Week 4: Australian Open [Hall]

[Johnners]

Chasing a permanent doubles partner for the open, and rest of the season, if any fellow CDR nationals are interested.

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

I'm interested in that considering my singles ranking continues to drop. You'll probably want someone with a higher entry rank than mine in the meantime, though.

 

[Johnners]

Happy to go with a foreign player for tournaments until ranking are even, or for when we aren't attending the same event.

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

Doubles Entry List

Entry deadline: January 11, II

1 JAMES, Hugh 1 71 ROBINSON, Ralph 1 208 2
2 ONWYE, Hayden 3 77 ONWYE, Ross 4 51 7
3 DAVIS, Heath 5 31 MUSTARD, Jojo 5 29 10
4 DRAKE, Jefferson 7 11 KORPINEN, Martti 7 128 14
5 BACHUNELLI, Sandro 9 NR HADIR, Hicham 9 NR 18
6 COHEN, Tal 11 50 TEPER, Raz 11 302 22
7 KONC, Andrej 14 129 MAXIMOV, Evgeniy 13 NR 27
8 ANDUEZA, Ion 18 40 EMELIO, Sanchez 17 25 35
9 HARMEL, Mark 19 67 PARMENTIER, Yves 16 64 35
10 HANCIANU, Jamee 177 35 OXENSTIERNA, Sven NR 5 40
11 GAI, Kai 21 251 LU, Xun 21 NR 42
12 MACHADO, Carlos 15 109 RODRÍGUES, Denis 28 100 43
13 VARGA, Janos 27 46 VARGA, Zoltan 30 18 45
14 LEE, Inmin 23 112 QINGDONG, Tsai 23 NR 46
15 KROHMAL, Artem 25 NR SHVELIDZE, Merab 25 279 50
16 AMATO, Carlo 50 19 BACHUNELLI, Antonio 32 34 51
17 BLUNDELL, Morton 20 143 BOYD, Wayne 41 41 61
18 BOWENBURG, Rob 29 70 MAXUM, Jarkko 34 57 63
19 BRADLEY, Jason 63 36 SANTOS, Roberto 31 56 67
20 BROOKES, Toby 117 42 CHAMPION, David 79 28 70
21 MALACHENKO, Sergiy 36 NR YARKIN, Alexey 36 NR 72
OUT VOLLAN, Kim 143 37 VOLLAN, Tom 143 37 74
23 FOSDIKE, Mikel 35 146 MARY, Christian 40 175 75
24 KUMAR, Ashim 38 374 KUMAR, Seby 38 NR 76
25 DEPUIS, Jean-Alain 33 49 DONALDSON, Bjorn 45 60 78
26 MANZ, Manfried 43 NR SCHILLER, Walter 43 NR 86
27 IFTIME, Viorel 46 NR MICU, Marius 46 NR 92
28 HENSON, Eric 126 80 HENSON, Rick 210 12 92
29 GENOV, Ivan 57 38 ZAKOV, Yordan 57 87 95
30 CARTER, Morgan 42 27 DAY, Julian 72 93 99
31 GRYZLOV, Vladimir 52 101 ORLOV, Dmitry 163 48 100
32 GENGHINI, Jean-Christophe 162 63 L'ESTRANGE, Pierre 105 39 102
33 MILOSEVIC, Dusko 52 NR PETKOVIA, Savo 52 216 104
34 HARTMAN, Benjamin 54 291 PASVEER, Mischa 54 355 108
35 CESLJAR, Ivan 211 62 MIDID, Nilikar 130 52 114
36 BAILEY, Liam 59 NR HIGHSMITH, Oscar 56 88 115
37 CLAVERINI, Marzio 51 330 MARTINS, Flavio Augusto 64 270 115
38 LI, Ming-Wang 305 84 LI, Wang 122 33 117
39 CARRETERO, Marc 123 76 JOAQUIN, Sergio 68 43 119
40 PREVOST, Denis 61 NR TIQUET, Jean 61 NR 122
41 HURTADO, Diego 111 26 ORTIZ, Johan 167 97 123
42 ISAEV, Denis 73 78 VURIAK, Viktor NR 53 126
43 GHITA, Radu 70 364 SCHMIDT, Pascal 69 58 128
44 INOMOV, Denis 65 317 TOSHPULATOV, Rustam 66 NR 131
45 EMSIS, Ivars 49 89 PETERS, Alex 102 85 134
46 ENGEL, Oliver 95 66 SAS, Jochen 80 372 146
47 NORMAN, Christophe 75 NR TOL, Bjorn 75 NR 150
48 GORSHKOV, Gregor 191 55 HEUG, Gunther 107 96 151
49 DENISOV, Boris 94 79 HAINISCH, Heinz NR 72 151
50 SAE-UL, Atthaphol NR 45 WANNA, Artit 108 NR 153
51 KESTENHOLZ, David 77 NR ZWYGART, Daniel 77 NR 154
OUT BONIEK, Jürgen 82 288 BONIEK, Zbiginiew 82 86 164
53 BHUTIA, Ritwik 67 188 SEQUIERA, Shyam 101 NR 168
54 ACOSTA, Mario 84 NR CASTRO, Gonzalo 84 NR 168
55 HERVELLE, Roel 86 NR KOSECKI, Jerzy 86 NR 172
56 DELEV, Spas 181 75 MAURER, Bogdan 148 99 174
57 RODRIGUEZ, Julio 88 269 RODRIQUEZ, Diego 88 278 176
58 (WC) BANKS, Randy KAO, Koal
59 (WC) HEWITT, Pat TOBIN, Matthew
60 (WC) BOSNAR, Rod COLE, Steve
61 (WC) MCCORKINDALE, Patrick JURKOVIC, Craig
62 (WC) NATALE, Jeremy THOMPSON, Harry
63 (WC) MIKLUHO-MAKLAI, Jasper STANDISH, John
64 (WC) CAIN, David GOLEC, Lucas

Alternates
IN MANUEL CORTES, Juan 118 281 VILLANEUVA, Javier 118 61 179
IN MULLER, Matthias 90 NR ZANDER, Tim 90 NR 180
1 KHUGAEV, Grigory 92 NR KORSKAKOV, Alexey 92 NR 184
2 DOH, Ninteh 74 65 VENO, Akihiko 145 120 185
3 FARKKILA, Lari 301 74 TU, Haifeng NR 114 188
4 ENGSTROM, Johan 96 NR VIKSTEN, Erik 96 265 192
5 BROZIK, Petr 103 91 ZEMAN, Vaclav 104 108 195
6 MURRAY, Adam 169 104 POOLE, Shaun 98 NR 202
7 ALAVOS, Marcelo 135 69 ARCE, Gustavo 135 NR 204
8 PLUNKETT, Doug 112 NR WEATHERBY, Anthony 112 NR 224
9 BURBACH, Donovan 114 NR TURNER, Benjamin 114 314 228
IN HEWITT, Pat NR 122 TOBIN, Matthew NR 107 229 (WC to MD)
10 HAU, Li-an 141 192 FOK, Zhenyu NR 98 239
11 HOFFMAN, Nico 121 NR RABIN, Benjamin 120 NR 241
12 GOLUB, Davor 124 NR RYCE, Tomas 124 NR 248
13 BELOUSOV, Valery 172 NR PUDER, Oleg 150 81 253
14 BRUNET, Franck 139 311 CHATEAU, Jeremy 139 338 278
15 SERRANO, Juan-Pablo 151 299 SUAREZ, Xavier 149 229 300
16 NIKOLIC, Ivo 152 NR PETRICEVIC, Vilmos 152 NR 304
IN BOSNAR, Rod 158 177 COLE, Steve 158 283 316 (WC to MD)
17 AL-QUIRESHI, Faisal 265 NR GUPTE, Harpreet 71 252 336
18 BUUR, Kasper 194 105 VESTERGAARD, Dedrick 289 NR 394

Not final, so if I've left any one out who wants in and is thereabouts ranking wise or made a mistake just say. I seem to remember Smeltz wanting to pair up for the Slams, 1000s, etc. but can't remember if he found a partner...

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

That gives us the following as seeds:

1 JAMES, Hugh / ROBINSON, Ralph
2 ONWYE, Hayden / ONWYE, Ross
3 DAVIS, Heath / MUSTARD, Jojo
4 DRAKE, Jefferson / KORPINEN, Martti
5 BACHUNELLI, Sandro / HADIR, Hicham
6 COHEN, Tal / TEPER, Raz
7 KONC, Andrej / MAXIMOV, Evgeniy
8 ANDUEZA, Ion / EMELIO, Sanchez
9 HARMEL, Mark / PARMENTIER, Yves
10 GAI, Kai / LU, Xun
11 MACHADO, Carlos / RODRÍGUES, Denis
12 LEE, Inmin / QINGDONG, Tsai
13 KROHMAL, Artem / SHVELIDZE, Merab
14 VARGA, Janos / VARGA, Zoltan
15 BLUNDELL, Morton / BOYD, Wayne
16 BOWENBURG, Rob / MAXUM, Jarkko

 

[NUFAN]

Awesome that Maxum and Bowenburg are seeded. It's what we've been working towards for quite some time.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Think I'd like confirmation from Jamee before playing doubles. Not sure whether debuting at a Slam is a great idea.

 

[Simon]

Not final, so if I've left any one out who wants in and is thereabouts ranking wise or made a mistake just say. I seem to remember Smeltz wanting to pair up for the Slams, 1000s, etc. but can't remember if he found a partner...

Naa wont be playing doubles in the near future, if I'm likely to end up playing Davis Cup doubles then I'll look at playing a few of the major tournaments then for a bit of practice.

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

Places drawn for seeds at Australian Open

The opening stages of the draw for next week's Australian Open have seen the 32 seeds drawn in their places, and already a number of exciting prospects have emerged. Only Jason Hall (1) and Daniel Páez Blanco (2) were guaranteed spots on the first and 128th line respectively as the other thirty were drawn in lots of two, four, eight and eight. The big news is that a replay of last year's final could be on the cards with Radek Špidlá and Hall drawn on opposite sides of the draw, whilst four of the more exciting players drawn are in section four with big servers Darcy Cowan (6), Miroslav Brdar (14) and David Champion (28) as well as exciting Frenchman Patrick Pascaul (21).

Possible third round matches:
1-Jason HALL (USA) vs. 31-Heath DAVIS (FRC)
22-Almen BENAGLIO (SUI) vs. 10-Dwayne MURDOCH (USA)

15-Henry CHARLES (GBR) vs. 17-Randy SMELTZ (CDR)
25-Sanchez EMELIO (ESP) vs. 7-József BOROS (HUN)

4-Radivoj DANEU (SRB) vs. 29-Jojo MUSTARD (FRC)
18-Zoltán VARGA (HUN) vs. 9-Illya ALTMAN (UKR)

14-Miroslav BRDAR (CRO) vs. 21-Patrick PASCAUL (FRA)
28-David CHAMPION (AUS) vs. 6-Darcy COWAN (USA)

8-Rasmus OLESEN (DEN) vs. 26-Diego HURTADO (COL)
20-Oneil STEWART (JAM) vs. 11-Jefferson DRAKE (CDR)

12-Rick HENSON (USA) vs. 24-Tiago MATÍAS (POR)
30-ZHIJUN Sun (CHN) vs. 3-Radek ŠPIDLÁ (CZE)

7-Sven OXENSTIERNA (FRC) vs. 32-Becker HAAS (GER)
19-Carlo AMATO (ITA) vs. 13-Juan MORENO (ARG)

16-Davis KENNEDY (CAN) vs. 23-Danijel MICIC (SRB)
27-Morgan CARTER (USA) vs. 2-Daniel PÁEZ BLANCO (ESP)

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Tough luck again for Davis who, like at the CW Open, is drawn against Hall for a prospective third round clash (though that was as an unseeded player). Mustard, too, gets one of the worst top eight seeds to get in the third round - though note he was scheduled to face Daneu in Nixonstown in the same round before Daneu was beaten first up.

Drake unlucky to draw a proven GS performer from the 17-24 range, but Olesen and Hurtado are more gentle quarter final matchups should he make it past Stewart. Smeltz, too, probably will be happy with the seeds in his section but Hall in the quarters makes a daunting prospect.

Jumping for joy, though, is Sven Oxenstierna. Becker Haas is the least credentialled of the top 32, whilst Amato and Moreno are softer players from their pots. Has to make the quarters at least here where Blanco, Kennedy or Micic could await.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Jumping for joy, though, is Sven Oxenstierna. Becker Haas is the least credentialled of the top 32, whilst Amato and Moreno are softer players from their pots. Has to make the quarters at least here where Blanco, Kennedy or Micic could await.

Hard to argue.

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

Complete Australian Open II draw revealed

CWLand copping the brunt of a pretty brutal draw to be honest. Maxum and Bre, not content with copping a tough section, get themselves drawn against seeds first up, whilst Delev has to hope for a Björn Donaldson miracle to avoid Radivoj Daneu in the second round.

Randy Banks should make it through the round of 128 unscathed, Hancianu draws a qualifier (but then Altman second) and Bowenburg looks likely to face Oneil Stewart in the second round.

Some cracking first round clashes too - Drake has former top 20 player Li, Dwayne Murdoch gets Jason Bradley in an All-American affair, and in the pick of the action current Sydney finalist Dmitry Orlov faces off against seventh seed József Boros.

 

[Johnners]

Yech, that sucks.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Not pleased with that draw. Even if I do make decent progress, Hall awaits in the 3rd round.

 

[Blewy]

Places drawn for seeds at Australian Open

Possible third round matches:
15-Henry CHARLES (GBR) vs. 17-Randy SMELTZ (CDR)

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Don't Worry about Charles, Banks will be taking aim at Smeltz in the battle of the Randy's...

 

[Simon]

Not that disappointed with the draw, believe I beat Charles in our last meeting, a potential quarter final with Hall would be good though.

 

[roseboy64]

Can still enter doubles with someone if anyone wants a partner?

 

[NUFAN]

I can't view at the moment who my first round opponent is, but the thought of playing against Oneil 'too cool for an apostrophe' Stewart in the second round is well, cool.

 

[Simon]

Don't Worry about Charles, Banks will be taking aim at Smeltz in the battle of the Randy's...

Banks v Smeltz round 3, that'll bring the ladies in.

 

[ripper868]

Awesome that Maxum and Bowenburg are seeded. It's what we've been working towards for quite some time.

This.

Not likeing my chances in the singles, form this year has been seriously lacking.

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

Can still enter doubles with someone if anyone wants a partner?

If no one says yes, I'll whack you in with someone else.

Because the doubles entry list isn't quite finalised, just the seeds in the doubles draw.

Potential third round matches:
(1) JAMES/ROBINSON vs. (14) J.VARGA/Z.VARGA
(10)GAI/LU vs.(7)KONC/MAXIMOV

(4)DRAKE/KORPINEN vs.(15)BLUNDELL/BOYD
(12)LEE/QINGDONG vs.(8)ANDUEZA/EMELIO

(6)COHEN/TEPER vs. (13)KROHMAL/SHVELIDZE
(11)MACHADRO/RODRIGUES vs.(3)DAVIS/MUSTARD

(5)S.BACHUNELLI/HADIR vs.(9)HARMEL/PARTMENTIER
(16)BOWENBURG/MAXUM vs.(2)H.ONWYE/R.ONWYE