Thursday, August 27, 2009

US Open Main Draws

by Savannah

Men's Singles Draw

Top Half

[1] FEDERER, Roger SUI vs (W) BRITTON, Devin USA
(Q) vs GREUL, Simon GER
CHELA, Juan Ignacio ARG vs HERNANDEZ, Oscar ESP
ALVES, Thiago BRA vs [31] HEWITT, Lleyton AUS

[21] BLAKE, James USA vs RAMIREZ HIDALGO, Ruben ESP
ROCHUS, Olivier BEL vs KUNITSYN, Igor RUS
(Q) vs GARCIA-LOPEZ, Guillermo ESP
(Q) vs [14] ROBREDO, Tommy ESP

[12] SODERLING, Robin SWE vs MONTANES, Albert ESP
ZVEREV, Mischa GER vs GRANOLLERS, Marcel ESP
KIM, Kevin USA vs SELA, Dudi ISR
(Q) vs [22] QUERREY, Sam USA

[26] MATHIEU, Paul-Henri FRA vsYOUZHNY, Mikhail RUS
STARACE, Potito ITA vs (Q)
HERNYCH, Jan CZE vs SCHUETTLER, Rainer GER
(Q) vs [8] DAVYDENKO, Nikolay RUS


[4] DJOKOVIC, Novak SRB vs LJUBICIC, Ivan CRO
(Q) vs (Q)
BECK, Karol SVK vs GONZALEZ, Maximo ARG
(Q) vs [29] ANDREEV, Igor RUS

[23] KOHLSCHREIBER, Philipp GER vs SEPPI, Andreas ITA
(Q) vs GIL, Frederico POR
GOLUBEV, Andrey KAZ vs MAYER, Leonardo ARG
BOLELLI, Simone ITA vs [15] STEPANEK, Radek CZE

[10] VERDASCO, Fernando ESP vs BECKER, Benjamin GER
SERRA, Florent FRA vs TIPSAREVIC, Janko SRB
KENDRICK, Robert USA vs VASSALLO ARGUELLO, Martin ARG
(Q) vs [20] HAAS, Tommy GER

[28] HANESCU, Victor ROU vs ISNER, John USA
(Q) vs ROCHUS, Christophe BEL
GICQUEL, Marc FRA vs TURSUNOV, Dmitry RUS
PHAU, Bjorn GER vs [5] RODDICK, Andy USA

Bottom Half


[7]TSONGA, Jo-Wilfried FRA vs (W) BUCHANAN, Chase USA
NIEMINEN, Jarkko FIN vs FOGNINI, Fabio ITA
CIPOLLA, Flavio ITA vs BENNETEAU, Julien FRA
(Q) vs [30] TROICKI, Viktor SRB

[17] BERDYCH, Tomas CZE vs ODESNIK, Wayne USA
(Q) vs (Q)
(Q) vs RAM, Rajeev USA
MASSU, Nicolas CHI vs [11] GONZALEZ, Fernando CHI

[13] MONFILS, Gael FRA vs CHARDY, Jeremy FRA
KOROLEV, Evgeny RUS vs BECK, Andreas GER
DANIEL, Marcos BRA vs ACASUSO, Jose ARG
MARTIN, Alberto ESP vs [18] FERRER, David ESP

[32] ALMAGRO, Nicolas ESP vs DARCIS, Steve BEL
GINEPRI, Robby USA vs PAVEL, Andrei ROU
(W) LLODRA, Michael FRA vs KIEFER, Nicolas GER
GASQUET, Richard FRA vs [3] NADAL, Rafael ESP


[6] DEL POTRO, Juan Martin ARG vs MONACO, Juan ARG
MELZER, Jurgen AUT vs SAFIN, Marat RUS
CUEVAS, Pablo URU vs (W) GUCCIONE, Chris AUS
KOELLERER, Daniel AUT vs [25] FISH, Mardy USA

[24] FERRERO, Juan Carlos ESP vs SANTORO, Fabrice FRA
PETZSCHNER, Philipp GER vsSTAKHOVSKY, Sergiy UKR
(Q) vs LU, Yen-Hsun TPE
GIMENO-TRAVER, Daniel ESP vs [9] SIMON, Gilles FRA

[16] CILIC, Marin CRO vs (W) SWEETING, Ryan USA
GABASHVILI, Teimuraz RUS vs (W) LEVINE, Jesse USA
ISTOMIN, Denis UZB vs (W) EVANS, Brendan USA
LAPENTTI, Nicolas ECU vs [19] WAWRINKA, Stanislas SUI

[27] KARLOVIC, Ivo CRO vs NAVARRO, Ivan ESP
LOPEZ, Feliciano ESP vs (W) DENT, Taylor USA
CAPDEVILLE, Paul CHI vs CRIVOI, Victor ROU
GULBIS, Ernests LAT vs [2] MURRAY, Andy GBR


LADIES DRAW

TOP HALF

Dinara Safina RUS (1) v Olivia Rogowska AUS
Urszula Radwanska POL v Kristina Barrois GER
Tathiana Garbin ITA v Mallory Cecil USA
Petra Kvitova CZE v Alisa Kleybanova RUS (27)

Patty Schnyder SUI (19) v Lucie Safarova CZE
Sara Errani ITA v Arantxa Rus NED
Shuai Peng CHN v Jarmila Groth AUS
Yanina Wickmayer BEL v Virginie Razzano FRA (16)

Ana Ivanovic SRB (11) v Kateryna Bondarenko UKR
Unknown v Monica Niculescu ROU
Unknown v Lourdes Dominguez Lino ESP
Aravane Rezai FRA v Sabine Lisicki GER (23)

Alona Bondarenko UKR (30) v Alla Kudryavtseva RUS
Gisela Dulko ARG v Ekaterina Makarova RUS
Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ v Masa Zec Peskiric SLO
Roberta Vinci ITA v Jelena Jankovic SRB (5)


Elena Dementieva RUS (4) v Unknown
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS v Melanie Oudin USA
Polona Hercog SLO v Christina McHale USA
Tsvetana Pironkova BUL v Maria Sharapova RUS (29)

Jie Zheng CHN (21) v Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER
Alize Cornet FRA v Unknown
Unknown v Julie Coin FRA
Katarina Srebotnik SLO v Nadia Petrova RUS (13)

Caroline Wozniacki DEN (9) v Galina Voskoboeva KAZ
Unknown v Severine Bremond Beltrame FRA
Kristina Mladenovic FRA v Stephanie Dubois CAN
Ayumi Morita JPN v Sorana Cirstea ROU (24)

Agnes Szavay HUN (32) v Shahar Peer ISR
Varvara Lepchenko USA v Carla Suarez Navarro ESP
Tamarine Tanasugarn THA v Anastasija Sevastova LAT
Julia Goerges GER v Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS (6)

BOTTOM HALF

Victoria Azarenka BLR (8) v Alexandra Dulgheru ROU
Unknown v Unknown
Alberta Brianti ITA v Stefanie Voegele SUI
Unknown v Francesca Schiavone ITA (26)

Na Li CHN (18) v Ioana Raluca Olaru ROU
Michelle Larcher De Brito POR v Mathilde Johansson FRA
Maria Kirilenko RUS v Unknown
Patricia Mayr AUT v Agnieszka Radwanska POL (12)

Marion Bartoli FRA (14) v Rossana De Los Rios PAR
Viktoriya Kutuzova UKR v Kim Clijsters BEL
Kirsten Flipkens BEL v Jelena Dokic AUS
Gail Brodsky USA v Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP (20)

Kaia Kanepi EST (25) v Unknown
Magdalena Rybarikova SVK v Unknown
Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA v Iveta Benesova CZE
Vera Dushevina RUS v Venus Williams USA (3)


Vera Zvonareva RUS (7) v Nuria Llagostera Vives ESP
Unknown v Anna Chakvetadze RUS
Unknown v Jill Craybas USA
Lucie Hradecka CZE v Elena Vesnina RUS (31)

Amelie Mauresmo FRA (17) v Tatjana Malek GER
Aleksandra Wozniak CAN v Laura Granville USA
Olga Govortsova BLR v Sania Mirza IND
Edina Gallovits ROU v Flavia Pennetta ITA (10)

Samantha Stosur AUS (15) v Ai Sugiyama JPN
Vania King USA v Anastasiya Yakimova BLR
Timea Bacsinszky SUI v Unknown
Meghann Shaughnessy USA v Daniela Hantuchova SVK (22)

Sybille Bammer AUT (28) v Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ESP
Unknown v Andrea Petkovic GER
Melinda Czink HUN v Maria Elena Camerin ITA
Alexa Glatch USA v Serena Williams USA (2)

Commentary

I D-double dare anyone to say the Monogram doesn't have a cakewalk draw.
As for The Siberian Bansidhe she's scheduled to face Elena again. Elena isn't afraid of her.

10 comments:

vw said...

Monogram in NY final means money.

I hope Elena can win one this time.

Craig Hickman said...

I can't say that I've ever seen a more lopsided men's Slam draw.

Fred66 said...

Oh, Savannah, unless Nadal would drop out of the Top 32, and face Federer in the 1rst round of a Slam, you'll always insist Roger has a cakewalk draw. You don't like the guy, I respect that, but take off the tin foil already!!!

Savannah said...

But Fred66 I like my hat!

Seriously though if you don't see what they did with the men's draw I don't know what to tell you.

I ask you, like I do everyone, to keep track of the draws for six months and include majors and "minors". Don't rely on my say so. Just check the draws. Then we can talk.

Craig I want to stay out of it but I mean really?

Helen W said...

Fred66, just for interest's sake, which of Rafa & Mr. Monogram do you think has the tougher opening match? Mr Monogram faces a devin Britton, a wildcard ranked below 1,000, and Rafa faces Richard Gasquet.

If you take the time to read other commentary, you will find many other knowledgeable tennisheads saying the exact same thing -- Mr. Mongram has the easier draw.

Fred66 said...

Savannah, just to prove to you that I'm not some fawning Federer sycophant; I don't believe he should be called The Greatest Ever, while he has such a bad record against Nadal and Murray. And I also don't believe he would have won 15 Slams, if Nadal and Murray had been about his own age and come on the Tour at the same time as him. Having said that though, we'll just have to agree to disagree on the matter of the draws being rigged.

Savannah said...

Fred66 there is no problem. Agreeing to disagree is fine. Just don't be a stranger.

Fred66 said...

Helen W, of course Nadal has a tougher draw this time, but that's just the luck of the draw as they say. And aren't all of you conspiracy theorist out there forgetting that Andy Roddick is in the top half of the draw too? If you're going to insist in believing that the draw was rigged, it could just as easily have been done to benefit him and not Federer. I don't believe that draws are rigged to benefit certain players, but the playing schedules absolutely are, as was clearly evidenced in 2003, when they did everything they could to make sure that Ferrero arrived at the finals totally exhausted, so that Roddick could have his easy win. To this day, that's the most glaring example of interference by a tournament in favor of a player I've ever seen.

Savannah said...

Fred66 don't forget Wimbledon 2007 when the Man from Mallorca played how many days straight while a certain Monogram cooled his heels with how many days off?

US Open 2003 will always be a blot on the US Open just as Wimbledon 2007 should be on that event. There was really no difference in the situations.

Helen W said...

Fred66 I am a scientist by training, and do not easily get seduced by conspiracy theories.

Nevertheless, as you yourself point out, the powers that be (TPTB) have consistently shown that they are not above manipulating the schedule of play to favour certain players, so why is it such a stretch to imagine that they manipulate the draws as well?

I agree that in any one draw you can argue that it is the luck of the draw. But when over a series of draws, you start to notice that one or two players are the frequent beneficiaries of soft draws, one can begin to question. For some examples, see my post in another thread.