Gasquet Leads Seeded Exodus Tuesday at ATP SydneyPosted on January 11, 2006 Three seeds were ousted Tuesday in windy Sydney where Russians Igor Andreev (d. (4) Gasquet) and Dmitry Tursunov (d. (6) Robredo) held hot hands, joined by Thai Paradorn Srichaphan (d. (7) Stepanek) who has rebounded quickly from a leg injury.
No. 2 seed Nikolay Davydenko was the lone seeded winner on the day, taking out Czech riser Tomas Berdych in straight sets. Former No. 1 Carlos Moya saved a match point against Sebastien Grosjean, defeating the Frenchman in a third-set tiebreak, joined by fellow unseeded winners Florent Serra (d. Santoro in three) in an all-French match-up, Italian qualifier Andreas Seppi (d. (SE) Vliegen in three), Aussie (WC) Peter Luczak (d. Malisse in two tiebreaks), and Argentine lucky loser Juan Monaco (d. Verdasco). "We always have really close matches against each other, often with one of us having match points and losing and vice versa," said Moya of Grosjean. "I felt really tired in the middle of the second set, especially with the heat, and then I don't know what happened. I started to feel a lot better and playing better too." In doubles the top-seeded Bryan brothers saved two match points in defeating Aussies (WC) Guccione/Healey 12-10 in the third, with Fyrstenberg/Matkowski ousting No. 2 seeds Knowles/Nestor 13-11 in the third, also saving two match points. Scheduled for Wednesday are (8) Blake vs. Moya, (1) Hewitt vs. Jurgen "Tuna" Melzer, Paradorn "The Thai Fighter" Srichaphan vs. (Q) "Dr." Ivo Karlovic, Andreev vs. (WC) Luczak, Calleri vs. (2) Davydenko, (Q) Seppi vs. (WC) Chris "Penthouse" Guccione, (Q) Clement vs. (LL) Monaco, and Serra vs. Tursunov. |
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