[Imampaictjg]

Del Potro/Nalby get to warm up for this match tomorrow in Basel, MZN.

Lovely.

[fuesquemill]

Now that the draw is out, if/when Kolya withdraws, is it too late to bump the highest-ranked unseeded player into his spot (currently Robredo)? Or could that still happen if the withdrawl is before main draw play starts?

[vqIo7X2U]

That top eighth is super fetch.

[zlopikanikanz]

Dang. Del Potro is in Nalby's group. I'm not even sure Nalby will get past the Karlovic/Kiefer winner.

I'd love to see a Djokovic/Tsonga rematch.

They keep being drawn together.

PEHK has to beat him sometime!


Rafa's draw is competitive. Murray!

Fed-Djoko other side. Hmmm.

Rafa's half is quite loaded.

[Feloascarlelt]

Baghdatis v. Querrey! Blake v. Bye! Some real winnable matches here.

Yup...bye isn't complaining about his draw at all.

[jimbomaxf]

great....PEHK gets to play his 0-8 nemesis! Felciano v. Tipsy in a first rounder, that's some serious eye candy for anyone there for first round matches.

who do you mean, moose? I think he has a positive h2h with youzhny (at least he beat him in the Munich final last year). considering that ferrer is a bit off right now and his record against blake, he has a good shot to make the quarter final, I think.

[SHpuntik]

How about berber carpeting? Verdasco v. Berdych, my living room, be there.

Hmm, well it's your living room, so I guess you can invite who you want. I'll hold out for Delic and Gambill, although they'll have to play on concrete in my living room.

That top eighth is super fetch.

Are you still trying to make this happen?

[JackTimQSR]

Qualifying Draw

[1] BOLELLI, Simone ITA vs GUCCIONE, Chris AUS
[WC] GUEZ, David FRA vs [8] SERRA, Florent FRA
[2] LJUBICIC, Ivan CRO vs RECOUDERC, Laurent FRA
[WC] LUGASSY, Gary FRA vs [10] CANAS, Guillermo ARG

[3] MONACO, Juan ARG vs [WC] EYSSERIC, Jonathan FRA
[WC] RODRIGUES, Mathieu FRA vs [12] LAPENTTI, Nicolas ECU
[4] GRANOLLERS, Marcel ESP vs SIDORENKO, Alexandre FRA
MAHUT, Nicolas FRA vs [9] DEVILDER, Nicolas FRA

[5] TROICKI, Viktor SRB vs VLIEGEN, Kristof BEL
ROCHUS, Olivier BEL vs [7] GARCIA-LOPEZ, Guillermo ESP
[6] GINEPRI, Robby USA vs CLEMENT, Arnaud FRA
[Alt] DASNIERESDE VEIGY, Jonathan FRA vs [11] NAVARRO, Ivan ESP

[JackTimQSR]

ORDER OF PLAY Saturday, 25 October 2008

COURT 1
Matches Start At: 10:00 AM

Gary LUGASSY (FRA) vs Guillermo CANAS (ARG)
followed by
Ivan LJUBICIC (CRO) vs Laurent RECOUDERC (FRA)
followed by
Juan MONACO (ARG) vs Jonathan EYSSERIC (FRA)
followed by
Robby GINEPRI (USA) vs Arnaud CLEMENT (FRA)
followed by
Nicolas DEVILDER (FRA) vs Nicolas MAHUT (FRA)
followed by
Florent SERRA (FRA) vs David GUEZ (FRA)

COURT POLIVEAU
Matches Start At: 10:00 AM

Olivier ROCHUS (BEL) vs Guillermo GARCIA-LOPEZ (ESP)
followed by
Viktor TROICKI (SRB) vs Kristof VLIEGEN (BEL)
Not Before 1:00 PM
Mathieu RODRIGUES (FRA) vs Nicolas LAPENTTI (ECU)
followed by
Jonathan DASNIERESDE VEIGY (FRA) vs Ivan NAVARRO (ESP)
Not Before 3:30 PM
Marcel GRANOLLERS (ESP) vs Alexandre SIDORENKO (FRA)
followed by
Simone BOLELLI (ITA) vs Chris GUCCIONE (AUS)

[LINETFAD]

Now that the draw is out, if/when Kolya withdraws, is it too late to bump the highest-ranked unseeded player into his spot (currently Robredo)? Or could that still happen if the withdrawl is before main draw play starts?

If he withdraws before play starts, they'll assign a #17 seed. Otherwise, some LL gets to play a Q for a spot in the 16s, and 75 entry points. Sweeeeeet.