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Week 20: MTT Marrakech Challenger [Marrakech]




Location: Marrakech, Morocco
Type: €85K+H
Surface: Clay
Date: May 12 - 18
2007 Champion: Younes El Aynaoui [MAR].

Tournament website: http://live.sportmarocweb.com/mtt/marrakech2008/

Ranking Points*:

W - 80
  F - 56
  SF - 36
  QF - 19
  R16 - 8
  R32 - 0
  Q - 3
  Qualifiers who lose in the first round receive no additional first round points.
  

* According to http://stevegtennis.com/entrypoints.txt

Entry List:

Monfils, Gael FRA 64
Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo ESP 81
Luczak, Peter AUS 101
Dancevic, Frank CAN 108
Vassallo Arguello, Martin ARG 111
Massu, Nicolas CHI 115
Ramirez Hidalgo, Ruben ESP 137
Gabashvili, Teimuraz RUS 139
Gil, Frederico POR 143
Chardy, Jeremy FRA 158
Smeets, Robert AUS 162
Vicente, Fernando ESP 171
Recouderc, Laurent FRA 181
Echagaray, Bruno MEX 184
Menendez, Adrian ESP 192
Elgin, Michail RUS 194
Mannarino, Adrian FRA 201
Lugassy, Gary FRA 219
Guzman, Juan-Pablo ARG 220
Ouanna, Josselin FRA 223
Villagran, Cristian ARG 224
Hrbaty, Dominik SVK 231

Alternates:

1. Dorsch, Benedikt GER 242
2. Kuznetsov, Alex USA 243
3. Sergeyev, Ivan UKR 260
4. Lopez Jaen, Miguel Angel ESP 266
5. Brizzi, Alberto ITA 274
6. De Chaunac, Sebastien FRA 277
7. Fornell, Marc ESP 280
8. Rusevski, Predrag MKD 281
9. Cerovic, Ivan CRO 282
10. Sorensen, Louk IRL 284
11. Ouahab, Lamine ALG 287
12. Dodig, Ivan CRO 292
13. Vagnozzi, Simone ITA 293
14. Piccari, Francesco ITA 294
15. Sanchez de Luna, Jose Antonio ESP 297
16. Dustov, Farrukh UZB 305
17. Naso, Gianluca ITA 306
18. Poch-Gradin, Carlos ESP 309
19. Azzaro, Leonardo ITA 313
20. Reister, Julian GER 314

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FIRST QUALIFYING ROUND:

Jean-Christophe Faurel FRA [1] has a Bye
Bruno Soares BRA [7] vs. James Auckland GBR | 6-2 6-2

Peter Polansky CAN [2] has a Bye
Johan Brunström SWE [6] has a Bye

Jonathan Dasnières de Véigy FRA [3] has a Bye
Florin Mergea ROU [5] has a Bye

Julien Jeanpierre FRA [4] has a Bye
Frank Moser GER [8] vs. Mohamed Saber MAR | 6-2 6-2

FINAL QUALIFYING ROUND:

Jean-Christophe Faurel FRA [1] vs. Bruno Soares BRA [7] | 6-1 6-4
Peter Polansky CAN [2] vs. Johan Brunström SWE [6] | 6-1 6-4
Jonathan Dasnières de Véigy FRA [3] vs. Florin Mergea ROU [5] | 2-6 6-3 6-4
Julien Jeanpierre FRA [4] vs. Frank Moser GER [8] | 5-7 6-3 6-1

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FIRST ROUND:

Gaël Monfils FRA [1] vs. Cristian Villagran ARG | 7-6 (3) 6-0
Ivan Sergeyev UKR vs. Laurent Recouderc FRA | 6-3 6-3
Fernando Vicente ESP vs. Mehdi Ziadi MAR [WC] | 6-2 3-6 7-6 (4)
Frederico Gil POR [8] vs. Adrian Menendez ESP | 6-3 6-7 (6) 6-2

Nicolas Massu CHI [4] vs. Julien Jeanpierre FRA [Q] | 6-2 3-6 6-3
Michail Elgin RUS vs. Mounir El Aarej MAR [WC] | 7-5 6-7 (2) 6-3
Talal Ouahabi MAR [WC] vs. Reda El Amrani MAR [WC] | 6-4 6-2
Martin Vassallo Arguello ARG [6] vs. Dominik Hrbaty SVK | 6-4 6-1

Peter Polansky CAN [Q] vs. Teimuraz Gabashvili RUS [7] | 1-6 6-3 7-6 (4)
Jean-Christophe Faurel FRA [Q] vs. Gary Lugassy FRA | 6-3 6-2
Marc Fornell ESP vs. Robert Smeets AUS | 6-4 3-6 7-5
Jérémy Chardy FRA vs. Peter Luczak AUS [3] | 7-6 (4) 5-7 7-5

Frank Dancevic CAN [5] vs. Jonathan Dasnières de Véigy FRA [Q] | 6-7 (13) 6-1 6-4
Rubén Ramirez Hidalgo ESP vs. Adrian Mannarino FRA | 6-3 6-2
Sébastien De Chaunac FRA vs. Josselin Ouanna FRA | 4-4 Ret.
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez ESP [2] vs. Benedikt Dorsch GER | 6-2 6-4

SECOND ROUND:

Gaël Monfils FRA [1] vs. Ivan Sergeyev UKR | 6-3 6-0
Frederico Gil POR [8] vs. Fernando Vicente ESP | 6-3 6-0
Nicolas Massu CHI [4] vs. Michail Elgin RUS | 6-2 6-3
Martin Vassallo Arguello ARG [6] vs. Talal Ouahabi MAR [WC] | 6-3 6-3

Jean-Christophe Faurel FRA [Q] vs. Peter Polansky CAN [Q] | 7-5 6-7 (7) 6-2
Jérémy Chardy FRA vs. Marc Fornell ESP | 6-2 7-5
Rubén Ramirez Hidalgo ESP vs. Frank Dancevic CAN [5] | 6-1 6-2
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez ESP [2] vs. Sébastien De Chaunac FRA | 6-3 7-6 (5)

QUARTER FINALS:

Gaël Monfils FRA [1] vs. Frederico Gil POR [8] | 4-6 6-3 6-3
Nicolas Massu CHI [4] vs. Martin Vassallo Arguello ARG [6] | 7-5 6-4
Jérémy Chardy FRA vs. Jean-Christophe Faurel FRA [Q] | 4-6 6-2 6-1
Rubén Ramirez Hidalgo ESP vs. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez ESP [2] | 6-3 6-3

SEMI FINALS:

Gaël Monfils FRA [1] vs. Nicolas Massu CHI [4] | 6-4 6-4
Jérémy Chardy FRA vs. Rubén Ramirez Hidalgo ESP | 6-4 6-2

FINAL:

Gaël Monfils FRA [1] vs. Jérémy Chardy FRA

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DOUBLES | FIRST ROUND:

Levinsky & Skoch [CZE, 1] vs. Garcia-Lopez & Vicente [ESP] | 2-6 6-2 13-11
Fornell & Ouahabi [ESP/MAR, WC] vs. El Aarej & El Amrani [MAR, WC] | 7-5 3-6 10-8
Gabashvili & Menendez [RUS/ESP] vs. Ramirez Hidalgo & Soares [ESP/BRA, 4] | 4-6 6-3 10-5
Auckland & Delgado [GBR] vs. Chardy & Recouderc [FRA] | 6-4 3-6 10-6

Cibulec & Hrbaty [CZE/SVK] vs. Saber & Ziadi [MAR, WC] | 6-3 6-1
Brunström & Cerretani [SWE/USA, 3] vs. Monfils & Ouanna [FRA] | 6-4 6-4
Gil & Mergea [POR/ROU] vs. Elgin & Moser [RUS/GER] | 6-4 7-6 (8)
Allegro & Tecau [SUI/ROU, 2] vs. Hood & Prieto [ARG] | 7-6 (3) 7-5

DOUBLES | QUARTER FINALS:

Fornell & Ouahabi [ESP/MAR, WC] vs. Levinsky & Skoch [CZE, 1] | 6-2 6-7 (6) 10-8
Auckland & Delgado [GBR] vs. Gabashvili & Menendez [RUS/ESP] | 6-4 6-4
Brunström & Cerretani [SWE/USA, 3] vs. Cibulec & Hrbaty [CZE/SVK] | 6-2 6-3
Gil & Mergea [POR/ROU] vs. Allegro & Tecau [SUI/ROU, 2] | 6-4 6-4

DOUBLES | SEMI FINALS:

Auckland & Delgado [GBR] vs. Fornell & Ouahabi [ESP/MAR, WC] | 6-2 6-3
Gil & Mergea [POR/ROU] vs. Brunström & Cerretani [SWE/USA, 3] | 6-3 6-4

DOUBLES | FINAL:

Gil & Mergea [POR/ROU] vs. Auckland & Delgado [GBR] | 6-2 6-3

[Labamba]

Marrakech, Morocco
Date: 5/12/2008 Original Cut Off: 231 Ranking Date: 4/21/2008

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Main Draw

Chardy, Jeremy FRA 158
Mannarino, Adrian FRA 201
Dancevic, Frank CAN 108
Massu, Nicolas CHI 115
Echagaray, Bruno MEX 184
Menendez, Adrian ESP 192
Elgin, Michail RUS 194
Monfils, Gael FRA 64
Gabashvili, Teimuraz RUS 139
Ouanna, Josselin FRA 223
Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo ESP 81
Ramirez Hidalgo, Ruben ESP 137
Gil, Frederico POR 143
Recouderc, Laurent FRA 181
Guzman, Juan-Pablo ARG 220
Smeets, Robert AUS 162
Hrbaty, Dominik SVK 231
Vassallo Arguello, Martin ARG 111
Luczak, Peter AUS 101
Vicente, Fernando ESP 171
Lugassy, Gary FRA 219
Villagran, Cristian ARG 224

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Alternates
1. Dorsch, Benedikt GER 242
2. Kuznetsov, Alex USA 243
3. Sergeyev, Ivan UKR 260
4. Lopez Jaen, Miguel Angel ESP 266
5. Brizzi, Alberto ITA 274
6. De Chaunac, Sebastien FRA 277
7. Fornell, Marc ESP 280
8. Rusevski, Predrag MKD 281
9. Cerovic, Ivan CRO 282
10. Sorensen, Louk IRL 284
11. Ouahab, Lamine ALG 287
12. Dodig, Ivan CRO 292
13. Vagnozzi, Simone ITA 293
14. Piccari, Francesco ITA 294
15. Sanchez de Luna, Jose Antonio ESP 297
16. Dustov, Farrukh UZB 305
17. Naso, Gianluca ITA 306
18. Poch-Gradin, Carlos ESP 309
19. Azzaro, Leonardo ITA 313
20. Reister, Julian GER 314

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Jérémy

[gagm]

GL Nico

[DartMarcus]

Is Younes playing here??

[wenty]

Hope Kuznetsov gets in.

[paulbache]

good luck Gary!!

[frici]

Good luck Adriano Mannarino and gael Monfils!

[Pepitorl]

Is Coria playing here???

[Diego_Coria]

Coria Play Here?????

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QUALIFYING DRAW

Jean-Christophe Faurel FRA [1] has a Bye
James Auckland GBR vs. Bruno Soares BRA [7]

Peter Polansky CAN [2] has a Bye
Johan Brunström SWE [6] has a Bye

Jonathan Dasnières de Véigy FRA [3] has a Bye
Florin Mergea ROU [5] has a Bye

Julien Jeanpierre FRA [4] has a Bye
Mohamed Saber MAR vs. Frank Moser GER [8]

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Allez Jean-Christophe