Tournament Name: SONY ERICSSON OPEN-MIAMI
Location: MIAMI
Dates: MARCH 26–APRIL 6, 2008 (WEDNESDAY START)
Prize Money: US $3,770,000 (US $3,520,000)
96 DRAW/48 DRAW QUALIFYING
SITE: TENNIS CENTER AT CRANDON PARK
7300 CRANDON BOULEVARD
KEY BISCAYNE, FLORIDA 33149
SURFACE: HARD
BALL: ATP PENN BALL
PRIZE MONEY: USD
WEB SITE: http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/
Qualifying draw: Sunday, March 23, 2008, TBA
Main draw: Monday, March 24, 2008, 2:20 p.m.
Doubles draw: Wednesday, March 26, 2008, 6:00 p.m.
Entry deadline: February 11, 2008
Seeding: March 24, 2008
1 Federer, Roger SUI 1
2 Nadal, Rafael ESP 2
3 Djokovic, Novak SRB 3
4 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 4
5 Ferrer, David ESP 5
6 Roddick, Andy USA 6
7 Gasquet, Richard FRA 7
8 Youzhny, Mikhail RUS 8
9 Nalbandian, David ARG 9
10 Berdych, Tomas CZE 10
11 Murray, Andy GBR 11
12 Blake, James USA 12
13 Canas, Guillermo ARG 13
14 Monaco, Juan ARG 14
15 Ferrero, Juan Carlos ESP 15
16 Gonzalez, Fernando CHI 16
OUT Baghdatis, Marcos CYP 17
18 Moya, Carlos ESP 18
19 Robredo, Tommy ESP 19
20 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried FRA 20
21 Mathieu, Paul-Henri FRA 21
22 Hewitt, Lleyton AUS 22
23 Karlovic, Ivo CRO 23
24 Ljubicic, Ivan CRO 24
25 Chela, Juan Ignacio ARG 25
26 Nieminen, Jarkko FIN 26
27 Haas, Tommy GER 27
28 Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 28
29 Verdasco, Fernando ESP 29
30 Simon, Gilles FRA 30
31 Almagro, Nicolas ESP 31
32 Malisse, Xavier BEL @31
33 Wawrinka, Stanislas SUI 32
34 Andreev, Igor RUS 33
35 Tursunov, Dmitry RUS 34
36 Starace, Potito ITA 35
37 Stepanek, Radek CZE 36
38 Lopez, Feliciano ESP 37
39 Santoro, Fabrice FRA 38
40 Cilic, Marin CRO 39
41 Seppi, Andreas ITA 40
42 Volandri, Filippo ITA 41
43 Calleri, Agustin ARG 42
44 Tipsarevic, Janko SRB 43
45 Mahut, Nicolas FRA 44
46 Kiefer, Nicolas GER 45
47 Lee, Hyung-Taik KOR 46
48 Grosjean, Sebastien FRA 47
49 Monfils, Gael FRA 48
50 Del Potro, Juan Martin ARG 49
51 Acasuso, Jose ARG 50
52 Montanes, Albert ESP 51
53 Soderling, Robin SWE 52
54 Benneteau, Julien FRA 53
55 Koubek, Stefan AUT 54
56 Rochus, Olivier BEL 55
57 Melzer, Jurgen AUT 56
58 Johansson, Thomas SWE 57
59 Safin, Marat RUS 58
60 Berrer, Michael GER 59
61 Llodra, Michael FRA 60
62 Gicquel, Marc FRA 61
63 Querrey, Sam USA 62
64 Sela, Dudi ISR 63
65 Gulbis, Ernests LAT 64
66 Bolelli, Simone ITA 65
67 Mayer, Florian GER 66
68 Clement, Arnaud FRA 67
69 Ventura, Santiago ESP 68
70 Bjorkman, Jonas SWE 69
71 Hernandez, Oscar ESP 70
72 Hrbaty, Dominik SVK @70
73 Vliegen, Kristof BEL 71
74 Korolev, Evgeny RUS 72
75 Spadea, Vincent USA 73
76 Berlocq, Carlos ARG 74
77 Hanescu, Victor ROU 75
78 Roitman, Sergio ARG 76
79 Fish, Mardy USA 77
80 (Q)
81 (Q)
82 (Q)
83 (Q)
84 (Q)
85 (Q)
86 (Q)
87 (Q)
88 (Q)
89 (Q)
90 (Q)
91 (Q)
92 (WC) Kuerten, Gustavo BRA
93 (WC) Ancic, Mario CRO
94 (WC) Isner, John USA
95 (WC) Levine, Jesse USA
96 (WC) Nishikori, Kei JPN (2007 Luxilon Cup champion)
Alternates
IN Schuettler, Rainer GER 78
1. Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo ESP 79
2. Darcis, Steve BEL 80
3. Luczak, Peter AUS 81
4. Pavel, Andrei ROU 82
OUT Eschauer, Werner AUT 83
5. Dancevic, Frank CAN 84
6. Falla, Alejandro COL 85
7. Guccione, Chris AUS 86
8. Roger-Vasselin, Edouard FRA 87
OUT Serra, Florent FRA 88
9. Cuevas, Pablo URU 89
10. Haase, Robin NED 90
11. Ascione, Thierry FRA 91
12. Becker, Benjamin GER 92
Thanks for the draw. Not a good draw with Cañas, Andreev or Djokovic. Well... I hope Djokovic will be very tired this week !! Do your best Feña, vamos :bounce:
Sparko1030
03-24-2008, 08:51 PM
Not the best draw but if Fernando is playing well, he can do it. And yeah, hopefully Djoko will be tired after last week ;)
ChinoRios4Ever
03-24-2008, 10:13 PM
bad draw again, the 3rd round curse in Miami will be hard to beat :sad:
Albop
03-24-2008, 10:14 PM
goooooooooooooooo feñaaaaaaaaaaaaa :rocker2:
ChinoRios4Ever
03-24-2008, 10:30 PM
(8) GASQUET, Richard FRA/BYE
TURSUNOV, Dmitry RUS v KOROLEV, Evgeny RUS
DEL POTRO, Juan Martin ARG v (WC) LEVINE, Jesse USA
BYE/(32) LOPEZ, Feliciano ESP
(22) FERRERO, Juan Carlos ESP/BYE
(WC) NISHIKORI, Kei JPN v MONTANES, Albert ESP
BERLOCQ, Carlos ARG v QUERREY, Sam USA
BYE/(10) BERDYCH, Tomas CZE
(15) CANAS, Guillermo ARG/BYE
QUALIFIER v STARACE, Potito ITA
QUALIFIER v SPADEA, Vincent USA
BYE/(17) GONZALEZ, Fernando CHI
(31) ANDREEV, Igor RUS/BYE
BERRER, Michael GER v QUALIFIER
CALLERI, Agustin ARG v QUALIFIER
BYE/(3) DJOKOVIC, Novak SRB
really a hard draw :unsure:
FFGC
03-26-2008, 11:29 AM
Fernando will play with the winner of pair Vincent Spadea (USA) vs Pablo Cuevas (URU)...
Im really suprised, Gonzo will play the night match on CC tomorrow :eek:
good luck Feña :yeah:
ChinoRios4Ever
03-27-2008, 10:27 PM
NO tv till saturday :sad:
Albop
03-27-2008, 10:29 PM
:(
GonzoFan
03-28-2008, 01:02 AM
NO tv till saturday :sad:
yeah, ESPN starts coverage on Saturday :(
Anyway ... as long as he feels good and wins I'm happy.
Good Luck Fernando!!!!! VAMOS!!!!!!!!!! :rocker2:
Sparko1030
03-28-2008, 03:59 AM
:eek: An evening match on CC? That is impressive! :yeah:
VAMOOOOOOOOS FERNANDO!!!! :fiery:
enqvistfan
03-28-2008, 08:44 AM
:sad: I hope he'll win and we'll have the chance to have the coverage for his next matches, vamos :bounce:
NO tv till saturday :sad:
RogiFan88
03-28-2008, 05:06 PM
VAMOS, FENA, v. Cuevas!!
Fena, you better win or I won't see you on my pitiful TV coverage, which starts Sunday overnight...
Sparko1030
03-28-2008, 09:18 PM
Some good news for Fernando's section of the draw, Djokovic is out already thanks to qualifier Anderson :yeah:
Gonzalez88
03-28-2008, 09:41 PM
TV or Streaming???
enqvistfan
03-28-2008, 09:52 PM
Very good news, thank you Sparko :) It's a little bit more open now, VAMOS :bounce:
Some good news for Fernando's section of the draw, Djokovic is out already thanks to qualifier Anderson :yeah:
enqvistfan
03-28-2008, 09:53 PM
No because the TV coverage starts on saturday
From sat, I think you can find the matches on TVU Player
TV or Streaming???
FFGC
03-29-2008, 12:32 AM
Schedule of Play for Saturday, March 29, 2008
Court 3: 10:00 AM Start
5. Men's Doubles: 1st Round
Agustin Calleri (ARG) and Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) vs Daniel Nestor (CAN) and Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) [2]
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/2655/c478ascu7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/1789/atpg415gj2.jpg (http://imageshack.us) vs http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/5713/n210asox3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/3277/z072ashr3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
tomorrow at night session in center court :rocker2:
Sparko1030
03-30-2008, 02:12 AM
Impressive doubles win for Fena and Augustin! :bounce:
ChinoRios4Ever
03-30-2008, 02:18 AM
well done Gonzo and Gordo :yeah:
now take out Willy :armed:
again on night match on CC and this time on tv :cool:
GonzoFan
03-30-2008, 03:27 AM
Great win in doubles! :yeah:
Now Good luck tomorrow Fernando!!!!!
VAMOSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :rocker2:
FFGC
03-30-2008, 07:27 AM
Good luck FENA!!! http://s8.rimg.info/943f67733d8591cebed87d70787a43ef.gif (http://smiles.33b.ru/smile.91250.html)
enqvistfan
03-30-2008, 07:57 AM
Congrats for the doubles :yeah: and good luck against Willy :bounce:
Gonzalez88
03-30-2008, 08:34 AM
Vamos Gonzo!
Ranger
03-31-2008, 12:43 AM
Hello Gonzo-Fans, where are you? :wavey:
Good Luck to Fena.
Ranger
03-31-2008, 12:47 AM
A little problem to hold, but when he made the point his play was good. :)
Gonzalez - Canas 1:0*
Ranger
03-31-2008, 12:51 AM
Canas with easy hold to 15.
Gonzalez - Canas *1:1
Hold Fena! :cool:
Ranger
03-31-2008, 12:55 AM
Fena hold!
Gonzalez - Canas 2:1*
I want to see an early break, that would be great. ;)
Ranger
03-31-2008, 12:59 AM
Gonzalez - Canas *2:2
Canas again really easy. So, Fena must hold and maybe then...
Ranger
03-31-2008, 01:05 AM
Gonzalez - Canas 3:2*
Gonzo about deuce, but hold is hold. And now break! :fiery:
Ranger
03-31-2008, 01:10 AM
Come on Gonzalez, 40:40.
Advantage Canas
Ranger
03-31-2008, 01:12 AM
Gonzalez - Canas *3:3
Hold again. :p
Ranger
03-31-2008, 01:15 AM
Gonzalez - Canas 4:3*
After 0:30 four points in a row for Fena. :)
Ranger
03-31-2008, 01:21 AM
First Breakpoint of the match goes to Gonzalez. Take this!
Nooo, bad net. Deuce.
DF Canas. 2 BP Gonzalez
Another good chance missed - Deuce.
Ranger
03-31-2008, 01:26 AM
Gonzalez - Canas *4:4
Canas with an ace and missed by Gonzalez to 4:4.
Ranger
03-31-2008, 01:29 AM
Gonzalez - Canas 5:4*
Lovely backhand to an easy hold. :wavey: Break for the set, Fena! :fiery:
Ranger
03-31-2008, 01:32 AM
Brilliant FH dtl, 30:15. Two more points!
Ranger
03-31-2008, 01:33 AM
AMAZING! Wonderful, woho. :worship: Great rally and a longline winner with FH.
2 Setpoints.
Canas saved one. And saved the second, argh.
Ranger
03-31-2008, 01:37 AM
Gonzalez - Canas *5:5
Guillermo from 15:40 to hold his service. :sad:
Pls hold, Fena!
Ranger
03-31-2008, 01:41 AM
Gonzalez - Canas 6:5*
Good game to 15. Maybe he can do it now. :)
Ranger
03-31-2008, 01:46 AM
Gonzalez - Canas *6:6
Tiebreak. :unsure:
Fena was really good on his service in the last games, so, show us this again in TB!
Ranger
03-31-2008, 01:47 AM
Gonzalez - Canas 6:6
(1:0*)
(2:0*)
(*2:1)
(*3:1) Amazing rally to 3:1, many fast battle on net and Fena wins it. :)
(4:1*)
(4:2*)
(*4:3)
(*5:3)
(5:4*) Canas is "back". Fena, goooo!
(6:4*) Vamooss! 3 SP!
(*6:5) Canas saved with an ace. One more, number 4!
(*6:6) Shit...saved with FH winner by Guillermo.
(6:7*) Someone from the crowd shouted when Fena wants to serve, grrr. FH error.
(6:8)
Ranger
03-31-2008, 01:58 AM
Gonzalez - Canas 6:7
Fena can't take one of the 4 Setpoints. :sad:
Ranger
03-31-2008, 02:04 AM
Gonzalez - Canas 6:7, *0:1
After 15:30 again, Canas hold and served it out with 2 aces.
I hope Fena is on fire now! :fiery:
Ranger
03-31-2008, 02:08 AM
Gonzalez - Canas 6:7, 1:1*
Good game. Maybe a break? ;)
Ranger
03-31-2008, 02:13 AM
Unbelievable shot by Gonzalez to Breakpoint. Take him!!!!
:( Saved by Canas and advantage for him.
Ranger
03-31-2008, 02:15 AM
Gonzalez - Canas 6:7, *1:2
0/5 BP from Fena. :sad: Please hold now!
GonzoFan
03-31-2008, 02:19 AM
:wavey: Sportissimo!
VAMOS FERNANDO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :rocker2:
Many great chances lost in that first set but he can still win!!! VAMOS!!!!!!!!!!!!! :rocker2:
FFGC
03-31-2008, 02:20 AM
Hi, Sportissimo!
Ranger
03-31-2008, 02:21 AM
Gonzalez - Canas 6:7, 2:2*
Maybe now the break, Fena? :p
Ranger
03-31-2008, 02:22 AM
Hi GonzoFan and FFGC. :wavey: I missed you, where are you? Watching on TV? :p
FFGC
03-31-2008, 02:22 AM
2-2 [B]VAMOS Fernandito!!![B] DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!
Ranger
03-31-2008, 02:24 AM
Again 15:30. Take this good chance for BP and break him.
2 BP's. Take one!!! :fiery:
Ranger
03-31-2008, 02:25 AM
VAMOOOSSSS, Break Fena!!! :worship:
Gonzalez - Canas 6:7, *3:2
GonzoFan
03-31-2008, 02:26 AM
:wavey: FFGC!
Yeah, I'm watching the match on tv that's why I wasn't here before and also now I can use the laptop :)
I'll watch part of the match this evening, cause I recorded it on my computer but noticed this morning, that I only had the match until the beginning of the second set :(
We knew that it would be a tough match against Canas !
To Sportissimo : he's playing the DC tie against Canada and then, he'll fly to Monte-Carlo
Alx
03-31-2008, 09:30 AM
:awww:
NicoFan
03-31-2008, 10:43 AM
The worst thing is that he had soooo many great chances to win the first and second set but couldn't do it :sobbing:
He did. :sad:
I thought that he had the 1st set with all those set points.
And then up a break in the 2nd and Canas seemed tight at times.
Stefanki's face. :eek: He seemed really annoyed with Fernando.
enqvistfan
03-31-2008, 06:25 PM
Buena suerte Fernando y Augustin :bounce: Beat the french :) :hug:
Monday, March 31, 2008
Court 2: 11:00 AM Start
4. Men's Doubles: 2nd Round
Richard Gasquet (FRA)/Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) vs Agustin Calleri (ARG)/Fernando Gonzalez (CHI)
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/1272/g628asll8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/9571/t786asnq8.jpg (http://imageshack.us) vs http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/2655/c478ascu7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/1789/atpg415gj2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)