2018 Rotterdam - ATP 500; Federer's quest for #1

Otacon

Hall of Fame
Federer appears in Rotterdam for the ninth time. He won the tournament in 2005 and 2012.
It is not yet known when Roger Federer will play his first game in Rotterdam. Most likely this will be on Tuesday or Wednesday evening. The tournament starts on Monday 12 February.

He is entered on the basis of the A + wildcard, which each ATP 500 tournament has available for a select group of players, to make a last-minute entry possibly. The other wildcards are given to Felix Auger-Aliassime, Thiemo de Bakker and Tallon Griekspoor.

ATP 500 ROTTERDAM (NED, Hard Indoor), entry list:
1 Dimitrov, Grigor BUL 3
2 Zverev, Alexander GER 4
3 Goffin, David BEL 7
4 Wawrinka, Stan SUI 9
5 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried FRA 15
6 Pouille, Lucas FRA 18
7 Berdych, Tomas CZE 19
8 Bautista-Agut, Roberto ESP 20
OUT Kyrgios, Nick AUS 21
10 Muller, Gilles LUX 25
11 Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 29
12 Dzumhur, Damir BIH 30
13 Gasquet, Richard FRA 31
14 Zverev, Mischa GER 33
15 Krajinovic, Filip SRB 34
16 Lopez, Feliciano ESP 36
17 Ferrer, David ESP 37
18 Rublev, Andrey RUS 39
19 Sugita, Yuichi JPN 40
20 Paire, Benoit FRA 41
21 Haase, Robin NED 42
22 Khachanov, Karen RUS 45
23 Struff, Jan-Lennard GER 53
24 [SE]
25 WC Auger-Aliassime, Felix CAN 167
26 WC De Bakker, Thiemo NED 356
27 [WC Griekspoor, Tallon NED 262
28 WC Federer, Roger SUI 2
29 [Q]
30 [Q]
31 [Q]
32 [Q]
Alternates:
IN Troicki, Viktor SRB 55
1. Sousa, Joao POR 57
2. Istomin, Denis UZB 63
3. Medvedev, Daniil RUS 65
4. Mayer, Florian GER 69

ATP ROTTERDAM (NED), Qualifying:
1 Medvedev, Daniil RUS 53
2 Istomin, Denis UZB 60
3 Troicki, Viktor SRB 65
4 Mayer, Florian GER 68
5 Kukushkin, Mikhail KAZ 69
6 Sousa, Joao POR 70
7 Fabbiano, Thomas ITA 73
8 Herbert, Pierre-Hugues FRA 74
9 Seppi, Andreas ITA 76
10 Millman, John AUT 81PR
11 Tsitsipas, Stefanos GRE 82
12 Djere, Laslo SRB 85
13 Lacko, Lukas SVK 86
14 WC Van Rijthoven, Tim 1314
15 WC Van de Zandschulp NED 444
16 WC Griekspoor, Scott NED 342
Alternates:
1. Copil, Marius ROU 92
2. Pospisil, Vasek CAN 105
3. Mahut, Nicolas FRA 107
4. Bemelmans, Ruben BEL 117
5. Stakhovsky, Sergiy UKR 120
 
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Red Rick

Bionic Poster
He is the fear of every Federer fan next week

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vive le beau jeu !

Talk Tennis Guru
Federer appears in Rotterdam for the ninth time. He won the tournament in 2005 and 2012.
It is not yet known when Roger Federer will play his first game in Rotterdam. Most likely this will be on Tuesday or Wednesday evening. The tournament starts on Monday 12 February.

He is entered on the basis of the A + wildcard, which each ATP 500 tournament has available for a select group of players, to make a last-minute entry possibly. The other wildcards are given to Felix Auger-Aliassime, Thiemo de Bakker and Tallon Griekspoor.

ATP 500 ROTTERDAM (NED, Hard Indoor), entry list:
1 Dimitrov, Grigor BUL 3
2 Zverev, Alexander GER 4
3 Goffin, David BEL 7
4 Wawrinka, Stan SUI 9
5 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried FRA 15
6 Pouille, Lucas FRA 18
7 Berdych, Tomas CZE 19
8 Bautista-Agut, Roberto ESP 20
9 Kyrgios, Nick AUS 21
10 Muller, Gilles LUX 25
11 Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 29
12 Dzumhur, Damir BIH 30
13 Gasquet, Richard FRA 31
14 Zverev, Mischa GER 33
15 Krajinovic, Filip SRB 34
16 Lopez, Feliciano ESP 36
17 Ferrer, David ESP 37
18 Rublev, Andrey RUS 39
19 Sugita, Yuichi JPN 40
20 Paire, Benoit FRA 41
21 Haase, Robin NED 42
22 Khachanov, Karen RUS 45
23 Struff, Jan-Lennard GER 53
24 [SE]
25 WC Auger-Aliassime, Felix CAN 167
26 WC De Bakker, Thiemo NED 356
27 [WC Griekspoor, Tallon NED 262
28 WC Federer, Roger SUI 2
29 [Q]
30 [Q]
31 [Q]
32 [Q]
Alternates:
1. Troicki, Viktor SRB 55
2. Sousa, Joao POR 57
3. Istomin, Denis UZB 63
4. Medvedev, Daniil RUS 65
5. Mayer, Florian GER 69

ATP ROTTERDAM (NED), Qualifying:
1 Medvedev, Daniil RUS 53
2 Istomin, Denis UZB 60
3 Troicki, Viktor SRB 65
4 Mayer, Florian GER 68
5 Kukushkin, Mikhail KAZ 69
6 Sousa, Joao POR 70
7 Fabbiano, Thomas ITA 73
8 Herbert, Pierre-Hugues FRA 74
9 Seppi, Andreas ITA 76
10 Millman, John AUT 81PR
11 Tsitsipas, Stefanos GRE 82
12 Djere, Laslo SRB 85
13 Lacko, Lukas SVK 86
14 WC Van Rijthoven, Tim 1314
15 WC Van de Zandschulp NED 444
16 WC Griekspoor, Scott NED 342
Alternates:
1. Copil, Marius ROU 92
2. Pospisil, Vasek CAN 105
3. Mahut, Nicolas FRA 107
4. Bemelmans, Ruben BEL 117
5. Stakhovsky, Sergiy UKR 120
wow, WC for felix ? that's great ! :)
that would be his 1st match on the main tour, wouldn't it ?...
... it's all set up for the heir designation :p
 
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stringertom

Bionic Poster
Playing Rotterdam but unsure of his backyard Dubai 500? I don't think so!

If he plays both with good results, that's a cushy lead over Nadal headed into IW. He plays it, skips Miami...maybe a try at clay???
 

Goosehead

Legend
another season of whining, flaky performances, calling the trainer, and tanking :oops: for the wonderfully committed nick krapios. :confused:

always some drama with nick, we almost don't need to know what the "problem" is..we just know its a continuing pattern. meh. o_O
 

merlinpinpin

Hall of Fame
Playing Rotterdam but unsure of his backyard Dubai 500? I don't think so!

If he plays both with good results, that's a cushy lead over Nadal headed into IW. He plays it, skips Miami...maybe a try at clay???

Was seriously lobbying for this exact schedule a few weeks ago (with Madrid/RG combo to give CYGS one last try, just because). That would be great, but let's see how he feels first (probably great should he make the last four next week, lol). :D
 

Silence

Professional
Great news on Fed (pretty sure this means he is healthy and fit), not so much Kyrgios. How is Dimi doing health-wise? Goffin is a question mark and Zverev coming off Davis Cup duty.
 

stringertom

Bionic Poster
Great news on Fed (pretty sure this means he is healthy and fit), not so much Kyrgios. How is Dimi doing health-wise? Goffin is a question mark and Zverev coming off Davis Cup duty.
Goffin is sound...looked good at ATP250 Montpellier in his easy 2R (1R bye) win today.
 

Candide

Hall of Fame
This is awesome. Kyrgios has crappy elbow syndrome. Dimi serving like kaka - serious case of the second serve yips. Zverev can't read a dropper to save his life. Stan playing on one leg. Goffin too small. Tsonga too married and fat.

Berdych is the biggest challenge and unless he has a frontal lobotomy and redlines like a mofo Fed has got to make it to the title. Bring on the No. 1 spot! Genius scheduling.
 

Federer and Del Potro

Bionic Poster
This is awesome. Kyrgios has crappy elbow syndrome. Dimi serving like kaka - serious case of the second serve yips. Zverev can't read a dropper to save his life. Stan playing on one leg. Goffin too small. Tsonga too married and fat.

Berdych is the biggest challenge and unless he has a frontal lobotomy and redlines like a mofo Fed has got to make it to the title. Bring on the No. 1 spot! Genius scheduling.


LOL
 
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Deleted member 688153

Guest
LOL I love the entry list with all the top seeds and then also a random Roger Federer down at #28

The guys who were already playing are probably rolling their eyes and grumbling as their good shot at a prestigious title has now likely become yet another media spectacle where they are sacrificial lambs for some overachieving grandpa who has won more slams than many of them have even played in.




Killerboi is banned.
There is a god
 

Boom-Boom

Legend
This is awesome. Kyrgios has crappy elbow syndrome. Dimi serving like kaka - serious case of the second serve yips. Zverev can't read a dropper to save his life. Stan playing on one leg. Goffin too small. Tsonga too married and fat.

Berdych is the biggest challenge and unless he has a frontal lobotomy and redlines like a mofo Fed has got to make it to the title. Bring on the No. 1 spot! Genius scheduling.

very good summary :D:D
 

Otacon

Hall of Fame
Federer record in Rotterdam

1999 – Quarter-finals (l. Kafelnikov)
2000 – Final (l. Escude)
2002 – Quarter-finals (l. Escude)
2003 – Semi-finals (l. Mirnyi)
2004 – Quarter-finals (l. Henman)
2005 – Winner (d. Ljubicic)
2012 – Winner (d. Del Potro)
2013 – Quarter-finals (l. Benneteau)

- His first match win at Rotterdam was over France’s Guillaume Raoux, who will turn 48 next week.
 

stringertom

Bionic Poster
Federer record in Rotterdam

1999 – Quarter-finals (l. Kafelnikov)
2000 – Final (l. Escude)
2002 – Quarter-finals (l. Escude)
2003 – Semi-finals (l. Mirnyi)
2004 – Quarter-finals (l. Henman)
2005 – Winner (d. Ljubicic)
2012 – Winner (d. Del Potro)
2013 – Quarter-finals (l. Benneteau)

- His first match win at Rotterdam was over France’s Guillaume Raoux, who will turn 48 next week.
2018: Winner will be the 2005 finalists combo Ljuberer!:cool:
 

Meles

Bionic Poster
This is awesome. Kyrgios has crappy elbow syndrome. Dimi serving like kaka - serious case of the second serve yips. Zverev can't read a dropper to save his life. Stan playing on one leg. Goffin too small. Tsonga too married and fat.

Berdych is the biggest challenge and unless he has a frontal lobotomy and redlines like a mofo Fed has got to make it to the title. Bring on the No. 1 spot! Genius scheduling.
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JMR

Hall of Fame
He is entered on the basis of the A + wildcard, which each ATP 500 tournament has available for a select group of players, to make a last-minute entry possibly. The other wildcards are given to Felix Auger-Aliassime, Thiemo de Bakker and Tallon Griekspoor.

Someday this will be the basis of an utterly spectacular trivia question:

What do the following players have in common?
  • Felix Auger-Aliassime
  • Thiemo de Bakker
  • Tallon Griekspoor
  • Roger Federer
 

Sentinel

Bionic Poster
@Sentinel provided a great tip for this - if you try to tag them in a post and they don't show up, they're banned. Not sure how you differentiate temporary from permanent but Senty said it was a temp.
Usually a permanent ban shows "banned" on the profile on the side of a post.

A temp ban does not, but the name won't autocomplete. I think this is to prevent us from getting into discussions about someone being banned and creating a stink.

In some cases, I think there are also perma bans which don't say "banned". Just a feeling, since some have not come back at all.
 

Federer and Del Potro

Bionic Poster
Usually a permanent ban shows "banned" on the profile on the side of a post.

A temp ban does not, but the name won't autocomplete. I think this is to prevent us from getting into discussions about someone being banned and creating a stink.

In some cases, I think there are also perma bans which don't say "banned". Just a feeling, since some have not come back at all.

Understandable from the moderators perspective. That's why it's so confusing to me, because there are people I cannot tag, and their profile doesn't say banned - but the profile itself becomes unavailable to click on and they disappear for good. So I think you're right, there are banned users that are permed and don't have the "banned" rank.
 
It must be so frustrating for the rest of the tour. They probably thought they had seen the last of Fedal at the end of 2016, then Djoker and Muzz fall off a cliff in 2017 only for Fedal to return. The other guys must be wondering when they will actually get rid of these guys so they can win some slams and get hold of the # 1 ranking.
 

Dilexson

Hall of Fame
It must be so frustrating for the rest of the tour. They probably thought they had seen the last of Fedal at the end of 2016, then Djoker and Muzz fall off a cliff in 2017 only for Fedal to return. The other guys must be wondering when they will actually get rid of these guys so they can win some slams and get hold of the # 1 ranking.
As long as they don't beat them they don't deserve a slam, lol.

obvious exaggeration
but hey look at Stan/Cilic/Delpo
 
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