■1回戦兼ドロー (1)Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) d. Dudi Sela (ISR) 6-2 6-2 Jose Acasuso (ARG) d. Alejandro Falla (COL) 6-3 7-6(3) Ernests Gulbis (LAT) d. (q)Andrei Goloubev (RUS) 6-7(9) 6-4 6-2
(6)Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) d. Victor Hanescu (ROU) 6-3 4-6 7-5
(3)Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) d. (q)Ivo Klec (SVK) 6-2 6-4 (q)Frank Dancevic (CAN) d. Simone Bolelli (ITA) 6-2 7-6(3) Michael Zverev (GER) d. Florian Mayer (GER) 6-3 6-3
Vincent Spadea (USA) d. (8)Sebastien Grosjean (FRA) 4-6 6-1 6-3
Michael Russell (USA) d. (7)Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) 6-3 6-3 Benjamin Becker (GER) d. (WC)Robert Smeets (AUS) 3-6 6-4 6-2 Evgueni Korolev (RUS) d. (LL)Alun Jones (AUS) 6-2 7-6(7) [Jones replaces Mario Ancic]
Michael Llodra (FRA) d. (4)Gilles Simon (FRA) 7-6(3) 6-3
(WC)Joseph Sirianni (AUS) d. (5)Radek Stepanek (CZE) 7-6(3) 4-3 ret. Samuel Querrey (USA) d. Steve Darcis (BEL) 7-5 6-4 (WC)Chris Guccione (AUS) d. (q)Wayne Odesnik (USA) 7-5 7-6(5)
(2)Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) d. Julien Benneteau (FRA) 7-6(2) 7-5
■2回戦から (6)Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) d. Ernests Gulbis (LAT) 6-3 6-2
Michael Llodra (FRA) d. Evgueni Korolev (RUS) 7-6(3) 6-3
ロドラ、どうしちゃった?(というのはシツレイかしら・・)
チェンナイ
■1回戦兼ドロー (1)Rafael Nadal (ESP) d. Mathieu Montcourt (FRA) 6-2 6-4 (q)Rajeev Ram (USA) d. Yuri Schukin (RUS) 7-6(6) 7-6(2) Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) d. (q)Alexander Peya (AUT) 6-4 6-4
(7)Werner Eschauer (AUT) d. (WC)Bartolome Salva (ESP) 7-6(3) 5-7 6-4
(3)Carlos Moya (ESP) d. Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS) 6-4 6-1 (q)Alexandre Koudriavtsev (RUS) d. (WC)Prakash Amritraj (IND) 6-3 4-6 7-6(8) Florent Serra (FRA) d. Ivan Navarro-Pastor (ESP) 6-4 7-6(6)
Kristof Vliegen (BEL) d. (8)Marc Gicquel (FRA) 7-6(5) 6-4
(6)Jurgen Melzer (AUT) d. Paul Capdeville (CHI) 6-2 6-4 Xavier Malisse (BEL) d. Gilles Muller (LUX) 6-4 6-3 Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) d. (WC)J. Vishnu Vardhan (IND) 6-1 6-2
(4)Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) d. Jiri Vanek (CZE) 6-3 6-2
(5)Nicolas Mahut (FRA) d. Denis Gremelmayr (GER) 6-3 6-3 Marin Cilic (CRO) d. Viktor Troicki (SRB) 3-6 7-6(6) 6-1 (q)Lovro Zovko (CRO) d. Thierry Ascione (FRA) 6-4 6-0
Robin Haase (NED) d. (2)Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) 6-3 6-4
おおっ、ハーセが大金星のスタート!
サーブやらボレーやらドロップショットが決めるべき時にちょうどいい具合に決まったんだとか。
■2回戦から (3)Carlos Moya (ESP) d. (q)Alexandre Koudriavtsev (RUS) 6-3 6-7(4) 6-2 Robin Haase (NED) d (q)Lovro Zovko (CRO) 6-1 7-5 モヤ、知らない相手と当たって砕ける・・という悪い癖は出なかったようだけど、フルセットやってる場合じゃないのでは? 体力温存策で行くんでしょ!?
ドーハ
■1回戦兼ドロー (1)Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) d. (q)Benedikt Dorsch (GER) 6-3 6-0 Fabrice Santoro (FRA) d. Andreas Seppi (ITA) 6-4 1-6 6-2 Nicolas Kiefer (GER) d. (q)Sebastien de Chaunac (FRA) 6-4 6-3
(8)Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) d. Albert Montanes (ESP) 6-2 7-5
(3)Andy Murray (GBR) d. Olivier Rochus (BEL) 6-0 6-2 (WC)Rainer Schuettler (GER) d. Andrei Pavel (ROU) 1-6 6-2 6-0 Michael Berrer (GER) d. (WC)Abdulla Hajji (QAT) 6-1 6-1
Thomas Johansson (SWE) d. (7)Igor Andreev (RUS) 6-1 6-0
(6)Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) d. Oscar Hernandez (ESP) 6-3 6-1 Filippo Volandri (ITA) d. Diego Hartfield (ARG) 4-6 6-3 7-6(3) Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) d. Santiago Ventura (ESP) 3-6 6-3 6-4
(4)Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) d. Stefan Koubek (AUT) 6-4 6-4
(q)Christophe Rochus (BEL) d. (5)Ivo Karlovic (CRO) 7-6(2) 6-2 Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) d. (q)Alberto Martin (ESP) 6-2 6-2 Hyung-Taik Lee (KOR) d. (WC)Max Mirnyi (BLR) 6-3 6-2
Agustin Calleri (ARG) d. (2)Tommy Robredo (ESP) 6-4 6-4
ロクス兄(弟でなく!)がカルロビッチに勝った・・・!!!
■2回戦から
(1)Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) d. Fabrice Santoro (FRA) 6-3 6-3
"I wanted to prove myself so that I can think of beating these (younger) guys,"
"I changed my coach and it was a new experience,"
"I tried to go more into the net. He showed me how to play more aggressively.
"Rafa is evolving, that is for sure," he said. "He is a better player than he was two years ago.
"If you are the number two player for three years, that means you are better than three years ago because everybody is improving, they get to know you better.
“Please… I don’t want to say about anything about my charity-related efforts. In fact, I was quite keen not to make it public when I donated the money but it was something beyond my control… I’d rather not speak about it.”
“Look at them. They are so organised even at 20. They are so hardened pros. When I was 20 I didn’t play like that. Everybody is more prepared these days… More compact and knowledgeable about their and others’ game.”
■Robin Haase (NED) d. (2)Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) 6-3 6-4
The final game of the match, that saw six match points and four break-points, was a comic stretch of the inevitable. Haase served bombs, threw in double faults and volleyed with precision. Baghdatis, on the other hand, had one miraculous escape after the other, each one engineered by the brilliance of his touch and a bout of nerves by Haase.
“He’s a great player, and you tend to play well against a great player because you have to. Everyone has a chance in the beginning of the year. I was also lucky that he was out of form; but was a little surprised that he didn’t attack more,” said Haase.
techsatish.tvは、画面上の【CLICK HERE FOR LIVE MATCH】をクリックするとSOP PLAYERというので(遅れたり止まったりしない???)ライブが見られるみたいです。が、しかし、SOP PLAYERって、なんだかSOPCASTみたいな名前だけどP2P? P2Pと名のつくものすべてが違法というわけではないそうだけど、よく正体がわかりません。
(1) FERRER, David ESP v HERNANDEZ, Oscar ESP ROITMAN, Sergio ARG v QUALIFIER SELA, Dudi ISR v BENNETEAU, Julien FRA ACASUSO, Jose ARG v (6) ALMAGRO, Nicolas ESP
(4) FERRERO, Juan Carlos ESP v (WC) ANCIC, Mario CRO MELZER, Jurgen AUT v ESCHAUER, Werner AUT QUALIFIER v QUALIFIER MALISSE, Xavier BEL v (5) NIEMINEN, Jarkko FIN
(8) MONTANES, Albert ESP v (WC) STATHAM, Jose (rubin) NZL LEE, Hyung-Taik KOR v (SE) LLODRA, Michael FRA ROCHUS, Olivier BEL v BERRER, Michael GER JOHANSSON, Thomas SWE v (3) MONACO, Juan ARG
(7) KOHLSCHREIBER, Philipp GER v RUSSELL, Michael USA QUALIFIER v CILIC, Marin CRO QUERREY, Sam USA v MAYER, Florian GER (WC) KING-TURNER, Daniel NZL v (2) CHELA, Juan Ignacio ARG
フェレロvsフェレール、モナコvsチェラ・・という東西バモ祭になりますように。
ダブルス
[1] BENNETEAU/LLODRA VS MALISSE/MELZER HERNANDEZ/MONTANES VS ALLEGRO/THOMAS
[4] KAS/WASSEN VS COETZEE/LEVINSKY 今年はKAS/WASSENで行くそうです。(Wassen公式サイト) ACASUSO/CHELA VS GARCIA/LINDSTEDT
FRIEDL/SKOCH VS [WC] KING-TURNER/MARTIN ALMAGRO/ROITMAN VS [3] KERR/PERRY
HORNA/MONACO VS [WC] JONES/STATHAM CERMAK/ZOVKO VS [2] MELO/SA
シドニー
(1) GASQUET, Richard FRA v ANDREEV, Igor RUS TURSUNOV, Dmitry RUS v WAWRINKA, Stanislas SUI GROSJEAN, Sebastien FRA v (WC)LUCZAK, Peter AUS LOPEZ, Feliciano ESP v (8) VERDASCO, Fernando ESP
うっひゃ~ 新春早々これですか! 誰かさんは一刻も早くシードが付く身分にならないとね。
(3) BLAKE, James USA v SANTORO, Fabrice FRA (Q)Darcis v (SE) SIRIANNI, Joseph AUS (Q)Jones v (Q)Minar DEL POTRO, Juan Martin ARG v (7) MATHIEU, Paul-Henri FRA
(6) HEWITT, Lleyton AUS v MAHUT, Nicolas FRA (WC) GUCCIONE, Chris AUS v (Q)Martin SIMON, Gilles FRA v FISH, Mardy USA VOLANDRI, Filippo ITA v (4) BERDYCH, Tomas CZE
(5) MOYA, Carlos ESP v KOUBEK, Stefan AUT CALLERI, Agustin ARG v (WC) JONES, Greg AUS SEPPI, Andreas ITA v TSONGA, Jo-Wilfried FRA STEPANEK, Radek CZE v (2) ROBREDO, Tommy ESP
ダブルス
(1)Bryan/Bryan vs Mirnyi/J. Murray Erlich/Ram vs Simon/Verdasco (3)Aspelin/Knowle vs Mahut/Santoro Jones/Sirianni vs Butorac/Ullyett
LEDOVSKIKH, Mikhail RUS/BYE [Bye replaces Grosjean] STADLER, Simon GER v MONTCOURT, Mathieu FRA JONES, Alun AUS v ZVEREV, Mischa GER ROGER-VASSELIN, Edouard FRA v (7) FALLA, Alejandro COL
(2) CLEMENT, Arnaud FRA v ISNER, John USA LACKO, Lukas SVK v PASHANSKI, Boris SRB CAPDEVILLE, Paul CHI v MINAR, Ivo CZE (WC) GROTH, Samuel AUS v (5) HANESCU, Victor ROU
(3) BOLELLI, Simone ITA v GINEPRI, Robby USA NAVARRO, Ivan ESP v MARTIN, Alberto ESP HUTA GALUNG, Jesse NED v NIEMEYER, Frederic CAN DEVILDER, Nicolas FRA v (ALT) STASIAK, Jurek AUS [Stasiak replaces (8) Russell, Michael USA]
(4) DANCEVIC, Frank CAN v DARCIS, Steve BEL (WC) COELHO, Andrew AUS v FOGNINI, Fabio ITA HARTFIELD, Diego ARG v (WC) KLEIN, Brydan AUS (WC) FEENEY, Adam AUS v(6) KOROLEV, Evgeny RUS
(6) KOROLEV, Evgeny RUS d HARTFIELD, Diego ARG 46 64 64 ディエゴ~、本番(全豪)ではきっと勝てるから・・・!
<オークランドQF> J Benneteau (FRA) d [1] D Ferrer (ESP) 64 60 [3] J Monaco (ARG) d M Llodra (FRA) 46 76(5) 76(5) [4] J Ferrero (ESP) d [Q] N Massu (CHI) 46 63 64 [7] P Kohlschreiber (GER) d F Mayer (GER) 63 64
土曜日に打ってみてどんな具合か様子を見るというナル: 「大丈夫だと思う。もちろん、やってみるまではわからないけど。」「マドリッド・パリの後2週間休んで、その後1ヶ月半近く練習した。ここに来てからいい感じだった。なんとかなるんじゃないかな」 "Creo que voy a estar okey, pero nunca se sabe" "Descansé dos semanas después de Madrid y París, practiqué por un mes y medio casi. Me sentía bien al llegar acá, entero y todo. Estas cosas pasan".(Un poco de suspenso)
<シドニーQF> [WC] C Guccione (AUS) d [4] T Berdych (CZE) 46 76(6) 64 - Saved 1 M.P. ベルディフ、全豪では頼んだよ・・・ というか、オネガイっ!!!
ソース: Q. The balls seemed to be fluffing up a little bit; does that seem to be a problem, do you think? Some of the players are saying the balls are fluffing up a little bit with this surface? Did you notice that?
A. Well, I'm pretty sure the players who are talking like this are the ones who don't have so much power, so they are complaining; also complain when the balls are too fast, you know. So for every person it's different feel. For me, I feel like the court has to be green. (10th Jan - Marat Safin Interview)
RAFAEL NADAL: Well, I spend the Christmas with the family, dinner. Well, after the family dinner, I go out a little bit with the friends. Well, a little bit more than a little bit (smiling). The next day is day off, holiday.
ソース: "El mundo entero va a estar mirándome y por ahí doy el batacazo..." —Sí, hay... Me tocará seguramente la cancha central, el mundo entero va a estar mirándome y por ahí doy el batacazo... —Si salís a esperarlo, te mata a golpes. Por lo tanto hay que jugarle lo más agresivo posible. Me tengo que mentalizar de que le puedo ganar. —El tipo es un ser humano como nosotros, aunque juegue mejor que el resto. David (Nalbandian) y Willy (Cañas) pudieron contra él, así que esa es mi esperanza. Yo sé que, si bien es el que menos partidos pierde en el año, en algún momento puede claudicar.
INTERVIEW-Tennis-Open-Safin believes his best tennis is close "I think it can happen at any moment," "If I do all the right things, by the end of the year, something good should happen, I really feel that. "The way I practiced, the way I am doing my things, I should be OK this year. I just need to wait -- maybe it's going to be here at the Australian Open, maybe it will be later on. I might be wrong but I am feeling like I am playing good tennis." "For eight months I couldn't walk. They told me there was only a possibility that I could come back to play tennis. "They wanted me to have another operation but said if something goes wrong, you will be handicapped for the rest of your life, so it was never sure that I could play.
■ガトのくるぶしはまだちょっと痛むそうですが、熱心に練習して復帰を目指しています。
ソース: "Recuperar la confianza": Gaudio “Lo decisivo es recuperar la confianza que perdí y tratar de jugar buen tenis” “Estoy entrenando mucho y dejándolo todo en cada entrenamiento” “Lo que más trabajo me está costando es tener la fuerza y la voluntad en cada partido, la confianza para poder ganarle a cualquiera”. “Todavía estoy recuperándome del tobillo, que me tuvo parado más de dos meses”, explicó. “Me duele un poco, pero vamos a ver si puedo recuperarme cuanto antes”. “Estoy otra vez de vuelta, luchando con muchas fuerzas y muchas ganas”
グガ本人が地元ブラジルのTVで引退を表明したそうです。ちょっと前に伝えられたように、思い出深い特別な大会(コスタドサウイペ、マイアミ、RG、シュトゥットガルト、など訂正: コスタドサウイペ、マスターズシリーズ3大会、RG前のチャレンジャー。RGについては不明。追加したAP記事の原文では"Brasil Open, three Masters Series tournaments and a challenger before the French Open"となっている。追記:RGはやっぱり出場の意向)に出てテニス人生の締めとしたい意向。どの大会もWCを出すだろうと思います。
"This will be my last year, these last years have been difficult for me,"
"This will be my last chance to play in a few more special tournaments and try and relive some of those great moments,"
"I was never able to play on equal terms," he said. "I'm going to have to live with this pain until the end of my life.
"I always wanted to plan the end of my career and I'd been toying with the idea for a while. I tried to prolong my participation for as long as possible."
"I reached my limit because of my physical condition," Kuerten said. "I wanted to keep playing, participating in the important tournaments. I think I still could play for two or three years if it weren't for the physical part."
A chronic hip injury that needed operations in 2002 and 2004 restricted the lanky Kuerten to only 26 ATP-level matches since late 2004.
"I was very happy playing tennis," Kuerten said. "I surpassed my expectations in all aspects, always with the same pleasure on the court. I was fortunate to find something I loved to do in life and do it."
He became the first South American to finish No. 1 in the history of the ATP Rankings, securing the top spot at the 2000 Tennis Masters Cup in Lisbon after coming into the circuit finale at 75 points behind Race leader Marat Safin. Following round robin wins over Magnus Norman, Yevgeny Kafelnikov and a victory over Pete Sampras in the semifinals, Kuerten defeated Andre Agassi in the final to clinch the No. 1 ranking. It marked the only time in men's tennis history when the No. 1 year-end position came down to the final match of the season.
...he looks back and decides that all those years he suffered, those are the best years of his life, cause they made him who he was. (From a film Little Miss Sunshine)