Hamburg Masters
Hamburg, Germany
May 14-20, 2007
€2,082,500 / 64 Draw
Clay

Defending Champ: Tommy Robredo

Seeds:  ¹Roger Federer (SUI), ²Rafael Nadal (ESP), ³Nikolay Davydenko (RUS), ⁴Novak Djokovic (SRB), ⁵Fernando Gonzalez (CHL), ⁶Tommy Robredo (ESP), ⁷Ivan Ljubicic (CRO), ⁸James Blake (USA), ⁹Andrew Murray (GBR), ¹⁰Tomas Berdych (CZE), ¹¹Richard Gasquet (FRA), ¹²David Ferrer (ESP), ¹³Mikhail Youzhny (RUS), ¹⁴Marcos Baghdatis (CYP), ¹⁵Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP), ¹⁶Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)

First Round Fixtures:

Roger Federer (SUI) - Bye 01
Juan Monaco (ARG)  vs.  Dominik Hrbaty (SVK)
Marat Safin (RUS)  vs.  Nicolas Massu (CHL)
Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP)  vs.  Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI)
David Ferrer (ESP)  vs.  Jonas Bjorkman (SWE)
Robin Soderling (SWE)  vs.  Robby Ginepri (USA)
Florent Serra (FRA)  vs.  Simone Bolelli (ITA)
Ivan Ljubicic (CRO)  - Bye 02 
Novak Djokovic (SRB)  - Bye 03 
Julien Benneteau (FRA)  vs.  Rainer Schuettler (GER)
Tobias Summerer (GER)  vs.  Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)
Florian Mayer (GER)  vs.  Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)
Tomas Berdych (CZE)  vs.  Fernando Verdasco (ESP)
Carlos Moya (ESP)  vs.  Mardy Fish (USA)
Arnaud Clement (FRA)  vs.  Radek Stepanek (CZE)
James Blake (USA) - Bye 04
Tommy Robredo (ESP) - Bye 05
Nicolas Almagro (ESP)  vs.  Martin Verkerk (NLD)
Jose Acasuso (ARG)  vs.  Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)
Filippo Volandri (ITA)  vs.  Andrew Murray (GBR)
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)  vs.  Agustin Calleri (ARG)
Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG)  vs.  Guillermo Canas (ARG)
Gilles Simon (FRA)  vs.  Marc Gicquel (FRA)
Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) - Bye 06
Fernando Gonzalez (CHL) - Bye 07
Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA)  vs.  Olivier Rochus (BEL)
Alexander Waske (GER)  vs.  Jurgen Melzer (AUT)
Richard Gasquet (FRA)  vs.  Gaston Gaudio (ARG)
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)  vs.  Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)
Igor Andreev (RUS)  vs.  Dimitry Tursunov (RUS)
Benjamin Becker (GER)  vs.  Oscar Hernandez (ESP)
Rafael Nadal (ESP) - Bye 08

Canas has been ousted by Chela.  Stepanek, Baghdatis have also fallen in the first round.

Ferrero, Gasquet have progressed to the second round.

Volandri, the last man to beat Federer plays Murray tomorrow. 

We may also have a Safin - Federer clash in the third round, if they both win their respective second round matches.

Davydenko to win

. . . more like anybody but Nadal.

First Round Results:

Monaco - Hrbaty 6-2, 6-2
Safin - Massu 7-6, 6-4
Ferrero - Wawrinka 6-1, 7-6
Ferrer - Bjorkman 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
Soderling - Ginepri 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
Serra - Bolelli 6-7, 6-2, 6-2
Benneteau - Schuettler 7-6, 6-2
Nieminen - Summerer 6-1, 7-6
Mayer - Youzhny 6-4, 2-6, 7-6
Berdych - Verdasco 7-6, 6-4
Moyà - Fish 6-0, 6-3
Clément - Stepanek 6-3, 6-7, 6-3
Almagro - Verkerk 6-1, 6-3
Acasuso - Garcia-Lopez 6-3, 6-4
Volandri - Murray 1-5 Retired
Hewitt - Calleri 6-3, 6-4
Chela - Canas 6-1, 4-6, 6-1
Simon - Gicquel 6-1, 6-0
Mathieu - Rochus 6-1, 7-6
Melzer - Waske 6-3, 6-4
Gasquet - Gaudio 6-1, 6-4
Kohlschreiber - Baghdatis 7-5, 6-3
Andreev - Tursunov 6-2, 1-0 Retired
Hernandez - Becker 6-3, 6-7, 6-3

Second Round Fixtures:

Roger Federer (SUI) vs. Juan Monaco (ARG)
Marat Safin (RUS) vs. Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP)
David Ferrer (ESP) vs. Robin Soderling (SWE)
Florent Serra (FRA) vs. Ivan Ljubicic (CRO)
Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs. Julien Benneteau (FRA)
Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) vs. Florian Mayer (GER)
Tomas Berdych (CZE) vs. Carlos Moya (ESP)
Arnaud Clement (FRA) vs. James Blake (USA)
Tommy Robredo (ESP) vs. Nicolas Almagro (ESP)
Jose Acasuso (ARG) vs. Filippo Volandri (ITA)
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) vs. Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG)
Gilles Simon (FRA) vs. Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)
Fernando Gonzalez (CHL) vs. Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA)
Jurgen Melzer (AUT) vs. Richard Gasquet (FRA)
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) vs. Igor Andreev (RUS)
Oscar Hernandez (ESP) vs. Rafael Nadal (ESP)

PDF:

. . . more like anybody but Nadal.

Haba u are making me sound like a hater.

Oh well guilty as charged

I'm with you on that, my brother. David seems to be the only one enjoying Nadal's run.

i suscribe to adedibu's motto. chop i chop.

One man should not chop alone

No king except God

Davydenko is likely to pose a threat, djokovic is also a firm candidate to win but i vote Nadal to become the first man in history to win all 3 masters titles on clay in one calendar yr!

Vamos Rafa! Let's put doubters and hunger strikers to shame!

Na wa for this tiebreaker between Safin and Ferrero! (17-15).

Ferrero plays Federer in the third round, after the world no. 1 managed to scrape past Monaco.

Nadal, Hewitt, Blake, Davydenko are all through the next round.

Federer looking good. Nice. Now 4 Nadal.

Nadal just thrashed Igor Andreev 6-4, 6-1 to move into the quarter finals of the Hamburg masters!

Vamos Rafa! Some people will soon die of hunger.

davidylan.

u have little sympathy 4 d hungry.

Dont 4get u are African

not when those hungry people are on a self inflicted hunger strike.

davidylan u must be fox news watching, Falwell following repubulican.

Harsh

Second Round Results:

Federer - Monaco 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
Ferrero - Safin 6-3, 7-6
Ferrer - Soderling 1-6, 6-3, 6-2
Ljubicic - Serra 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
Djokovic - Benneteau 7-6, 6-3
Nieminen - Mayer 6-2, 6-4
Moyà - Berdych 3-6, 7-5, 7-6
Blake - Clément 6-2, 6-3
Almagro - Robredo 6-7, 6-2, 6-4
Acasuso - Volandri 3-6, 7-6, 6-3
Hewitt - Chela 6-2, 7-6
Davydenko - Simon 6-7, 6-4, 7-5
Melzer - Gasquet 6-3, 6-4
Andreev - Kohlschreiber 6-7, 6-1, 6-4
Nadal - Hernandez 7-5, 6-1

3rd Round Fixtures:

Roger Federer (SUI) vs. Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP)
David Ferrer (ESP) vs. Ivan Ljubicic (CRO)
Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs. Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)
Carlos Moya (ESP) vs. James Blake (USA)
Nicolas Almagro (ESP) vs. Jose Acasuso (ARG)
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) vs. Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)
Fernando Gonzalez (CHL) vs. Jurgen Melzer (AUT)
Igor Andreev (RUS) vs. Rafael Nadal (ESP)

Doyin, who else do you tip now that Davydenko is out?

3rd Round Results:

Federer - Ferrero   6-2, 6-3
Ferrer  - Ljubicic   6-3, 6-2
Djokovic - Nieminen   7-5, 4-6, 6-4
Hewitt - Davydenko   6-4, 2-6, 6-4
Moyà - Blake   1-6, 6-3, 6-3
Almagro - Acasuso   6-2, 6-3
Gonzalez - Mathieu   7-5, 6-4
Nadal - Andreev   6-4, 6-1

Quarter Final Fixtures:

Roger Federer (SUI)  vs.  David Ferrer (ESP)
Novak Djokovic (SRB)  vs.  Carlos Moya (ESP)
Nicolas Almagro (ESP)  vs.  Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)
Fernando Gonzalez (CHL)  vs.  Rafael Nadal (ESP)

Can you predict the semi-final fixtures?

My predictions for the 4 semi-finalists:

1. Roger Federer
2. Novak Djokovic
3. Rafael Nadal
4. Nicholas Almagro (i'm a little bit iffy about this: Lleyton surprised me by beating Davydenko but i think Almagro may be too much for him).

Federer to win.

where have all my muscles gone?

Yea, a SF match between struggling Federer and the rising star, Djokovic would be a mouthwatering one. I just hope Djokovic keeps his mouth shut before the match and let his racquet do the talking (that's if both of them win their QF matches anyways).

I would also love to see a Nadal-Hewitt clash. I hope they don't disappoint, Hewitt particularly.

Are we going to have a David-Doyin clash in the final again? Who's the likely spoiler?

David will win! At least i will be doing it on a full stomach!

Federer has won. But he did not look very good. Djokovic or Almagro to win.
I am sure i do not need to defend my choice. I am too hungry to go into it

okay i lost one bet on Djokovic, lost to Carlos Moya the old fox!

Looks like i'm heading to losing the second bet, Hewitt is up by one set to love.

TENNIS
Hamburg Masters
Hewitt - Almagro 6-3, 6-4
Nadal - Gonzalez 6-4, 6-4
Moyà - Djokovic 7-6, 4-6, 7-5
Federer - Ferrer 6-3, 4-6, 6-3

Hewitt Moya or Federer for the win.

Am i forgetting someone?

Nah, No one important

dont worry you are free to forget someone as long as you are left licking ur wounds and nursing a hungry belly at the end of the day.

David, I'm having a feeling Doyin might end his hunger strike soon.

The match between Roger Federer and former French Open champion Carlos Moya, for a place in the Hamburg Masters final, starts in a couple of minutes.

What a bad start! Roger loses the first game on serve.

Roger Federer is on the verge of losing! Moya is a set up (6-4).

I can't believe Federer just couldn't close out this second set. He actually gave up a 40-love lead on serve in the ninth game.

At last! It's a set apiece!