Future Tennis Stars

Here is the draw for this week’s Delray Beach International Tennis Championships. Surprisingly, it’s played in Delray Beach. If you like young Americans, this is your event with Donald Young, Wayne Odesnik, Sam Querrey and Jesse Lavine entered. What, no John Isner?

BLAKE, James USA vs. KENDRICK, Robert USA
CAPDEVILLE, Paul CHI vs. BOWLES, Clint USA
KUNITSYN, Igor RUS vs. BECKER, Benjamin GER
QUALIFIER vs. HANESCU, Victor ROU
SELA, Dudi ISR vs. RUSSELL, Michael USA
GINEPRI, Robby USA vs. MONTCOURT, Mathieu FRA
NAVARRO, Ivan ESP vs. SERRA, Florent FRA
QUALIFIER vs. FISH, Mardy USA
SPADEA, Vincent USA vs. GREMELMAYR, Denis GER
MULLER, Gilles LUX vs. LEVINE, Jesse USA
ODESNIK, Wayne USA vs. GARCIA-LOPEZ, Guillermo ESP
SCHUKIN, Yuri RUS vs. QUERREY, Sam USA
MAYER, Florian GER vs. QUALIFIER
YOUNG, Donald USA vs. QUALIFIER
REYNOLDS, Bobby USA vs. MALISSE, Xavier BEL
HARTFIELD, Diego ARG vs. HAAS, Tommy GER

Here is the draw for this week’s Open 13 event from Marseille, France:

DJOKOVIC, Novak SRB vs. QUALIFIER
GUEZ, David FRA vs. SIMON, Gilles FRA
LLODRA, Michael FRA vs. SEPPI, Andreas ITA
GICQUEL, Marc FRA vs. MATHIEU, Paul-Henri FRA
MURRAY, Andy GBR vs. QUALIFIER
WAWRINKA, Stanislas SUI vs. GROSJEAN, Sebastien FRA
MAHUT, Nicolas FRA vs. QUALIFIER
LEE, Hyung-Taik KOR vs. FERRERO, Juan Carlos ESP
BAGHDATIS, Marcos CYP vs. CLEMENT, Arnaud FRA
LOPEZ, Feliciano ESP vs. KARLOVIC, Ivo CRO
BENNETEAU, Julien FRA vs. PAVEL, Andrei ROU
CILIC, Marin CRO vs. YOUZHNY, Mikhail RUS
TSONGA, Jo-Wilfried FRA vs. ANCIC, Mario CRO
BERRER, Michael GER vs. QUALIFIER
NIEMINEN, Jarkko FIN vs. SODERLING, Robin SWE
BOLELLI, Simone ITA vs. GASQUET, Richard FRA

The draw for this week’s Proximus Diamond Games was released:

HENIN, Justine BEL vs. BYE
KREMER, Anne LUX vs. QUALIFIER
QUALIFIER vs. BONDARENKO, Kateryna UKR
DANIILIDOU, Eleni GRE vs. SZAVAY, Agnes HUN
HANTUCHOVA, Daniela SVK vs. BYE
PENG, Shuai CHN vs. WICKMAYER, Yanina BEL
GOVORTSOVA, Olga BLR vs. QUALIFIER
QUALIFIER vs. BONDARENKO, Alona UKR
BAMMER, Sybille AUT vs. SHVEDOVA, Yaroslava RUS
KNAPP, Karin ITA vs. DECHY, Nathalie FRA
MAES, Caroline BEL vs. SUGIYAMA, Ai JPN
BYE vs. SCHNYDER, Patty SUI
LI, Na CHN vs. LIKHOVTSEVA, Elena RUS
CIBULKOVA, Dominika SVK vs. OBZILER, Tzipora ISR
TU, Meilen USA vs. QUALIFIER
BYE vs. CHAKVETADZE, Anna

In an odd twist, Shahar Peer was accused of unsportsmanlike conduct in the Fed Cup tie between Israel and Russia.

In a story posted on ESPN.com, Peer is said to have encouraged the crowd to unsettle Maria Sharapova, Dinara Safina and Anna Chakvetadze in last weekend’s tie.

Alex Gilady, an IOC member, said the crowd, some of whom had mimicked Australian Open champion Sharapova’s grunting sounds as she hit the ball when she played Tzipi Obziler, had portrayed a “primitive” image of the country.

The Israel Tennis Association said in a statement that it did not accept Gilady’s criticism of Peer, although it asked spectators to behave in an acceptable manner.

I call this odd because it doesn’t seem like something Shahar Peer would do, but stranger things have happened.