Wednesday May 14, 2008
3.40 p.m.
Hamburg - second round
Unfortunately, Mariusz and Marcin
ended their Hamburg adventure in the second round. Our players lost to the team of the Czech Republic, Martin
Damm and Pavel Vizner, 4/6 4/6.
Tuesday May 13, 2008
7.10 p.m.
Hamburg - first round
First round and first win. Marcin
and Mariusz advanced to the next round after they had defeated Christopher Kas and Rogier Wassen 7/5 6/1. In
the second match it might be more difficult, as our players will face seeds number 6, Martin Damm and Pavel
Vizner of the Czech Republic.
Saturday May 10, 2008
9.55 p.m.
Doubles draw - Hamburg
This evening, the draw in Hamburg
has been made. Hamburg is the next tournament for Mariusz and Marcin and, unfortunately, our players are
unceeded. In the first round, they will face Rogier Wassen (The Netherlands) and Christopher Kas (Germany).
The draw is really difficult. In case they advance to the second round, Mariusz and Marcin will meet the
Czechs, Damm and Vizner, and probably the Bryan brothers later on.
Friday May 9, 2008
11.20 p.m.
Rome - quarterfinal loss
Unfortunately, the quarterfinal
match was the last one for Mariusz and Marcin in Rome. The Polish team lost to seeds number two, Nenad
Zimonjic of Serbia and the Canadian, Daniel Nestor, 4/6 1/6.
Thursday May 8, 2008
4.00 p.m.
Rome - second round
Another win for Marcin and Mariusz. A
few minutes ago, our players defeated Leander Paes (India) and Paul Hanley (Australia) 4/6 6/3 10/6 and
advanced to the quarterfinals of the tournament in Rome. Their opponents will
be Nenad Zimonjic (Serbia) and Daniel Nestor (Canada).
Tuesday May 6, 2008
5.38 p.m.
Rome - first round thriller
What a great match for both
teams! Mariusz with Marcin and Juan Monaco with Luis Horna fought really hard to win their first match in the
tournament. High percentage of the first service, although looked well in the stats, was not enough to win.
Good thing is that Marcin and Mariusz did not lose the grip till the very end and won that close match 7/6(2)
6/7(4) 10/8. Now, our players will face seeds number 8, Paul Hanley of Australia and Leander Paes of India,
who had a free toss in the first round. Seems to be another tough match for Marcin and Mariusz.
Sunday May 4, 2008
2.35 p.m.
Doubles draw in Rome
In Internazionali BNL d'Italia, a
clay tournament in Rome with the prize money of €2,270,000, Mariusz and Marcin will play unceeded. In the
first round, they will meet Luis Horna of Peru and the Argentine, Juan Monaco.
Sunday May 4, 2008
2.30 p.m.
Finals in Barcelona
Mike and Bob Bryan won the Open
Sabadell Atlantico in Barcelona. The American team defeated Marcin and Mariusz 6/3 6/2. Even though they lost
in the finals, Mariusz and Marcin had a great weak full of won matches. Let's hope for the same next week in
Rome.
Saturday May 3, 2008
2.50 p.m.
Marcin and Mariusz in the finals of Open Sabadell
Atlantico
Today's semifinal match ended with the result of 6/1 7/6(5). Defeating Simon Aspelin and
Julian Knowle gave Mariusz and Marcin the spot in tomorrow's finals in Barcelona. Their last opponents will be
the Americans, Bob and Mike Bryan.
Friday May 2, 2008
9.25 p.m.
Barcelona - quarterfinal win
Marcin and Mariusz advanced
to the semifinals in Barcelona after a tough match against the Croat and the German. Our players defeated
Mario Ancic and Mischa Zverev 7/6(5) 6/7(5) 10/7. In the semifinals, Mariusz and Marcin are playing against
seeds number 4, Simon Aspelin (Sweden) and Julian Knowle (Austria).
Thursday May 1, 2008
9.45 a.m.
Barcelona - second round
In the second round of Open
Sabadell Atlantico in Barcelona, Marcin and Mariusz defeated Oliver Marach (Austria) and Michal Mertinak
(Slovak Republic) 4/6 6/4 10/5 and advanced to the quarterfinals. Tomorrow our team is playing against Mario
Ancic of Croatia and Mischa Zverev of Germany.
Sunday April 27, 2008
1.20 p.m.
Doubles draw in Barcelona
In the upcoming week, Marcin
and Mariusz are playing in the clay tournament of Open Sabadell Atlantico in Barcelona, with the prize money
of €824,000. In Spain, our players are seeded with number 7, and therefore they will not participate in
the first round. In the second, they will face Oliver Marach of Austria and Michal Mertinak of the Slovak
Republic.
Wednesday April 23, 2008
5.15 p.m.
Monte Carlo - second round
Even though they fought hard,
Marcin and Mariusz lost their second round match against Jonas Bjorkman and Kevin Ullyett. The three-set match
ended with the result of 7/6(7) 5/7 7/10.
Tuesday April 22, 2008
7.45 p.m.
Monte Carlo - first round
This morning, Marcin and
Mariusz won their first match in Monte Carlo. Our players defeated Max Mirnyi and Jamie Murray in straight
sets - 6/3 6/3. In order to advance to the quarterfinals, Marcin and Mariusz will have to defeat seeds number
8, Jonas Bjorkman of Sweden and Kevin Ullyett of Zimbabwe. The match has been scheduled as the third one from
noon on court 9 tomorrow.
Saturday April 19, 2008
9.00 p.m.
Monte Carlo
After longer break, caused by the national
team grouping as well as trainings in Warsaw, Mariusz and Marcin are back to the game in Monte Carlo Masters
Series event. The tournament is played on clay, and the prize money is €2,270,000. Due to poor results in
the first part of the season, Mariusz and Marcin are unseeded and in the first round, they will have tough
opponents from Belarus and Great Britain, Max Mirnyi and Jamie Murray.
Monday March 31, 2008
6.23 p.m.
Miami - second round
Marcin and Mariusz finish their
participation in the Miami tournament on the second round. Today, the Polish doubles team lost to the Czechs,
Martin Damm and Pavel Vizner, 4/6 2/6.
Friday March 28, 2008
10.50 p.m.
Miami - first round
Marcin and Mariusz advanced to the
second round of the Sony Ericsson in Miami. In the first round, our players defeated the Argentinian duo of
Juan Monaco and Jose Acasuso 6/3 7/6(2). In the next match, Mariusz and Marcin are playing against the best of
two teams: Martin Damm/Pavel Vizner (Czech Republic) and Eric Butorac/Jordan Kerr (United States/Australia).
Thursday March 27, 2008
5.45 p.m.
Miami - doubles draw
It is time for another masters
series tournament, this time in Miami. The tourney that will continue for the next two weeks is Sony Ericsson
Open with the prize money of $3,770,000. In the first round, Mariusz and Marcin are playing against the
Argentines, Jose Acasuso and Juan Monaco.
Friday March 14, 2008
11.45 p.m.
Indian Wells - first round
Again, the first round turned
out to be the last one for Mariusz and Marcin. Today, the better team was that of the Argentines, Guillermo
Canas and David Nalbandian, who defeated our guys 7/5 6/3. Next stop - Miami. We keep our fingers crossed for
Mariusz and Marcin to regain their abilities and shape until then.
Thursday March 13, 2008
4.45 p.m.
Indian Wells - doubles draw
Mariusz and Marcin are in
Indian Wells now, where they are playing in the Pacific Life Open tournament (prize money over 3.5 million
dollars) that lasts for two weeks. In the first round, our players will face the Argentines, Guillermo Canas
and David Nalbandian.
Wednesday March 5, 2008
3.40 p.m.
Dubai - first round
The news are not good, as Mariusz and
Marcin still cannot handle Youzhny and Kohlschreiber. Our players lost today in Dubai to the Russian-German
team 3/6 4/6.
Saturday March 1, 2008
10.25 p.m.
Dubai - doubles draw
It is the end of leisure time for
Marcin and Mariusz. Our players have flown to Dubai to play in The Barclays Dubai Tennis Championship. The
tournament offers prize money of almost 1.5 million dollars and is to be played on hardcourts Decoturf II. In
the first round, the Polish team will not have an easy task. They will have to face the players that beat them
in Rotterdam, Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany and Mikhail Youzhny of Russia.
Thursday February 21, 2008
7.35 p.m.
Rotterdam - quarterfinals
Unfortunately, Marcin and
Mariusz did not manage to advance to the semifinals in Rotterdam. They lost to the German-Russian team of
Philipp Kohlschreiber and Michail Youzhny 6/7(6) 6/7(5). Although they fought hard, they still had to say
goodbye to the Dutch tournament.
Wednesday February 20, 2008
3.30 p.m.
Rotterdam - offcourt activities
Marcin and Mariusz took
part in a fashion show at ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam. Our boys presented sports fashion
accompanied by one of the models. You can see the gallery from the show here: http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/players/gallery.
Tuesday February 19, 2008
8.40 p.m.
Rotterdam - quarterfinal opponents
There will be no
revenge for the defeat in Marseille, as Martin Damm and Pavel Vizner lost their first-round match to Philipp
Kohlschreiber and Mikhail Youzhny 5/7 4/6. The German and the Russian will therefore be the next opponents of
Mariusz and Marcin in Rotterdam.
Monday February 18, 2008
5.30 p.m.
Rotterdam - first round
In their first match in
Rotterdam, Marcin and Mariusz defeated Jordan Kerr of Australia and David Skoch of the Czech Republic 6/4 6/3.
Now, the Polish players are waiting for their next opponents, who might be once again Martin Damm and Pavel
Vizner.
Sunday February 17, 2008
8.40 a.m.
Rotterdam - doubles draw
The next tournament for Mariusz
and Marcin is the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. It is an indoor tournament
played on hard courts with the prize money of €824,000. In the first round, Mariusz and Marcin are
playing against Jordan Kerr of Australia and the Czech, David Skoch.
Saturday February 16, 2008
8.55 a.m.
Marseille - quarterfinals
Unfortunately, Mariusz and
Marcin have said goodbye to the tournament in Marseille. Our team lost yesterday 3/6 4/6 to Martin Damm and
Pavel Vizner of the Czech Republic.
Tuesday February 12, 2008
4.35 p.m.
Marseille - first round
Mariusz and Marcin advanced to
the quarterfinals in Marseille after they had defeated the team of Croatia, Ivo Karlovic and Lovro Zovko. The
match lasted an hour and eight minutes and finished with 7/5 6/4 for the Polish duo. In the next round, Marcin
and Mariusz will play either Martin Damm and Pavel Vizner (Czech Republic) or Christopher Kas and Rogier
Wassen (Germany/Netherlands).
Sunday February 10, 2008
5.50 p.m.
Marseille
In the upcoming week, Mariusz and Marcin are
playing in Marseille, France, in the Open 13 tournament played indoors on hardcourts. The prize money for the
tournament is €534,000. Our players are unseeded and in the first match they are playing against Ivo
Karlovic and Lovro Zovko of Croatia.
Sunday February 10, 2008
5.40 p.m.
Davis Cup
Poland lost to Switzerland in Davis Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group I 1st round 1-4. Among others, Mariusz and Marcin lost their doubles match against
Yves Allegro and Michael Lammer 4/6 3/6 6/2 3/6. You can find other results at http://www.daviscup.com/ties/tie.asp?tie=100010136.
Thursday January 24, 2008
7.10 p.m.
Australian Open - mixed doubles second round
First of
all, we apologize for the lack of news in the past few days caused by technical problems. And secondly, we
shall inform you that Marcin and Meilen Tu also lost in the mixed doubles second round against Zi Yan and Mark
Knowles 5/7 2/6.
Monday January 21, 2008
4.40 p.m.
Australian Open - mixed doubles second round
It was the
last day in Australian Open for Mariusz as he and Janette Husarova lost their match against Nathalie Dechy and
Andy Ram 3/6 7/5 4/10. In the tournament we still have Marcin who plays his second round of mixed doubles
tomorrow not before 5.00 p.m. on the first available court.
Monday January 21, 2008
4.55 a.m.
Australian Open - doubles third round
Unfortunately,
Mariusz and Marcin could not do match against Mark Knowles and Mahesh Bhupathi, who played great tennis today.
Our team lost 3/6 2/6 and now Mariusz and Marcin have only mixed doubles competition left to
play. Mariusz will show up again today in a few hours.
Sunday January 20, 2008
4.10 a.m.
Australian Open - doubles second round
Mariusz and Marcin
advance to the third round! Fortunately, the weather was kind to the tournament and our boys could play their
match against Thomas Johansson (SWeden) and Andrei Pavel (Romania) as planned. In the first set, the Polish
duo broke in the ninth game, but their opponents immediately broke back, and so the set decided in tie-break,
won by Mariusz and Marcin 7/3. The second set was very alike, with the difference that the tie-break winners
were Johansson and Pavel 7/5. Also in the third part of the match, played in grand slams in the old system,
our players managed to break the Swedish-Romanian team. This time, however, they did not give away any game of
their own, winning the set and the whole match 7/6(3) 6/7(5) 6/4.
In the third round, Mariusz and
Marcin's opponents will be Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles (India/Bahamas) seeded with
number 6. The match has been scheduled as the third from 10.00 a.m. of local time on court 3. On the same
court, Mariusz and Janette Husarova will play their mixed doubles second round match against Nathalie Dechy of
France and Andy Ram of Israel, seeded with number 8.
Saturday January 19, 2008
11.53 a.m.
Australian Open - rain
Because of long rainfalls in
Melbourne, only matches planned on two main courts that have dropheads have been played. Therefore, most
matches, including that of Mariusz and Marcin, have been postponed for tomorrow. And so our team will play at
11.00 a.m. of local time on court 13.
Friday January 18, 2008
10.55 a.m.
Australian Open - mixed doubles first round
Both Mariusz
and Marcin advanced to the second round of mixed doubles in Melbourne. Mariusz, together with Janette Husarova
of Slovak Republic, defeated Tamira Paszek and Marcelo Melo (Austria/Brazil) 6/3 7/5 and in the second round,
they will play against seeds number eight, Nathalie Dechy of France and Andy Ram of Israel. Marcin and the
American, Meilen Tu, defeated a dangerous pair from Belarus, Victoria Azarenka and Max Mirnyi, 6/3 7/6(4).
Their next opponents will be even more dangerous seeds number three of the tournament, the Chinese Zi Yan and
Mark Knowles of the Bahamas.
Tomorrow, our team will play doubles second round against Thomas Johansson
(Sweden) and Andrei Pavel (Romania), and they will show up on court 18 as the third from 11.00 a.m. of local
time.
Thursday January 17, 2008
3.40 p.m.
Australian Open - doubles and mixed doubles
In the second
round of doubles in Australian Open, Mariusz and Marcin will face Thomas Johansson of Sweden and Andrei Pavel
of Romania, who defeated the Australian team of Andrew Coelho and Brydan Klein 3/6 6/3 6/3 in the first round.
However, the match will not be played tomorrow. Instead, both Mariusz and Marcin will play their first round
matches of mixed doubles competition. Traditionally, our players compete toghether with the ladies, but this
time their partners are different than usually. Mariusz is playing with the Slovak Janette Husarova and Marcin
with Meilen Tu of the USA. Both teams are unseeded. Tomorrow at 1.00 p.m. of local time Mariusz and Janette
will play against Tamira Paszek (Austria) and Marcelo Melo (Brazil) on court 13. Marcin and Meilen will face
the team of Belarus, Victoria Azarenka and Max Mirnyi on court 18 in the fifth match from 11.00 a.m. (local
time).
Wednesday January 16, 2008
9.00 a.m.
Australian Open - first round
Marcin and Mariusz advanced
to the second round of Australian Open in Melbourne after defeating the Spanish team of Guillermo Garcia Lopez
and Fernando Verdasco. Our players won the match in three sets, 5/7 6/4 6/3, although they were close to
losing it in the third set when they got broken. Fortunately, they re-broke immediately and broke the
Spaniards again later finishing the match with their own serve. In the second round, the Polish team will play
against the better of Thomas Johansson/Andrei Pavel (Sweden/Romania) and Andrew Coelho/Brydan Klein
(Australia).
Monday January 14, 2008
3.00 p.m.
Australian Open - doubles draw
In the first grand slam
tournament of the season 2008, played on Plexicushion courts, Mariusz and Marcin are seeded with number 11.
Their first opponents are the Spaniards, Guillermo Garcia Lopez and Fernando Verdasco.
Friday January 11, 2008
1.08 p.m.
Sydney - semifinals
The semifinals finished Mariusz and
Marcin's play in Sydney. The Polish team lost today to Gasquet and Tsonga 6/3 4/6 4/10. Next stop - Melbourne.
Thursday January 10, 2008
5.00 p.m.
Sydney - Marcin and Mariusz in semis
Our players advanced
to the semifinals in Sydney without play, due to Radek Stepanek's walkover. Radek's official statement is a
knee injury. And so, tomorrow Marcin and Mariusz are playing semifinals against the Frenchmen, Richard Gasquet
and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. The match has been scheduled at 11.00 a.m. of local time.
Tuesday January 8, 2008
2.33 p.m.
Sydney - first round
In spite of the unfavourable draw in
Sydney, Mariusz and Marcin advanced to the quarterfinals in Medibank International. In the first round, they
beat the second team of the tournament, Daniel Nestor (Canada) and Nenad Zimonjic (Serbia) 7/6(5) 6/4. The
match was very even, the evidence being at least the stats, so similar for both teams. The first set finished
with a tie-break, where Mariusz and Marcin were more fortunate. In the second, only one break for our team
decided that they won the whole match. Tomorrow, Marcin and Mariusz have a day off, and it is also a day on
which the next opponents for them are to be decided. And so their next rivals are going to be
the best of two teams: Mahesh Bhupathi/Mark Knowles (India/Bahamas) and Tomas Berdych/Radek Stepanek (Czech
Republic).
Saturday January 5, 2008
1.30 p.m.
Sydney - doubles draw
Doubles draw in Sydney, Australia,
has been done earlier today. Mariusz and Marcin are one of the unseeded teams and did not have much luck
during the draw ceremony. In the first round, they will have to face team number 2 of the tourney, Daniel
Nestor of Canada and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia. Apart from the Canadian-Serbian duo, the seeded teams
are:
(1)Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan (United States)
(3)Simon Aspelin/Julian Knowle
(Sweden/Austria)
(4)Martin Damm/Pavel Vizner (Czech Republic).
The tournament is the last stop before
Australian Open, and is therefore played on hardcourts with an earlier finish on Saturday. The prize money is
$465,000 (American dollars).
Tuesday January 1, 2008
8.35 p.m.
Doha - first round
Unfortunately, Mariusz and Marcin's
first match in the new season cannot be called good. Our team lost to Santoro and Wawrinka, who were in a
great disposition, 5/7 0/6. Too bad but, as they say, life goes on and we shall save all our enthusiasm for
the next tournament. It can only be better :)
Monday December 31, 2007
4.45 p.m.
Doha
Tomorrow, on the first day of the new year, Mariusz
and Marcin are playing their first match in the new season. Nothing has changed in the draw since Saturday,
and so Mariusz and Marcin's opponents are going to be Stanislas Wawrinka and Fabrice Santoro, who advanced to
the singles second round earlier today. Taking into consideration that it is New Year's Eve today, our players
are surely satisfied with the order of play. According to that schedule, they are playing the last match on
central court, second from 7.30 p.m. local time.
New Year
For those of you who don't speak
Polish and can't read
the wishes in the guest book: Marcin and Mariusz wish you and your families all the best and hope that your
dreams would come
true. All the best in your private and proffesional lives. Also, they thank you for your support in good and
especially in bad moments.
Have a wonderful year 2008
From Marcin, Mariusz and my humble self.
Saturday December 29, 2007
8.50 p.m.
Doha - singles qualifying and doubles draw
The season
2008 has now officially begun, as in Doha, Chennai and Adelaide, the first tournaments of the season, singles
qualifying tournaments have started this morning. This week, we can follow Marcin and Mariusz's actions in
Doha, Qatar, in a tournament with the prize money of over one million dollars played on
hardcourts.
Mariusz tried his chances in the singles qualifying, and in the first round he played
against the Italian, Francesco Aldi. He lost, though, after a three set match, 6/3 1/6 1/6.
In doubles,
our team is seeded with number four, and in the first match of the new season Mariusz and Marcin are playing
against the Frenchman, Fabrice Santoro and Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland. We keep our fingers crossed for
a good beginning this year.
Wednesday November 7, 2007
7.05 p.m.
Summary
Another season came to an end, Mariusz and Marcin
are finally enjoing their vacation, and for us it is the time for summaries. And so, the season started just
as normal - quarterfinal in Doha, semifinal in Sydney, another one in Buenos Aires. However, Marcin and
Mariusz were far from huge successes and following months brought more disappointments. Therefore, Mariusz and
Marcin decided to split up for a while. Marcin played with Kristof Vliegen and Chris Haggard, whereas Mariusz
paired up with Grzegorz Panfil, Petr Pala and Lukasz Kubot. However, the crisis didn't end, and later there
was Davis Cup and the tournament in Poland, in Sopot. During both tournaments Mariusz and Marcin played
together and they triuphed in Sopot. From that time on, they haven't separated and the rest of the season was
more than good. Final in New Haven, quite a good play in US Open, semifinal in Bucharest and finally, the
awesome three weeks of October, when our players were in three consecutive finals winning in Vienna and losing
in Madrid's final to the best team in the world, the Bryan brothers. Also, in the last season, Mariusz got
married only two days before the Sopot tournament to his beautiful fiancee, Marta.
The last great
matches of Mariusz and Marcin make the expectations for the next season to rise. If they are met - we will
see, but in the meantime it turns out that Mariusz and Marcin will be one of the few teams from the top that
will remain unchanged. The new teams are to be the following: Paul Hanley and Leander Paes, Pavel Vizner and
Martin Damm, Jonas Bjorkman and Kevin Ullyett, Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles, Daniel Nestor and Nenad
Zimonjic. Max Mirnyi, on the other hand, is planning to concentrate on singles, and so it is yet not known how
much doubles he will play. Fortunately, the fans of Mariusz and Marcin don't have to worry - in the next
season they will play together.
Thursday November 1, 2007
11.55 a.m.
The end of the season
Yesterday, Mariusz and Marcin
played their last match of this season. They lost it to seeds number two, Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic,
3/6 4/6.
Big congrats to Mariusz and Marcin for giving us great emotions in the last months! And to the
tennis fans - please step by in a while to take a look at the photos from a few tournaments of this season
that are yet to be posted.
Monday October 29, 2007
9.50 p.m.
Paris - first round
Mariusz and Marcin advanced to the
second round in Paris. Our team defeated the alternates, Haehnel and Roger-Vasselin, 6/4 7/5, although it was
not an easy match. In the second round now there are more demanding opponents, seeded with number two,
Zimonjic and Nestor.
Sunday October 28, 2007
11.05 a.m.
Paris - doubles draw
Here comes the last tournament of
the season 2007 - BNP Paribas Masters in Paris with the prize money of over two million dollars. In the first
round, Mariusz and Marcin are playing against the Frenchmen, Jerome Haehnel and Edouard Roger-Vasselin from
the alternates list who play instead the Spaniard Nicolas Almagro and the Italian Andreas Seppi. If
they advance to the second round, their opponents will be seeds number two, Nenad Zimonjic (Serbia) and Daniel
Nestor (Canada).
Wednesday October 24, 2007
3.30 p.m.
Basel
The tiredness had an impact on Mariusz and Marcin's
game yesterday and the Polish duo lost to Marcos Baghdatis and Stanislas Wawrinka in the first round of the
Davidoff Swiss Indoors tournament in Basel. Mariusz and Marcin were close to winning the match but in spite of
that the eventual result was 2/6 6/3 10/8 for the representatives of Cyprus and Switzerland. Now, Mariusz and
Marcin will have a few days off and later they will fly to France to play in BNP Paribas Masters in Paris.
Sunday October 21, 2007
2.30 p.m.
Davidoff Swiss Indoors draw
The finals in Madrid are
already over, and in the meantime, the main doubles draw in Basel has been announced. Mariusz and Marcin are
seeded with number four, and other seeded teams are: (1)Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan (United States), (2)Paul
Hanley/Kevin Ullyett (Australia/Zimbabwe) oraz (3)Simon Aspelin/Julian Knowle (Sweden/Austria). Marcin and
Mariusz defend points for last year's finals, and in the first round they are playing against Marcos Baghdatis
of Cyprus and Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland. The Davidoff Swiss Indoors tournament is played on carpet,
and the prize money is €850,250.
Sunday October 21, 2007
2.13 p.m.
Mutua Madrilena Masters finals
Bob and Mike Bryan
defended their last year's title in Madrid by winning over Mariusz and Marcin 6/3 7/6(4). However, our players
have improved a lot since they last played against the American twins - three years ago, in a different
tournament,
they only won three games in the whole match. Today, they played well, especially in the second set. Despite
today's loss, Mariusz and Marcin can be proud of themselves and their game in the Mutua Madrilena tournament.
Sunday October 21, 2007
11.40 a.m.
Madrid
It is the last day of the Mutua Madrilena Masters
in Madrid and, at the same time, the day of the final match for Mariusz and Marcin. Our players will have to
face the best doubles team in the world, the American twins, Mike and Bob Bryan. The Bryans' achievements are
incredible: over fourty won tournaments, among them many grand slams and masters series tourneys. Bob and Mike
also defend the title from Madrid. For Mariusz and Marcin, the finals in Madrid is the highest achievement so
far, unless you count their appearance in Masters Cup last year. Before, they played in Australian Open's
semifinal in 2006.
Today's final match begins at 12.30. We keep our fingers crossed for Mariusz and
Marcin to win their first ATP Masters Series event title.
Saturday October 20, 2007
5.00 p.m.
MARCIN AND MARIUSZ IN THE FINAL OF
THE MASTERS SERIES TOURNAMENT IN MADRID
The semifinal opponents of Mariusz and Marcin were
Jonas Bjorkman of Sweden and Max Mirnyi of Bielarus. The odds were not good, as our team played three times
against Bjorkman and Mirnyi so far and lost all three matches. However, this time Mariusz
and Marcin made a
surprise and defeated one of the top teams in the world. The match was tight and Mariusz and Marcin won in
three sets 7/6(4) 5/7 10/6. Tomorrow is the final match against the better of Bryan/Bryan
(1) and
Canas/Nalbandian.
Friday October 19, 2007
3.50 p.m.
Madrid
Another great win for Mariusz and Marcin. This
time, it was close to losing the match, but once again Mariusz and Marcin showed some good tennis and advanced
to the semifinals. The quarterfinal match against Jeff Coetzee (South Africa) and Rogier Wassen (Netherlands)
was
more like a thriller, but fortunately it ended with 2/6 7/6(4) 10/6 for Mariusz and Marcin.
Thursday October 18, 2007
3.40 p.m.
Madrid
Mariusz and Marcin advanced to the quarterfinals
of Mutua Madrilena Masters in Spain. In today's second round, our team defeated Mark Knowles and Jamie Murray
6/4 7/6(2).
Wednesday October 17, 2007
4.15 p.m.
Madrid
Despite being tired, Mariusz and Marcin defeated
the American duo of James Blake and Eric Butorac 7/5 6/4 and advanced to the second round. Now, they will play
against Mark Knowles (Bahamas) and Jamie Murray (Great Britain), the team seeded with number eight.
Sunday October 14, 2007
4.00 p.m.
Vienna
Mariusz and Marcin are the winners of the BA-CA
Tennis Trophy in Vienna. The Polish players defeated Behrend and Kas 6/4 6/2. The second set could end with a
bagel but too much stress did the job and the Germans broke our team at 5/0. Fortunately, everything went
well in the next service game of Mariusz and Marcin and the match ended with their victory. The triumph in
Vienna is their second win this season. Earlier, they won in Sopot.
Sunday October 14, 2007
12.30 p.m.
Vienna and Madrid draw
Today is the final day in Vienna
and the final
match of Mariusz and Marcin. Our players will play against the German team of Tomas Behrend and Christopher
Kas (the second match from 12.50 p.m.). This year, the Germans won together four challengers, among them the
challenger in Szczecin, Poland; they were also in the finals in Kitzbuhel (ATP Tour). For Mariusz and Marcin,
the final in Vienna is the fourth chance to win an ATP event this year. Until now, they have won only one
tournament, in Sopot. Earlier this season, after unsuccessful beginning, they split up for a moment and paired
up togheter in July for the Davis Cup.
In Madrid, the main draw has been made for doubles. Mariusz and
Marcin will play James Blake and Eric Butorac in the first round of the Mutua Madrilena Masters tournament
played on hardcourts.
Saturday October 13, 2007
7.00 p.m.
Vienna
Mariusz and Marcin are still in a great shape. A
few minutes ago, our team defeated Leander Paes and Martin Damm, number two seeds in Vienna. The first set was
easily won by Paes and Damm. The Indian-Czech team also broke Mariusz and Marcin early in the second part of
the match. Fortunately, our players re-broke and levelled the state of the set, breaking Paes and Damm again
at the end winning the second set 7/5. It was the match tie-break that was to decide upon which team would
play in the finals of the Austrian tournament. Mariusz and Marcin had more luck and were more consistent
winning the tie-break 12/10. The team that will play against our duo will be revealed tonight.
Saturday October 13, 2007
11.55 a.m.
Vienna
Another semifinal for Mariusz and Marcin. This
time in Vienna, where our doubles team defeated Jurgen Melzer and Alexander Peya in yesterday's quarterfinals.
The match lasted one hour and forty-seven minutes, and ended with 7/6(4) 5/7 10/7 for Mariusz and Marcin.
Today, our players will fight for the finals, against seeds number two, Leander Paes (India) and Martin Damm
(Czech Republic).
Wednesday October 10, 2007
5.40 p.m.
Vienna
Marcin and Mariusz continue their run of luck. In
the first round in Vienna, our players defeated Jordan Kerr of Austrialia and Jamie Murray of Great Britain
6/4 6/1. In the quarterfinals, the Polish duo will meet the Austrians, Jurgen Melzer and Alexander Peya.
Sunday October 7, 2007
8.00 p.m.
Metz
Unfortunately, it was a lost opportunity for Mariusz
and Marcin in Metz. Our team lost to the Frenchmen, Arnauld Clement and Michael Llodra 1/6 4/6. However,
overall it was a good tournament for Mariusz and Marcin, especially the win over the highest seeded duo of the
tourney, Aspelin and Knowle.
Sunday October 7, 2007
11.10 a.m.
Metz and Vienna's draw
Arnauld Clement and Michael
Llodra defeated Julien Benneteau and Nicolas Mahut 6/3 6/3 in the semifinals yesterday. This means that they
will be the final opponents of Mariusz and Marcin, and the match has been scheduled at 12.30 today.
In
the meantime, the doubles draw in Vienna, where Mariusz and Marcin are playing the upcoming week, has been
announced. Our players are seeded with number four, and other seeded teams are: (1)Simon Aspelin/Julian Knowle
(Sweden/Austria), (2)Martin Damm/Leander Paes (Czech Republic/India) and (3)Jonathan Erlich/Andy Ram
(Israel). In the first round, Mariusz and Marcin will play against Jordan Kerr of Australia and Jamie Murray
of Great Britain. Also in the tournament there is Lukasz Kubot, with Jaroslav Levinsky as his doubles partner.
The two teams may meet already in the quarterfinals.
Saturday October 6, 2007
6.50 p.m.
Metz
Mariusz and Marcin defeated Simon Aspelin and Julian
Knowle in a fierce battle today, 6/7(3) 6/4 10/8. It was a very important win, as thanks to it Mariusz and
Marcin will play in the finals of the Open de Moselle tomorrow. Their opponents will be the Frenchmen. Either
Julien Benneteau and Nicolas Mahut or Arnauld Clement and Michael Llodra. Which of the two teams will play
against Mariusz and Marcin we will find out later in the evening.
Thursday October 4, 2007
6.32 p.m.
Metz
An hour and ten minutes lasted the quarterfinal
match of Mariusz and Marcin against Marc Gicquel and Sebastien Grosjean. The Polish team defeated the
Frenchmen in two sets 6/2 7/5. In the semifinal our duo will fight against the highest seeded players of the
tournament, Simon Aspelin of Sweden and Julian Knowle of Austria. In quarterfinals, the Swedish-Austrian team
eliminated the Murray brothers 6/4 6/3.
Wednesday October 3, 2007
3.15 p.m.
Metz
In the first match after the Davis Cup, Mariusz and
Marcin defeated the German-Austrian team of Philipp Kohlschreiber and Stefan Koubek 6/4 6/3. In the
quarterfinals, the Polish team will play against the Frenchmen (and their fans in the stands) Marc Gicquel and
Sebastien Grosjean.
Friday September 14, 2007
7.38 p.m.
Metz
After a successful start in the Davis Cup, Mariusz
and Marcin are back on tour. First, our team flew to France to play in an indoor tournament - Open de Moselle.
Our players are seeded with number three and in the first round they will play the German-Austrian team of
Philipp Kohlschreiber and Stefan Koubek. Other seeded teams are: (1)Simon Aspelin/Julian Knowle
(Sweden/Austria), (2)Arnauld Clement/Michael Llodra (France) and (4)Julien Benneteau/Nicolas Mahut (France).
Friday - Sunday September 21-23, 2007
Davis Cup
Poland - Morocco 4/1
Michał Przysiężny - Mounir
El Aarej 6/2 6/4 6/1
Rabie Chaki - Dawid Olejniczak 4/6 7/6(3) 7/6(3) 6/7(4) 11/9
Mariusz
Fyrstenberg/Marcin Matkowski - Reda El Amrani/Mehdi Ziadi 6/3 6/4 6/2
Michał Przysiężny - Rabie
Chaki 6/2 6/4 6/4
Marcin Matkowski - Reda El Amrani 6/1 6/4
Poland advanced to the first
group in the Euro-African Zone and in the first round next year, our team will play against Switzerland.
Friday September 14, 2007
2.10 p.m.
Bucharest
Mariusz and Marcin lost the semifinal match in
BCR Open Romania yesterday. They lost to the Austrian-Slovakian team of Oliver Marach and Michal Mertinak 4/6
4/6.
Wednesday September 12, 2007
4.50 p.m.
Bucharest
Marcin and Mariusz advanced to the semifinals
in Bucharest. After suprisingly losing the first set, the Polish team won the second part of the match and
eventually defeated the Italians, Bolelli and Seppi, 2/6 6/3 11/9. In the semifinals, Mariusz and Marcin will
play against the better of the match between Marach/Mertinak and Navarro Pastor/Simon.
Tuesday September 11, 2007
6.20 p.m.
Bucharest
It took Marcin and Mariusz less than 48 minutes
to advance to the quarterfinals in Bucharest. The Polish team defeated Gavrila and Miron 6/1
6/3. In the next match, they will play against another alternates, Simone Bolelli and Andreas Seppi of Italy.
5.15 p.m.
Bucharest
The plague of withdrawals from the doubles
edition of BCR Open Romania caused that the rivals of Mariusz and Marcin have changed. Instead of Martin
Vassallo Arguello and Carlos Berlocq, Mariusz and Marcin will play against the Romanians, Adrian Gavrila and
Marcel Miron. The match is to start in a moment.
Sunday September 9, 2007
7.30 p.m.
Bucharest
Mariusz and Marcin are coming back to Europe.
They are going to Bucharest to play in a clay-court tournament - BCR Open Romania. Mariusz and Marcin are the
top seeds, and other seeded teams are: Martin Garcia/Sebastian Prieto (Argentina), Tomas
Behrend/Christopher Kas (Germany) oraz Oliver Marach/Michal Mertinak (Austria/Slovakia). In the first round,
Mariusz and Marcin will play against the Argentines, Martin Vassallo Argüello and Carlos
Berlocq.
Next week, Mariusz and Marcin will play in the Davis Cup tie against Morocco. The winning team
will be promoted to the first group of Europe/Africa Zone.
Tuesday September 4, 2007
2.25 p.m.
US Open
After Agnieszka's loss in singles, the team
Radwanska/Fyrstenberg lost also in the mixed doubles quarterfinals. Liezel Huber and Jamie Murray defeated our
team 6/1 6/2.
Monday September 3, 2007
10.55 a.m.
US Open
Agnieszka and Mariusz advanced to the
quarterfinals in mixed doubles in US Open. Yesterday evening in New York, the Polish duo defeated Yung-Jan
Chan and Rogier Wassen 6/4 7/6(2). Tonight, in the last match on Grandstand, they will face the American
Liezel Huber and Jamie Murray of Great Britain.
Sunday September 2, 2007
6.15 p.m.
US Open
Mariusz and Marcin managed only to defend the
points from last year's US Open. In the third round, they lost to number 5 team, Paul Hanley of Australia and
Kevin Ullyett of Zimbabwe 6/7(5) 6/7(4). However, Mariusz have still mixed doubles to play. This evening,
together with Agnieszka Radwanska, he will play against Yung-Jan Chan (Chinese Taipei) and Rogier Wassen
(Netherlands).
Saturday September 1, 2007
12.30 p.m.
US Open
Let's get back to doubles for a while. Yesterday
in the evening of the Polish time Mariusz and Marcin played their second round match against Chris Haggard of
the Republic of South Africa and Thomas Johansson of Sweden. The Polish team defeated their opponents 6/4 7/5
and advanced to the third round. In the match that is scheduled as the second from 11.00 a.m. of local time
today, Mariusz and Marcin will face the fifth team of the tournament, Paul Hanley of Australia and Kevin
Ullyett of Zimbabwe.
Thursday August 30, 2007
11.30 a.m.
US Open
In mixed doubles Agnieszka and Mariusz
dominated! In the first round, the Polish pair defeated Cara and Marcin 6/4 6/4.
Wednesday August 29, 2007
2.50 p.m.
US Open
As usual, Marcin and Mariusz are also playing
mixed doubles. Traditionally, Marcin's parter is Cara Black of Zimbabwe. Cara and Marcin are seeded with
number 6. Mariusz is going to play with Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland and the Polish team is unceeded.
Unexpectedly, both teams will play against each other already in the first round. The match has been scheduled
for today on court number 14 as the fifth from 11.00 a.m. of local time.
Tuesday August 28, 2007
11.16 p.m.
US Open
Mariusz and Marcin defeated Sebastian Grosjean of
France and Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia and advanced to the second round of the grand slam tournament, US Open.
In the first round, our players had to defend one setball, which they did and managed to get the set to the
tie-break. They won that part of the match with their fourth set point. They were up 6/1 , but from then on
the French-Serbian team won three consecutive points. Fortunately, the last point of the tie-break was won by
Mariusz and Marcin and the first set finished with 7/6(4). In the second, the Polish tandem took advantage of
the first chance they got and soon they were leading 2/0. This one break was enough for Mariusz and Marcin to
finish the match successfully, and the final result was 7/6(4) 6/3.
Monday August 27, 2007
2.35 p.m.
US Open
The US Open main doubles draw has been announced.
Mariusz and Marcin are seeded with number 12 and they are placed in the second half of the draw. In the first
round, they will play against the unceeded French-Serbian
team, Sebastian Grosjean and Janko Tipsarevic. Last year, the Polish duo reached the third round of the
tournament.
Sunday August 26, 2007
9.35 a.m.
New Haven
Mariusz and Marcin can now add another final to
their achievements. Unfortunately, it did not finish well for them, as they lost to the highest seeded team of
the tournament, Mahesh Bhupathi (India) and Nenad Zimonjic (Serbia) 3/6 3/6. However, Mariusz and Marcin seem
to be in a quite good shape at the moment and let's hope it will improve more until the beginning of the
doubles competition at US Open.
Friday August 24, 2007
5.10 p.m.
New Haven
Mariusz and Marcin defeated Jordan Kerr and
Jamie Murray 6/2 6/3 in 51 minutes. This means that tomorrow, our players will fight for the trophy of the
Pilot Pen Tennis Tournament in New Haven. Their opponents are still not known. However, the final match may
not be easy, as in the second semifinal today, Eric Butorac (United States) and Ashley Fisher (Australia) will
compete against number 1 seeds, Mahesh Bhupathi (India) and Nenad Zimonjic (Serbia).
Friday August 24, 2007
7.50 a.m.
New Haven
Today, Mariusz and Marcin's opponents will be
Jordan Kerr and Jamie Murray. The Australian-British team defeated Alex Kuznetsov and Ryan Sweeting (United
States) in three sets, 3/6 6/3 10/5. The match starts at 10.00 a.m. of local time.
Thursday August 23, 2007
8.10 p.m.
New Haven
Mariusz and Marcin in the semis! The Polish
team advanced to the next round of the New Haven tournament after defeating the Czech-Australian duo of
Jaroslav Levinsky and Todd Perr in two short sets 6/2 6/2. In the semifinal our players will fight against the
winners of the match between Jordan Kerr (Australia)/Jamie Murray (Great Britain) and Alex Kuznetsov/Ryan
Sweeting (United States), which has just begun.
Thursday August 23, 2007
10.20 a.m.
New Haven
Mariusz and Marcin played their first round
match yesterday in New Haven. The Polish team defeated the duo of Switzerland and France, Yves Allegro and
Arnauld Clement, and with the result of 6/3 7/6(5) advanced to the quarterfinals. Today, in the third match
from 10.00 a.m. of local time, Mariusz and Marcin will face Jaroslav Levinsky of the Czech Republic and Todd
Perry of Australia.
Sunday August 19, 2007
11.55 a.m.
New Haven
New Haven is the last stop before the grand
slam US Open. Mariusz and Marcin are this time seeded with number four, and in the first round they will play
against Yves Allegro of Switzerland and Arnauld Clement of France.
Thursday August 16, 2007
8.02 p.m.
Cincinnati
Unfortunately, the third doubles team of the
tourney turned out too good for Mariusz and Marcin today. Our players lost to the duo of the Bahamas and
Canada, Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor, in two tough sets 6/7(10) 4/6.
Wednesday August 15, 2007
10.40 p.m.
Cincinnati
Mariusz and Marcin advanced to the second
round of the tournament in Cincinnati. In the first match, the Polish duo defeated the pair of the Czech
Republic and Finland, Frantisek Cermak and Jarkko Nieminen, in three sets 6/3 3/6 10/5. Their next opponents
will be seeded with number three, Mark Knowles (Bahama) and Daniel Nestor (Canada).
Sunday August 12, 2007
11.00 a.m.
Cincinnati
Next week, Mariusz and Marcin are playing
another masters series tournament, this time in Cincinnati, in the USA. The tournament is played on
hardcourts, as the previous one, to prepare players for the upcoming US Open. In the first round, Mariusz and
Marcin will play Frantisek Cermak (Czech Republic) and Jarkko Nieminen (Finland).
Thursday August 9, 2007
6.50 p.m.
Montreal
Mariusz and Marcin's appearance in Montecarlo
ended up with a fiasco. The winners of Orange Prokom Open lost to the Serbia team of Novak Djokovic and Nenad
Zimonjic 4/6 3/6.
Tuesday August 7, 2007
9.10 p.m.
Montreal
After the win in Sopot Mariusz and Marcin flew
to Canada to play in ATP Masters Series event in Montreal. The best players came to Montreal, obviously, and
so despite ranking improvements, Mariusz and Marcin are unseeded. In the first round, they will play against
Novak Djokovic and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia.
Tuesday August 7, 2007
9.10 p.m.
Sopot
The tournament in Sopot has already finished, so
let me just remind you Mariusz and Marcin's route to their win:
1 round: Fyrstenberg/Matkowski - Robert
Lindstedt
(SWE)/Kristof Vliegen (BEL) 7/6(4) 6/4
quarterfinal: Fyrstenberg/Matkowski - Dawid Olejniczak (POL)/Michał
Przysiężny (POL) 6/2 7/6(5)
semifinal: Fyrstenberg/Matkowski - Łukasz Kubot (POL)/Olivier Marach (AUT) 6/4
4/6 10/8
final: Fyrstenberg/Matkowski - Sebastian Prieto (ARG)/Martin Garcia (ARG) 6/1 6/1
Moreover,
Mariusz and Marcin were awarded as the best Polish tennis players during the final ceremony in
Sopot.
Apart from that, Mariusz and Marcin supported the Doubles Rules campaign. After their
quarterfinal match they stayed on court giving out prizes for the quiz contestants. They also played a little
with young (and not so young) doubles fans and signed autographs.
Photo: ATP (click to
enlarge)
Wednesday July 25, 2007
7.30 p.m.
Sopot
I, the admin of this website, would like to inform
you that tomorrow I am leaving for Sopot. Therefore, if I have no opportunity to write on the main page, you
shall find any information about Marcin and Mariusz either in the guest book or on the official website of the
Orange Prokom Open tournament (provided at the top right corner of this site). At the same time, I would like
to invite you to visit the courts and support Polish and foreign players.
Sunday July 22, 2007
3.25 p.m.
Poland - Greece 5-0
Poland has not given a slight chance
to Greece to win at least one point in Davis Cup tie. In today's singles matches, our captain nominated Marcin
and Mariusz to play. First, Marcin won over Alexiou with the impresive 6/1 6/2, and then Mariusz added his win
over Gemouchidis 6/2 6/4.
Saturday July 21, 2007
2.45 p.m.
Davis Cup
Poland is now certain to advance to the third
round of the Davis Cup. We lead Greece 3-0 after today's doubles match, in which Marcin and Mariusz defeated
Alexiou and Gemouchidis 6/4 6/0 6/1.
Friday July 20, 2007
6.00 p.m.
Davis Cup
Poland leads 2-0 against Greece in the second
round of the Davis Cup. In the first match of the tie, Michal Przysiezny won over the best Greek player,
Economidis, 6/3 3/6 6/4 6/3. In the second, Lukasz Kubot gave out only four games winning 6/2 6/0 6/2 against
Gemouchidis. Tomorrow, Mariusz and Marcin will play doubles against Economidis and Alexiou.
Thursday July 19, 2007
2.50 p.m.
Davis Cup
Tomorrow, Poland will face Greece in the second
round of Europe/Africa Zone Group II in Davis Cup. The tie will be held in Greece, as we informed, and the
players have already been submited.
Greece:
Constantinos Economidis
Alexander
Jakupovic
Paris Gemouchidis
Elefterios Alexiou
Captain: George
Kalovelonis
Poland:
Lukasz Kubot
Michal Przysiezny
Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Marcin
Matkowski.
This year, Poland's captain is Radoslaw Szymanik.
Friday July 6, 2007
7.15 p.m.
Wimbledon
Marcin and Cara Black advanced to the
quarterfinals of mixed doubles in London. Today, they eliminated the seventh team of the tournament, Andy Ram
and Nathalie Dechy 6/3 6/4. Their next opponents are the British Jamie Murray and Jelena Jankovic of Serbia.
Thursday July 5, 2007
4.15 p.m.
Wimbledon
Mariusz Fyrstenberg and the best Polish singles
player, Agnieszka Radwańska, lost yesterday in the first round of mixed doubles to Jarkko Nieminen and Emma
Laine 6/3 3/6 2/6.
Marcin Matkowski is doing better, though. Together with Cara Black, they had a free
first round, and in the second today they defeated Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza 6/4 6/4. If the weather
permits, they will also play their third round match today. This time, their opponents will be Andy Ram of
Israel and Nathalie Dechy of France.
Tuesday July 3, 2007
1.00 p.m.
Wimbledon
Mariusz and Lukasz lost their second round
match which began on Saturday and finished on Monday. Richard Bloomfield and Jonathan
Marray turned out better this time and advanced to the third round with the result of 6/3 3/6 6/4 7/5.
Friday June 29, 2007
6.10 p.m.
Wimbledon
Finally, Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Lukasz Kubot
managed to finish their first round match in London. Today, they won the fourth set and at the same time the
whole match and advanced to the second round with the result of 6/4 6/7(3) 6/2 6/4. Their next opponents will
be two other Brits, Richard Bloomfield and Jonathan
Marray.
Thursday June 28, 2007
10.40 p.m.
Wimbledon
Traditionally, Mariusz and Marcin are playing
in mixed doubles. Marcin paired up with Cara Black of Zimbabwe, and together they are seeded with number 9.
Because of that, they do not need to compete in the first round. Mariusz, as the only Pole (Lukasz Kubot also
plays in mixed doubles with Sybille Bammer of Austria) paired up with other Polish player, Agnieszka
Radwańska. However, they are not seeded and in the first round they will have to play against Emma Laine and
Jarkko Nieminen of Finland.
Thursday June 28, 2007
10.25 p.m.
Wimbledon
Marcin Matkowski and his current partner Chris
Haggard said goodbye to doubles competition in Wimbledon earlier today. The Polish-African team lost to one of
the best doubles specialists, Martin
Damm (Czech Republic) and Leander Paes (India) 6/7(4) 3/6 5/7.
Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Lukasz Kubot have been
playing their first round match for the second day. The first set Mariusz and Lukasz won only today, however,
with the result of 6/4. In the second, they had more problems and it was only in tie-break that the set was
resolved. Unfortunately, Jamie Baker and Alex Bogdanovic won that part of the match 7/6(3). The Polish duo woke up in the third set
winning it 6/2, although not without a fight from the Brits. We do not know what was the reason of planning
the "to be finished" match as the last one on court no 7. What we do know is that the match has been suspended
once again due to darkness and tomorrow will be the third day Mariusz, Lukasz, Jamie and Alex will play one
match. Let's hope it will be the last day.
Friday June 22, 2007
1.30 p.m.
Wimbledon
Next week, the third grand slam tournament of
the year will begin. Main draw doubles has already been announced. Mariusz Fyrstenberg paired-up with another
Polish player, Lukasz Kubot. The Polish team is seeded with number sixteen, and in the first round, they are
playing against the Brits, Jamie Baker and Alex Bogdanovic.
Marcin Matkowski has not got much luck. The Pole, playing with Chris Haggard, is not seeded. The Polish-African duo will have to face the tournament's fifth
best team, Martin
Damm (Czech Republic) and Leander Paes (India).
Tuesday June 19, 2007
8.35 p.m.
's-Hertogenbosch
Not only Marcin and Chris, but also
Mariusz and Petr Pala did not manage to advance to the second round of Ordina Open. The Polish-Czech duo lost
to Yves Allegro
and Jim
Thomas in two tie-breakers, 6/7(5) 6/7(4).
Monday June 18, 2007
8.50 p.m.
's-Hertogenbosch
Marcin and Chris Haggard lost in the
first round of Ordina Open to Benjamin
Becker (Germany) and Kristian Pless (Denmark) 3/6 3/6. It is worth mentioning that Marcin and Chris met only today
and they did not have the opportunity to train together before the match.
Also Mariusz and Petr Pala
were to play their first round match today. The Polish-Czech duo went on court several times today but every
time rain stopped the warm-up. Therefore, the match has been postponed for tomorrow.
Sunday June 17, 2007
12.45 p.m.
's-Hertogenbosch
Despite a great fight in the first two
sets, Marcin Matkowski lost in the second round qualifying in Ordina Open to Yves Allegro
7/6(4) 6/7(7) 1/6.
Sunday June 17, 2007
11.20 a.m.
's-Hertogenbosch
Main draw doubles in 's-Hertogenbosch
was announced yesterday evening. Both Mariusz and Marcin are competing and their partners are Petr Pala
(Czech Republic) and Chris
Haggard (Republic of South Africa) respectively. In the first round, Mariusz and Petr will face Yves Allegro
of Switzerland and the American, Jim
Thomas.
Marcin and Chris, on the other hand, will play Benjamin
Becker (Germany) and Kristian Pless (Denmark).
Saturday June 16, 2007
1.30 p.m.
's-Hertogenbosch
Marcin advanced to the second round of
qualies in the Netherlands. In the first round, he defeated Dustin Brown
of Jamaica 7/6(5) 6/2. His next opponent will be Swiss Yves Allegro.
Friday June 15, 2007
11.20 p.m.
's-Hertogenbosch
Marcin Matkowski is playing singles
qualies in Ordina Open in 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands. In the first round, he will play against the
Jamaican, Dustin Brown.
Marcin and Mariusz will also play doubles in Ordina Open but, as we informed, separately.
Friday June 15, 2007
11.20 p.m.
Bytom
Mariusz and Grzegorz lost in today's semifinal
match in Bytom challenger. They were defeated by Tomasz Bednarek and Michal Przysiezny 6/3 7/6(3).
Thursday June 14, 2007
9.30 p.m.
Bytom
Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Grzegorz Panfil advanced to
the semifinals in the Polish challenger in Bytom. In the quarterfinal, the Polish duo defeated Boris Pashanski and Viktor
Troicki of Serbia 6/4 6/3. Tomorrow, they will play against other Polish team, Tomasz Bednarek and Michal Przysiezny, seeded with number two.
Wednesday June 13, 2007
4.10 p.m.
Bytom
Mariusz played his singles match in Bytom
challenger yesterday. Unfortunately, he lost to Julio Silva of Brasil 4/6 2/6.
Tuesday June 12, 2007
6.55 p.m.
Halle
Marcin Matkowski and Kristof Vliegen lost in their
first grass court match of the season. The were defeated by Robert
Lindstedt (Sweden) and Jarkko Nieminen (Finland) 4/6 0/6.
Monday June 11, 2007
9.45 p.m.
Bytom
The Polish duo Mariusz Fyrstenberg/Grzegorz Panfil
defeated Manuel
Jorquera and Simone
Vagnozzi of Italy 7/5 7/6 in the first round today.
Sunday June 10, 2007
11.55 a.m.
Halle, Bytom
As we informed, Mariusz and Marcin will
play separately for a few months starting this week. And so, Marcin is playing in the first grass court
tournament, Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany. He paired up with the Belgian, Kristof Vliegen. In the first round, the Polish-Belgian duo is going to play against Robert
Lindstedt (Sweden) and Jarkko Nieminen (Finland).
Mariusz, on the other hand, is going to try himself in
singles, as he was given a wild card to the Polish challenger in Bytom. In the first round, he will face
number 3 seed, Julio Silva of Brasil. In doubles, Mariusz paired up with Grzegorz Panfil and the Polish duo is seeded with number 4. Their first opponents will be the
Italians, Manuel
Jorquera and Simone
Vagnozzi.
Monday June 4, 2007
5.00 p.m.
Future
Marcin and Mariusz decided to take a break from
each other once again in their careers. They claim it is only for about two months and they will play with
other partners in Wimbledon. Mariusz will probably pair up with Lukasz Kubot for that event. We will try to
inform you about their plans as soon as possible.
Monday June 4, 2007
5.00 p.m.
Roland Garros
Sybille Bammer and Marcin Matkowski
lost in the second round of mixed doubles. They were defeated by Meghann Shaughnessy and Leander Paes 6/2 0/6
10/8.
Sunday June 3, 2007
8.00 a.m.
Roland Garros
Sybille Bammer and Marcin Matkowski
advanced to the second round of mixed doubles competition in Paris. Yesterday, they defeated the French team
of Camille Pin and Michael Llodra 6/7(5) 6/1 10/5. In the second round, Sybille and Marcin are playing the
American Meghann Shaughnessy and Leander Paes of India. The match has been scheduled as the fourth from 11.00
on court 6.
Thursday May 31, 2007
5.15 p.m.
Roland Garros
Mariusz and Marcin lost in the first round
of Roland Garros today. They were defeated by Mahesh Bhupathi and Radek Stepanek
4/6 0/6. It is hard to say something more about the match. In the first set, our players managed to fight back
a little but already in the second the opponents had no problems winning all the games. Guess the best our
players can do right now is to quickly forget about today's match. However, Marcin will also play mixed
doubles with Sybille Bammer of Austria.
Monday May 28, 2007
6.25 p.m.
Roland Garros
Today, the main draw doubles of French Open
has been announced. Mariusz and Marcin are seeded with number twelve and in the first round they are playing
against Mahesh Bhupathi of India and Radek Stepanek
of the Czech Republic. This year, our players defeated the Indian-Czech team, in the second round of Barcelona
tournament. Let's hope for one more win.
Tuesday May 22, 2007
5.35 p.m.
Pörtschach
The time of bad game of Mariusz and
Marcin prolongs. Today, they lost already in the first round, against Frantisek Cermak and Petr Pala. The
Czechs advanced to the quarters scoring 6/3 6/7(2) 10/6.
Saturday May 19, 2007
9.40 p.m.
Pörtschach
Mariusz and Marcin have decided to play
in Pörtschach, Austria, a tournament preceding Roland Garros. In the first round, our players, seeded
with number two, will play against the Czechs, Frantisek Cermak and Petr Pala. The
match has been scheduled for Tuesday and will be played at 1.00 p.m.
Wednesday May 16, 2007
3.00 p.m.
Hamburg
Unfortunately, Mariusz and Marcin still strugle
to get back their high form. Today, in the second round in Hamburg, they lost to Simon Aspelin of Sweden and Julian Knowle
of Austria. Having lost the first set 3/6, our players managed to get back to the game and won another set
6/3. This time, however, they lost the tie-break battle 7/10 and will have to say goodbye to the Hamburg
tournament.
Tuesday May 15, 2007
4.35 p.m.
Hamburg
Our team had a lucky beginning of the tourney, as
they advanced to the second round after a tough match against the Argentines, Guillermo
Canas and Martin Garcia today. The Polish duo lost the first set 4/6 but won the second in the last
moment with the score 7/5. Also the third set tie-breaker's result was close; fortunately, Mariusz and Marcin
turned out more consistent and luckier and won the decisive part of the match 14/12. In the second round, they
will play against Simon Aspelin of Sweden and Julian Knowle
of Austria, seeded with number eight.
Sunday May 13, 2007
6.10 p.m.
Hamburg
After they had not qualified to the tournament in
Rome, Mariusz and Marcin came back home to rest and practise for AMS Hamburg. The draw was announced yesterday
evening and in the first round our players will meet with Guillermo
Canas and Martin Garcia of Argentina. The match will be played on Tuesday, as the second from 11.00 a.m.
Sunday May 6, 2007
7.20 p.m.
Rome
It is yet uncertain if Mariusz and Marcin will play
in the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome. Their rank was not high enough, and they are number one on the
alternates list. They will get into the main draw only if one of the teams withdraws.
Saturday May 5, 2007
6.55 p.m.
Estoril
Marcelo Melo
and Andre
Sa of Brazil were Mariusz and Marcin's opponents today in the quarterfinals in Estoril. Unfortunately, for
the third time this year, the Poles did not take their chance to play the finals. They lost 1/6 6/7(3) in
spite of having a couple of chances of winning the second set.
Friday May 4, 2007
4.05 p.m.
Estoril
It took Mariusz and Marcin only fifty minutes to
defeat Tomas Cibulec and Jordan Kerr in
today's quarterfinal. The Poles won 6/2 6/1 and advanced to the semifinals. Today evening, they will find out
who will be their semifinal rivals. And they will be either the Brazilian duo of Marcelo Melo
and Andre
Sa or Portuguese teenagers, Gastao Elias
and Pedro
Sousa.
Thursday May 3, 2007
14.55 p.m.
Estoril
Finally, the match between our team and the duo
of Igor Kunitsyn (Russia) and Sergio
Roitman (Argentina) has been played. Despite many wasted chances, Mariusz and Marcin defeated their
opponents 7/5 5/7 10/5 and advanced to the quarterfinals. Tomorrow, they will face Tomas Cibulec of the Czech Republic and Jordan Kerr of
Australia.
11.40 a.m.
Estoril
Once again rain delayed play in Estoril
yesterday. It stopped raining late in the afternoon and again not all matches were played or finished,
including that of Mariusz and Marcin. Their first round match has been re-scheduled to be played as the first
one today on court number 3, at noon (local time). However, there are heavy clouds over Lisbon near Estoril,
which may mean
another rain delay today. Let's hope Mariusz and Marcin will be able to play their match as planned.
Tuesday May 1, 2007
9.25 a.m.
Estoril
Due to rain and bad weather forcasts, a few
matches, including that of Mariusz and Marcin, have been postponed for tomorrow. Also, the opponents of the
Poles have changed, as Evgeny Korolev withrew because of the flu. Now, Marcin and Mariusz are supposed to play
against another Russian-Argentine duo, Igor Kunitsyn and Sergio
Roitman. The match has been planned as the fourth from 11.00 a.m. on the "Centralito" court.
Sunday April 29, 2007
0.10 a.m.
Estoril
Together with Mariusz and Marcin, we move to
Portugal, where the Polish duo is going to play in Estoril Open with the prize money of €531,250. In the
Portuguese tournament, Mariusz and Marcin are the highest seeded players. This tourney, however, does not
offer free first round, and so, in order to advance, Mariusz and Marcin will have to defeat the
Argentine-Russian team of Juan Martin del Potro and Evgeny
Korolev. Both of them are very solid players of the new generation (both born in 1988), but they lack
doubles experience, which should give advantage to Mariusz and Marcin in the first-round match.
Thursday April 26, 2007
5.10 p.m.
Barcelona
Today it was another tough match for Mariusz
and Marcin. This time however, their opponents turned out to be better and their slight domination on court
resulted in 7/6(4) 7/6(2). With this score, Erlich and Ram advanced to the semifinals, whereas Marcin and
Mariusz ended their play in Barcelona's tournament.
Wednesday April 25, 2007
7.52 p.m.
Barcelona
Mariusz and Marcin in quarterfinals! Our
doubles players had a free first round, and in the second they had to play against Mahesh Bhupathi (India) and Radek
Stepanek (Czech Republic). The match was long, tough and the advantage of one team over the other very
slight. An essay could be written on this match but the result says it all. Mariusz and Marcin advanced to the
next round with 7/5 6/7(10) 12/10. Tomorrow, they are playing against seeds number three, Jonathan
Erlich and Andy Ram (Israel).
Sunday April 22, 2007
11.15 a.m.
Barcelona
Mariusz and Marcin have moved to Barcelona,
Spain to play in Open Seat 2007 with the prize money of €850,000. This time, our players are seeded with
number five and therefore, they will start the tournament from the second round. Their opponents will be the
winners of the match between Marc Lopez/Tommy
Robredo, the wild card holders from Spain, and Mahesh Bhupathi (India)/Radek
Stepanek (Czech Republic).
Wednesday April 18, 2007
5.30 p.m.
Monte Carlo
Paul
Hanley (Australia) and Kevin Ullyett (Zimbabwe) defeated Mariusz and Marcin 6/4 6/3 in the second round match in
Monte Carlo today. In the first set, the fight was until the very end, in the final game Mariusz and Marcin
got broken and lost the set. In the second, Hanley and Ullyett did not wait long, broke our team and managed
to keep the distance until the end of the match, advancing to the next round in Monte Carlo.
Monday April 16, 2007
7.20 p.m.
Monte Carlo
Mariusz and Marcin advanced to the second
round in Monte Carlo AMS. It was supposed to be a long and tough match, judging by the first set, which ended
only in tie-break. In that first part of the match no team was dominant. However, Mariusz and Marcin managed
to win the tie-break to one, and so the whole set finished with 7/6(1). Unfortunately, right after that the
Murray brothers had to retire and it is the Polish duo who will play against seeds number five, Paul
Hanley (Australia) and Kevin Ullyett (Zimbabwe) in the second round.
Sunday April 15, 2007
11.55 a.m.
Monte Carlo
Mariusz and Marcin are back on track as they
arrived in Monte Carlo. This week, they are playing the Masters Series Monte Carlo tournament. Doubles main
draw was announced yesterday late in the evening, and so in the first round Mariusz and Marcin are playing
against Andy
Murray and his brother Jamie. The British team has 1-0 head-to-head with the Polish duo, as Andy and Jamie defeated
our players in Doha's quarterfinal this year.
Monday April 9, 2007
10.30 a.m.
Poland - Nigeria 5-0
R1 - L.KUBOT (POL) def. J.IGBINOVIA (NGR) 6/3 6/2 7/6(4)
R2 - D.OLEJNICZAK (POL) def. A.BABALOLA (NGR) 6/1 6/4 6/3
R3 - M.FYRSTENBERG / M.MATKOWSKI (POL) def. A.BABALOLA / J.IGBINOVIA (NGR) 7/6(4) 7/5 4/6 6/1
R4 - M.FYRSTENBERG (POL) def. A.BABALOLA (NGR) 6/4 6/4
R5 - D.OLEJNICZAK (POL) def. J.IGBINOVIA (NGR) 6/3 2/6 6/3
That way Poland advanced to the
second round of Davis Cup and in July our team will play against Greece.
Thursday April 5, 2007
8.40 p.m.
Davis Cup
The first round of Davis Cup starts off
tomorrow. Let us remind you that Poland plays in the second group of Euro-African zone, and in the upcoming
weekend its representatives are meeting the team of Nigeria. The tournament is hosted in Abuja, Nigeria.
Poland is represented by Łukasz Kubot, Dawid Olejniczak, Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski, whereas
Nigeria's team is compound of Jonathan Igbinovia, Abdul-Mumin Babalola, Lawal Shehu and Candy Idoko. Here is
the schedule for the whole tournament (possible changes can be implemented):
R1 - J.IGBINOVIA (NGR) v
L.KUBOT (POL)
R2 - A.BABALOLA (NGR) v D.OLEJNICZAK (POL)
R3 - A.BABALOLA / J.IGBINOVIA (NGR) v M.FYRSTENBERG / M.MATKOWSKI (POL)
R4 - A.BABALOLA (NGR) v L.KUBOT (POL)
R5 - J.IGBINOVIA (NGR) v D.OLEJNICZAK (POL)
Also, since Easter is coming up this weekend, we wish all
of you happy holidays and all the best, and to our team - good luck. At the same time, we need to apologize
for possible delays in giving you the news from the tournament. In such cases, please visit the website of Davis Cup or Polish Tennis Association.
Monday March 26, 2007
1.50 p.m.
Miami
Unfortunately, Mariusz and Marcin lost the first
round match against Fabrice
Santoro and Nenad
Zimonjic. The French-Serbian duo played better and won the match 6/2 6/4.
Friday March 23, 2007
3.10 p.m.
Miami
The doubles edition of Sony Ericsson Open finally
starts in Miami and yesterday, the main doubles draw was announced. Mariusz and Marcin, unseeded, are playing
against the fifth seeded Fabrice
Santoro (France) and Nenad
Zimonjic (Serbia).
Monday March 19, 2007
3.45 p.m.
Miami
Mariusz and Marcin move on to Miami, the host city
of the Sony Ericsson Open ATP Masters Series tournament. Doubles draw is to be announced on Thursday and until
then, our players will rest and practise for the tournament.
Thursday March 15, 2007
1.00 p.m.
Indian Wells
Yesterday, Mariusz and Marcin played their
second round match against Martin
Damm and Leander
Paes. Unfortunately, the Polish duo lost the first set 3/6 and in the second, leading 5/2 did not manage
to win a single game. Leander and Martin won the match 6/3 7/5 and therefore advanced to the quarters.
Tuesday March 13, 2007
4.15 p.m.
Indian Wells
Mariusz and Marcin advanced to the second
round of the Pacific Life Open ATP Masters Series tournament. In the first round, they defeated the
Argentines, David Nalbandian and Guillermo
Canas 6/3 6/4. In order to advance to the quarters, they have to success against seeds number five, Martin
Damm (Czech Republic) and Leander
Paes (India). The match is going to be played tomorrow.
Saturday March 10, 2007
2.00 p.m.
Indian Wells
Finally, the doubles edition of Pacific Life
Open in Indian Wells starts. In the first round, Mariusz and Marcin are playing against the Argentines, David Nalbandian and Guillermo
Canas.
You can also vote for Mariusz and Marcin in the 2006 ATP Awards here: Fan Favorite Awards
Saturday March 3, 2007
6.10 p.m.
News
The next tournament for Mariusz and Marcin is going
to be the AMS in Indian Wells, California, United States. Main draw doubles will be announced on 9th March, as
the tournament is two weeks long. In the meantime, Mariusz agreed to give us a short interview which we
present below.
Why always first rounds? Is your shape that bad, or are there other reasons?
M:We keep waiting for the good shape. I mean in the matches, which you can only gain after winning a
couple of matches in a row. The mishap in Brazil caused our insecurity that deepened match after match. We
also made too many mistakes. Apart from that, we set ourselves goals that were too much for us - we may have
to lower our expectations just to start making progress.
How to understand the latest semifinal of yours in the context of your other, not that good, tournaments?
Is it a kind of little hope for the future, or did it just happen because of average opponents?
M:Even when we made it to the semis, it was so very hard for us to achieve and every other match it was
more difficult, our game was worse and worse. This year, we played only nine matches which is too few.
Sometimes, it doesn't matter, but for us, it makes us toil. Our game is based on strength and some kind of
loftiness, but with so few matches played we are not able to get that back.
There have been rumours that there are misunderstandings between Marcin and you, is that true? Also, do you
guys consider separation, like you once did, or do you think it won't be necessary?
M:On the contrary. There is no such option. The season has started for good and we know we are able to
play well and have good results. I would call what is happening at the moment a temporary choke.
What are your plans for the season? Still ambitious? Shanghai maybe? I hope you still believe in
success...?
M:Yeah, we still have strong faith in ourselves :) We don't think about Shanghai, though. Right now we
have to concentrate on getting back to the big game.
Tuesday February 27, 2007
9.40 a.m.
Acapulco
Unfortunately, the bad luck of Mariusz and
Marcin continues. After quite a good result in Buenos Aires, they lost once again in the first round in
Acapulco to Carlos Berlocq (Argentina) and Nicolas Massu (Chile) 2/6 4/6. Let's keep our fingers crossed for a quick improvement and
better tournament starts in the future.
Monday February 26, 2007
3.25 p.m.
Acapulco
Already today Mariusz and Marcin will play their
first-round match in Acapulco. It has been scheduled not before 4.00 p.m. of local time (11.00 p.m. CET), and
the preceding match starts at 3.00 p.m. (10.00 p.m. CET). Please join us at the official scoreboard, link to
the site is available at the top right of this page.
Sunday February 25, 2007
11.45 a.m.
Acapulco
Mariusz and Marcin are moving northwards, to
Mexico, in order to play in the Abierto Mexicano Telcel, another clay tournament, with the prize money of
$690,000. At 1.00 today, the main draw doubles has been announced. The Poles are once again seeded with two,
and in the first round they are playing against Carlos Berlocq (Argentina), whom they defeated in the quarters last week (when he paired up
with Brian Dabul), and Nicolas Massu (Chile), doubles gold medalist from Athens.
Seeded players:
(1)Lukas
Dlouhy/Pavel Vizner (Czech Republic)
(2)Mariusz
Fyrstenberg/Marcin Matkowski (Poland)
(3)Leos Friedl/Michael Kohlmann (Czech Republic/Germany)
(4)Martin
Garcia/Sebastian Prieto (Argentina)
Friday February 23, 2007
6.50 p.m.
Buenos Aires
Unfortunately, Mariusz and Marcin lost the
semifinal battle against Sebastian Prieto and Martin Garcia. The Argentines won 6/7(5) 7/5 11/9 after
defending two match points in the second set.
3.45 p.m.
Buenos Aires
In todays
semifinal match, Mariusz and
Marcin are going to play against another Argentinian team. Those will be seeds number four, Sebastian
Prieto and Martin Garcia, who, in quarterfinals, eliminated the Frenchmen, Nicolas Devilder and Olivier Patience 6/3 6/2. The match will start in a quarter, and so please join us at the
official tournament's scoreboard (link, as usual, is available in the "Current tournament" box).
Wednesday February 21, 2007
6.30 p.m.
Buenos Aires
Marcin and Mariusz won another fight with
the opponents and even more with themselves. In the just-finished quarterfinal match, they defeated the
Argentines, Carlos Berlocq and Brian
Dabul in three thrilling sets 7/5 3/6 11/9. In the first set, the Poles led 4/2, and next they
served to win the set at 5/4. However, a moment later, the Argentines levelled to 5/5 and Mariusz and Marcin
needed seven games to win that first part of the match. The second set started with a dramatic, from our
perspective, 0/3 and ended with fast 6/3 for Berlocq and Dabul. In the match tie-break, the action was fast
and changed fast, too. From 4/7, Marcin and Mariusz gained advantage of 8/7. It was, however, still too soon
to finish off the set. A couple of minutes later, the result turned to 8/9 and Mariusz and Marcin had to defend
a match point, which, luckily, they did. Fortunately, they did not waste their own match ball, and at 10/9
they won the decisive and last point of the match winning 11/9.
The semifinal opponents of Mariusz and
Marcin are yet not known. They will be decided in today evening's match between the Argentines seeded with
four, Sebastian
Prieto and Martin Garcia and the Frenchmen, Nicolas Devilder and Olivier Patience.
Tuesday February 20, 2007
9.05 p.m.
Buenos Aires
Mariusz and Marcin advanced to the
quarterfinals of Copa Telmax in Argentina when they defeated Maximo
Gonzalez and Sergio Roitman this evening 4/6 7/5 10/5. They will now play against another Argentine team,
this time their opponents will be Carlos Berlocq and Brian
Dabul, the wild cards holders.
Saturday February 17, 2007
11.30 p.m.
Buenos Aires
About an hour ago, the main draw doubles
has been made in Copa Telmex tournament in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with the prize money of $445,000. Mariusz
and Marcin are seeded with number two, and in the first round they will play against the Argentines, Maximo
Gonzalez and Sergio Roitman. The other seeded teams are: (1)Lukas Dlouhy and Pavel Vizner
(Czech Republic), (3)Leos Friedl (Czech Republic) and Michael Kohlmann (Germany) as well as (4)Martin Garcia
and Sebastian Prieto
(Argentina).
Tuesday February 13, 2007
7.10 p.m.
Costa do Sauipe
Mariusz and Marcin lost in the first
round of Costa do Sauipe, Brazil, to Albert Montanes and Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (Spain) in three sets, 4/6 6/1
2/10. Our team will now prepare for the next tournament, hosted in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Monday February 12, 2007
1.00 p.m.
Costa do Sauipe
Unfortunately, the Brazilian scoreboard
likes to play tricks on the fans, and it was officialy confirmed that Mariusz lost the match against Diego
Junqueira. The result was indeed 6/2 6/1 but Diego was the winner. We apologize for the misinformation, we
can
only hope that the people responsible for the online results will do their job better next
time.
Doubles
As we informed, Mariusz and Marcin are playing doubles in Brazil, as usual.
Their first match has been scheduled for today at 5.00 p.m. (time in Costa do Sauipe - other than in the order
of play on the tournament's site), which is 8.00 p.m. CET (Poland). Until yesterday, the ATP scoreboard (which
you can launch from the tournament's site or atptennis.com) displayed results only from the central court and
court number 1. We do not know what it will be like today. Until last year, there was no point-by-point
scoreboard from Brazil, and so it is still a progress as far as the organization is concerned. However, the
results from all the courts are displayed every couple of games HERE.
Sunday February 11, 2007
11.05 p.m.
Costa do Sauipe
Mariusz advanced to the qualifying round
in Costa do Sauipe. In the match finished a while ago, he defeated Diego
Junqueira in straight sets. The
Argentine managed to steal only three games from Mariusz and the match finished with 6/2 6/1. However, to
qualify to the main draw Mariusz has to win one more match and that would be against the winner of the match
between Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr (Ukraine) and Marcos Daniel (Brazil) which is still being played at the moment
on court 1.
Doubles draw
The main draw doubles has also been announced in Brazil. Mariusz
and Marcin are seeds number 2 and in the first round they are playing against the Spaniards, Albert
Montanes and Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo.
Saturday February 10, 2007
10.40 p.m.
Costa do Sauipe
Mariusz advanced to the second round of
qualies in Costa do Sauipe after he defeated Gorka Fraile 1/6 6/3 6/4. He will now play against the Argentine,
Diego
Junqueira.
1.35 p.m.
Costa do Sauipe
It is the hightest time to stop the
"laziness" of Mariusz and Marcin ;) Our players are in Brazil and ready to start off the long run of
turnaments. In Costa do Sauipe, Brazil, Mariusz also was given a wild card for the singles qualifying. He
accepted the card and in the first round will play against the Spaniard, Gorka
Fraile, seeded with number three. And the doubles draw will be announced in the evening, after 6.00 p.m.
of local time (9.00 p.m. CET).
Tuesday January 30, 2007
8.30 p.m.
Recent news
Mariusz and Marcin are having two weeks off.
Currently, they are preparing for the South American tournaments in Poland and they are flying overseas next
week. Their first tournament on the hot American clay will be Costa do Sauipe in Brazil.
After the
grand slam tournament in Melbourne, Mariusz and Marcin dropped down in rankings. They are currently on the
21st place in RACE, but in ENTRY they only moved down four positions each.
Tuesday January 23, 2007
5.10 p.m.
Australian Open
Unfortunately, both Mariusz and Marcin
are no longer playing in Australian Open. Our players lost their mixed doubles matches in the first round. The
results are the following:
Matkowski/Black - Mirnyi/Azarenka 4/6 6/3 8/10
Fyrstenberg/Santangelo -
Knowle/Sun 2/6 6/7(5).
Thursday January 18, 2007
6.55 p.m.
Australian Open
Mariusz and Marcin lost in the first
round match against Marcos Baghdatis and Konstantinos Economidis, the team of Cyprus and Greece, 4/6 2/6. It
is even worse since our team defended points from last year's semifinal. However, both Marcin and Mariusz are
playing in mixed doubles; Marcin paired up with Cara Black of Zimbabwe and together they make team number 6,
while Mariusz is playing with Mara Santangelo of Italy. In the first round, Marcin and Cara are playing
against Max Mirnyi and Victoria Azarenka (Belarus), Mariusz and Mara against Julian Knowle (Austria) and
Tiantian Sun (China).
Tuesday January 16, 2007
6.00 p.m.
Australian Open
Doubles main draw in Melbourne has
already been announced. Marcin and Mariusz, seeded with number 8 will play against Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus)
and Konstantinos Economidis (Greece). The match will be played on Thursday.
Monday January 15, 2007
8.10 p.m.
Marcin's birthday!
Happy birthday Marcin! May all your
dreams come true and your days be full of joy, love and happiness! (And of course win a grand slam or two
;))
The staff :)
Friday January 12, 2007
6.30 p.m.
Sydney
It was not a good day for Mariusz and Marcin. The
Polish duo could not overcome Paul Hanley and Kevin Ullyett on their way to the finals. The team of Australia
and Zimbabwe defeated Mariusz and Marcin 6/2 7/6(4). Our boys will now move to Melbourne, the home of the
first grand slam tournament of the sea
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