adidas International
Friday 16 January
After waiting through some rain delays on Friday, Schuettler and Allegro were forced to retire near the end of the first set due to an injury to Yves' leg. As a result, the Bryan brothers head into the finals against Bjorkman/Woodbridge with a 52 ret. win. Bjorkman/Woodbridge advanced with a win over Calleri/Volandri 76(5) 62. Bjorkman and Woodbridge went on to claim the title.
During his time at the adidas International, Rainer took part in some other activities. These included a charity cocktail party in Sydney for the National Breast Cancer Foundation of Australia. The event, which included an auction, raised over $14,000 AUD to help fight the #1 cause of death for Australian women. Other players who also attended were Jonas Bjorkman, Mardy Fish, Sargis Sargsian, Wayne Ferreira, Todd Woodbridge, Rick Leach, Jeff Morrison and Nenad Zimonjic. Rainer, Bjorkman and Ferreira also checked out a Manly Beach BBQ hosted by former ATP pro Sandon Stolle. Tips on surfing were given by 6-time world champ Layne Beachley and events included a ferry ride through Sydney Harbour. (Info courtesy of the ATP Insider.)
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Thursday 15 January
Rainer is 6th for Oz Open
Seeds for the upcoming Australian Open were drawn today and here's the order for the men and women. Tennis-X.com has an Australian Open info page, has some dates and times of the matches that may be of interest.
Back to the adidas International... Rainer and Yves will face top-ranked Mike and Bob Bryan in the semis on Friday at 3:30 on Court 1. The brothers defeated Erlich/Prieto 64 67(3) 75 in their Thursday quarterfinals. I'll add more later, I have new snow to shovel.
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Wednesday 14 January
In doubles action, Rainer Schuettler and Yves Allegro sent the 4th seeded pair of Wayne Arthurs and Paul Hanley packing, defeating them in two sets 63 75.
This lines up a semifinal match against the winner of the top-seeded Bryan Brothers vs Jonathan Erlich and Sebastian Prieto, who face off in Thursday's second Centre Court evening match. (Erlich just won Chennai with Andy Ram while "The Brothers" took Adelaide.)
**Useful reader tip... if you can't keep the lefty-righty (Bob-Mike) straight, to tell the Bryan twins apart, it's Bob = Beads. And a side note, I have finally found a photo of Allegro that I'll add later in the day.
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Tuesday 13 January
**Update 2:30AM NY time, Schuettler and Allegro lost 36 67, more later**... And after I got some sleep and looked for further info later in the day, that "more" turned out to be not only a revised score but also a new winner... "Allegro/Schuettler d Vanhoudt/Verkerk 36 76(8) 75 (corrected score)" from the ATP's Results page this morning!
Rainer and Yves take on the 4th seed Wayne Arthurs and Paul Hanley in the quarterfinals. They are scheduled for Wednesday on Court 5 to follow the 11am Bryan brothers (USA) vs Healey/Kerr (AUS) match.
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Monday 12 January
Well, Mondays aren't Rainer's best day so far in 2004... he lost 46 46 to Joachim Johansson in the first round of the adidas International. ÂHe was serving huge today. I only had one break point. In practice I've hardly lost a set this year but I've lost two matches. It's not ideal going into the Australian Open this way. I need more matches to be prepared," said Rainer. "But if I can win a few matches there my confidence will come back quickly.Â
For doubles, Schuettler and Allegro's match is "not before 2pm" on Court 5 for Tuesday.
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Schuettler Shots... Photos
Sunday 11 January
Rainer Schuettler takes part in the adidas International this week as the second seed in Sydney with 1 Ferrero, 3 Moya, 4 Philippoussis and 5 Paradorn rounding out the Top 5. Rainer faces Joachim Johansson in his first match after the Swede entered via qualifying. This will be their first meeting and I would think one of the taller players Rainer will ever face, as Johansson is 6'6" and nearly 200 pounds.
The winner takes on either Mardy Fish or Arnaud Clement.
The Centre Court match is the second one of the evening following the completion of the WTA's Rubin v Watson (7:30pm start).
In doubles, Schuettler is pairing with Yves Allegro of Switzerland. In 2003 the duo defeated USA's Fish/Hodge 76(2) 67(4) 75 before losing in the second round to Bjorkman/Woodbridge 36 46 at the US Open. They face Tom Vanhoudt and Martin Verkerk, who are pairing together for the first time.
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After waiting through some rain delays on Friday, Schuettler and Allegro were forced to retire near the end of the first set due to an injury to Yves' leg. As a result, the Bryan brothers head into the finals against Bjorkman/Woodbridge with a 52 ret. win. Bjorkman/Woodbridge advanced with a win over Calleri/Volandri 76(5) 62. Bjorkman and Woodbridge went on to claim the title.
During his time at the adidas International, Rainer took part in some other activities. These included a charity cocktail party in Sydney for the National Breast Cancer Foundation of Australia. The event, which included an auction, raised over $14,000 AUD to help fight the #1 cause of death for Australian women. Other players who also attended were Jonas Bjorkman, Mardy Fish, Sargis Sargsian, Wayne Ferreira, Todd Woodbridge, Rick Leach, Jeff Morrison and Nenad Zimonjic. Rainer, Bjorkman and Ferreira also checked out a Manly Beach BBQ hosted by former ATP pro Sandon Stolle. Tips on surfing were given by 6-time world champ Layne Beachley and events included a ferry ride through Sydney Harbour. (Info courtesy of the ATP Insider.)
- Sport1 interview with Rainer, may be a repeat
- TennisMagazin.de brief on upcoming Australian Open
Any further links I'm gathering to put in the Australian Open posting (unless they relate specifically to adidas), which I hope to have up Saturday night (NY time).
Thursday 15 January
Rainer is 6th for Oz Open
Seeds for the upcoming Australian Open were drawn today and here's the order for the men and women. Tennis-X.com has an Australian Open info page, has some dates and times of the matches that may be of interest.
Back to the adidas International... Rainer and Yves will face top-ranked Mike and Bob Bryan in the semis on Friday at 3:30 on Court 1. The brothers defeated Erlich/Prieto 64 67(3) 75 in their Thursday quarterfinals. I'll add more later, I have new snow to shovel.
- TennisMagazin.de article on seedings
- Sport1 article
- Sportbild tennis update
- Netzeitung piece with Rainer
- Sportgate story
- ESPN wire article on the seedings
- McEnroe story clarified a bit in this ESPN piece
Other tennis news...
Wednesday 14 January
In doubles action, Rainer Schuettler and Yves Allegro sent the 4th seeded pair of Wayne Arthurs and Paul Hanley packing, defeating them in two sets 63 75.
This lines up a semifinal match against the winner of the top-seeded Bryan Brothers vs Jonathan Erlich and Sebastian Prieto, who face off in Thursday's second Centre Court evening match. (Erlich just won Chennai with Andy Ram while "The Brothers" took Adelaide.)
**Useful reader tip... if you can't keep the lefty-righty (Bob-Mike) straight, to tell the Bryan twins apart, it's Bob = Beads. And a side note, I have finally found a photo of Allegro that I'll add later in the day.
- Sport1 piece on the doping and some Hordorff comments
- ESPN report on McEnroe's steroid story
- Henin-Hardenne article in Sydney Morning Herald
- Roddick piece from Sydney Morning Herald
Other tennis news...
Tuesday 13 January
**Update 2:30AM NY time, Schuettler and Allegro lost 36 67, more later**... And after I got some sleep and looked for further info later in the day, that "more" turned out to be not only a revised score but also a new winner... "Allegro/Schuettler d Vanhoudt/Verkerk 36 76(8) 75 (corrected score)" from the ATP's Results page this morning!
Rainer and Yves take on the 4th seed Wayne Arthurs and Paul Hanley in the quarterfinals. They are scheduled for Wednesday on Court 5 to follow the 11am Bryan brothers (USA) vs Healey/Kerr (AUS) match.
- Sporting Life report on JCF's loss and update in general
- Sporting Life commentary on Rusedski situation
- Sport.ard interview with Rainer, mainly on doping in tennis. Also this quote: "I look forward to Melbourne, and I think myself capable there again. The Australians understand the sport, they are mad fans, super spectators. I always played particularly gladly in Australia. Melbourne 2003 for me naturally is a stimulus, but one must think so with each tournament, also with the Grand Slams from round to round. I feel no pressure, but try, to give like always my best."
- Sport1 article on Rainer
Monday 12 January
Well, Mondays aren't Rainer's best day so far in 2004... he lost 46 46 to Joachim Johansson in the first round of the adidas International. ÂHe was serving huge today. I only had one break point. In practice I've hardly lost a set this year but I've lost two matches. It's not ideal going into the Australian Open this way. I need more matches to be prepared," said Rainer. "But if I can win a few matches there my confidence will come back quickly.Â
For doubles, Schuettler and Allegro's match is "not before 2pm" on Court 5 for Tuesday.
- ATP's recap of Monday
- Sports Network report on the day's matches
- Voice of America update
- Sport.ard article
- Sport1 piece
- TennisMagazin.de piece
- Netzeitung's article
- Sportgate piece
- SkySports tennis piece
- SkySports additional tennis story
- Another SkySports piece
- Sportbild article
- N-TV.de piece
- ESPN report
- Sports Illustrated's Jon Wertheim column, has a Rainer mention in the Q&A section
Sunday 11 January
Rainer Schuettler takes part in the adidas International this week as the second seed in Sydney with 1 Ferrero, 3 Moya, 4 Philippoussis and 5 Paradorn rounding out the Top 5. Rainer faces Joachim Johansson in his first match after the Swede entered via qualifying. This will be their first meeting and I would think one of the taller players Rainer will ever face, as Johansson is 6'6" and nearly 200 pounds.
The winner takes on either Mardy Fish or Arnaud Clement.
The Centre Court match is the second one of the evening following the completion of the WTA's Rubin v Watson (7:30pm start).
In doubles, Schuettler is pairing with Yves Allegro of Switzerland. In 2003 the duo defeated USA's Fish/Hodge 76(2) 67(4) 75 before losing in the second round to Bjorkman/Woodbridge 36 46 at the US Open. They face Tom Vanhoudt and Martin Verkerk, who are pairing together for the first time.
- Singles draw can be found here from the ATP's site
- Fox Sports Australia with how the draw shapes up
- Sydney Morning Herald with the same idea
- Fox Sports Australia additional article on tourney
- The Statesman (India) brief story on Rusedski who is in this event
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