Cincinnati 2014: Western and Southern open

[Correspondent Kiu]

So far so good, no withdrawals.
But I am not holding my breath, sooner or later, there will be some.
Order of play here:
https://assets-ssl.usta.com/assets/663/15/OPAug_10.pdf?intloc=headernavsub
Hewitt plays Sunday. Tomic too.

I will list the winners of tomorrow's matches, those would be your qualifiers.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

There are actually 9 matches scheduled for sunday. Seven of them are final round
of qualifying. The other two are first round matches. The two first round matches are

1. Hewitt vs. Melzer 4 PM
2. Falla vs. Querry 7 PM

 

[TennisFanatic7]

Hewitt Melzer could be interesting.

Andy in Roger's quarter, of course

 

[TennisFanatic7]

James Ward has come through qualifying, good lad.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Hewitt won against Melzer. This was expected as Melzer is actually coming back from
injury and got in here with a protected ranking.

 

[TennisFanatic7]

I thought Hewitt was done and dusted, last I checked he was a set down and facing break point at *3-4.

 

[DarthFed]

Tough draw for Roger. Will be interesting to see how he does after a long week in Toronto. It's not the worst thing if he loses early yet a big win should give him momentum for New York

 

[herios]

Hewitt - Melzer 6-4, 6-4
Querrey - Falla 6-1, 6-3

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Hewitt - Melzer 6-4, 6-4
Querrey - Falla 6-1, 6-3

Hewitt lost the first set and then rallied back.

 

[herios]

Hewitt - Melzer 6-4, 6-4
Querrey - Falla 6-1, 6-3

Hewitt lost the first set and then rallied back.

Yes, I stand corrected, it was 3-6, 6-4, 6-4

 

[Billie]

Monday's OOP (I removed women's and doubles matches)

Center Court Start 11:00 am

[WC] Jack Sock (USA) v [16] Tommy Robredo (ESP)

Federico Delbonis (ARG) v Gael Monfils (FRA)

Not Before 8:30 pm

Kevin Anderson (RSA) v [11] John Isner (USA)

Grandstand Start 11:00 am

Jeremy Chardy (FRA) v Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)

Marcel Granollers (ESP) v Fernando Verdasco (ESP)

Not Before 7:00 pm

[15] Fabio Fognini (ITA) v Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)

Court 3

[Q] Marinko Matosevic (AUS) v Nicolas Mahut (FRA)

Jerzy Janowicz (POL) v [Q] Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS)

Court 9 Start 11:00 am

Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) v Denis Istomin (UZB)

[Q] Chase Buchanan (USA) v Joao Sousa (POR)

Gilles Simon (FRA) v [Q] Bernard Tomic (AUS)

[Q] Benjamin Becker (GER) v Ivo Karlovic (CRO)

 

[Billie]

Just noticed that my WC is facing last year's finalist in the first round, oops, maybe I should look at the draw before making picks.:lolz:

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Just noticed that my WC is facing last year's finalist in the first round, oops, maybe I should look at the draw before making picks.:lolz:

But, Isner is in a slump and your WC is an upswing; who knows what will happen?

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

I have the scores:

Sunday, August 10, 2014

Men's Main Draw Singles
Lleyton Hewitt (Australia) d Jurgen Melzer (Austria) 36 64 64
[WC] Sam Querrey (USA) d Alejandro Falla (Colombia) 63 61

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Men’s Qualifying Singles
[1] Benjamin Becker (Germany) d [13] Malek Jaziri (Tunisia) 64 36 76
[2] Marinko Matosevic (Australia) d [8] Adrian Mannarino (France) 64 64
[3] Teymuraz Gabashvili (France) d [12] Alejandro Gonzalez (Colombia) 63 46 64
[5] Bernard Tomic (Australia) d [10] Matthew Ebden (Australia) 63 76
[ALT] James Ward (Great Britain) d [9] Paul-Henri Mathieu (France) 76 75
[11] Benoit Paire (France) d [7] Blaz Rola (Slovenia) 62 62
[WC] Chase Buchanan (USA) d [14] Tim Smyczek (USA) 64 76

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[Murat Baslamisli]

Tough draw for Roger. Will be interesting to see how he does after a long week in Toronto. It's not the worst thing if he loses early yet a big win should give him momentum for New York

During today's final at some point I thought maybe it would be good for him if he skipped Cincy. Take 4-5 days off, train hard for the Open. But come to think of it, he has not played anything since Wimby, so I am guessing he will not skip anything.

 

[Billie]

Just noticed that my WC is facing last year's finalist in the first round, oops, maybe I should look at the draw before making picks.:lolz:

But, Isner is in a slump and your WC is an upswing; who knows what will happen?

Nobody knows what will happen; Isner, however, likes playing in the States. Tsonga was in a slump before Toronto as well....:snigger

 

[herios]

I have the scores:

Sunday, August 10, 2014

Men's Main Draw Singles
Lleyton Hewitt (Australia) d Jurgen Melzer (Austria) 36 64 64
[WC] Sam Querrey (USA) d Alejandro Falla (Colombia) 63 61

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Men’s Qualifying Singles
[1] Benjamin Becker (Germany) d [13] Malek Jaziri (Tunisia) 64 36 76
[2] Marinko Matosevic (Australia) d [8] Adrian Mannarino (France) 64 64
[3] Teymuraz Gabashvili (France) d [12] Alejandro Gonzalez (Colombia) 63 46 64
[5] Bernard Tomic (Australia) d [10] Matthew Ebden (Australia) 63 76
[ALT] James Ward (Great Britain) d [9] Paul-Henri Mathieu (France) 76 75
[11] Benoit Paire (France) d [7] Blaz Rola (Slovenia) 62 62
[WC] Chase Buchanan (USA) d [14] Tim Smyczek (USA) 64 76

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Did you copy pasted this from somewhere? Since when is Gaba representing France?

 

[herios]

Just noticed that my WC is facing last year's finalist in the first round, oops, maybe I should look at the draw before making picks.:lolz:

But, Isner is in a slump and your WC is an upswing; who knows what will happen?

Nobody knows what will happen; Isner, however, likes playing in the States. Tsonga was in a slump before Toronto as well....:snigger

You got that right, what if Isner will win it all?

 

[Billie]

If Isner wins, that means I lose points.

If Nole loses to somebody, there are big chances that that player will win the whole thing. It's a theme with Nole. All the players that beat him this year ended up winning the tournament (except MC but Nole was really injured there).

I looked up Gabashvili - he is listed as a citizen of Russian Federation:

http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Ga/T/Teymuraz-Gabashvili.aspx

And he was coached by Canas on a temporary basis in 2011 (GSM and I were talking about Canas earlier today)

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Did you copy pasted this from somewhere? Since when is Gaba representing France?

From here:
http://www.cincytennis.com/ResultsAndSchedule/resultsschedule__2011_results/?intloc=headernavsub