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Old 02-19-2009, 12:59 AM   #1
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Default ATP 500 Barclay's Dubai Tennis Championships 2/23-3/1/2009
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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Old 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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Old 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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Old 02-19-2009, 04:05 PM   #4
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Looks the pressure *MIGHT* be doing good?
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Old 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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Old 02-19-2009, 04:37 PM   #6
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Roddick and Verdasco have also pulled out.
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Old 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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Old 02-19-2009, 04:42 PM   #8
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Good grief.
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Old 02-19-2009, 04:44 PM   #9
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only 4 more withdraws and PEHK can be seeded
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Old 02-19-2009, 04:51 PM   #10
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only 4 more withdraws and PEHK can be seeded
Nah... He'll have to withdraw, too, so that Ruben Ramirez-Hidalgo can get the top seed! In the main draw!

This entry list looks like swiss cheese...
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Old 02-19-2009, 04:57 PM   #11
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Guess Roddick is pulling out to get rest for Davis Cup.
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Old 02-19-2009, 06:46 PM   #12
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Guess Roddick is pulling out to get rest for Davis Cup.
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.

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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Old 02-19-2009, 07:42 PM   #13
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Seems like the wrong tour is doing the boycott...
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Old 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.

But Andy won this tourney last year, right? Beat Nole, Rafa, and then F-Lo in the final? His ranking will take a hit.
Not right now because his 2008 Dubai points won't be drop off until March 9. Even then he can only drop 2 places
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Old 02-19-2009, 07:57 PM   #15
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Seems like the wrong tour is doing the boycott...
The schedule bites.
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Old 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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Old 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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Old 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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Old 02-21-2009, 06:43 PM   #19
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[8WC] Marat Safin (RUS) v Richard Gasquet (FRA)

This could be a horrible match or a great match depending on who has checked in or checked out mentally.
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Old 02-21-2009, 06:46 PM   #20
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[8WC] Marat Safin (RUS) v Richard Gasquet (FRA)

This could be a horrible match or a great match depending on who has checked in or checked out mentally.
Agreed. The label "wild card" rarely gets used this appropriately.
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