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Tournament Name: OPEN DE MOSELLE
Location: METZ, FRANCE
Dates: 29 SEPTEMBER–5 OCTOBER 2008
Prize Money: €370,000 (€349,000)
32 DRAW

SITE: PALAIS OMNISPORTS DES ARENES DE METZ
5 AVENUE LOUIS LE DEBONNAIRE
57000 METZ
SURFACE: GREENSET
BALL: TECHINIFIBRE X ONE
PRIZE MONEY: EURO
WEB SITE: www.opendemoselle.com

Qualifying draw: Friday, September 26, 9:00 p.m.
Main draw: Saturday, September 27, 5:00 p.m.
Doubles draw: Saturday, September 27, 6:00 p.m.

ATP Ranking Points/ATP Race Points
W: 175/35
F: 120/24
SF: 75/15
QF: 40/8
R16: 15/3
R32: 0/0
Q: +5/+1

Entry deadline: August 18, 2008
Seeding: September 22, 2008

1 Karlovic, Ivo CRO 14
2 Simon, Gilles FRA 16
3 Almagro, Nicolas ESP 18
4 Mathieu, Paul-Henri FRA 24
5 Tursunov, Dmitry RUS 26
6 Ancic, Mario CRO 27
7 Lopez, Feliciano ESP 28
8 Stepanek, Radek CZE 29
9 Seppi, Andreas ITA 32
10 Llodra, Michael FRA 38
11 Gulbis, Ernests LAT 40
12 Moya, Carlos ESP 41
13 Gicquel, Marc FRA 42
14 Ljubicic, Ivan CRO 43
15 Tipsarevic, Janko SRB 45
16 Baghdatis, Marcos CYP 46
17 Calleri, Agustin ARG 49
18 Granollers, Marcel ESP 51
19 Acasuso, Jose ARG 52
20 Canas, Guillermo ARG 53
21 Benneteau, Julien FRA 56
22 Schwank, Eduardo ARG 57
23 Hanescu, Victor ROU 58
24 (SE)
25 (SE)
26 (Q)
27 (Q)
28 (Q)
29 (Q)
30 (WC)
31 (WC)
32 (WC)

Alternates
IN Montanes, Albert ESP 59
IN Devilder, Nicolas FRA 63
1. Lapentti, Nicolas ECU 66
2. Serra, Florent FRA 69
3. Grosjean, Sebastien FRA 70
OUT Kunitsyn, Igor RUS 72
4. Starace, Potito ITA 77
5. Clement, Arnaud FRA 78
6. Chardy, Jeremy FRA 79
OUT Mahut, Nicolas FRA 83
7. Fognini, Fabio ITA 84
OUT Gabashvili, Teimuraz RUS 85
OUT Bellucci, Thomaz BRA 87
OUT Guccione, Chris AUS 88
8. Stakhovsky, Sergiy UKR 91

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Qualifying Draw

(1) SERRA, Florent FRA v WIESLER, Andre GER
FISCHER, Holger GER v MATHIEU, Julien FRA
GOODALL, Joshua GBR v GUEZ, David FRA
EITZINGER, Rainer AUT v (7) MANNARINO, Adrian FRA

(2) FOGNINI, Fabio ITA v JOUAN, Romain FRA
ZOVKO, Lovro CRO v AMRITRAJ, Prakash IND
O'NEAL, Justin USA v PENAUD, Alexandre FRA
KAMKE, Tobias GER v (8) BECK, Karol SVK

(3) STAKHOVSKY, Sergiy UKR v BUBKA, Sergei UKR
EATON, Chris GBR v NIELSEN, Frederik DEN
BASTL, George SUI v (WC) HERBERT, Pierre Hughes FRA
(WC) BONAMI, Maxime FRA v (6) DE VOEST, Rik RSA

(4) ASCIONE, Thierry FRA v (WC) MUTIS, Olivier FRA
KLINGEMANN, Chris USA v HRBATY, Dominik SVK
(WC) FERET, Antoine FRA v BLOOMFIELD, Richard GBR
KARCHER, Herve FRA v (5) ELGIN, Michail RUS

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Main Draw

KARLOVIC, Ivo (1) CRO - BAGHDATIS, Marcos CYP
MONTANES, Albert ESP - MOYA, Carlos ESP
ACASUSO, Jose ARG - CANAS, Guillermo ARG
QUALIFIER - TURSUNOV, Dmitry (5) RUS

ALMAGRO, Nicolas (3) ESP - SCHWANK, Eduardo ARG
HANESCU, Victor ROM - LJUBICIC, Ivan CRO
LLODRA, Michael FRA - LOPEZ, Feliciano ESP
BENNETEAU, Julien FRA - STEPANEK, Radek (7) CZE

ANCIC, Mario (8) CRO - GULBIS, Ernest LAT
TIPSAREVIC, Janko SRB - CHARDY, Jeremy (WC) FRA
QUALIFIER - CALLERI, Agustin ARG
DEVLIDER, Nicolas FRA - MATHIEU, Paul-Henri (4) FRA

SEPPI, Andreas (6) ITA - QUALIFIER
QUALIFIER - CLEMENT, Arnaud (WC) FRA
GRANOLLERS, Marcel - GICQUEL, Marc FRA
MAHUT, Nicolas (WC) FRA - SIMON, Gilles (2) FRA

[JohnImamadviser]

ORDER OF PLAY – MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2008


CENTER start 11:00 am
Qualifying - T Ascione (FRA) vs M Elgin (RUS)
Not Before 12:30 PM
J Acasuso (ARG) vs G Canas (ARG)
J Tipsarevic (SRB) vs [WC] J Chardy (FRA)
Not Before 5:00 PM
[8] M Ancic (CRO) vs E Gulbis (LAT)
A Montanes (ESP) vs C Moya (ESP)
[WC] J Mathieu (FRA) / O Mutis (FRA) vs [2] A Clement (FRA) / M Llodra (FRA)

COURT 1 start 11:00 am

Qualifying - F Serra (FRA) vs A Mannarino (FRA)
Qualifying - R Jouan (FRA) vs T Kamke (GER)
Qualifying - S Stakhovsky (UKR) vs R de Voest (RSA)
[4] M Melo (BRA) / A Sa (BRA) vs D Hrbaty (SVK) / R Stepanek (CZE)

[Gremlinn]

I love the program. Wish I could watch, ...
Tipsy/Chardy followed By Ancic/Ernie now isn't that a royal program ???

[BronUVT]

RESULTS
Singles - First Round
E Gulbis (LAT) d [8] M Ancic (CRO) 76(3) 64
J Acasuso (ARG) d G Canas (ARG) 63 26 63
J Tipsarevic (SRB) d [WC] J Chardy (FRA) 76(5) 75
C Moya (ESP) d A Montanes (ESP) 61 46 64

Doubles - First Round
[2] A Clement (FRA) / M Llodra (FRA) d [WC] J Mathieu (FRA) / O Mutis (FRA) 64 64
[4] M Melo (BRA) / A Sa (BRA) d D Hrbaty (SVK) / R Stepanek (CZE) 75 61

[JohnImamadviser]

ORDER OF PLAY – TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

CENTER start 11:00 am
[3] N Almagro (ESP) vs E Schwank (ARG)
Not Before 12:15
[Q] T Ascione (FRA) vs [5] D Tursunov (RUS)
Not Before 14:00
N Devilder (FRA) vs [4] P Mathieu (FRA)
V Hanescu (ROU) vs I Ljubicic (CRO)
Not Before 18:00
[1] I Karlovic (CRO) vs M Baghdatis (CYP)
[WC] N Mahut (FRA) vs [2] G Simon (FRA)

COURT 1 start 11:00 am
L Arnold Ker (ARG) / B Soares (BRA) vs [3] M Damm (CZE) / P Vizner (CZE)
Not Before 12:00
M Granollers (ESP) vs M Gicquel (FRA)
[Q] R Jouan (FRA) vs A Calleri (ARG)
[1] M Fyrstenberg (POL) / M Matkowski (POL) vs F Lopez (ESP) / J Murray (GBR)
M Granollers (ESP) / A Montanes (ESP) vs J Coetzee (RSA) / R de Voest (RSA)
[WC] T Ascione (FRA) / M Gicquel (FRA) vs N Devilder (FRA) / P Mathieu (FRA)

[Gremlinn]

way to go Ernie

[dietpillxanaxaxx]

Almagro got Schwanked. He hasn't played for awhile. He's not a fave but I thought he would win this one.

[77chawzence]

Almagro got Schwanked. He hasn't played for awhile. He's not a fave but I thought he would win this one.

In 2007, Nico won 1 match following the US Open. For the rest of the year.

I think it's really hard to get a read on him. With that serve, he should be able to do well off clay, but he just can't seem to accomplish anything off dirt.

[QQQQQ-Trek]

Ljubicic lost... TO HANESCU.

I think it's safe to say we won't be seeing him around anymore.

[Rffkwfct]

Baghdatis just retired serving at 6:4, 1:2 against Karlovic does anyone know what happened?

[Buildityrit]

Ljubicic lost... TO HANESCU.

I think it's safe to say we won't be seeing him around anymore.

[BronUVT]

RESULTS
Singles - First Round
[1] I Karlovic (CRO) d M Baghdatis (CYP) 46 21 ret.
E Schwank (ARG) d [3] N Almagro (ESP) 76(5) 62
[4] P Mathieu (FRA) d N Devilder (FRA) 60 62
[5] D Tursunov (RUS) d [Q] T Ascione (FRA) 67(3) 62 64
V Hanescu (ROU) d I Ljubicic (CRO) 61 76(4)
M Gicquel (FRA) d M Granollers (ESP) 63 62
[Q] R Jouan (FRA) d A Calleri (ARG) 57 61 62

[WC] N Mahut (FRA) vs [2] G Simon (FRA) in progress

Doubles - First Round
[1] M Fyrstenberg (POL) / M Matkowski (POL) d F Lopez (ESP) / J Murray (GBR) 63 75
[3] M Damm (CZE) / P Vizner (CZE) d L Arnold Ker (ARG) / B Soares (BRA) 61 36 10-7
J Coetzee (RSA) / R de Voest (RSA) d M Granollers (ESP) / A Montanes (ESP) 62 60
[WC] T Ascione (FRA) / M Gicquel (FRA) vs N Devilder (FRA) / P Mathieu (FRA) - to be played

[ArrichMer]

RESULTS
Singles - First Round
[1] I Karlovic (CRO) d M Baghdatis (CYP) 46 21 ret.

Again?!! What the hell is happening to Marcos?

[pongeystrhjst]

Again?!! What the hell is happening to Marcos?

Just read where his back gave out. He had to be lifted from the court.

[indianstory]

Just read where his back gave out. He had to be lifted from the court.

F***. He is perhaps the least conditioned guy on tour?

[Buildityrit]

F***. He is perhaps the least conditioned guy on tour?

Now that Gimelstob is retired and Mardy has pseudo-abs...

[milfovoxapl]

F***. He is perhaps the least conditioned guy on tour?

Maybe so, but is this really a fitness related issue?

[indianstory]

Maybe so, but is this really a fitness related issue?

A bad back can be just that. It can also be lack of proper core strength. And given his history with cramping I drew a conclusion. I could be wrong, I know.