[retired_senegalg]

So Wimbledon's over and the whole of Britain forgets about tennis for another year. Well for those of us who take an interest in it, here's a thread to discuss the tournaments and the players without the irritating Henmania overtone.

So the tournaments this week:

Allianz Suisse Open, Gstaad (Holder: R Federer) - 4th to 10th July

N. Davydenko (RUS)
vs.
S. Sargsian (ARM)




M. Lammer (SUI)
vs.
R. Sabau (ROM)




I. Andreev (RUS)
vs.
F. Lopez (ESP)




P. Starace (ITA)
vs.
J. Novak (CZE)




R. Stepanek (CZE)
vs.
Y. Allegro (SUI)




P. Kohlschreiber (GER)
vs.
F. Cermak (CZE)




F. Verdasco (ESP)
vs.
J. Pospisil (CZE)



S. Wawrinka (SUI)
vs.
F. Volandri (ITA)




N. Massu (CHI)
vs.
T. Behrend (GER)




J. Hernych (CZE)
vs.
H. Armando (USA)




L. Horna (PER)
vs.
T. Zib (CZE)




A. Di Mauro (ITA)
vs.
D. Ferrer (ESP)




I. Ljubicic (CRO)
vs.
R. Mello (BRA)




S. Koubek (AUT)
vs.
A. Seppi (ITA)




R. Schuettler (GER)
vs.
D. Sanguinetti (ITA)




G. Bastl (SUI)
vs.
G. Gaudio (ARG)

This one's live on Eurosport 2, biggest first round match will probably be Andreev vs Lopez :thup:

Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Grass, Newport, Rhode Island (holder: G Rusedski)- 4th to 10th July

The website is complete crap and doesn't tell of the draw but some of the players involved are:

James Blake
Robby Ginepri
Jurgen Melzer
Vince Spadea
Justin Gimelstob
Mardy Fish
Greg Rusedski
Andy Murray

Iirc from the BBC report earlier, Murray could play James Blake in the 3rd Round.

Synsam Swedish Open (Holder: Zabaleta) - Clay - 4th to 10th July

NADAL Rafael ESP (1)
MONACO Juan ARG





Qualifier
MARTIN Alberto ESP





GARCIA-LOPEZ Guillermo ESP
LAPENTTI Nicolas ECU (WC)





Qualifier
FERRERO Juan Carlos ESP (5)





ROBREDO Tommy ESP (3)
TABARA Michal CZE





BJÖRKMAN Jonas SWE
MONFILS Gael FRA





VINCIGUERRA Andreas SWE (WC)
RYDERSTEDT Michael SWE (WC)





HAEHNEL Jerome FRA
YOUZHNY Mikail RUS (6)





ACASUSO Jose ARG (8)
ALMAGRO Nicolas ESP





BERDYCH Tomas CZE
KIM Kevin USA





SLUITER Raemon NED
ZABALETA Mariano ARG





CALATRAVA Alex ESP
MOYA Carlos ESP (4)





SÖDERLING Robin SWE (7)
MAYER Florian GER





HERNANDEZ Oscar ESP
Qualifier





NIEMINEN Jarkko FIN
Qualifier





VANEK Jiri CZE
JOHANSSON Joachim SWE (2)

[retired_roxy]

Nice, a tennis thread. :thup:

I'm one of the few that takes an interest for most of the year, especially masters series events.

[retired_michael75]

so yeah, spoilers in the title?

[mattsaunders]

good work

don't mind a nice bit of tennis. shame the British media only cover it 2 weeks a year

[retired_charlene]

basically come one murray?

[retired_senegalg]

Federer winning tournaments other than Wimbledon was my suggestion?

[retired_stevesgrl]

Why is that I find Dabenport sexy in some way?

[retired_senegalg]

Originally posted by Jongi:
Why is that I find Dabenport sexy in some way?

you've confused her with Sharapova :thup:

[retired_jessicadon]

Originally posted by Lovejoy!:
so yeah, spoilers in the title?

Nah, that's Federer winning everything he enters.

[retired_erica0427]

How old was Hingis when she won Wimbledon for the 1st time?