[ATP 250] Houston

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US Men's Clay Court Championship 2012

 

Piso: Terra Batida

 

Prize-Money: 442,500 $

 

Último vencedor: Ryan Sweeting

 

Site do torneio: http://www.mensclaycourt.com/

 

Live Score: http://www.protennislive.com/frameset.asp?year=2012&wkno=15&lang=en&tabno=2&eventid=0717&ref=www.atpworldtour.com/

 

Quadro de qualificação: http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2012/717/qs.pdf

 

Quadro principal: http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2012/717/mds.pdf

 

 

Vencedor - Singulares:

 

 

Vencedores - Pares:

 

Blake/Querrey

 

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Entry List:

 

1 Fish, Mardy USA 8

2 Isner, John USA 11

3 Granollers, Marcel ESP 28

4 Bogomolov Jr., Alex RUS 35

5 Karlovic, Ivo CRO 41

6 Berlocq, Carlos ARG 44

7 Blake, James USA 63

8 Harrison, Ryan USA 65

9 Malisse, Xavier BEL 66

10 Kunitsyn, Igor RUS 77

11 Sweeting, Ryan USA 82

12 Querrey, Sam USA 87

13 Ungur, Adrian ROU 98

14 Souza, Joao BRA 100

15 Gimeno-Traver, Daniel ESP 101

16 Lorenzi, Paolo ITA 102

17 Prodon, Eric FRA 103

18 Ito, Tatsuma JPN 105

19 Odesnik, Wayne USA 108

20 Phau, Bjorn GER 109

21 Reynolds, Bobby USA 113

22 (Q)

23 (Q)

24 (Q)

25 (Q)

26 (WC)

27 (WC)

28 (WC)

 

Alternates

 

1. Junqueira, Diego ARG 114

2. Zeballos, Horacio ARG 117

3. Kavcic, Blaz SLO 118

4. De Voest, Rik RSA 121

5. Ramirez Hidalgo, Ruben ESP 122

6. Mello, Ricardo BRA 124

7. Mannarino, Adrian FRA 125

8. Russell, Michael USA 126

9. Gonzalez, Maximo ARG 127

10. Brands, Daniel GER 128

11. Zemlja, Grega SLO 131

12. Capdeville, Paul CHI 132

13. Levine, Jesse USA 133

14. Giannessi, Alessandro ITA 138

15. Gabashvili, Teymuraz RUS 139

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WC para Mónaco e Feliciano López.

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Último WC para o Kevin Anderson.

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Qualifying:

 

http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2012/717/qs.pdf

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Quadro Principal:

 

http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2012/717/mds.pdf

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2ª Feira - Programa:

 

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3ª Feira - Programa:

 

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5ª Feira - Programa:

 

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O Russell, vindo do qualifying, eliminou o Fish (1º cabeça-de-série do torneio) e está nos QF.

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6ª Feira - Programa:

 

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Sábado - Programa:

 

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Monaco e Isner são os finalistas do torneio.

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Pico :prayer: Venceu o Isner por 6-2, 3-6 e 6-3 e conquistou o 5º título da carreira. :)

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US MEN'S CLAY COURT CHAMPIONSHIP 2012

Monaco Tops Isner For Houston Trophy

 

 

Fourth-seeded wild card Juan Monaco knocked off second seed John Isner 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 to capture the US Men’s Clay Court Championship trophy Sunday in Houston.

 

Monaco broke Isner twice in the first set, ending the American’s run of 45 successive service holds at the ATP World Tour 250 event. The Argentine saved eight of nine break points against his serve to claim victory in two hours and 28 minutes, notching his first win in three meetings with Isner.

 

“I think we played a great final,” said Monaco. “The first set, I played really well, and then he came back in the second set. In the final set, it was a battle. We fought until the last point. I served pretty well in the last game, so I'm happy for that.”

 

The 16th-ranked Monaco is 11-2 on clay in 2012, adding to his triumph at the VTR Open in Vina del Mar (d. Berlocq). With his first title on US soil, the 28 year old will equal his career-high South African Airways ATP Ranking of No. 14 on Monday.

 

“This is a great moment in my career. I've worked very hard to be here,” Monaco said. “I have the clay-court season in Europe now, which is very important for me. This tournament is going to bring me a lot of confidence.”

 

Isner was bidding to win his first trophy of the year, having also finished runner-up at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells (l. to Federer). He dropped to 0-2 in clay-court title matches.

 

“I came out of the gates slow. I wasn't quite there,” admitted Isner. “It took a while to get warmed up and engaged in the match. I got better as the match went on.

 

“After the first set, the quality from both of us picked up a lot. I had some things go right in the second set. I saved a number of break points. But I had some things go against me in the third set. He was pressuring me pretty well all day. All in all, it was a good effort and was the best match I played all week. That's encouraging. I was a little tired, but I didn't feel it at the end.”