{"id":801,"date":"2009-04-11T16:47:22","date_gmt":"2009-04-11T15:47:22","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-04-22T17:40:11","modified_gmt":"2012-04-22T16:40:11","slug":"monte-carlo-masters-draw-is-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/news\/tennis\/monte-carlo-masters-draw-is-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"Monte Carlo Masters draw is revealed!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img class=arhiva src=https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/arhiva\/slike\/Sljaka\/166.jpg> {nl}{nl}Monte Carlo is the third ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament in 2009.{nl}{nl}Monte Carlo Rolex Masters starts on Monday, April 13, and will be played til April 19. Prize money  is \u20ac 2,750,000. The winner will get \u20ac 434,000 and 1000 ATP points.{nl}{nl}Novak will open his clay season in the city of his residence.{nl}{nl}The draw has been made on Saturday afternoon. 56 players will take part. Eight seeds (1-8) get BYE in the first round.{nl}{nl}Nole is no.3 seed, and will start the tournament in the second round against qualifier Oscar Hernandez (ESP) who defeated Julien Benneteau (FRA) in straight sets. {nl}{nl}Djokovic is in Federer\u2019s half, and has a tough job on the way to the semifinals. He could meet clay court specialists in the third round and in the quarterfinals. In round three his opponent might be Nicolas Almagro, and he could meet Fernando Verdasco (ESP,7) or David Ferrer (ESP,10) in the quarterfinals.{nl}{nl}Novak is defending 360 points in Monte Carlo. He reached semifinals in 2008, when he retired to Roger Federer, 3-6 2-3.{nl}{nl}World no.1 Rafael Nadal is the defending champion. He defeated his great rival Roger Federer in the finals in straight sets, 7-5 7-5.{nl}{nl}<u>Monte Carlo Singles Draw:<\/u>{nl}{nl}[1] NADAL, Rafael ESP vs BYE{nl}KUNITSYN, Igor RUS vs CHELA, Juan Ignacio ARG{nl}SAFIN, Marat RUS vs [WC] HEWITT, Lleyton AUS{nl}QUALIFIER vs [15] STEPANEK, Radek CZE{nl}[9] MONFILS, Gael FRA vs TIPSAREVIC, Janko SRB{nl}SODERLING, Robin SWE vs BOLELLI, Simone ITA{nl}QUALIFIER vs [WC] LJUBICIC, Ivan CRO{nl}BYE vs [5] DEL POTRO, Juan Martin ARG{nl}{nl}[4] MURRAY, Andy GBR vs BYE{nl}HANESCU, Victor ROU vs QUALIFIER{nl}QUALIFIER vs BERDYCH, Tomas CZE{nl}QUALIFIER vs [14] CILIC, Marin CRO{nl}[12] NALBANDIAN, David ARG vs MATHIEU, Paul-Henri FRA{nl}ACASUSO, Jose ARG vs GRANOLLERS, Marcel ESP{nl}KARLOVIC, Ivo CRO vs SERRA, Florent FRA{nl}BYE vs [8] DAVYDENKO, Nikolay RUS{nl}{nl}[7] VERDASCO, Fernando ESP vs BYE{nl}GULBIS, Ernests LAT vs KOHLSCHREIBER, Philipp GER{nl}GICQUEL, Marc FRA vs SCHWANK, Eduardo ARG{nl}LOPEZ, Feliciano ESP vs [10] FERRER, David ESP{nl}[16] ALMAGRO, Nicolas ESP vs MONTANES, Albert ESP{nl}[WC] LISNARD, Jean-Rene MON vs ROCHUS, Christophe BEL{nl}BENNETEAU, Julien FRA vs QUALIFIER{nl}BYE vs <b>[3] DJOKOVIC, Novak SRB<\/b>{nl}{nl}[6] SIMON, Gilles FRA vs BYE{nl}QUALIFIER vs KIEFER, Nicolas GER{nl}CHARDY, Jeremy FRA vs MONACO, Juan ARG{nl}SCHUETTLER, Rainer GER vs [11] ROBREDO, Tommy ESP{nl}[13] WAWRINKA, Stanislas SUI vs TROICKI, Viktor SRB{nl}ANDREEV, Igor RUS vs VASSALLO ARGUELLO, Martin ARG{nl}SEPPI, Andreas ITA vs MELZER, Jurgen AUT{nl}BYE vs [2, WC] FEDERER, Roger SUI<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monte Carlo is the third ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament in 2009.{nl}{nl}Monte Carlo Rolex Masters starts on Monday, April 13, and will be played til April 19. Prize money  is \u20ac 2,750,000. 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