Amersfoort Main Draw Singles & Doubles

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Main Draw Singles:
(1) Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) vs Florent Serra (FRA)
Nicolas Massu (CHI) vs (WC) Thiemo De Bakker (NED)
(Q) Felix Mantilla (ESP) vs (WC) Robin Haase (NED)
Nicolas Devilder (FRA) vs (5) Agustin Calleri (ARG)
(3) Carlos Moya (ESP) vs (Q) Christophe Rochus (BEL)
Mariano Zabaleta (ARG) vs Kristof Vliegen (BEL)
(WC) Raemon Sluiter (NED) vs Luis Horna (PER)
Werner Eschauer (AUT) vs (7) Nicolas Almagro (ESP)

(8) Marc Gicquel (FRA) vs (Q) Steve Darcis (BEL)
Gilles Simon (FRA) vs Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP)
(SE) Igor Andreev (RUS) vs Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)
Oscar Hernandez (ESP) vs (4) Filippo Volandri (ITA)
(6) Dominik Hrbaty (SVK) vs Evgeny Korolev (RUS)
Sergio Roitman (FRA) vs (Q) Jeremy Chardy (FRA)
Albert Montanes (ESP) vs Victor Hanescu (ROU)
Martin Vassallo Arugello (ARG) vs (2) Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)



Main Draw Doubles:
(1) Robert Lindstedt/Kristof Vliegen (SWE/BEL) vs Victor Hanescu/Jean-Claude Scherrer (ROU/SUI)
Juan Pablo Brzezicki/Juan-Pablo Guzman (ARG/ARG) vs Werner Eschauer/Lovro Zovko (AUT/CRO)
(3) Albert Montanes/Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP/ESP) vs Tomasz Bednarek/Jean-Julien Rojer (POL/AHO)
Frank Moser/Bjorn Phau (GER/GER) vs Dominik Hrnaty/Michal Mertinak (SVK/SVK)

Maximo Gonzalez/Luis Horna (ARG/PER) vs Agustin Calleri/Nicolas Massu (ARG/CHI)
(WC) Thiemo De Bakker/Raemon Sluiter (NED/NED) vs (4) Pablo Cuevas/Sergio Roitman (URU/ARG)
Robin Haase/Rogier Wassen (NED/NED) vs Nicolas Devilder/Gilles Simon (FRA/FRA)
(WC) Jasper Smit/Martijn van Haasteren (NED/NED) vs (2) Tomas Behrend/Christopher Kas (GER/GER)

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Results for Monday, July 16, 2007

Singles - First Round
N Devilder (FRA) d [5] A Calleri (ARG) 63 61
E Korolev (RUS) d [6] D Hrbaty (SVK) 63 67(3) 63
M Zabaleta (ARG) d K Vliegen (BEL)63 63
V Hanescu (ROU) d A Montanes (ESP) 76(3) 46 76(4)
G Simon (FRA) d R Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP) 62 64
[WC] R Haase (NED) d [Q] F Mantilla (ESP) 63 62
N Massu (CHI) leads [WC] T de Bakker (NED) 54 suspended due to rain
S Roitman (ARG) vs [Q] J Chardy (FRA) 66 suspended due to rain

Doubles - First Round
[WC] Smit/Van Haasteren d [2] Behrend/Kas 63 36 10-7 (Match TB)
Brzezicki/Guzman d Eschauer/Zovko 64 57 10-7 (Match TB)

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Results for Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Singles - First Round
F Serra (FRA) d [1] N Davydenko (RUS) 46 61 61
[2] M Youzhny (RUS) d M Vassallo Arguello (ARG) 62 75
[3] C Moya (ESP) d [Q] C Rochus (BEL) 62 63
[4] F Volandri (ITA) d O Hernandez (ESP) 62 64
W Eschauer (AUT) d [7] N Almagro (ESP) 76(1) 64
[Q] S Darcis (BEL) d [8] M Gicquel (FRA) 63 64
S Roitman (ARG) d [Q] J Chardy (FRA) 76(5) 61
I Andreev (RUS) d J Tipsarevic (SRB) 61 61
[WC] T de Bakker (NED) d N Massu (CHI) 76(7) 76(5)
[WC] R Sluiter (NED) d L Horna (PER) 36 75 63

Doubles - First Round
Hanescu/Scherrer d [1] Lindstedt/Vliegen 76(6) 64
[3] Montanes/Ramirez Hidalgo d Bednarek/Rojer 76(6) 46 10-7 (Match TB)
Hrbaty/Mertinak d Moser/Phau 61 61
Haase/Wassen d Devilder/Simon 36 63 10-6 (Match TB)

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Results for Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Singles - Second Round
[2] M Youzhny (RUS) d V Hanescu (ROU) 64 62
E Korolev (RUS) d S Roitman (ARG) 75 76(6)
F Serra (FRA) d [WC] T de Bakker (NED) 46 63 76(5)
[WC] R Haase (NED) d N Devilder (FRA) 64 36 63

Doubles - Quarterfinals
Hrbaty/Mertinak (SVK) d [3] Montanes/Ramirez Hidalgo 64 61

Doubles - First Round
Calleri/Massu d M Gonzalez/Horna 63 67(8) 10-8 (Match TB)
[WC] de Bakker/Sluiter d [4] Cuevas/Roitman 75 75

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Results for Friday, July 20, 2007

Singles - Quarterfinals
[2] M Youzhny (RUS) d E Korolev (RUS) 64 63
W Eschauer (AUT) d [3] C Moya (ESP) 67(4) 64 64
[Q] S Darcis (BEL) d I Andreev (RUS) 63 64
F Serra (FRA) vs [WC] R Haase (NED) 23 - suspended by rain

Doubles - Quarterfinals
Calleri/Massu d [WC] de Bakker/Sluiter 61 63

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Results for Saturday, July 21, 2007

Singles - Semifinals
W Eschauer (AUT) d R Haase (NED) 64 64
[Q] S Darcis (BEL) d [2] M Youzhny (RUS) 46 60 75

Singles - Quarterfinals
[WC] R Haase (NED) d F Serra (FRA) 46 75 64

Doubles - Semifinals
Brzezicki/Guzman d Hrbaty/Mertinak 63 64
Haase/Wassen d Calleri/Massu (CHI) w/o. (Massu - lower back)

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Results for Sunday, July 22, 2007

Singles - Final
[Q] S Darcis (BEL) d W Eschauer (AUT) 61 76(1)

Doubles - Final
J Brzezicki (ARG) / J Guzman (ARG) d R Haase (NED) / R Wassen (NED) 62 60

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DUTCH OPEN TENNIS
Amersfoort, The Netherlands

July 22, 2007
World No. 297 Darcis Captures Amersfoort Title

Unheralded Belgian qualifier Steve Darcis became the lowest-ranked player in more than three years to win an ATP title after defeating Austria's Werner Eschauer 6-1, 7-6(1) in the final of the Dutch Tennis Open in Amersfoort.

Darcis, ranked No. 297, who was playing in only his second career ATP main draw, is the lowest-ranked player to win a title since No. 349 Tommy Haas won Houston in 2004.

The 23-year-old is the second Belgian (Xavier Malisse) to win an ATP title this year and the fifth first-time winner of 2007.

Darcis's best results this season were back-to-back semifinal appearances at the San Remo and Furth Challengers in May and June. In his two most recent tournaments Darcis suffered first-round losses at the Scheveningen (Netherlands) and Reggio Emilia (Italy) Challengers.

In the semifinals, Darcis (profile), rallied from a set down to stun second-seeded Russian Mikhail Youzhny 4-6, 6-0, 7-5. Before this week Darcis had played just two career matches at ATP level (none in 2007), losing both.

Lleyton Hewitt is the lowest-ranked winner since 1985. He was No. 550 when he won the 1998 Adelaide title.

Eschauer, 33, who had never before reached an ATP semifinal in his 13-year pro career, had won just 10 ATP-level matches during his career before this week and only three this season. He was playing Amersfoort for the first time.

He was attempting to become the oldest first-time ATP winner since Australian Wayne Arthurs won his first title aged 33 years, 11 months in Scottsdale in 2005.

WHAT THE PLAYERS SAID

Darcis: "This was an unbelievable week for me. I still don't realize what I did; it's a great feeling, almost like a dream.

"I was playing good and he was a little bit stressed in the beginning. In the second set he came very close and I'm glad that I made it to the tie-break.

"This might be the best week of my life so far. Now my goal is to reach the Top 100 as soon as possible."

Eschauer: "He started unbelievably well and didn't make any mistakes. It was quite hard for me to get into the match. I had an opportunity to break him at 0-4, but I couldn't make it. In the second I had a few opportunities. If I can take advantage of one, that might have been the turning point."