tough draw for roger, but hoping he will pull a win. good test for him. nadal/roddick quarters should be good, but rafa may pull out if he wins rogerscup.
why would rafa withdraw and get 0 points ? Besides he'll want to get as many matches as possible before the US Open, there's a rumour he even planned to enter New Haven in case Montreal and Cinci didnt go too well
Roger against Blake after being off for 5 weeks and with his Cincy curse if he gets through Ljubo is waiting for him
Mathieu has a good chance in his draw
Safinator hope he can defeat Murray
ToJo against Dominator
Hewitt might be in trouble if he is not well
I'd love to see Nadal/Roddick in the QF. Blake in other circumstances would not have a chance to beat Roger but I think this is his best shot--Fed has not played in 5 weeks and must be rusty.
Roddick/Ferrero in the 2nd round could be interesting. Hewitt and Nalbandian in the QF would be nice. GAsquet/Hewitt could be a good one. Agassi/Marat QF a possibility but I think Dent will take a rusty Safin out in the 2nd round.
why would rafa withdraw and get 0 points ? Besides he'll want to get as many matches as possible before the US Open, there's a rumour he even planned to enter New Haven in case Montreal and Cinci didnt go too well
Nicolas Kiefer
Filippo Volandri
Olivier Rochus
Christophe Rochus
Tommy Robredo
Gaston Gaudio
Andrew Murray
Robin Soderling
Dominik Hrbaty
Thomas Johansson
David Ferrer
Vincent Spadea
Paul-Henri Mathieu
Richard Gasquet
Feliciano Lopez
Mario Ancic
Ricardo Mello
Igor Andreev
Jurgen Melzer
Juan Carlos Ferrero
Mikhail Youzhny
Tomas Berdych Rafael Nadal
This... is just not fair. This is what you get Tommy when you don't win enough matches to be seeded. You get the third round match from Montreal in the first round of Cincinnati. You did this to yourself. Hopefully you'll play better this time.
Roddick v. Ferrero second round... that's what I'm waiting for. Will Roddick find his form after an early exit in Montreal? Will Ferrero find his form ever? Revenge for 2003 USO final? I hope so. Neither guy played fabulously last week. Who knows? :shrug:
Rafa's draw looks decent. He's playing better on hard courts than everyone expected him to so far.
Blake/Federer will be a great match - I remember they had a USO meeting a few years ago that was quite gripping. I know James has never beaten Roger and you may laugh at this - but perhaps this is the best shot he'll ever have to possibly pull out the win. Fed doesn't play well in the hot, humid conditions like Cincy and Athens. He has only won 1 match in his life in Cincy, against a qualifer he had to save MPs against. Also take into consideration he hasn't played a hard court match since Miami and no competition for about 6 weeks at all. I say if James plays the way he played in Washington he's got a good chance of pulling off the win.
BTW I was at the tournament tonight, Roger was nowhere to be seen, also a good sign for Blake.
Moya/Agassi is by far the worst matchup considering last year they met in the QFs and Moya double faulted on the only set point he had on his own serve in the 1st set TB. But that was back when Moya was 5 in the world.
Overall, I think this draw is much, much better than Montreal's.
Blake/Federer will be a great match - I remember they had a USO meeting a few years ago that was quite gripping. I know James has never beaten Roger and you may laugh at this - but perhaps this is the best shot he'll ever have to possibly pull out the win. Fed doesn't play well in the hot, humid conditions like Cincy and Athens. He has only won 1 match in his life in Cincy, against a qualifer he had to save MPs against. Also take into consideration he hasn't played a hard court match since Miami and no competition for about 6 weeks at all. I say if James plays the way he played in Washington he's got a good chance of pulling off the win.
The question for me would not be whether, considering the conditions and the fact that Roger has not played since Wimby and that he has never really done well at Cincy and James is playing as well as he ever has, James has a chance of winning - it's whether he'd be able to close it out. I think that absolutely, if you have to play Fed, this would be the match you'd want to play him in, and I think James has the type of game where if he is playing well, he can take Roger's time away especially since Roger has not played for so long, but I just don't know if James could actually close it out :awww: I hope he can at least give a good fight though - I'm sure he'll give it his all
LaTenista said:
BTW I was at the tournament tonight, Roger was nowhere to be seen, also a good sign for Blake.
Roger prepares excellently for tournaments. I would be shocked if he hasn't already been there for days. Maybe he's not there at night but I'd fall out of my chair if he's not there already
(5) RODDICK, Andy (USA) vs MELZER, Jurgen AUT
Q vs FERRERO, Juan Carlos ESP
MARTIN, Alberto ESP vs CHELA, Juan Ignacio ARG
MASSU, Nicolas CHI vs (12) HENMAN, Tim GBR
FEDERER, Roger
BLAKE, James
ROCHUS, Olivier
SRICHAPHAN, Paradorn
EL AYNAOUI, Younes
GAUDIO, Gaston
SAFIN, Marat
DENT, Taylor HRBATY, Dominik AGASSI, Andre
GASQUET, Richard
ANCIC, Mario
FERRERO, Juan Carlos
MONFILS, Gael
NADAL, Rafael
What is the last date for the player to pull out from this tourney? It looks like both finalists (Agassi and Nadal) are not happy to play on Monday/Tuesday...
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