[kinokino]

Matheiu beated Kei, 6-3, 6-4.
Kei's play did not look finely after the medical time out before the 4th game in the second set.
But I think his mentality got stronger than before!!!

[*esther*]

Tournament Name: HEINEKEN OPEN
Location: AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND
Dates: JANUARY 12–17, 2009 (SATURDAY FINAL)
Prize Money: US $480,750
28 MAIN DRAW (32 QUALIFYING)

SITE: ASB TENNIS CENTRE
NO.1 TENNIS LANE (PO BOX 2905)
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND
SURFACE: REBOUND ACE
BALL: WILSON (AO BALL)
PRIZE MONEY: US DOLLARS—PAID BY ATP
WEB SITE: www.atptennis.com/auckland

Qualifying draw: Friday, January 9, 9:00 p.m.
Main draw: Saturday, January 10, 3:00 p.m.
Doubles draw: Saturday, January 10, 6:00 p.m.

ATP Ranking Points
W: 250
F: 150
SF: 90
QF: 45
R16: 20 (Seeds 1-4: 0)
R32: 0
Q: +12

Entry Deadline: December 1, 2008
Seeding: January 5, 2009

1 Del Potro, Juan Martin ARG 9
2 Ferrer, David ESP 12
3 Soderling, Robin SWE 17
4 Almagro, Nicolas ESP 18
5 Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 28
6 Querrey, Sam USA 39
7 Montanes, Albert ESP 45
8 Monaco, Juan ARG 46
9 Kunitsyn, Igor RUS 47
OUT Acasuso, Jose ARG 48
11 Hanescu, Victor ROU 50
12 Ginepri, Robby USA 51
13 Gulbis, Ernests LAT 53
14 Gicquel, Marc FRA 54
15 Ferrero, Juan Carlos ESP 55
16 Granollers, Marcel ESP 56
17 Troicki, Viktor SRB 57
OUT Schwank, Eduardo ARG 58
19 Serra, Florent FRA 59
20 (SE)
21 (SE)
22 (Q)
23 (Q)
24 (Q)
25 (Q)
26 (WC) Statham, Rubin NZL
27 (WC)
28 (WC)

Alternates
IN Calleri, Agustin ARG 60
IN Darcis, Steve BEL 61
OUT Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo ESP 62
IN Nishikori, Kei JPN 63
IN Lu, Yen-Hsun TPE 64
1 Gabashvili, Teimuraz RUS 65
2 Koubek, Stefan AUT @65
3 Petzschner, Philipp GER 66
4 Hernandez, Oscar ESP 68
5 Rochus, Christophe BEL 69
6 Reynolds, Bobby USA 70
7 Vassallo Arguello, Martin ARG 71
8 Starace, Potito ITA 72
9 Devilder, Nicolas FRA 73
10 Navarro, Ivan ESP 74

http://www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?t=134729

[*esther*]

Main Draw is out :

(1)Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) bye
Ernests Gulbis (LAT) vs Marcel Granollers (ESP)
Viktor Troicki (SRB) vs Igor Kunitsyn (RUS)
(8)Juan Monaco (ARG) vs Victor Hanescu (ROU)

(3)Robin Soderling (SWE) bye
(q) vs (q)
Robby Ginepri (USA) vs (WC)Rubin Statham (NZL)
(7)Albert Montanes (ESP) vs (q)

(6)Sam Querrey (USA) vs (WC)Daniel King-Turner (NZL)
Florent Serra (FRA) vs (q)
Steve Darcis (BEL) vs Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE)
(4)Nicolas Almagro (ESP) bye

(5)Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) vs Dominik Hrbaty (SVK)
Kei Nishikori (JPN) vs Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP)
Agustin Calleri (ARG) vs Marc Gicquel (FRA)
(2)David Ferrer (ESP) bye

http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/commo...09/301/mds.pdf

Juan Carlos Ferrero, first round opponent...... hahaha

[*bunny*]

Sorry Kei, this time I cannot support you... Shoot me!

[*esther*]

Bunny!

[Ivanatis]

you can support him in round 2 and afterwards bunny

go Kei
Ferrero right now should be very winnable

I dislike his 2nd round matchup versus Kohlschreiber/Hrbaty who both seem to be in good shape

if he gets through there he can at least make the final unless Ferrer has dramatically improved compared to his shape from 2008

[chewy]

Originally Posted by kinokino

Matheiu beated Kei, 6-3, 6-4.
Kei's play did not look finely after the medical time out before the 4th game in the second set.
But I think his mentality got stronger than before!!!

when i was watching this match, i thought Kei did have chances of wining even tho PHM had the upper hand and was playing well, but it was obvious he wasn't fit closer to the end. rushing points and his forehand had gone.

These niggling injuries have me worried, and its only the start of the season.

If his arm has recovered, hope it'll hold up the whole tournament...

[Papakori]

Originally Posted by *bunny*

Sorry Kei, this time I cannot support you... Shoot me!

Traitor!

j/k

I think he could very well win the first match, but the second match is very tough. It could be worse though.

[gare315]

I'm expecting Kei play with Rendy. I must be funny when top 2 asian players met!!
GL Kei!!

[*esther*]

MONDAY OOP

Centre Court 11am start

Sovereign Singles

Final Qualifying John Isner(USA) v Thomaz Bellucci(BRA) fb

(6)Sam Querrey(USA) v (WC)Dan King-Turner(NZL) fb Kei Nishikori(JPN) v Juan Carlos Ferrero(ESP) fb

Sovereign Doubles

Paul Hanley(AUS)/Jordan Kerr(AUS) v (3)Christopher Kas(GER)/Rogier Wassen(NED)

Evening Session Not Before 7.30pm

(WC)Rubin Statham(NZL) v Robby Ginepri(USA) fb Viktor Troicki(SRB) v Igor Kunitsyn(RUS)

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Livestream : http://www.atdhe.net/live-tv-1995.html

NZL is GMT +13 ( please take notice )

[kinokino]

We can see the free livestream after the registration.
http://www.planetstream.tv/Default.aspx

Come on Kei!

[*esther*]

http://www.atdhe.net/live-tv-2257.html

This is the one which works fine.... hahaha

[kinokino]

Thanks esther!!!
But Kei retired just now

[*esther*]

Originally Posted by kinokino

Thanks esther!!!
But Kei retired just now

Oh Why Kei Why????

This is just the beginning of the season.

[*bunny*]

Kei went up 3-1 but then Juan Carlos broke back to 3-3.
When JC led 4-3*, Kei called trainer and was given painkillers. It's his elbow again.
But then he got broken again to 3-5 and he retired...

OK, that's not the way I wanted Ferrero to go through (He said exactly the same thing in the oncourt interview after the match.)

Kei was so sweet before the match saying that JC was one of his idols, and JC appreciated Kei's words after the match saying it was amazing to hear that.

Hope Kei will be fit by AO!