Qualifying Draw

in few minutes...

:)

*cant wait*

*getting nervous*

good luck ivo! (and whoever else is in it)

why they made the women's draw before?usually they start with men.

i don't know, i just hope they hurry up!!!

me too,it's 12;53 am here and i want to go to bed ;)

I hope Ivo Karlovic will get easy draw...

where is the draw??

ivo will be one of the top seeds :) he's ranked 109 :)

karanusic and zovko *might* have made the cut

*fingers crossed*

out finally...

fine draw for Yen-Hsun(at least winning one round please ;) ) bad draw for Yeu-Tzuoo, got Takao at first rd. :mad:

There is an interesting first rd match for current juniors #1 and former juniors #1, Marcos Baghdatis vs. Janko Tipsarevic. :eek:

Their H2H tied 1-1 at juniors

Marcos BAGHDATIS (CYP) v Janko TIPSAREVIC (YUG)

2000 G1 14th Yucatan Cup Hard (O) FR Janko TIPSAREVIC 1-6 6-3 4-6
2001 GA Osaka Mayor's Cup - World Super Junior Tennis Championships Hard (O) FR Marcos BAGHDATIS 7-5 7-6(5)

Tied 1 : 1

Danai Udomchike vs Gouichi Motomura again.

Last month Pik defeated Gouichi in Brazil. Do it again Pik. :worship:

Best of luck to Lu, Wang, Terachi and Takao as well. :)

goos luck all israels.

here the link:

http://www.usopen.org/en_US/scores/draws/qs/index.html

good luck to:
Seppi (sorry Mika!)
swiss players
Starace

Wesley Moodie RSA (1)
vs.
Frantisek Cermak CZE



Markus Hipfl AUT
vs.
Jan Hajek CZE



Todd Widom USA
vs.
Zack Fleishman USA



Louis Vosloo RSA
vs.
Peter Luczak AUS (30)



Robin Soderling SWE (2)
vs.
Alun Jones AUS



Juan Pablo Brzezicki ARG
vs.
Rodolphe Cadart FRA



Daniel Koellerer AUT
vs.
Stefano Galvani ITA



Slimane Saoudi FRA
vs.
Giovanni Lapentti ECU (21)



Federico Browne ARG (3)
vs.
Jean-Julien Rojer AHO



Ignacio Gonzalez King ARG
vs.
Maximilian Abel GER



Andreas Seppi ITA
vs.
Michael Llodra FRA



Sergio Roitman ARG
vs.
Todd Larkham AUS (20)



Nicolas Thomann FRA (4)
vs.
Paul Baccanello AUS



Dusan Vemic SER
vs.
Julien Benneteau FRA



Mariano Delfino ARG
vs.
Oliver Marach AUT



Sebastian Prieto ARG
vs.
Stefano Pescosolido ITA (24)


Ivo Karlovic CRO (5)
vs.
Takahiro Terachi JPN



Jean-Francois Bachelot FRA
vs.
Michal Mertinak SVK



Dudi Sela ISR
vs.
Tasuku Iwami JPN



Thomas Blake USA
vs.
Paul Goldstein USA (28)



Dick Norman BEL (6)
vs.
Arvind Parmar GBR



Bjorn Rehnquist SWE
vs.
Jack Brasington USA



Vadim Kutsenko UZB
vs.
Matias Boeker USA



Marcos Baghdatis CYP
vs.
Janko Tipsarevic SER (19)



Nicolas Mahut FRA (7)
vs.
Joseph Sirianni AUS



KJ Hippensteel USA
vs.
Amir Hadad ISR



Potito Starace ITA
vs.
Marcos Daniel BRA



Lovro Zovko CRO
vs.
Igor Kunitsyn RUS (25)



Thierry Ascione FRA (8)
vs.
Frank Dancevic CAN



Vincenzo Santopadre ITA
vs.
Kean Feeder USA



Andres Dellatorre ARG
vs.
Rajeev Ram USA



Petr Luxa CZE
vs.
Jan Vacek CZE (32)


Tomas Berdych CZE (9)
vs.
Chris Kwon USA



Tuomas Ketola FIN
vs.
Jan Hernych CZE



Bobby Reynolds USA
vs.
Tomas Zib CZE



Roko Karanusic CRO
vs.
Jiri Vanek CZE (23)



Fernando Verdasco ESP (10)
vs.
Andre Sa BRA



Marcello Craca GER
vs.
Alexandre Simoni BRA



Yen-Hsun Lu TPE
vs.
George Bastl SUI



Frederic Niemeyer CAN
vs.
Jeff Salzenstein USA (17)



Alexander Waske GER (11)
vs.
Andrew Ilie AUS



Ignacio Hirigoyen ARG
vs.
Michael Kohlmann GER



Noam Okun ISR
vs.
Gaston Etlis ARG



Pavel Snobel CZE
vs.
Thomas Enqvist SWE (26)



Dennis van Scheppingen NED (12)
vs.
Satoshi Iwabuchi JPN



Dmitry Tursunov RUS
vs.
David Prinosil GER



Daniele Bracciali ITA
vs.
Gilles Muller LUX



Martin Lee GBR
vs.
Julien Varlet FRA (22)


Giorgio Galimberti ITA (13)
vs.
Andy Ram ISR



Massimo Dell'Acqua ITA
vs.
Petr Kralert CZE



Michal Tabara CZE
vs.
Jan Frode Andersen NOR



Florent Serra FRA
vs.
Eric Taino USA (18)



Marc Rosset SUI (14)
vs.
Kevin Kim USA



Cristiano Caratti ITA
vs.
Peter Clarke IRL



Philipp Kohlschreiber GER
vs.
Leonardo Azzaro ITA



Harel Levy ISR
vs.
Hermes Gamonal CHI (31)



Cecil Mamiit USA (15)
vs.
Joachim Johansson SWE



Danai Udomchoke THA
vs.
Gouichi Motomura JPN



Robin Vik CZE
vs.
Yves Allegro SUI



Ricardo Mello BRA
vs.
Gilles Elseneer BEL (27)



Ivo Heuberger SUI (16)
vs.
Julian Knowle AUT



Takao Suzuki JPN
vs.
Yeu-Tzuoo Wang TPE



Bjorn Phau GER
vs.
Fred Hemmes Jr. NED



Jamil Al-Agba USA
vs.
Ramon Delgado PAR (29)

My humble opinion about each section:

Moodie section: #1 is in pretty good shape, especially considering Wimby. I don't think he will face serious opposition in qualifying.
Qualifyer: Wesley Moodie.


Soderling section: There are some names that could make life difficult for Robin, like Brzezicki (runner-up in a challenger a few weeks ago), Galvani and young Lapentti. I go with -
Qualifyer: Giovanni Lapentti.

Browne section: Don't know much about #3, but I have a feeling the qualifyer will come from the Roitman vs. Larkham match (two of my favs :( ).
Qualifyer: Todd Larkham.

Thomann section: Nico is in good shape. I think opposition will come from Benneteau and Pescosolido.
Qialfyer: Nicholas Thomann.

Karlovic section: As the potato and all Croations on borad can testify, Ivo is in great shape. I think Bachelot can give him a hard time and hope very much for Dudi Sela too...
Qualifyer: Ivo Karlovic.

Norman section: Haven't seen much of Norman since Wimby and his great run in Queens. Interesting match there between Baghdatis and Tipsarevic.
Qualifyer: Hmmmm, Tipsarevic.

Mahut section: Mahut should be able to qualify from here. Kunitsyn is in a slump, so is Hadad and Italians have been waiting for Starace to breakthough for quite some time.
Qualifyer: Nicolas Mahut

Ascione section (Lots of French seeded in qualifyers): I actually would be surpised to see #8 win in the first round. Dancevic can be quite dangerous. Same goes with Rajeev Ram and Vacek.
Qualifyer: Rajeev Ram (wild wild bet).

Berdych section: Interesting match for him in 1st round, altough he's in great shape (won challenger or was a runner-up last week). Kwon can be good but will probably be too excited. I actually think the qualifyer will be the experienced
Qualifyer: Tomas Zib

Verdasco section: Well, Verdasco is in really good shape, after winning nice matches in Long Island and other places. All other possible candidates in his section (Sa, Bastl and Jeff) are in some slump. This is quite a obvious one, then.
Qualifyer: Fernando Verdasco.

Waske section: Andrew Ilie trys anothe comeback, Noam Okun is in good shape but the not-so-obvious choice goes to
Qualifyer: Thomas Enqvist. (Enqvist #26 in qualifying :( )

Van Scheppingen section: I actually think Gilles Muller will finally make some noise here. Look out for Iwabuchi too. Still the Dutchman should prevail.
Qualifyer: Dennis van Scheppingen

Galimberti section: IMO winner of the match between him and Andy Ram will go all the way.
Qualifyer: Andy Ram :)

Rosset section: Veteran Marc shouldn't have a problem vs. Kim. Gamonal or Levy could prove more difficult.
Qualifyer: Hmmm, Levy? :angel:

Mamiit section: Tough section to predict there. Mamiit is doing not bad lately but so is Joachim. I think Elseneer will still be the last one standing.
Qualifyer: Gilles Elseneer

Heuberger section: The last section is of high quality. Ivo did well in Wimby and so did Suzuki. Delgado has been very quiet.
Qualifyer: Ivo Heuberger.

Thanks for the link, typed version of the draw and analysis.:)

Best of luck to:

Giovanni Lapentti :)
Joachim Johansson :)
Frank Dancevic :D :D

Reasonable draw for Frank...this is a good chance for him to qualify.:D

:bounce:

good luck:

Giovanni Lapentti :D
Michael Llodra
Nicolas Thomann
Julien Benneteau
Jean-Francois Bachelot :D
Paul Goldstein
Nicolas Mahut
Frank Dancevic
Frederic Niemeyer :D
Gilles Muller
Julien Varlet
Philipp Kohlschreiber :D
Joachim Johansson

good luck Thomas Enqvist :) just qualify man :)

Dmitry Tursunov :)

Go Thomas

Weird to see him in qualies of a slam

Good luck:

Arvind Parmar (hard draw :( )
Martin Lee
Thomas Enqvist :eek:

Arvind Go beat the Dick :) (Could have had a lot easier 1st round match)

Good luck Martin :)

Wesley Moodie RSA (1) vs. Frantisek Cermak CZE
Markus Hipfl AUT vs. Jan Hajek CZE
Todd Widom USA vs. Zack Fleishman USA
Louis Vosloo RSA vs. Peter Luczak AUS (30)
Robin Soderling SWE (2) vs. Alun Jones AUS
Juan Pablo Brzezicki ARG vs. Rodolphe Cadart FRA
Daniel Koellerer AUT vs. Stefano Galvani ITA
Slimane Saoudi FRA vs. Giovanni Lapentti ECU (21)
Federico Browne ARG (3) vs. Jean-Julien Rojer AHO
Ignacio Gonzalez King ARG vs. Maximilian Abel GER
Andreas Seppi ITA vs. Michael Llodra FRA
Sergio Roitman ARG vs. Todd Larkham AUS (20)
Nicolas Thomann FRA (4) vs. Paul Baccanello AUS
Dusan Vemic SER vs. Julien Benneteau FRA
Mariano Delfino ARG vs. Oliver Marach AUT
Sebastian Prieto ARG vs. Stefano Pescosolido ITA (24)

Ivo Karlovic CRO (5) vs. Takahiro Terachi JPN
Jean-Francois Bachelot FRA vs. Michal Mertinak SVK
Dudi Sela ISR vs. Tasuku Iwami JPN
Thomas Blake USA vs.Paul Goldstein USA (28)
Dick Norman BEL (6) vs.Arvind Parmar GBR
Bjorn Rehnquist SWE vs. Jack Brasington USA
Vadim Kutsenko vs. Matias Boeker USA
Marcos Baghdatis CYP vs. Janko Tipsarevic SER (19)
Nicolas Mahut FRA (7) vs. Joseph Sirianni AUS
KJ Hippensteel USA vs. Amir Hadad ISR
Potito Starace ITA vs. Marcos Daniel BRA
Lovro Zovko CRO vs. Igor Kunitsyn RUS (25)
Thierry Ascione FRA (8) vs. Frank Dancevic CAN
Vincenzo Santopadre ITA vs. Kean Feeder USA
Andres Dellatorre ARG vs. Rajeev Ram USA
Petr Luxa CZE vs. Jan Vacek CZE (32)

Tomas Berdych CZE (9) vs. Chris Kwon USA
Tuomas Ketola FIN vs. Jan Hernych CZE
Bobby Reynolds USA vs. Tomas Zib CZE
Roko Karanusic CRO vs. Jiri Vanek CZE (23)
Fernando Verdasco ESP (10) vs. Andre Sa BRA
Marcello Craca GER vs. Alexandre Simoni BRA
Yen-Hsun Lu TPE vs. George Bastl SUI
Frederic Niemeyer CAN vs. Jeff Salzenstein USA (17)
Alexander Waske GER (11) vs. Andrew Ilie AUS
Ignacio Hirigoyen ARG vs. Michael Kohlmann GER
Noam Okun ISR vs. Gaston Etlis ARG
Pavel Snobel CZE vs. Thomas Enqvist SWE (26)
Dennis van Scheppingen NED (12) vs. Satoshi Iwabuchi JPN
Dmitry Tursunov RUS vs. David Prinosil GER
Daniele Bracciali ITA vs. Gilles Muller LUX
Martin Lee GBR vs. Julien Varlet FRA (22)

Giorgio Galimberti ITA (13) vs. Andy Ram ISR
Massimo Dell'Acqua vs. Petr Kralert CZE
Michal Tabara CZE vs. Jan Frode Andersen NOR
Florent Serra vs. Eric Taino USA (18)
Marc Rosset SUI (14) vs. Kevin Kim USA
Cristiano Caratti ITA vs. Peter Clarke IRL
Philipp Kohlschreiber GER vs. Leonardo Azzaro ITA
Harel Levy ISR vs. Hermes Gamonal CHI (31)
Cecil Mamiit USA (15) vs. Joachim Johansson SWE
Danai Udomchoke THA vs. Gouichi Motomura JPN
Robin Vik CZE vs. Yves Allegro SUI
Ricardo Mello BRA vs. Gilles Elseneer BEL (27)
Ivo Heuberger SUI (16) vs. Julian Knowle AUT
Takao Suzuki JPN vs. Michael Joyce USA
Bjorn Phau GER vs. Fred Hemmes Jr. NED
Jamil Al-Agba USA vs. Ramon Delgado PAR (29)

Time to see where was I right and where not at all :p :

Moodie section: Got that one right, Moodie qualifyed. Wasn't a wild guess there. :)

Soderling section: Kudos to Robin for qualifying. Didn't think he'll make it. :(

Browne section: Ouch - who would have thought Abel could pull through such a performance? :(

Thomann section: I said Thomann, but also said Benneteau will be dangerous. Benneteau prevailed. :(

Karlovic section: Ivo (and me) got that one big time. Nice run for Dudi Sela, though. :)

Norman section: Woohooo, I said Tipsarevic and we got Tipsarevic, even if had to work hard vs. Baghaditis. :)

Mahut section: Mahut got that one and so did I. :)

Ascione section: I though in a wild guess - Rajeev Ram but Vacek was the chosen one. :(

Berdych section: Pleasant disappointment here from Roko Karanusic. Bad miss by me :( . Berdych got a LL.

Verdasco section: Verdasco blew that one away (but got a LL). Didn't think Salzenstein in a good shape :(

Waske section: Of course, Enquist won that one and even got a good draw in MD. :)

Van Scheppingen section: pffff, bad bad miss. Tursanov caught me by surprise (I thought Muller). :(

Galimberti section: I said the winner of his match vs. Andy Ram will qualify and was right. Andy almost won but Galimberti came through. :(

Rosset section: Kohlschreiber ? Who is Kohlschreiber ?. I said Levy - bitter disappointment. :(

Mamiit section: I said it will be tough and thought Elseneer will get it, but Joachim showed good signs and won 3 tough matches. Happy for him, unhappy for me. :(

Heuberger section: Blew that one too. Delgado's experience paid off at the end (I said Ivo). :(

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The bottom line - 11 misses, 5 hits and 1 miss that got a LL.

Time to see where was I right and where not at all :p :
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The bottom line - 11 misses, 5 hits and 1 miss that got a LL.

Not a bad job at all...men's tennis is difficult to predict in most cases, and this qualifying draw was almost impossible to prognosticate.:)

I'm glad to see Verdasco get a ll, but I was shocked by how easily he apparently lost the match against Salzenstein. I hope it was just a bad day or whatever...

Vacek *sighs* That could have been you Frank Dancevic...:( Up a break twice in that second set...