Topic: ATP DUBAI DUTY FREE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS

[Gawdblessya]

ATP DUBATP DUBAI DUTY FREE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Official Website:

http://www.dubaidutyfreetennischampionships.com/


The Singles Draw:

http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2013/495/mds.pdf

The Doubles Draw:

http://www.atpworldtour.com/Share/Event-Draws.aspx?Year=2013&EventId=495&Draw=md

Order of play for 25th February 2013:

http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2013/495/op.pdf

CENTRE COURT Start 2:00 pm

Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) v [7] Andreas Seppi (ITA)

Blaz Kavcic (SLO) v [8] Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)

Not Before 7:00 PM

[WC] Malek Jaziri (TUN) v [2] Roger Federer (SUI)

[PR] Somdev Devvarman (IND) v [Q] Igor Kunitsyn (RUS)

COURT 1 Start 3:00 pm

[Q] Florent Serra (FRA) v [Q] Daniel Brands (GER)

Not Before 4:30 PM

Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)/Dick Norman (BEL) v [WC] Novak Djokovic (SRB)/Marko Djokovic (SRB)

COURT 3 Start 2:00 pm

David Goffin (BEL) v Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP)

Lukas Rosol (CZE) v [Q] Matteo Viola (ITA)

[1] Marcel Granollers (ESP) / Marc Lopez (ESP) v Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) / David Goffin (BEL)

[sid]

Roger is on court & his first match @ Dubai is about 2 start.

[swish]

Fed having a tough time, is this guy playing out of his mind or what?   

[sid]

Fed having a tough time, is this guy playing out of his mind or what?   

Roger was abit out of sorts in first set,looks like he now woke up Swish & takes second set 6 love.

[Alex]

bizarre match. Fed's clowining around against some guy who is coming back from injury ... Fped will probably take it but this doesn't look good at at all

[swish]

Jesus man, Fed's got to stop playing around. Not good for the heart. 

[FedFanForever]

Typical Fard early round match. Doesn't matter, Nole is winning the title.

[Dallas]

Roger scared me a little in that first set...but played more like I thought he should in the 2nd and 3rd.  But...hey...a win is a win!!!!!!   I see Novak was playing doubles with his brother but they lost in the first round, so now he can just concentrate on singles.

[Gawdblessya]

I note that Federer decided to take the scenic route against Jaziri, losing the first set. Sloppy, to say the least. But he was hardly under siege, allowing his opponent just 2 games in the last 2 sets. 

I like Brands game.  He should give |Youzhny a good match next. 

There should be some interesting matches tomorrow - Del Potro/Baghdatis, for example. Tipsarevic / Davydenko too.   


Results for 25.02.13

Federer   d   M Jaziri   57 60 62   
Devvarman  d    Kunitsyn   61 64
Seppi         d     Mathieu   63 75
Youzhny   d      Kavcic   16 61 63   
Brands   d      Serra      76(7) 64
Bautista Agut   d   Goffin   62 75
Rosol     d     Viola       63 75


Davydenko /  Norman   d   Djokovic /  Djokovic   46 63 10-4      
Granollers /  Lopez   d       Baghdatis / D Goffin   64 61


Schedule for Tuesday, February 26, 2013

CENTRE COURT Start 2:00 pm

[6] Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)  v  Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)

Not Before 4:00 PM

[4] Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG)  v Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)

Not Before 7:00 PM

[1] Novak Djokovic (SRB)  v   Viktor Troicki (SRB)
[5] Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)  v  Michael Llodra (FRA)

COURT 1 Start 12:00 noon

Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP)/Andreas Seppi (ITA)  v  Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)

Not Before 2:00 PM

Victor Hanescu (ROU)  v Bernard Tomic (AUS)
Marcel Granollers (ESP) v Albert Montanes (ESP)

Not Before 6:00 PM

[WC] Rajeev Ram (USA)  v [3] Tomas Berdych (CZE)

COURT 3 Start 2:00 pm

Tobias Kamke (GER)  v Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ)
[3] Robert Lindstedt (SWE) /Nenad Zimonjic (SRB)  v  Eric Butorac (USA)/Paul Hanley (AUS)
[WC] Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) v Jan Hajek (CZE)

[Gawdblessya]

Pity Tipsarevic is injured. Davydenko won, but it was an odd match, JT having been assertive at first, but losing in straight sets.

I watched the Del Potro / Baghdatis match & enjoyed it. Both men can play some excellent tennis & did so. JMD-P played a poor game to lose the 1st set, but improved focus & got the break early in the 2nd set, keeping the advantage to take the set. The 3rd was closely contested & JMD-P saved match points against him to get it to a TB.  This no doubt gave him momentum as he stayed ahead in much of the TB to win it.  Well done to him for getting through a close match against an opponent he struggles with.

Tomic is out - apparently injured.  Tsonga / Llodra should be a good match.

I'm watching Djokovic / Troicki  as I work.  ND is up a break & putting pressure on VT's serve, breaking again to go up 4-1.  There will no surprises in this match, which should be a straight sets win for ND.

[Alex]

I'm so happy that TSN is broadcasting Dubai, so I don't have to put up with silly live streams. Djokovic is simply unplayable at the moment. He crushed Troicki, painting lines, hitting winners from all over the court. Just beautiful to watch.

now I'm just watching the DP/Baghdatis match. I know the result already ... feel bad for Baghdatis, love his smile and his style but It wasn't meant to be today.

[Clay Death]

hola general alex. nole the barbarian.
 
i think he can beat the bryan brothers by himself. or probably any other 2 players combined on the hard courts at the moment.

[Alex]

hola general alex. nole the barbarian.
 
i think he can beat the bryan brothers by himself. or probably any other 2 players combined on the hard courts at the moment.

hey General Herc. yeah, Nole was scary good/sharp. I've quoted you on MTF regarding your old quote 'the movement of death' ... oh boy, you are so right ... really don't know how he does it. He is a freak of nature. Troicki wasn't actually too bad.

[Gawdblessya]

Djokovic looked majestic on court today, entertaining us to a masterclass. And Tsonga couldn't muster up the energy to produce his best tennis, allowing Llodra to provide some delightful play.

Wednesday's schedule has a lot of potentially excellent matches, both singles & doubles & I should be able to watch at least some live.

Results for 26th February:
 
Djokovic   d   Troicki   61 64
Davydenko   d   Tipsarevic   60 75   
Llodra   d   Tsonga   76(3) 62
Del Potro   d   Baghdatis   46 64 76(4)   
Berdych   d   Ram   61 63   
Hanescu   d  Tomic   32   (retired)
Granollers   d  Montanes   63 61
Kamke   d  Kukushkin   46 64 64   
Tursunov   d  Hajek   46 61 62

Doubles results:

Erlich / Youzhny   d   Bautista Agut / A Seppi   64 75   
Lindstedt / Zimonjic   d  Butorac /  Hanley   63 64   


Schedule of play for 27th February 2013:

CENTRE COURT Start 2:00 pm
Tobias Kamke (GER) v [3] Tomas Berdych (CZE)

Not Before 4:00 PM
[4] Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) v [PR] Somdev Devvarman (IND)

Not Before 7:00 PM
Marcel Granollers (ESP) v [2] Roger Federer (SUI)
[1] Novak Djokovic (SRB) v Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP)

COURT 1 Start 2:00 pm
[Q] Daniel Brands (GER) v [8] Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)
Lukas Rosol (CZE)  v  [7] Andreas Seppi (ITA)
Michael Llodra (FRA)  v [WC] Dmitry Tursunov (RUS)
Rohan Bopanna (IND)/Rajeev Ram (USA) v [2] Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)/Jean-Julien Rojer (NED)
Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/Michael Llodra (FRA) v Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)/Viktor Troicki (SRB)

COURT 3 Start 2:00 pm
Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) v Victor Hanescu (ROU)
Julian Knowle (AUT)/Filip Polasek (SVK) v [4] Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL)/Marcin Matkowski (POL)
[3] Robert Lindstedt (SWE)/Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) v Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)/Dick Norman (BEL)
Victor Hanescu (ROU)/Lukas Rosol (CZE) v [WC] Omar Awadhy (UAE)/Hamad Abbas Janahi (UAE)

[Alex]

Roger's screaming pink shoes/pink laces are killing my eyes. I can't focus on the match 

[FedFanForever]

What is the score of Fed def Granola?

[Alex]

What is the score of Fed def Granola?

Fed 6:3 6:4. Fed was much better than in R41. Some beautiful shot making from Fed followed by silly UE. Fed's serve needs to improve tho, it was off today, but Granollers was mediocre so the final result was never in doubt.

[swish]

Roger's screaming pink shoes/pink laces are killing my eyes. I can't focus on the match 

It's gamemanship, trying to distract opponents.
 
 

[Alex]

Djokovic simply destroyed Seppi 6:0 6:3. He just toyed with him, being absolutely clinical.

Now, let's see if old guys can give us a good match.

[Alex]

Davydenko is one of my favorite players. It breaks my heart that such a talent pretty much wasted his career. Many so called 'tennis fans' have never recognized what a great player he is. He's been a shadow of himself lately ... anway, still hoping for a competitive match. Fed is not doing anything special. If Kolya could just cut down his UE, IF...