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Tournament Name: DAVIDOFF SWISS INDOORS BASEL
Location: BASEL, SWITZERLAND
Dates: 20–26 OCTOBER 2008 (MONDAY START)
Prize Money: €891,000 (€870,000)
32 DRAW

SITE: ST. JAKOBSHALLE BASEL
BRÜGLINGERSTRASSE 21
4052 BASEL
SURFACE: GREENSET
BALL: DUNLOP FORT
PRIZE MONEY: EURO
WEB SITE: http://www.davidoffswissindoors.ch/D...7573ab0.0.html

Qualifying draw: Friday, October 17, 9:00 p.m.
Main draw: Sunday, October 19, 4:00 p.m.
Doubles draw: Saturday, October 18, 6:00 p.m.

ATP Ranking Points/ATP Race Points
W: 250/50
F: 175/35
SF: 110/22
QF: 60/12
R16: 25/5
R32: 0/0
Q: +10/+2

Entry deadline: September 8, 2008
Seeding: October 13, 2008

Main Draw Entry List

1 Federer, Roger SUI 2
2 Nalbandian, David ARG 7
3 Gonzalez, Fernando CHI 9
4 Wawrinka, Stanislas SUI 10
5 Blake, James USA 11
6 Del Potro, Juan Martin ARG 13
7 Andreev, Igor RUS 20
8 Kiefer, Nicolas GER 21
9 Fish, Mardy USA 24
10 Berdych, Tomas CZE 28
11 Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 32
12 Nieminen, Jarkko FIN 33
13 Lopez, Feliciano ESP 38
14 Melzer, Jurgen AUT 41
15 Baghdatis, Marcos CYP 42
16 Bolelli, Simone ITA 45
17 Calleri, Agustin ARG 49
18 Acasuso, Jose ARG 51
19 Granollers, Marcel ESP 52
20 Schwank, Eduardo ARG 54
21 Montanes, Albert ESP 56
22 Haas, Tommy GER 57
23 Devilder, Nicolas FRA 60
24 (SE)
25 (SE)
26 (Q)
27 (Q)
28 (Q)
29 (Q)
30 (WC)Nishikori, Kei
31 (WC) Bohli, Stephane
32 (WC)

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Tournament Name: GRAND PRIX DE TENNIS DE LYON
Location: LYON, FRANCE
Dates: 20–26 OCTOBER 2008
Prize Money: €713,000 (€692,000)
32 DRAW

SITE: PALAIS DES SPORTS DE LYON
350 AVENUE JEAN JAURES
69007 LYON
SURFACE: TARAFLEX
BALL: DUNLOP FORT
PRIZE MONEY: EURO
WEB SITE: http://www.gptennislyon.com/pages/fr/1/accueil.html

Qualifying draw: Friday, October 17, 9:00 p.m.
Main draw: Friday, October 17, 7:00 p.m.
Doubles draw: Saturday, October 18, 6:00 p.m.

ATP Ranking Points/ATP Race Points
W: 225/45
F: 155/31
SF: 100/20
QF: 55/11
R16: 20/4
R32: 0/0
Q: +10/+2

Entry deadline: September 8, 2008
Seeding: October 13, 2008

Main Draw Entry List

1 Roddick, Andy USA 8
2 Gasquet, Richard FRA 12
3 Karlovic, Ivo CRO 14
4 Robredo, Tommy ESP 16
5 Simon, Gilles FRA 17
6 Almagro, Nicolas ESP 18
7 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried FRA 19
8 Mathieu, Paul-Henri FRA 25
9 Seppi, Andreas ITA 29
10 Soderling, Robin SWE 34
11 Llodra, Michael FRA 36
12 Gicquel, Marc FRA 37
13 Querrey, Sam USA 40
14 Monaco, Juan ARG 44
15 Ljubicic, Ivan CRO 46
16 Ferrero, Juan-Carlos ESP 47
17 Benneteau, Julien FRA 53
18 Canas, Guillermo ARG 55
19 Darcis, Steve BEL 58
20 Santoro, Fabrice FRA 62
21 Muller, Gilles LUX 63
22 Ginepri, Robby USA 65
24 (SE)
25 (SE)
26 (Q)
27 (Q)
28 (Q)
29 (Q)
30 (WC)
31 (WC)
32 (WC)

Note: Nicolas Lapentti replaces Taylor Dent in MD

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Tournament Name: ST. PETERSBURG OPEN
Location: ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA
Dates: 20-26 OCTOBER 2008
Prize Money: US $1,049,000 (US $1,024,000)
32 DRAW

SITE: SPORTS COMPLEX “PETERSBURGSKY”
PR. GAGARINA 8
ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA
SURFACE: GERFLOR ACRYLIC
BALL: PENN
PRIZE MONEY: USD
WEB SITE: http://www.spbopen.ru/

Qualifying draw: Friday, October 17, 9:00 p.m.
Main draw: Saturday, October 18, 2:00 p.m.
Doubles draw: Saturday, October 18, 6:00 p.m.

ATP Ranking Points/ATP Race Points
W: 250/50
F: 175/35
SF: 110/22
QF: 60/12
R16: 25/5
R32: 0/0
Q: +10/+2

Entry deadline: September 8, 2008
Seeding: October 13, 2008

Main Draw Entry List

1. Andy Murray (GBR) 4
2. Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) 6
3. Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 13
4. Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) 23
5. Marin Cilic (CRO) 24
6. Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) 26
7. Mario Ancic (CRO) 32
8. Marat Safin (RUS) 34
9. Rainer Schuettler (GER) 35
10. Igor Kunitsyn (RUS) 47
11. Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 50
12. Viktor Troicki (SRB) 53
13. Ernests Gulbis (LAT) 54
14. Florent Serra (FRA) 64
15. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 60
16. Jeremy Chardy (FRA) 71
17. Victor Hanescu (ROU) 73
18. Ivan Navarro (ESP) 79
19. Potito Starace (ITA) 81
20. Chris Guccione (AUS) 91
21. Olivier Rochus (BEL) 110
22. Thomas Johansson (SWE) 131
23. Dominik Hrbaty (SVK) 339
24. Qualifier
25. Qualifier
26. Qualifier
27. Qualifier
28. (Wild card)
29. (Wild card)
30. (Wild card)
31. Special exempt
32. Special exempt

Note: Evgeny Korolev replaces Thomas Johansson in MD.

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Update 10/16/08

Basel
(2 SE spots cleared)
OUT: none (& Lapentti, Fognini, Minar from ALT)
IN: Hernandez, Nishikori

Lyon
(2 SE spots cleared)
OUT: Dent (& Hernandez, Korolev, Stakhovsky, Minar from ALT)
IN: Lapentti, Fognini, Mahut

St. Petersburg
(2 SE spots cleared)
OUT: Johansson (& Minar from ALT)
IN: Korolev, Stakhovsky, Gremelmayr

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Updates 10/17/08

Basel: (Both SE spots cleared)
OUT: none (and Lapentti, Fognini, Korolev, Minar from ALT)
IN: Hernandez, Nishikori
NEXT: Reynolds, Gremelmayr, Volandri, Vliegen, Andujar, Gabashvili

Lyon: (Both SE spots cleared)
OUT: Almagro, Dent (and Hernandez, Korolev, Stakhovsky, Gremelmayr, Minar from ALT)
IN: Lapentti, Fognini, Mahut, Clement
NEXT: Reynolds, Grosjean, Volandri, Vliegen, Andujar, Gabashvili, Levine

St. Petersburg: (Both SE spots cleared)
OUT: Johansson (and Minar from ALT)
IN: Korolev, Stakhovsky, Gremelmayr
NEXT: Volandri, Vliegen, Andujar, Gabashvili, Levine, Zverev, Becker

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Basel Qualifying Draw

[1]VLIEGEN, Kristof BEL v MINAR, Jan CZE
[WC] SADECKY, Alexander SUI v [WC] SCHERRER, Jean-Claude SUI
KAMKE, Tobias GER v LAMMER, Michael SUI
MERTENS, Yannick BEL v [7] PEYA, Alexander AUT

[2] BECK, AndreasGER v MEFFERT, Dominik GER
SORENSEN, Louk IRL v KINDLMANN, Dieter GER
GOJOWCZYK, Peter GER v OSWALD, Philipp AUT
BASTL, George SUI v [5] KOUBEK, Stefan AUT

[3] VANEK, JiriCZE v [WC] DIMITROV, Grigor BUL
LOPEZ JAEN, Miguel Angel ESP v REISTER, Julian GER
PRZYSIEZNY, Michal POL v HUTA GALUNG, Jesse NED
MARRAY, Jonathan GBR v [8] DLOUHY, Lukas CZE

[4] BECKER, BenjaminGER v [WC] THOMET, Yannick SUI
KLEC, Ivo SVK v EITZINGER, Rainer AUT
BLOOMFIELD, Richard GBR v DODIG, Ivan CRO
SKUGOR, Franko CRO v [6] DORSCH, BenediktGER

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Gonzo withdrew for personal reasons but is said to be injured. Nishikori is out, also said to be injured. Haas wrote on his website that he won't be back until January.

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St Petersburg Qualifying Draw

[1] GABASHVILI, TeimurazRUS v DONSKOY, EvgenyRUS
BOPANNA, RohanIND v KRAVCHUK, KonstantinRUS
BETAU, Siarhei BLR v BUBKA, Sergei UKR
RUDNEV, ValeryRUS v [6] RECOUDERC, Laurent FRA

[2] ZVEREV, Mischa GER v POLASEK, Filip SVK
JUSKA, Andis LAT v DOLGOPOLOV JR., Oleksandr UKR
SERGEYEV, Ivan UKR v KARUSEVICH, Vladimir RUS
MATSUKEVITCH, Denis RUS v [5] SIDORENKO, Alexandre FRA

[3] GOLUBEV, Andrey KAZ v [WC] NEDELKO, Ivan RUS
KARATCHENIA, Andrei BLR v PLOTNIY, Andrei RUS
SMIRNOV, Artem UKR v ZHYRMONT, Dzmitry BLR
ZOVKO, Lovro CRO v [7] MARCHENKO, Ilia UKR

[4] KUKUSHKIN, Mikhail KAZ v [WC] DAVYDENKO, Philip RUS
KLYMENKO, Vladyslav UKR v GORBAN, Andrei MDA
MOLCHANOV, Denys UKR v [WC] RUD, Igor RUS
[WC] BALMASHEV, Mikhail RUS v [8] LEDOVSKIKH, Mikhail RUS

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Lyon Qualifying Draw

[1]Christophe Rochus (BEL) vs Vladimir Obradovic (SRB)
Sébastien De Chaunac (FRA) vs Bruno Soares (BRA)
[WC] Baptiste Bayet (FRA) vs Alexander Slabinsky (GBR)
[WC] François-Arthur Vibert (FRA) vs [7] Fernando Vicente (ESP)

[2] Alejandro Falla (COL) vs Chris Eaton (GBR)
Grégoire Burquier (FRA) vs Alexander Flock (GER)
Charles Roche (FRA) vs Adrian Menendez (ESP)
[WC] Rodolphe Gilbert (FRA) vs [6] David Guez (FRA)

[3] Adrian Mannarino vs Clément Morel (MON)
Thiemo De Bakker (NED) vs Alexandre Renard (FRA)
Olivier Charroin (FRA) vs Justin O'Neal (USA)
Clement Reix (FRA) vs [5] Santiago Giraldo (COL)

[4] Thierry Ascione (FRA) vs Jean-Christophe Faurel
WC - Simon Cauvard (FRA) vs Jonathan Eysseric (FRA)
James Mcgee (IRL) vs Benoit Paire (FRA)
Enrico Iannuzzi (ITA) vs [8] Giovanni Lapentti (ECU)

[LottiFurmann]

[COLOR=DarkSlateBlue]Lyon Qualifying Draw
[WC] Rodolphe Gilbert (FRA) vs [6] David Guez (FRA)

See: Jill has really convinced him to give it another try (see challenger thread a couple of days ago).

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St Petersburg Main Draw

Andy Murray GBR [1]vs. Viktor Troicki SRB
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez ESP vs. Ernests Gulbis LAT
Janko Tipsarevic SRB vs. Potito Starace ITA
Jérémy Chardy FRA vs. Mario Ancic CRO [7]

Fernando Verdasco ESP [3] vs. Q
Karlis Lejnieks LAT [WC] vs. Alexandre Kudryavtsev RUS [WC]
Rainer Schüttler GER vs. Igor Kunitsyn RUS
Dominik Hrbaty SVK vs. Dmitry Tursunov RUS [6]

Marat Safin RUS [8] vs. Sergiy Stakhovsky UKR
Q vs. Olivier Rochus BEL
Q vs. Florent Serra FRA
Ivan Navarro ESP vs. Mikhail Youzhny RUS [4]

Marin Cilic CRO [5] vs. Q
Evgeny Korolev RUS vs. Victor Hanescu ROU
Michail Elgin RUS [WC] vs. Filippo Volandri ITA
Chris Guccione AUS vs. Nikolay Davydenko RUS [2]

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Lyon Main Draw

Andy Roddick USA [1] vs. Nicolas Mahut FRA
Robby Ginepri USA vs. Sébastien Grosjean FRA [WC]
Q vs. Gilles Muller LUX
Q vs. Robin Söderling SWE [7]

Gilles Simon FRA [4] vs. Juan Monaco ARG
Q vs. Andreas Seppi ITA
Josselin Ouanna FRA [WC] vs. Ivan Ljubicic CRO
Nicolas Lapentti ECU vs. Ivo Karlovic CRO[6]

Paul-Henri Mathieu FRA [8] vs. Guillermo Cañas ARG
Juan Carlos Ferrero ESP vs. Sam Querrey USA
Fabrice Santoro FRA vs. Fabio Fognini ITA
Marc Gicquel FRA vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga FRA [3]

Tommy Robredo ESP [5] vs. Michaël Llodra FRA
Julien Benneteau FRA vs. Arnaud Clément FRA
Radek Stepanek CZE [WC] vs. Steve Darcis BEL
Q vs. Richard Gasquet FRA [2]

[gactanync]

Thanks for the draws, Ti!

I think you missed putting Karlovic in green, though.

Neither of the no.1 seeds have too much competition in their draws, and this would be Murray's second straight title if he wins Madrid.

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Basel Main Draw

(1) Roger Federer (SUI) vs Bobby Reynolds (USA)
Eduardo Schwank (ARG) vs Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)
Marcel Granollers (ESP) vs Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)
Simone Bolelli (ITA) vs (7) Tomas Berdych (CZE)

(4) James Blake (USA) vs Nicolas Kiefer (GER)
Oscar Hernandez (ESP) vs Tommy Haas (GER)
Feliciano Lopez (ESP) vs (WC) Marco Chiudinelli (SUI)
Agustin Calleri (ARG) vs (8) Mardy Fish (USA)

(6) Igor Andreev (RUS) vs Jurgen Melzer (AUT)
Denis Gremelmayr (GER) vs Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)
Jose Acasuso (ARG) vs (WC) Stephane Bohli (SUI)
QUALIFIER vs (3) Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG)

(5) Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) vs QUALIFIER
QUALIFIER vs Nicolas Devilder (FRA)
QUALIFIER vs (WC) Philipp Petzschner
Albert Montanes (ESP) vs (2) David Nalbandian (ARG)

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[B]Basel Main Draw


(6) Igor Andreev (RUS) vs Jurgen Melzer (AUT)
Denis Gremelmayr (GER) vs Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)
Jose Acasuso (ARG) vs (WC) Stephane Bohli (SUI)
QUALIFIER vs [COLOR=DarkSlateGray](3) Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG)

So, I was going to have 4 players in Basel, but Kei withdrew. Now, my three remaining players are all in the SAME quarter!

I'll be accepting the "Most Screwed by the Draw" award with some speech later on.

[Leczyslaw]

Thanks for the draws, Ti!

I think you missed putting Karlovic in green, though.

Neither of the no.1 seeds have too much competition in their draws, and this would be Murray's second straight title if he wins Madrid.

You don't think Roger has competition in his draw?

Agree about Murray though.

[ZesePreodaNed]

Both have plenty of competition of they are not on top of their games.

[Feloascarlelt]

I have those three as well...but also Fed and Bolelli (who also got into the same quarter...weird.)

[gactanync]

You don't think Roger has competition in his draw?

Agree about Murray though.

The Basel draw hadn't been posted when I posted that post. I was talking about the other two draws. Anyway, Murray should, arguably, take the title without too much tough competition.

[gactanync]

Both have plenty of competition of they are not on top of their games.

Well, that's always the case, though, no?

Anyone would have tough competition if they're not at the top of their games.