Moya Leads 5 Roland Garros Finalists at ATP Estoril
Posted on April 25, 2005Carlos Moya heads a field containing five players who have won or reached the final at Roland Garros this week at the Estoril Open.
Joining the former No. 1 among the seeds are current Roland Garros holder Gaston Gaudio, the shoulder-injury-challenged Joachim Johansson, the back-from-a-shoulder-injury Tommy Robredo, the back-from-a-toe-injury Nicolas Massu, last week's Barcelona semifinalist Radek Stepanek, his Czech mate Jiri Novak, and Spain's Feliciano Lopez.
As always on the dirt the dangerous floaters abound, with opening-round match-ups of note including (1) Moya vs. Spanish countryman Felix Mantilla (winner to likely face unseeded former No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero), (7) Novak vs. the sporadically-dangerous Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu, (5) Massu vs. former French winner Al Costa, and (3) J.Johansson vs. Spanish grinder Alex Calatrava.
Returning champions in the field are Juan Ignacio Chela (d. Safin in the 2004 final), Ferrero (2001), Moya (2000), and Costa (1999).
On court Monday on the dirt are Hernych vs. (2) Gaudio, Guillermo "G-Lo" Garcia-Lopez vs. "Dr." Ivo Karlovic, Tabara vs. Berdych, and Muller vs. Ventura.
Joining the former No. 1 among the seeds are current Roland Garros holder Gaston Gaudio, the shoulder-injury-challenged Joachim Johansson, the back-from-a-shoulder-injury Tommy Robredo, the back-from-a-toe-injury Nicolas Massu, last week's Barcelona semifinalist Radek Stepanek, his Czech mate Jiri Novak, and Spain's Feliciano Lopez.
As always on the dirt the dangerous floaters abound, with opening-round match-ups of note including (1) Moya vs. Spanish countryman Felix Mantilla (winner to likely face unseeded former No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero), (7) Novak vs. the sporadically-dangerous Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu, (5) Massu vs. former French winner Al Costa, and (3) J.Johansson vs. Spanish grinder Alex Calatrava.
Returning champions in the field are Juan Ignacio Chela (d. Safin in the 2004 final), Ferrero (2001), Moya (2000), and Costa (1999).
On court Monday on the dirt are Hernych vs. (2) Gaudio, Guillermo "G-Lo" Garcia-Lopez vs. "Dr." Ivo Karlovic, Tabara vs. Berdych, and Muller vs. Ventura.