[Leo7]

John is the #1 seed in the qualifying draw:

Qualifying Draw
Van Lottum, John (1) NED - Prpic, Filip SWE
Dabrowski, Bartlomiej, POL -Flygt, Kalle SWE
Hanescu, Victor ROM - Timfjord, Nicklas SWE
Lovén, Fredrik SWE -Larsson, Magnus (6) SWE
Vinciguerra, Andreas (2) SWE - Moodie, Wesley RSA
Andersson, Daniel SWE - Veres, Robert SWE
Godwin, Neville RSA -Black, Wayne ZIM
Settergren, Johan SWE -Vliegen, Kristof (7) BEL
Suzuki, Takao (3) JPN -Andersson, Henrik SWE
Kroslak, Jan SVK - Berntson, Pierre (wc) SWE
Hellström, Mathias SWE - Wessels, Peter NED
Sarstrand, Marcus SWE - Beck, Karol (5) SVK
Van Schepppingen, Dennis (4) NED - Kempes, Edwin NED
Fröberg, Jonas (wc) SWE -Örtegren, Johan SWE
Tiilikainen, Kim FIN - Ryderstedt, Michael (wc) SWE
Johansson, Joachim SWE - Pretzsch, Axel (8) GER

and Sjeng is the #2 seed in the main draw:

Main Draw
FIRST ROUND
Lleyton Hewitt (1) AUS (wc) - Thomas Enqvist SWE
Raemon Sluiter NED - Vincent Spadea USA
Michael Llodra FRA- Q
Robin Söderling SWE (wc) - Paradorn Srichaphan (7) THA
Tomas Johansson (4) SWE - Tommy Robredo ESP
Jarkko Nieminen FIN - Todd Martin USA
Albert Portas ESP - Q
Fabrice Santoro FRA - Juan Ignacio Chela (5) ARG
Marcelo Rios (6) CHI - Wayne Arthurs AUS
Jan-Michael Gambill USA - Olivier Rochus BEL
Q - Q
Andre Sa BRA - Guillermo Cañas (3) ARG
Rainer Schüttler (8) GER -Albert Montanes ESP
Nicolas Massu CHI - Jonas Björkman SWE
Magnus Norman SWE (wc) - Hicham Arazi MAR
Taylor Dent USA- Sjeng Schalken (2) NED

good luck boys

 

[Leo7]

Van Lottum qualified for the main draw, but he lost today in the first round to Frenchman Michael Llodra 6-3, 6-2. oh well, at least Schalken is still alive in the draw... good luck to him.

 

[Leo7]

Sjeng's title defense begins tomorrow against young talent Taylor Dent. good luck to him.

 

[Nymeria]

and hi title defense stops today

 

[Leo7]

yah, poor thing lost 7-6, 6-4 today to taylor dent.

Top seed Hewitt, No. 2 Schalken bounced from Stockholm Open
SportsTicker

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (Ticker) - It was a day of upsets Wednesday at the $650,000 Stockholm Open, with top seed Lleyton Hewitt of Australia and second seed Sjeng Schalken of the Netherlands highlighting the list of those eliminated.

Hewitt, who advanced to the second round in a walkover on Tuesday when Thomas Enqvist withrew before the match with a shoulder injury, was shocked by unseeded Raemon Sluiter of the Netherlands, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5).

The world No. 1 is just 43 points in front of Andre Agassi in the ATP Champions Race. Agassi reached the second round in St. Petersburg on Wednesday.

Hewitt had his lead for the No. 1 world ranking reduced after he was forced to drop out of last week's Tennis Masters Series - Madrid with a viral infection. The Australian is without a title since winning his second Wimbledon crown and is 54-13 on the year.

Schalken was felled by unseeded Taylor Dent of the United States in the first round, 7-6 (7-3), 6-4. The hard-serving American improved to 2-0 lifetime against Schalken.

Also eliminated Wednesday were No. 4 seed Thomas Johansson of Sweden, who lost to Tommy Robredo of Spain, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, and fifth seed Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina, who was upset by Fabrice Santoro of France, 6-1, 6-3.

One seeded player did win on Wednesday. No. 7 Paradorn Srichaphan of Thailand manhandled Robin Soderling of Sweden, 6-2, 6-1, to reach the second round.

In other matches Wednesday, Swedish qualifier Joachim Johansson beat Spain's Albert Portas, 6-3, 6-3, and Moroccan Hicham Arazi routed Swedish wild card Magnus Norman, 6-2, 6-2.

The winner of this hardcourt tournament receives $85,500.

 

[Francine]

for Raemon!

 

[Slammin'Schalken:)]

John, Sjeng, Martin.....

Raemon!

 

[Leo7]

our boy Sluiter is in the Quarters this week. he has a tough match today against Paradorn, but he's already beaten the world #1 this week so he can do it.