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Week 43: Challenger Banque Nationale Rimouski [Rimouski]

Location: Rimouski, Canada
Type:$25K+H
Surface: indoor carpet
Date: 22-28 October, 2007

Tournament website: http://www.tennisrimouski.com/
Tournament fact sheet:to come

Ranking points:

W - 50
  F - 35
  SF - 22
  QF - 12
  R16 - 5
  R32 - 0
  Q - 2
  Qualifiers who lose in the first round receive no additional first round points.

Entry List:
1. Isner, John (USA) 144
2. Fleishman, Zack (USA) 145
3. Smeets, Robert (AUS) 177
4. Healey, Nathan (AUS) 185
5. Kuznetsov, Alex (USA) 196
6. Niemeyer, Frederic (CAN) 198
7. Bachinger, Matthias (GER) 201
8. Witten, Jesse (USA) 204
9. Stadler, Simon (GER) 211
10. Lugassy, Gary (FRA) 222
11. Brands, Daniel (GER) 224
12. Bozoljac, Ilija (SRB) 227
13. Wilson, Brian (USA) 249
14. Gensse, Augustin (FRA) 270
15. Francis, Alberto (USA) 275
16. Evans, Brendan (USA) 278
17. Villar, Juan Pablo (ARG) 288
18. Jenkins, Scoville (USA) 301
19. King-Turner, Daniel (NZL) 311
20. Fruttero, John Paul (USA) 320
21. Niland, Conor (IRL) 325
22. Polansky, Peter (CAN) 328
23. (SE)
24. (SE)
25. (WC)
26. (WC)
27. (WC)
28. (WC)
29. (Q)
30. (Q)
31. (Q)
32. (Q)

Alternates
1. Capkovic, Kamil SVK 370
2. Gonzalez, Santiago MEX 371
3. Simmonds, Phillip USA 397
4. Cook, Lester USA 409
5. Borvanov, Roman USA 418
6. Stancik, Jan SVK 427
7. Levine, Jesse USA 433
8. Vacek, Martin CZE 446
9. Kryvonos, Nikita USA 474
10. Durek, Raphael AUS 477
11. Dasnieres de Veigy, Jonathan FRA 479
12. Thomson, Clint AUS 485
13. Kretschmer, Gero GER 519
14. Obradovic, Vladimir SRB 520
15. Valtzer, Dekel ISR 521
16. Madjarovski, Darko SRB 528
17. Da Col, Alessandro ITA 549
18. # Popovic, Petar FRA 564
19. Marx, Philipp GER 588
20. Pokrajac, Milan CAN 602

 

[d_s]

Re: Week 43: Rimouski, Canada

Fred and Peter in the main draw

 

[d_s]

Re: Week 43: Rimouski, Canada

MD wildcards to Bester and Pokrajac

http://www.tenniscanada.ca/Pub/DisplayNewsStory.aspx?NavID=43&ContentID=5571

 

[Snowwy]

Re: Week 43: Rimouski, Canada

Peter in his first MD, too bad its here though cuz he would have gotten a WC anyway, but good for other Canadians.

 

[valexie03]

Re: Week 43: Rimouski, Canada

Interesting field. Well organized tournament

 

[jetzt]

Re: Week 43: Rimouski, Canada

I live there and I can't wait! Nice to see Fred here for the 1st time (and who knows how long is gonna play) and Peter, Philip. And it's nice that Pokrajac got a wildcard. Don't know anything about him besides his name so it's going to be interesting to get to know a new player.
The organizers said last year that we'll get new seats and I hope they will keep their word. My butt took days to recover last year. :lol:

 

[Snowwy]

Re: Week 43: Rimouski, Canada

So Porkrajac and Bester are the first two wildcards.

They should give one to Duclos but they probably wont, I dunno why. And maybe to Vasek?

 

[valexie03]

Re: Week 43: Rimouski, Canada

So Porkrajac and Bester are the first two wildcards.

They should give one to Duclos but they probably wont, I dunno why. And maybe to Vasek?

Why Vasek

 

[jetzt]

Re: Week 43: Rimouski, Canada

So Porkrajac and Bester are the first two wildcards.

They should give one to Duclos but they probably wont, I dunno why. And maybe to Vasek?

I read in a newspaper that Duclos is not coming. He said he wasn't coming back to America for only one tournament.

 

[d_s]

Re: Week 43: Rimouski, Canada

I read in a newspaper that Duclos is not coming. He said he wasn't coming back to America for only one tournament.

That's right I think. He's supposed to be going to Korea to play the challengers there.

 

[valexie03]

Re: Week 43: Rimouski, Canada

That's right I think. He's supposed to be going to Korea to play the challengers there.

That's OK Good luck in Korea

 

[JMG]

Re: Week 43: Rimouski, Canada

Is the web-tv from last year still there?

 

[JanineGermany]

Re: Week 43: Rimouski, Canada

I hope so, I would love to see Ilija playing there...

 

[jetzt]

Re: Week 43: Rimouski, Canada

Is the web-tv from last year still there?

Yes in a local newspaper it said it will still be there again this year.

 

[frenchie]

Re: Week 43: Rimouski, Canada

I'm studying in Rimouski since september!!

I can't wait for the tournament to start

 

[Snowwy]

Re: Week 43: Rimouski, Canada

Why Vasek

Why not Vasek. Especially with Duclos not coming. Berard doesnt have any real potnetial, Chvokja could get one no doubt but the rest of the ranked Canadians cant even qualify for a futures event. Vasek just started playing in qualifiers regularly and he could use some help and experience.

By the way, whats going on with Steckley, is he retired?

 

[CooCooCachoo]

Re: Week 43: Rimouski, Canada

Flavio should have decided to go here

 

[valexie03]

Re: Week 43: Rimouski, Canada

Why not Vasek. Especially with Duclos not coming. Berard doesnt have any real potnetial, Chvokja could get one no doubt but the rest of the ranked Canadians cant even qualify for a futures event. Vasek just started playing in qualifiers regularly and he could use some help and experience.

By the way, whats going on with Steckley, is he retired?

I was not implying that the WC should go to a Canadian player, I was simply asking what I think is a legitimate question

 

[Snowwy]

Re: Week 43: Rimouski, Canada

I was not implying that the WC should go to a Canadian player, I was simply asking what I think is a legitimate question

No point in helping the Americans, they dont help Peter

Obviously if they can get a topish play than sure, but there is no point in giving it to a Phillip Simmonds type of player like they did in Vancouver

 

[valexie03]

Re: Week 43: Rimouski, Canada

Flavio should have decided to go here

No point in helping the Americans, they dont help Peter

Obviously if they can get a topish play than sure, but there is no point in giving it to a Phillip Simmonds type of player like they did in Vancouver

Of course, no WC should be given to an American player considering the number of Challengers played in the US.

Why not give a WC to an European player who has not entered the tournament