Gstaad 250

[Johnsteinbeck]

here's the draw:

1 FEDERER, Roger SUI
BYE

BRANDS, Daniel GER
(WC) CHIUDINELLI, Marco SUI

(Q) BROWN, Dustin GER
HANESCU, Victor ROU

(WC) LAAKSONEN, Henri SUI
(8) BAUTISTA AGUT, Roberto ESP


(9) MONACO, Juan ARG
BYE

GARCIA-LOPEZ, Guillermo ESP
UNGUR, Adrian ROU

ANDUJAR, Pablo ESP
(Q) CRIVOI, Victor ROU

MATHIEU, Paul-Henri FRA
(6) YOUZHNY, Mikhail RUS



(7) ROSOL, Lukas CZE
GRANOLLERS, Marcel ESP

DELBONIS, Federico ARG
BELLUCCI, Thomaz BRA

HAASE, Robin NED
(Q) SOUZA, Joao BRA


BYE
(3) TIPSAREVIC, Janko SRB

(5) LOPEZ, Feliciano ESP
(Q) HERNYCH, Jan CZE

STAKHOVSKY, Sergiy UKR
KUZNETSOV, Andrey RUS

GIMENO-TRAVER, Daniel ESP
DE SCHEPPER, Kenny FRA

BYE
(2) WAWRINKA, Stanislas SUI




alright, so the good news for Roger: Stakhovsky and Delbonis aren't in his half
his first opponent should be fun as well - either Brands again, or his old pal Chiudinelli. also, Roger won't start until Thursday. would be a heck of a four-day weekend if he goes deep.

also, even with Roger coming, Wawrinka is getting the royal treatment. he was even flown in to the tournament with a private vessel (of sorts):

 

[Front242]

Classic photo lol. Go Stan The Man! I hope Fed does well here. When I see Federer and BYE below it sends a negative message to my brain that we'll be saying BYE to him again before the latter stages. Hopefully not. Only a 250 but some good clay courters attending so it won't be a walk in the park by any means.

 

[El Dude]

And so we wait to see which scrub will upset Federer this time. My money is on Brands. If he gets by him then he'll lose to Stanislas in the final.

 

[tented]

Who's this Stakhovsky? Never heard of him ...

 

[Johnsteinbeck]

btw: Rosol's out (astonishing that he was seeded. but i guess it comes with the territory of a clay 250 in late July that players ranked 40+ will be seeded).

 

[tented]

btw: Rosol's out (astonishing that he was seeded. but i guess it comes with the territory of a clay 250 in late July that players ranked 40+ will be seeded).

Who's Rosol? Never heard of him ...

 

[Riotbeard]

btw: Rosol's out (astonishing that he was seeded. but i guess it comes with the territory of a clay 250 in late July that players ranked 40+ will be seeded).

Just look at the seeds in Atlanta, there are players ranked 40 or so getting byes!

 

[Mastoor]

LOL Stakhovsky is carefully hidden in Wawrinka's quarter and the Bavarian who's proven to be benign is thrown to Fed.

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Who's Rosol? Never heard of him ...

It's a long list of those who guys, Darcis, Delbonis, ....

 

[Front242]

Who's this Stakhovsky? Never heard of him ...

Lost his last 4 matches since beating Federer at Wimbledon. Bet that really p***es Roger off.

 

[isabelle]

Who's this Stakhovsky? Never heard of him ...

He lost in 1st round...

 

[kskate2]

Del is about to claim another clay scalp. He's up 7-5 4-3 on Bellucci.

 

[herios]

btw: Rosol's out (astonishing that he was seeded. but i guess it comes with the territory of a clay 250 in late July that players ranked 40+ will be seeded).

Just look at the seeds in Atlanta, there are players ranked 40 or so getting byes!

Spot on. The events on clay this month post Wimbledon are a lot and I have to re-iterate a A LOT stronger in participation than the events in NA on HC, it's like we are heading to RG all over again

For example, last week in Bogota there were only two top 50 in the field, Sijsling ranked 55 was seeded 3 and Malisse ranked 90 was seeded 8!

Looked more like a challenger in fact, and such a weak field facilitated a final between two players ranked outside of the top 100, when was the last time such a final happened at ATP level?

This week is similar, in Atlanta only 3 top 50 players, while in Umag are 9 and in Gstaad are 7.
There seems to be a lot of reluctance to switch to HC by the players.

 

[shawnbm]

herios may have a point. Why so many in Europe? You would think they would want events on the hard courts to prepare for the final slam of the year. I will bet Murray and Nole are hitting on hard courts somewhere. Rafa? I don't know about him, but I would think he is practicing his service.

 

[kskate2]

I think most of the Europeans are sticking close to home while they can because when they leave for the US, they will be gone min 5 weeks. Also the lower ranked players see an opportunity to win a tournament because the top players don't historically play anything after Wimby but the 2 master HC.

 

[tented]

Del is about to claim another clay scalp. He's up 7-5 4-3 on Bellucci.

He wins: 7-5, 7-6(2)! :clap

This is a great sign, as I see it. Losing on Sunday had to hurt -- a lot! -- but I love that he's already back to winning matches.

 

[britbox]

Del is about to claim another clay scalp. He's up 7-5 4-3 on Bellucci.

Is it me or does Delbonis play and look EXACTLY like Andres Gomez???

Lol He does too.

 

[kskate2]

Del is about to claim another clay scalp. He's up 7-5 4-3 on Bellucci.

Is it me or does Delbonis play and look EXACTLY like Andres Gomez???

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Very good comparison Luxilon. :clap

 

[Luxilon Borg]

here's the draw:

1 FEDERER, Roger SUI
BYE

BRANDS, Daniel GER
(WC) CHIUDINELLI, Marco SUI

(Q) BROWN, Dustin GER
HANESCU, Victor ROU

(WC) LAAKSONEN, Henri SUI
(8) BAUTISTA AGUT, Roberto ESP


(9) MONACO, Juan ARG
BYE

GARCIA-LOPEZ, Guillermo ESP
UNGUR, Adrian ROU

ANDUJAR, Pablo ESP
(Q) CRIVOI, Victor ROU

MATHIEU, Paul-Henri FRA
(6) YOUZHNY, Mikhail RUS



(7) ROSOL, Lukas CZE
GRANOLLERS, Marcel ESP

DELBONIS, Federico ARG
BELLUCCI, Thomaz BRA

HAASE, Robin NED
(Q) SOUZA, Joao BRA


BYE
(3) TIPSAREVIC, Janko SRB

(5) LOPEZ, Feliciano ESP
(Q) HERNYCH, Jan CZE

STAKHOVSKY, Sergiy UKR
KUZNETSOV, Andrey RUS

GIMENO-TRAVER, Daniel ESP
DE SCHEPPER, Kenny FRA

BYE
(2) WAWRINKA, Stanislas SUI




alright, so the good news for Roger: Stakhovsky and Delbonis aren't in his half
his first opponent should be fun as well - either Brands again, or his old pal Chiudinelli. also, Roger won't start until Thursday. would be a heck of a four-day weekend if he goes deep.

also, even with Roger coming, Wawrinka is getting the royal treatment. he was even flown in to the tournament with a private vessel (of sorts):

Now is the right time to make the racket change. There is no one in the top 50 using 90 sq inches. There will be some rocky roads during the adjustment period for sure. Sampras went on record saying he wished he had done the same...I still say the 2002 Open was the luckiest slam win ever.

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Del is about to claim another clay scalp. He's up 7-5 4-3 on Bellucci.

Is it me or does Delbonis play and look EXACTLY like Andres Gomez???

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Very good comparison Luxilon. :clap

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Lefty too! Only big difference is two handed back hand.

 

[Iona16]

Why do tournaments insist on giving Roger cows? Perhaps he'll swap this one for some magic beans.

“She won’t be in my trophy room that’s for sure..we’ll find a good solution,she needs a nice place & enough to eat” - Federer on his new cow

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I think most of the Europeans are sticking close to home while they can because when they leave for the US, they will be gone min 5 weeks. Also the lower ranked players see an opportunity to win a tournament because the top players don't historically play anything after Wimby but the 2 master HC.

Andy is already in the US (Miami) training.

 

[ClayDeath]

welcome to the forums luxilon.


that is going way back mate. you have some memory.


I read about andres gomez and of course I have seen some highlights of his RG win.


delbonis does look a little bit like him in that picture.