Eiffel Tower, Pigalle & Moulin Rouge, BNP Paribas Masters Paris Berçy
 

Fab has got a WC to play at the BNP Paribas Paris Berçy event.

Here's the announcement on the official site of the tournament:
Les deux premières wild-cards pour le BNP Paribas Masters 2006 ont donc été attribuées par la direction du tournoi à deux joueurs français : Arnaud Clément, vainqueur cette année à l'Open 13 et Washington, et Fabrice Santoro, notamment quart de finaliste à l'Open d'Australie en 2006.

Fab, together with Arnaud Clément got the 1st 2 WC. His QF at the AO this year gave him that right.

I don't have particular expectations. Just want Fab to have fun and of course, remain injury free. I wanna keep in mind that the Shanghai Masters Cup is the goal...............:)

Re: Eiffel Tower, Pigalle & Moulin Rouge, BNP Paribas Masters Paris Berçy
 

Nice thread title! Good luck to Fab in Paris. :yeah:

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Here's Fab's part of the draw:

[1]FEDERER, Roger SUI vs BYE
JOHANSSON, Thomas SWE vs Q
SIMON, Gilles FRA vs Q
BYE vs [14]NIEMINEN, Jarkko FIN

[12]DJOKOVIC, Novak SRB vs BYE
SODERLING, Robin SWE vs MATHIEU, Paul-Henri FRA
MALISSE, Xavier BEL vs GROSJEAN, Sebastien FRA
BYE vs [6]ROBREDO, Tommy ESP

[4]DAVYDENKO, Nikolay RUS vs BYE
Q vs ACASUSO, Jose ARG
ALMAGRO, Nicolas ESP vs BJORKMAN, Jonas SWE
BYE vs [15]TURSUNOV, Dmitry RUS

[9]ANCIC, Mario CRO[/b] vs BYE
VLIEGEN, Kristof BEL vs WC SERRA, Florent FRA
BENNETEAU, Julien FRA vs SANTORO, Frbrice FRA
BYE vs [5]GONZALEZ, Fernando CHI

Re: Eiffel Tower, Pigalle & Moulin Rouge, BNP Paribas Masters Paris Berçy
 

Too bad Fab has to play against another Frenchman :sad: Allez Fab :D

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And, as expected, Fab will also play doubles with Nenad. Here's the draw:

(1) BRYAN, Bob USA / BRYAN, Mike USA vs ROBREDO, Tommy ESP / VERDASCO, Fernando ESP
(wc) GASQUET, Richard FRA / GROSJEAN, Sebastien FRA vs BERDYCH, Tomas CZE / LEVINSKY, Jaroslav CZE

(4) HANLEY, Paul AUS / ULLYETT, Kevin ZIM vs SANTORO, Fabrice FRA / ZIMONJIC, Nenad SRB
ERLICH, Jonathan ISR / RAM, Andy ISR vs FYRSTENBERG, Mariusz POL / MATKOWSKI, Marcin POL

(wc) CLEMENT, Arnaud FRA / LLODRA, Michael FRA vs ASPELIN, Simon SWE / PERRY, Todd AUS
KNOWLE, Julian AUT / MELZER, Jurgen AUT vs (3) KNOWLES, Mark BAH / NESTOR, Daniel CAN

SAFIN, Marat RUS / TURSUNOV, Dmitry RUS vs DLOUHY, Lukas CZE / VIZNER, Pavel CZE
CERMAK, Frantisek CZE / DAMM, Martin CZE vs (2) BJORKMAN, Jonas SWE / MIRNYI, Max BLR

Re: Eiffel Tower, Pigalle & Moulin Rouge, BNP Paribas Masters Paris Berçy
 

Fab has been interviewed on Friday. Here's the link where you can find the interview (audio). It's all in French.

http://www.fft.fr/bnpparibasmasters/?id=2052

Basically, he says that Berçy is his last tournament before the Masters Cup in Shanghai. He feels ready for a good fight, hopes he can have a level of play good enough to go through the 1st round. He's satisfied with his latest results, especially in Moscow. He's gonna play a Frenchie but this doesn't bother him as much as it was at the beginning of his career. He will play against Julien -a friend- without questioning himself too much. He likes this surface because he can play good tennis on it. It's a particular crowd, very different from the one in RG, that he's learned to like with years passing by.

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Tomorrow's OOP:

Court 1

1pm

Olivier ROCHUS (BEL) v Janko TIPSAREVIC (SRB)
Robby GINEPRI (USA) v Max MIRNYI (BLR)
Paul HANLEY (AUS)/Kevin ULLYETT (ZIM) v Fabrice SANTORO (FRA)/Nenad ZIMONJIC (SRB)
Christophe ROCHUS (BEL) v Jose ACASUSO (ESP)

Re: Eiffel Tower, Pigalle & Moulin Rouge, BNP Paribas Masters Paris Berçy
 

As usual Choupi, Thank you very much for the translation! We appreciate it very much! :)

Re: Eiffel Tower, Pigalle & Moulin Rouge, BNP Paribas Masters Paris Berçy
 

Thanks for the info, Choupi! :)

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Good luck! :D

Re: Eiffel Tower, Pigalle & Moulin Rouge, BNP Paribas Masters Paris Berçy
 

Fab and Nenad have won their doubles match today! :) Great job guys! :D

Re: Eiffel Tower, Pigalle & Moulin Rouge, BNP Paribas Masters Paris Berçy
 

Fab and Nenad :yeah: And my thanks also for all your translations Choupi :D

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You're all welcome. Well, a good win today as their opponents aren't really easy ones. I wish I had coverage of Court 1. No need to dream, I know........

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Fab's 4th match tomorrow on Center Court. :woohoo: I'll get to see him on tv!! :p Allez Fab!! :bounce:

Re: Eiffel Tower, Pigalle & Moulin Rouge, BNP Paribas Masters Paris Berçy
 

:cool: Choupi!