[Action Jackson]

Week 30 : Astana, Kazakhstan



Location: Astana, Kazakhstan
Type: $125K+H
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Starting Date: 23 July
2011 Champion: Mikhail Kukushkin (Kazakhstan)
Tournament website:


Entry List

Stebe, Cedrik-Marcel	GER	77
Beck, Karol		SVK	94
Ilhan, Marsel		TUR	139
Golubev, Andrey		KAZ	146
Donskoy, Evgeny		RUS	155
Kudryavtsev, Alexander	RUS	159
Kravchuk, Konstantin	RUS	181
Bhambri, Yuki		IND	220
Capkovic, Kamil		SVK	224
Dustov, Farrukh		UZB	252
Molchanov, Denys	UKR	260
Kirillov, Evgeny	RUS	267
Mektic, Nikola		CRO	291
Bohli, Stephane		SUI	293
#Sergeyev, Ivan		UKR	295
Martin, Fabrice		FRA	299
Marcan, Dino		CRO	301
Klein, Brydan		AUS	302
Konecny, Michal		CZE	323
Marchenko, Illya	UKR	347
Androic, Toni		CRO	350
Baluda, Victor		RUS	370

First Round

(1) Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (GER) def. Nikola Mektic (CRO) 6-3 7-6(4)
Oleksandr Nedovyesov (UKR) def. Fabrice Martin (FRA) 6-4 7-6(4)
Andrey Kumantsov (RUS) def. (q) Sarvar Ikramov (UZB) 3-6 6-4 6-1
(5) Evgeny Donskoy (RUS) def. Stephane Bohli (SUI) 6-7(4) 6-3 6-4

(3) Andrey Golubev (KAZ) def. Evgeny Kirillov (RUS) 6-4 7-5
Brydan Klein (AUS) def. (q) Dzmitry Zhyrmont (BLR) 6-2 6-3
Yuri Schukin (KAZ) def. (LL) Daniiar Duldaev (KGZ) 6-1 6-0
Illya Marchenko (UKR) def. (8) Kamil Capkovic (SVK) 7-5 6-2

Michal Konecny (CZE) def. (6) Konstantin Kravchuk (RUS) 6-3 7-5
(WC) Denis Yevseyev (KAZ) def. (q) Tal Eros (ISR) 4-6 7-5 6-2
(q) Yaraslau Shyla (BLR) def. Toni Androic (CRO) 6-7(5) 6-2 6-3
(4) Marsel Ilhan (TUR) def. Denys Molchanov (UKR) 6-4 7-6(5)

(7) Yuki Bhambri (IND) def. (WC) Serizhan Yessenbekov (KAZ) 6-0 6-2
Farrukh Dustov (UZB) def. (WC) Alexey Kedryuk (KAZ) 6-1 6-2
Dino Marcan (CRO) def. Victor Baluda (RUS) 6-2 6-7(2) 6-0
(2) Karol Beck (SVK) def. Denis Matsukevitch (RUS) 4-6 6-3 6-3


Second Round

Oleksandr Nedovyesov (UKR) def. (1) Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (GER) 7-6(4) 5-7 6-4
(5) Evgeny Donskoy (RUS) def. Andrey Kumantsov (RUS) 1-6 6-4 1-0 RET
Brydan Klein (AUS) def. (3) Andrey Golubev (KAZ) 7-6(3) 6-3
Illya Marchenko (UKR) def. Yuri Schukin (KAZ) 3-6 6-1 6-1

Michal Konecny (CZE) def. (WC) Denis Yevseyev (KAZ) 6-4 7-6(6)
(4) Marsel Ilhan (TUR) def. (q) Yaraslau Shyla (BLR) 6-4 7-6(3)
(7) Yuki Bhambri (IND) def. Farrukh Dustov (UZB) 6-3 7-5
(2) Karol Beck (SVK) def. Dino Marcan (CRO) 6-4 6-4


Quarter Finals

(5) Evgeny Donskoy (RUS) def. Oleksandr Nedovyesov (UKR) 6-7(6) 6-4 6-4
Brydan Klein (AUS) def. Illya Marchenko (UKR) 4-6 6-3 7-5
(4) Marsel Ilhan (TUR) def. Michal Konecny (CZE) 6-2 7-5
(2) Karol Beck (SVK) def. (7) Yuki Bhambri (IND) 6-2 7-6(3)


Semi Finals

(5) Evgeny Donskoy (RUS) def. Brydan Klein (AUS) 6-3 6-4
(4) Marsel Ilhan (TUR) def. (2) Karol Beck (SVK) 6-2 6-4


Final


(5) Evgeny Donskoy (RUS) def. (4) Marsel Ilhan (TUR) 6-3 6-4

[Filo V.]

Hopefully Caca doesn't enter with a WC here. Also, Karol needs to win this event.

[The Bulldog]

Cedrik playing here is interesting. It won't work though.

[Chase Visa]

Pretty low cut-off for a $125k.

Odds on Kukushkin taking a wildcard here?

[Filo V.]

Odds are pretty high, IMO.

[Sombrerero loco]

GL stebe, donskoy, baluda, klein

[The Rocket]

GL Kravchuk and Kudry

[sravat1234]

wow stebe in this tournament

[Sombrerero loco]

maybe wc for yevseyev?

[RHB1993]

Originally Posted by Sombrerero loco

maybe wc for yevseyev?

Should be safe. He also got one last year. If all the Kazakhs play here WC's could go out to Kukushkin ( don't know if he plays here due to Olympics ), Schukin ( guess he will be here, is also in the entry lists in Bejing and Samarkand ), Korolev ??? and Yevseyev. Other choices could be Kedryuk, Popko or Yessenbekov.

[Sombrerero loco]

yeah and he won a round last year so hopefully =D
popko is so young yet imo...

[RHB1993]

Yeah he will just turn 16 by the end of the year but he has been given WC's to nearly all Futures in Kazakhstan and won one round both last week as well as this week. I think he won't be the first choice but if some of the 4 that are normally planned in my opinion don't appear in Astana then he could get one.

And Yevseyev has had a decent year so far, also considering that he seemed to be injured for some time. He progresses and may be able to reach challenger level within the next years. Would be great if he gets a good draw here and could defend his 10 points as he then would definitely finish top 600 this year.

[Sombrerero loco]

yeah but he only has one point from futures since i remember. he plays and trains in spain so i can see him few weeks a year hopefully =D
as for denis, i really hope he can defend his points here. he is a great guy, and i think he is so talented

[chingching]

They will compliment Anett in the Womens
Any Livestream???

[CooCooCachoo]

Not a bad choice by Stebe to play here, IMO. Quite a weak field and an easy chance to score some points.