2007 Tennis Channel Open and the Mirage Cup

2007 Mirage Cup 2007 ATP Tour Tennis Channel Open January 2025 2007 Tennis Channel Open Mirage Cup 26 February – 4 March 2007 20th Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Darling Tennis Center $ 391,000 (ATP) $ 75,000 (ITF Women's) AUS Lleyton Hewitt USA Bob Bryan / USA Mike Bryan DEN Caroline Wozniacki BLR Victoria Azarenka / BLR Tatiana Poutchek Tennis Channel Open Hilton Cup 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. Round robin decision Since the 2007 Tennis Channel Open featured a round robin formatted draw,James Blake and Lleyton Hewitt to return to Panasonic presents the Tennis Channel Open in Las Vegas http://admin.tennischannel.com/aboutus/pressrelease/pressreleasedetail.aspx?id=118 Tennis Channel November 13, 2006 June 10, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150610182257/http://admin.tennischannel.com/aboutus/pressrelease/pressreleasedetail.aspx?id=118 June 10, 2015 dead 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.Bonnie DeSimone Debacle in the desert https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/columns/story?id=2785682 ESPN March 3, 2007 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 Men's singles 2007 Tennis Channel Open – Singles AUS Lleyton Hewitt defeated AUT Jürgen Melzer 6–4, 7–6(12–10) Women's singles 2007 Mirage Cup – Singles DEN Caroline Wozniacki defeated JPN Akiko Morigami 6–3, 6–2 Men's doubles 2007 Tennis Channel Open – Doubles USA Bob Bryan / USA Mike Bryan defeated ISR Jonathan Erlich / ISR Andy Ram 7–6(8–6), 6–2 Women's doubles 2007 Mirage Cup – Doubles BLR Victoria Azarenka / BLR Tatiana Poutchek defeated EST Maret Ani / ITA Alberta Brianti 6–2, 6–4 References External links Men's Singles draw Men's Doubles draw Men's Qualifying draw Tennis Channel Open Category:Tennis Channel Open Category:Tennis in Las Vegas Tennis Channel Open Tennis Channel Open Tennis Channel Open Tennis Channel Open Category:Tennis controversies