[Leo7]

he's going right from Hong Kong over to Tokyo, Japan!

Tokyo singles main draw

Lleyton Hewitt (1)
bye

Francisco Clavet
Michael Chang

Jeff Morrison
Dick Norman

Radek Stepanek
Nicolas Massu (14)

Jan-Michael Gambill (10)
Takao Suzuki

Ramon Delgado
Brian Vahaly

Lars Burgsmüller
Ota Fukarek

bye
Paradorn Srichaphan (8)

Carlos Moyà (3)
bye

Alexander Waske
Michihisa Onoda

qualifier
Anthony Dupuis

Julian Knowle
Wayne Arthurs (13)

Dominik Hrbaty (11)
Takahiro Terachi

Kenneth Carlsen
Noam Okun

Alexandre Simoni
Cecil Mamiit

bye
Juan Ignacio Chela (5)

James Blake (6)
bye

Martin Verkerk
Jan Vacek

Mardy Fish
Gouichi Motomura

Feliciano Lopez
Stefan Koubek (9)

David Ferrer (15)
qualifier

qualifier
Vincent Spadea

qualifier
Karol Kucera

bye
Alex Corretja (4)

Nicolas Lapentti (7)
bye

qualifier
Mario Ancic

Joji Miyao
Jérôme Golmard

Alex Kim
Agustin Calleri (12)

Taylor Dent (16)
Hiroki Kondo

qualifier
Michael Kohlmann

qualifier
George Bastl

bye
Juan Carlos Ferrero (2)

wouldn't a Hewitt vs. Ferrero final be wonderful...with Juanqui winning of course!

Juanqui has an interesting draw. George Bastl, Pete's conqueror at Wimbledon, awaits in the 2nd round. Taylor Dent in the 16's, Lapentti in the quarters, and maybe even his compatriot Alex Corretja in the Semis! Blake is a bit of a question cuz he just withdrew from Hong Kong with an injury...

 

[Leo7]

VAMOS!

 

[ILR]

Go JC,Carlos and Nico! pffft @ Hewitt for getting a bye!

 

[Nacho]

Hey, i like Juanqui's section of the draw

 

[Layla]

I like it too. He can deal with big servers as he's shown time and time again.

VAMOS JUANQUI!!! Asia is your continent.

 

[Guest]

i like his draw too. i hope its gonna be a ferrero/hewitt final. that would be cool as long as JC wins

 

[Chloe le Bopper]

A Hewitt Ferrero matchup would be wonderful

But I'll try not to get too far ahead of myself

 

[Dissident]

Two finals in a row would be big deal!
I just dont agree to have Hewitt in it.

 

[Vera]

Two finals in a row would be big deal!
I just dont agree to have Hewitt in it.

Me too. An encore of a spanish final will be much better. But having said that, watching JC beating Hewitt will be such a pleasure.

 

[Leo7]

i'm glad that he has a 1st round bye, so if he's tired out from this long week in HK, he at least has an extra day or two to rest.

 

[Leo7]

the identity of Juanqui's 2nd round opponent is now known. he'll face Magnus Norman, a former French Open Finalist, who took out Bastl 6-3, 6-0 in his 1st round. Norman could be a tricky opponent, but he has been struggling in his comeback from injury and Ferrero should take him out in straights...if it ever stops raining in Tokyo!

 

[TennisHack]

Maybe the rain is a good sign. I mean, it rained last week and Juan Carlos ended up dropping only one set Perhaps the gods are looking favorably on him

Has James Blake's opponent won through yet?

 

[Leo7]

no, the Verkerk/Vacek match hasn't been played yet.

yes, the rain is a good sign. Juanqui must win Tokyo now!

 

[Scotso]

Perhaps the Gods feel sorry for letting that Costa guy win you-know-what over you-know-who.

Vamos Juan Carlos!

 

[Leo7]

Costa :fiery:

Ferrero

 

[Leo7]

Order of Play:

Stadium
Matches start at 10:00 AM
M Norman vs. J.C. Ferrero
A. Sugiyama vs. A. Morigami
T. Suzuki vs. B. Vahaly
L. Hewitt vs. N. Massu
3rd round men's singles
3rd round men's singles
Court 1
Matches start at 10:00 AM
C. Mamiit vs. J.I. Chela
J. Blake vs. M. Verkerk
L. Burgsmuller vs. P. Srichaphan
D. Hrbaty or K. Carlsen vs. C. Mamiit or J.I. Chela
3rd round men's singles

Court 2
Matches start at 10:30 AM
S. Talaja vs. V. Ruano Pascual
Not before 11:30 PM
A. Sanchez-Vicario vs. S. Taylor
A. Cargill vs. Y. Yoshida
K. Liggan vs. T. Tanasugarn
Kuznetsova/Sanchez-Vicario vs. Augustus/Kolbovic

Court 3
Matches start at 10:00 AM
D. Hrbaty vs. K. Carlsen
M. Fish vs. F. Lopez
A. Waske vs. A. Dupuis
M. Larsson vs. J. Golmard
V. Spadea vs. K. Kucera

Court 4
Matches start at 10:30 AM
J. Craybas vs. E. Gagliardi
Not before 11:30 AM
J. Kostanic vs. M. Marrero
S. Kuznetsova vs. A. Molik
McShea/Schlukebir vs. Asagoe/Miyagi
Marrero/Molik vs. Hiraki/Neffa-de los Rios

Court 7
Matches start at 11:30 AM
T. Dent vs. M. Kohlmann
Not before 1:30 PM
Razzano/Talaja vs. Dekmeijere/Ejeson

Court 8
Matches start at 10:00 AM
Bastl/Weiner vs. Calleri/Delgado
Healey/Kerr vs. Arthurs/Kratzmann
Gambill/Oliver vs. Adams/Macphie
Fukarek/Luxa vs. Bastl/Weiner or Calleri/Delgado

TBA
Matches start at 1:00 PM
Pending result of Fish singles
Fish/Morrison vs. Coetzee/Haggard
Pending result of J. Blake singles
Huss/Pearson vs. Blake/Blake
Pending result of Chela singles
Coupe/Waske vs. Chela/Massu

1st match on Stadium court! show 'em all what you can do, Juanqui!

 

[Leo7]

Norman def. Ferrero 6-3, 6-3 :fiery:

oh fuck!

 

[Vera]

Okay, let's be calm. I hope he's not getting too upset at himself for losing. Now, isn't it a good thing that he entered Vienna next week.

 

[Chloe le Bopper]

On the bright side, this is a superb win for Norman - who despite his ranking IS a good player, and who I like - his best win since umm....... umm..... someone help me out here

I think thinking around the end of 2000 somewhere before his surgery But maybe he did something last year that i'm forgetting

 

[Vera]

Stop smiling Rebecca

Well, okay. In fact, I like Norman too. I've been rooting for him to do well in every tournament he entered since coming back. But not this one since he's facing JC. He could have beaten other top 10 player in other tournament. But now that JC is gone, may Magnus win it all (since there's no more top players on his side as Blake also out, so why not). Strange though, I had a feeling that JC will lose this one, maybe since Alex and Carlos also lost. Now, they can catch the same flight to Vienna.

BTW, I just peeked at Lleyton's forum, they posted some great pics of Lleyton in the sponsor party or something, JC is in it. He looks so cool. Go check it out if you haven't already. I don't feel like stealing them and posting over here, and have no clue where they found those.