[Action Jackson]

Week 35: Como, Italy



Location: Como, Italy
Type: €30K+H
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Balls:
Site:
Starting Date: 27 August
2011 Champion: Pablo Carreno-Busta (ESP)
Tournament website: http://www.comoatpchallenger.it/[/color]

Entry List:

Gil, Frederico		POR	117
Sousa, Joao		POR	126
Capdeville, Paul	CHI	136
Giannessi, Alessandro	ITA	143
Golubev, Andrey		KAZ	146
Haider-Maurer, Andreas	AUT	164
Viola, Matteo		ITA	165
Prodon, Eric		FRA	169
Marti, Javier		ESP	179
Cervenak, Pavol		SVK	181
Naso, Gianluca		ITA	185
Mertl, Jan		CZE	187
Minar, Ivo		CZE	191
de Bakker, Thiemo	NED	194
Andreozzi, Guido	ARG	203
Dzumhur , Damir		BIH	209
Gutierrez-Ferrol, Sergio	ESP	226
@Reister, Julian	GER	226
Balazs, Attila		HUN	227
Millot, Vincent		FRA	228
Arguello, Facundo	ARG	229
Schoorel, Thomas	NED	231

Alternates:
1. Vagnozzi, Simone ITA 236
2. Huta Galung, Jesse NED 238
3. Greul, Simon GER 242
4. Westerhof, Boy NED 244
5. Middelkoop, Matwe NED 254
6. Martin, Andrej SVK 259
7. Lammer, Michael SUI 260
[b][color="Red"]8. Navarro, Ivan ESP 261


First Round

Gianluca Naso (ITA) def. (1) Frederico Gil (POR) 6-4 6-4
Andrej Martin (SVK) def. Thiemo De Bakker (NED) 6-4 6-4
Julian Reister (GER) def. (q) Yann Marti (SUI) 6-0 7-6(3)
(8) Pavol Cervenak (SVK) def. (WC) Marco Cecchinato (ITA) 6-3 6-3

(3) Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT) def. Boy Westerhof (NED) 4-6 6-4 6-4
Javier Marti (ESP) def. (ALT) Michael Linzer (AUT) 6-2 7-5
(q) Andre Begemann (GER) def. (WC) Marco Crugnola (ITA) 6-1 7-6(4)
(6) Alessandro Giannessi (ITA) def. Attila Balazs (HUN) 6-7(6) 6-3 6-3

Damir Dzumhur (BIH) def. (5) Andrey Golubev (KAZ) 6-7(5) 6-2 5-2 RET
(q) Evgeny Korolev (KAZ) def. (q) Alberto Brizzi (ITA) 6-1 3-6 6-3
Facundo Arguello (ARG) def. (WC) Andrea Arnaboldi (ITA) 6-2 6-3
Simone Vagnozzi (ITA) def. (4) Matteo Viola (ITA) 7-5 6-1

(7) Paul Capdeville (CHI) def. Thomas Schoorel (NED) 7-6(5) 6-7(4) 6-0
(ALT) Stephane Robert (FRA) def. Simon Greul (GER) 7-5 6-4
(ALT) Michael Lammer (SUI) def. (WC) Nicolas Massu (CHI) 6-1 6-4
(2) Joao Sousa (POR) def. Ivo Minar (CZE) 6-2 6-2


Second Round

Gianluca Naso (ITA) def. Andrej Martin (SVK) 7-5 6-3
Julian Reister (GER) def. (8) Pavol Cervenak (SVK) 4-6 7-5 7-6(4)
(3) Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT) def. Javier Marti (ESP) 6-2 6-2
(6) Alessandro Giannessi (ITA) def. (q) Andre Begemann (GER) 6-0 6-4

(q) Evgeny Korolev (KAZ) def. Damir Dzumhur (BIH) 6-3 7-6(5)
Facundo Arguello (ARG) def. Simone Vagnozzi (ITA) 3-6 6-4 6-2
(7) Paul Capdeville (CHI) def. (ALT) Stephane Robert (FRA) 6-0 6-4
(2) Joao Sousa (POR) def. (ALT) Michael Lammer (SUI) 6-1 7-5


Quarter Finals

Gianluca Naso (ITA) def. Julian Reister (GER) W/O
(3) Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT) def. (6) Alessandro Giannessi (ITA) 6-3 6-4
(q) Evgeny Korolev (KAZ) def. Facundo Arguello (ARG) 6-2 6-3
(2) Joao Sousa (POR) def. (7) Paul Capdeville (CHI) 7-6(4) 4-6 4-0 RET

Semi Finals

(3) Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT) def. Gianluca Naso (ITA) 7-6(5) 1-6 6-4
(2) Joao Sousa (POR) def. (q) Evgeny Korolev (KAZ) 7-5 6-4

Final

(3) Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT) def. (2) Joao Sousa (POR) 6-3 6-4

[Sombrerero loco]

GL balazs, de bakker, marti

[posteni]

Nice field for the first week of US Open... some of those guys will play quallies at US, so if they would do well there, they won't show up here. But I still don't expect many withdrawals, maybe five or six. For those claycourt specialsts makes no sense to travel to NY just to lose in Q1 round.

[Lazyking]

Any withdrawels yet?

[Ramsay]

Let's go Gil. Let's turn around this bad moment. Vamos!

[Sombrerero loco]

OUT: prodon
IN: vagnozzi
OUT from ALTs: huta galung, navarro, decoud, diez, hormazabal, ciric, aguilar

[Henry Chinaski]

something tells me andreozzi might be out

[ranaqu]

Gutierrez-Ferrol, Andreozzi, Mertl, Millot, Prodon - OUT

[misty1]

good luck damir

[Vinceremo]

Arguello to make some more noise here, the list still looks strong despite the withdrawals though. I also hope Giannessi gets back to winning ways, it's time!

[Moder]

MD

First Round
(1)Frederico Gil (POR) vs Gianluca Naso (ITA)
Thiemo De Bakker (NED) vs Andrej Martin (SVK)
Julian Reister (GER) vs (q)
(WC)Marco Cecchinato (ITA) vs (8)Pavol Cervenak (SVK)
(3)Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT) vs Boy Westerhof (NED)
(ALT)Michael Linzer (AUT) vs Javier Marti (ESP)
(q) vs (WC)Marco Crugnola (ITA)
Attila Balazs (HUN) vs (6)Alessandro Giannessi (ITA)
(5)Andrey Golubev (KAZ) vs Damir Dzumhur (BIH)
(q) vs (q)
Facundo Arguello (ARG) vs (WC)Andrea Arnaboldi (ITA)
Simone Vagnozzi (ITA) vs (4)Matteo Viola (ITA)
(7)Paul Capdeville (CHI) vs Thomas Schoorel (NED)
(ALT)Stephane Robert (FRA) vs Simon Greul (GER)
(WC)Nicolas Massu (CHI) vs (ALT)Michael Lammer (SUI)
Ivo Minar (CZE) vs (2)Joao Sousa (POR)

http://www.stevegtennis.com/2012-challenger-como/

[Ramsay]

Good draw for a 30k challenger.

[Sombrerero loco]

challengers in europe are always the best

[Ramsay]

Who is this Andrea Basso? :O

[Helevorn]

Originally Posted by Ramsay

Who is this Andrea Basso? :O

He's a nice young player. He's 18 years old, in Genova 2011 he lost 6-1 3-6 1-6 against Volandri.

Some minor injuries and, mostly, school duties (he obtained his diploma two months ago) prevented him from playing regularly. So he played mostly Open FIT tournaments in Italy.

Plays left-handed, nice serve and forehand. He has no experience whatsoever though, since he has almost never played as a pro.

And as I'm writing he has won the first set against Begemann 7-6(1).