Bercy ATP 1000 - 2nd Nov. to 8th Nov.

[GameSetAndMath]

Welcome to the last Master's tourney of 2015. The draw is out.

Here are the projected quarterfinals.

Novak vs. Bird
Man vs. Bull
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Little Beast vs. Federer
Samurai vs. Andy

Marty McFly benefited from the withdrawal of Milos and gets a seeded spot.
Sorry folks, there is 0 chance of Fedal final here.

48 player draw with top 16 getting a bye in the first round.

 

[nehmeth]

Am I mistaken or is Djokovic’s post U.S. Open record 66-2 since 2012? He lost to Sam Querrey in the first round here that year, and to Federer in Shanghai 14. Can't think of any others.

 

[tented]

1ST ROUND QUALIFYING

(1) Aljaz Bedene DEFEATS (WC) Gregoire Barrere — 7-6(2), 7-6(5)
Kenny De Schepper DEFEATS (2) Donald Young — 6-4, 2-0 (RET)
(3) Teymuraz Gabashvili DEFEATS Inigo Cervantes — 6-3, 6-3
Rajeev Ram DEFEATS (4) Federico Delbonis — 7-6(5), 3-6, 7-5
Jan-Lennard Struff DEFEATS (5) Robin Haase — 6-3, 6-4
(WC) Paul-Henri Mathieu DEFEATS (6) Albert Ramos-Vinolas — 6-3, 6-2
(7) Jerzy Janowicz DEFEATS Ivan Dodig — 7-5, 3-6, 6-3
(WC) Edouard Roger-Vasselin DEFEATS (8) Sergiy Stakhovsky — 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
(9) Lukas Rosol DEFEATS Radu Albot — 6-3, 6-3
(10) Pablo Carreno Busta DEFEATS Michael Berrer — 6-2, 7-5
(11) Marcel Granollers DEFEATS (WC) Quentin Halys — 6-4, 6-4
Dusan Lajovic DEFEATS (12) Daniel Gimeno-Traver — 7-6(2), 2-6, 6-2

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Rafa plays doubles here partnering with Leander Paes. They have never played together and it will be one heck of a team. But, they are not even seeded.

Andy also plays with fello Brit Colin Fleming.

 

[tented]

Rafa plays doubles here partnering with Leander Paes. They have never played together and it will be one heck of a team. But, they are not even seeded.

Paes has played with over 100 partners in his long career. It's truly amazing.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Am I mistaken or is Djokovic’s post U.S. Open record 66-2 since 2012? He lost to Sam Querrey in the first round here that year, and to Federer in Shanghai 14. Can't think of any others.

No, you are not mistaken. You are just gloating.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Rafa cannot keep away from Rosol. Rosol has qualified and managed to get into the few lines above Rafa in the draw. Now, all that Rosol has to do is to win his first match against GGL and he will get
a second chance to tame the Bull.

 

[Kieran]

I don't see Rafa doing so well there as in Basle, he's not going to recover too fast. But if he faces Rosol, he's not going to dial it in, either. Going to be hard for him and Federer next week, two veterans, both went to three sets a few times this week...

 

[GameSetAndMath]

I don't see Rafa doing so well there as in Basle, he's not going to recover too fast. But if he faces Rosol, he's not going to dial it in, either. Going to be hard for him and Federer next week, two veterans, both went to three sets a few times this week...

I expect Fed to do well in Bercy. Beating Rafa should give him a psychological boost (even though it was just eked out). Besides, I don't see any landmines in Fed's part of draw.

I think it will be a Fedovic final with an unpredictable outcome.

 

[Kieran]

We'll see how well he recovers. It's a lot to ask...

 

[GameSetAndMath]

We'll see how well he recovers. It's a lot to ask...

With the first round bye, both could postpone playing till Wednesday. That will give them some time though. I would certainly not count on a spent Fed winning against a rested Djokovic, if they do meet.

Rafa has Rosol, Anderson, Man, Novak (let us stop listing there) aspotential opponents in sequence.

Fed has Seppi, Isner, Cilic, Andy and Novak as potential opponents in sequence.

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

Rafa plays doubles here partnering with Leander Paes. They have never played together and it will be one heck of a team. But, they are not even seeded.

Andy also plays with fello Brit Colin Fleming.

I am all for players playing doubles to get their feet wet, but Rafa has played enough tennis this week and this might not be the best idea THIS time around.

 

[herios]

I see Michael Berrer lost in the first round of the qualifiers. I re3member at the beginning of the season, it was mentioned he will retire at the end of it.
Does this mean this was his last match?

 

[Front242]

Well, at least Wafa can breathe a sigh of relief

 

[Kirijax]

The Top eight seeds are the same as the upcoming WTF, although the seeds will be a bit different after Paris. Murray and Federer are duking it out for No. 2 here, Nadal should be No. 5 by the end of the week and Nishikori could slip to No. 8 maybe? Tsonga, Gasquet and Anderson are also playing for an alternate spot.

 

[Kirijax]

Preview article from Tennis World.

ATP Paris Masters: Will Anyone Interrupt Novak Djokovic´s Reign of Superiority?

 

[herios]

Qualifiers into the main draw: Bedene, Rosol, Carreno-Busta, Lajovic, Roger-Vasselin, Granollers.

 

[nehmeth]

Tomic is up a break in the second set and F3 is slapping balls everywhere but inside the lines. Playing like he doesn't care with 17w and 31 u.f.e. at 6-3, 3-1 so far.

 

[isabelle]

It's over for the Fog

 

[nehmeth]

It's over for the Fog

Wawrinka lost to Tomic in their only meeting. Bernie barely broke a sweat out there against Fog. I think he can pull off the upset.