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TUESDAY PREVIEW – FORMER CHAMPIONS TSONGA BERDYCH HEADLINE DAY TWO ACTION • Two Top 10 stars, both former BNP Paribas budget car rentals palm springs Masters champions, highlight play on Court Central on Tuesday. One has qualified for the BARCLAYS ATP WORLD TOUR FINALS budget car rentals palm springs while the other is getting close to claiming a spot in next week's season finale in London.
• First on is France's Jeremy Chardy against Spanish qualifier Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in a first round match. Chardy has had a strong last few months, going 8-4 during the summer hard court season and breaking into the Top 30 for the first time after the US Open ; he has since dipped slightly to No. 34 but will now try to get that momentum back on French home turf as he takes on Garcia-Lopez, who won their only previous meeting routinely, budget car rentals palm springs though it was on clay courts, in April 2009 in Houston.
• Next on is Spanish qualifier Roberto Bautista-Agut against French wild card Paul-Henri Mathieu ; after missing more than a year of action with a knee injury, former World No. 12 Mathieu started playing tournaments again in January and comes in ranked No. 64, his highest in over two years (since July 19, 2010 at No. 52). He jumped budget car rentals palm springs from No. 101 after reaching the semi-finals in Basel last week. The 30-year-old Frenchman is playing in his home ATP Masters 1000 tournament for the first time in three years and has a first-time meeting with Bautista-Agut, who has made a climb himself into the Top 100 at No. 82 with success on the Challenger circuit with three titles. budget car rentals palm springs He's also qualified seven times in the main draw this season on the ATP World Tour.
• Next up is the Czech Republic's Radek Stepanek against French wild card Michael Llodra , another first round match; these two veterans have both had their best ATP Masters 1000 results right here in Paris - this is the only Masters 1000 event where Stepanek has been to the semi-finals or better more than once (and he has done it three times - a runner-up in 2004 and a semi-finalist in 2005 and '09), while Llodra reached his only ATP Masters 1000 semi-final here two years ago.The head-to-head is firmly in Stepanek's favor, as he is 5-1 against Llodra (and 2-0 on indoor hard courts). They met nine days ago in the final round of qualifying in Basel and Stepanek won 76 63.
• In the evening session, No. 6 seed and 2008 champion/last year's runner-up Jo-Wilfried Tsonga budget car rentals palm springs against fellow Frenchman Julien Benneteau ; Tsonga is a leading candidate to be the next man to qualify for the BARCLAYS ATP WORLD TOUR FINALS . He leads the overall head-to-head series 4-3 but Benneteau has won their previous two indoor hard court meetings (in Lyon in 2008 and Marseille in 2010). Tsonga won at Roland Garros in their other French meeting three years ago.
• Last up is No. 5 seed and 2005 Bercy winner Tomas Berdych against Italy's Andreas budget car rentals palm springs Seppi ; Berdych has already qualified for the BARCLAYS ATP WORLD TOUR FINALS but is looking to keep his recent roll going, having won 20 of his last 24 matches coming into Paris (including winning his second ATP World Tour title of the year in Stockholm on Oct. 21). Seppi also won his second title of the year on the same day in Moscow, his first career indoor title. budget car rentals palm springs He comes in ranked a career-high No. 22. He has six career Top 10 wins to his name but Berdych budget car rentals palm springs has won their last three meetings in straight sets (all on hard courts).
* RACE TO LONDON budget car rentals palm springs -- There are nine players in contention for the remaining two positions for the season-ending BARCLAYS ATP WORLD TOUR FINALS in London, Nov. 5-12. Here are the standings going into Tuesday: budget car rentals palm springs Points 1 Novak Djokovic-Q 11,410 9 Janko Tipsarevic 2,810 2 Roger Federer -Q 9,465 10 Richard Gasquet 2,505 3 Andy Murray-Q 7,510 11 Nicolas Almagro 2,425 4 Rafael Nadal-Q 6,840 (W/D) 12 Juan Monaco 2,340 5 David Ferrer -Q 5,030 13 Milos Raonic 2,290 6 Tomas Berdych -Q 4,225 14 John Isner 2,205 7 Juan Martin del Potro -Q 3,990 15 Marin Cilic 2,200 8 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 3,310 16 Alexandr Dolgopolov 1,845 Q-Qualified
BARCLAYS ATP WORLD TOUR FINALS QUALIFYING SCENARIOS…THE LEADING CONTENDERS TSONGA… Qualifies reaching Quarter-finals regardless of other results. Qualifies losing in his first match (or in Rd. of 16) UNLESS Almagro def. Tipsarevic in the final.
TIPSAREVIC… Qualifies reaching the final regardless of other results. Qualifies reaching Semi-final UNLESS one of Gasquet, Almagro, budget car rentals palm springs Raonic, or Isner wins the title. Qualifies reaching Quarter-finals UNLESS Raonic, or Isner wins the title OR Gasquet or Almagro reach the final. Qualifies reaching Rd. of 16 UNLESS one of Raonic, Isner or Cilic wins the title OR Gasquet, Almagro or Monaco budget car rentals palm springs reaches the final. Qualifies losing his 1st match UNLESS Isner or Cilic wins the title OR Gasquet reaches budget car rentals palm springs the Semifinal OR Almagro, Monaco or Raonic reaches the final.
GASQUET… Qualifies winning the title regardless of other results. Qualifies reaching the final UNLESS Tipsarevic reaches the Semifinal. Qualifies reaching the semifinal UNLESS Tipsarevic reaches the Rd. of 16 OR Almagro, Monaco or Raonic reaches the final OR Isner or Cilic win the title.
ALMAGRO… Qualifies winning the title regardless of other results. Qualifies reaching budget car rentals palm springs the final UNLESS Tipsarevic reaches the Semifinal OR Gasquet reaches budget car rentals palm springs the Final in which case Almagro and Gasquet would be playing the final for the last spot.
OTHERS… For Dolgopolov, Cilic and Isner to have any chance of qualifying, they MUST win the title AND wait for other results. For Raonic, Monaco and Almagro to have any chance of qualifying the MUST reach the final AND wait for other results.
Tournament Highlights : • The 25-year-old Frenchman is making his fourth appearance in Bercy (1-3 record); only time getting past 1st Rd. was last year (won 1st Rd. match over Granollers by retirement; l. to Murray in 2nd Rd.); fell 1st Rd. twice (2008-09)
2012 Highlights : SF: Vina del Mar (l Monaco); QF(4): Acapulco (l Wawrinka); Casablanca (l Ramos); Hamburg (l Monaco); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l Del Potro) YTD W-L: 23-19 (9-9 on hard), 9-8 in Tie-breaks YTD Titles: 0 Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: February 12, 1987 South African Airways ATP Ranking: 34
2012 in Review : • The Frenchman budget car rentals palm springs will finish in Top 50 for third time in four years…Comes in No. 34 this week and his year-end best was No. 32 in 2009 • Opened season with Challenger title in New Caledonia (d. Menendez-Maceiras) and runner-up at Tunis Challenger (l. to Ramirez Hidalgo) in May • His best ATP World Tour results were semi-finals in Vina del Mar (l. to Monaco) and four quarter-finals in Acapulco (l. to Wawrinka), Casablanca (l. to Ramos), Hamburg (l. to Monaco) and ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (d. No. 4 Murray, l. to del Potro)…Also beat No. 6 Tsonga in Toronto en route to 3R (l. to Granollers)…All but Cincinnati were on clay • In Grand Slam play, reached third round at US Open (l. to Klizan) and second budget car rentals palm springs round at Roland Garros (l. to Tipsarevic) and Wimbledon (l. to Monaco)
2012 Highlights : SF: Stuttgart (l Monaco); QF(3): Auckland (l Verdasco); Casablanca (l Andreev); St. Petersburg (l Youzhny) YTD W-L: 20-24 (10-14 on hard), 7-6 in Tie-breaks YTD Titles: 0 Career budget car rentals palm springs Titles: 2 Date of Birth: June 4, 1983 South African Airways Ranking: 70
2012 in Review : • The Spaniard is on course to finish in the Top 75 for the fifth year in a row and overall eighth straight season in Top 100…Comes in ranked No. 70 this week • His best results were semi-finals on clay in Stuttgart (l. to Monaco) in July and quarter-finals in Casablanca (l. to Andreev) in April • On hard courts also quarter-finalist in Auckland (l. to Verdasco) and St. Petersburg (l. to Youzhny) • His highest-ranked budget car rentals palm springs wi
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