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ATP and WTA Tournaments 2014 – Drawing

venusSeason 2014 has begun. ATP and WTA opener tournament has started out in the season 2014. Some of the world’s top players both ATP and WTA have stated to take part in this tournament. Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka will play in Brisbane. Meanwhile, Li Na will play in her hometown in China. And also we glad to welcome another former world top 10 player form Russia, Vera Zvonareva that take part in China tournament. Former world Number 1 Venus Williams, take part in WTA Tournament Auckland, New Zealand.

 atpsIn the ATP tournament, Top 10 Men’s tennis player such as Rafael Nadal, David Ferrer, Andy Murray, Tomas Berdych and Richard Gasquet take part in Doha, Qatar. Meanwhile Roger Federer and Gilles Simon chose to compete in Brisbane. And represents other top 10, Stanislas Wawrinka start the 2014 season playing in India.  For all players, these tournaments are just for warm up before competing in the first Grand Slam of 2014 at the Australian Open.

The following are draw matches ATP and WTA tournament for this week. Read the rest of this entry

Berdych Out, Welcome Back Monfils [Complete Results Roland Garros 2013 – Day 2]

Gaël solemnly looks to the crowd, reassured after a long battle against fifth seed Tomas Berdych. © FFT

The biggest surprise of the Roland Garros 2013 second day is Tomas Berdych lost to Gael Monfils. Gael is a former world top 10 injured this past year so its rank is outside the world 100. Sign in to Roland Garros as the holder of the Wild Card, can finally prove himself worthy to compete with the other top players. Gael in terms of quality is not in doubt. He defeated many of the world’s top tennis player and she is a very tenacious player on the field. Still clear in the memory when Gael and fellow Frenchman Simon fought 5 sets in the Australian Open. The fight is long and interesting though both injuries but they continue until the final round of matches. This time Gael once

again showed his perseverance against Tomas Berdych. And he won.
In addition to Gael Monfils, the Frenchman who managed to win in the first round are Julien Benneteau, Richard Gasquet, Jeremy Chardy, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. The Fans of French tennis player is expecting them to lift the trophy of pride in their own homes. of the names are probably the most likely to win the Roland Garros is Richard Gasquet and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. But the obstacles is not easy. Because there is Rafael Nadal, who has returned from injury and also Roger Federer. Let’s see how far the players in the host stepped in Roland Garros 2013.

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Ricardas Berankis moves the game to the net with a short shot to Julien Benneteau. © FFT

Kejutan terbesar hari kedua Roland Garros 2013 dengan tersingkirnya Tomas Berdych oleh Gael Monfils. Gael adalah mantan top 10 dunia mengalami cedera setahun belakangan ini sehingga peringkatnya berada di luar 100 dunia. Masuk ke Roland Garros sebagai pemegang Wild Card, akhirnya bisa membuktikan dirinya pantas bersaing dengan para petenis top lainnya. Dari segi kualitas Gael memang tidak di ragukan lagi. Dia banyak mengalahkan para petenis top dunia dan dia adalah petenis yang sangat ulet di lapangan. Masih jelas di ingatan ketika Gael dan Simon sesama petenis Prancis bertarung 5 set di Australia Open. Pertarungan yang sangat panjang dan menarik walaupun dua-duanya cedera tapi mereka meneruskan sampai babak akhir pertandingan. Kali ini Gael sekali lagi menunjukkan kegigihannya melawan Tomas Berdych. Dan Dia menang.

Selain Gael Monfils, petenis Prancis yang berhasil menang di babak pertama adalah Julien Benneteau, Richard Gasquet, Jeremy Chardy, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Para pecinta tenis Prancis sangatlah mengharapkan petenis mereka bisa mengangkat tropi kebanggaan di rumah sendiri. dari nama-nama tersebut mungkin yang paling berpeluang untuk menjuarai Roland Garros adalah Richard Gasquet dan Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Tapi hadangan tidaklah mudah. Karena ada Rafael Nadal yang telah kembali dari cedera dan juga Roger Federer. Mari kita lihat sejauh mana para petenis tuan rumah dalam melangkah di Roland Garros 2013.

Here is the complete results Roland Garros 2013 Day 2.

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Seeded Players – Men’s Singles Australian Open 2013

Tinggal mengitung jam pertandingan Australian Open akan segera di mulai. Seeded player dan Drawing nya telah keluar. Grand Slam pembuka ini sangat di tunggu semua pecinta tenis. Semua mata sedang di fokuskan kepada juara US Open dan Olimpiade Andy Murray. Dengan semangat yang menggebu, dia ingin mengejar Grand Slam yang kedua di Australian Open 2013. Sedangkan Juara bertahan Novak Djokovic juga akan mati-matian untuk mempertahankan gelar. Awal tahun mungkin tidak menjadi awal yang bagus buat Noel atau Mr. Djoko, setelah kalah di final Hopman Cup dari spanyol dan kalah di pertandingan tunggal melawan Bernard Tomic. Tapi ini menjadi motivasi buat Novak untuk menjadi terbaik. Di babak pertama akan berhadapan dengan petenis Prancis yang juga bukan lawan yang mudah karena Paul-Henri mantan pemain top 12 dunia. Pertandingan seru lainnya yaitu Grigor Dimitrov “Baby Federer” yang awal-awal tahun ini di kabarkan dekat petenis cantik Maria sharapova. Grigor akan melawan petenis Prancis Julien Beneteau. Julien yang melangkah ke SF di Sydney sedangkan Grigor menjadi finalist di Brisbane. Secara pribadi, saya sangat memfavoritkan Novak menjadi juara lagi. Tapi juga ingin menantikan langkah Gilles Simon, Julien Beneteau dan Tommy Haas di kejuaraan ini. Mereka merupakan petenis Favorite hehehehe…. Dan juga petenis keturuna Indonesia dari Belanda Bjorn Phau. Phau akan melawan petenis India di babak pertama.

Berikut ini daftar Unggulan tunggal putra dan calon lawan mereka di babak 1 Australian Open 2013

Novak Djokovic [SRB/1] vs Paul-Henri Mathieu [FRA]
Roger Federer [SUI/2] vs Benoit Paire [FRA]
Andy Murray [GBR/3] vs Robin Haase [NED]
David Ferrer [ESP/4] vs Oliver Rochus [BEL]
Tomas Berdych [CZE/5] vs Michael Russell [USA]
Juan Martin Del Potro [ARG/6] vs Qualifier
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [FRA/7] vs Michael Llodra [FRA]
Janko Tipsarevic [SRB/8] vs Lleyton Hewitt [AUS]
Richard Gasquet [FRA/9] vs Albert Montanes [ESP]
Nicolas Almagro [ESP/10] vs Qualifier
Juan Monaco [ARG/11] vs Andrey Kuznetsov [RUS]
Marin Cilic [CRO/12] vs Marinko Matosevic [AUS]
Milos Raonic [CAN/13] vs Jan Hajek [CZE]
Gilles Simon [FRA/14] vs Filippo Volandri [ITA]
Stanislas Wawrinka [SUI/15] vs Qualifier
Kei Nishikori [JPN/16] vs Victor Hanescu [ROU]
Philipp Kohlschreiber [GER/17] vs Steve Darcis [BEL]
Alexandr Dolgopolov [UKR/18] vs Gael Monfils [FRA]
Tommy Haas [GER/19] vs Jarkko Nieminen [FIN]
Sam Querrey [USA/20] vs Qualifier
Andreas Seppi [ITA/21] vs Horacio Zeballos [ARG]
Fernando Verdasco [ESP/22] vs David Goffin [BEL]
Mikhail Youzhny [RUS/23] vs Matthew Ebden [AUS]
Jerzy Janowicz [POL/24] vs Simone Bolelli [ITA]
Florian Mayer [GER/25] vs Rhyne Williams [USA]
Martin Klizan [SVK/27] vs Qualifier
Marcos Baghdatis [CYP/28] vs Albert Ramos [ESP]
Thomaz Belluci [ITA/29] vs Blaz Kavcic [SLO]
Marcel Granollers [ESP/30] vs Grega Zemilja [SLO]
Radek Stepanek [CZE/31] vs Viktor Troicki [SRB]
Julien Benneteau [FRA/32] vs Grigor Dimitrov [BUL]

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ATP Result – APIA International and Heineken Open 2013

Tournament ATP sebelum Grand Slam Australia Open di laksanakan di Sydney dan Auckland. Beberapa pemain top dunia ikut ambil bagian di tournament ini. Sebagai pemanasan, ajang ini di anggap sangat membantu para pemain untuk menjaga spirit mereka untuk tetap terjaga. Antara lain seperti John Isner, Tommy Haas, Kevin Anderson, Andreas Seppi, dan Fernando Verdasco yang minggu kemarin baru saja meladeni pertandingan di Hopman Cup. John Isner sempat mundur di pertandingan terakhir melawan spanyol di babak penyisihan Hopman Cup karena cedera. Mudah-mudahan kali ini bisa kembali lagi tanpa cedera.

Berikut ini merupakan Draw dari ATP 250 Apia International Sydney dan Heineken Open Auckland.

Apia International – Sydney, Australia

Men’s Singles – Round 1

John Isner [USA/1] vs Bye

Gilles Simon [FRA/2]- Withdraw vs Bye

Andreas Seppi [ITA/3] vs Bye

Fernando Verdasco [ESP/4] vs Bye

Florian Mayer [GER/5] Def Joao Sousa [POR/Q] 6 – 1, 6 – 2

Radek Stepanek [CZE/6] Def Guillermo Garcia-Lopez [ESP] 6 – 2, 6 – 3

Jeremy Chardy [FRA/7] Lost to Feliciano Lopez [ESP] 7 – 6 (2), 5 – 7, 3 – 6

Marcel Granollers [ESP/8] Def Matthew Ebden [AUS/WC] 5 – 7, 7 – 5, 6 – 1

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Men’s Single  – Round 2

John Isner [USA/1] Lost to Ryan Harrison [USA] 4-6, 4-6

Andreas Seppi [ITA/3] Def John Millman [AUS/WC] 6 – 2, 3 – 6, 6 – 3

Fernando Verdasco [ESP/4] Lost to Denis Istomin [UZB] 3 – 6, 3 – 6

Florian Mayer [GER/5] Lost Bernard Tomic [USA] 6 – 7, 2 – 6

Marcel Granollers [ESP/8] Def Fabio Fognini [ITA] 6 – 2, 7 – 6 (4)

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Men’s Single – Quarter Final [Head to Head]

Ryan Harrison [USA] vs Julien Benneteau [FRA]

Denis Istomin [UZB] vs Kevin Anderson [RSA]

Marcel Granollers [ESP/8] vs Andreas Seppi [ITA/3]

Bernard Tomic [AUS] vs  Jarkko Nieminen [FIN]

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Heineken Open – Auckland, New Zealand

Men’s Single – Round 1

David Ferrer [ESP/1] vs Bye

Philipp Kohlschreiber [GER/2] vs Bye

Tommy Haas [GER/3] vs Bye

Sam Querrey [USA/4] vs Bye

Jerzy Janowicz [POL/5] Lost to Brian Baker [USA] 6 – 4, 6 – 7 (5), 4 – 6

Jurgen Melzer [AUT/6] vs Greg Jones [AUS/Q] 6 – 7, 2 – 6

Martin Klizan [SVK/7] vs Xavier Malisse [BEL] 6 – 7, 6 – 3, 3 – 6

Thomaz Bellucci [BRA/8] vs David Goffin [BEL] 7 – 6, 6 – 2

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Men’s Single – Round 2

David Ferrer [ESP/1] Def Yen-Hsun Lu [TPE] 6 – 4, 2 – 6, 6 – 1

Philipp Kohlschreiber [GER/2] Def Alejandro Falla [COL] 7 – 6, 4 – 6, 6 – 3

Tommy Haas [GER/3] Def Igor Sijsling [NED/Q] 6 – 3, 6 – 4

Sam Querrey [USA/4] Def Oliver Rochus [BEL] 7 – 5, 6 – 3

Thomaz Bellucci [BRA/8] Lost Lukas Lacko [SVK] 3 – 6, 5 – 7

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Men’s Single – Quarter Final

David Ferrer [ESP/1] vs Lukas Lacko [SVK]

Tommy Haas [GER/3] vs Gael Monfils [FRA/WC]

Jesse Levine [CAN/Q] vs Sam Querrey [USA/4]

Xavier Malisse [BEL] vs Philipp Kohlschreiber [GER/2]