Wednesday, May 21, 2008

The Hypo Group Tennis International 2008 Wednesday Results and 5/22 Order of Play

Juan Monaco
The Hypo Group Tennis International 2008 Wednesday Results and 5/22 Order of Play

Finally the rain have the players a break in Austria.
Today all the matches were complete and tomorrow some players will have to play 2 matches if they win the first one.

Juan Monaco, defending champion and second seed, spent very little time on court because his opponent, Carlos Berlocq, had to retired during the first set.

Mardy Fish, 4ths eed, and Mario Ancic, 7th seed, failed to advanced to the second round.
Ancic was waiting since Sunday to play but when he took the court he had to battle really had and even he had 2 match points he lost to Ginepri in 3 sets.

Ivan Ljubicic, 3rd seed, score a 2 set win over Navarro and made it into the quarterfinals. Sam Querrey, 5th seed, who was playing the second round match today like Ljubicic, failed to Gimeno-Traver from Spain.

Check out all the results from the The Hypo Group Tennis International and the order of play for Thursday.


Singles - Second Round
D Gimeno-Traver (ESP) d [5] S Querrey (USA) 61 63
[3] I Ljubicic (CRO) d I Navarro (ESP) 76(3) 64

Singles - First Round
[2] J Monaco (ARG) d C Berlocq (ARG) 41 ret. (right hamstring)
I Kunitsyn (RUS) d [4] M Fish (USA) 61 61
R Ginepri (USA) d [7] M Ancic (CRO) 46 63 76(8) - saved 2 M.P.
[8] R Haase (NED) d S Roitman (ARG) 76(7) 64
D Sela (ISR) d M Zverev (GER) 76(2) 60
[Q] B Kavcic (SLO) d T Gabashvili (RUS) 46 64 76(3)
O Rochus (BEL) d [Q] M Przysiezny (POL) 62 64

Doubles - Quarterfinals
[1] M Melo (BRA) / A Sa (BRA) d C Haggard (RSA) / L Zovko (CRO) 61 76(4)

Doubles - First Round
[2] J Knowle (AUT) / J Melzer (AUT) d T Parrott (USA) / F Polasek (SVK) 67(5) 64 10-8
[3] S Lipsky (USA) / D Martin (USA) d M Fish (USA) / R Ginepri (USA) 57 63 10-7
R Haase (NED) / R Wassen (NED) d [4] S Ratiwatana (THA) / S Ratiwatana (THA) 67(0) 63 10-5
O Marach (AUT) / M Mertinak (SVK) d D Young (USA) / M Zverev (GER) 63 62
S Roitman (ARG) / D Sela (ISR) d E Butorac (USA) / A Fisher (AUS) 64 16 10-7
[WC] P Oswald (AUT) / J Scherrer (SUI) d J Isner (USA) / S Querrey (USA) 62 62


Center Court
Jurgen MELZER (AUT) vs Robin HAASE (NED)
Nikolay DAVYDENKO (RUS) vs John ISNER (USA)
Igor KUNITSYN (RUS) or Blaz KAVCIC (SLO) vs Jurgen MELZER (AUT) or Robin HAASE (NED)
Nikolay DAVYDENKO (RUS) or John ISNER (USA) vs Dudi SELA (ISR) or Andreas SEPPI (ITA)

Court 1
Robby GINEPRI (USA) vs Olivier ROCHUS (BEL)
Dudi SELA (ISR) vs Andreas SEPPI (ITA)
Daniel GIMENO-TRAVER (ESP) vs Ivan LJUBICIC (CRO)

Court 2
Jiri VANEK (CZE) vs Juan MONACO (ARG)
Not Before 3pm
Robby GINEPRI (USA) or Olivier ROCHUS (BEL) vs Jiri VANEK (CZE) or Juan MONACO (ARG)


TB Court
Igor KUNITSYN (RUS) vs Blaz KAVCIC (SLO)
Oliver MARACH (AUT)/Michal MERTINAK (SVK) vs Travis PARROTT (USA)/Filip POLASEK (SVK) or Julian KNOWLE (AUT)/Jurgen MELZER (AUT)

Eric BUTORAC (USA)/Ashley FISHER (AUS) or Sergio ROITMAN (ARG)/Dudi SELA (ISR) vs Robin HAASE (NED)/Rogier WASSEN (NED) or Sanchai RATIWATANA (THA)/Sonchat RATIWATANA (THA)

Scott LIPSKY (USA)/David MARTIN (USA) or Mardy FISH (USA)/Robby GINEPRI (USA)vs John ISNER (USA)/Sam QUERREY (USA) or Philipp OSWALD (AUT)/Jean-Claude SCHERRER (SUI)


AP Photo/Fabian Bimmer