[monologue]

Tournament Name: BCR OPEN ROMANIA
Location: BUCHAREST, ROMANIA
Dates: 8–14 SEPTEMBER 2008
Prize Money: €370,000 (€349,000)
32 DRAW

SITE: BNR ARENAS
STR. DR. LISTER N. 37
42-48 STR. STAICOVICI STREET, BUCHAREST, ROMANIA
SURFACE: CLAY
BALL: DUNLOP FORT
PRIZE MONEY: EUROS
WEB SITE: http://www.bcropenromania.ro/

Qualifying draw: Friday, September 5, 9:00 p.m.
Main draw: Saturday, September 6, 3:00 p.m.
Doubles draw: Saturday, September 6, 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: July 28, 2008
Seeding: September 1, 2008

1 Almagro, Nicolas ESP 13
2 Simon, Gilles FRA 14
3 Mathieu, Paul-Henri FRA 23
OUT Seppi, Andreas ITA 39
5 Moya, Carlos ESP 41
6 Acasuso, Jose ARG 48
7 Montanes, Albert ESP 51
8 Hanescu, Victor ROU 52
9 Gulbis, Ernests LAT 53
10 Granollers, Marcel ESP 56
11 Devilder, Nicolas FRA 65
12 Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo ESP 68
13 Starace, Potito ITA 69
14 Gonzalez, Maximo ARG 73
15 Navarro, Ivan ESP 78
16 Zverev, Mischa GER 79
17 Lee, Hyung-Taik KOR 80
18 Hernandez, Oscar ESP 82
19 Serra, Florent FRA 84
20 Gremelmayr, Denis GER 86
21 Gabashvili, Teimuraz RUS 87
22 Vassallo Arguello, Martin ARG 88
23 Korolev, Evgeny RUS 94
24 (SE)
25 (SE)
26 (Q)
27 (Q)
28 (Q)
29 (Q)
30 (WC) Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried
31 (WC) Gasquet, Richard (unconfirmed by official site)
32 (WC)

Alternates
IN Chardy, Jeremy FRA 95
1. Dabul, Brian ARG 96
OUT Karanusic, Roko CRO 99
OUT Spadea, Vincent USA 100
2. Junqueira, Diego ARG 101
OUT Ventura, Santiago ESP 102
3. Andujar, Pablo ESP 106
OUT Rochus, Christophe BEL 110
4. Martin, Alberto ESP 112
OUT Roitman, Sergio ARG 113
5. Gimeno-Traver, Daniel ESP 115
OUT Kendrick, Robert USA 118
OUT Beck, Andreas GER 119
OUT Petzschner, Philipp GER 121
OUT Berlocq, Carlos ARG 125
6. Volandri, Filippo ITA 127
OUT Pashanski, Boris SRB 130
7. Kukushkin, Mikhail KAZ 131
OUT Cipolla, Flavio ITA 132
8. Cuevas, Pablo URU 136

[monologue]

Qualifying Draw

ANDUJAR, Pablo (ESP, 1, WC) vs BYE
ELESKOVIC, Ervin (SWE) vs LAZAR, Alexandru (ROU)
MIRON, Marcel (ROU) vs ARANGUREN, Juan-Martin (ARG)
CARPEN, Alexandru (ROU) vs RECOUDERC, Laurent (FRA, 7)

VOLANDRI, Filippo (ITA, 2) vs VARGA, Robert (HUN)
MIHAI, Valentin (ROU, WC) vs PERRY, Todd (AUS)
MERGEA, Florin (ROU) vs MOLDOVAN, Ion (ROU, WC)
ANDRII, Bogdan (ROU, WC) vs DEVVARMAN, Somdev (IND, 8)

MARTIN, Alberto (ESP, 3) vs MORARU, Gabriel (ROU)
IONITA, Victor (ROU) vs ERLIC, Laurentiu (ROU)
APOSTU-EFREMOV, Artemon (ROU) vs COPIL, Marius (ROU)
RYDERSTEDT, Michael (SWE) vs HARTFIELD, Diego (ARG, 5)

RAMIREZ HIDALGO, Ruben (ESP, 4) vs VANNI, Luca (ITA)
MASSON, Jeroen (BEL) vs GIURGIU, Ilie (ROU)
CRACIUN, Dacian (ROU) vs THOMAS, Jim (USA)
LUNCANU, Petru-Alexandru (ROU) vs UNGUR, Adrian (ROU, 6)

[monologue]

Saturday Order of Play

http://www.bcropenromania.ro/files/u...septembrie.pdf

[jakitula]

I already know that the answer is the stupid ATP schedule. But considering others were already asking why are there clay tourneys after Wimby, I still feel like asking why the hell is a clay tourney scheduled after the Open?!

[monologue]

Bucharest Main Draw

(1)(WC) Richard Gasquet (FRA)- Oscar Hernandez (ESP)
(WC) Victor Crivoi (ROU) - Qualifier
(WC) Adrian Cruciat (ROU) - Qualifier
Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS) - (5) Ernests Gulbis (LAT)

(3) Nicolas Almagro (ESP) - Maximo Gonzalez (ARG)
Guillermo Garcia Lopez (ESP) - Mischa Zverev (GER)
Brian Dabul (ARG) - Qualifier
(6) Carlos Moya (ESP) - Qualifier

(8) Jose Acasuso (ARG) - Diego Junqueira (ARG)
Martin Vassallo Arguello (ARG) - Victor Hanescu (ROU)
Denis Gremelmayr (GER) - Jeremy Chardy (FRA)
Ivan Navarro (ESP) - (4) Paul Henri Mathieu (FRA)

(7) Marcel Granollers (ESP) - Potito Starace (ITA)
Florent Serra (FRA) - Nicolas Devilder (FRA)
Hyung Taik Lee (KOR) - Albert Montanes (ESP)
Evgeny Korolev (RUS) - (2) Gilles Simon (FRA)

[Andoror]

Tsonga is not playing?

[lopesmili]

Tsonga is not playing?

Why would you expect him to?

[Plonnikas]

30 (WC) Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried

Why would you expect him to?

He was given a WC apparently.

[lopesmili]

He was given a WC apparently.

[indianstory]

I'm so fried on tennis right now that even the idea of another tournament, much less on clay, makes my brain bleed.

[monologue]

DOUBLES DRAW

Fyrstenberg & Matkowski [POL, 1]vs. Perry & Zverev [AUS/GER]
Brunström & Rojer [SWE/AHO] vs. Cerretani & Hanescu [USA/ROU]
Hutchins & Thomas [GBR/USA, 4] vs. Chardy & Gabashvili [FRA/RUS]
Granollers & Starace [ESP/ITA] vs. Mergea & Tecau [ROU, WC]

Copil & Luncanu [ROU, WC] vs. Gremelmayr & Moser [GER]
Devilder & Mathieu [FRA] vs. Mertinak & Polasek [SVK, 3]
Acasuso & Prieto [ARG] vs. Hernandez & Montañes [ESP]
Andujar & Navarro [ESP] vs. Kas & Wassen [GER/NED, 2]

[corsar-caribean]

Are there any matches today?

[pongeystrhjst]

Are there any matches today?

Yes, there were. Winners were Garcia-Lopez, Gremelmayr, Starace, Serra, and Montanes.

[JohnImamadviser]

RESULTS - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

Singles - First Round
P Starace (ITA) d [7] M Granollers (ESP) 62 64
G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) d M Zverev (GER) 64 36 60
D Gremelmayr (GER) d J Chardy (FRA) 61 57 64
F Serra (FRA) d N Devilder (FRA) 36 76(6) 76(4)
A Montanes (ESP) d H Lee (KOR) 61 76(4)

Doubles - First Round
N Devilder (FRA) / P Mathieu (FRA) d [3] M Mertinak (SVK) / F Polasek (SVK) 76(2) 63
J Brunstrom (SWE) / J Rojer (AHO) d J Cerretani (USA) / V Hanescu (ROU) 64 64
D Gremelmayr (GER) / F Moser (GER) d [WC] M Copil (ROU) / P Luncanu (ROU) 64 61

[JohnImamadviser]

ORDER OF PLAY - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2008

CENTRALA start 1:00 pm
[1] [WC] R Gasquet (FRA) vs O Hernandez (ESP)
M Granollers (ESP) / P Starace (ITA) vs [WC] F Mergea (ROU) / H Tecau (ROU)
Not Before 4:30 PM
M Vassallo Arguello (ARG) vs V Hanescu (ROU)
[LL] F Volandri (ITA) vs [WC] A Cruciat (ROU)

SEMI CENTRALA start 12:00 noon
E Korolev (RUS) vs [2] G Simon (FRA)
[3] N Almagro (ESP) vs [Q] S Devvarman (IND)
[Q] A Martin (ESP) vs [6] C Moya (ESP)
I Navarro (ESP) vs [4] P Mathieu (FRA)

COURT 2 start 12:00 noon
T Gabashvili (RUS) vs [5] E Gulbis (LAT)
[8] J Acasuso (ARG) vs D Junqueira (ARG)
[WC] V Crivoi (ROU) vs [Q] R Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP)
Not Before 5:00 PM
J Acasuso (ARG) / S Prieto (ARG) vs O Hernandez (ESP) / A Montanes (ESP)

COURT 3 start 12:00 noon
[1] M Fyrstenberg (POL) / M Matkowski (POL) vs T Perry (AUS) / M Zverev (GER)
[Q] P Andujar (ESP) vs B Dabul (ARG)
Not Before 3:00 PM
[4] R Hutchins (GBR) / J Thomas (USA) vs J Chardy (FRA) / T Gabashvili (RUS)

[JimmyHas]

Carlos Moya even with Alberto Martin, 1-all in third set -
GO CARLITOS!

[QQQQQ-Trek]

Gulbis lost /

[lopesmili]

I wonder if Gasquet took the WC so he could go to that strip club again?

[nitivearchit]

I don't care HOW he does it, but Crivoi absolutely MUST beat Ruben. There is no room for Ruben in the prediction contest. He screws everything up.

[gluckmeea]

Gulbis lost /

Disturbing.