2008 The Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships

 
 
Place: Dubai, UAE
Date: February March 3-8, 2008
Draw Size: 32
Surface - Hard
 
 
 
 
 

 

  Palmares

 

2007 Roger Federer
2006 Rafael Nadal
2005 Roger Federer
2004 Roger Federer
2003 Roger Federer
2002 Fabrice Santoro
2001 Juan Carlos Ferrero
2000 Nicolas Kiefer

 

S I N G L E S

   The Seeds


Seeds: (cut: Marin Cilic - 57)
1. Roger Federer
2. Rafael Nadal
3. Novak Djokovic
4. David Ferrer
5. Nikolay Davydenko
6. Andy Roddick
7. Richard Gasquet
8. Tomas Berdych

Andy Murray' was drawn against holder and top seed Roger Federer in first round. Never before in a 32-man draw has a player ranked as high as Murray - 12th in the world - been vulnerable to so demanding an opening engagement, but such is the growing popularity of this desert classic that the top seven men in the game are in attendance, leaving 10th-ranked Czech Tomas Berdych to claim the precious eighth seeding.

 

  Main Draw

 

(1)Roger Federer (SUI) vs Andy Murray (GBR)
(WC)Rainer Schuettler (GER) vs Fernando Verdasco (ESP)
Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) vs (q)Jan Hernych (CZE)
(5)Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) vs (WC)Mohammed Al Ghareeb (KUW)

(4)David Ferrer (ESP) vs Tommy Haas (GER)
Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) vs Olivier Rochus (BEL)
Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) vs Feliciano Lopez (ESP)
 (8)Tomas Berdych (CZE) vs Gael Monfils (FRA)

(7)Richard Gasquet (FRA) vs Dmitry Tursunov (RUS)
Igor Andreev (RUS) vs (q)Jan Minar (CZE)
Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) vs Fabrice Santoro (FRA)
(3)Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs Marin Cilic (CRO)

(6)Andy Roddick (USA) vs Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP)
Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) vs (q)Joseph Sirianni (AUS)
(WC)Mahmoud Nader (UAE) vs (q)Mikhail Ledovskikh (RUS)
(2)Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)

With the world's top seven players on view and No 10 Tomas Berdych completing the list of seeds, this $1.5m event is firmly entrenched on the men's calendar. Federer, a part-time Dubai resident, is intent on winning his fifth title here in the past six years.

 

 

 

D O U B L E S

The Seeds

 

Seeds: (cut: Coetzee/Moodie - 56)
1. Daniel Nestor/Nenad Zimonjic
2. Simon Aspelin/Julian Knowle
3. Martin Damm/Pavel Vizner
4. Mahesh Bhupathi/Mark Knowles

 

 Main Draw

 

(1)Daniel Nestor/Nenad Zimonjic (CAN/SRB) vs Tomas Berdych/Jarkko Nieminen (CZE/FIN)
Igor Andreev/Paul-Henri Mathieu (RUS/FRA) vs (WC)Rohan Bopanna/Aisam Qureshi (IND/PAK)
(3)Martin Damm/Pavel Vizner (CZE) vs (WC)Hamoud Abbas/Mahmoud Nader (UAE)
Mariusz Fyrstenberg/Marcin Matkowski (POL) vs Philipp Kohlschreiber/Mikhail Youzhny (GER/RUS)

Jeff Coetzee/Wesley Moodie (RSA) vs Feliciano Lopez/Rafael Nadal (ESP)
(4)Mahesh Bhupathi/Mark Knowles (IND/BAH) vs Andy Murray/Stanislas Wawrinka (GBR/SUI)
Richard Gasquet/Fabrice Santoro (FRA) vs David Ferrer/Fernando Verdasco (ESP)
(2)Simon Aspelin/Julian Knowle (SWE/AUT) vs Paul Hanley/Leander Paes (AUS/IND)

 

 

 Doubles - Round 1: Nestor/Zimonjic vs Berdych/Nieminen    

 

Order of Play - Monday,  March 3, 2008

Court 3 Match Start 2.00 pm
Stanislas WAWRINKA vs Jan HERNYCH
Not Before 3.30 pm
Daniel NESTOR / Nenad ZIMONJIC vs Tomas BERDYCH / Jarkko NIEMINEN

 

 

Top seeds Nenad Zimonjic and Daniel Nestor advanced to the quarterfinals with a 6-4, 7-6(6) win over Tomas Berdych and Jarkko Nieminen.

 

 

 Round 1: Tomas Berdych vs Gael Monfils

 

Order of Play - Tuesday, March 4, 2008

CENTRE COURT  Match Start 2:00 pm
Gael  Monfils (FRA) vs [8] Tomas Berdych (CZE) 

 

Tomas Berdych  reacts during his match against France's Gael Monfils
at the ATP Dubai Tennis Championships March 4, 2008.

 

 

 Tomas Berdych advances to second round at Dubai Championships

 

Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic was quite comfortable during his straight set run past upcoming French youngster Gael Monfils.

Monfils, who was making his first appearance on the circuit after a serious knee operation in September 2007 was pleased with the result.

"My first match and the result was good though I did not get the points I needed badly in the first set. I have to get back to my usual game and will have to go slowly first, following my coach's advice and rehabilitation programme," said Monfils.

"The conditions in Dubai are near perfect with no wind so far but the heat and the fast surface may be more difficult to handle as the days go by," Berdych said.

"It is difficult to get used to the conditions quickly when one comes straight from the European legs."

 

 

 

Tomas Berdych  signs autographs after winning his match against
Gael Monfils at the ATP Dubai Tennis Championships March 4, 200

 

 

 Berdych beats Monfils in first round of Dubai Championships

Earlier Gael Monfils, the former triple Grand Slam champion at junior level, made his comeback after five months out with a knee injury. Although Monfils was well beaten by the impressively in-form Tomas Berdych, his 6-3, 6-2 defeat was a sufficiently trouble-free workout to raise his morale about the future.

"My goal is still to be world number one," the 21-year-old Frenchman said. "It's great to be back competing. I just have to keep working hard now and be patient."

Berdych was in great serving form, which acted as a thermometer for the rest of his game, which got hotter as the match went on. The eighth-seeded Czech is in the same half in which Roger Federer, the world number one, who was yesterday knocked out in the first round by Andy Murray, but Berdych preferred not to discuss the potential advantage which this might offer.

"I saw the match and Andy played unbelievable tennis and deserved to win, but I have to win two matches before I could play him so it's too far away to think about yet." Berdych said.

 

 
   Tomas Berdych in action against Gael Monfils    SEE PHOTO     
 
 
 

 

 

 Round 2: Tomas Berdych vs Feliciano Lopez

 

Order of Play - Wednesday, March 5, 2008

COURT 3 Match Start 3:30 pm
Feliciano Lopez (ESP) vs [8] Tomas Berdych (CZE) 

 

 

Result:

Feliciano Lopez (Spain) beat 8-Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) 6-2 7-5   cry3.gif image by mypixforum

 

   Feliciano Lopez, conqueror of the 8th Czech Tomas Berdych    SEE PHOTO     

 

Eighth-seeded Czech Tomas Berdych was dismissed 6-2, 7-5 by Spanish left-hander Feliciano Lopez.

Berdych came back from 2-5 to 5-5 in the second set as he strove to avoid a one-sided defeat but found Lopez, who delivered ten aces, in good form and keen for a quarter-final with his compatriot David Ferrer, the world number four. (F. Lopez def. D. Ferrer March 6 and reached SF).

 

 

 
 
 

 

 

 

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