Tennis Masters Canada / Toronto
Tuesday and Wednesday
Rainy Day, Singles Loss, Doubles W/O
Tuesday's Toronto action was hampered by drizzle and rain throughout the day, pushing Schuettler's match against Gonzalez to Wednesday. After taking the first set 63, Rainer couldn't close out the match and ended up losing 63 46 36.
For doubles, Schuettler and Kiefer were to take the court on Wednesday as the fourth and final match on Court 2. Play on that court is to start at 11am and they follow the Gonzalez/Massu v Dancevic/Novak doubles match. UPDATE: Haggard and Perry won in a walkover.
There's Something About Rainer... Articles
Schuettler Shots... Photos
Monday 26 July
Hardcourt North America Swing
Rainer Schuettler is the 8th seed for the Tennis Masters Series Canada in the Toronto area. He is scheduled to play his first round match on Tuesday against Fernando Gonzalez. They are on Court 1 as the second match of the day, which is to start "not before" 12:30pm.
This is the first ATP meeting between the two. The Chilean has had a good 2004, winning Vina del Mar and the World Team Championship, a finalist at Amersfoort, the semifinals at the Miami TMS and Bastad, quarterfinalist at both Barcelona and Marseille with a doubles semifinals in Bastad (w/Massu) as well. The Schuettler/Gonzalez winner will face the Vincent Spadea/WC Frank Dancevic winner.
In doubles, Schuettler and Nicolas Kiefer hit the courts against Chris Haggard and Todd Perry. They are not scheduled for Tues, so possibly a Wed match. Haggard in 2004 was a finalist at Memphis and Scottsdale, a semifinalist at Amersfoort, Auckland, San Jose and Surbiton - all with Coetzee. Perry has partnered with a few players and won in Dallas (w/Kerr), was a finalist at Bastad and Stuttgart (w/Aspelin), and a semifinalist in Munich (w/Johansson) and San Luis Potosi (w/Thomas).
The doubles winner will then face 6th seeded Wayne Black and Kevin Ullyett, who received a first-round bye.
In the US, ESPN is going to cover some of the TMS Canada matches, the link of their coverage for this week can be found here. You should also then be able to check the coverage for the next day to find out what specific matches they will highlight with this daily link (just change date).
There's Something About Rainer... Articles
Rainy Day, Singles Loss, Doubles W/O
Tuesday's Toronto action was hampered by drizzle and rain throughout the day, pushing Schuettler's match against Gonzalez to Wednesday. After taking the first set 63, Rainer couldn't close out the match and ended up losing 63 46 36.
For doubles, Schuettler and Kiefer were to take the court on Wednesday as the fourth and final match on Court 2. Play on that court is to start at 11am and they follow the Gonzalez/Massu v Dancevic/Novak doubles match. UPDATE: Haggard and Perry won in a walkover.
- Tourney's preview of Wednesday's matches
- Toronto Star report from Wednesday
- Sports Network recap
- ABC Online (Aussie) tennis report
Monday 26 July
Hardcourt North America Swing
Rainer Schuettler is the 8th seed for the Tennis Masters Series Canada in the Toronto area. He is scheduled to play his first round match on Tuesday against Fernando Gonzalez. They are on Court 1 as the second match of the day, which is to start "not before" 12:30pm.
This is the first ATP meeting between the two. The Chilean has had a good 2004, winning Vina del Mar and the World Team Championship, a finalist at Amersfoort, the semifinals at the Miami TMS and Bastad, quarterfinalist at both Barcelona and Marseille with a doubles semifinals in Bastad (w/Massu) as well. The Schuettler/Gonzalez winner will face the Vincent Spadea/WC Frank Dancevic winner.
In doubles, Schuettler and Nicolas Kiefer hit the courts against Chris Haggard and Todd Perry. They are not scheduled for Tues, so possibly a Wed match. Haggard in 2004 was a finalist at Memphis and Scottsdale, a semifinalist at Amersfoort, Auckland, San Jose and Surbiton - all with Coetzee. Perry has partnered with a few players and won in Dallas (w/Kerr), was a finalist at Bastad and Stuttgart (w/Aspelin), and a semifinalist in Munich (w/Johansson) and San Luis Potosi (w/Thomas).
The doubles winner will then face 6th seeded Wayne Black and Kevin Ullyett, who received a first-round bye.
In the US, ESPN is going to cover some of the TMS Canada matches, the link of their coverage for this week can be found here. You should also then be able to check the coverage for the next day to find out what specific matches they will highlight with this daily link (just change date).
- Sports Illustrated's Jon Wertheim's weekly tennis article, has a Rainer mention on his great 10-saved-match points from last week
- No Rainer, but here are two tennis-related links from Sports Illustrated - one from Wertheim on tennis announcers and another from Frank Deford on good announcers in general
posted by Sprtswrtr @ 5:53 PM
