Buenos Aires Entry List/Fact Sheet (updated February 18, 2008)

Tournament Name: COPA TELMEX
Location: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
Dates: FEBRUARY 18–24, 2008
Prize Money: US $466,000 (US $441,000)
32 DRAW (MAIN DRAW & QUALIFYING)

SITE: BUENOS AIRES LAWN TENNIS CLUB
OLLEROS 1510
CAPITAL FEDERAL 1426
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
SURFACE: RED CLAY
BALL: PENN
PRIZE MONEY: US DOLLARS
WEB SITE: http://www.copatelmex.com/

Qualifying draw: Friday, February 15, 2008, 9:00 p.m.
Main draw: TBA
Doubles draw: Saturday, February 16, 2008, 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: January 7, 2008
Seeding: February 11, 2008

1 Nalbandian, David ARG 10
OUT Canas, Guillermo ARG 17
3 Moya, Carlos ESP 18
4 Chela, Juan Ignacio ARG 20
5 Monaco, Juan ARG 23
6 Almagro, Nicolas ESP 29
7 Starace, Potito 33
8 Andreev, Igor RUS 34
9 Calleri, Agustin ARG 40
10 Volandri, Filippo ITA 41
11 Montanes, Albert ESP 45
12 Hernandez, Oscar ESP 60
13 Acasuso, Jose ARG 64
14 Eschauer, Werner AUT 65
15 Roitman, Sergio ARG 70
16 Berlocq, Carlos ARG 73
17 Horna, Luis PER 75
18 Arguello, Martin Vassallo ARG 76
19 Massu, Nicolas CHI 80
20 Ventura, Santiago ESP 89
21 Luczak, Peter AUS 90
22 Fognini, Fabio ITA 94
23 Pashanski, Boris SRB 95
24 (SE) Lapentti, Nicolas ECU
25 (SE)
26 (Q) RAMIREZ HIDALGO, Ruben ESP
27 (Q) MINAR, Ivo CZE
28 (Q) BELLUCCI, Thomaz BRA
29 (Q) GIMENO-TRAVER, Daniel ESP
30 (WC) Schwank, Eduardo ARG
OUT (WC) Zabaleta, Mariano ARG
32 (WC) Gonzalez, Maximo ARG
(LL) Prodon, Eric FRA (replaces Zabaleta)

Alternates
IN Brzezicki, Juan Pablo ARG 97
IN Vanek, Jiri CZE 99
1. Minar, Ivo CZE 102
2. Zabaleta, Mariano ARG 104
3. Patience, Olivier FRA 109
4. Lapentti, Nicolas ECU 110
5. Cuevas, Pablo URU 113
6. Devilder, Nicolas FRA 114
OUT Cipolla, Flavio ITA 116
7. Gremelmayr, Denis GER 118
8. Gonzalez, Maximo ARG 119
9. Schukin, Yuri RUS 120
10. Navarro, Ivan ESP 122
11. Granollers-Pujol, Marcel ESP 131
12. Ramirez Hidalgo, Ruben ESP 134

Two of the three WC are for gaudio and coria if they accept!!
if not other posibilite is eduardo Schwank

Two of the three WC are for gaudio and coria if they accept!!
if not other posibilite is eduardo Schwank

I hope the 3wc they give to schwank he play like a god! ;)

WCs to Gaudio, Puerta and Coria!!!

Gaudio will get a WC for sure, and Puerta could get another one.

I don't see Coria playing this year, unless he makes something better at previous tournaments (Viña ATP ex.)

I would prefer watching Guga if he is fit to play :)

nice field here, the best South American event :yeah:

Two of the three WC are for gaudio and coria if they accept!!
if not other posibilite is eduardo Schwank

zabaleta is another good posibility

Gaudio will get a WC for sure, and Puerta could get another one.

I don't see Coria playing this year, unless he makes something better at previous tournaments (Viña ATP ex.)

I would prefer watching Guga if he is fit to play :)

Coria posted in his foro and he said he'll start in Vina, then Costa do sauipe and here he will decide if he plays bs as or not...it depends of his results there....

Cips, please come to Rotterdam :unsure:

Any brazilians??

Great entry list as always :yeah:

David :worship:, Chela :kiss:, Pico :D, Agustín :hearts:, Chucho :cool:

No Hartfield and Del Potro :sad:

Gastón confirmed he's using one of the WCs :yippee:

Any brazilians??

Thomaz Bellucci (183º) played qualify...
André Sá and Marcelo Melo in dobles...

hartfield and del potro will play in usa this week .del potro always prefer to play on har court

Coria posted in his foro and he said he'll start in Vina, then Costa do sauipe and here he will decide if he plays bs as or not...it depends of his results there....

After Viña I would prefer Coria receiving a WC instead of Gaudio...

hopefully Polaco Brzezicki can enter in the MD... :)

Coria and Gaudio will receive WC

about the 3rd WC:
Zabaleta is not showing results this year to give him a WC

Schwank have tennis to deserve a WC here.. hopefully he wont feel the pressure of winning his 1st ATP Match like he did in Costa do Sauipe 2007 and Viña 2008 (yesterday he lost to Gimeno-Traver)

Marcaccio receiving a WC will win the tournament by sure. :worship:

Cañas wont be playing here almost for sure.

hope david dont retires..

What are the chances of Puerta getting a wild card?

apparently Schwank will receive the 3rd WildCard

I'd prefer Puerta getting the 3º WC :(

gaudio - coria - shwank

WCs should go to Coria, Schwank and Puerta. Gaudio is finished.

May be SE Coria and WC for Gaudio, Puerta and Schwank....:angel:

A good mix there.

Nalbandian I think should take the title, but the competetion is fierece.

Acasuso/Hood receives a WC for doubles.

This will be Hood's first tournament after suspension.

Gaudio won't be playing.

Gaudio won't be playing.

:confused:

Source?

:confused:

Source?

it was told so.. i read it on the newspaper

http://www.infobae.com/notas/nota.php?Idx=363908&IdxSeccion=100803

Coria cant get the SE spot, since he hasnt signed up for the tournament. WCs should go to Puerta, Coria and Schwank now.

Nico Lapentti can get SE spot

www.futbol-tenis.es.tl

maybe Coria doesnt play here
http://www2.uol.com.br/tenisbrasil/profissional/brasil_open/ult677u654.htm

"Agora vou pro Marrocos disputar alguns challengers, tenho mais chance de vencer por lá e ficar bem preparado para Roland Garros. Descarto jogar em Buenos Aires por causa da pressão, mas ainda vou ver isso com o meu agente", disse o argentino.

translation: apparently he will go to play some challengers in Morocco (to get confidence and be ready to Roland Garros), and wont play in ATP Buenos Aires but he is not so sure about this yet.


so I imagine that the WC will go to Zabaleta (charismatic guy), Puerta (RG2005 finalist) and Schwank (future argentinian star)

if Schwank wins tomorrow (play QF vs Lapentti in Costa de Sauipe) = he gets the SE

so the remaining WC go to : Machi Gonzalez ,Leo Mayer or maybe Nico Lapentti (QF in Costa de Sauipe this week) or Pablito Cuevas

(2 SE Spots to be cleared)
OUT: Canas (and Cipolla, Zib, Gil, Economidis from ALT)
IN: Brzezicki
NEXT: Vanek, I. Minar, Zabaleta, Patience, Lapentti, Cuevas

Coria will not play. F*ck

Gaudio not sure.

Nalbandian,Roitman,Berlocq and Vassallo !!

WC should be for Schwank (if he doesn´t get SE), Kuerten and Puerta. If Schwank get it, the other WC should be given for young argies, Mayer, Gonzalez, Pella, etc.
Zabaleta doesnt diserve one WC because q he playing horrible.

Why isn't Gastón playing in BA? :(

Winner of Schwank - Lapentti will get one SE (so just 1 SE spot to be cleared after today)
Vamos Lapentti ;)

Winner of Schwank - Lapentti will get one SE (so just 1 SE spot to be cleared after today)
Vamos Lapentti ;)

And if Ivo Minar beats Fognini he'd get a SE as well

And if Ivo Minar beats Fognini he'd get a SE as well

Fognini won... a place free goes to Vanek?

Claudio

yes.

one of Schwank or Lapentti will get SE

How is Monaco's ankle?

zabaleta have a wild card!!! yes yes

Zabaleta and Schwank WC`s. IF Schwank wins today he gets SE, and they have a place for another WC.

http://www.copatelmex.com/noticia.php?id=72

Will monaco play?? Strange

Monaco will decide in the weekend if he plays in BS AS

WildsCards:
Zabaleta, Schwank
the other WC probably will go to Coria,Brzezicki,Puerta,Mayer or Machi Gonzalez,etc
Gaudio refused to get the WC

SE for Nicolas Lapentti, the other SE spot is cleared = Vanek IN

Monaco decides this week if he plays

Wild cards
Mariano Zabaleta
Eduardo Schwank
Máximo González

Confirmados por el jefe de prensa del torneo

:wavey:

KARO;

is Mariano Puerta alive??

and what about Delpo?



Cañas:confused:
Coria, Gaudio RIP

:) :) :) Lapentti SE and got into the Top100

is Mariano Puerta alive??

and what about Delpo?



Cañas:confused:
Coria, Gaudio RIP`

Delpo was in San Jose entry list, but he is injured anyway, so he won't play.

Is there a livestream?

Gl:

Almagro :music:

Luczak :music:

Brzezicki :music:


:devil: Coria, Puerta, Gaudio :devil:

not in Buenos Aires

:haha: :haha: :haha: