Rome: The draw

The draw came out earlier today (sorry I’m tardy). Here it is in HTML and pdf formats. After a first round bye, Rafa will play the winner of a match between Raonic and F. Mayer. Tough start!

12 May 2012 | by miri | 90 Comments

Madrid: The draw

The the surprise of everyone, the Madrid tournament performed the men’s singles draw…even though it had been scheduled for tomorrow. Oh, you rebel tournament, you. Anyway, Nole and Fed are on the top half. Rafa and Tsonga in the bottom (Murray pulled out today due to a back injury.) Here’s the draw.

4 May 2012 | by miri | 17 Comments

Barcelona: The draw

We aren’t even finished with one tournament, and we have the draw for the next. Tennis never sleeps and neither do we! Here’s the draw.

21 Apr 2012 | by miri | 5 Comments

MC: The draw

The draw for Monte-Carlo is out: web version; pdf. After a first round bye, Rafa will play the winner of the Stepanek/Nieminen match.

14 Apr 2012 | by miri | 39 Comments

Miami: Doubles draw

The Miami doubles draw is out: pdf. Rafa will be playing with Marcel Granollers. Their first opponents will be Cilic/Karolovic.

21 Mar 2012 | by miri | 12 Comments

Miami: Singles draw

The draw for men’s singles in Miami is out: pdf. After a bye in the first round, Rafa will face the winner of a match between Pablo Andujar and Santiago Giraldo.

19 Mar 2012 | by miri | 57 Comments

IW: The Draw (and a bloglette)

The draw is up! After a bye in the 1st round, Rafa will face either A Falla or L Mayer. He’s never played either before. Federer is in his half while Murray is in Djokovic’s.

Sorry for the lack of posting. I have the flu and feel horrid. Thanks to a suggestion from @rafannie, I went to a walk-in clinic and got some tamiflu today – hope that will help. At least the tummy part has calmed down.

7 Mar 2012 | by miri | 22 Comments

AO: The draw

Can you believe it? It’s almost time to start the first major of the year. The draw for the Australian Open was performed today in Melbourne. For the first time in what seems like forever, Murray is in Djokovic’s half of the draw and Federer is in Rafa’s.

12 Jan 2012 | by miri | 28 Comments

Doha: The draw

It’s almost time for some real 2012 tennis to start for Rafa. Case in point, the Doha draw is out. First up for Rafa will be Philipp Kohlschreiber. They’ve had some tricky matches in the past, but Rafa leads the head-to-head 7-0. Other seeds in Rafa’s half: Youzhny, Monfils, Troicki. Also in Rafa’s half is the sometimes dangerous, sometimes silly, Gulbis. Seeds in the bottom half are Bogomolov Jr, Tsonga, Seppi and Federer.

31 Dec 2011 | by miri | 9 Comments

WTF: The draw

The draw has been done for the WTF groups. Here are the results:

Group A – Djokovic, Murray, Ferrer and Berdych
Group B – Rafa, Federer, Tsonga and Fish

Once they get around to it, the draw will be posted here.

15 Nov 2011 | by miri | 51 Comments