Olympics: Beijing tennis draw

AAP General News (Australia)
08-09-2008
Olympics: Beijing tennis draw

BEIJING, Aug 9 AFP - Revised first round draw for the men's singles at the Beijing
Olympics tennis tournament following the withdrawals of Ivo Karlovic and Ivan Ljubicic
(x denotes seeded player):

Men

Roger Federer (SUI x1) v Dmitry Tursunov (RUS)

Lee Hyung-Taik (KOR) v Rafael Arevalo (ESA)

Tommy Robredo (ESP) v Andreas Seppi (ITA)

Tomas Berdych (CZE) v Yu Xin Yuan (CHN)

Gilles Simon (FRA x10) v Robin Soderling (SWE)

Frederic Niemeyer (CAN) v Guillermo Canas (ARG)

Thomaz Belluci (BRA) v Dominik Hrbaty (SVK)

Chris Guccione (AUS) v James Blake (USA x8)

Nikolay Davydenko (RUS x4) v Ernests Gulbis (LAT)

Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) v Nicolas Lapentti (ECU)

Komlavi Loglo (TOG) v Kevin Anderson (RSA)

Max Mirnyi (BLR) v Nicolas Kiefer (GER x15)

Fernando Gonzalez (CHI x12) v Sun Peng (CHN)

Marin Cilic (CRO) v Juan Monaco (ARG)

Olivier Rochus (BEL) v Ivo Minar (CZE)

Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) v David Ferrer (ESP x5)

David Nalbandian (ARG x7) v Zeng Shaoxuan (CHN)

Nicolas Massu (CHI) v Steve Darcis (BEL)

Simone Bolelli (ITA) v Victor Hanescu (ROM)

Gael Monfils (FRA) v Nicolas Almagro (ESP x11)

Mikhail Youzhny (RUS x13) v Jiri Vanek (CZE)

Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) v Thomas Johansson (SWE)

Rainer Schuettler (GER) v Kei Nishikori (JPN)

Robby Ginepri (USA) v Novak Djokovic (SRB x3)

Andy Murray (GBR x6) v Lu Yen-Hsun (TPE)

Agustin Calleri (ARG) v Devon Mullings (BAH)

Marcos Daniel (BRA) v Jurgen Melzer (AUT)

Frank Dancevic (CAN) v Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI x9)

Radek Stepanek (CZE x16) v Michael Llodra (FRA)

Sam Querry (USA) v Igor Andreev (RUS)

Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) v Jonas Bjorkman (SWE)

Potito Starace (ITA) v Rafael Nadal (ESP x2)

AFP nh

KEYWORD: OLY08 TENM DRAW

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