2007 News

March 17, 2007

Sunrise, Florida, March 17, 2007 - Twists and turns in today's semi-final matches at the BMWTC, as one singles match ends in retirement and the tournament's 6 th seed fades in the other.

On a brilliant sunny afternoon, the crowd settled in to watch a match that promised power, speed and charisma - two tall, lanky players who cover a lot of court, and play with intense passion.   In fact, the battle between young French star Gael Monfils and the big-serving Croat Ivo Karlovic was physical from the start.

The first set was tight, going to a tiebreaker with no breaks of serve.   Monfils knew the big-serving Karlovic would be trouble if he got behind - and in fact Karlovic was able to string together five straight points to win it 7-6(4).   In all, Karlovic cranked nine aces in the first set.

Read more: KARLOVIC RETIRES; MONFILS VS. SEPPI IN SINGLES FINAL

March 15, 2007

Sunrise, Florida, March 15, 2007- Only two seeds advanced today in the BMW Tennis Championship, as a qualifier and a wild card took out two of the remaining four this afternoon.   First up on stadium court, Australian Chris Guccione defeated No. 3 Marc Gicquel 6-3, 7-6(4); followed by a stunning three-set win for Serbian Nenad Zimonjic over defending champion and No. 1 seed Dmitry Tursunov, 7-5, 6-7(5), 7-5.   No. 6 Nicolas Massu and No. 5 Gael Monfils are the surviving seeds going into the quarter finals.

Read more: NO. 1 TURSUNOV, NO. 3 GICQUEL OUT - TWO SEEDS LEFT

March 14, 2007

Sunrise, Florida, March 14, 2007- First round action today saw fan favorite Gustavo Kuerten eliminated by top Italian Andreas Seppi; and defending champion No. 1 seed Dmitry Tursunov win easily over Belgian qualifier Kristof Vliegen.   French sensation No. 5 seed Gael Monfils took out American hopeful Jesse Levine; but No. 2 seed Dominik Hrbaty and No. 4 seed Florian Mayer are out early.   In the evening singles match, No. 6 seed Chilean Nicolas Massu ousted qualifier Ivan Miranda of Peru.

In today's first match, Gael Monfils vs. Jesse Levine - Monfils was not at all happy with his performance, though he won in two tiebreak sets 7-6(4), 7-6(3).   "I think I played very, very bad," he said.   My technique was very confused and I cannot make the shot I want so it was very bad match for me."

Read more: TURSUNOV, MONFILS ADVANCE; HRBATY, KUERTEN OUT; MASSU SAILS

March 12, 2007

Sunrise, Florida, March 12, 2007- The field is set for the BMW Tennis Championship 2007, with six top-50 players among the tournament's eight top seeds.   No. 1 seed is defending champion Dmitry Tursunov, with a current ATP ranking of 21.   Tursunov had the best year of his career in 2006.   The week after winning at Sunrise, he achieved his best Masters Series showing by reaching the fourth round in Miami, losing to eventual winner Roger Federer.   He later won his first ATP title in Mumbai, and chalked up a personal-best 45 match wins for the year.    The popular Russian is back to see if he can kick-start his summer season once again by playing the BMWTC.

Read more: Main Draw Announced for BMWTC 2007