ATP/WTA(I) Sony Ericsson Open Miami 3/26-4/6/08

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Tournament Name: SONY ERICSSON OPEN-MIAMI
Location: MIAMI
Dates: MARCH 26–APRIL 6, 2008 (WEDNESDAY START)
[COLOR=DarkRed] Prize Money: $7.54 million ($3.77 million for men, $3.77 million for women)
96 DRAW/48 DRAW QUALIFYING

SITE: TENNIS CENTER AT CRANDON PARK
7300 CRANDON BOULEVARD
KEY BISCAYNE, FLORIDA 33149
SURFACE: HARD
BALL: ATP PENN BALL
PRIZE MONEY: USD
WEB SITE: http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/

Qualifying draw: Sunday, March 23, 2008, TBA
Main draw: Monday, March 24, 2008, 2:20 p.m.
Doubles draw: Wednesday, March 26, 2008, 6:00 p.m.

ATP Ranking Points/ATP Race Points
W: 500/100
F: 350/70
SF: 225/45
QF: 125/25
R16: 75/15
R32: 35/7
R64: 20/4 (Seeds: 5/1)
R128: 5/1 (WC: 0/0)
Q: +5/+1
Q24: 3/0
Q48: 0/0

Entry deadline: February 11, 2008
Seeding: March 24, 2008

1 Federer, Roger SUI 1
2 Nadal, Rafael ESP 2
3 Djokovic, Novak SRB 3
4 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 4
5 Ferrer, David ESP 5
6 Roddick, Andy USA 6
7 Gasquet, Richard FRA 7
8 Youzhny, Mikhail RUS 8
9 Nalbandian, David ARG 9
10 Berdych, Tomas CZE 10
11 Murray, Andy GBR 11
12 Blake, James USA 12
13 Canas, Guillermo ARG 13
14 Monaco, Juan ARG 14
15 Ferrero, Juan Carlos ESP 15
16 Gonzalez, Fernando CHI 16
OUT Baghdatis, Marcos CYP 17
18 Moya, Carlos ESP 18
19 Robredo, Tommy ESP 19
20 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried FRA 20
21 Mathieu, Paul-Henri FRA 21
22 Hewitt, Lleyton AUS 22
23 Karlovic, Ivo CRO 23
24 Ljubicic, Ivan CRO 24
25 Chela, Juan Ignacio ARG 25
26 Nieminen, Jarkko FIN 26
27 Haas, Tommy GER 27
28 Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 28
29 Verdasco, Fernando ESP 29
30 Simon, Gilles FRA 30
31 Almagro, Nicolas ESP 31
32 Malisse, Xavier BEL @31
33 Wawrinka, Stanislas SUI 32
34 Andreev, Igor RUS 33
35 Tursunov, Dmitry RUS 34
36 Starace, Potito ITA 35
37 Stepanek, Radek CZE 36
38 Lopez, Feliciano ESP 37
39 Santoro, Fabrice FRA 38
40 Cilic, Marin CRO 39
41 Seppi, Andreas ITA 40
42 Volandri, Filippo ITA 41
43 Calleri, Agustin ARG 42
44 Tipsarevic, Janko SRB 43
45 Mahut, Nicolas FRA 44
46 Kiefer, Nicolas GER 45
47 Lee, Hyung-Taik KOR 46
48 Grosjean, Sebastien FRA 47
49 Monfils, Gael FRA 48
50 Del Potro, Juan Martin ARG 49
51 Acasuso, Jose ARG 50
52 Montanes, Albert ESP 51
53 Soderling, Robin SWE 52
54 Benneteau, Julien FRA 53
55 Koubek, Stefan AUT 54
56 Rochus, Olivier BEL 55
57 Melzer, Jurgen AUT 56
58 Johansson, Thomas SWE 57
59 Safin, Marat RUS 58
60 Berrer, Michael GER 59
61 Llodra, Michael FRA 60
62 Gicquel, Marc FRA 61
63 Querrey, Sam USA 62
64 Sela, Dudi ISR 63
65 Gulbis, Ernests LAT 64
66 Bolelli, Simone ITA 65
67 Mayer, Florian GER 66
68 Clement, Arnaud FRA 67
69 Ventura, Santiago ESP 68
70 Bjorkman, Jonas SWE 69
71 Hernandez, Oscar ESP 70
72 Hrbaty, Dominik SVK @70
73 Vliegen, Kristof BEL 71
74 Korolev, Evgeny RUS 72
75 Spadea, Vincent USA 73
76 Berlocq, Carlos ARG 74
77 Hanescu, Victor ROU 75
78 Roitman, Sergio ARG 76
79 Fish, Mardy USA 77
80 (Q)
81 (Q)
82 (Q)
83 (Q)
84 (Q)
85 (Q)
86 (Q)
87 (Q)
88 (Q)
89 (Q)
90 (Q)
91 (Q)
92 (WC) Kuerten, Gustavo BRA
93 (WC) Ancic, Mario CRO
94 (WC) Isner, John USA
95 (WC) Levine, Jesse USA
96 (WC) Nishikori, Kei JPN (2007 Luxilon Cup champion)

Alternates

IN Schuettler, Rainer GER 78
1. Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo ESP 79
2. Darcis, Steve BEL 80
3. Luczak, Peter AUS 81
4. Pavel, Andrei ROU 82
OUT Eschauer, Werner AUT 83
5. Dancevic, Frank CAN 84
6. Falla, Alejandro COL 85
7. Guccione, Chris AUS 86
8. Roger-Vasselin, Edouard FRA 87
9. Serra, Florent FRA 88
10. Cuevas, Pablo URU 89
11. Haase, Robin NED 90
12. Ascione, Thierry FRA 91
13. Becker, Benjamin GER 92

ATP Qualifying

1 Darcis, Steve BEL 46
2 Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo ESP 60
OUT Ancic, Mario CRO 69 (WC to MD)
4 Guccione, Chris AUS 70
5 Luczak, Peter AUS 72
6 Fognini, Fabio ITA 75
7 Zverev, Mischa GER 76
8 Falla, Alejandro COL 79
9 Haase, Robin NED 81
10 Young, Donald USA 85
OUT Schuettler, Rainer GER 88 (to MD)
12 Dancevic, Frank CAN 83
13 Minar, Ivo CZE 89
14 Cuevas, Pablo URU 91
15 Pavel, Andrei ROU 92
OUT Isner, John USA 94 (WC to MD)
17 Lapentti, Nicolas ECU 96
18 Horna, Luis PER 97
19 Massu, Nicolas CHI 98
20 Gremelmayr, Denis GER 101
21 Brzezicki, Juan Pablo ARG 102
22 Reynolds, Bobby USA 103
23 Karanusic, Roko CRO 104
24 Becker, Benjamin GER 106
25 Ginepri, Robby USA 111
26 Gabashvili, Teimuraz RUS 112
27 Troicki, Viktor SRB 113
28 Capdeville, Paul CHI 114
29 Kunitsyn, Igor RUS 116
30 Kendrick, Robert USA 117
31 Odesnik, Wayne USA 119
32 Petzschner, Philipp GER 120
OUT Nishikori, Kei JPN 122 (WC to MD)
34 Lu, Yen-Hsun TPE 124
35 Delic, Amer USA 126
36 Jones, Alun AUS 127
37 Russell, Michael USA 131
38 Hartfield, Diego ARG 132
39 De Voest, Rik RSA 134
40 Muller, Gilles LUX 140
41 Giraldo, Santiago COL 142
42 Bohli, Stephane SUI 146
43 Lacko, Lukas SVK 147
44 (WC) Berankis, Ricardas LTU (2007 Orange Bowl champion)
45 (WC) Bester, Philip CAN
46 (WC) Elias, Gastao POR
47 (WC) Sweeting, Ryan USA
48 (WC) Williams, Rhyne USA

Alternates
IN Kim, Kevin USA 149
IN Wang, Yeu-Tzuoo TPE 150
IN Vemic, Dusan SRB 151
IN Wessels, Peter NED 152
1. Warburg, Sam USA 154
2. Levy, Harel ISR 156
3. Levine, Jesse USA 159 (WC to MD)
4. Dlouhy, Lukas CZE 168
5. Moodie, Wesley RSA 169
6. Economidis, Konstantinos GRE 172
7. Anderson, Kevin RSA 175
8. Bogdanovic, Alex GBR 177
9. Niemeyer, Frederic CAN 178
10. Huta Galung, Jesse NED 183
11. El Aynaoui, Younes MAR 187

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WTA Main Draw

1 F HENIN Justine BEL 1
2 F IVANOVIC Ana SRB 2
3 F KUZNETSOVA Svetlana RUS 3
4 F JANKOVIC Jelena SRB 4
5 F SHARAPOVA Maria RUS 5
6 F CHAKVETADZE Anna RUS 6
7 F WILLIAMS Venus USA 7
8 F HANTUCHOVA Daniela SVK 8
9 F BARTOLI Marion FRA 9
10 F WILLIAMS Serena USA 10
11 F DEMENTIEVA Elena RUS 11
12 F GOLOVIN Tatiana FRA 12
13 F SCHNYDER Patty SUI 13
14 F PETROVA Nadia RUS 14
15 F SAFINA Dinara RUS 15
16 F VAIDISOVA Nicole CZE 16
17 F PEER Shahar ISR 17
18 F SZAVAY Agnes HUN 18
19 F MAURESMO Amelie FRA 19
20 F BAMMER Sybille AUT 20
21 F RADWANSKA Agnieszka POL 21
22 F BONDARENKO Alona UKR 22
23 F SCHIAVONE Francesca ITA 23
24 F RAZZANO Virginie FRA 24
25 AZARENKA Victoria BLR 25
26 F ZVONAREVA Vera RUS 26
27 F KIRILENKO Maria RUS 27
28 F SREBOTNIK Katarina SLO 28
29 F MIRZA Sania IND 29
30 F KRAJICEK Michaella NED 30
31 F MEDINA GARRIGUES Anabel ESP 31
32 F PENNETTA Flavia ITA 32
33 F LI Na CHN 33
34 F VAKULENKO Julia UKR 34
35 F DANIILIDOU Eleni GRE 35
36 F GARBIN Tathiana ITA 36
37 F SANTANGELO Mara ITA 37
38 F BONDARENKO Kateryna UKR 38
39 F DUSHEVINA Vera RUS 39
40 F SAFAROVA Lucie CZE 40
41 F PASZEK Tamira AUT 41
42 F SUGIYAMA Ai JPN 42
43 F DULKO Gisela ARG 43
44 F DAVENPORT Lindsay USA 44
45 F CIBULKOVA Dominika SVK 45
46 F MORIGAMI Akiko JPN 46
47 F JACKSON Jamea USA 46 SR
48 F KNAPP Karin ITA 47
49 F GOVORTSOVA Olga BLR 48
50 F CORNET Alize FRA 49
51 F TU Meilen USA 50
52 F SEQUERA Milagros VEN 50 SR
53 F VESNINA Elena RUS 51
54 F WOZNIACKI Caroline DEN 52
55 F PARMENTIER Pauline FRA 53
56 F SHAUGHNESSY Meghann USA 54
57 F LOIT Emilie FRA 55
58 F REZAI Aravane FRA 56
59 F DELLACQUA Casey AUS 57
60 F OLARU Ioana raluca ROU 58
61 F PENG Shuai CHN 59
62 F YAN Zi CHN 60
63 F ZHENG Jie CHN 60 SR
64 F CHAN Yung-jan TPE 61
65 F MEUSBURGER Yvonne AUT 62
66 F ERRANI Sara ITA 63
67 F DECHY Nathalie FRA 64
68 F HARKLEROAD Ashley USA 65
69 F ARVIDSSON Sofia SWE 66
70 F GALLOVITS Edina ROU 67
71 F ZAKOPALOVA Klara CZE 68
72 F MULLER Martina GER 69
73 F MOLIK Alicia AUS 70
74 F BARDINA Vasilisa RUS 70 SR
75 F KANEPI Kaia EST 71
76 W
77 W
78 W
79 W Gold/Silver Exempt:
80 W
81 W
82 W
83 W
84 W
85 Q
86 Q
87 Q
88 Q
89 Q
90 Q
91 Q
92 Q
93 Q
94 Q
95 Q
96 Q

WTA Qualifying

1 F CRAYBAS Jill USA 72
2 F RUANO PASCUAL Virginia ESP 73
3 F KERBER Angelique GER 74
4 F SHVEDOVA Yaroslava RUS 75
5 F PIRONKOVA Tsvetana BUL 76
6 F PIN Camille FRA 77
7 F AMANMURADOVA Akgul UZB 78
8 F DOMACHOWSKA Marta POL 79
9 F PEREBIYNIS Tatiana UKR 80
10 F MAKAROVA Ekaterina RUS 81
11 F LIKHOVTSEVA Elena RUS 82
12 F KORYTTSEVA Mariya UKR 83
13 F GRANVILLE Laura USA 84
14 F RODIONOVA Anastasia RUS 85
15 F SAVCHUK Olga UKR 86
16 F DOMINGUEZ LINO Lourdes ESP 87
17 F YUAN Meng CHN 88
18 F SALERNI Ma. emilia ARG 89
19 SPREM Karolina CRO 89 SR
20 F HSIEH Su-wei TPE 91
21 F OBZILER Tzipora ISR 92
22 F OSTERLOH Lilia USA 93
23 F BACSINSZKY Timea SUI 94
24 F POUTCHKOVA Olga RUS 95
25 F MALEK Tatjana GER 96
26 F KREMER Anne LUX 97
27 F TANASUGARN Tamarine THA 98
28 F BYCHKOVA Ekaterina RUS 101
29 F POUTCHEK Tatiana BLR 102
30 F CETKOVSKA Petra CZE 103
31 A DUBOIS Stephanie CAN 104
32 A DITTY Julie USA 105
33 A KLEYBANOVA Alisa RUS 106
34 A CIRSTEA Sorana ROU 107
35 F NAKAMURA Aiko JPN 108
36 F FEDAK Yuliana UKR 109
37 F KLOESEL Sandra GER 110
38 F CAMERIN Maria elena ITA 111
39 F ANI Maret EST 112
40 F CASTANO Catalina COL 113
41 F KUDRYAVTSEVA Alla RUS 114
42 F KING Vania USA 115
43 W
44 W
45 W
46 W
47 W
48 W

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ATP Qualifying Update

Miami Qualifying:
OUT: Ancic, Ginepri, Isner, Nishikori, Russell, Schuettler
IN: Kim, Wang, Vemic, Wessels, Warburg, Levy
NEXT: Levine, Dlouhy, Moodie, Economidis, Anderson, Bogdanovic, Niemeyer

Ginepri is out due to injury. Nothing more at this point.

1 Darcis, Steve BEL 46
2 Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo ESP 60
OUT Ancic, Mario CRO 69 (WC to MD)
4 Guccione, Chris AUS 70
5 Luczak, Peter AUS 72
6 Fognini, Fabio ITA 75
7 Zverev, Mischa GER 76
8 Falla, Alejandro COL 79
9 Haase, Robin NED 81
10 Young, Donald USA 85
11 Schuettler, Rainer GER 88 (to MD)
12 Dancevic, Frank CAN 83
13 Minar, Ivo CZE 89
14 Cuevas, Pablo URU 91
15 Pavel, Andrei ROU 92
OUT Isner, John USA 94 (WC to MD)
17 Lapentti, Nicolas ECU 96
18 Horna, Luis PER 97
19 Massu, Nicolas CHI 98
20 Gremelmayr, Denis GER 101
21 Brzezicki, Juan Pablo ARG 102
22 Reynolds, Bobby USA 103
23 Karanusic, Roko CRO 104
24 Becker, Benjamin GER 106
OUT Ginepri, Robby USA 111
26 Gabashvili, Teimuraz RUS 112
27 Troicki, Viktor SRB 113
28 Capdeville, Paul CHI 114
29 Kunitsyn, Igor RUS 116
30 Kendrick, Robert USA 117
31 Odesnik, Wayne USA 119
32 Petzschner, Philipp GER 120
OUT Nishikori, Kei JPN 122 (WC to MD)
34 Lu, Yen-Hsun TPE 124
35 Delic, Amer USA 126
36 Jones, Alun AUS 127
OUT Russell, Michael USA 131
38 Hartfield, Diego ARG 132
39 De Voest, Rik RSA 134
40 Muller, Gilles LUX 140
41 Giraldo, Santiago COL 142
42 Bohli, Stephane SUI 146
43 Lacko, Lukas SVK 147
44 (WC) Berankis, Ricardas LTU (2007 Orange Bowl champion)
45 (WC) Bester, Philip CAN
46 (WC) Elias, Gastao POR
47 (WC) Sweeting, Ryan USA
48 (WC) Williams, Rhyne USA

Alternates
IN Kim, Kevin USA 149
IN Wang, Yeu-Tzuoo TPE 150
IN Vemic, Dusan SRB 151
IN Wessels, Peter NED 152
IN Warburg, Sam USA 154
IN Levy, Harel ISR 156
1. Levine, Jesse USA 159 (WC to MD)
2. Dlouhy, Lukas CZE 168
3. Moodie, Wesley RSA 169
4. Economidis, Konstantinos GRE 172
5. Anderson, Kevin RSA 175
6. Bogdanovic, Alex GBR 177
7. Niemeyer, Frederic CAN 178
8. Huta Galung, Jesse NED 183
9. El Aynaoui, Younes MAR 187

[Moose]

do we know that Tati, Schnyder and Elena are all playing? Miami is just an incredible line up for the ladies (but it won't replace Indian Wells in my heart!).

[mmmm8]

do we know that Tati, Schnyder and Elena are all playing? Miami is just an incredible line up for the ladies (but it won't replace Indian Wells in my heart!).

I can't imagine Tatiana playing. She just had surgery this week.

[Ti-Amie]

Golovin and Schnyder are still listed on the tournament web site. Dementieva isn't.

BTW Martina Hingis is also listed.

Craybas should be into the Main Draw.

[suliso]

Maria Sharapova out of Miami citing fatigue

[Drop-shot]

Maria Sharapova out of Miami citing fatigue

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

My MDtM aspirations take another hit

[suliso]

My MDtM aspirations take another hit

Don't remind me


I used my last substitution to replace Kuznetsova with Ivanovic

[Foxykhat]

Maria Sharapova out of Miami citing fatigue

Is this confirmed? I thought she said she might.

Maria says she may skip Miami, I hope not but...

http://eurosport.yahoo.com/22032008/...ova-break.html

Foxy

[suliso]

Is this confirmed? I thought she said she might.

Maria says she may skip Miami, I hope not but...

http://eurosport.yahoo.com/22032008/...ova-break.html

Foxy

It's official now: http://www.miamiherald.com/breaking_...ry/466360.html

I didn't see it coming at all. I believe her next scheduled tournament is Berlin (starting May 5th)...

[Ti-Amie]

Suliso has this been confirmed? I know she said she needs a rest but it was all speculation. Would SE let their spokesperson off the hook that easily?

You were posting the confirmation while I was posting the above. Shocking is putting it mildly.

[Foxykhat]

It's official now: http://www.miamiherald.com/breaking_...ry/466360.html

I didn't see it coming at all. I believe her next scheduled tournament is Berlin (starting May 5th)...

Thanks Suliso, I really hope it's just fatigue and nothing more serious, but she is right her body is more important right now and she has played a lot of tennis.

I'm sure ESPN is happy knowing they are not covering this event and not losing much with Maria not playing. Hey don't attack me.

Foxy

[Foxykhat]

Suliso has this been confirmed? I know she said she needs a rest but it was all speculation. Would SE let their spokesperson off the hook that easily?

You were posting the confirmation while I was posting the above. Shocking is putting it mildly.

It is indeed Ti.

Foxy

[Ti-Amie]

Foxy both Serena and Venus as well as Justine will be playing Miami. All rested.

I think Maria knew she was going to have to fight her way through a pretty tough draw and this is her way of saying "no mas". JMHO guys.

I wonder how Sony Ericsson having just finished paying her a s**tload of money to be their spokesperson feels about their star not appearing at their event?