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asj001
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Post subject: ATP World Tour Tennis Season 2009

Posted: 3. January 2009 18:41

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The season kicks off in Brisbane, Chennai and Doha, all ATP World Tour 250 events.
Nadal, Federer, Murray and Roddick are in Doha, Djokovic and Tsonga head to Brisbane, while Davydenko is in Chennai.
The only top-eight player not in action is Frenchman Simon, who will not play on the tour until the second week.

Brisbane International

Djokovic [1] v Berdych [5]
Verdasco [3] v Fish [6]
Stepanek [8] v Soderling [4]
Gasquet [7] v Tsonga [2]

Chennai Open

Davydenko [1] v Granollers [8]
Cilic [3] v Tipsarevic [7]
Moya [6] v Karlovic [4]
Schuettler [5] v Wawrinka [2]

Qatar ExxonMobil Open

Nadal [1] v Monfils [5][WC]
Roddick [4] v Andreev [6]
Tursunov [7] v Murray [3]
Kohlschreiber [8] v Federer [2]

Doha should be a particularly interesting event since the top four seeds all played in Abu Dhabi this week. Federer and Murray are in the same half, and Murray now has a very good record against the Swiss, including the exhibition win this week. Roddick played quite poorly against Davydenko this week, and was dispatched fairly comfortably in the end, while Nadal has looked in good form from the start despite injury worries coming from Spain, and beat Davydenko at the semi-stage in straight sets (6-2 6-3). I can't see Nadal being troubled until the final, but in the bottom half of the draw the potential semi-final between Federer and Murray could be a very tight contest, and a good indicator as to who may be lifting the trophy in Melbourne in a few weeks time.

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christina
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Post subject: Re: ATP Tennis Season 2009

Posted: 3. January 2009 19:15

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Come on Federer.

krima
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Post subject: Re: ATP Tennis Season 2009

Posted: 4. January 2009 17:06

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I'm really excited about the new season. After the exhibition I think it is clear that Murray is in really good form already. Lets see how Federer and Nadal will react and how they can fight back.

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ever_the_optimist
Golden Slam

Post subject: Re: ATP Tennis Season 2009

Posted: 5. January 2009 12:43

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Murray certainly has made a rapid start to the season, albeit in a exhibition, wins against Blake, Federer and Nadal back to back to back is pretty impressive at any stage of the season, he will certainly look to stamp his claim to the major titles early after last years dissapointment in the Australian Open

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kristen90
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Post subject: Re: ATP Tennis Season 2009

Posted: 5. January 2009 14:00

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GO FERRERO, HEWITT, HAAS, AND FEDERER!!!! WOOO!

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chungwit
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Post subject: Re: ATP Tennis Season 2009

Posted: 5. January 2009 17:06

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Safin in Fight.

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"I got in trouble in Moscow."
He added: "It's OK, I can survive. Just some small problem that I wasn't in the right place at the right time. Yes, I won the fight. I'm good, I'm OK."

What a scamp, he's always involved in quality shenanigans.

Is Marat Safin a mentalist?

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Daniela Hantuchova is right about everything.

krima
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Post subject: Re: ATP World Tour Tennis Season 2009

Posted: 6. January 2009 14:26

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Also Djokovic lost the first match of the season against Gulbis.

Maybe a good sign for Daniela.

Daniela H A N T U C H O V A
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chungwit
Golden Slam

Post subject: Re: ATP World Tour Tennis Season 2009

Posted: 6. January 2009 19:23

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It's not that huge a shock that Gulbis beat Djokovic as Gulbis is a much better player than his ranking, but had been having draws like this a lot last season. He'd been competitive in most of these matches but had just fallen short, this year he's got more experience of these situations. Gulbis is someone that can get in the top ten this year because he has the talent.

Brisbane probably represented the best chance Djokovic's best chance to get ahead of Federer in the rankings as he was only ten points behind. Federer was hampered by illness at the start of last year and doesn't have as many points to defend as Djokovic who has to defend the Australian Open and Indian Wells. If anything, it looks like Murray will overtake Djokovic as he has far fewer points to defend than Djokovic and Murray's in great form. Murray should gain a lot of ground at the Australian Open as he has nothing to defend there while Djokovic is the defending champion.

Daniela Hantuchova is right about everything.

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Post subject: Re: ATP World Tour Tennis Season 2009

Posted: 8. January 2009 17:16

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ATP Doha:
Gael Monfils def. Nadal 6-4 6-4 :shock:

it was a good match and Rafa seemed to be a bit unconcentrated while Gael hit many winners and therefore deserves his first win against a world number 1.

I hope that Kohlschreiber won't be a problem for Federer in the upcoming match.

christina
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Post subject: Re: ATP World Tour Tennis Season 2009

Posted: 8. January 2009 18:21

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Go Monfils. I've always liked him, and he keeps charming me up with wins like these.

martin
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Post subject: Re: ATP World Tour Tennis Season 2009

Posted: 10. January 2009 19:35

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Please, someone teach Roddick how to hit approach shots. It's painful to see him get passed each time he goes to the net regardless of who stands on the other side of it.

ever_the_optimist
Golden Slam

Post subject: Re: ATP World Tour Tennis Season 2009

Posted: 12. January 2009 11:46

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ATP Tour Ranking, as of 12th January 2009

1. (1) Rafael Nadal 13160
2. (2) Roger Federer 10700
3. (3) Novak Djokovic 10590
4. (4) Andy Murray 7190
5. (5) Nikolay Davydenko 5330
6. (7) Jo-Wilfred Tsonga 3995
7. (6) Gilles Simon 3960
8. (8) Andy Roddick 3940
9. (9) Juan Martin Del Potro 3890
10. (10) James Blake 3550
11. (11) David Nalbandian 3450
12. (12) David Ferrer 3390
13. (13) Gael Monfils 3010
14. (14) Fernando Gonzalez 2840
15. (15) Fernando Verdasco 2830
16. (16) Stanislas Wawrinka 2670
17. (17) Robin Soderling 2650
18. (18) Nicolas Almagro 2540
19. (19) Igor Andreev 2490
20. (27) Marin Cilic 2450

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Post subject: Re: ATP World Tour Tennis Season 2009

Posted: 12. January 2009 12:04

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omg, the difference between Roger and Nole has become so small

ever_the_optimist
Golden Slam

Post subject: Re: ATP World Tour Tennis Season 2009

Posted: 12. January 2009 12:18

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omg, the difference between Roger and Nole has become so small

Was even smaller before last week, if I remember rightly Nole was 10 points behind Federer after winning the Masters Cup and would of gone above him if he beat Tsonga in the group

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BlueDragon
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Post subject: Re: ATP World Tour Tennis Season 2009

Posted: 13. January 2009 10:57

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omg, the difference between Roger and Nole has become so small

Was even smaller before last week, if I remember rightly Nole was 10 points behind Federer after winning the Masters Cup and would of gone above him if he beat Tsonga in the group

oh, obviously I haven't been up to date...

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"He's the favourite?" Federer asked at a media conference for the invitational Kooyong Classic.

"Good for him. It won't help him a whole lot," the smiling Swiss added.

:lol:

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