Week 19: Rijeka, Croatia [Winner: Nicolas Massu]

Week 19: Croatia Osiguranje Rijeka Open [Rijeka]

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Location: Rijeka, Croatia
Type: €30K+H
Surface: Clay
Date: May 5 - 11
2007 Champion: Marin Cilic [CRO].

Tournament website: http://www.rijekaopen.com/

Ranking Points*:


W - 55
F - 38
SF - 24
QF - 13
R16 - 5
R32 - 0
Q - 2
Qualifiers who lose in the first round receive no additional first round points.

* According to http://stevegtennis.com/entrypoints.txt

Entry List:


Hernandez, Oscar ESP 73
Troicki, Viktor SRB 105
Karanusic, Roko CRO 110
Rochus, Christophe BEL 141
Kukushkin, Mikhail RUS 150
Peya, Alexander AUT 193
Montcourt, Mathieu FRA 203
Souza, Joao BRA 206
Norman, Dick BEL 219
Gard, Catalin ROU 224
Villagran, Cristian ARG 225
Lisnard, Jean-Rene MON 238
Fischer, Martin AUT 244
Decoud, Sebastian ARG 249
Malisse, Xavier BEL 250
Ungur, Adrian ROU 257
Lammer, Michael SUI 259
Rusevski, Predrag MKD 265
Chekhov, Pavel RUS 267
Olejniczak, Dawid POL 269
Kuznetsov, Alex USA 273
Stoppini, Andrea ITA 275
Alternates:

1. Ilhan, Marsel TUR 276
2. Juska, Andis LAT 288
3. Vagnozzi, Simone ITA 296
4. Tkalec, Marko SLO 298
5. Sanchez de Luna, Jose Antonio ESP 301
6. Hajek, Jan CZE 302
7. Goodall, Joshua GBR 303
8. Dustov, Farrukh UZB 306
9. Eitzinger, Rainer AUT 308
10. De Chaunac, Sebastien FRA 309
11. Poch-Gradin, Carlos ESP 310
12. Azzaro, Leonardo ITA 312
13. Todero, Nicolas ARG 313
14. Reister, Julian GER 314
15. Balleret, Benjamin MON 317

FIRST QUALIFYING ROUND:

Grega Zemlja SLO [1] has a Bye
Deni Zmak CRO vs. David Vukasinec AUS | 6-3 7-6 (2)
Alessandro Motti ITA vs. Nikola Mektic CRO | 7-6 (2) 2-6 7-6 (4)
Massimo Dell'acqua ITA [8] has a Bye

Blaz Kavcic SLO [2] has a Bye
Lazar Magdincev MKD vs. Josko Topic CRO | 6-3 4-6 6-2
Marcel Ruzic CRO vs. Sinisa Cuk CRO | 6-0 6-3
Lovro Zovko CRO [7] has a Bye

Alejandro Fabbri ARG [3] has a Bye
Vedran Siljegovic CRO vs. Mladen Jardas CRO | 6-1 6-2
Armin Sandbichler AUT vs. Dino Marcan CRO | 6-1 6-3
Philipp Oswald AUT [5] has a Bye

Enrico Burzi ITA [4] has a Bye
Sasa Tuksar CRO vs. Luka Zunic CRO | 6-2 3-6 6-0
Max Raditschnigg AUT vs. Dasen Jardas CRO | 6-0 6-0
Igor Sijsling NED [6] has a Bye

SECOND QUALIFYING ROUND:

Grega Zemlja SLO [1] beat Deni Zmak CRO | 6-2 6-4
Massimo Dell'acqua ITA [8] beat Alessandro Motti ITA | 6-3 6-4
Blaz Kavcic SLO [2] beat Lazar Magdincev MKD | 6-2 2-6 6-4
Lovro Zovko CRO [7] beat Marcel Ruzic CRO | 6-1 6-3

Alejandro Fabbri ARG [3] beat Vedran Siljegovic CRO | 6-1 7-6 (3)
Philipp Oswald AUT [5] beat Armin Sandbichler AUT | 5-7 6-4 6-3
Enrico Burzi ITA [4] beat Sasa Tuksar CRO | 3-6 7-5 6-1
Igor Sijsling NED [6] beat Max Raditschnigg AUT | 6-2 6-7 (4) 7-6 (2)

FINAL QUALIFYING ROUND:

Grega Zemlja SLO [1] vs. Massimo Dell'acqua ITA [8] | 7-6 (2) 6-4
Blaz Kavcic SLO [2] vs. Lovro Zovko CRO [7] | 1-6 6-0 6-2
Philipp Oswald AUT [5] vs. Alejandro Fabbri ARG [3] | 6-3 7-6 (1)
Igor Sijsling NED [6] vs. Enrico Burzi ITA [4] | 6-3 6-7 (11) 6-3

FIRST ROUND:

Oscar Hernandez ESP [1] vs. Marko Tkalec SLO | 6-4 6-3
Andrea Stoppini ITA vs. Marin Draganja CRO [WC] | 7-5 6-2
Igor Sijsling NED [Q]vs. Andis Juska LAT | 6-4 4-6 6-4
Dick Norman BEL vs. Mathieu Montcourt FRA [7] | 7-6(3) 3-6 6-3

Nicolas Massu CHI [4/SE] vs. Benjamin Balleret MON | 6-4 6-3
Alexander Peya AUT vs. Sebastian Decoud ARG | 7-6 (3) 6-3
Jaroslav Pospisil CZE vs. Bernard Tomic AUS [WC] | 7-6 (7) 6-2
Pavel Chekhov RUS vs. João Souza BRA [8] | 6-3 6-4

Christophe Rochus BEL [5] vs. Philipp Oswald AUT [Q] | 6-3 6-4
Blaz Kavcic SLO [Q]vs. Cristian Villagran ARG | 3-6 6-4 7-5
Grega Zemlja SLO [Q] vs. Predrag Rusevski MKD | 6-2 6-4
Roko Karanusic CRO [3] vs. Antonio Veic CRO [WC] | 6-3 6-0

Michael Lammer SUI vs. Mikhail Kukushkin RUS [6] | 6-2 7-6 (2)
Rainer Eitzinger AUT vs. Alex Kuznetsov USA | 7-6 (4) 6-4
Martin Fischer AUT vs. Catalin Gard ROU | 7-6 (4) 6-2
Viktor Troicki SRB [2] vs. Franko Skugor CRO [WC] | 4-6 6-1 6-2

SECOND ROUND:

Oscar Hernandez ESP [1] vs. Andrea Stoppini ITA | 6-3 6-1
Dick Norman BEL vs. Igor Sijsling NED [Q] | 6-7 (5) 7-5 6-4
Nicolas Massu CHI [4/SE] vs. Alexander Peya AUT | 6-4 7-6 (2)
Jaroslav Pospisil CZE vs. Pavel Chekhov RUS | 3-6 6-2 6-3

Christophe Rochus BEL [5] vs. Blaz Kavcic SLO [Q] | 6-3 7-5
Roko Karanusic CRO [3] vs. Grega Zemlja SLO [Q] | 6-4 4-6 6-4
Michael Lammer SUI vs. Rainer Eitzinger AUT | 6-4 7-6 (11)
Viktor Troicki SRB [2] vs. Martin Fischer AUT | 4-6 6-2 7-5

QUARTER FINALS:

Dick Norman BEL vs. Oscar Hernandez ESP [1] | 6-3 7-6 (4)
Nicolas Massu CHI [4/SE] vs. Jaroslav Pospisil CZE | 6-4 3-6 6-4
Christophe Rochus BEL [5] vs. Roko Karanusic CRO [3] | 7-6 (4) 6-4
Viktor Troicki SRB [2] vs. Michael Lammer SUI | 7-5 6-2

SEMI FINALS:

Nicolas Massu CHI [4/SE] vs. Dick Norman BEL | 6-4 6-0
Christophe Rochus BEL [5] vs. Viktor Troicki SRB [2] | 6-4 6-2

FINAL:

Nicolas Massu CHI [4/SE] vs. Christophe Rochus BEL [5]

DOUBLES | FIRST ROUND:

Lammer & Sijsling [SUI/NED] beat Azzaro & Zovko [ITA/CRO, 1] | 6-3 6-4
Karol & Pospisil [CZE] beat Skugor & Veic [CRO, WC] | 6-1 6-2
Tkalec & Zemlja [SLO] beat Motti & Souza [ITA/BRA, 3] | 0-6 6-2 11-9
Gard & Rochus [ROU/BEL] beat Eitzinger & Oswald [AUT] | 6-4 6-3

Balleret & Montcourt [MON/FRA] beat Mektic & Topic [CRO, WC] | 6-3 6-3
Magdincev & Rusevski [MKD, 4] beat Fabbri & Villagran [ARG] | 6-2 0-6 10-0
Fischer & Sandbichler [AUT] beat Chekhov & Kukushkin [RUS] | 6-2 6-3
Kuznetsov & Norman [USA/BEL, 2] beat Draganja & Zmak [CRO, WC] | 6-4 6-2

DOUBLES | QUARTER FINALS:

Karol & Pospisil [CZE] beat Lammer & Sijsling [SUI/NED] | 6-1 6-1
Tkalec & Zemlja [SLO] beat Gard & Rochus [ROU/BEL] | Walkover
Magdincev & Rusevski [MKD, 4] beat Balleret & Montcourt [MON/FRA] | 6-3 6-2
Kuznetsov & Norman [USA/BEL, 2] beat Fischer & Sandbichler [AUT] | 7-6 (13) 6-1

DOUBLES | SEMI FINALS:

Karol & Pospisil [CZE] vs. Tkalec & Zemlja [SLO] | 6-3 6-1
Kuznetsov & Norman [USA/BEL, 2] beat Magdincev & Rusevski [MKD, 4] | 7-5 7-6 (3)

DOUBLES | FINAL:

Karol & Pospisil [CZE] vs. Kuznetsov & Norman [USA/BEL, 2] | 6-4 6-4

Rijeka, Croatia
Date: 5/5/2008 Original Cut Off: 275 Ranking Date: 4/14/2008

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Main Draw

Chekhov, Pavel RUS 267
Montcourt, Mathieu FRA 203
Decoud, Sebastian ARG 249
Norman, Dick BEL 219
Fischer, Martin AUT 244
Olejniczak, Dawid POL 269
Gard, Catalin ROU 224
Peya, Alexander AUT 193
Hernandez, Oscar ESP 73
Rochus, Christophe BEL 141
Karanusic, Roko CRO 110
Rusevski, Predrag MKD 265
Kukushkin, Mikhail RUS 150
Souza, Joao BRA 206
Kuznetsov, Alex USA 273
Stoppini, Andrea ITA 275
Lammer, Michael SUI 259
Troicki, Viktor SRB 105
Lisnard, Jean-Rene MON 238
Ungur, Adrian ROU 257
Malisse, Xavier BEL 250
Villagran, Cristian ARG 225

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Alternates
1. Ilhan, Marsel TUR 276
2. Juska, Andis LAT 288
3. Vagnozzi, Simone ITA 296
4. Tkalec, Marko SLO 298
5. Sanchez de Luna, Jose Antonio ESP 301
6. Hajek, Jan CZE 302
7. Goodall, Joshua GBR 303
8. Dustov, Farrukh UZB 306
9. Eitzinger, Rainer AUT 308
10. De Chaunac, Sebastien FRA 309
11. Poch-Gradin, Carlos ESP 310
12. Azzaro, Leonardo ITA 312
13. Todero, Nicolas ARG 313
14. Reister, Julian GER 314
15. Balleret, Benjamin MON 317

Bernard Tomic making his challenger debut here.

Vamos João Souza(BRA)!!!

Good luck João Souza !!!!

Entry list in sequencial:


Hernandez, Oscar ESP 73
Troicki, Viktor SRB 105
Karanusic, Roko CRO 110
Rochus, Christophe BEL 141
Kukushkin, Mikhail RUS 150
Peya, Alexander AUT 193
Montcourt, Mathieu FRA 203
Souza, Joao BRA 206
Norman, Dick BEL 219
Gard, Catalin ROU 224
Villagran, Cristian ARG 225
Lisnard, Jean-Rene MON 238
Fischer, Martin AUT 244
Decoud, Sebastian ARG 249
Malisse, Xavier BEL 250
Ungur, Adrian ROU 257
Lammer, Michael SUI 259
Rusevski, Predrag MKD 265
Chekhov, Pavel RUS 267
Olejniczak, Dawid POL 269
Kuznetsov, Alex USA 273
Stoppini, Andrea ITA 275

c'mon Joazin Feijao Souza

Good luck to Bernard. It'd be interesting to see how he goes against the big boys.

Predrag is doubtful also for this one.
He has some inflamanation of the knee ,so I am not sure that he will show up. He is not playing in Rome week before, he pulled out of the qualies.

The King in Rijeka :worship::worship::worship:
I wish he shows up.The people of Rijeka will have a lifetime opportunity too see the Legend of the game here.
A Karanusic-Hernandez final would be good.

Malisse withdrew.

Malisse withdrew.

Damn :sad:

You've got any source?

SteveG confirms:

Rijeka
Out - Malisse (Alt Ilhan)
In - Juska

Nicolas Massu in as SE. Great news!

Hmm, a bit surprising about Massu...

I wonder why quallie list is not on yet.

Good luck to Souza.

QUALIFYING DRAW

Grega Zemlja SLO [1] has a Bye
David Vukasinec AUS vs. Deni Zmak CRO
Nikola Mektic CRO vs. Alessandro Motti ITA
Massimo Dell'acqua ITA [8] has a Bye

Blaz Kavcic SLO [2] has a Bye
Josko Topic CRO vs. Lazar Magdincev MKD
Marcel Ruzic CRO vs. Sinisa Cuk CRO
Lovro Zovko CRO [7] has a Bye

Alejandro Fabbri ARG [3] has a Bye
Vedran Siljegovic CRO vs. Mladen Jardas CRO
Armin Sandbichler AUT vs. Dino Marcan CRO
Philipp Oswald AUT [5] has a Bye

Enrico Burzi ITA [4] has a Bye
Luka Zunic CRO vs. Sasa Tuksar CRO
Max Raditschnigg AUT vs. Dasen Jardas CRO
Igor Sijsling NED [6] has a Bye

Good luck to Lovro and Alejandro.

GL Mektic and Oswald

good luck to lovro, sasa, and dino!!

Gl Lazar!

Ajde Laze

Good luck for Ale Fabbri!! :)

The main draw is out:
http://www.atptennis.com/1/posting/2008/3586/mds.pdf

Rezultati 1. kola kvalifikacija :p:

Ružić - Ćuk 6:0, 6:3,
Magdinčev (Mkd) - Topić 6:3, 4:6, 6:2,
Žmak - Vukasinec (Aus) 6:3, 7:6 (2),
Motti (Ita) - Mektić 7:6 (2), 2:6, 7:6
(4), Raditschnigg (Aut) - D. Jardas 6:0, 6:0,
Tuksar - Žunić 6:2, 3:6,
Sandbischler (Aut) - Marcan 6:1, 6:3.6:0,
Šiljegović - M. Jadras 6:1, 6:2.

MAIN DRAW

Oscar Hernandez ESP [1] vs. Marko Tkalec SLO
Andrea Stoppini ITA vs. Marin Draganja CRO [WC]
Andis Juska LAT vs. Q
Dick Norman BEL vs. Mathieu Montcourt FRA [7]

Nicolas Massu CHI [4/SE] vs. Benjamin Balleret MON
Sebastian Decoud ARG vs. Alexander Peya AUT
Jaroslav Pospisil CZE vs. Bernard Tomic CRO [WC]
Pavel Chekhov RUS vs. João Souza BRA [8]

Christophe Rochus BEL [5] vs. Q
Cristian Villagran ARG vs. Q
Q vs. Predrag Rusevski MKD
Antonio Veic CRO [WC] vs. Roko Karanusic CRO [3]

Mikhail Kukushkin RUS [6] vs. Michael Lammer SUI
Alex Kuznetsov USA vs. Rainer Eitzinger AUT
Catalin Gard ROU vs. Martin Fischer AUT
Franko Skugor CRO [WC] vs. Viktor Troicki SRB [2]

good luck Viktor :rocker2:

wtf Coo you listed Tomic as CRO :o :lol:

wtf Coo you listed Tomic as CRO :o :lol:
You mind? :rolls:

Villagran and Decoud!!:)

Pospisil could be winnable

we'll see

Nico here? :eek:

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First Round
(1)Grega Zemlja (SLO) bye
Deni Zmak (CRO) d. David Vukasinec (AUS) 6-3 7-6(2)
Alessandro Motti (ITA) d. Nikola Mektic (CRO) 7-6(2) 2-6 7-6(4)
(8)Massimo Dell`Acqua (ITA) bye
(2)Blaz Kavcic (SLO) bye
Lazar Magdincev (MKD) d. Josko Topic (CRO) 6-3 4-6 6-2
Marcel Ruzic (CRO) d. Sinisa Cuk (CRO) 6-0 6-3
(7)Lovro Zovko (CRO) bye
(3)Alejandro Fabbri (ARG) bye
Vedran Siljegovic (CRO) d. Mladen Jardas (CRO) 6-1 6-2
Armin Sandbichler (AUT) d. Dino Marcan (CRO) 6-1 3-6 6-0
(5)Philipp Oswald (AUT) bye
(4)Enrico Burzi (ITA) bye
Sasa Tuksar (CRO) d. Luka Zunic (CRO) 6-2 6-3
Max Raditschnigg (AUT) d. Dasen Jardas (CRO) 6-0 6-0
(6)Igor Sijsling (NED) bye

SECOND QUALIFYING ROUND:

Grega Zemlja SLO [1] beat Deni Zmak CRO | 6-2 6-4
Massimo Dell'acqua ITA [8] beat Alessandro Motti ITA | 6-3 6-4
Blaz Kavcic SLO [2] beat Lazar Magdincev MKD | 6-2 2-6 6-4
Lovro Zovko CRO [7] beat Marcel Ruzic CRO | 6-1 6-3

Alejandro Fabbri ARG [3] beat Vedran Siljegovic CRO | 6-1 7-6 (3)
Philipp Oswald AUT [5] beat Armin Sandbichler AUT | 5-7 6-4 6-3
Enrico Burzi ITA [4] beat Sasa Tuksar CRO | 3-6 7-5 6-1
Igor Sijsling NED [6] beat Max Raditschnigg AUT | 6-2 6-7 (4) 7-6 (2)

:yeah: Lovro
:yeah: Alejandro
:( Sasa

FINAL QUALIFYING ROUND:

Grega Zemlja SLO [1] vs. Massimo Dell'acqua ITA [8]
Blaz Kavcic SLO [2] vs. Lovro Zovko CRO [7]
Alejandro Fabbri ARG [3] vs. Philipp Oswald AUT [5]
Enrico Burzi ITA [4] vs. Igor Sijsling NED [6]

Good luck to Lovro :)

Oswald :yeah:

I'll have a coverage from this tournament, so it's for you to enjoy. Here's the first part and I hope you're gonna follow all week long :kiss: (credits to Superior1 :worship: )

http://www.tennisalternative.com/news.php?readmore=124

Go Nico for the title :rocker2:

wtf Coo you listed Tomic as CRO :o :lol:

I saw that too :lol:

I saw Tomic play a couple of times, he's got nice shots but still a bit feeble on serve and the groundstrokes. He's pretty likely to improve on that over time as he gets stronger, so good luck :)

Zemlja won 7:6(2), 6:4 and Kavčič was leading 1:6, 6:0, 5:2, so he probably won.

Slovenian event :o

Oswald def. Fabbri 6:3, 7:6(1)

Slovenian event :o

Slovenian event?

Kavcic and Zemlja :yeah:

I mean in terms of scores, not country of playing :)

Good luck in MD for Slovenians;)

Thanks god for Croatian tournament almost every week, otherwise they wouldn`t be ranked in top 1000

I've heard Dell'Acqua wasn't a good boy and he won't get a gift from Santa.

VAMOS FEIJÃO :rocker:

FINAL QUALIFYING ROUND:

Grega Zemlja SLO [1] vs. Massimo Dell'acqua ITA [8] | 7-6 (2) 6-4
Blaz Kavcic SLO [2] vs. Lovro Zovko CRO [7] | 1-6 6-0 6-2
Philipp Oswald AUT [5] vs. Alejandro Fabbri ARG [3] | 6-3 7-6 (1)
Igor Sijsling NED [6] vs. Enrico Burzi ITA [4] | 6-3 6-7 (11) 6-3

:help: Lovro
:( Alejandro

I've heard Dell'Acqua wasn't a good boy and he won't get a gift from Santa.

:rolls:

MAIN DRAW [Qualifiers Placed]:

Oscar Hernandez ESP [1] vs. Marko Tkalec SLO
Andrea Stoppini ITA vs. Marin Draganja CRO [WC]
Andis Juska LAT vs. Igor Sijsling NED [Q]
Dick Norman BEL vs. Mathieu Montcourt FRA [7]

Nicolas Massu CHI [4/SE] vs. Benjamin Balleret MON
Sebastian Decoud ARG vs. Alexander Peya AUT
Jaroslav Pospisil CZE vs. Bernard Tomic AUS [WC]
Pavel Chekhov RUS vs. João Souza BRA [8]

Christophe Rochus BEL [5] vs. Philipp Oswald AUT [Q]
Cristian Villagran ARG vs. Blaz Kavcic SLO [Q]
Grega Zemlja SLO [Q] vs. Predrag Rusevski MKD
Antonio Veic CRO [WC] vs. Roko Karanusic CRO [3]

Mikhail Kukushkin RUS [6] vs. Michael Lammer SUI
Alex Kuznetsov USA vs. Rainer Eitzinger AUT
Catalin Gard ROU vs. Martin Fischer AUT
Franko Skugor CRO [WC] vs. Viktor Troicki SRB [2]

DOUBLES DRAW

Azzaro & Zovko [ITA/CRO, 1] vs. Lammer & Sijsling [SUI/NED]
Skugor & Veic [CRO, WC] vs. Karol & Pospisil [CZE]
Motti & Souza [ITA/BRA, 3] vs. Tkalec & Zemlja [SLO]
Gard & Rochus [ROU/BEL] vs. Eitzinger & Oswald [AUT]

Mektic & Topic [CRO, WC] vs. Balleret & Montcourt [MON/FRA]
Fabbri & Villagran [ARG] vs. Magdincev & Rusevski [MKD, 4]
Chekhov & Kukushkin [RUS] vs. Fischer & Sandbichler [AUT]
Draganja & Zmak [CRO, WC] vs. Kuznetsov & Norman [USA/BEL, 2]

I must admit I´ve never heard of Draganja. Only in swimming, but that doesn´t count :) Looking forward to seeing him. Tommorow the weather forecast is not the greatest, rain in the morning and cloudy in the afternoon. Hope that is wrong.

Franko & Victor play again :)

GL Juska, Souza and *sigh* Kuku

I must admit I´ve never heard of Draganja. Only in swimming, but that doesn´t count :) Looking forward to seeing him. Tommorow the weather forecast is not the greatest, rain in the morning and cloudy in the afternoon. Hope that is wrong.
Draganja is verz talented. His coach is Vedran Martic who for few years has coached Ivanisevic during his best years on tour 1996-1998.

Predrag is playing at the moment against Zemlja on Central court

Žemlja - Rusevski 6:2, *1:0,

Žemlja - Rusevski 6:2, 6:4

Predrag is losing to shitty players now.

Any scoreboard?

Žemlja won MD match:eek::cool:

Villagran - Kavčič *4:1


http://www.rijekaopen.com/?c=content&id=47

lovro :o he said he was too confident after the first set and just wanted to crush his opponent in the second :o

Villagran - Kavčič 6:3, 0:1*
Gard/Rochus - Eitzinger/Oswald 6:4, 6:3

I said yesterday that Žemlja is the favorite today against Rusevski. I´ve seen Žemlja in qualies and he played pretty good, so I´m not surprised...

Kavčič - Villagran 3:6, 6:4, 3:1*

Sijsling - Juska 6:4, *2:1

Kavčić - Villagran 3-6, 6-4, 7-5
Sijsling - Juska 6-4, 4-6, 3-1

Sijsling score?

Sijsling - Juska 6:4, 4:6, 6:4.

Kavčič - Villagran 3:6, 6:4, 3:1*

Sijsling - Juska 6:4, *2:1

From where you know who's serving?

From where you know who's serving?

from here - http://www.rijekaopen.com/?c=content&id=47

And now who's serving in Stoppini - Draganja match?

And now who's serving in Stoppini - Draganja match?

Stoppini - Draganja -:-

Sijsling - Juska 2:1 (6:4, 4:6, 6:4)

Igor :yeah:

stoppini draganja 75 00*

Stoppini - Draganja 7:5, 6:2

Norman - Montcourt 5:5*

Stoppini - Draganja 7:5, 6:2
Norman - Montcourt 5:5*

Juska :bigcry:

marin :sad: but great fight for a 16 y.o.

Karanušić - Veić *3:2

Karanušić - Veić 6:3, *0:0, Norman - Montcourt 2:2 u 3. setu.

Karanušić - Veić 6:3 *0:0
Norman - Montcourt 2:2 in third set

I hope Norman can win it somehow.

I hope too :p

Norman - Montcourt (7) 6:7 (3), 6:3, 6:3. - Dick is big :d

yes Dick is big ....

Roko 6-3 6-0

Roko was playing pretty good today! I think he could win this challenger

Big Dick :worship: Well, Younes could have his run, maybe it's the time for Big Dick?

(on clay :p)

Anyway I like Roko's chances in this challenger, he isn't known as a clay specialist but I think he likes some Croatian events :scratch: He has Ch. Rochus in his quater.

Norman - Montcourt (7) 6:7 (3), 6:3, 6:3. - Dick is big :d

Correct score is Norman - Montcourt 76 36 63

Now I see, but few minutes ago was 6:7 (3), 6:3, 6:3. It isn't my fault :p

FIRST ROUND:

Oscar Hernandez ESP [1] vs. Marko Tkalec SLO
Andrea Stoppini ITA vs. Marin Draganja CRO [WC] | 7-5 6-2
Igor Sijsling NED [Q]vs. Andis Juska LAT | 6-4 4-6 6-4
Dick Norman BEL vs. Mathieu Montcourt FRA [7] | 7-6(3) 3-6 6-3

Nicolas Massu CHI [4/SE] vs. Benjamin Balleret MON
Sebastian Decoud ARG vs. Alexander Peya AUT
Jaroslav Pospisil CZE vs. Bernard Tomic AUS [WC]
Pavel Chekhov RUS vs. João Souza BRA [8]

Christophe Rochus BEL [5] vs. Philipp Oswald AUT [Q]
Blaz Kavcic SLO [Q]vs. Cristian Villagran ARG | 3-6 6-4 7-5
Grega Zemlja SLO [Q] vs. Predrag Rusevski MKD | 6-2 6-4
Roko Karanusic CRO [3] vs. Antonio Veic CRO [WC] | 6-3 6-0

Mikhail Kukushkin RUS [6] vs. Michael Lammer SUI
Alex Kuznetsov USA vs. Rainer Eitzinger AUT
Catalin Gard ROU vs. Martin Fischer AUT
Franko Skugor CRO [WC] vs. Viktor Troicki SRB [2]

Montcourt :rolls: Norman has been crap for a while now and then to lose to him :o

DOUBLES | FIRST ROUND:

Azzaro & Zovko [ITA/CRO, 1] vs. Lammer & Sijsling [SUI/NED]
Skugor & Veic [CRO, WC] vs. Karol & Pospisil [CZE]
Tkalec & Zemlja [SLO] beat Motti & Souza [ITA/BRA, 3] | 0-6 6-2 11-9
Gard & Rochus [ROU/BEL] beat Eitzinger & Oswald [AUT] | 6-4 6-3

Mektic & Topic [CRO, WC] vs. Balleret & Montcourt [MON/FRA]
Fabbri & Villagran [ARG] vs. Magdincev & Rusevski [MKD, 4]
Fischer & Sandbichler [AUT] beat Chekhov & Kukushkin [RUS] | 6-2 6-3
Draganja & Zmak [CRO, WC] vs. Kuznetsov & Norman [USA/BEL, 2]

Montcourt :rolls: Norman has been crap for a while now and then to lose to him :o

Yes,with a looong series of 1rd losses but his preparation was nowhere compared to other years thanks to the birth of his lovely daughter.
But he's been playing better for the past 3 weeks, although destroyed by the young and feisty Adrian last week on soppy clay.

Anyway, it will be good for his mental strength to have won against the regular Montcourt who admittently hasn't had a too great a year!!

I respect the old geezer and he deserves some slack:wavey:

According to Deni, his wife danced with the baby after the match. So cute :awww:.

Anyway I like Roko's chances in this challenger, he isn't known as a clay specialist but I think he likes some Croatian events :scratch: He has Ch. Rochus in his quater.

Challenger Rochus?
As opposed to ATP Rochus (Olivier)?

:haha:

:worship:

finally a victorie for Sijslng in the main draw :)

Today matches are started or no?

Today matches are started or no?

yes

ROCHUS 63
EITZINGER 43*
GARD *43

http://www.rijekaopen.com/?c=content&id=50

Rochus - Oswald 6:3, 2:2*, Gard - Fischer *5:6, Kuznetsov - Eitzinger 6:6.

Rochus - Oswald 6:3, *3:4, Fischer - Gard 7:6 (4), *0:0, Eitzinger - Kuznetsov 7:6 (4), 0:0*.

C. Rochus (5) - Oswald 6:3, 6:4.

In progress: Fischer - Gard 7:6 (4), 3:0*, Eitzinger - Kuznetsov 7:6 (4), 1:3*.

News from the Austrian guys?

Eitzinger - Kuznetsov 7:6 (4), 5:3*, Pospišil - Tomić *2:2, Decoud - Peya 0:0.

Slijedi: Kukuškin - Lammer,

C. Rochus (5) - Oswald 6:3, 6:4 Fischer - Gard 7:6 (4), 6:2

In progress: Eitzinger - Kuznetsov 7:6 (4), 5:3* (at least 4 straight Games, COME ON!)

Oswald:
Qualification: :hatoff:
Main Draw: :sad: (but still a good Job)
Doubles (with Eitzinger): :sad: (again Rochues too strong))


Eitzinger:
Main Draw: :worship::worship::worship:
Doubles (with Oswald)::rolleyes:


Fischer:
Main Draw: :woohoo:
Doubles (with Sandbichler): :worship: (0:2 15:40 down and than...)


Sandbichler:
Qualification(out against Oswald): :rolleyes: (s*** but one has to lose)
Doubles (with Fischer): :worship:


Peya:
Main Draw: Give me a win, dude!
Doubles: Why not? Maybe because of Austrian "Superliga"

Eitzinger beat Kuznetsov 7-6 (4) 6-4
Fischer beat Gard 7-6 (4) 6-2

Alex :sad:

U tijeku (in progress): Pospišil - Tomić 7:6 (7), 0:0*, Decoud - Peya *5:5, Kukuškin - Lammer *2:5.

Come on Michi :rocker:

Kukushkin, wtf u doing in courte??

Pospišil - Tomić 7:6(7), 6:2

Jaro :yeah:

Tomic :hug: still too young

Lammer leads 6-2 4-1 :banana:

Tomic :awww:

Kuku baster loses against scheet Lammer.

Massu 6:4

Michi :banana: 6-2 7-6 (2)

Peya beat Decoud 7-6 (3) 6-3

Massu leads Balleret 6-4 2-2*

Please keep the Massu updates coming. I'm looking at the website, but am unable to find the live scores. Thanks!

Nico Massu leads 6-4 5-3*

http://www.rijekaopen.com/?c=content&id=50

Thanks Alx. It's been stuck at 5-3 for a long time now...

Massu 6-4 6-3

Solid win for Massu. Hopefully he'll have a big week and rack up some ATP points. He's way too good to not be in the top 100...

Magdinčev/Rusevski (4) - Fabbri/Villagran 6:2, 0:6, 10:0 :haha: :haha: :haha:

I dont remember, if I have ever seen stb 10:0, wow :rocker2:

Kuku baster loses against scheet Lammer.
My fault. I forgot to write he sucks.

Wow, Massu keeps winning matches.

Natasha shut up .... Don't flud the theme

Any results of Souza vs Chekhov?

Today's results so far:

singles:

Hernandez (1) - Tkalec 6:4, 6:3,
Massu (4) - Balleret 6:4, 6:3,
C. Rochus (5) - Oswald 6:3, 6:4,
Fischer - Gard 7:6 (4), 6:2,
Eitzinger - Kuznetsov 7:6 (4), 6:4,
Pospišil - Tomić 7:6 (7), 6:2,
Lammer - Kukuškin (6) 6:2, 7:6 (2),
Peya - Decoud 7:6 (3), 6:3,
Čehov - Souza (8) 6:3, 6:4.


doubles:
Magdinčev/Rusevski (4) - Fabbri/Villagran 6:2, 0:6, 10:0,
Kuznetsov/Norman (2) - Draganja/Žmak 6:4, 6:2.


in progress:
Škugor - Troicki *2:1.

Souza :sad:

Magdinčev/Rusevski (4) - Fabbri/Villagran 6:2, 0:6, 10:0 :haha: :haha: :haha:

I dont remember, if I have ever seen stb 10:0, wow :rocker2:

I've seen it before :lol:

But the score altogether is very weird.

How is Troicki going?

Troicki *1-2

Troicki 4-6 1-0*

troicki :cuckoo:

trociki 4-6 5-1

Balleret/Montcourt - Mektić/Topić 6:3, 6:3.

in progress: Škugor - Troicki 6:4, *1:5.

Go Skugor :awww:

Troicki (2) - Škugor 4:6, 6:1, 6:2.

Troicki - Skugor 4:6 6:1 6:2

Troicki (2) - Škugor 4:6, 6:1, 6:2.

Thanks :)

keep the head up Jão, next one will be better

Congrats to Troicki, but another Croat lost, it's sad when home players are losing, even Tomic lost.

FIRST ROUND:

Oscar Hernandez ESP [1] vs. Marko Tkalec SLO | 6-4 6-3
Andrea Stoppini ITA vs. Marin Draganja CRO [WC] | 7-5 6-2
Igor Sijsling NED [Q]vs. Andis Juska LAT | 6-4 4-6 6-4
Dick Norman BEL vs. Mathieu Montcourt FRA [7] | 7-6(3) 3-6 6-3

Nicolas Massu CHI [4/SE] vs. Benjamin Balleret MON | 6-4 6-3
Alexander Peya AUT vs. Sebastian Decoud ARG | 7-6 (3) 6-3
Jaroslav Pospisil CZE vs. Bernard Tomic AUS [WC] | 7-6 (7) 6-2
Pavel Chekhov RUS vs. João Souza BRA [8] | 6-3 6-4

Christophe Rochus BEL [5] vs. Philipp Oswald AUT [Q] | 6-3 6-4
Blaz Kavcic SLO [Q]vs. Cristian Villagran ARG | 3-6 6-4 7-5
Grega Zemlja SLO [Q] vs. Predrag Rusevski MKD | 6-2 6-4
Roko Karanusic CRO [3] vs. Antonio Veic CRO [WC] | 6-3 6-0

Michael Lammer SUI vs. Mikhail Kukushkin RUS [6] | 6-2 7-6 (2)
Rainer Eitzinger AUT vs. Alex Kuznetsov USA | 7-6 (4) 6-4
Martin Fischer AUT vs. Catalin Gard ROU | 7-6 (4) 6-2
Viktor Troicki SRB [2] vs. Franko Skugor CRO [WC] | 4-6 6-1 6-2

SECOND ROUND:

Oscar Hernandez ESP [1] vs. Andrea Stoppini ITA
Igor Sijsling NED [Q] vs. Dick Norman BEL
Nicolas Massu CHI [4/SE] vs. Alexander Peya AUT
Jaroslav Pospisil CZE vs. Pavel Chekhov RUS

Christophe Rochus BEL [5] vs. Blaz Kavcic SLO [Q]
Grega Zemlja SLO [Q] vs. Roko Karanusic CRO [3]
Michael Lammer SUI vs. Rainer Eitzinger AUT
Martin Fischer AUT vs. Viktor Troicki SRB [2]

DOUBLES | FIRST ROUND:

Lammer & Sijsling [SUI/NED] beat Azzaro & Zovko [ITA/CRO, 1] | 6-3 6-4
Skugor & Veic [CRO, WC] vs. Karol & Pospisil [CZE]
Tkalec & Zemlja [SLO] beat Motti & Souza [ITA/BRA, 3] | 0-6 6-2 11-9
Gard & Rochus [ROU/BEL] beat Eitzinger & Oswald [AUT] | 6-4 6-3

Balleret & Montcourt [MON/FRA] beat Mektic & Topic [CRO, WC] | 6-3 6-3
Magdincev & Rusevski [MKD, 4] beat Fabbri & Villagran [ARG] | 6-2 0-6 10-0
Fischer & Sandbichler [AUT] beat Chekhov & Kukushkin [RUS] | 6-2 6-3
Kuznetsov & Norman [USA/BEL, 2] beat Draganja & Zmak [CRO, WC] | 6-4 6-2

Today's report: Chekhov played very very good, he is a surprise for me, he reminds me on Safin, only I hope he has something in his head :) . Hernandez played a routine match, Massu was losing *1-4, 40-A, and that was all from Balleret! For me, semifinal is Massu-Hernandez, and I hope winner from that match will play against Roko!

Nico :o

Souza :sad:

Today's report: Chekhov played very very good, he is a surprise for me, he reminds me on Safin, only I hope he has something in his head :) . Hernandez played a routine match, Massu was losing *1-4, 40-A, and that was all from Balleret! For me, semifinal is Massu-Hernandez, and I hope winner from that match will play against Roko!
Chekhov beat my sweetheart at Universiade :sad:.

Come on Sijsling beat Dick

Come on Dick beat Sijsling :devil:

In progress Norman 1-0*

there must be long rallies :DD. 40 min one gam.

It Norman *5-5 now :p

Sijsling - Norman 5:5*.

Sijsling - Norman 7:6 (5), 4:4*

Go Igor!

Sijsling - Norman 7:6 (5), 5:7, *0:0

Alright! C'mon Dick, take the third one too

Sijsling - Norman 7:6 (5), 5:7, *0:0

Dick:eek:

Dick has a new racket he told us on his site, it looks like he's playing much better now. He could hardly win some games last weeks. It's allready a surprise he has won a set in this tourney.

Norman - Sijsling 6:7 (5), 7:5, 6:4


good win to Dick :)

Dick has a new racket he told us on his site, it looks like he's playing much better now. He could hardly win some games last weeks. It's allready a surprise he has won a set in this tourney.

Yes, I think he lost 10 of 11 last matches he played. Considering his age it looked like he's playing his last matches, but look at him now... This new racket must be something unbelievable...:):)

Norman winstreak :)

Cris Rochus 6-3

rochus 6-3 0-1

rochus 63 75 :D

C. Rochus (5) - Kavčič 6:3, 7:5

Good job Dick and Chris !

Hernandez (1) - Stoppini 6:3, 6:1

ajde roko

U tijeku (2nd round, in progress): Karanušić - Žemlja 0:0.

no livescore? :help:

Roko ALLEZ!!!!!

Karanušić - Žemlja *4:3

Roko *4-3

Karanušić - Žemlja 5:3*

Link of Livescore??

Oscar :hatoff:

Good wins for Dick.

Link of Livescore??

http://www.rijekaopen.com/index.php?c=content&id=52

6-4 Roko

Verkerk, Younes, Lapentti, now Dick... all those old guys keep coming out of nowhere :p

Well done Dick

KARANUSIC - ZEMLJA 64 46 *21


cmn ROKO!

ajde Roko :mad:

ehh 4-6 roko with ZEMLJA(!!!!!!!) in home

:help: :help: :help:

i called the tourney:
Roko 3-3*
:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:


edit: now page updated to
*4-3
ajde konjino! :)

Karanušić - Žemlja 6:4, 4:6, *4:3.

5-3*

cmon!

Karanušić - Žemlja 6:4, 4:6, 5:3*

I cant believe I bet on Karanušić

:shy

Roko won
6-4 in third
:bounce:
(info directly from the office)

Karanušić (3) - Žemlja 6:4, 4:6, 6:4

Roko :)

SECOND ROUND:

Oscar Hernandez ESP [1] vs. Andrea Stoppini ITA | 6-3 6-1
Dick Norman BEL vs. Igor Sijsling NED [Q] | 6-7 (5) 7-5 6-4
Nicolas Massu CHI [4/SE] vs. Alexander Peya AUT
Jaroslav Pospisil CZE vs. Pavel Chekhov RUS

Christophe Rochus BEL [5] vs. Blaz Kavcic SLO [Q] | 6-3 7-5
Roko Karanusic CRO [3] vs. Grega Zemlja SLO [Q] | 6-4 4-6 6-4
Michael Lammer SUI vs. Rainer Eitzinger AUT
Martin Fischer AUT vs. Viktor Troicki SRB [2]

DOUBLES | FIRST ROUND:

Lammer & Sijsling [SUI/NED] beat Azzaro & Zovko [ITA/CRO, 1] | 6-3 6-4
Karol & Pospisil [CZE] beat Skugor & Veic [CRO, WC] | 6-1 6-2
Tkalec & Zemlja [SLO] beat Motti & Souza [ITA/BRA, 3] | 0-6 6-2 11-9
Gard & Rochus [ROU/BEL] beat Eitzinger & Oswald [AUT] | 6-4 6-3

Balleret & Montcourt [MON/FRA] beat Mektic & Topic [CRO, WC] | 6-3 6-3
Magdincev & Rusevski [MKD, 4] beat Fabbri & Villagran [ARG] | 6-2 0-6 10-0
Fischer & Sandbichler [AUT] beat Chekhov & Kukushkin [RUS] | 6-2 6-3
Kuznetsov & Norman [USA/BEL, 2] beat Draganja & Zmak [CRO, WC] | 6-4 6-2

Gard with a right shoulder injury.

DOUBLES | QUARTER FINALS:

Lammer & Sijsling [SUI/NED] vs. Karol & Pospisil [CZE]
Tkalec & Zemlja [SLO] beat Gard & Rochus [ROU/BEL] | Walkover
Magdincev & Rusevski [MKD, 4] beat Balleret & Montcourt [MON/FRA] | 6-3 6-2
Kuznetsov & Norman [USA/BEL, 2] beat Fischer & Sandbichler [AUT] | 7-6 (13) 6-1

Better dont lose to this midget in your home country,Roko.

I guess Massu, Chekhov, Eitzinger, Troicki to win tomorrow. Chekhov-Pospisil a mugs match, but guys said the Russian played well, so :shrug:.

come on Rainer

Predrag and Lazar in semis. I hope that they will go through ,and make it to the finals.

Massive match for Viktor today, he'll crack the top 100 if he wins it.

Another good win from Dick against attacking Sijsling:worship:

And now facing Oscar Hernandez
Head-to-Head : 1-1 (both 3 set matches challenger/international series, but their last encounter was 4 years ago

Even though I want Dick to continue his winning streak, it's fair to say that he's the big underdog!

Lammer vs Eitzinger 6-4 1*-0 in progress

Hopp Michi :) Tijn :hug:

Lammer - Eitzinger 6-4 4*-5 in progress

Lammer - Eitzinger 6:4, 7:6 (11)


good result for Michael ;)

Čehov - Pospišil 6:3, *0:0

Massive match for Viktor today, he'll crack the top 100 if he wins it.

I hope he wins it.
He lost the first set again though :scratch: 4:6

Jaroslav Pospisil d. Pavel Chekov 3-6 6-2 6-3

Jaro :yeah:

Wow Lammer, the claycourt legend :worship:

Troicki - Fischer 4:6, 6:2, *4:4.

Come on now Martin...

Troicki (2) - Fischer 4:6, 6:2, 7:5 never in doubt


welcome to top 100 Viktor ;)

Troicki (2) - Fischer 4:6, 6:2, 7:5 never in doubt


welcome to top 100 Viktor ;)

:banana:

Congrats Vik! :clap2:

:D

Viktor :clap2:

Congratulations :)

Massu - Peya *3:2

M A S S U N - P E Y A A 6 : 4 : 4 : 3

MASSU - peya 64 76

good win to Nico Massu :)

Massu never in doubt

SECOND ROUND:

Oscar Hernandez ESP [1] vs. Andrea Stoppini ITA | 6-3 6-1
Dick Norman BEL vs. Igor Sijsling NED [Q] | 6-7 (5) 7-5 6-4
Nicolas Massu CHI [4/SE] vs. Alexander Peya AUT | 6-4 7-6 (2)
Jaroslav Pospisil CZE vs. Pavel Chekhov RUS | 3-6 6-2 6-3

Christophe Rochus BEL [5] vs. Blaz Kavcic SLO [Q] | 6-3 7-5
Roko Karanusic CRO [3] vs. Grega Zemlja SLO [Q] | 6-4 4-6 6-4
Michael Lammer SUI vs. Rainer Eitzinger AUT | 6-4 7-6 (11)
Viktor Troicki SRB [2] vs. Martin Fischer AUT | 4-6 6-2 7-5

Michi :banana:

DOUBLES | QUARTER FINALS:

Karol & Pospisil [CZE] beat Lammer & Sijsling [SUI/NED] | 6-1 6-1
Tkalec & Zemlja [SLO] beat Gard & Rochus [ROU/BEL] | Walkover
Magdincev & Rusevski [MKD, 4] beat Balleret & Montcourt [MON/FRA] | 6-3 6-2
Kuznetsov & Norman [USA/BEL, 2] beat Fischer & Sandbichler [AUT] | 7-6 (13) 6-1

QUARTER FINALS:

Oscar Hernandez ESP [1] vs. Dick Norman BEL
Nicolas Massu CHI [4/SE] vs. Jaroslav Pospisil CZE
Christophe Rochus BEL [5] vs. Roko Karanusic CRO [3]
Michael Lammer SUI vs. Viktor Troicki SRB [2]

DOUBLES | SEMI FINALS:

Karol & Pospisil [CZE] vs. Tkalec & Zemlja [SLO]
Kuznetsov & Norman [USA/BEL, 2] beat Magdincev & Rusevski [MKD, 4] | 7-5 7-6 (3)

Dick rolls in doubles too :eek: What kind of clay is over there :eek:

Roll on Dick

Dick mentioned on his website that they had luck on their side in both
quarter and semi-final having to save quite a number of setpoints

He's enthusiastic about the racket but realizes he is not quite there (he should have won the first set against Sijsling)
His dangerous lefty serve is not yet up to its normal level.

Well, he'll surely be needing his better tennis to beat Oscar Hernandez.:rolleyes:

What a shame Predrag and Lazar lost very tight match in SF against Norman/Kuzetsov.
Let's hope that they will have more sucess in Zagreb next week. Both singles and doubles.

come on Oscar

Tool :music:

Livescore link?

http://www.rijekaopen.com/?c=content&id=56

Michael Lammer (SUI) vs. Viktor Troicki (SRB) *1-4

Troicki lead 4:1*

Michael Lammer (SUI) vs. Viktor Troicki (SRB) 4-4*

Lammer broke back

cmooon lammer

hehe no lammer:) troicki cmoooon:)

Michael Lammer (SUI) vs. Viktor Troicki (SRB) 5-5*

troicki 6-5*

Michael Lammer (SUI) vs. Viktor Troicki (SRB) *5-6

break him victor

no updates, so i'm guessing they are playing a tie break

777777777777777-5

Michael Lammer (SUI) vs. Viktor Troicki (SRB) 5-7 0-0*

go Viktor :bounce:

I see no real livescore on tournament website, they just refresh the page with actual score from time to time. There is no refresh for some half an hour now, so I guess that the refresher is having his lunch break right now. Or he(she) fell asleep because of loong rallies:zzz:

Troicki 7-5 6-2

Michael Lammer (SUI) vs. Viktor Troicki (SRB) 5-7 2-6