... ce blog ne sera plus mis jour à partir d'aujourd'hui mais reste toutefois en ligne.
Merci à tous, pour tout.
S.M.
Tournament Name: THAILAND OPEN
Location: BANGKOK, THAILAND
Dates: SEPTEMBER 25 - 30, 2007 (TUESDAY START)
Prize Money: US $550,000 (US $525,000)
32 DRAW
SITE: IMPACT ARENA 99 POPULAR ROAD, T. BANMAI, A. PAKKRED, NONTHABURI, 11120 THAILAND
SURFACE: HARD
BALL: WILSON
PRIZE MONEY: USD
WEB SITE:
http://www.thailandopen.org/2007/
Qualifying draw: Friday, September 21, 9:00 p.m.
Main draw: Sunday, September 23, 2:00 p.m.
Doubles draw: Saturday, September 22, 6:00 p.m.
ATP Ranking Points/ATP Race Points
W: 175/35
F: 120/24
SF: 75/15
QF: 40/8
R16: 15/3
R32: 0/0
Q: +5/+1
Entry deadline: August 13, 2007
Seeding: September 17, 2007
1 Nadal, Rafael ESP 2
2 Djokovic, Novak SRB 3
3 Roddick, Andy USA 4
4 Haas, Tommy GER 9
5 Berdych, Tomas CZE 12
6 Ferrer, David ESP 15
7 Johansson, Joachim SWE @21
8 Tursunov, Dmitry RUS 26
9 Soderling, Robin SWE 27
10 Karlovic, Ivo CRO 33
11 Verdasco, Fernando ESP 35
12 Lee, Hyung-Taik KOR 40
13 Becker, Benjamin GER 52
14 Eschauer, Werner AUT 54
15 Spadea, Vincent USA 58
16 Russell, Michael USA 60
17 Llodra, Michael FRA 61
18 Lopez, Feliciano ESP 64
19 Querrey, Sam USA 65
20 Mahut, Nicolas FRA 66
21 Dancevic, Frank CAN 67
22 Acasuso, Jose ARG 69
23 Johansson, Thomas SWE 72
24 Berlocq, Carlos ARG 75
25 Hartfield, Diego ARG 77 => OUT
Tuesday 11 :
Court 2 12.00 pm
Catalin GARD vs Marc GICQUEL
followed by
Yuri SCHUKIN vs Diego HARTFIELD
followed by
Marc GICQUEL / Florent SERRA vs Martin GARCIA / Sebastian PRIETO
followed by
Pablo CUEVAS / Diego HARTFIELD vs Ivan NAVARRO-PASTOR / Gilles SIMON
Result single : Y. Schukin def. D. Hartfield 76 57 62
Result doubles : I. Navarro-Pastor / G. Simon def. P. Cuevas / D. Hartfield 63 76
BUCHAREST 2007 - 1st ROUND
BIO
Date of Birth : 31jan1981
Birth Place : Obera, Argentina
Residence : Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nationality : Argentinian
Height : 1,85 m
Weight : 80 kg
Age Started Tennis : 5
Pro since : 1999
Plays : right-handed
Favourite surface : Hard
Coach : Oscar Rodriguez y Hernan Surez
He has been nicknamed “Gato” (Cat) since he was a kid (which is the same nickname of countryman Gaston Gaudio). He is a good friend of fellow ATP pro Jose Acasuso.
He had no idols growing up, but followed Sampras and Rafter. Now he follows Gaudio and was “really happy” when Gaudio won Roland Garros in 2004. He grew up swimming and playing basketball as well as tennis, at the Obera Tennis Club.
At 14, he took a bus 100 km to Posados to train with Acasuso and two years later moved to Buenos Aires and played Futures events for two years.
In 2002, the Argentine dollar devalued, which caused him hard times. At 22, he spent four months in Italy and Germany at clubs. He came with just $ 500, and had to stay with families and at cheap hotels. It was hard for him to be away from his family, but he is proud to have done it.
His objectives for 2006 were to reach the Top 100 and to travel with his coaches and physical trainer (he’s coached by Hernan Suarez and Oscar Rodriguez). He also works with Daniel Nizzero on training.
He likes music and surfing on the Web. His other hobbies are car racing and, of course, football. He supports Argentinia’s national football team “Boca Juniors”.
