[Action Jackson]

Week 16, Rome-1, Italy

Location: Rome, Italy
Type: €30K+H
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Balls:
Site:
Starting Date: 16 April
2011 Champion: Thomas Schoorel (Netherlands)
Tournament website: http://raiopen.blog.rai.it/

Entry List

Sela, Dudi		ISR	61
Gulbis, Ernests		LAT	79
Machado, Rui		POR	80
Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo	ESP	82
Stebe, Cedrik-Marcel	GER	91
Beck, Andreas		GER	97
Ilhan, Marsel		TUR	115
Schoorel, Thomas	NED	123
Sijsling, Igor		NED	125
Mannarino, Adrian	FRA	126
Zemlja, Grega		SLO	130
Bedene, Aljaz		SLO	137
Golubev, Andrey		KAZ	138
Donskoy, Evgeny		RUS	139
Hajek, Jan		CZE	141
Teixeira, Maxime	FRA	157
Serra, Florent		FRA	159
De Schepper, Kenny	FRA	160
Carreno-Busta, Pablo	ESP	164
Veic, Antonio		CRO	166
Bautista-Agut, Roberto	ESP	169
Kuznetsov, Andrey	RUS	171

Main Draw

Simon Greul (GER) def. (1) Ernests Gulbis (LAT) 6-4 6-2
Maxime Teixeira (FRA) def. (q) Maxime Authom (BEL) 6-4 2-6 6-4
Dusan Lajovic (SRB) def. (WC)Gianluca Naso (ITA) 6-4 1-6 7-6(8)
Javier Marti (ESP) def. (5) Grega Zemlja (SLO) 6-4 6-4

(4) Igor Sijsling (NED) def. Simone Vagnozzi (ITA) 6-3 5-7 7-5
Roberto Bautista-Agut (ESP) def. (q) Gerard Granollers-Pujol (ESP) 4-6 7-5 6-2
Jesse Huta Galung (NED) def. (WC)Vincenzo Santopadre (ITA) 6-2 6-2
(q)Filip Krajinovic (SRB) def. (6) Adrian Mannarino (FRA) 6-1 6-0

(7) Marsel Ilhan (TUR) def. (WC)Nicola Barraco (ITA) 6-3 6-2
Joao Sousa (POR) def. Dusan Lojda (CZE) 6-3 7-5
Andrey Golubev (KAZ) def. (WC)Marco Cecchinato (ITA) 6-4 1-6 7-5
(3) Rui Machado (POR) def. Evgeny Donskoy (RUS) 6-3 6-7(4) 6-3

Florent Serra (FRA) def. (8) Thomas Schoorel (NED) 6-1 7-6(2)
Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) def. Laurynas Grigelis (LTU) 6-3 6-2
Jan Hajek (CZE) def. (q) Pedro Sousa (POR) 3-1 ret.
(2) Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) def. Dustin Brown (GER) 6-3 6-1

Second Round

Simon Greul (GER) def. Maxime Teixeira (FRA) 6-4 6-1
Dusan Lajovic (SRB) def. Javier Marti (ESP) 6-1 6-1
Roberto Bautista-Agut (ESP) def. (4) Igor Sijsling (NED) 7-6(6) 6-4
Jesse Huta Galung (NED) def. (q) Filip Krajinovic (SRB) 7-5 6-0

Joao Sousa (POR) def. (7) Marsel Ilhan (TUR) 4-6 6-3 7-6(0)
(3) Rui Machado (POR) def. Andrey Golubev (KAZ) 3-6 7-6(4) 6-2
Florent Serra (FRA) vs. Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) 6-4 7-6(4)
Jan Hajek (CZE) def. (2) Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 0-6 6-4 7-6(1)

Quarter Finals

Simon Greul (GER) vs. Dusan Lajovic (SRB)
Roberto Bautista-Agut (ESP) vs. Jesse Huta Galung (NED)
Joao Sousa (POR) vs. (3) Rui Machado (POR)
Florent Serra (FRA) vs. Jan Hajek (CZE)

 

[Yves.]

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Wow really good challenger!

 

[jonnyboy21]

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I'm very pleased to see Gulbis enter for this. It indicates he has accepted the need to step down a level to regain some form and confidence.

 

[Filo V.]

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Agree on Gulbis and the same can be said of Stebe, and Garcia-Lopez.

On paper, the list is good, but most of these players are in bad form, so it will be interesting to see who can take the title.

 

[Sombrerero loco]

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wow gulbis :drool: also other good players here too as bedene, mannarino and donskoy...GL!

 

[Chase Visa]

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No Bolelli?

Hopefully Gulbis or Stebe takes some form out of this.

 

[Chris.]

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De Schepper and Stebe OUT. Brown and Rufin IN.

 

[Filo V.]

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Simone lives in Monte Carlo and is playing MC qualifying.

As long as the final is some combination of Serra/Hajek/Schoorel, I will be happy.

 

[The Prince]

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Hope Thomas defends his title. I think Bedene can continue his good form here though so it will be an interesting tournament.

 

[Sombrerero loco]

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btw watching gulbis on a challenger tournament shows that he still cares about tennis

 

[Kante]

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Bedene, De Schepper, Sela and Stebe out, Brown, Rufin, Vagnozzi and Sousa in.

 

[james82]

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ahh sucks about stebe,but at least hes replaced by rufin

 

[misty1]

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would love to see marsel go deep here. hopefully andi beck can actually play this event and can do well here

if the draw allows it the ideal final for me would feature 2 of ilhan, gulbis,kuznetsov and beck

 

[misty1]

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damn andi beck out:sad:

well hopefully andrey, marsel and ernests go deep

 

[Chase Visa]

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As long as Machado does crap, I'll be happy.

 

[Filo V.]

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True. Only about 5-6 more weeks of Rui in the top 100. Hopefully he loses no later than QF in every single challenger event and R1 of every ATP event until that time.

 

[Moder]

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Main Draw:

First Round
(1)Ernests Gulbis (LAT) vs Simon Greul (GER)
(q) vs Maxime Teixeira (FRA)
(WC)Gianluca Naso (ITA) vs Dusan Lajovic (SRB)
Javier Marti (ESP) vs (5)Grega Zemlja (SLO)
(4)Igor Sijsling (NED) vs Simone Vagnozzi (ITA)
Roberto Bautista-Agut (ESP) vs (q)
Jesse Huta Galung (NED) vs (WC)Vincenzo Santopadre (ITA)
(q) vs (6)Adrian Mannarino (FRA)
(7)Marsel Ilhan (TUR) vs (WC)Nicola Barraco (ITA)
Dusan Lojda (CZE) vs Joao Sousa (POR)
Andrey Golubev (KAZ) vs (WC)Marco Cecchinato (ITA)
Evgeny Donskoy (RUS) vs (3)Rui Machado (POR)
(8)Thomas Schoorel (NED) vs Florent Serra (FRA)
Laurynas Grigelis (LTU) vs Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS)
Jan Hajek (CZE) vs (q)
Dustin Brown (GER) vs (2)Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)

http://www.stevegtennis.com/results/2012/ch-rome.txt

 

[Chilenaitor]

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GL Brown!

 

[Nathaliia]

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fun match in Q against fischer and krajinovic, at one point fischer won 11 out of 12 games and still lost

great and needed win for filip :yeah: i was afraid he was going to retire with that bagel and instant break down. hopefully just a mental collapse and not physical

 

[Kiman]

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fun match in Q against fischer and krajinovic, at one point fischer won 11 out of 12 games and still lost

great and needed win for filip :yeah: i was afraid he was going to retire with that bagel and instant break down. hopefully just a mental collapse and not physical

Completely mental. Fischer didn't help either, he's tricky player, reminded me a lot of Murray. Combination of pushing, tricks and wrong-footing opponent. Filip is much more complete tennis player, though.
Filip also easily won in final round and into main draw.