Four Seeds Advance at Stockholm, Agassi on Tap Today


Posted on October 27, 2004

<a href='http://www.tennis-x.com/playernews/Tommy-Haas.php' id=namelink>Tommy Haas</a> was among the winner in Stockholm (ATP)Four seeds in action moved into the second round Tuesday at the ATP stop in Stockholm in (2) Joachim "Pim-Pim" Johansson (d. Garcia), (4) Tommy Haas (d. (Q) Sanguinetti), (5) Feliciano "F-Lo" Lopez (d. Jeff "Baby Krajicek" Morrison), and (6) Robin Soderling (d. Swedish countryman Enqvist), all in straight sets.

"I am satisfied with the win but most things in my game can improve," said the bigger-than-thou-serving Pim-Pim. "This tournament means a lot to me. I have dreamt about playing on Center Court since I was a small kid."

Un-seeds into the second round were qualifiers Janko Tipsarevic (d. (7) Berdych 6-1 in the third) and Michal Tabara (d. Kohlschreiber), and unseeded Belgian waffle Olivier "The Roach" Rochus (d. (Q) Settergren).

Scheduled for Wednesday are "Everybody Loves" Raemon Sluiter vs. Schalken in an all-Dutch treat, (WC) Ryderstedt vs. O.Hernandez, Arthurs vs. Bjorkman in an all 30-plus, (1) Agassi vs. Vliegen, (6) Soderling vs. T.Johansson in an all-Swedish, The Roach vs. (Q) Tipsarevic, and (Q) Tabara vs. (3) Pavel.

Agassi has never won Stockholm in three previous appearances during his career.
Rankings
ATP - Feb 06 WTA - Feb 06
1 Novak Djokovic1 Victoria Azarenka
2 Rafael Nadal2 Petra Kvitova
3 Roger Federer3 Maria Sharapova
4 Andy Murray4 Caroline Wozniacki
5 David Ferrer5 Samantha Stosur
6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga6 Agnieszka Radwanska
7 Tomas Berdych7 Marion Bartoli
8 Mardy Fish8 Vera Zvonareva
9 Janko Tipsarevic9 Na Li
10 Juan Martin Del Potro10 Andrea Petkovic
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