[ringsarcle]

Tournament Name: HEINEKEN OPEN
Location: AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND
Dates: JANUARY 12–17, 2009 (SATURDAY FINAL)
Prize Money: US $480,750
28 MAIN DRAW (32 QUALIFYING)

SITE: ASB TENNIS CENTRE
NO.1 TENNIS LANE (PO BOX 2905)
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND
SURFACE: REBOUND ACE
BALL: WILSON (AO BALL)
PRIZE MONEY: US DOLLARS—PAID BY ATP
WEB SITE: http://www.atpworldtour.com/1/en/tou...rofile/301.asp

Qualifying draw: Friday, January 9, 9:00 p.m.
Main draw: Saturday, January 10, 3:00 p.m.
Doubles draw: Saturday, January 10, 6:00 p.m.

ATP Ranking Points
W: 250
F: 150
SF: 90
QF: 45
R16: 20 (Seeds 1-4: 0)
R32: 0
Q: +12

Entry Deadline: December 1, 2008
Seeding: January 5, 2009

Del Potro, Juan Martin ARG 9
Ferrer, David ESP 12
Soderling, Robin SWE 17
Almagro, Nicolas ESP 18
Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 28
Querrey, Sam USA 39
Montanes, Albert ESP 45
Monaco, Juan ARG 46
Kunitsyn, Igor RUS 47
Acasuso, Jose ARG 48
Hanescu, Victor ROU 50
Ginepri, Robby USA 51
Gulbis, Ernests LAT 53
Gicquel, Marc FRA 54
Ferrero, Juan Carlos ESP 55
Granollers, Marcel ESP 56
Troicki, Viktor SRB 57
Serra, Florent FRA 59
(SE)
(SE)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(WC) Statham, Rubin NZL
(WC) Nishikori, Kei JPN
(WC)

[ringsarcle]

Auckland: Both SE Spots cleared
OUT: Acasuso, Schwank (and Garcia Lopez from ALT)
IN: Calleri, Darcis, Nishikori, Lu
NEXT: Gabashvili, Koubek@, Petzschner, Hernandez, C.Rochus, Reynolds

[OlgaBorovikovva]

MAIN DRAW


(1) DEL POTRO, Juan Martin (ARG) v. BYE
GULBIS, Ernests (LAT) v. GRANOLLERS, Marcel (ESP)
TROICKI, Viktor (SRB) v. KUNITSYN, Igor (RUS)
HANESCU, Victor (ROU) v. (8) MONACO, Juan (ARG)

(3) SODERLING, Robin (SWE) v. BYE
QUALIFIER v. QUALIFIER
(WC) STATHAM, Jose (NZL) v. GINEPRI, Robby (USA)
QUALIFIER v. (7) MONTANES, Albert (ESP)

(6) QUERREY, Sam (USA) v. (WC) KING-TURNER, Daniel (NZL)
SERRA, Florent (FRA) v. QUALIFIER
DARCIS, Steve (BEL) v. LU, Yen-Hsun (TPE)
BYE v. (4) ALMAGRO, Nicolas (ESP)

(5) KOHLSCHREIBER, Philipp (GER) v. (WC) HRBATY, Dominik (SVK)
FERRERO, Juan Carlos (ESP) v. NISHIKORI, Kei (JPN)
CALLERI, Agustin (ARG) v. GICQUEL, Marc (FRA)
BYE v. (2) FERRER, David (ESP)

[dhYTvlAv]

Order of Play - Centre Court

John ISNER (USA) vs Thomaz BELLUCCI (BRA)
Sam QUERREY (USA) vs Daniel KING-TURNER (NZL)
Juan Carlos FERRERO (ESP)vs Kei NISHIKORI (JPN)

Paul HANLEY (AUS)/Jordan KERR (AUS) vs Christopher KAS (GER)/Rogier WASSEN (NED)

Not Before 7:30 PM
Jose (Rubin) STATHAM (NZL) vs Robby GINEPRI (USA)
Viktor TROICKI (SRB) vs Igor KUNITSYN (RUS

Play about to start. Gutted that JCF is third match, I might have to sneak livestream peaks while I'm at work. Interviewing JCF now - he looks gooooood!

[Lvnufcdc]

Glad Hanley finally found a doubles partner. I read somewhere that he was having a lot of difficulty finding one after last year's date rape lawsuit thing. Looks like Paes ditched him for good.

[dhYTvlAv]

Insner/Bellucci match is a qualifier for main draw.

[dhYTvlAv]

http://www.planetstream.tv/videoview.aspx?vidid=104

Need to sign up for a free account. TVNZ commentary.

http://www.channelsurfing.net/watch-wabuk-5.html as well

[MaickiP]

(5) KOHLSCHREIBER, Philipp (GER) v. (WC) HRBATY, Dominik (SVK)

Well that sucks for Kohlschreiber.

[Leczyslaw]

Well that sucks for Kohlschreiber.

Why? Philipp is very capable of beating Hrbaty.



btw, I am really looking forward to Ferrero - Nishikori.

[Gastonleruanich]

Is it my imagination or has Isner put on A LOT of weight? Maybe it's the shirt...

[dhYTvlAv]

Is it my imagination or has Isner put on A LOT of weight? Maybe it's the shirt...

He looks fairly 'solid' to me but I'm not sure what his body type was before.

[MaickiP]

Why? Philipp is very capable of beating Hrbaty.

It seems like a tough first round draw even if he wins.

Is it my imagination or has Isner put on A LOT of weight? Maybe it's the shirt...

It does look like he's gained a lot of upper-body strength. I wonder if that will be helpful.

[Gastonleruanich]

Welll, crap.

I think it's mostly the shirt. Charlie's right. He does seem to have strengthened his upper body quite a bit. But there's still something a little pudgy about him that's new.

When Isner first burst on the scene, he was fairly thin. Maybe he's just growing up.

Bellucci has a tight game. Looked over his results. He clearly seems to favor the dirt.

[seooptiman]

Last year they called Bellucci the Nadal of the Challenger circuit.

Querrey and King warming up now.

[Gastonleruanich]

Last year they called Bellucci the Nadal of the Challenger circuit.

Querrey and King warming up now.

Yup. 17 wins in a row, I think. All on clay. And they weren't little Zuzuesque challengers, either.

[MaickiP]

(6) QUERREY, Sam (USA) v. (WC) KING-TURNER, Daniel (NZL)

This King-Turner fellow is playing some pretty impressive tennis so far. He's down break point at 3-3, but he's been coming up with some good shots.

Of course, as I say that he double faults twice in a row to get broken. It was a good start though.

Also, he is very pale. Almost albino pale.

[MaickiP]

Bellucci has a tight game. Looked over his results. He clearly seems to favor the dirt.

He has a huge take back for returning serve. It's completely inappropriate for any surface but clay.

[dhYTvlAv]

Way to go Dan!

[Leczyslaw]

Video stopped working.

Anyone has working link?

[dhYTvlAv]

http://www.planetstream.tv/videoview.aspx?vidid=104

Need to sign up for a free account. TVNZ commentary.

http://www.channelsurfing.net/watch-wabuk-5.html as well

Have you tried both of these?