Week 16: Sofia, Bulgaria [Winner: Ivo Minar]

Week 16: Sofia [Bulgaria]

http://www.iho-ohi.org/wp-content/alexander-nevsky-cathedral-sofia-bulgaria.JPG

Location: http://www.crwflags.com/FOTW/misc/wbg.gif Sofia
Type: €85K
Surface: Clay
Starting Date: April 20
2008 Champion: Adrian Ungur [ROU].

Tournament website: http://www.bgtennis.bg/

Entry List:

To come.

Alternates:

To come.

QUALIFYING DRAW

Stephane Robert FRA [1] vs. Franco Skugor CRO
Jan Hajek CZE vs. Dusan Lojda CZE
Alexander Jakupovic GRE vs. Marcel-Ioan Miron ROU
Ivo Klec SVK [6] vs. Rameez Junaid AUS

Ivan Dodig CRO [2] vs. Ivan Sergeyev UKR
Razvan Sabau ROU vs. Ivaylo Traykov BUL
Artem Smirnov UKR vs. Simeon Ivanov BUL
Enrico Burzi ITA [8] vs. Max Raditschnigg AUT

Yannick Mertens BEL [3] vs. Serafim Grozev BUL [WC]
Florin Mergea ROU vs. Petar Trendafilov BUL [WC]
Philipp Oswald AUT vs. Valentin Dimov BUL [WC]
Matwé Middelkoop NED [5] vs. Alexander Lazov BUL [WC]

Woong-Sun Jun KOR [4] vs. Leonardo Tavares POR
Konstantinos Economidis GRE vs. Tzvetan Mihov BUL [WC]
Marek Semjan SVK vs. Ivo Bratanov BUL [WC]
Dacian Craciun ROU [7] vs. Adam Vejmelka CZE

FINAL QUALIFYING ROUND

Rameez Junaid AUS vs. Stephane Robert FRA [1] | 7-6 (5) 6-3
Enrico Burzi ITA [8] vs. Ivan Dodig CRO [2] | 6-4 6-3
Matwé Middelkoop NED [5] vs. Florin Mergea ROU | 6-3 6-3
Konstantinos Economidis GRE vs. Marek Semjan SVK | 7-6 (5) 6-4

FIRST ROUND

Ivo Minar CZE [1/WC] vs. Matwé Middelkoop NED [Q] | 6-4 6-4
Alexander Flock GER vs. Tihomir Grozdanov BUL [WC] | 6-7 (3) 7-6 (2) 6-4
Andreas Haider-Maurer AUT [WC] vs. Sebastian Decoud ARG | 7-6 (5) 2-6 6-3
Thiemo de Bakker NED vs. Rui Machado POR [5] | 6-2 6-4

Roko Karanusic CRO [3] vs. Luka Gregorc SLO | 6-3 6-3
Enrico Burzi ITA [Q] vs. Adrian Ungur ROU | 4-6 6-1 6-4
Dominik Hrbaty SVK vs. Konstantinos Economidis GRE [Q] | 6-3 6-7 (6) 6-0
Alexandre Sidorenko FRA vs. Daniel Brands GER [8] | 7-5 6-2

Mathieu Montcourt FRA [6] vs. Stefano Galvani ITA | 4-6 6-0 6-3
Florian Mayer GER vs. Ricardo Hocevar BRA | 6-2 6-3
Matthias Bachinger GER vs. Rameez Junaid AUS [Q] | 6-2 6-2
Olivier Rochus BEL [4] vs. Tobias Kamke GER | 6-4 6-3

Lukas Rosol CZE [7] vs. Niels Desein BEL | 6-4 4-2 Def.
Peter Luczak AUS vs. Adrian Cruciat ROU | 6-1 6-3
Martin Alund ARG vs. Dieter Kindlmann GER | 6-3 0-6 6-4
Steve Darcis BEL [2] vs. Grigor Dimitrov BUL [WC] | 7-6 (5) 6-3

SECOND ROUND

Ivo Minar CZE [1/WC] vs. Alexander Flock GER
Andreas Haider-Maurer AUT [WC] vs. Thiemo de Bakker NED
Roko Karanusic CRO [3] vs. Enrico Burzi ITA [Q]
Dominik Hrbaty SVK vs. Alexandre Sidorenko FRA

Mathieu Montcourt FRA [6] vs. Florian Mayer GER
Matthias Bachinger GER vs. Olivier Rochus BEL [4]
Lukas Rosol CZE [7] vs. Peter Luczak AUS
Martin Alund ARG vs. Steve Darcis BEL [2]

DOUBLES | FIRST ROUND

Hanley & J. Murray [AUS/GBR, 1] vs. Hocevar & Machado
Auckland & Luczak [GBR/AUS] vs. Montcourt & Sidorenko [FRA]
[B]Allegro & Tecau [SUI/ROU, 3] vs. Grozdanov & Ivanov [BUL, WC]
Moser & Rosol [GER/CZE] vs. Mladenov & Traykov [BUL, WC]

Darcis & Desein vs. Jakupovic & Mergea [GRE/ROU] [B]| 6-2 6-2
Hrbaty & Skoch [SVK/CZE] vs. Junaid & Marx [AUS/GER, 4] | 6-4 7-6 (7)
Alund & Decoud [ARG] vs. Dimov & Trendafilov [BUL, WC] | 6-2 7-5
Kohlmann & Zovko [GER/CRO, 2] vs. Oswald & Scherrer [AUT/SUI] | 6-3 6-3

WC to Dimitrov

hey, any news about the entry lists?

there are 20days until the start .. i am really confused :(

hey, any news about the entry lists?

there are 20days until the start .. i am really confused :(

It will be known tomorrow :wavey:

It will be known tomorrow :wavey:

We hope there will be some top 100 players :)

It will be known tomorrow :wavey:

thanks god!!! :)

We hope there will be some top 100 players :)
It's very likely, since there is only one ATP in same week (ATP 500 Barcelona) and Sofia is the biggest Challenger in Europe this week and might have a stronger list than East London (South Africa), which might be similar to Johannesburg in previous week.

hm i just saw that East London has been canceled as well ..

hm i just saw that East London has been canceled as well ..

Indeed, it was cancelled, I was checking a not updated schedule :p

From where you will get the Entry list? Our website www.bgtennis.bg is unlikely to post it in the next few weeks . . .

From where you will get the Entry list? Our website www.bgtennis.bg (http://www.bgtennis.bg) is unlikely to post it in the next few weeks . . .

It will very probably be posted here tomorrow yet. Check your PM's ;)

Good luck to our Grisha! ;)

The tournament press conference will be held on Thursday 2 April at 11 AM BG time. I suppose the entry lists and wild cards will be announced there.

Good luck Grigor!:worship:

The tournament press conference will be held on Thursday 2 April at 11 AM BG time. I suppose the entry lists and wild cards will be announced there.

yes, it seems the week 16 entry lists will be up only tomorrow, April 1st (hopefully they will not make a trick on us with a fake list since it's the Fools' Day :p). They usually come on Tuesdays, sometimes they come on Wednesdays. Also sometimes one of the events has the entry list delayed in one or two days compared to others. But there is a chance the list will come one day before the press conference, with the others.

Well, nothing we can do about it :( We have to wait another day . . .

i will call them tomorrow ..

Phau, Bjorn GER 80
Gremelmayr, Denis GER 88
Daniel, Marcos BRA 93
Darcis, Steve BEL 99
Odesnik, Wayne USA 101
Karanusic, Roko CRO 116
Rochus, Olivier BEL 124
Montcourt, Mathieu FRA 136
Rosol, Lukas CZE 137
Machado, Rui POR 138
Brands, Daniel GER 152
Sidorenko, Alexandre FRA 156
Hocevar, Ricardo BRA 166
Pashanski, Boris SRB 170
Hrbaty, Dominik SVK 173
Decoud, Sebastian ARG 176
Schukin, Yuri KAZ 178
Pless, Kristian DEN 181
Luczak, Peter AUS 182
Cruciat, Adrian ROU 184
Kindlmann, Dieter GER 208
Gregorc, Luka SLO 211

alternates added :)

1 Phau, Bjorn GER 80
2 Gremelmayr, Denis GER 88
3 Daniel, Marcos BRA 93
4 Darcis, Steve BEL 99
5 Odesnik, Wayne USA 101
6 Karanusic, Roko CRO 116
7 Rochus, Olivier BEL 124
8 Montcourt, Mathieu FRA 136
9 Rosol, Lukas CZE 137
10 Machado, Rui POR 138
11 Brands, Daniel GER 152
12 Sidorenko, Alexandre FRA 156
13 Hocevar, Ricardo BRA 166
14 Pashanski, Boris SRB 170
15 Hrbaty, Dominik SVK 173
16 Decoud, Sebastian ARG 176
17 Schukin, Yuri KAZ 178
18 Pless, Kristian DEN 181
19 Luczak, Peter AUS 182
20 Cruciat, Adrian ROU 184
21 Kindlmann, Dieter GER 208
22 Gregorc, Luka SLO 211
23 (SE)
24 (SE)
25 (Q)
26 (Q)
27 (Q)
28 (Q)
29 (WC)
30 (WC)
31 (WC)
32 (WC)

Alternates
1. Polansky, Peter CAN 213
2. Mayer, Florian GER @213
3. De Bakker, Thiemo NED 220
4. Petrazzuolo, Giancarlo ITA 221
5. Marchenko, Illya UKR 225
6. Lorenzi, Paolo ITA 227
7. Pospisil, Jaroslav CZE 229
8. Olejniczak, Dawid POL 231
9. Galvani, Stefano ITA 233
10. Veic, Antonio CRO 235
11. Ungur, Adrian ROU 237
12. Flock, Alexander GER 239
13. Kamke, Tobias GER 242
14. Reister, Julian GER 248
15. Alund, Martin ARG 252

Alt?

Nice list, especially with legends like Hrbaty, Rochus and new starlet Machado.
I hope Grigor draws Odesnik or Pless in the first round :cool:

Odesnik can play on clay.

Good list.

I dont like it :o I hope Grigor will win some matches coz except him there is nothing special to watch (personal opinion) ;)

I am more than nice surprised - we have got gremelmayr,daniels,darcis,odesnik and more more...
thanks god great list !!!

in which club will this be held?

The event will be on the Levski tennis club courts in the Boris garden (Borisovata gradina :)).

The press conference was today and the organizers confirmed the above mentioned entry list. Grigor Dimitrov will get a wild card and the other three will go to Bulgarian players (probably Traykov, Grozdanov and Enev or Ivanov) as well as another six WCs for the qualificaion. All the wild card nominees will be known by April 16. Prices for the event will be 4-5 leva (3$) :).

Good luck Grigor!;)

The press conference was today and the organizers confirmed the above mentioned entry list. Grigor Dimitrov will get a wild card and the other three will go to Bulgarian players (probably Traykov, Grozdanov and Enev or Ivanov) as well as another six WCs for the qualificaion. All the wild card nominees will be known by April 16. Prices for the event will be 4-5 leva (3$) :).

WC to Enev is a waste!
Great junior career, nothing as professional.

WC to Enev is a waste!
Great junior career, nothing as professional.

I can agree .. unforunately

OUT : Pless
IN : Polansky

The press conference was today and the organizers confirmed the above mentioned entry list. Grigor Dimitrov will get a wild card and the other three will go to Bulgarian players (probably Traykov, Grozdanov and Enev or Ivanov) as well as another six WCs for the qualificaion. All the wild card nominees will be known by April 16. Prices for the event will be 4-5 leva (3$) :).

Are you sure the other 3 will go to Bulgarians? I heard Economidis might get one, becuase Greece is giving Dimitrov one for Rhodes and now they want to see if Economidis can get one for Sofia in exchange:p

Are you sure the other 3 will go to Bulgarians? I heard Economidis might get one, becuase Greece is giving Dimitrov one for Rhodes and now they want to see if Economidis can get one for Sofia in exchange:p

Iam pretty sure about it. Our players are low ranked and this is their chance for MD and finally to get some experience.

Who is going to be at the courts? Lets meet there for a beer :)

I`ll be there on sunday morning for the 2nd round of the Q...:cool:

I`ll be there on sunday morning for the 2nd round of the Q...:cool:

Sunday Iam at work until 15:00, then I'll be there. But after that I will most likely spend all week at the courts :devil:

ATP should make it mandatory to build a web site for an event like this - 85K EUR. Even smaller tournaments have their own web sites. I hope at least the organization on spot to be at good level.

I will pass by during the weekend and then will definitely be there for the matches of Grigor (I hope the the usage of plural would be justified and we will see at least 3 singles matches of Grigor).

Main draw Wild cards are going to Dimitrov and Grozdanov for sure. Third one is saved for Ivo Minar, but that will be known tomorrow. The other local players Traykov, Ivanov, Enev will get qualification WCs. There is one MD WC that is left and I haven't heard who will get it.

IN : F. Mayer, De Bakker, Petrazzuolo, Lorenzi, Olejniczak
OUT : Pless, Gremelmayr, Phau, Odesnik, Daniel (Polansky, Marchenko, Pospisil, Veic, Lisnard from ALT)
NEXT : Galvani, Ungur, Flock, Kamke, Reister

QUALIFYING DRAW

Stephane Robert FRA [1] vs. Franco Skugor CRO
Jan Hajek CZE vs. Dusan Lojda CZE
Alexander Jakupovic GRE vs. Marcel-Ioan Miron ROU
Ivo Klec SVK [6] vs. Rammez Junaid AUS

Ivan Dodig CRO [2] vs. Ivan Sergeyev UKR
Razvan Sabau ROU vs. Ivaylo Traykov BUL
Artem Smirnov UKR vs. Simeon Ivanov BUL
Enrico Burzi ITA [8] vs. Max Raditschnigg AUT

Yannick Mertens BEL [3] vs. Serafim Grozev BUL [WC]
Florin Mergea ROU vs. Petar Trendafilov BUL [WC]
Philipp Oswald AUT vs. Valentin Dimov BUL [WC]
Matwé Middelkoop NED [5] vs. Alexander Lazov BUL [WC]

Woong-Sun Jun KOR [4] vs. Leonardo Tavares POR
Konstantinos Economidis GRE vs. Tzvetan Mihov BUL [WC]
Marek Semjan SVK vs. Ivo Bratanov BUL [WC]
Teodor Craciun ROU [7] vs. Adam Vejmelka CZE

IN : F. Mayer, De Bakker, Petrazzuolo, Galvani , Ungur, Flock, Kamke, Alund, Desein, Bachinger
OUT : Pless, Gremelmayr, Phau, Odesnik, Daniel, Pashanski, Schukin (Polansky, Lorenzi, Marchenko, Pospisil, Veic, Reister, Lisnard, Olejniczak from ALT)

Cool qualifying draw :cool:

but the main draw is quite depleted after so many players pulling out :(

No MD WC for Economidis:mad:

Good Luck to Rui Machado (another challenger tittle ;) ) and to Leonardo Tavares - hopefully i will go to main draw...

Is there a livescore link?:confused:

few updates - thanks to Mincheff :)

Economidis def. Mihov 76 60
Craciun def. Vejmelka 62 75
Tavares def Jun 64 63

:yeah: Kostas

Woong-Sun Jun sucks this season :o

Good Luck [Q]:

Ivo Klec
Rameez Junaid
Ivan Dodig
Enrico Burzi
Philipp Oswald
Kostas Economidis

Traykov def. Sabau 21 ret.
Dodig def. Segeyev 62 ret.
Burzi def. Raditschnigg but I am not too sure about the correct result ( first set is 62)

Main Draw

[1WC] Ivo Minar (CZE) - Qualifier
[WC] Tihomir Grozdanov (BUL) - Alexander Flock (GER)
[WC] Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT) - Sebastian Decoud (ARG)
Thiemo de Bakker (NED) - [5] Rui Machado (POR)

[3] Roko Karanusic (CRO) - Luka Gregorc (SLO)
Qualifier - Adrian Ungur (ROU)
Qualifier - Dominik Hrbaty (SVK)
Alexandre Sidorenko (FRA) - [8] Daniel Brands (GER)

[6] Mathieu Montcourt (FRA) - Stefano Galvani (ITA)
Ricardo Hocevar (BRA) - Florian Mayer (GER)
Matthias Bachinger (GER) - Qualifier
Tobias Kamke (GER) - [4] Olivier Rochus (BEL)

[7] Lukas Rosol (CZE) - Niels Desein (BEL)
Adrian Cruciat (ROU) - Peter Luczak (AUS)
Martin Alund (ARG) - Dieter Kindlmann (GER)
[WC] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) - [2] Steve Darcis (BEL)

Main Draw

[1WC] Ivo Minar (CZE) - Qualifier
[WC] Tihomir Grozdanov (BUL) - Alexander Flock (GER)
[WC] Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT) - Sebastian Decoud (ARG)
Thiemo de Bakker (NED) - [5] Rui Machado (POR)

[3] Roko Karanusic (CRO) - Luka Gregorc (SLO)
Qualifier - Adrian Ungur (ROU)
Qualifier - Dominik Hrbaty (SVK)
Alexandre Sidorenko (FRA) - [8] Daniel Brands (GER)

[6] Mathieu Montcourt (FRA) - Stefano Galvani (ITA)
Ricardo Hocevar (BRA) - Florian Mayer (GER)
Matthias Bachinger (GER) - Qualifier
Tobias Kamke (GER) - [4] Olivier Rochus (BEL)

[7] Lukas Rosol (CZE) - Niels Desein (BEL)
Adrian Cruciat (ROU) - Peter Luczak (AUS)
Martin Alund (ARG) - Dieter Kindlmann (GER)
[WC] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) - [2] Steve Darcis (BEL)

Grigor....amazing luck again:o

Semjan def. Bratanov 62 63

Traykov def. Sabau 21 ret.
Dodig def. Segeyev 62 ret.
Burzi def. Raditschnigg but I am not too sure about the correct result ( first set is 62)

Good to see Ivan through :yeah: But not through retirement though.

Main draw cut-off #259, Bachinger.

Some updates . . . Here are the scores before I left the courts:

Ivanov - Smirnov 63 57 75
Hajek - Lodja 76(3) 20*
Klec - Junaid 61 *41

Thanks :D

Wow, Rameez getting a beating. It's really time to focus on doubles for him.

Oswald def Dimov 76 64

Thanks a lot Mincheff for all your updates.

Kostas:woohoo:

Mertens def Grozev 7-6(1) 6-1
Middlekoop def Lazov 6-2 3-6 6-1

Mergea def Trendafilov 3-6 7-6(7) 7-5

Trendafilov wasted 3 mps :(

Qually 2nd round

Burzi def Ivanov 6-4 6-4

No Todor here :bigcry:

No Todor here :bigcry:

its strange why, probably because of injury ...

looks like no one from the bulgarian qualifiers will entry MD - hopefully Grigor will make us happy :)

Good luck Sebastian Decoud and Martin Alund in the MD :yeah:

What happened with Jakupovic?

Thanks :D

Wow, Rameez getting a beating. It's really time to focus on doubles for him.

He actually won 6-1 6-3, sorry for the mess I wasnt able to watch his game but the scoreboard was 6-1 1-1 for Klec when I last seen it. :)

What happened with Jakupovic?

He defeated 7-6 6-4 Miron from Romania.

its strange why, probably because of injury ...

looks like no one from the bulgarian qualifiers will entry MD - hopefully Grigor will make us happy :)
I am so sad he is rarely playing these days :sad: Todor, Irakli... my favourite players don't want to play :crying2:

Yeah Grigor has a 2nd seed to beat but I see him doing it :cool:

I am so sad he is rarely playing these days :sad: Todor, Irakli... my favourite players don't want to play :crying2:

Yeah Grigor has a 2nd seed to beat but I see him doing it :cool:

Grigor is training hard for this tournament, today he and his coach put up a nice exhausting training. :devil:

He defeated 7-6 6-4 Miron from Romania.

Thanks mate;)
Alex:woohoo:
Did you see the match or no?

Thanks mate;)
Alex:woohoo:
Did you see the match or no?

Just a few games, Jakupovic have solid 1st serve :)

I will watch him in 40 minutes against Junaid.

Any scores? Play started 3 hours ago.

I found a video of the courts and some matches in play, from yesterday I think:
http://www.sportal.bg/videos_zagorka.php

(1) Robert – Hajek 6:1, 6:2
Junaid – Jakupovic 7:6(5), 6:0
(3)Mertens – Mergea 6:3, 6:4
(5) MIDDELKOOP – Oswald 6:3, 6:1

Source: http://www.sportal.bg/news.php?id=168967

Impressive stuff from Robert :yeah:

Rameez actually won yesterday and today :eek: Still think he'd be better off in doubles, but good on him here.

DOUBLES DRAW

Hanley & J. Murray [AUS/GBR, 1] vs. Hocevar & Machado
Auckland & Luczak [GBR/AUS] vs. Montcourt & Sidorenko [FRA]
[B]Allegro & Tecau [SUI/ROU, 3] vs. Grozdanov & Ivanov [BUL, WC]
Moser & Rosol [GER/CZE] vs. Mladenov & Traykov [BUL, WC]

Jakupovic & Mergea [GRE/ROU] vs. Darcis & Desein
Hrbaty & Skoch [SVK/CZE] vs. [B]Junaid & Marx [AUS/GER, 4]
Dimov & Trendafilov [BUL, WC] vs. Alund & Decoud [ARG]
Oswald & Scherrer [AUT/SUI] vs. Kohlmann & Zovko [GER/CRO, 2]

(1) Robert – Hajek 6:1, 6:2
Junaid – Jakupovic 7:6(5), 6:0
(3)Mertens – Mergea 6:3, 6:4
(5) MIDDELKOOP – Oswald 6:3, 6:1

Source: http://www.sportal.bg/news.php?id=168967

Actually Megrea defeated Mertens 6-3 6-4

Last qually round:
Burzi def Dodig 2-0 (the first set was 6-3, not sure for the exact score of 2nd set)
Economidis def Semjan 7-6(5) 6-4
Middelkoop vs Megrea 3-0*
Robert vs Junaid 3-3*

Alex:sad: but GL in doubles!
eco:woohoo:

Update:

Burzi def Dodig 6-4 6-3
Middelkoop def Megrea 6-3 6-3

Nice Matwé.

GL Thiemo and Matwé!:)

Update:


Middelkoop def Megrea 6-3 6-3

Watching this one...it was a funny match:lol:Both players were funny guys....after every point they started talking themselves....:lol:Middelkoop was definitely a better player!

GL Ivo , Peter

:music:

Last Qually Update: Junaid def Robert 7-6(5) 6-3

Great... Middelkoop - Minar.
Dutchies and draws... :(

:yeah: Rameez :eek:
:help: Ivan :sad:
:yeah: Kostas

FINAL QUALIFYING ROUND

Rameez Junaid AUS vs. Stephane Robert FRA [1] | 7-6 (5) 6-3
Enrico Burzi ITA [8] vs. Ivan Dodig CRO [2] | 6-4 6-3
Matwé Middelkoop NED [5] vs. Florin Mergea ROU | 6-3 6-3
Konstantinos Economidis GRE vs. Marek Semjan SVK | 7-6 (5) 6-4

MAIN DRAW [Qualifiers Placed]

Ivo Minar CZE [1/WC] vs. Matwé Middelkoop NED [Q]
Tihomir Grozdanov BUL [WC] vs. Alexander Flock GER
Andreas Haider-Maurer AUT [WC] vs. Sebastian Decoud ARG
Thiemo de Bakker NED vs. Rui Machado POR [5]

Roko Karanusic CRO [3] vs. Luka Gregorc SLO
Enrico Burzi ITA [Q] vs. Adrian Ungur ROU
Konstantinos Economidis GRE [Q] vs. Dominik Hrbaty SVK
Alexandre Sidorenko FRA vs. Daniel Brands GER [8]

Mathieu Montcourt FRA [6] vs. Stefano Galvani ITA
Ricardo Hocevar BRA vs. Florian Mayer GER
Matthias Bachinger GER vs. Rameez Junaid AUS [Q]
Tobias Kamke GER vs. Olivier Rochus BEL [4]

Lukas Rosol CZE [7] vs. Niels Desein BEL
Adrian Cruciat ROU vs. Peter Luczak AUS
Martin Alund ARG vs. Dieter Kindlmann GER
Grigor Dimitrov BUL [WC] vs. Steve Darcis BEL [2]

Wow Rameez doing the goods in singles :eek: that doubles week the week ebfore musta helped ya lol

Live scores in http://www.bet365.com

on bet 365 only center court livescore. First match finished Mayer won 2:0

please give scores of Kindlmann-Alund, thks in advance

Martin Alund defeated Dieter Kindlman 6:3 0:6 6:4

Source : http://sportal.bg/news.php?id=169130 (it is in bulgarian)

thks, Stancho, have some understandings in Bulgarian, as working sometimes with Rousse agents,
thks for good news

Short video of Mayer-Hocevar match uploaded here: http://sportal.bg/videos_zagorka.php .

Sidorenko Brands 4-3*

hope for the Brands win

the weather here is very bad and doesn`t seem to get better in the next few hours...

Hrbaty won, don't know score but think in 2 sets.

that`s not true, its raining, so all matches are postponed

Hrbaty match is 6:3 1:0 match suspended guys...

Hmm, that's why bet365 in results gives only 1st set win Hrbaty and nothing more.

Is the time geting better? Here in Blagoevgrad the sun starts to shine :shrug:

Did Tihomir Grozdanov vs. Alexander Flock already started?

Thanks

No, still Hrbaty match but rain delayed at 6:3 1:0*... I`m waiting for this match too.

Doubles matches for today are removed due to the rain. A friend of mine from Sofia told me that the rain stoped and there will be matches maybe now...

Source: http://sportal.bg/news.php?id=169162

Any Tv?

Does someone have the result of Ricardo hocevar - Florian Mayer ?

Flora Mayer won in 2 sets, 6:2 6:2 I guess

Dominik Hrbaty defeated Konstantinos Economidis 6:3 6:7(6) 6:0

Nice fight from the greek he was down 5:2 in the second set but fought back greatly.

Anything on Brands-Sidorenko?

Still can`t find they`re result... Grozdanov match moved tommorow after Grigor`s against Darcis! Hopefuly i can watch him too :devil:

Sidorenko Def. Brands 7:5 6:2

Well done Alex!

Kostas :sad:

Pics from today http://www.album.bg/sniperbg/albums/80773/ .

Sidorenko Def. Brands 7:5 6:2

Damn Sidor, will bet agains him in next round too

I was away for some time but I'm back now and I have a report from Mincheff :wavey:

http://www.tennisalternative.com/news.php?readmore=451

Tomorrow Dimitrov-Darcis will be televised by BNT - here is stream -> mms://showbg.bnt.bg/livebnt (windows media player link) . The match start in 12:30 local time, 11:30 CET.

Hi, here are some pics taken by me on Monday;

http://picasaweb.google.bg/nedretko/ZagorkaTennisCupSofiaBulgaria20April2009

kostas:hug:

if grigor can take a set off nadal he can bt darcis!

come on grigorrrrrrrrrrrr

GL Steve

:drool:

Tomorrow Dimitrov-Darcis will be televised by BNT - here is stream -> mms://showbg.bnt.bg/livebnt (windows media player link) . The match start in 12:30 local time, 11:30 CET.

can you write something about Dimitrov form, is he prepare for this, can he beat Darcis?

Well before like a month and a half he really took it from Nadal the match ended 7:5 4:6(or 3:6 not good at remembering)6:2. In the exactly next weel he led Simon in Marseille 6:3 3:6 5:2 30:0 but Giles broke back and Grigor lost his hope... Then he had an injury and coudn`t play his best in the challengers in Korat and Bangkok.

Hello Bulgaria?any result? Machado?

Fonbet - Results - Karanusic 6-3 6-3

machado?

Karanusic - Gregorc 63 63
De Bakker - Machado 62 64
Cruciat - Luczak 16 36

Thanks

De Bakker win??? it is smiley:)) ooo GAMBLERS UNITEDS, MACHADO WANT A BET SURE:)

Dimitrov - Darcis 1-2*

*0-30

0-40 DF
15-40 BH netted
2-2 - FH UE error

Dimitrov - Darcis 2*-2

Dimitrov - Darcis 3-2* (hold to 30)

Tomorrow Dimitrov-Darcis will be televised by BNT - here is stream -> mms://showbg.bnt.bg/livebnt (windows media player link) . The match start in 12:30 local time, 11:30 CET.

There is also mms://showww.bnt.bg/livebnt

15-0 strong serve
30-0 nice dropshot
30-15 FH netted
40-15 strong serve

Dimitrov - Darcis 3*-3

Dimitrov 4-3*

4-4

Dimitrov missed a BP, Darcis showed great variaty on serve

Thanks for the stream link. It's great to see Dimitrov play again :D

Grigor 5-4*

GL Grigor... I think he can win :o

Aww Darcis 7-6 1-0* :fiery:

upsetting... a match in the Balkans, local hope plays, and it's even not fixed :ras: :lol:

Thiemo!:) Nice and unexpected win.

Thiemo!:) Nice and unexpected win.

Same here! ;)

chau Grigor :sad: 6-7 3-6

chau Grigor :sad: 6-7 3-6


!?! WTF
what the hell is this draw? the other bulgarian is vs some guy FLock
and Grigor is straight in the hands of #2 seed, 93 in the ranks

I actually expected Grigor to beat Steve or at least three sets... Steve has been playing really terrible this year actually. Maybe Grigor needs some matchpractise. How long was he out due to that injury?

Do we have some results from the other courts? :) Thanks!

Exactly, Deborah :o Steve has been completely crap this year; I think many gamblers backed Grigor. And of course a big upset for the Bulgarian fans (yeah playing the 2nd seed sucked but let's be honest it wasn't a bad match-up :shrug: ) When our friends come back from the courts they'll certainly tell us some background info on that match :shrug:

And I don't know other scores :o I only saw this score on bet365

Yes, I saw Grigor playing Berdych in Rotterdam and I was so impressed I actually was quite sure he was going to beat Steve today (also considering Steve's form lately)... :oops: Anyways, looking forward to some reports. ;) And hoping to see Grigor play at the Challenger in Mons, Belgium the end of this year. :D

I've just read in the Grigor's thread on MTF he not only has had the knee problems, but also suffered of flu last week... might be the answer to our questions :o

Anyway I'm off to work, enjoy the day everyone :wavey:

that one-hand BH looked very shake on return
and SD played like 93 vs 380 nothing crappy about him, serving 3 aces in a row to get out of BP, crappy?

I was on the court,watching Grigor....it was a good match!Steve has a solid game,good serve,nice player!Grigor was not in form!DFs was a serious problem,playing not agressive tennis,but i was so happy watching him,the crowd was excited:lol:

nothing for ungur, rosol??

nothing for ungur, rosol??

Ungur lost 1-2
Rosol won 2-0

What about I.Minar guys ? :)

Ungur lost 1-2
Rosol won 2-0

Thanks mate!! Really appreciated!

...

Decoud ?

please tell me result montcourt-galvani?

GROZDANOV vs. FLOCK 76 67 46

Minar's livescore is on Bet365.com now.

what about rochus?

match should be finished now!

what about rochus?

match should be finished now!

Rochus 6-4 first set
Galvani was serving for the set at *5-4 when I left the courts.

so no more result for rochus from you?

Tihomir Grozdanov BUL [WC] vs. Alexander Flock GER 76(3) 67(2) 46
Andreas Haider-Maurer AUT [WC] vs. Sebastian Decoud ARG 76(5) 26 63
Thiemo de Bakker NED vs. Rui Machado POR [5] 62 64
Roko Karanusic CRO [3] vs. Luka Gregorc SLO 63 63
Enrico Burzi ITA [Q] vs. Adrian Ungur ROU 46 61 64
Mathieu Montcourt FRA [6] vs. Stefano Galvani ITA 46 60 63
Matthias Bachinger GER vs. Rameez Junaid AUS [Q] 62 62
Tobias Kamke GER vs. Olivier Rochus BEL [4] 46 36
Lukas Rosol CZE [7] vs. Niels Desein BEL 64 42 disqualification
Adrian Cruciat ROU vs. Peter Luczak AUS 16 36
Grigor Dimitrov BUL [WC] vs. Steve Darcis BEL [2] 67(4) 36

Ivo Minar CZE [1/WC] vs. Matwé Middelkoop NED [Q] 64 21 in progress

Minar vs. Middelkoop 64 64

Lukas Rosol CZE [7] vs. Niels Desein BEL 64 42 disqualification
Anybode knows the reason ?

Lukas Rosol CZE [7] vs. Niels Desein BEL 64 42 disqualification
Anybode knows the reason ?

He hit ball to girl, which change scores .

He hit ball to girl, which change scores .

Intentional or by accident ?

Intentional or by accident ?

I know only this . But i guess it's Intentional because when i watch part of this match He hit ball once to net, near to crowd . He was nervous .

I know only this . But i guess it's Intentional because when i watch part of this match He hit ball once to net, near to crowd . He was nervous .

Thanks
Seems to be a Belgian problem. Malisse, Wickmayer and now Desein.

A short video from Grigor`s match:
http://sportal.bg/videos_zagorka.php?video=14

He hit ball to girl, which change scores .

OMG:eek:What happened after that,may be the crowd hit him after the match!

So all the Bulgarians lost :tape: Feels like Wrocław challenger and the Poles this year :rolleyes:

Mincheff's report from today... unfortunately he also doesn't know how exactly it happened with the DSQ
http://www.tennisalternative.com/news.php?readmore=452

why game is delayed now? i mean Luchak-Rosol match

forecast says there should be light rain in sofia today.
I guess thats the reason

forecast says there should be light rain in sofia today.
I guess thats the reason

They are right . You can see webcam from Sofia here http://weather.dir.bg/web_cam.php?id=1

2009-04-22 / 07:00:00
Температура: -1°C
Вятър: тихо
Снеговалеж: сняг
as can see on web-cam there is snow in Sofia, oh, my god...

2009-04-22 / 07:00:00
Температура: -1°C
Вятър: тихо
Снеговалеж: сняг
as can see on web-cam there is snow in Sofia, oh, my god...

Off/ This is in Vitosha mountain - in Sofia . If you want to watch little snow you can switch webcam there with "Виж уеб камера от хижа "Алеко"" .
Right now in Sofia is 10°C

FIRST ROUND

Ivo Minar CZE [1/WC] vs. Matwé Middelkoop NED [Q] | 6-4 6-4
Alexander Flock GER vs. Tihomir Grozdanov BUL [WC] | 6-7 (3) 7-6 (2) 6-4
Andreas Haider-Maurer AUT [WC] vs. Sebastian Decoud ARG | 7-6 (5) 2-6 6-3
Thiemo de Bakker NED vs. Rui Machado POR [5] | 6-2 6-4

Roko Karanusic CRO [3] vs. Luka Gregorc SLO | 6-3 6-3
Enrico Burzi ITA [Q] vs. Adrian Ungur ROU | 4-6 6-1 6-4
Dominik Hrbaty SVK vs. Konstantinos Economidis GRE [Q] | 6-3 6-7 (6) 6-0
Alexandre Sidorenko FRA vs. Daniel Brands GER [8] | 7-5 6-2

Mathieu Montcourt FRA [6] vs. Stefano Galvani ITA | 4-6 6-0 6-3
Florian Mayer GER vs. Ricardo Hocevar BRA | 6-2 6-3
Matthias Bachinger GER vs. Rameez Junaid AUS [Q] | 6-2 6-2
Olivier Rochus BEL [4] vs. Tobias Kamke GER | 6-4 6-3

Lukas Rosol CZE [7] vs. Niels Desein BEL | 6-4 4-2 Def.
Peter Luczak AUS vs. Adrian Cruciat ROU | 6-1 6-3
Martin Alund ARG vs. Dieter Kindlmann GER | 6-3 0-6 6-4
Steve Darcis BEL [2] vs. Grigor Dimitrov BUL [WC] | 7-6 (5) 6-3

Thiemo :bowdown:

WTF happened to Desein? :unsure:

SECOND ROUND

Ivo Minar CZE [1/WC] vs. Alexander Flock GER
Andreas Haider-Maurer AUT [WC] vs. Thiemo de Bakker NED
Roko Karanusic CRO [3] vs. Enrico Burzi ITA [Q]
Dominik Hrbaty SVK vs. Alexandre Sidorenko FRA

Mathieu Montcourt FRA [6] vs. Florian Mayer GER
Matthias Bachinger GER vs. Olivier Rochus BEL [4]
Lukas Rosol CZE [7] vs. Peter Luczak AUS
Martin Alund ARG vs. Steve Darcis BEL [2]

DOUBLES | FIRST ROUND

Hanley & J. Murray [AUS/GBR, 1] vs. Hocevar & Machado
Auckland & Luczak [GBR/AUS] vs. Montcourt & Sidorenko [FRA]
[B]Allegro & Tecau [SUI/ROU, 3] vs. Grozdanov & Ivanov [BUL, WC]
Moser & Rosol [GER/CZE] vs. Mladenov & Traykov [BUL, WC]

Darcis & Desein vs. Jakupovic & Mergea [GRE/ROU] [B]| 6-2 6-2
Hrbaty & Skoch [SVK/CZE] vs. Junaid & Marx [AUS/GER, 4] | 6-4 7-6 (7)
Alund & Decoud [ARG] vs. Dimov & Trendafilov [BUL, WC] | 6-2 7-5
Kohlmann & Zovko [GER/CRO, 2] vs. Oswald & Scherrer [AUT/SUI] | 6-3 6-3

Jay-C :sad:

There are no more umbrellas in Sofia street now :) Maybe they can play ?

hope so....

Revised OOP http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/en/common/TrackIt.asp?file=/1/posting/2009/550/op.pdf

There will be night season matches :P

as per revised OOP Rosol should been started...but i do not see his scores

but i do not see his scores
Where do you look at for his scores?

on bwin, betcity, marathon...livescore

bet365 gives scores only from centre court

mhm I`ll need karanusic scores later any chance to get them in progres not FT ?

bet365 gives scores only from centre court

does it mean that game on centre court started?

does it mean that game on centre court started?

Court 1 is in pretty bad shape after the rain, I don't think they will begin soon. Court 4 is better tho, they should be playing now.

they used to do it previous days, but I don't see anything right now

in case U will have the scores from 4 court - please advise us!

any news, our Bulgarian friends? did the matches start?

as per web cam seems rain started again

3 of the singles games are postponed for tomorrow. Its still not sure if Alund - Darcis will be played today . . . or not.

3 of the singles games are postponed for tomorrow. Its still not sure if Alund - Darcis will be played today . . . or not.
did Lucak and rosol start playing? or they will play later today?

which single games are postponed for tomorrow? where did U get this info?

I think that no one match was played today at now! But the players don't know at the moment if doubles will be play today!

Its raining again here . . .

Still Raining unfortunately it's almost 18.30 BG time.

Tomorrow...

http://img2.sportal.bg/new/uploads/news/2009_17/images/00169539.jpg

Why don't they cover the courts? :confused:

seems today weather is sunny in Sofia, thks god)))

Rain in Sofia ? Cause the Bachinger - Rochus is not playing. Live is in bet365 diary.

you can follow the weather here:

http://www.sinoptik.bg/?lid=100727011

No looks shiny there :
http://weather.dir.bg/web_cam.php?id=1

But court 1 was soaky and probably need to dry up !

finally started....who will be our eyes on 4th court? need information about matches from there

Rochus broke *1/0

https://www.bwin.com/fr/livebets.aspx?eventID=1563177

No live score for Mayer-Montcourt on court 4, is it?

who can find out scores from 4th court?

Rochus 6/1 6/4. Next livescoreon bwin is Hrbaty Sidorenko in 15 minuts

Hello...any scores on Luszak?

Hello...any scores on Luszak?

also waiting for his scores since yesterday. suppose they are playing at the moment, hope Mayer finished his game already...

ok....thanks

Hrbaty is playing now

everyone has scores from 1 court, the one who will tell us scores from 4th court - is very usefull for us.

Yes...I need it to

you can go to http://www.germaniasport.hr/ its a teletext and go to page 736

thank you janand

Mayer d Montcourt 2/0

you welcome:-)

Mayer d Montcourt 2/0

Do you have scores on Luszak?:)

not yet

not yet

ok:wavey:

Mayer vs. Montcourt 75 61

darcis lost?

Mayer vs. Montcourt 75 61

Thanks:worship:

darcis lost?

darcis plays after sidorenko

darcis lost?

He has not started yet

darcis on bet365

:yeah: Flo

darcis cant win a single point on return :lol:

What's the score for Sidorenko/Hrbaty ? :)

Sidorenko vs. Hrbaty 63 61

alund?

Sidorenko vs. Hrbaty 63 61

Domi :speakles: :o :sad:

Sidorenko vs. Hrbaty 63 61

Thank you. :)

Rosol-Lucak score....nothing on teletext about this match

Rosol vs. Luczak 62 76(3)

Rosol vs. Luczak 62 76(3)

rosol :clap2:

Rosol vs. Luczak 62 76(3)

what is source?

alund?

darcis 6:6 3:0*

Pls Minar start the match???

thanks keep scores comming