Estoril Open
Wednesday 14 April
Rainer Schuettler and Florian Mayer are scheduled to take on Lucas Arnold and Augustin Calleri today as the final match on Court 1. Mayer, a qualifier, advanced into the third round in singles play with a nice win over Radek Stepanek 64 62 after earlier upsetting 7th seed Gaudio 63 64 in the first round.
Schuettler/Mayer lost to Calleri/Arnold today, 26 16 in their first round of doubles action.
There's Something About Rainer... Articles
Tuesday 13 April
Update: In a tightly contested first round match, Schuettler fell to Romania's Victor Hanescu by the score of 67(4) 76(4) 36. It's the third time Rainer has lost in Estoril and marks another too-soon departure for the German.
"The only difference between us in this game was that I failed to take my chances," he said of the loss. "I came from Davis Cup indoors to the clay and only had an hour to practice on the clay, but I still should have won this match." The always fighting Rainer added: "I didn't take my chances, the third set was close. I'm working hard, and I'm expecting to play better soon."
Though it hasn't been a great season so far, Schuettler does seem to be getting more press mentions than last year - even as the march towards Houston was being determined. Maybe what they say about any press, even bad press, plays into something here. Regardless, things will fall into place sooner or later.
PS - Back by popular demand, the German word of the week... zuckerkrank
There's Something About Rainer... Articles
Schuettler Shots... Photos
Schuettler takes to the court on Day Two as he faces Victor Hanescu on Center Court. Their match is scheduled as the third of the day, following the Safin/Saulnier match that starts 'not before 2:30.' After Rainer, Ivanisevic takes on Nadal. I don't see a ticker on the main event's site, but through TennisMagazin.de they will have one.
Davis Cup Update: The pairings for the September matchups are out, and Germany is to take on the Slovak Republic. It's not an easy draw, here is an article from TennisMagazin. Check out the Davis Cup list of pairings. Winners get promoted into World Group play for 2005. Sport.ard report on the selection, with quotes on how it's not an easy task for the Germans.
Monday 12 April
The start of the clay court season is upon as as Rainer Schuettler is the top seed in Portugal for the Estoril Open. Comprising the rest of the top eight are: Massu, Calleri, Robredo, Chela, Mirnyi, Gaudio and Safin.
Rainer will get at least Monday off and his first opponent will be Romanian Victor Hanescu, who reached the semis of Scottsdale this year. In doubles, Schuettler will be teaming up with a new player, fellow German Florian Mayer. They will face Argentinian duo Lucas Arnold and Augustin Calleri.
The draws for this event can be found here.
Rainer Schuettler and Florian Mayer are scheduled to take on Lucas Arnold and Augustin Calleri today as the final match on Court 1. Mayer, a qualifier, advanced into the third round in singles play with a nice win over Radek Stepanek 64 62 after earlier upsetting 7th seed Gaudio 63 64 in the first round.
Schuettler/Mayer lost to Calleri/Arnold today, 26 16 in their first round of doubles action.
- The Star (Malaysia) report on ATP Thursday's results
Tuesday 13 April
Update: In a tightly contested first round match, Schuettler fell to Romania's Victor Hanescu by the score of 67(4) 76(4) 36. It's the third time Rainer has lost in Estoril and marks another too-soon departure for the German.
"The only difference between us in this game was that I failed to take my chances," he said of the loss. "I came from Davis Cup indoors to the clay and only had an hour to practice on the clay, but I still should have won this match." The always fighting Rainer added: "I didn't take my chances, the third set was close. I'm working hard, and I'm expecting to play better soon."
Though it hasn't been a great season so far, Schuettler does seem to be getting more press mentions than last year - even as the march towards Houston was being determined. Maybe what they say about any press, even bad press, plays into something here. Regardless, things will fall into place sooner or later.
PS - Back by popular demand, the German word of the week... zuckerkrank
- TennisMagazin.de brief on the match
- Washington Times UPI report on the day
- SportingLife.com (UK) report on the day, both M and W
- Sports Illustrated report from their site
- Fox Sports (Aussie) article from Tuesday, better than most early recaps with the quotes and details
- Sport.de brief on the German players' results
Schuettler takes to the court on Day Two as he faces Victor Hanescu on Center Court. Their match is scheduled as the third of the day, following the Safin/Saulnier match that starts 'not before 2:30.' After Rainer, Ivanisevic takes on Nadal. I don't see a ticker on the main event's site, but through TennisMagazin.de they will have one.
Davis Cup Update: The pairings for the September matchups are out, and Germany is to take on the Slovak Republic. It's not an easy draw, here is an article from TennisMagazin. Check out the Davis Cup list of pairings. Winners get promoted into World Group play for 2005. Sport.ard report on the selection, with quotes on how it's not an easy task for the Germans.
Monday 12 April
The start of the clay court season is upon as as Rainer Schuettler is the top seed in Portugal for the Estoril Open. Comprising the rest of the top eight are: Massu, Calleri, Robredo, Chela, Mirnyi, Gaudio and Safin.
Rainer will get at least Monday off and his first opponent will be Romanian Victor Hanescu, who reached the semis of Scottsdale this year. In doubles, Schuettler will be teaming up with a new player, fellow German Florian Mayer. They will face Argentinian duo Lucas Arnold and Augustin Calleri.
The draws for this event can be found here.
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