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Tournament Name: MONTE-CARLO ROLEX MASTERS
Location: MONTE-CARLO, MONACO
Dates: SUNDAY 12–SUNDAY 19 APRIL 2009
Prize Money: €2,750,000
56 DRAW (Q28)

SITE: MONTE-CARLO COUNTRY CLUB
155 AVENUE PRINCESSE GRACE
06190 ROQUEBRUNE CAP MARTIN, FRANCE
SURFACE: RED CLAY
BALL: HEAD ATP
PRIZE MONEY: EUROS. ALL PRIZE MONEY TO BE PAID BY ATP.
WEB SITE: http://montecarlo.masters-series.com...me/default.asp

Qualifying draw: Friday, April 10, 9:00 p.m.
Main draw: Saturday, April 11, Noon
Doubles draw: Saturday, April 11, 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

Entry deadline: March 16, 2009
Seeding: April 6, 2009

1 Nadal, Rafael ESP 1
2 Djokovic, Novak SRB 3
3 Murray, Andy GBR 4
4 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 5
5 Del Potro, Juan Martin ARG 6
6 Simon, Gilles FRA 8
7 Monfils, Gael FRA 9
8 Verdasco, Fernando ESP 10
9 Ferrer, David ESP 12
10 Nalbandian, David ARG 14
11 Robredo, Tommy ESP 15
12 Wawrinka, Stanislas SUI 16
13 Stepanek, Radek CZE 18
14 Cilic, Marin CRO 19
15 Almagro, Nicolas ESP 21
16 Berdych, Tomas CZE 22
17 Andreev, Igor RUS 23
18 Gasquet, Richard FRA 24
19 Safin, Marat RUS 25
20 Soderling, Robin SWE 26
21 Karlovic, Ivo CRO 28
22 Ancic, Mario CRO 29
23 Schuettler, Rainer GER 30
24 Melzer, Jurgen AUT 31
25 Kiefer, Nicolas GER 32
26 Mathieu, Paul-Henri FRA 33
27 Lopez, Feliciano ESP 34
28 Montanes, Albert ESP 35
29 Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 36
30 Hanescu, Victor ROU 37
31 Kunitsyn, Igor RUS 38
32 Seppi, Andreas ITA 39
33 Bolelli, Simone ITA 40
34 Troicki, Viktor SRB 41
35 Acasuso, Jose ARG 42
36 Gulbis, Ernests LAT 43
37 Benneteau, Julien FRA 44
38 Tipsarevic, Janko SRB 46
39 Granollers, Marcel ESP 47
40 Chardy, Jeremy FRA 48
41 Serra, Florent FRA 50
42 Gicquel, Marc FRA 52
43 Rochus, Christophe BEL 53
44 Vassallo Arguello, Martin ARG 54
45 Chela, Juan Ignacio ARG @54
46 (Q)
47 (Q)
48 (Q)
49 (Q)
50 (Q)
51 (Q)
52 (Q)
53 (WC) Hewitt, Lleyton AUS
54 (WC) Federer, Roger SUI
55 (WC)
56 (WC)

[FelixQY]

Roger accepted a wild card to Monte Carlo


Dear Fans

I have decided to accept a wildcard into the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters tournament that begins on Monday. I will head there this weekend to start the clay court season.

Thanks to all of you for your continued support.


http://tinyurl.com/cvc8qx

[LkEHaduy]

awesome

[anderriter]

awesome

I agree, but this decision also implies that he must not be having any physical problems. Otherwise, he would have stayed home trying to recover. But then if not physical problems, why so many double faults and unforced errors??

[aLZ9zKsO]

I agree, but this decision also implies that he must not be having any physical problems. Otherwise, he would have stayed home trying to recover. But then if not physical problems, why so many double faults and unforced errors??

Good, it was rumored for some time that he will accept a last minute WC. At the same time, add to 6 his number of consecutive defeats at the hand of Rafa

[exsmoker]

Good, it was rumored for some time that he will accept a last minute WC. At the same time, add to 6 his number of consecutive defeats at the hand of Rafa

He first needs to get there, no? Not so obvious any more...

[FelixQY]

Will be interesting to see how Roger plays against Andy if they meet since Andy is the biggest question on clay?

[aLZ9zKsO]

Will be interesting to see how Roger plays against Andy if they meet since Andy is the biggest question on clay?

Yeah, Murray is the biggest question on clay. He has to go pass the Round of 16

[TypeTeasiaDer]

Yeah, Murray is the biggest question on clay. He has to go pass the Round of 16

He should be able to do well... at least I can't think of anything in his game that wouldn't seem to translate well onto clay?

[aLZ9zKsO]

"Several months ago I announced that Roger had not planned to take part as he had modified his clay-court preparation. But, knowing his attachment to the tournament, we never lost hope that he would nevertheless be there this year; we have been proven right and are very proud,” announced tournament director Zeljko Franulovic http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/1...ticle_2994.asp

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He should be able to do well... at least I can't think of anything in his game that wouldn't seem to translate well onto clay?

You need to be able to whack the crap out of the ball on clay. And with topspin. All that is not what Murray does best. Also, on clay most people get more serves back, so his return of serve skills are diminished . He also, for some reason is less comfortable moving on clay vs hard court. He should be able to get much better results than in prior years, but I will have to see myself if he can start being a threat on this surface.

Overall, the reasons of his less than stellar clay court record so far are similar to those Hewitt had in his career. But since he is bigger talent than Hewitt, he might be able to overcome it.

[repldoinfo]

Will be interesting to see how Roger plays against Andy if they meet since Andy is the biggest question on clay?

I think better than most people think....

[repldoinfo]

I agree, but this decision also implies that he must not be having any physical problems. Otherwise, he would have stayed home trying to recover. But then if not physical problems, why so many double faults and unforced errors??

Because he is not in good place mentally... he played some decent tennis in early rounds in Miami only to start falling apart in his match vs. Roddick, in which he got lucky to get through. Of course next match was a complete disaster. I am happy he is playing and I think he honestly thinks he has better chance of reaching finals on clay now than on hard.

[TypeTeasiaDer]

You need to be able to whack the crap out of the ball on clay. And with topspin. All that is not what Murray does best. Also, on clay most people get more serves back, so his return of serve skills are diminished . He also, for some reason is less comfortable moving on clay vs hard court. He should be able to get much better results than in prior years, but I will have to see myself if he can start being a threat on this surface.

Overall, the reasons of his less than stellar clay court record so far are similar to those Hewitt had in his career. But since he is bigger talent than Hewitt, he might be able to overcome it.

Interesting. Thanks for the clarification.

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Gasquet is out.

Google(edited by me) translation.

As suggested by our colleagues from RTL-L'équipe Friday morning, Richard Gasquet has withdrawn from the tournament in Monte Carlo, which begins Monday, because of persistent pain in his
right shoulder. The French, 23rd World, had already relinquished the tournament in Miami last week for the
same reason. He has not played since his defeat in the 3rd round of Indian Wells in early March.

Original French
Comme le laissaient entendre nos confrères de RTL-L'Equipe vendredi matin, Richard Gasquet (photo L'Equipe) doit renoncer au tournoi de Monte-Carlo, qui commence lundi, en raison d'une douleur persistante à l'épaule droite. Le Français, 23e mondial, avait déjà renoncé au tournoi de Miami la semaine dernière pour la même raison. Il n'a plus joué depuis sa défaite au 3e tour d'Indian Wells début mars. http://www.lequipe.fr/Tennis/2009041...t-renonce.html

[aLZ9zKsO]

Gasquet out of Monte Carlo. He is still having shoulder problem(eurosport)

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Lisnard and Ljubo get the final two WC's.

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Saturday Order of Play

COURT CENTRAL start 11:00 am
Qualifying - [WC] J Ouanna (FRA) vs M Youzhny (RUS)
Qualifying - N Devilder (FRA) vs [WC] B Balleret (MON)
Qualifying - F Fognini (ITA) vs N Massu (CHI)
Qualifying - A Clement (FRA) vs R Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP)

COURT DES PRINCES start 11:00 am
Qualifying - D Sela (ISR) vs S Darcis (BEL)
Qualifying - J Nieminen (FIN) vs S Stakhovsky (UKR)
Not Before 4:00 PM
Qualifying - F Cipolla (ITA) vs [WC] P Starace (ITA)

COURT 2 start 11:00 am
Qualifying - K Vliegen (BEL) vs M Zverev (GER)
Qualifying - A Golubev (KAZ) vs A Martin (ESP)
Not Before 4:30 PM
Qualifying - T Gabashvili (RUS) vs P Cuevas (URU)

COURT 9 start 11:00 am
Qualifying - I Navarro (ESP) vs A Beck (GER)
Qualifying - T Bellucci (BRA) vs N Lapentti (ECU)

COURT 11 start 11:00 am
Qualifying - [WC] A Smirnov (UKR) vs P Andujar (ESP)
Not Before 1:00 PM
Qualifying - O Hernandez (ESP) vs O Rochus (BEL)

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Nothing on Qualifying Draw yet...

[aLZ9zKsO]

Nothing on Qualifying Draw yet...

Here it is http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/commo...009/410/qs.pdf