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02-19-2009, 12:59 AM | #1 |
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Tournament Name: BARCLAYS DUBAI TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Location: DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Dates: 23 FEBRUARY–1 MARCH, 2009 (SATURDAY FINAL) Prize Money: US $2,233,000 32 DRAW (16 DRAW QUALIFYING) SITE: THE DUBAI TENNIS STADIUM THE AVIATION CLUB, AL GARHOUD DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES SURFACE: DECOTURF II BALL: HEAD ATP PRIZE MONEY: USD PAID BY THE ATP WEB SITE: www.dubaitennischampionships.com Qualifying draw: Friday, February 20, 9:00 p.m. Main draw: Saturday, February 21, 3:00 p.m. Doubles draw: Saturday, February 21, 6:00 p.m. ATP Ranking Points W: 500 F: 300 SF: 180 QF: 90 R16: 45 R32: 0 Q: +20 Entry deadline: January 12, 2009 Seeding: February 16, 2009 1 Nadal, Rafael ESP 1 3 Djokovic, Novak SRB 3 4 Murray, Andy GBR 4 5 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 5 6 Simon, Gilles FRA 7 7 Roddick, Andy USA 8 8 Ferrer, David ESP 12 9 Verdasco, Fernando ESP 15 10 Andreev, Igor RUS 19 11 Cilic, Marin CRO 20 12 Gasquet, Richard FRA 25 13 Karlovic, Ivo CRO 26 14 Lopez, Feliciano ESP 28 15 Tursunov, Dmitry RUS 30 16 Schuettler, Rainer GER 31 17 Melzer, Jurgen AUT 32 18 Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 33 19 Bolelli, Simone ITA 38 20 Youzhny, Mikhail RUS 39 21 Hanescu, Victor ROU 44 22 Tipsarevic, Janko SRB 46 23 Benneteau, Julien FRA 48 24 Troicki, Viktor SRB 53 IN Ljubicic, Ivan 25 (SE) 26 (Q) 27 (Q) 28 (Q) 29 (Q) 30 (WC) 31 (WC) 32 (WC) |
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02-19-2009, 01:13 AM | #2 |
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Israel's Andy Ram will be granted a visa to play in next week's Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships, a spokesman for U.S. congressman Anthony Weiner said today.
The United Arab Emirates denied Israel's Shahar Peer a visa to play in the women's Dubai tournament this week. Congressman Weiner, who represents New York, had scheduled a press conference today to press the ATP to cancel its event if Ram was denied a visa. But the UAE's ambassador to Washington, Yousef Al Otaiba, assured Weiner that Ram will be issued a visa to play next week, according to a Reuters report. "Ms. Shahar Peer is a victim of politics over sportsmanship," Weiner said in a statement. The UAE does not have diplomatic ties with Israel and routinely denies visas to Israelis. Last February, Peer became the first Israeli to play a Gulf Arab region event when she played the Qatar Open and said then she received a "warm welcome" from the tournament. However, the UAE denied the Israeli doubles team of Jonathan Erlich and Ram, the 2008 Australian Open doubles champions, entry to play Dubai last year citing security concerns. http://www.tennisweek.com/news/fulls...Newsid=6627411 |
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02-19-2009, 03:57 PM | #3 |
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Thursday 2/19/09 Update
Dubai: (1 SE Spot to be cleared) OUT: Davydenko, Federer (and Istomin, Gil, Phau from ALT) IN: Ljubicic, Santoro NEXT: Gabashvili, Hernych, Stakhovsky, Clement, Kedrick, Minar Dubai Q: OUT: none (and Faurel from ALT) IN: none NEXT: Lammer, Marrai, Mertl, Qureshi, Burzi, J.Minar, Chekhov |
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02-19-2009, 04:05 PM | #4 |
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Looks the pressure *MIGHT* be doing good?
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02-19-2009, 04:26 PM | #5 |
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"I am very disappointed not to be able to compete in Dubai but the doctor has advised me to stay home and rest after the pain on my knee in Rotterdam last week. Nothing to be worried about but it needs some rest. I ask my fans and the tournament organizers to understand and I am sorry for this. Dubai is one of my favorite tournaments and I have always played there. The field is always great and more important the crowds are always supportive. I expect to be back in competition the following week for the Davis Cup tie in Benidorm against Serbia and then traveling to Indian Wells and Miami after".
Rafael Nadal |
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02-19-2009, 04:39 PM | #7 |
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OUT Nadal, Rafael ESP 1
OUT Federer, Roger SUI 2 3 Djokovic, Novak SRB 3 4 Murray, Andy GBR 4 OUT Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 5 6 Simon, Gilles FRA 7 OUT Roddick, Andy USA 8 8 Ferrer, David ESP 12 OUT Verdasco, Fernando ESP 15 10 Andreev, Igor RUS 19 11 Cilic, Marin CRO 20 12 Gasquet, Richard FRA 25 13 Karlovic, Ivo CRO 26 14 Lopez, Feliciano ESP 28 15 Tursunov, Dmitry RUS 30 16 Schuettler, Rainer GER 31 17 Melzer, Jurgen AUT 32 18 Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 33 19 Bolelli, Simone ITA 38 20 Youzhny, Mikhail RUS 39 21 Hanescu, Victor ROU 44 22 Tipsarevic, Janko SRB 46 23 Benneteau, Julien FRA 48 24 Troicki, Viktor SRB 53 25 (SE) 26 (Q) 27 (Q) 28 (Q) 29 (Q) 30 (WC) 31 (WC) 32 (WC) Alternates IN Ljubicic, Ivan CRO 55 IN Santoro, Fabrice FRA 60 IN Gabashvili, Teimuraz RUS 64 IN Hernych, Jan CZE 78 IN Stakhovsky, Sergiy UKR 83 2. Clement, Arnaud FRA 88 3. Kendrick, Robert USA 96 4. Minar, Ivo CZE 102 OUT Istomin, Denis UZB 105 OUT Gil, Frederico POR 107 OUT Phau, Bjorn GER 110 5. Kim, Kevin USA 113 6. Odesnik, Wayne USA 116 7. Ramirez Hidalgo, Ruben ESP 117 8. Ventura, Santiago ESP 118 |
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02-19-2009, 04:42 PM | #8 |
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02-19-2009, 04:51 PM | #10 |
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02-19-2009, 06:46 PM | #12 |
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Guess Roddick is pulling out to get rest for Davis Cup. But Andy won this tourney last year, right? Beat Nole, Rafa, and then F-Lo in the final? His ranking will take a hit. |
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02-19-2009, 07:45 PM | #14 |
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I know there's Monday-Thursday to travel/rest/train for DC, but going Memphis-Dubai-Birmingham always seemed like a heck of a lot of miles in a short period. |
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02-20-2009, 06:50 PM | #16 |
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Qualifying Draw
(1) I Minar (CZE) vs M Lammer (SUI) J Dasnieresde Veigy (FRA) vs (6) P Amritraj (IND) (2) F Cipolla (ITA) vs [WC] K Alayly (LIB) G Bastl (SUI) vs (8) M Ilhan (TUR) (3) R de Voest (RSA) vs [WC] M Al Baloushi (UAE) B Rehnquist (SWE) vs (5) L Recouderc (FRA) (4) L Dlouhy (CZE) vs [WC] M Chiudinelli (SUI) M Crugnola (ITA) vs (7) P Lorenzi (ITA) |
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02-20-2009, 06:54 PM | #17 |
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Saturday Order of Play - Qualifying
COURT 1 start 11:00am R de Voest (RSA) vs [WC] M Al Baloushi (UAE) I Minar (CZE) vs M Lammer (SUI) COURT 2 start 11:00am B Rehnquist (SWE) vs L Recouderc (FRA) Not Before 1:00 PM J Dasnieresde Veigy (FRA) vs P Amritraj (IND) COURT 3 start 11:00am L Dlouhy (CZE) vs [WC] M Chiudinelli (SUI) F Cipolla (ITA) vs [WC] K Alayly (LIB) COURT 7 start 11:00am M Crugnola (ITA) vs P Lorenzi (ITA) Not Before 1:00 PM G Bastl (SUI) vs M Ilhan (TUR) |
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02-21-2009, 06:04 PM | #18 |
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Main Draw
[1] Novak Djokovic (SRB) v Qualifier Jan Hernych (CZE) v Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) Jurgen Melzer (AUT) v Julien Benneteau (FRA) Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) v [5] Marin Cilic (CRO) [3] Gilles Simon (FRA) v [WC] Mohammad Ghareeb (KUW) Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS) v Qualifier Victor Hanescu (ROU) v Fabrice Santoro (FRA) Qualifier v [7] Ivo Karlovic (CRO) [6] Igor Andreev (RUS) v Feliciano Lopez (ESP) Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) v [WC] Andreas Seppi (ITA) Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) v Qualifier Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) v [4] David Ferrer (ESP) [8WC] Marat Safin (RUS) v Richard Gasquet (FRA) Viktor Troicki (SRB) v Simone Bolelli (ITA) Rainer Schuettler (GER) v Arnaud Clement (FRA) Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) v [2] Andy Murray (GBR) |
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02-21-2009, 06:43 PM | #19 |
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02-21-2009, 06:46 PM | #20 |
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