Federer Debuts on Grass Wednesday at ATP Halle
Posted on June 14, 2006The seeds went 2-for-2 Tuesday at the ATP stop in Halle, where No. 5 Tomas Berdych defeated German qualifier Benjamin Becker, and No. 6 Tommy Haas beat Gilles Simon, both in straight sets.
Highlights among the unseeded players were former No. 1 Marat Safin downing France's Florent Serra, and last year's Nottingham grasscourt title winner Richard Gasquet defeating qualifier George Bastl, the answer to the trivia question 'Who was the last player to beat Pete Sampras at Wimbledon?'
Other unseeded winners were France's Fabrice Santoro (d. Youzhny), Swiss qualifier Marco Chiudinelli (d. C.Rochus), and German Florian Mayer (d. countryman Phau 7-6 in the third).
Homecountry favorite Nicolas Kiefer pulled from the event with a wrist injury.
Scheduled for Wednesday in Halle are Clement vs. (LL) Pless, (1) Federer vs. (Q) Bopanna, (8) Vliegen vs. (Q) Chiudinelli, and Mayer vs. (3) Nieminen.
Highlights among the unseeded players were former No. 1 Marat Safin downing France's Florent Serra, and last year's Nottingham grasscourt title winner Richard Gasquet defeating qualifier George Bastl, the answer to the trivia question 'Who was the last player to beat Pete Sampras at Wimbledon?'
Other unseeded winners were France's Fabrice Santoro (d. Youzhny), Swiss qualifier Marco Chiudinelli (d. C.Rochus), and German Florian Mayer (d. countryman Phau 7-6 in the third).
Homecountry favorite Nicolas Kiefer pulled from the event with a wrist injury.
Scheduled for Wednesday in Halle are Clement vs. (LL) Pless, (1) Federer vs. (Q) Bopanna, (8) Vliegen vs. (Q) Chiudinelli, and Mayer vs. (3) Nieminen.