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Week 11-12: Indian Wells [Oxenstierna]

SirBloody Idiot

Cricketer Of The Year

Tournament Name: BNP PARIBAS OPEN
Location: INDIAN WELLS, CA, USA
Dates: MARCH 11–21, II (THURSDAY START)
Prize Money: US $3,645,000
96 DRAW/48 DRAW QUALIFYING

SITE: Indian Wells Tennis Garden
78-200 Miles Avenue
Indian Wells, CA 92210
SURFACE: Hard court/PLEXIPAVE
BALL: Penn/ATP
WEB SITE: BNP Paribas Open - Home


Qualifying draw: Monday, March 8, TBA
Main draw: Tuesday, March 9, 1:00 p.m.
Doubles draw: Wednesday, March 10, 6:00 p.m.


ATP Ranking Points
W: 1000
F: 600
SF: 360
QF: 180
R16: 90
R32: 45
R64: 25 (Seeds: 10)
R128: 10 (WC: 0)
Q: +12
Q24: 7
Q48: 0

Entry deadline: January 25, II
Seeding: March 8, II


1 Hall, Jason USA 1
2 Blanco, Daniel Páez ESP 2
3 Špidlá, Radek CZE 3
4 Daneu, Radivoj SRB 4
5 Oxenstierna, Sven FRC 5
6 Cowan, Darcy USA 6
7 Boros, József HUN 7
8 Olesen, Rasmus DEN 8
9 Altman, Illya UKR 9
10 Murdoch, Dwayne USA 10
11 Drake, Jefferson CDR 11
12 Henson, Rick USA 12
13 Moreno, Juan ARG 13
14 Brdar, Miroslav CRO 14
15 Charles, Henry GBR 15
16 Kennedy, Davis CAN 16
17 Smeltz, Randy CDR 17
18 Varga, Zoltán HUN 18
19 Amato, Carlo ITA 19
20 Stewart, Oneil JAM 20
21 Pascaul, Patrick FRA 21
22 Benaglio, Almen SUI 22
23 Micic, Danijel SRB 23
24 Matias, Tiago POR 24
25 Emelio, Sanchez ESP 25
26 Hurtado, Diego COL 26
27 Champion, David AUS 27
28 Mustard, Jojo FRC 28
29 Zhijun, Sun CHN 29
30 Bachunelli, Antonio ITA 30
31 Davis, Heath FRC 31
32 Haas, Becker GER 32
33 Carter, Morgan USA 33
34 Li, Wang CHN 34
35 Hancianu, Jamee CDR 35
36 Bradley, Jason USA 36
37 Vollan, Kim NOR 37
38 Genov, Ivan BUL 38
39 L'Estrange, Pierre FRA 39
40 Andueza, Ion ESP 40
41 Boyd, Wayne USA 41
42 Brookes, Toby AUS 42
43 Joaquin, Sergio ESP 43
44 Sae-ul, Atthaphol THA 44
45 Varga, János HUN 45
46 Orlov, Dmitry RUS 46
47 Cohen, Tal ISR 47
48 Read, Brett FRC 48
49 Depuis, Jean-Alain FRA 49
50 Vollan, Tom NOR 50
51 Midid, Nilikar CRO 51
52 Vuriak, Viktor UKR 52
53 Mandonna, Paolo ARG 53
54 Schmidt, Pascal SUI 54
55 Maxum, Jarkko CDR 55
56 Santos, Roberto BRA 56
57 Gorshkov, Gregor RUS 57
58 Berg, Maarten NED 58
59 Donaldson, Bjorn SWE 59
60 Villaneuva, Javier ESP 60
61 Onwye, Ross MAR 61
62 Engel, Oliver LUX 62
63 Doh, Ninteh JPN 63
64 Cesljar, Ivan CRO 64
65 Genghini, Jean-Christophe FRA 65
66 Parmentier, Yves BEL 66
67 Harmel, Mark BEL 67
68 Rivers, Scotland FRC 68
69 Bowenburg, Rob FRC 69
70 James, Hugh USA 70
71 Färkkilä, Lari FIN 71
72 Dorogan, Roman UKR 72
73 Delev, Spas CDR 73
74 Carretero, Marc ESP 74
75 Isaev, Denis BLR 75
76 Denisov, Boris RUS 76
77 Alavos, Marcelo PAR 77
78 Puder, Oleg RUS 78
79 Henson, Eric USA 79
80 (Q)
81 (Q)
82 (Q)
83 (Q)
84 (Q)
85 (Q)
86 (Q)
87 (Q)
88 (Q)
89 (Q)
90 (Q)
91 (Q)
92 (WC)
93 (WC)
94 (WC)
95 (WC)
96 (WC)

Alternates
1 Cordiero, Valter POR 80
2 Navarro, José PER 81
3 Li, Ming-Wang CHN 82
4 Peters, Alex GER 83
5 Boniek, Zbiginiew AUT 84
6 Zakov, Yordan BUL 85
7 Hainisch, Heinz AUT 86
8 Onwye, Hayden MAR 87
9 Emsis, Ivars LAT 88
10 Marín, Aldo PAR 89
11 Brozik, Petr CZE 90
12 Highsmith, Oscar GBR 91
13 Aksu, Emrem TUR 92
14 Day, Julian USA 93
15 Quezada, Jefferson CHL 94
Past Winners:
I:
Radivoj Daneu def.
Almen Benaglio, 6-4, 7-5
 
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Jarquis

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Could be up against the 5th seed in qualifying if I make it to the second round. Eek.
 

SirBloody Idiot

Cricketer Of The Year
BNP Paribas Open
1st Qualifying Round - Indian Wells, CA (United States) - Hard (outdoors)

  • West CWLand's Pierre Rose has made the perfect start to his qualifying campaign in Indian Wells with a hard-fought three-set win over 22nd seeded local Jack Griffen. The World No. 252 was one of the lowest ranked entrants into the qualifying draw, but produced one of his best displays yet since being snapped up by the Federal Republic in a 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 upset. Griffen, ranked No. 177 in the world, was undone by his continuous mistakes that saw him broken five times during the contest. Rose, meanwhile, kept his composure after blowing three match points on the Griffen serve to seal it with some consistent groundstrokes in three. Rose now faces a huge task against World No. 76 Aksu Emrem whose great form continued with a 3-6, 6-0, 6-0 rout of Marcus Heindrich.

  • In the big upset of the day, third seed Matt Bre was stunned by Jason Schmidt in three sets to crash out of the qualifying draw. It looked easy for Bre in the first set as he took it 6-4 inside of an hour, but Schmidt began to lift his game in the second and earned his first break to take a 4-2 lead. Despite being ranked some 180 spots lower, Schmidt matched it with Bre in the rallies and took advantage of some nervous serving as he raced to a qualifying round showdown with Jeremy Natale 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.

  • In his much-awaited return to the court, Australian Open juniors champion Marcuss Deane did it tough against unseeded Argentine Juan-Pablo Serrano. The teenager was expected to dominate a man who grew up on the clay courts, but found it tough as Serrano clung onto his own serve with some patient hitting. In a surprising result, Deane was broken in the ninth game of the second set but only conceded one other break point during the match as he did just enough to advance 6-4, 4-6, 6-4. He'll test his form against fifth seed and World No. 99 Fernando Aguero who overcame a slow start to beat Steve Cole 5-7, 6-1, 6-3. Aguero made the quarter finals of the tournament in Cherbourg last week before losing to eventual champion Christopher Durand 2-6, 5-7.

  • Whilst Deane did it tough, Mat Mitchell had no troubles flogging Spain's Juan Manuel Cortés to go just one win away from a main draw berth. Mitchell needed just one hour and twenty minutes to beat the Spanish journeyman 6-0, 6-3 in a dominant display that saw him come to the net regularly to great effect and hit seventeen winners. It gets better as he faces a showdown with Ireland's Eoin O'Malley in the qualifying round after he stunned sixth seed Carlos Machado 6-1, 7-5.

  • Tenth seed Martti Korpinen earned a good draw against wildcard entrant Dean Delgado, but was made to do it tough despite the 6-3, 6-4 scoreline. Delgado had ample opportunities against the accomplished doubles player, but failed to make them count as Korpinen showed great composure in a straight sets win that lasted over one hundred minutes. Korpinen now faces Canadian veteran Frank Smith following his 6-3, 6-1 win over 21st seed Samuel Thorpe.

  • Finally, Roy Daniels finally found some much-needed match practice as he easily defeated Leander Solent 6-4, 6-4. He faces Cherbourg Challenger semi finalist David Lebègue for a spot in the main draw.

 

Jarquis

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I am so ready for Aguero. A few weeks out to recharge the batteries and a nice 3 set win to find my rhythm. He won't know what's hit him.
 

vic_orthdox

Global Moderator
Rivers is somewhat concerned about his preparation for Indian Wells. Was planning on heading to the Alps to get some altitutude training under my belt, but ended up being stuck in Amsterdam due to the volcano problems.
 

HeathDavisSpeed

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Heef is worried about getting there in time as he decided to wear his Queensland Reds shirt in Bangkok on the way to Indian Wells from his holiday home in Phukit.
 

SirBloody Idiot

Cricketer Of The Year
BNP Paribas Open
Final Qualifying Round - Indian Wells, CA (United States) - Hard (outdoors)

  • A brave performance from West CWLand's Pierre Rose was not enough for him to earn qualification through to the main draw in Indian Wells after a straight sets loss to second seed Aksu Emrem. Aksu had previously made the semi finals in Zagreb earlier last month, but struggled to shrug off the World No. 252 who produced some solid tennis. But it was the World No. 76 who had the polish to hurt the Westerner on the scoreboard and returned very well to secure passage to the main draw 6-4, 6-4.

  • It was better news for teenage prodigy Marcuss Deane whose 6-4, 6-4 win over Fernando Aguero means he will play his first PTA World Tour match this week, and he'll do it in an PTA Masters 1000 event. After Deane's struggle against clay courter Juan-Pablo Serrano on Monday, many expected the in form Spaniard to beat the West CWLander but signs were good for the 23rd seed as he shot to a 3-0 lead. Despite a stumble on serve, Deane looked good and did enough to take advantage of a waryard Aguero to take the first set 6-4. Deane is well developed for a player of his age, and matched Aguero in the rallies. His lanky frame meant he didn't quite have the power in his groundstrokes, but his eleven aces played havoc with Aguero's rhythm as he marched into the main draw in straight sets.

  • He will be joined by Mat Mitchell who was forced to come from a set down to defeat Ireland's Eoin O'Malley. Mitchell was irresistable in the first round of qualifying, and seemed to buy his own hype as O'Malley controlled the first set to lead 5-1. Whilst Mitchell strung a couple of games together to limit the Irishman's momentum but could not avoid dropping the first set. Nevertheless, it seems the late wins in the first set buoyed the World No. 146 who lifted his game and began to overpower O'Malley with his big forehand. Whilst O'Malley had his chances, he did not have enough to oust the eighteenth seed who completed a successful qualifying period 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.

  • Noted doubles player Martti Korpinen will join his doubles partner Jefferson Drake in the main draw after he also came from a set down to beat Frank Smith. The Canadian veteran took advantage of some wayward shots from the East CWLander in the first set as Korpinen doubled his winners with unforced errors. He turned to more conservative tennis in the second set to find his range and it paid off as he levelled the match at a set each. That gave him the confidence to surge into the main draw with some more attractive shots in the decider as he overcame Smith 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.

  • Finally, the poor post-injury form of Roy Daniels continued as he failed to get past quality Frenchman David Lebègue who advanced 3-6, 6-7(1).

 

Jarquis

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Can hopefully make it 2/2 against Spanish opposition.. wonder what odds the bookies are offering.
 

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