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2011 Clay Court Season: Houston, Barcelona, Belgrade, Madrid, Rome

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#1 · (Edited)
Rome qualifying draw:

[1] NISHIKORI, Kei JPN vs 2 GONZALEZ, Maximo ARG
DEL BONIS, Federico ARG vs GABASHVILI, Teymuraz

Official site:
http://it.internazionalibnlditalia.com/


Madrid main draw:

[3]Federer v Bye
Raonic v Lopez
Qualifier v Malisse
Lu v [15]Verdasco
[10]Almagro v Tsonga
Nishikori v Qualifier
Dolgopolov v Giraldo
Bye v [5]Soderling

Official site:
http://www.madrid-open.com/


Belgrads main draw:

[3] GARCIA-LOPEZ, Guillermo ESP vs BYE
KUKUSHKIN, Mikhail KAZ vs DEVVARMAN, Somdev IND
ZVEREV, Mischa GER vs SELA, Dudi ISR
NISHIKORI, Kei JPN vs [7] TIPSAREVIC, Janko SRB

Full draw: http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2011/5053/mds.pdf

Official site: http://www.serbiaopen.rs/



Barcelona main draw:

[12]Garcia Lopez vs Istomin
F. Lopez vs Kukushkin
Nishikori vs Riba
[5]Berdych vs bye

Full draw: http://www.barcelonaopenbancsabadel...ias/MDS.pdf?ACD=10550055-3176246-&AID=3176246

Official site: http://www.barcelonaopenbancsabadell.com/



Houston main draw:

[1]M. FISH [1] vs BYE
RAMOS, Albert ESP vs DABUL, Brian ARG
ANDREEV, Igor RUS vs RUSSELL, Michael USA
QUALIFIER vs[6] NISHIKORI, Kei JPN

Full draw:
http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2011/717/mds.pdf

Official site:
http://www.mensclaycourt.com/
 
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#2 ·
Re: 2011 Clay Court Season: Houston here we come!

A tough draw... winner of Andreev vs Russell will be both very good on clay, and the qualifying draw includes the likes of Karlovic and Chucho... :eek:

But gambette, Kei!! You can do it! :rocker2:
 
#3 ·
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Kei's R1 opponent is Croat Franco Skugor.
He beat Witten, Yo and Bogolomov Jr to qualify.

Here's OOP for Tuesday.

COURT 3
Matches start at 11 a.m.

Robert KENDRICK (USA) vs Somdev DEVVARMAN (IND)
Tim SMYCZEK (USA) vs Ryan SWEETING (USA)
Franco SKUGOR (CRO) vs Kei NISHIKORI (JPN)
Benjamin BECKER (GER)/Benjamin BECKER (GER) vs John ISNER (USA)/Sam QUERREY (USA)
Ryan HARRISON (USA)/Ryan SWEETING (USA) vs Travis RETTENMAIER (USA)/Horacio ZEBALLOS (ARG)

Good luck, Kei!! :yippee:
 
#4 ·
Re: 2011 Clay Court Season: Houston here we come!

Thanks bunny, I hope Kei can at least win the 1st round here.

Off to bed, gonna try and wake up around 5am to watch the match :D
 
#5 ·
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Amazing, woke up just in time...had fallen asleep without setting my alarm.

Kei hold to love 1-0!
 
#6 ·
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Kei *1-1

easy service game for both to start things off
 
#7 ·
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Looks like a beautiful place to play tennis :hearts:

Kei 2-1*
 
#8 ·
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2 bps for Kei...1 saved...big fh dtl, deuce...game Skugor 2-2

Streams lagging a bit now :-(
 
#9 ·
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Kei *40-15, he holds and lead 3-2
 
#10 ·
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Awww...the stream's down...
 
#11 ·
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Kei 4-2*...*5-2...5-3*

Serving for the set, 6-3 Kei wins the 1st set!
 
#12 ·
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found another stream :D

Kei holds to love for 5-1. 2nd set

He's moving well today
 
#13 ·
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GSM Kei won 6-3 6-2!
 
#14 ·
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Yay! :yippee:
Yattane, Kei! :yeah:

Thanx chewy for updates! :worship:

Hope he will fare better against Igor this time. Sure Igor is tough on clay but Kei also has repeatedly said clay is his most favourite surface. :)
 
#15 ·
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Yeah I'm looking forward to it too, it's building up to an interesting battle.

I can get some "normal" rest tonight, hopefully it's scheduled earlier than his last match.
 
#17 ·
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Court 3 again. :rolleyes:

Matches Start At: 3:00 pm
Igor ANDREEV (RUS) vs Kei NISHIKORI (JPN)
Pablo CUEVAS (URU)/Guillermo GARCIA-LOPEZ (ESP) vs Travis RETTENMAIER (USA)/Horacio ZEBALLOS (ARG)

That will be 5 a.m. my time...! I have tomorrow off so I'll try to be up early to see the match. :)
 
#18 ·
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Kei beat Igor 6-3 6-3! :worship::worship::worship:

My streaming constantly froze and I was able to see only the first few games of both sets. But Kei was attacking Igor's BH (the right tactics), and Igor was running around a lot to hit a FH as usual, but he was also missing a lot.

Kei will probably face Fish in QF. Good luck!! ;)
 
#20 ·
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Good on him, give us something to cheer about :D

I overslept and woke up at 7:25am, the score was already 6-3 5-3...my last desperate attempt to find a working stream to watch the last game was unsuccessful. But very happy to see this results.
 
#21 ·
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OOP for Friday

STADIUM start 12:00 noon
T Gabashvili (RUS) vs [WC] R Sweeting (USA)

Not Before 1:00 PM
[Q] I Karlovic (CRO) vs [4] J Isner (USA)
[3] G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) vs [7] P Cuevas (URU)

Not Before 6:00 PM
[1] M Fish (USA) vs [6] K Nishikori (JPN)
[1] B Bryan (USA) / M Bryan (USA) vs P Cuevas (URU) / G Garcia-Lopez (ESP)


Hmmmm I can probably watch only the first set...! :eek:
Hope there will be a better streaming coz he's playing in the stadium court!

Good luck, Kei!! :yippee:
 
#23 ·
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:yawn: 4 hours behind schedule, the match's finally about to start.

The No.3 and 4 seed have both lost today, so the first semifinal will be between a qualifier and a wildcard.
Lets hope our 6th seed will fair well against the top seed.
 
#24 ·
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2-2*
Kei is playing well so far. :)

I thought I wouldn't be able to see the match today because I had to work, but the match started just after I arrived at office. :lol: So I won't be able to make many comments but good luck, Kei! :yeah:
 
#25 ·
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2-2*
Kei is playing well so far. :)

I thought I wouldn't be able to see the match today because I had to work, but the match started just after I arrived at office. :lol: So I won't be able to make many comments but good luck, Kei! :yeah:
:aplot: Are you watching the match live at work? Becareful not to get caught!

Kei is leading 5-3, the first set is on his serve!

Some good groundies, but Fish showing sloppy footwork at times...anyway GO KEI!
 
#26 ·
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6-3 :D

He's playing really well! Loved the passing shot at 15-30!

He he yeah I'm watching at work. lol
 
#28 ·
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6-3 :D

He's playing really well! Loved the passing shot at 15-30!

He he yeah I'm watching at work. lol
Yes, that was a small test of his will after being down love 30 on serve, to hold and win the set on the first chance he got!
 
#27 ·
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1st set 6-3, so far so good!
 
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