LA Tennis Open - Let the good times and good fortune roll

mona lisa · **Posted:** Thu Jul 23, 2009 1:58 pm

Here is the tournament info and entry list from mtf:

Tournament Name: LA TENNIS OPEN
Location: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA
Dates: JULY 27-AUGUST 2, 2009
Prize Money: US $630,500 ($550,000)
28 DRAW/32 QUALIFYING DRAW

SITE: Los Angeles Tennis Center–UCLA
420 Charles E. Young Drive WEST
Los Angeles, CA 90024
SURFACE: HARDCOURT
BALL: Wilson-US Open
PRIZE MONEY: USD
WEB SITE: http://www.latennisopen.com/

Qualifying draw: Friday, July 24, 9:00 p.m.
Main draw: Friday, July 24, TBD
Doubles draw: Saturday, July 25, 6:00 p.m.

ATP Ranking Points
W: 250
F: 150
SF: 90
QF: 45
R16: 20 (Seeds 1-4: 0)
R32: 0
Q: +12

Entry deadline: June 15, 2009
Seeding: July 20, 2009

1 Gonzalez, Fernando CHI 10
2 Stepanek, Radek CZE 22
3 Safin, Marat RUS 23
4 Fish, Mardy USA 24
5 Tursunov, Dmitry RUS 27
6 Haas, Tommy GER 35
7 Kunitsyn, Igor RUS 39
8 Gicquel, Marc FRA 40
9 Querrey, Sam USA 46
10 Sela, Dudi ISR 47
11 Clement, Arnaud FRA 49
12 Lu, Yen-Hsun TPE 64
13 Mayer, Leonardo ARG 70
14 Gulbis, Ernests LAT 73
15 Kendrick, Robert USA 76
16 Istomin, Denis UZB 79
17 Becker, Benjamin GER 82
18 Kim, Kevin USA 86
19 Reynolds, Bobby USA 90
20 (SE)
21 (SE)
22 (Q)
23 (Q)
24 (Q)
25 (Q)
26 (WC)
27 (WC)
28 (WC)

According to the LA Tennis Open website, Marat is on the doubles entry list with Igor Kunitsyn

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Doubles Players (as of July 13)

Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan
Bruno Soares / Kevin Ullyett
Stephen Huss / Ross Hutchins
Marcelo Melo / Andre Sa
Martin Damm / Robert Lindstedt
Travis Parrott / Dusan Vemic
Eric Butorac / Scott Lipsky
Igor Kunitsyn / Marat Safin
Jeff Coetzee / Jonathan Erlich
Benjamin Becker / Frank Moser

* Six more teams to be announced.
http://www.latennisopen.com/en/Players/ ... FA044&_z=z

The tournament singles draw to be made at 7:45pm on Friday, July 24 during the tournament reception (got invited to this but can't make it since I don't get to LA until Sunday at about noon and can't change my flight.

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ImmzB · **Joined:** Thu Mar 27, 2008 5:42 pm **Posts:** 809

When u put Marat in Red I thought he had Withdrawn lol.

Marat wont be seeded here, he needs 1 more player higher then him to withdraw then he can be seeded.

Stepenek & Clement had withdrawn, people r saying Gonzalez is out aswell but not confirmed.

Defending a QF from last year, needs all the points so he can be seeded for the US Open.

fcpolifan · **Posted:** Fri Jul 24, 2009 6:54 am

I don't know why we're still talking about Marat being seeded, it's clear that it didn't really help him a lot in the first half of the year, when he was. It all comes down to how he feels at a given tournament and avoiding the very top players.

Natasha · **Posted:** Fri Jul 24, 2009 11:56 am

Well, it didn't help him this year, but it helped him last year..

He was a "bye" in couple of big tournaments - yeah, those that were hard to watch, those when his "double-break lead curse" started...

And he had a good draw in AO until he faced Roger in a 3rd

ImmzB · **Joined:** Thu Mar 27, 2008 5:42 pm **Posts:** 809

OUT: Clement, Gonzalez, Stepanek
IN: Baghdatis, Spadea, Isner

ImmzB · **Joined:** Thu Mar 27, 2008 5:42 pm **Posts:** 809

Marat has a great chance of doing well here and getting to the late rounds!

I really hope he does!!

ismail · **Joined:** Tue Apr 08, 2008 7:45 am **Posts:** 1603

Estoy de acuerdo!!!!!!!!

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Buena Suerta !! Marat!!! All the best!!!

mona lisa · **Posted:** Sat Jul 25, 2009 4:45 am

Just saw the following on twiitter:

Draw Bttm Half: Becker v Isner; Dancevic v Baghdatis; Q v Gicquel; BYE-(3)Tursunov; Kunitsyn v Q, L. Mayer v Q, Guccione v Kim; (2)Fish-BYE

Draw Top Half: (1) Haas-BYE, Levine v Reynolds, Lu v Gulbis, Ginepri v Safin; (4) Sela-BYE; Spadea v Kendrick; Dent v Q; Istomin v Querrey

http://twitter.com/LATennisOpen

ismail · **Joined:** Tue Apr 08, 2008 7:45 am **Posts:** 1603

Official Website confirms Marat meets Ginepri in
the first round!!

Marat has all his game intact, all his talent, yes
His Talent all there!!! the stars shine on
him !!! :idea:

dendy · **Joined:** Sat Feb 16, 2008 3:24 pm **Posts:** 404

Link to full singles draw

http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2009/423/mds.pdf

Doubles draw will be added when out.

webby

ImmzB · **Joined:** Thu Mar 27, 2008 5:42 pm **Posts:** 809

Marat against Ginepri in the 1st round, Ginepri who is still playing in Indianaplois where he is in the Semis maybe a bit tierd when he gets to L.A.

The top Quarter is probaly the toughest in the Draw IMO.

COME ON MARAT!!

ImmzB · **Joined:** Thu Mar 27, 2008 5:42 pm **Posts:** 809

Marat's 1st round match will probaly be on Tuesday or Wednesday!

ismail · **Joined:** Tue Apr 08, 2008 7:45 am **Posts:** 1603

Monday will be a classic with a match
against Pete Sampras!!

Good warm up for Marat!!

fcpolifan · **Posted:** Sat Jul 25, 2009 12:03 pm

Very tough draw.

ismail · **Joined:** Tue Apr 08, 2008 7:45 am **Posts:** 1603

I look it this way:::: Opportunities and chances abound!!

In Top Form Marat can beat the best
of them!!

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