Since the 2007 Tennis Channel Open featured a round robin formatted draw,[1] an issue arose. Defending champion James Blake, Evgeny Korolev, and Juan Martín del Potro were to play each other and the winner of the round robin who would advance to the quarterfinals was determined by the number of matches and percent of sets and games that were won. Blake lost to Korolev, and Korolev then lost to del Potro. For Blake to advance to the quarterfinals of the 2007 Tennis Channel Open, he had to defeat del Potro, losing no more than five games. In this situation, each player would have won one match each, and Blake would have lost the fewest games. In the del Potro versus Blake match, Blake, who was winning 6–1, 3–1, beat del Potro because he retired. This eliminated del Potro from such a three-way tie, because he did not complete all of his matches. Korolev then moved on to the next round, since del Potro had been eliminated, and Korolev had already beaten Blake.
This caused a controversial issue that involved fans, Blake, and others, as they felt that Blake was to be in the quarterfinals. A press conference was held, and the ATP, which was chaired by Etienne de Villiers, determined that Blake would have beaten del Potro and thus met the rules for advancement into the quarterfinals. Since neither player knew that del Potro's retirement would result in such a large issue, Blake would have won, and therefore, Blake went into the quarterfinals.
The following morning, however, De Villiers decided that the rules for advancement should not be altered after the tournament's start, and therefore Korolev was entered the quarterfinals.[2] Blake entered the 2007 Indian Wells Masters without being able to defend three of his titles. Later, the round robin format was ended, and all tournaments planning on employing the round robin format were changed back into the original draw format.
^. Tennis Channel. November 13, 2006. Archived from the original on June 10, 2015. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
^Bonnie DeSimone (March 3, 2007). "Debacle in the desert". ESPN.
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2007, tennis, channel, open, mirage, also, 2007, mirage, 2007, tour, tennis, channel, open, 2007, tennis, channel, open, tennis, event, 2007, tour, lleyton, hewitt, 2006, runner, singles, champion, while, mike, bryan, were, doubles, champions, event, held, veg. See also 2007 Mirage Cup 2007 ATP Tour and Tennis Channel Open The 2007 Tennis Channel Open was a tennis event on the 2007 ATP Tour Lleyton Hewitt who was the 2006 runner up was the singles champion while Bob and Mike Bryan were the doubles champions The event was held in Las Vegas Nevada at the Darling Tennis Center It was the twentieth Tennis Channel Open but just the second to be held in Las Vegas The ITF women s competition was won by Caroline Wozniacki in singles and by Victoria Azarenka and Tatiana Poutchek for doubles 2007 Tennis Channel Openand Mirage CupDate26 February 4 March 2007Edition20thPrize money 391 000 ATP 75 000 ITF Women s LocationLas Vegas Nevada United StatesVenueDarling Tennis CenterChampionsMen s singlesLleyton HewittWomen s singlesCaroline WozniackiMen s doublesBob Bryan Mike BryanWomen s doublesVictoria Azarenka Tatiana Poutchek 2006 Tennis Channel Open 2008 2006 Mirage Cup 2008 Contents 1 Round robin decision 2 Finals 2 1 Men s singles 2 2 Women s singles 2 3 Men s doubles 2 4 Women s doubles 3 References 4 External linksRound robin decision editSince the 2007 Tennis Channel Open featured a round robin formatted draw 1 an issue arose Defending champion James Blake Evgeny Korolev and Juan Martin del Potro were to play each other and the winner of the round robin who would advance to the quarterfinals was determined by the number of matches and percent of sets and games that were won Blake lost to Korolev and Korolev then lost to del Potro For Blake to advance to the quarterfinals of the 2007 Tennis Channel Open he had to defeat del Potro losing no more than five games In this situation each player would have won one match each and Blake would have lost the fewest games In the del Potro versus Blake match Blake who was winning 6 1 3 1 beat del Potro because he retired This eliminated del Potro from such a three way tie because he did not complete all of his matches Korolev then moved on to the next round since del Potro had been eliminated and Korolev had already beaten Blake This caused a controversial issue that involved fans Blake and others as they felt that Blake was to be in the quarterfinals A press conference was held and the ATP which was chaired by Etienne de Villiers determined that Blake would have beaten del Potro and thus met the rules for advancement into the quarterfinals Since neither player knew that del Potro s retirement would result in such a large issue Blake would have won and therefore Blake went into the quarterfinals The following morning however De Villiers decided that the rules for advancement should not be altered after the tournament s start and therefore Korolev was entered the quarterfinals 2 Blake entered the 2007 Indian Wells Masters without being able to defend three of his titles Later the round robin format was ended and all tournaments planning on employing the round robin format were changed back into the original draw format Finals editMen s singles edit Main article 2007 Tennis Channel Open Singles nbsp Lleyton Hewitt defeated nbsp Jurgen Melzer 6 4 7 6 12 10 Women s singles edit Main article 2007 Mirage Cup Singles nbsp Caroline Wozniacki defeated nbsp Akiko Morigami 6 3 6 2 Men s doubles edit Main article 2007 Tennis Channel Open Doubles nbsp Bob Bryan nbsp Mike Bryan defeated nbsp Jonathan Erlich nbsp Andy Ram 7 6 8 6 6 2 Women s doubles edit Main article 2007 Mirage Cup Doubles nbsp Victoria Azarenka nbsp Tatiana Poutchek defeated nbsp Maret Ani nbsp Alberta Brianti 6 2 6 4References edit James Blake and Lleyton Hewitt to return to Panasonic presents the Tennis Channel Open in Las Vegas Tennis Channel November 13 2006 Archived from the original on June 10 2015 Retrieved June 10 2015 Bonnie DeSimone March 3 2007 Debacle in the desert ESPN External links editMen s Singles draw Men s Doubles draw Men s Qualifying draw Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2007 Tennis Channel Open and the Mirage Cup amp oldid 1185930479, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
