Hamburg: Draw is out!!

Marius_Hancu · May 12, 2007

http://www.atptennis.com/en/common/.../www.atptennis.com/1/posting/2007/414/mds.pdf

Let's hope that both masters will show up

Federer: Bye, Hrbaty, Safin/Ferrero, Ljubicic, Djokovic, Nadal
Nadal: Bye, B. Becker, Baghdatis/Andreev, F. Gonzalez/Gasquet, Robredo/Davydenko, Federer

Andres · May 12, 2007

Let's see some interesting 1st round matchups:

Verdasco/Berdych
Volandri/Murray
Calleri/Hewitt
Chela/Cañas

GAUDIO/GASQUET (War of the backhands!!)

ACE of Hearts · May 12, 2007

Nadal will not play Hamburg, u can bet on that.I am sure he doesnt want to burn himsefl out with all these clay tournaments.

kimizz · May 12, 2007

I want to see Nadal dropping out and Federer participating. We would see who is the nr2 atm on clay

Baghdatis72 · May 12, 2007

ACE of Hearts said:
Nadal will not play Hamburg, u can bet on that.I am sure he doesnt want to burn himsefl out with all these clay tournaments.

Agreed especially with the RG coming soon.

Breaker · May 12, 2007

Hewitt has the absolute worst clay court draw possible, Calleri, Chela/Canas, Davydenko. Unfortunate, guess it's another first round exit.

127mph · May 12, 2007

verdasco berdych is big forehand ballin!!!

illkhiboy · May 12, 2007

Why is Roddick not playing? Also dissapointed to see Nalbandian missing the tournament. Hope to see a Safin-Federer clash.

Nadal_Freak · May 12, 2007

Hamburg suits Nadal's game so well to. Oh well Roland Garros is what matters I guess. Too bad Nadal couldn't finish off Davydenko in 2 sets.

Deleted member 4983 · May 12, 2007

If Nadal drops out for some rest, this may be Federer's only chance to pick up a clay master's this year. Oh wait, is Volandri playing? (Laughing)

oscar_2424 · May 12, 2007

Chela will beat Canas.

Andres · May 12, 2007

Perhaps, O. But perhaps not.
Cañas beat Chela earlier this year (7-6 6-1), and I can't think of any other reason to think Chela will beat Cañas now. In fact, last time Chela defeated Cañas was in 2004...

Chadwixx · May 12, 2007

Breaker said:
Hewitt has the absolute worst clay court draw possible, Calleri, Chela/Canas, Davydenko. Unfortunate, guess it's another first round exit.

He's been getting these draws since he sued the atp a few years ago. Strange coincidence i guess.

diegaa · May 12, 2007

oscar_2424 said:
Chela will beat Canas.

as A said, I dont see chela beating cañas... his game doesnt suit juan i. very well.

Ethan04 · May 12, 2007

I want to see Safin vs. Nadal.

diegaa · May 12, 2007

Ethan04 said:
I want to see Safin vs. Nadal.

its not gonna happen. at least in hamburg. :neutral:

jmsx521 · May 12, 2007

What was PR? Verkerk and Andreev get PR?

unkast · May 12, 2007

jmsx521 said:
What was PR? Verkerk and Andreev get PR?

Protected Ranking, I think.

jmsx521 · May 12, 2007

Protected ranking? He is in his best -- 895 in the world, since his comeback, but I didn't think that would be good enough to get him in!

jmsx521 · May 12, 2007

Russell is trying to qualify. He's been playing good lately and is probably going to play Roland Garros.

Janne · May 12, 2007

Why did Hewitt sue the ATP for?

aramis · May 12, 2007

Federer-Ferrero in R16 looks promising. I always look forward to this matchup, especially on clay.

edmondsm · May 12, 2007

illkhiboy said:
Why is Roddick not playing? Also dissapointed to see Nalbandian missing the tournament. Hope to see a Safin-Federer clash.

Yeah what the F. Is Nalbandian retiring or something?

Good to see Blake showing up. Don't think he will go far on the slow Hamburg clay. Might have to play Stepanek first. Ouch.

edmondsm · May 12, 2007

jmsx521 said:
Russell is trying to qualify. He's been playing good lately and is probably going to play Roland Garros.

Sweet. My money is on him breaking Nadal's streak.

illkhiboy · May 12, 2007

edmondsm said:
Yeah what the F. Is Nalbandian retiring or something?

Good to see Blake showing up. Don't think he will go far on the slow Hamburg clay. Might have to play Stepanek first. Ouch.

I think Blake can become a solid clay-courter. Last year, he was serving at 6-4, 4-3 against Ancic and then eventually lost. He wasn't playing bad, it's just that Ancic came up with the goods at the right times.

Nadal_Freak · May 13, 2007

illkhiboy said:
I think Blake can become a solid clay-courter. Last year, he was serving at 6-4, 4-3 against Ancic and then eventually lost. He wasn't playing bad, it's just that Ancic came up with the goods at the right times.

I doubt it. Blake just hits too flat for clay courts. He is much more effective on hard courts. His power his neutralized some by the clay as well as the ball sitting up a little more. Also the movement on clay is much different as proven by Nadal.

thu_huong · May 13, 2007

Fena is in Nadal's draw, may them meet eachother again

federerfanatic · May 13, 2007

I think Nadal will pull out. I do think Federer would have pulled out to but wont because he lost early in Rome.

J-man · May 13, 2007

Hamburg is a faster clay court so Federer has a good chance.

Andres · May 13, 2007

J-man said:
Hamburg is a faster clay court so Federer has a good chance.

No.

Hamburg is probably the slowest claycourt in the entire european continent. Is almost as slow as the southamerican clay.

TheTruth · May 13, 2007

Simon Cowell said:
If Nadal drops out for some rest, this may be Federer's only chance to pick up a clay master's this year. Oh wait, is Volandri playing? (Laughing)

Thanks for almost making me choke on my Dorito's. That was hilarious!

Baghdatis72 · May 13, 2007

Simon Cowell said:
If Nadal drops out for some rest, this may be Federer's only chance to pick up a clay master's this year. Oh wait, is Volandri playing? (Laughing)

I have to admit that you may post some junk once in a while but this post was priceless :lol:

jmsx521 · May 13, 2007

jmsx521 said:
What was PR? Verkerk and Andreev get PR?

I just figured it out: PR = Pending Removal… until they select what other player to put on his spot.
“Ok Mr. Verkerk, you’re out of the draw!”
“What do you mean…? I haven’t even played yet!”
“It doesn’t matter. We are replacing you with another player: you are out!”
“But, but…”
“No buts: you are out!”

Say Chi Sin Lo · May 13, 2007

i'm hopeful of a federer vs. safin quarters

Morrissey · May 13, 2007

Simon Cowell said:
If Nadal drops out for some rest, this may be Federer's only chance to pick up a clay master's this year. Oh wait, is Volandri playing? (Laughing)

Man, that's mean.

Kicking the horse while he's down eh?

Morrissey · May 13, 2007

Baghdatis72 said:
I have to admit that you may post some junk once in a while but this post was priceless :lol:

Yeah, that post of Simon's was pretty clever.

Heavy Metal Tennis Star · May 13, 2007

pretty tough draw for baghdatis.

Buuurnz · May 14, 2007

yeah hamburg has pretty slow clay courts...I played a match on the center court once and it's slower than the courts I played in spain!

javier sergio · May 14, 2007

oscar_2424 said:
Chela will beat Canas.

Oscar, could you please explain to me you fanatism for Chelini? Come on man.......

Willy, Willy, Willy, Huevo, Huevo, Huevo !!!!

CyBorg · May 14, 2007

J-man said:
Hamburg is a faster clay court so Federer has a good chance.

You can't get much faster than Rome.

Baghdatis72 · May 14, 2007

Heavy Metal Tennis Star said:
pretty tough draw for baghdatis.

It doesn't make any difference since Kohlschreiber will beat him again one way or another. Baghdatis always finds a way to commit suicide in the match and give it away. It's a rare gift.

fastdunn · May 14, 2007

J-man said:
Hamburg is a faster clay court so Federer has a good chance.

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fastdunn · May 14, 2007

J-man said:
Hamburg is a faster clay court so Federer has a good chance.

Actually, Hamburg is one of the slowest courts on earth and
Federer actually has been doing better on it.

Federer won his 1st ever Masters title at Hamburg beating Safin and Kuerten
in 2002, for example. He is actually very good on slow courts.

In fact, his initial success on tour was on slower courts.
He won Wimbledon once its courts got slow.....

rhubarb · May 14, 2007

fastdunn said:
Actually, Hamburg is one of the slowest courts on earth and
Federer actually has been doing better on it.

Federer won his 1st ever Masters title at Hamburg beating Safin and Kuerten
in 2002, for example. He is actually very good on slow courts.

In fact, his initial success on tour was on slower courts.
He won Wimbledon once its courts got slow.....
He never won any title on indoor until 2003.

He used to do very well indoors. His first title was indoors, in Milan in 2001, I believe. He also won in Vienna as early as 2002.

navratilovafan · May 14, 2007

fastdunn said:
Actually, Hamburg is one of the slowest courts on earth and
Federer actually has been doing better on it.

Federer won his 1st ever Masters title at Hamburg beating Safin and Kuerten
in 2002, for example. He is actually very good on slow courts.

In fact, his initial success on tour was on slower courts.
He won Wimbledon once its courts got slow.....
He never won any title on indoor until 2003.

He started winning Wimbledon in 2003 since he became a mature player. Duh!

Heavy Metal Tennis Star · May 14, 2007

Baghdatis72 said:
It doesn't make any difference since Kohlschreiber will beat him again one way or another. Baghdatis always finds a way to commit suicide in the match and give it away. It's a rare gift.

he lost.

fastdunn · May 14, 2007

rhubarb said:
He used to do very well indoors. His first title was indoors, in Milan in 2001, I believe. He also won in Vienna as early as 2002.

Yeah, but Vienna is a hard court event.

Yes, his 1st ATP title was at Milan on indoor carpet. But he lost to
a clay courter at the same court next year.

And he has maintain poor (relatively, compared to other surfaces)
record on indoor carpet.

Especially, the indoor carpet tourney at his home country.
Despite he wanted to win it badly since it's at his home.
He failed to win it until last year when he beat couple of clay courters
from Spain and Argentina to win an indoor carpet court...

Baghdatis72 · May 14, 2007

Heavy Metal Tennis Star said:
he lost.

Well I had a feeling about it. Never mind though because he was never that good on clay anyway.

Hamburg: Draw is out!!

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