[PatatRiek]

new event for men in Belgium (at last!)

La Deux will show live coverage starting with the quarter finals

Entry list :
1 Rochus, Christophe BEL 57
2 Karlovic, Ivo CRO 83
3 Bracciali, Daniele ITA 92
4 Haehnel, Jerome FRA 97
5 Murray, Andy GBR 111
6 Bastl, George SUI 112
7 Norman, Dick BEL 113
8 Dupuis, Antony FRA 120
9 Greul, Simon GER 121
10 Vliegen, Kristof BEL 126
11 Marach, Oliver AUT 128
12 Lapentti, Giovanni ECU 131
13 Lisnard, Jean-Rene FRA 137
14 Tabara, Michal CZE 138
15 Benneteau, Julien FRA 141
16 Kucera, Karol SVK 142
17 Labadze, Irakli GEO 143
18 Kubot, Lukasz POL 150
19 Kunitsyn, Igor RUS 155
20 Carraz, Gregory FRA 157
21 Mahut, Nicolas FRA 167
22 Berrer, Michael GER 169
23 (SE)
24 (SE)
25 (WC)Malisse, Xavier BEL
26 (WC)Rochus, Olivier BEL
27 (WC)Darcis, Steve BEL
28 (WC)Wauters, Stefan BEL
29 (Q)
30 (Q)
31 (Q)
32 (Q)

Alternates
1 Gicquel, Marc FRA 170
2 Elseneer, Gilles BEL 171
3 Okun, Noam ISR 172
4 Roger-Vasselin, Edouard FRA 173
5 Devilder, Nicolas FRA 178
6 Gabashvili, Teimuraz RUS 179
7 Heuberger, Ivo SUI 191
8 Niemeyer, Frederic CAN 193
9 Parmar, Arvind GBR 195
10 van Scheppingen, Dennis NED 209
11 Koellerer, Daniel AUT 210
12 De Voest, Rik RSA 214
13 Galvani, Stefano ITA 215
14 Masson, Jeroen BEL 223
15 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried FRA 225


check out the website : www.ethiastrophy.be

i'm providing live scores for this event, if interested go to http://BELGIANTENNIS.ORG :wavey:

 

[JuanRodriguez]

some additional information:

ETHIAS TROPHY
MONS (BELGIUM)
1 – 9 OCTOBER 2005
$ 125,000+H Category (€ 21,250)
32 DRAW

Mons.Expo, Avenue Abel Dubois
7000 MONS
SURFACE: GREENSET
BALL: ?
PRIZE MONEY: ? EURO
WEB SITE: www.ethiastrophy.be


no player list available yet
except,

Main Draw
WC 2 players ranked between 11 & 50
WC Steve Darcis (BEL)

Qualifying Draw
WC winner Walloon championships (AFT)
+ 5 WC tbc

 

[JuanRodriguez]

Xavier Malisse said today 'Het Nieuwsblad' (a Belgian newspaper) that he will come to the challenger of Mons! :yeah:

 

[JuanRodriguez]

Dick Norman won't play in Mons... He'll be playing in Tokyo at the time. Hopefully the rest of the Belgian players will come...

 

[PatatRiek]

Dick Norman won't play in Mons... He'll be playing in Tokyo at the time. Hopefully the rest of the Belgian players will come...

the entry list comes out next tuesday ... Xavier & Ollie will need a Wildcard cos they'll be in ATP top 50 ... Gilles Elseneer will probably not make the cut for main draw, hopefully they'll give him a wildcard as well ....

 

[smucav]

1 Rochus, Christophe BEL 57
2 Karlovic, Ivo CRO 83
3 Bracciali, Daniele ITA 92
4 Haehnel, Jerome FRA 97
5 Murray, Andy GBR 111
6 Bastl, George SUI 112
7 Norman, Dick BEL 113
8 Dupuis, Antony FRA 120
9 Greul, Simon GER 121
10 Vliegen, Kristof BEL 126
11 Marach, Oliver AUT 128
12 Lapentti, Giovanni ECU 131
13 Lisnard, Jean-Rene FRA 137
14 Tabara, Michal CZE 138
15 Benneteau, Julien FRA 141
16 Kucera, Karol SVK 142
17 Labadze, Irakli GEO 143
18 Kubot, Lukasz POL 150
19 Kunitsyn, Igor RUS 155
20 Carraz, Gregory FRA 157
21 Mahut, Nicolas FRA 167
22 Berrer, Michael GER 169
23 (SE)
24 (SE)
25 (WC) Malisse, Xavier
26 (WC) Rochus, Olivier
27 (WC) Darcis, Steve
28 (WC)
29 (Q)
30 (Q)
31 (Q)
32 (Q)

Alternates
1 Gicquel, Marc FRA 170
2 Elseneer, Gilles BEL 171
3 Okun, Noam ISR 172
4 Roger-Vasselin, Edouard FRA 173
5 Devilder, Nicolas FRA 178
6 Gabashvili, Teimuraz RUS 179
7 Heuberger, Ivo SUI 191
8 Niemeyer, Frederic CAN 193
9 Parmar, Arvind GBR 195
10 van Scheppingen, Dennis NED 209
11 Koellerer, Daniel AUT 210
12 De Voest, Rik RSA 214
13 Galvani, Stefano ITA 215
14 Masson, Jeroen BEL 223
15 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried FRA 225

 

[PatatRiek]

Dick Norman won't play in Mons... He'll be playing in Tokyo at the time. Hopefully the rest of the Belgian players will come...

he didn't made the cut for Tokyo, he entered for Mons so he has to play here ....

Wildcards for Darcis, Malisse & Olivier Rochus

 

[Alvarillo]

:lol: Mons :lol:
this summer i did the interrail travel around France, Belgium and Netherlands and one of the last days we were completely lost, we wanted to go to Paris from Brussels and we ended in Mons station :lol: after that we finally could go to Lille and then to Paris :lol: was really funny
i'll never forget Mons ... rail station :lol:

 

[Björki]

Alternates
1 Gicquel, Marc FRA 170
2 Elseneer, Gilles BEL 171
3 Okun, Noam ISR 172
4 Roger-Vasselin, Edouard FRA 173
5 Devilder, Nicolas FRA 178
6 Gabashvili, Teimuraz RUS 179
7 Heuberger, Ivo SUI 191
8 Niemeyer, Frederic CAN 193
9 Parmar, Arvind GBR 195
10 van Scheppingen, Dennis NED 209
11 Koellerer, Daniel AUT 210
12 De Voest, Rik RSA 214
13 Galvani, Stefano ITA 215
14 Masson, Jeroen BEL 223
15 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried FRA 225

 

[Super-Fabio]

good luck Daniele......

 

[Papakori]

Good luck Ivo and Andy! I hope i can go!

 

[PatatRiek]

the last wild card has been given to Stefan Wauters ...

hopefully Gilles Elseneer will make the main draw, he's 2nd ALT ... i only hope he's not injured cos he hasn't played since the US open

 

[PatatRiek]

hmmm Elseneer now pulled out of Grenoble ... looks like he's injured :sad:

 

[PatatRiek]

today was press conference in brussels at ethias office attended by o rochus & x malisse, i couldn't make it but hopefully they are friends again now

2 withdrawals meanwhile, so another belgian in the main draw ...

 

[Nathaliia]

today was press conference in brussels at ethias office attended by o rochus & x malisse, i couldn't make it but hopefully they are friends again now

2 withdrawals meanwhile, so another belgian in the main draw ...

will you be seeing this tournament live?
ps. and do you know if Tommy Vanhoudt is going to play doubles there?

 

[PatatRiek]

will you be seeing this tournament live??

of course

ps. and do you know if Tommy Vanhoudt is going to play doubles there?

i'm not sure ... but it would surprise me if he didn't sign in for doubles... after all, this is the only tennis event in belgium ... i just hope he's not playing with c. rochus on this tournie

btw, mons want to be on the ATP calendar next year

 

[Nathaliia]

i'm not sure ... but it would surprise me if he didn't sign in for doubles... after all, this is the only tennis event in belgium ... i just hope he's not playing with c. rochus on this tournie

btw, mons want to be on the ATP calendar next year

nooo i guess he'll play with cibulec, they get on well together and in szczecin they showed a good piece of tennis, they were clapping to each other after any great ball, i liked it a lot, other teams don't do that too often.

atp... wow... i wish wroclaw challenger was an atp event, it was said to be once... even dominik hrbaty confirmed he heard the rumours, but instead the KGHM cuprum factory prefers to buy matches for local football club and the sum of money went even down and now it's doubtful if the challenger will appear in 2006. good luck anyways and have fun. belgium is so small country but has so many good players, you deserve it :yeah:

 

[JuanRodriguez]

today was press conference in brussels at ethias office attended by o rochus & x malisse, i couldn't make it but hopefully they are friends again now

2 withdrawals meanwhile, so another belgian in the main draw ...

unfortunately Elseneer won't either play due to injury :sad:

 

[CooCooCachoo]

I am contemplating going for the qualies, but I cannot find info on how close the Mons Expo is to the station, or whether it's easily accessible by bus. Could someone help me out?

 

[PatatRiek]

I am contemplating going for the qualies, but I cannot find info on how close the Mons Expo is to the station, or whether it's easily accessible by bus. Could someone help me out?

i never been there so i can't really help, but since it is an Expo i expect it has a good connection with the station/

this plan might help ya

more venue info : www.monsexpo.be

Gare de Mons = the station