It's a bit sad to see this guy go.
He received a wildcard into Miami and opens against Nicholas Mahut.
If he wins that match he'll get the 7th seed Tomas Berdych.
We'll have a better goodbye to Fern after he plays his last match.
There was a farewell party for him last night.
Rafa posted this pic on his Facebook.
Belgrade ATP 250 - Second Round
Feliciano Lopez d W/C Fernando Gonzalez - 64 76(4)
This was Fern's 1st tournament since losing 1st round at the US Open.
The last year or so he has been hampered by that damn hip surgery.
His 1st round straight-sets win over qualifier Klizan had to feel good.
Fern: I haven’t played for a long time but my shots are already in my game.
I’m moving better every day but I need to play more matches...
More points and I need to compete.
Hopefully he his fit again and can work his way back up the rankings.
Where he currently sits at #516. Can he pull a Del Potro?
We shall see... But in any case, it's nice to see him back.
And we will see more as he's been given a wildcard at Roland Garros.
Photo: Stevanovic/Milosavljevic
Oh, she found Andy Murray as well. But that Gonzo sighting is a happy one!
I hope this means he's on his way back to the tour.
He is currently ranked #255 - his last match was a 1st R loss at the USO.
Caro tweeted: Really nice to see Fernando back on court!
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As for Andy Murray - he's in a crazy weird slump at the moment.
He reached the Aussie Open final and has lost 4 straight matches.
US Open - Men's First Round
Ivan Dodig d 27 Fernando Gonzalez - 67(2) 61 10, ret.
Fern is going to lose a ton of points for his Qf showing a year ago.
Owing to injury je's been sidelined since his 2nd R loss at Roland Garros.
He came back just last week in New Haven - also lost his first match there.
The 30 year-old Chilean is now 15-9 W/L for the year.
Photo: Getty Images
Houston, Texas ATP 250
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1 Fernando Gonzalez vs 6 Horacio Zeballos - H2H: 0-0
Long 3-setter last night for Fern and Zeballos will be unforgiving.
4 w/c Lleyton Hewitt (above) vs Juan Ignacio Chela - H2H: 5-2
How come I don't remember Hewitt winning this title last year at all?
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3 Sam Querrey vs Nicolas Masu - H2H: 0-1
Interesting, their only meeting was here in Houston in '08.
Just gonna go on and say it: there will be a reversal of fortune today.
Xavier Malisse vs Wayne Odesnik - H2H: 0-0
Malisse took out John Isner last night 76 in the third.
And why is Odesnik even playing? You got caught - now go away.
Photo: atp facebook
Casablanca ATP 250
Top Seeds: Stanislas Wawrinka (above), Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Victor Hanescu, Lukasz Kubot, Paul-Henri Mathieu ('07 champ) and Olivier Rochus. Also in the field is Richard Gasquet - remember when he was suppose to be the next big thing?
Houston ATP 250
Top Seeds: Fernando Gonzalez ('00 champ), John Isner, Sam Querrey, Lleyton Hewitt (defending champ), Evgeny Korolev. Other notable players include a motley slew of Americans: Donald Young, Taylor Dent, Mardy Fish, Michael Russell, Rajeev Ram, Wayne Odesnik and Jesse Levine.
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It must suck hosting a tournament week after a Masters 1000 (or two) has been played as not a single top 10 player (only 1 in the top 20 actually) is in action this week. Fernando Gonzalez is the highest ranked at #11 - playing in Houston. I suspect he's playing only because he skipped Indian Wells to tend to earthquake relief matters at home in Chile.
Photo: Wawrinka/Davis Cup March 2010 -Reuters
Grand Slam champions Jim Courier, Andy Roddick and Gustavo Kuerten joined Chilean tennis star Fernando Gonzalez for a charity match in Miami last night to raise funds for disaster relief.
The foursome raised just over $125,000 for victims of the February 27th 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Chile which caused widespread devastation leaving behind 400 fatalities and nearly a million homeless.
Said Jim Courier, "Tennis is one big family, and we're good about supporting each other. Initiatives like this in a time of crisis, we're lucky we have a platform to raise money and raise awareness."
Good work guys.
Photos: Getty Images/AP
Some great matches coming up on Tennis Channel today.
Of particular interest: Nadal/Ferrer Federer/Berdych Soderling/Gonzalez.
Stadium Court Today:
8 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga vs 12 Juan Carlos Ferrero - H2H: 1-0
6 Andy Roddick vs Benjamin Becker - H2H: 3-0
4 Rafael Nadal vs 15 David Ferrer (above) - H2H: 8-3
1 Roger Federer vs 16 Tomas Berdych - H2H: 8-1
Grandstand Court Today:
33 Nicolas Almagro vs 27 Thomaz Bellucci - H2H: 0-0
13 Mikhail Youhzny vs Mardy Fish - H2H: 1-1
5 Robin Soderling vs 9 Fernando Gonzalez - H2H: 4-4
7 Marin Cilic vs 10 Fernando Verdasco - H2H: 2-2
Photo: Getty Images
(l-r) Fernando Gonzalez, David Ferrer, Eduardo Schwank, Dick Norman, Robin Soderling, Thomaz Bellucci and Richardo Melo. Ok, I know Robin is about 6-4 and he's not nearly the tallest in this pic. Ca-razy.
Lucky-ass dolphin! And every year too!
It's like a joystick.
Nice to see Fernando back to business after a troubling time in Chile.
Yes Robin, that's definately one for your Facebook page.
Photos: Getty Images
Chilean team gives grief-stricken country something to cheer.
1. Nicolas Massu (CHI) d. Dudi Sela (ISR) - 46 62 62 64
2. Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) d. Harel Levy (ISR) - 26 63 64 64
semifinal result >>> final match - h2h:
4 Juan Carlos Ferrero (above) d. 7 Juan Monaco - 75 ret.
>>> Ferrero vs Ferrer - h2h 5-2
Juan Carlos beat David just last Sunday in Buenos Aires.
3 David Ferrer (below) d. 2 Fernando Gonzalez - 67(4) 60 64
Photo: Reuters
quarterfinal result >>> semifinal matchup - h2h
7 Juan Monaco (above) d. 1 Fernando Verdasco - 75 63
Ok Fern, get some rest.
>>> Monaco vs Ferrero - h2h 0-1
4 Juan Carlos Ferrero d. 6 Nicolas Almagro - 61 57 62
Can JC make it 3 titles in a row?
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3 David Ferrer d. Pablo Cuervas - 75 64
>>> Ferrer vs Gonzalez - h2h 3-5
2 Fernando Gonzalez d. Eduardo Schwank -36 63 75
You'd think Fern would pick up at least one S. American title.
Photo: AP
Today's quarterfinal match - head2head > yesterday's results:
1 Fernando Verdasco vs 7 Juan Monaco - h2h 2-5
> Verdasco d. Kubot 64 63 - Monaco d. Chela 64 76(4)
Don't worry Fern, you're getting some time off soon.
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4 Juan Carlos Ferrero vs 6 Nicolas Almagro - h2h 1-2
> Ferrero d. Andreev 64 63 - Almagro d. Gasquet 36 75 76(7)
Ferrero is on quite a roll - 12 match win streak.
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3 David Ferrer vs Pablo Cuevas - h2h 0-0
> Ferrer d. Bellucci 64 61 - Cuevas d. 8 Montanes 75 63
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2 Fernando Gonzalez (pic) vs Eduardo Schwank - h2h 0-0
> Gonzalez d. Hanescu 76(2) 36 61 - Schwank d. Greul 76(4) 63
Photo: Reuters
Dubai ATP 500 - Top Seeded Players
1. Novak Djokovic - Winner '09
2. Andy Murray - Quarterfinalist '08 '09
3. Nikolay Davydenko (above) - Semifinalist '08
4. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga - Debut
Acapulco ATP 500 - Top Seeded Players
1. Fernando Verdasco - Runner-up '04
2. Fernando Gonzalez - Quarterfinalist '03
3. David Ferrer - Round of 16 '03 '04 '05
4. Juan Carlos Ferrero - Semifinalist '07
Delray Beach ATP 250 - Top Seeded Players
1. Tommy Haas - Winner '06
2. Ivo Karlovic - Round of 32 '04
3. Benjamin Becker - Semifinalist '07
4. Jeremy Chardy - Semifinalist '09
semifinal result >>> final match - h2h:
3 Thomaz Bellucci (above) d. 1 Fernando Gonzalez - 36 64 63
>>> Bellucci vs Monaco - h2h 0-0
2 Juan Monaco d. Q Joao Souza - 61 64
quarterfinal result >>> semi matchup - h2h
1 Fernando Gonzalez d. Marcel Granollers 76(8) 76(9)
>>> Gonzalez vs Bellucci - h2h 1-0 Gonzalez
3 Thomaz Bellucci d. Eduardo Schwank - 64 64
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Q Joao Souza (above) d. Alberto Martin - 62 64
>>> Monaco vs Souza - h2h 0-0
2 Juan Monaco d. Peter Luczak - 64 36 63
Tomorrow's quarterfinal match - head2head - today's results:
1 Fernando Gonzalez vs Marcel Granollers - h2h 0-0
Gonzalez d. Ramirez-Hidalgo 64 63 - Granollers d. Kubot 64 62
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Eduardo Schwank vs Thomaz Bellucci - h2h 0-0
Schwank d. Acasuso 67(3) 62 ret. - Bellucci d. Capdeville 57 64 75
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Jaoa Souza vs Alberto Martin - h2h 0-0
Souza d. Riba 64 64 - Martin d. Mello 63 64
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Peter Luczak vs Juan Monaco - h2h 0-0
Luczak d. Marrero 63 76(4) - Monaco d. Chela 63 75
Sadly, this is not the hangover cure for the Australian Open.
Fernando Gonzalez meets the press in Santiago yesterday.
Santiago ATP 250 - Top seeded players:
1. Fernando Gonzalez - winner in '02, '04, '08, '09.
2. Juan Monaco - finalist in '09.
3. Thomaz Bellucci - 2nd appearance, won a match last year.
4. Pablo Cuevas - semifinalist the last 2 years.
Zagreb ATP 250 - Top seeded players:
1. Marin Cilic - defending champion.
2. Ivan Ljubicic - winner in '06.
3. Jurgen Melzer - lost his only match here last year.
4. Viktor Troicki - semifinalist last year.
Johannesburg ATP 250 - Top seeded players:
1. Gael Monfils - tournament debut.
2. David Ferrer - semifinalist last year.
3. Feliciano Lopez - tournament debut.
4. Marco Chiudinelli - round of 16 last year.
Fernando Gonzalez Retires After Miami Loss
ATP Masters Series 1000 Miami - First Round
Nicolas Mahut d WC Fernando Gonzalez - 75 46 76(3)
What a thrilling way to go out - in a deciding set tie-break.
Fern enjoyed a pretty solid career - tho hampered with injury of late.
He won 11 career ATP titles - 4 of them at his home tourny at Vina Del Mar.
He was a Slam finalist at the '07 Aussie Open losing to Roger Federer.
He was a finalist at 2 1000 events: Madrid '07 (Federer) & Rome '08 (Rafa).
He earned a career high ranking of #5.
But it was at the Olympic Games where Fern would become a national hero.
In Athens he won the bronze in singles & gold in doubles with Nicolas Massu.
And in Beijing he won the silver after losing the final to Rafael Nadal.
Well done Fern, we'll miss you. The ATP put together a nice video tribute:
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