WMTA 2002 Qatar ExxonMobil Open

CB · Dec 28, 2001

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2002 WMTA Qatar ExxonMobil Open

Hello WMTA players! Our first stop of the year will be at the exotic city of Doha, in the Qatar ExxonMobil Open. After a succesful exhibition in Singapore, the tour will "really" start with full swing now. The $1,000,000 event will feature all the best male players, including the Christmas champion James Blake. Grab your packs, take your planes and enjoy your tennis!

<img border="0"src="http://www.qatartennis.org/images/Stad02.jpg" width="300" height="220"> This tournament will be held at the beautiful Khalifa Tennis Complex, recently reformed by Qatar Tennis Federation <img border="0" src="http://www.qnhc.com/english/sheraton_doha/pics/sheraton/Image_14.jpg" width="200" height="300"> <img border="0" src="http://www.firstclasstravel.de/sheratondohabeach.jpg" width="342" height="220"> Players can stay at the sophisticated Sheraton Doha Hotel Resort, which is a sponsor of the tournament<img border="0" src="http://www.qatarairways.com/images/subban/airbus2.jpg" width="350" height="234">

Qatar Airlines, the airway sponsor, with the new Airbus 320-200, giving Qatar Airways one of the youngest fleets of the Gulf <img border="0" src="http://www.sports.com/es/tennis/images/070101rios1_e.jpg" width="150" height="180"> Marcelo Rios, the defending champion, has confirmed presence on the tournament and will look forward to repeat the feat.

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CB · Dec 28, 2001

Singles Draw 

Qualifying: Patrick Rafter vs. Nicolas Kiefer Vincent Spadea vs. Greg Rusedski Andreas Vinciguerra vs. Tommy Robredo Tommy Haas vs. Xavier Malisse

Main Draw: (1)James Blake vs. bye Fabrice Santoro vs. qualifier Andy Roddick vs. Todd Woodbridge Roger Federer vs. Taylor Dent

Gustavo Kuerten vs. Michael Chang Nicolas Escude vs. Alex Corretja Pete Sampras vs. qualifier (3)Arnaud Clemént vs. Carlos Moya

(4)Richard Krajicek vs. Jan-Michael Gambill Mark Philippousis vs. Lleyton Hewitt Yevgeny Kafelnikov vs. Marcelo Rios Tim Henman vs. Sebastian Grosjean

Andre Agassi vs. Max Mirnyi Juan Carlos Ferrero vs. Goran Ivanisevic Magnus Norman vs. Thomas Enqvist (2)Nicolas Lapentti vs. Marat Safin (WC)

Doubles Draw Main Draw: (1)Andre Agassi/Jan-Michael Gambill vs. Xavier Malisse/Vincent Spadea (WC) Arnaud Clemént/Max Mirnyi vs. Magnus Norman/Nicolas Escude Fabrice Santoro/Greg Rusedski vs. Nicolas Lapentti/Marat Safin Alex Corretja/Gustavo Kuerten(4) vs. Todd Woodbridge/Juan Carlos Ferrero

(3)Roger Federer/Mark Philippousis vs. Taylor Dent/Richard Krajicek Patrick Rafter/Lleyton Hewitt vs. Pete Sampras/Tim Henman Sebastian Grosjean/Carlos Moya vs. Nicolas Kiefer/Tommy Haas (2)James Blake/Marcelo Rios vs. Yevgeny Kafelnikov/Thomas Enqvist

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CB · Dec 28, 2001

Points deadline: Sunday, Dec. 30th - 12:00 AM GMT E-mail: wmt[email protected] Surface: Hardcourt Outdoors 

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CB · Dec 28, 2001

Top players arrive in Qatar

2001 Singapore Exhibition Champion - James Blake "I'm very glad I won the title in Singapore. That was definitely a great boost to my carrer, and my confidence improved drastically with the title. I feel like I can beat anyone now!"

2001 Singapore Exhibition Runner-Up - Nicolas Lapentti "Our final match was very close but I think at the end James was more focused than I, so he won. Three tie-breakers, no breaks of serve, it's a very tough situation. Hopefully I can take a lesson from this match."

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jd4eva · Dec 28, 2001

Roger Federer/Mark Phillipoussis are playing doubles!

Senorita Conchita · Dec 28, 2001

I have a few questions guys <img src="smile.gif" border="0">

1) Qatar is hardcorts right? 2) Does Blake have 116pts to use on hardcourts now? 3) Does a coin flip only happen when both players have the same amonut of points. 4) What poits are we using for Qatar, the 115 for best surface or the 130 like on the website?

I ask the third question because I saw in the ETA thread that a difference of 10pts or less is a tiebreaker, so does that mean if I hve 35pts to somebodys 34, do I when automatically like 7-5 or 8-6, or do you use a coin flip?

FLL · Dec 28, 2001

Williams_Rulez...

Did you recieve Arnaud's points???

Williams Rulez · Dec 28, 2001

1) Qatar is hardcourts right? Yes

2) Does Blake have 116pts to use on hardcourts now? Yes

3) Does a coin flip only happen when both players have the same amount of points. Yes, only when points are equal.

4) What poits are we using for Qatar, the 115 for best surface or the 130 like on the website? 115

ETA's Martina Nav · Dec 28, 2001

Yoshie707, you have Roger Federer and these are your surfaces -

Clay =115 Hard =110 Indoor =105 Grass =100

I don't want to be Arazi anymore, I only picked him because all of the other people I wanted were gone. I will be Taylor Dent from now on, my surfaces are hard, indoor, grass & clay. I will be playing doubles with Kacijek from now on because Chang and I did not work out. Please make the changes in the draw and I won't be anymore trouble.

Sorry <img src="graemlins/sad.gif" border="0" alt="[Sad]" />

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CB · Dec 28, 2001

Updated!

If you still want any changes, you have to ask fast, until the points deadline!

THERE IS A LEFT SPOT ON DOUBLES DRAW! FORM A TEAM PLEASE!

Kris · Dec 28, 2001

1.) KIEFER IS PLAYING DOUBLES WITH HAAS!!!!!!!!!!!!! SORRY GORAN...

2.) AND WHY I AM NOT SEEDED IN DOUBLES???? KIEFER REACHED THE SEMIS IN THE CHRISTMAS TOURNAMENT!!!!!!!

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Alek · Dec 28, 2001

yes haas/kiefer

iamkool · Dec 28, 2001

MOYA/GROSJEAN ARE IN! MOYA PLAYIN SINGLES!

ASV · Dec 28, 2001

Sorry, I've been away....but what happened to Safin/Lapentti in doubles?????

I think thats where you're empty spot is....unless Nicolas doesn't want to partner with me anymore <img src="confused.gif" border="0">

 Safin is in. Use his same points as last week...I'm not sure what they were and I don't have time to check!!

CB · Dec 28, 2001

Hi guys I already fixed everything.

KRIS: You weren't seeded because you and Federer reached semis together, so randomly, I put Federer as a seed. But it won't matter, because only the top 2 seeds will recieve a bye <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0">

CB · Dec 28, 2001

Attention WMTA players

I have recieved many weird doubles points. Let me explain clearly hot it will work.

You will have 115,110,105 or 100 points to split in 3 sets at normal events and 215,210,205,200 at Grand Slams! You have to send correspondent surface points. Each player must send their doubles points, and they will be summed <img src="smile.gif" border="0">

If you still have any doubt, ask here. Thanks <img src="smile.gif" border="0">

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JCAPfan · Dec 29, 2001

Thomas Enqvist / Yevgeny Kafelnikov will play doubles too!!!

CB · Dec 29, 2001

">Schedule of Play

Monday: All singles qualifying matches Tuesday: Top half of singles matches - Round of 32 Wednesday: Bottom half of singles matches -Round of 32 and Top half of doubles - Round of 16 Thursday: All Singles Round of 16 and Bottom half of doubles - Round of 16 Friday: Singles Quarterfinals and Doubles Quarterfinals Saturday: Singles Semifinals and Doubles Semifinals Sunday: Singles Final and Doubles Final

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Jeff · Dec 29, 2001

Caio? So does that mean that me and my partner can't combine our points and send them to you in one email? They have to be sent separately or as long as we sum the points ourselves, is that ok, too?

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CB · Dec 30, 2001

Jeff, you can do it, and it is even better for me <img src="smile.gif" border="0">

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