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2/15/09 5:36 PM | Ricky Dimon
All four of this week's San Jose semifinalists will take their acts to Memphis for the upcoming Regions Morgan Keegan Championships. Andy Roddick leads the way as the No. 1 seed.
It doesn't boast the top players like Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Andy Murray, or Novak Djokovic, but the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships in Memphis will have a strong field on hand next week as an ATP 500 tournament (meaning 500 ranking points are awarded to the winner).
Headlining the draw is top-ranked American Andy Roddick, who is No. 6 in the world overall and seeded first in Memphis. Roddick is joined at the RMK Championships by all three of his fellow San Jose semifinalists: Radek Stepanek, Mardy Fish, and James Blake. Stepanek defeated Roddick in the SAP Open semis on Saturday and Fish knocked out an injured Blake.
If Blake is ready to go for Memphis, he will take on former world No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt in a marquee first-round matchup. The good news for Blake is that his match is not scheduled until Wednesday night, so he has plenty of time to rest his sprained ankle.
Roddick, meanwhile, will meet defending Memphis champion Steve Darcis in the first round. Darcis, who has a dismal 0-3 match record so far this season and had to pull out from San Jose with an injury, upset Robin Soderling in last year's title match. Soderling is also back in Memphis and has a good draw. The Swede will face Florent Serra in the first round and he is in the weakest quarter of the draw, avoiding Roddick, Stepanek, Blake, Fish, and Juan Martin Del Potro.
Del Potro, the No. 2 seed, opens with fellow Argentine and occasional doubles partner Guillermo Canas and he could meet Ernests Gulbis in round two. Stepanek, if he can recover from a long week in San Jose, could go head-to-head with Del Potro as early as the quarterfinals. Blake and Fish are also on a quarterfinal collision course in Memphis.
Two other first-round matches to watch--both in Roddick's quarter of the draw--include Sam Querrey vs. Tommy Haas and Marcos Baghdatis vs. Kei Nishikori.
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