Week 34: Astana, Kazakhstan [Winner: Igor KUNITSYN]

Week 34: Astana, Kazakhstan

Location: Astana, Kazakhstan (this year the Kazakhstan tournament moves from old capital Almaty to new capital Astana, nevertheless I hope it’s the same event)
Type: $50K
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Balls:
Site:
Starting Date: August 23
2009 Champion (in Almaty): Ivan Sergeyev (Ukraine)

Tournament website:


Entry List:

Main Draw

Amritraj, Prakash IND 326
@ Cakl, Tomas CZE 363
Kondo, Hiroki JPN 383
Kravchuk, Konstantin RUS 162
Kumantsov, Andrey RUS 319
Kunitsyn, Igor RUS 124
Ledovskikh, Mikhail RUS 390
Lim, Yong-Kyu KOR 314
Luncanu, Petru-Alexandru ROU 401
Martin, Andrej SVK 288
Martin, Fabrice FRA 381
Mecir , Miloslav SVK 384
Minar, Jan CZE 320
Rudnev, Valery RUS 338
Semjan, Marek SVK 297
Sitak, Artem RUS 313
Statham, Jose (Rubin) NZL 394
# Valverde, Juan-Manuel ARG 375
Walter, Ludovic FRA 367
Yang, Tsung-Hua TPE 354
Zhang, Ze CHN 330
Zopp, Jurgen EST 352

Alternates:

1. Saavedra-Corvalan, Cristobal CHI 406
2. Grigelis, Laurynas LTU 407
3. Weintraub, Amir ISR 410
4. Moriya, Hiroki JPN 417
5. Yoo, Daniel KOR 418
6. Jun, Woong-Sun KOR 429
7. Kedryuk, Alexey KAZ 430
8. Gong, Mao-Xin CHN 431
9. Mitsuhashi, Junn JPN 440
10. Wu, Di CHN 447
11. Vardhan, Vishnu IND 448
12. Anderson, Andrew RSA 449
13. Matsukevich, Denis RUS 456
14. Kadir, Sadik AUS 457
15. Gajjar, Rohan IND 460
16. Moser, Nikolaus AUT 471
17. Inoyatov, Murad UZB 479
18. Groth, Samuel AUS 483
19. Li, Zhe CHN 484
20. Martin-Adalia, Pablo ESP 488
21. Bhambri, Yuki IND 490
22. Elgin, Michail RUS 493
23. Venus, Michael NZL 494
24. Matsui, Toshihide JPN 512
25. Westerhof, Boy NED 537
26. Roshan, Nima AUS 579
27. Bastl, George SUI 804
28. # Udomchoke, Danai THA 910
29. Fruttero, John Paul USA 930

QUALIFYING DRAW
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MAIN DRAW

FIRST ROUND

Igor Kunitsyn RUS [1] vs. Denis Matsukevitch RUS [Q] 4-6 6-3 6-2
Di Wu CHN vs. Ludovic Walter FRA 6-2 6-1
Juan-Manuel Valverde ARG vs. Hiroki Kondo JPN 6-1 1-6 6-7(2-7)
Michail Elgin RUS [LL] vs. Andrey Kumantsov RUS [5] 3-6 4-6

Andrej Martin SVK [3] vs. Yuki Bhambri IND [WC] 6-2 6-4
Samuel Groth AUS [Q] vs. Daniel Yoo KOR 6-4 6-2
Michael Venus NZL [SE] vs. Anton Saranchukov KAZ [WC] 6-1 6-1
Miloslav Mecir SVK vs. Artem Sitak RUS [6] 7-5 6-0

Jan Minar CZE [7] vs. Serizhan Yessenbekov KAZ [WC] 1-2 JM ret’d
Amir Weintraub ISR vs. Hiroki Moriya JPN 4-6 6-2 6-4
Jose Rubin Statham NZL vs. [LL] Gilad Ben Zvi ISR 6-0 6-0
Mao-Xin Gong CHN vs. Marek Semjan SVK [4] 2-6 4-6

Ze Zhang CHN [8] vs. Woong-Sun Jun KOR 7-5 6-2
Nikolaus Moser AUT [Q] vs. Valery Rudnev RUS 6-4 2-6 6-4
Sadik Kadir AUS [Q] vs. Junn Mitsuhashi JPN 4-6 1-6
Alexey Kedryuk KAZ vs. Konstantin Kravchuk RUS [2] 6-7(1-7) 1-6



SECOND ROUND
[1] Igor Kunitsyn RUS vs Di Wu CHN 6-2 6-0
Hiroki Kondo JPN vs [5] Andrey Kumantsov RUS 6-3 6-3
[3] Andrej Martin SVK vs [Q] Samuel Groth AUS 6-4 7-6(7-4)
[SE] Michael Venus NZL vs Miloslav Mecir SVK 5-7 6-3 7-6(7-3)

[WC] Serizhan Yessenbekov KAZ vs Amir Weintraub ISR 4-6 1-6
Jose Rubin Statham NZL vs [4] Marek Semjan SVK 6-7(0-7) 4-6
[8] Ze Zhang CHN vs Nikolaus Moser AUT [Q] 7-5 6-4
Junn Mitsuhashi JPN vs [2] Konstantin Kravchuk RUS 6-4 1-6 1-6

QFs

[1] Igor Kunitsyn RUS vs Hiroki Kondo JPN 6-2 6-3
[3] Andrej Martin SVK vs [SE] Michael Venus NZL 7-6(7-5) 2-6 7-6(7-2)
Amir Weintraub ISR vs [4] Marek Semjan SVK 6-2 6-7(4-7) 6-4
[8] Ze Zhang CHN vs [2] Konstantin Kravchuk RUS 6-7(0-7) 1-6

SFs
[1] Igor Kunitsyn RUS def [3] Andrej Martin SVK 6-1 6-2
[2] Konstantin Kravchuk RUS def Amir Weintraub ISR 6-3 4-6 6-2

DOUBLES DRAW
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Good luck Juan Manuel Valverde :bounce:

:yawn: @ field.

Hopefully Igor wins this! Good luck to him.

OUT: Amritraj, Cakl, Luncanu, Martin, Zopp (MD) + Saavedra-Corvalan, Grigelis, Anderson (ALT)
IN: Weintraub, Moriya, Yoo, Jun, Kedryuk

Artem Sitak :bowdown:

QUALIFYING DRAW

Denis Matsukevitch RUS [1] has a Bye
Erlan Turubayev KAZ [WC] vs. Yan Sokirka KAZ
Maxim Kim KAZ has a Bye
Gilad Ben Zvi ISR [6] has a Bye

Nikolaus Moser AUT [2] has a Bye
Alexander Martynov KAZ [WC] has a Bye
Ram Tepper ISR [WC] has a Bye
Michail Elgin RUS [5] has a Bye

Sadik Kadir AUS [3] has a Bye
Talgat Baigulov UZB has a Bye
Ayap Sagadat KAZ [WC] has a Bye
Danjil Braun KAZ [8] has a Bye

Samuel Groth AUS [4] has a Bye
Adil Yeltaev KAZ [WC] has a Bye
Mark Tsoy KAZ [WC] has a Bye
Arsen Asanov UZB [7] has a Bye

MAIN DRAW

Igor Kunitsyn RUS [1] vs. Q/LL
Di Wu CHN vs. Ludovic Walter FRA
Juan-Manuel Valverde ARG vs. Hiroki Kondo JPN
Q/LL vs. Andrey Kumantsov RUS [5]

Andrej Martin SVK [3] vs. Yuki Bhambri IND [WC]
Q/LL vs. Daniel Yoo KOR
Michael Venus NZL [SE] vs. Anton Saranchukov KAZ [WC]
Miloslav Mecir SVK vs. Artem Sitak RUS [6]

Jan Minar CZE [7] vs. Serizhan Yessenbekov KAZ [WC]
Amir Weintraub ISR vs. Hiroki Moriya JPN
Jose Rubin Statham NZL vs. Mikhail Ledovskikh RUS
Mao-Xin Gong CHN vs. Marek Semjan SVK [4]

Ze Zhang CHN [8] vs. Woong-Sun Jun KOR
Q/LL vs. Valery Rudnev RUS
Q/LL vs. Junn Mitsuhashi JPN
Alexey Kedryuk KAZ vs. Konstantin Kravchuk RUS [2]

Good Luck:

Igor Kunitsyn
Jan Minar
Mikhail Ledovskikh
Woong-Sun Jun

Igor needs to win this event. Good luck to him.

FIRST QUALIFYING ROUND

Denis Matsukevitch RUS [1] has a Bye
Erlan Turubayev KAZ [WC] vs. Yan Sokirka KAZ | 6-1 6-0
Maxim Kim KAZ has a Bye
Gilad Ben Zvi ISR [6] has a Bye

Nikolaus Moser AUT [2] has a Bye
Alexander Martynov KAZ [WC] has a Bye
Ram Tepper ISR [WC] has a Bye
Michail Elgin RUS [5] has a Bye

Sadik Kadir AUS [3] has a Bye
Talgat Baigulov UZB has a Bye
Ayap Sagadat KAZ [WC] has a Bye
Danjil Braun KAZ [8] has a Bye

Samuel Groth AUS [4] has a Bye
Adil Yeltaev KAZ [WC] has a Bye
Mark Tsoy KAZ [WC] has a Bye
Arsen Asanov UZB [7] has a Bye

SECOND QUALIFYING ROUND

Denis Matsukevitch RUS [1] vs. Erlan Turubayev KAZ [WC] | 6-0 6-1
Gilad Ben Zvi ISR [6] vs. Maxim Kim KAZ | 6-0 6-0
Nikolaus Moser AUT [2] vs. Alexander Martynov KAZ [WC] | 6-3 6-3
Michail Elgin RUS [5] vs. Ram Tepper ISR [WC] | 6-1 1-0 Ret.

Sadik Kadir AUS [3] vs. Talgat Baigulov UZB | 6-0 6-0
Danjil Braun KAZ [8] vs. Ayap Sagadat KAZ [WC] | 7-6 6-2
Samuel Groth AUS [4] vs. Adil Yeltaev KAZ [WC] | 6-2 6-1
Arsen Asanov UZB [7] vs. Mark Tsoy KAZ [WC] | 6-0 6-1

FINAL QUALIFYING ROUND

Denis Matsukevitch RUS [1] vs. Gilad Ben Zvi ISR [6]
Nikolaus Moser AUT [2] vs. Michail Elgin RUS [5]
Sadik Kadir AUS [3] vs. Danjil Braun KAZ [8]
Samuel Groth AUS [4] vs. Arsen Asanov UZB [7]

Kunitsyn is clearly the favourite to win here. Maybe he might find some opposition on Andrej Martin in a potential semifinal match.

On the bottom half of the draw there are several players that can advance to the semifinals .

Good luck for Mitsuhashi, Moriya, Mecir and Bhambri.

FINAL QUALIFYING ROUND

Denis Matsukevitch RUS [1] vs. Gilad Ben Zvi ISR [6] | 6-3 6-3
Nikolaus Moser AUT [2] vs. Michail Elgin RUS [5] | 6-7 (5) 7-6 (3) 6-4
Sadik Kadir AUS [3] vs. Danjil Braun KAZ [8] | 6-0 6-1
Samuel Groth AUS [4] vs. Arsen Asanov UZB [7] | 6-1 6-4

MAIN DRAW [Q/LL placed]

Igor Kunitsyn RUS [1] vs. Denis Matsukevitch RUS [Q]
Di Wu CHN vs. Ludovic Walter FRA
Juan-Manuel Valverde ARG vs. Hiroki Kondo JPN
Michail Elgin RUS [LL] vs. Andrey Kumantsov RUS [5]

Andrej Martin SVK [3] vs. Yuki Bhambri IND [WC]
Samuel Groth AUS [Q] vs. Daniel Yoo KOR
Michael Venus NZL [SE] vs. Anton Saranchukov KAZ [WC]
Miloslav Mecir SVK vs. Artem Sitak RUS [6]

Jan Minar CZE [7] vs. Serizhan Yessenbekov KAZ [WC]
Amir Weintraub ISR vs. Hiroki Moriya JPN
Jose Rubin Statham NZL vs. Mikhail Ledovskikh RUS
Mao-Xin Gong CHN vs. Marek Semjan SVK [4]

Ze Zhang CHN [8] vs. Woong-Sun Jun KOR
Nikolaus Moser AUT [Q] vs. Valery Rudnev RUS
Sadik Kadir AUS [Q] vs. Junn Mitsuhashi JPN
Alexey Kedryuk KAZ vs. Konstantin Kravchuk RUS [2]

Amazing draw for Groth now. Every chance to reach the SF.

DOUBLES DRAW

Kadir & Raja [AUS/IND, 1] have a Bye
Valverde & Yoo [ARG/KOR] vs. Braun & Yessenbekov [KAZ]
Kondo & Mitsuhashi [JPN, 3] vs. Kumantsov & Walter [RUS/FRA]
Asanov & Saranchukov [UZB, WC] vs. Wu & Zhang [CHN]

Martin & Mecir [SVK] vs. Matsukevitch & A. Sitak [RUS]
Minar & Semjan [CZE/SVK] vs. Groth & Kedryuk [AUS/KAZ, 4]
Statham & Weintraub [NZL/ISR] vs. Gong & Li [CHN]
Elgin & Moser [RUS/AUT, 2] have a Bye

Groth you must make here deep run.

How many so quite easy tours it's gonna be to the end of the year :rolleyes:

any results pls?

good luck to WU DI and MORIYA

There is a stream on bwin.com from 2 different courts. :eek:

Zhang leading Jun 7-5 1-0 :sad:

Kunitsyn 4-6 6-3
Ze Zhang 7-6 6-2

Kunitsyn 4-6 6-3 5-2

Di Wu 3-1
Kunitsyn 4-6 6-3 6-2

Kondo 16 60 76

Igor lost the first set, but luckily he won the last two. A win is a win.

Official today results:
Igor Kunitsyn RUS [1] vs. Denis Matsukevitch RUS [Q] 4-6 6-3 6-2
Di Wu CHN vs. Ludovic Walter FRA 6-2 6-1
Juan-Manuel Valverde ARG vs. Hiroki Kondo JPN 6-1 1-6 6-7(2-7)
Ze Zhang CHN [8] vs. Woong-Sun Jun KOR 7-5 6-2
Nikolaus Moser AUT [Q] vs. Valery Rudnev RUS 6-4 2-6 6-4
Sadik Kadir AUS [Q] vs. Junn Mitsuhashi JPN 4-6 1-6

Matsukevitch took a set off Kunitsyn :eek: :speakles:

Niki :yeah: Good win.

good job Di & Ze!
Keep going little DIDI!

Venus 6-1, 6-1
A. Martin won 2 sets....
Semjan - Gong 6-2 after 1st set...

Mecir score?

gong maoxin,come on

Venus 6-1, 6-1
A. Martin won 2 sets....
Semjan - Gong 6-2 after 1st set...

Mecir score?


where did you get the score?

was live on bwin.com

Semjan won 6-2, 6-4

Groth-Yoo 64 62

Mecir Jr. - Sitak 7-5, 6-0 :woohoo:

Expected easy win for Groth :yeah:

MAIN DRAW
FIRST ROUND

Igor Kunitsyn RUS [1] vs. Denis Matsukevitch RUS [Q] 4-6 6-3 6-2
Di Wu CHN vs. Ludovic Walter FRA 6-2 6-1
Juan-Manuel Valverde ARG vs. Hiroki Kondo JPN 6-1 1-6 6-7(2-7)
Michail Elgin RUS [LL] vs. Andrey Kumantsov RUS [5] 3-6 4-6

Andrej Martin SVK [3] vs. Yuki Bhambri IND [WC] 6-2 6-4
Samuel Groth AUS [Q] vs. Daniel Yoo KOR 6-4 6-2
Michael Venus NZL [SE] vs. Anton Saranchukov KAZ [WC] 6-1 6-1
Miloslav Mecir SVK vs. Artem Sitak RUS [6] 7-5 6-0

Jan Minar CZE [7] vs. Serizhan Yessenbekov KAZ [WC] 1-2 JM ret’d
Amir Weintraub ISR vs. Hiroki Moriya JPN 4-6 6-2 6-4
Jose Rubin Statham NZL vs. [LL] Gilad Ben Zvi ISR 6-0 6-0
Mao-Xin Gong CHN vs. Marek Semjan SVK [4] 2-6 4-6

Ze Zhang CHN [8] vs. Woong-Sun Jun KOR 7-5 6-2
Nikolaus Moser AUT [Q] vs. Valery Rudnev RUS 6-4 2-6 6-4
Sadik Kadir AUS [Q] vs. Junn Mitsuhashi JPN 4-6 1-6
Alexey Kedryuk KAZ vs. Konstantin Kravchuk RUS [2] 6-7(1-7) 1-6

And another loss for Elgin :rolleyes:

Match with Martin it's gonna be a good test for Groth

:worship:

could little DIDI beat Igor?LOL~

was live on bwin.com

Semjan won 6-2, 6-4

i cann't open the webside of bwin.com:rolleyes:

could little DIDI beat Igor?LOL~



it is very very difficult,yaoyao jie

Kunitsyn 6:4 6:0

:yeah: Igor, after that tough 1R win.

it is very very difficult,yaoyao jie

poor DIDI,btw who r u?:o

SECOND ROUND
[1] Igor Kunitsyn RUS vs Di Wu CHN 6-2 6-0
Hiroki Kondo JPN vs [5] Andrey Kumantsov RUS 6-3 6-3
[3] Andrej Martin SVK vs [Q] Samuel Groth AUS 6-4 7-6(7-4)
[SE] Michael Venus NZL vs Miloslav Mecir SVK 5-7 6-3 7-6(7-3)

[WC] Serizhan Yessenbekov KAZ vs Amir Weintraub ISR 4-6 1-6
Jose Rubin Statham NZL vs [4] Marek Semjan SVK 6-7(0-7) 4-6
[8] Ze Zhang CHN vs Nikolaus Moser AUT [Q] 7-5 6-4
Junn Mitsuhashi JPN vs [2] Konstantin Kravchuk RUS 6-4 1-6 1-6

SECOND ROUND
[1] Igor Kunitsyn RUS vs Di Wu CHN 6-2 6-0
Hiroki Kondo JPN vs [5] Andrey Kumantsov RUS
[3] Andrej Martin SVK vs [Q] Samuel Groth AUS
[SE] Michael Venus NZL vs Miloslav Mecir SVK

[WC] Serizhan Yessenbekov KAZ vs Amir Weintraub ISR
Jose Rubin Statham NZL vs [4] Marek Semjan SVK
[8] Ze Zhang CHN vs Nikolaus Moser AUT [Q]
Junn Mitsuhashi JPN vs [2] Konstantin Kravchuk RUS 6-4 1-6 1-6

what about the result of zhangze's match ?unfinished?

what about the result of zhangze's match ?unfinished?
no info

Rain delay - info from Bwin.

I called the tournament. A guy said Kondo won 63 63 and Zhang won 75 ... (he was not sure about score in 2nd set). I talked on phone only, so can't confirm info 100%, sorry!

Thanks for letting me know, Jacques :wavey: I had no idea we have a challenger this week :tape:

Forgot, he said all the other matches are scheduled for tomorrow, start at 11 am our time, and yes, it's raining there now.

Forgot, he said all the other matches are scheduled for tomorrow, start at 11 am our time, and yes, it's raining there now.

Thanks for info :)

Good win, Igor, quick and easy. 3 more to go.

poor DIDI,btw who r u?:o


i am wanglihong ,yaoyao jie:worship:

I called the tournament. A guy said Kondo won 63 63 and Zhang won 75 ... (he was not sure about score in 2nd set). I talked on phone only, so can't confirm info 100%, sorry!

Thanks for letting me know, Jacques :wavey: I had no idea we have a challenger this week :tape:


thank you very much

Any results?

Semjan - Statham 7-6 6-4
Weintraub - Yessenbekov 6-4 6-1

Nice Semjan :worship:

do we know MECIR against VENUS?
thanx

do we know MECIR against VENUS?
thanx

I don't know.

Semjan's scheduling is really smart this year, I think. He's really not that good a player, but is rising rapidly now because he plays weak events like this, which also give him a lot of experience that can help him when he plays bigger Challengers.

do we know MECIR against VENUS?
thanx

Venus and Martin won but I don't know exact scores.

Source - tommorrow's order of play - http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2010/3618/op.pdf

Update:

A.Martin b. S.Groth 6:4 7:6(4)
M.Venus b. M.Mecir 5:7 6:3 7:6(3)

QFs
[1] Igor Kunitsyn RUS vs Hiroki Kondo JPN
[3] Andrej Martin SVK vs [SE] Michael Venus NZL
Amir Weintraub ISR vs [4] Marek Semjan SVK
[8] Ze Zhang CHN vs [2] Konstantin Kravchuk RUS

Семьян Вейнтрауб 1:2 (2:6, 7:6, 4:6)
It's Semjan-Weintraub score, source Marathonbet.com

Семьян Вейнтрауб 1:2 (2:6, 7:6, 4:6)
It's Semjan-Weintraub score, source Marathonbet.com

did you know the match result of zhangze?

Sorry, center court results available only at this time

Kunitsyn-Kondo 6:2 3:2*
Kunitsyn-Kondo 6:2 4:3*
Kunitsyn-Kondo 6:2 6:3

A. Martin - Venus 7-6, 2-6, 7-6(2)

:yeah: Igor

did you know the match result of zhangze?

Kravchuk won, I don't know exact result...

Also,Weintraub, Kunitsyn and Martin won...

K.Kravchuk b. Z.Zhang 7:6(0) 6:1

Official QF results:

[1] Igor Kunitsyn RUS vs Hiroki Kondo JPN 6-2 6-3
[3] Andrej Martin SVK vs [SE] Michael Venus NZL 7-6(7-5) 2-6 7-6(7-2)
Amir Weintraub ISR vs [4] Marek Semjan SVK 6-2 6-7(4-7) 6-4
[8] Ze Zhang CHN vs [2] Konstantin Kravchuk RUS 6-7(0-7) 1-6

Now Igor is going to have to play decent players. Hopefully he can continue to steamroll.

SFs

[1] Igor Kunitsyn RUS vs [3] Andrej Martin SVK
Amir Weintraub ISR vs [2] Konstantin Kravchuk RUS

Kunitsyn vs Martin 6-1 4-2*
Live Streaming Video http://www.livescorehunter.com/index.php?option=com_lsh&view=lsh&event_id=23523&tv_id=345&tid=2063&channel=0&tmpl=component&layout=popup&Itemid=190

Kunitsyn vs Martin 6-1 5*-2

Kunitsyn def Martin 6-1 6-2
Kravchuk def Weintraub 6-3 4-6 6-2

Expected final, unexpected showing from Weintraub though.

Expected final, unexpected showing from Weintraub though.

Agree. It`s a predictable final according to the players that reached the semifinals. Possibly Semjan could had produced some more damage to Kravchuk. Inspite of losing it was a good week for Weintraub. It was another good week for Venus too.

Kunitsyn shouldn`t find many troubles to win the title tomorrow.

One more to go, Igor. What a smart decision by him to play this event and eat up a lot of ranking points.

FINAL

Igor Kunitsyn RUS [1] beat Konstantin Kravchuk RUS [2] | 4-6 7-6 (5) 7-6 (3)

DOUBLES FINAL

Elgin & Moser [RUS/AUT, 2] beat Wu & Zhang [CHN] | 6-0 6-4

Igor :clap2: Smart decision.

FINAL

Igor Kunitsyn RUS [1] beat Konstantin Kravchuk RUS [2] | 4-6 7-6 (5) 7-6 (3)

Good victory for Igor :yeah:. Definitely it was tougher than I would had expected. Good week for Kravchuk too.

Great week, Igor. One step closer to regaining top 100 status. Close scoreline but got it done in the end from a set down, congrats.