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Tournament Name: THAILAND OPEN
Location: BANGKOK, THAILAND
Dates: SEPTEMBER 23-28, 2008 (TUESDAY START)
Prize Money: US $576,000 (US $551,000)
28 DRAW (Q16)

SITE: IMPACT ARENA
99 POPULAR ROAD, T. BANMAI, A. PAKKRED,
NONTHABURI, 11120 THAILAND
SURFACE: HARD
BALL: DUNLOP
PRIZE MONEY: USD
WEB SITE: http://www.thailandopen.org/

Qualifying draw: Saturday, September 20, 9:00 p.m.
Main draw: Sunday, September 21, 2:00 p.m.
Doubles draw: Sunday, September 21, 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 (Seeds 1-4: 0/0)
R32: 0/0
Q: +5/+1

Entry deadline: August 11, 2008
Seeding: September 15, 2008

1 Djokovic, Novak SRB 3
2 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried FRA 18
3 Berdych, Tomas CZE 20
OUT Moya, Carlos ESP 30
5 Nieminen, Jarkko FIN 32
6 Soderling, Robin SWE 37
7 Monfils, Gael FRA 43
8 Safin, Marat RUS 44
9 Bolelli, Simone ITA 47
OUT Ljubicic, Ivan CRO 50
11 Melzer, Jurgen AUT 51
12 Benneteau, Julien FRA 55
13 Santoro, Fabrice FRA 61
OUT Johansson, Thomas SWE 66
OUT Grosjean, Sebastien FRA 68
16 Mahut, Nicolas FRA 81
17 Gabashvili, Teimuraz RUS 83
OUT Kunitsyn, Igor RUS 84
19 Bellucci, Thomaz BRA 85
20 Korolev, Evgeny RUS 91
21 Berrer, Michael GER 92
22 (Q)
23 (Q)
24 (Q)
25 (Q)
26 (WC) Udomchoke, Danai THA
27 (WC) Djokovic, Marko SRB
28 (WC)

Alternates
IN Troicki, Viktor SRB 93
OUT Lee, Hyung-Taik KOR 96
IN Young, Donald USA 99
OUT Stakhovsky, Sergiy UKR 101
IN Becker, Benjamin GER 102
OUT Roitman, Sergio ARG 103
IN Zverev, Mischa GER 105
OUT Levine, Jesse USA 106
OUT Rochus, Christophe BEL 109
OUT Dabul, Brian ARG 111
OUT Gimeno-Traver, Daniel ESP 112
IN Kendrick, Robert USA 114
OUT Hernych, Jan CZE 115
IN Petzschner, Philipp GER 117
OUT Soeda, Go JPN 118
OUT Andujar, Pablo ESP 120
OUT Beck, Andreas GER 121
OUT Falla, Alejandro COL 122
OUT Delic, Amer USA 128
OUT Pless, Kristian DEN 129
OUT Pashanski, Boris SRB 130
1. Istomin, Denis UZB 133
OUT Isner, John USA 134
OUT Alves, Thiago BRA 137
OUT Cipolla, Flavio ITA 140
OUT Kim, Kevin USA 141
OUT Schukin, Yuri KAZ 143
OUT Huta Galung, Jesse NED 144
OUT Phau, Bjorn GER 146
OUT Warburg, Sam USA 147
OUT Dancevic, Frank CAN 148
2. Stadler, Simon GER 150
3. Sirianni, Joseph AUS 151
4. Smeets, Robert AUS 152
OUT De Voest, Rik RSA 153

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QUALIFYING SINGLES

[1] ISTOMIN, DenisUZBv [WC] WACHIRAMANOWONG, KittipongTHA
BASTL, George SUI v [8] CHEN, Ti TPE

[2]STADLER, SimonGER v [WC]WANG, Yeu-Tzuoo TPE
[WC]NIROJ, PongsiriTHA v [5]SLANAR, Martin AUT

[3]DLOUHY, LukasCZE v SKUGOR, FrankoCRO
BOPANNA, RohanIND v [7]LEDOVSKIKH, MikhailRUS

[4]QURESHI, Aisam-Ul-Haq PAK v GOJOWCZYK, PeterGER
[WC]WEINTRAUB, Amir ISR v [6]GREGORC, Luka SLO

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Main Draw

(1) DJOKOVIC, Novak SRB vs BYE
BENNETEAU, Julien FRA vs QUALIFIER
BERRER, Michael GER vs GABASHVILI, Teimuraz RUS
QUALIFIER vs (6) SODERLING, Robin SWE

(3) BERDYCH, Tomas CZE vs BYE
BELLUCCI, Thomaz BRA vs BOLELLI, Simone ITA
(WC) UDOMCHOKE, Danai THA vs MAHUT, Nicolas FRA
(WC) DJOKOVIC, Marko SRB vs (5) NIEMINEN, Jarkko FIN

(7) SAFIN, Marat RUS vs PETZSCHNER, Philipp GER
ZVEREV, Mischa GER vs (WC) SMEETS, Robert AUS
QUALIFIER vs KENDRICK, Robert USA
BYE vs (4) MONFILS, Gael FRA

(8) MELZER, Jurgen AUT vs YOUNG, Donald USA
SANTORO, Fabrice FRA vs TROICKI, Viktor SRB
QUALIFIER vs BECKER, Benjamin GER
BYE vs (2) TSONGA, Jo-Wilfried FRA

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Doubles Draw

(1)Dlouhy/Paes (CZE/IND) - Bopanna/Qureshi (IND/PAK)
Berdych/Bolelli (CZE/ITA) - Kerr/Perry (AUS)
(3)Lindstedt/Petzschner (SWE/GER) - (WC)Udomchoke/Wachiramanowong (THA)
(WC)Djokovic/Djokovic (SRB) - Santoro/Tsonga (FRA)

Soderling/Wassen (SWE/NED) - Monfils/Troicki (FRA/SRB)
Lipsky/Martin (USA) - (4)Melzer/Nieminen (AUT/FIN)
Ratiwatana/Ratiwatana (THA) - Benneteau/Mahut (FRA)
Safin/Zverev (RUS/GER) - (2)Aspelin/Knowle (SWE/AUT)

[JohnImamadviser]

Not Before 8:30 PMORDER OF PLAY – TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

CENTRE COURT start 12:00 noon

[Q] A Qureshi (PAK) vs [6] R Soderling (SWE)
[Q] L Dlouhy (CZE) vs B Becker (GER)
Not Before 7:00 PM
[7] M Safin (RUS) vs P Petzschner (GER)
[WC] D Udomchoke (THA) vs N Mahut (FRA)

COURT 1 start 12:00 noon

M Berrer (GER) vs T Gabashvili (RUS)
J Benneteau (FRA) vs [Q] S Stadler (GER)
Not Before 4:00 PM
T Berdych (CZE) / S Bolelli (ITA) vs J Kerr (AUS) / T Perry (AUS) - Possible Court change
Not Before 8:30 PM
[Q] G Bastl (SUI) vs R Kendrick (USA)

[ArrichMer]

Should we be expecting anything of Marko? Is Nole the most promising of the three brothers, or is someone better yet expected to come?

[TeNuaTe]

Should we be expecting anything of Marko?

No.

Is Nole the most promising of the three brothers, or is someone better yet expected to come? Supposedly the youngest one (Djordje) is the most talented one.

[tipoketpu]

Lot of talk about him getting this WC when he is ranked 419 in the juniors and in the 1700's on the ATP scale. Apparently there are other young Serbians who are playing better tennis at this particular time.

[lopesmili]

Lot of talk about him getting this WC when he is ranked 419 in the juniors and in the 1700's on the ATP scale. Apparently there are other young Serbians who are playing better tennis at this particular time.

I hope he doesn't win a point. Or if he does win a point, I hope it's because Jarkko smacks a line drive straight at Mama Djokovic's head .

[TeNuaTe]

I hope he doesn't win a point. Or if he does win a point, I hope it's because Jarkko smacks a line drive straight at Mama Djokovic's head .

LOL.

(I mean, um, how terrible. You shouldn't say things like that. )

[ArrichMer]

Lot of talk about him getting this WC when he is ranked 419 in the juniors and in the 1700's on the ATP scale. Apparently there are other young Serbians who are playing better tennis at this particular time.

Yeah, for example, in the juniors GS tournaments, the name of Filip Krajinovic seems much more prominent.

[tipoketpu]

I hope he doesn't win a point. Or if he does win a point, I hope it's because Jarkko smacks a line drive straight at Mama Djokovic's head .

To be fair Kim tried to jump start her sister Elke. I guess the Djokovic family is working hard on building a dynasty in Serbian tennis.

[BronUVT]

Yeah, for example, in the juniors GS tournaments, the name of Filip Krajinovic seems much more prominent.

But Marko doesn't play the junior GSlams, or have I missed him?

[nitivearchit]

To be fair Kim tried to jump start her sister Elke. I guess the Djokovic family is working hard on building a dynasty in Serbian tennis.

Ah, memories of Blake, Krystle, Adam, Steven, Fallon, and Alexis... Not to mention Cecil's infamous heart attack scene...

Good stuff!

Cecil Colby's Heart Attack

[TeNuaTe]

But Marko doesn't play the junior GSlams, or have I missed him?

He got a wild card into the juniors at AO, but if I'm remembering correctly, he lost in the first round.

[lopesmili]

I feel like a book about underwhelming sports siblings would be fun to write. Elke Clijsters, Jaslyn Hewitt, Thomas Blake, John Roddick, that third Manning Brother, Marko Djokovic, Brett Lindros, Billy Ripken (though he wasn't terrible), Brent Gretzky, Petr Ondrasek, etc, etc.

[corsar-caribean]

Apparently the third Manning brother's kid is quite the QB prodigy. But I don't think he's a teen yet...so take that for what it's worth!

[delnisfernan]

The match is on. Go Marat !

[BronUVT]

And I was in a really good mood today.

Thanks for losing us Davis Cup for nothing, Marat!

[nitivearchit]

Marat!