-round matchups. The battle of the local wildcards, Tsonga v. Gasquet, Querrey v. Seppi, and I guess some people would like to see PEHK v. Bolelli.

[aLZ9zKsO]

Tough draw for Mr. Vavrinec.

Oh Salomon

[PyncGyncliacy]

In many ways, it looks like the MC draw redux.

Even in doubles, Andreev/Safin drew Lopez/Verdasco again!

[ResistNewWorldOrder]

MAIN DRAW DOUBLES

[1] BRYAN, Bob / BRYAN, Mike v Bye

KNOWLE, Julian (AUT)/MELZER, Jurgen (AUT) v
CHARDY, Jeremy (FRA)/SIMON, Gilles (FRA)

MONTANES, Albert (ESP)/ROBREDO, Tommy (ESP) v
WC BRACCIALI, Daniele (ITA)/STARACE, Potito (ITA)

[7] MIRNYI, Max (BLR)/RAM, Andy (ISR) v Bye

[3] DLOUHY, Lukas (CZE)/PAES, Leander (IND) v Bye

ALMAGRO, Nicolas (ESP)/FERRER, David (ESP) v
CERMAK, Frantisek (CZE)/HUSS, Stephen (AUS)

LINDSTEDT, Robert (SWE)/SODERLING, Robin (SWE) v
MELO, Marcelo (BRA)/SA, Andre (BRA)

[5] SOARES, Bruno (BRA)/ULLYETT, Kevin (ZIM) v Bye

[6] FYRSTENBERG, Mariusz (POL)/MATKOWSKI, Marcin (POL) v Bye

HUTCHINS, Ross (GBR)/MURRAY, Andy (GBR) v
BENNETEAU, Julien (FRA)/TSONGA, Jo-Wilfried (FRA)

ANDREEV, Igor (RUS)/SAFIN, Marat (RUS) v
LOPEZ, Feliciano (ESP)/VERDASCO, Fernando (ESP)

[4] BHUPATHI, Mahesh (IND)/KNOWLES, Mark (BAH) v Bye

[8] COETZEE, Jeff (RSA)/KERR, Jordan (AUS) v Bye

[WC] CIPOLLA, Flavio (ITA)/FOGNINI, Fabio (ITA) v
BERDYCH, Tomas (CZE)/KIEFER, Nicolas (GER)

BLAKE, James (USA)/FISH, Mardy (USA) v
ASPELIN, Simon (SWE)/MOODIE, Wesley (RSA)

[2] NESTOR, Daniel (CAN)/ZIMONJIC, Nenad (SRB) v Bye

[Bugamerka]

Haha, Tsonga v Gasquet. Garbage backhand vs. amazing backhand.

At least one will give a typical French performance, I'm sure.

[abossakon]

Haha, Tsonga v Gasquet. Garbage backhand vs. amazing backhand.

At least one will give a typical French performance, I'm sure.

Wha??? I always though Tsonga's backhand was pretty darn good. I remember being very impressed by it when he beat Rafa last year at the Aussie Open. I think it's pretty versatile. He goes down the line well. I can't imagine you meant Gasquet's backhand was garbage.

[Bugamerka]

Tsonga's backhand is pretty awful. He can hit it for winners in a very small strike zone. As for variety, he can slice every now and then, but so can Roddick. He doesn't have much variation as far as topspin or flattening the stroke out, though.

If he did, then wow, he'd be a major contendor instead of one in a series of surprise finalists at the Australian Open.

[abossakon]

Tsonga's backhand is pretty awful. He can hit it for winners in a very small strike zone. As for variety, he can slice every now and then, but so can Roddick. He doesn't have much variation as far as topspin or flattening the stroke out, though.

If he did, then wow, he'd be a major contendor instead of one in a series of surprise finalists at the Australian Open.

I think awful is a bit too harsh. I'd say his backhand is mediocre at worst. But his backhand is not his problem. The guy has had the worst trouble staying healthy.