T43: Antwerpia, Kolonia 2 2020

[DUN I LOVE]

@Mario, oglądasz Cilicia? Jak to wygląda?

[no-handed backhand]

Który wczoraj oddał seta 1500 plusowi. Edit: nie wczoraj tylko przedwczoraj i nie 1500 tylko 1300 plusowi. Reszta się zgadza.

Cilic z Johnsonem jak nie zapałki.

[Mario]

@Mario, oglądasz Cilicia? Jak to wygląda?

[youtube]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wLIKjB5VvFY[/youtube]

[Alan]

@Mario, oglądasz Cilicia? Jak to wygląda?

Ja oglądam i ależ miłe zaskoczenie, że Stivi jest ATP 71, byłem przekonany, że już bardziej 171, tak dawno nie wsławił się żadnym porządnym wynikiem.

[DUN I LOVE]

A za chwilę może pokonać mistrza wielkoszlemowego.

[jaccol55]

Dziś jasny przykład, skąd się bierze ranking Altmaiera. Po super ostatnich tygodniach nagle jeden gem ugrany w hali od Gerasimowa.

Nie było tam jakiejś kontuzji? Bo aż niewiarygodnie to wygląda.

[lake]

Dziś jasny przykład, skąd się bierze ranking Altmaiera. Po super ostatnich tygodniach nagle jeden gem ugrany w hali od Gerasimowa.

Białorusina to Ty szanuj, ugrał w Paryżu więcej gemów niż finalista

[DUN I LOVE]

Mistrz US Open za burtą.

[Damian]

European Open



Antwerpia - wyniki II rundy turnieju kwalifikacji:

[1] Salvatore Caruso d. [8] Yuichi Sugita 6-3 6-4 ( F. Dierckx )

[7] Emil Ruusuvuori d. [2] João Sousa 1-1 i krecz ( T. Mevel )

[5] Lloyd Harris d. [3] Federico Coria 6-4 6-0 ( T. Mevel )

[4] Marcos Giron d. [6] Yasutaka Uchiyama 7-6(1) 6-2 ( S. Noble )

[Damian]

European Open



Antwerpia - drabinka do turnieju głównego:
(uzupełniona o kwalifikantów)

[1] David Goffin wolna runda
[Q] Marcos Giron vs [WC] Luca Nardi
Tommy Paul vs Feliciano López
Richard Gasquet vs [8] Alex De Minaur

[4] Grigor Dimitrov wolna runda
Kei Nishikori vs Pablo Andujar
[Q] Emil Ruusuvuori vs Cameron Norrie
Aljaz Bedene vs [5] Milos Raonic

[6] Dusan Lajovic vs Frances Tiafoe
[Q] Salvatore Caruso vs Daniel Evans
[WC] Zizou Bergs vs Albert Ramos-Vinolas
[3] Karen Chaczanow wolna runda

[7] Taylor Fritz vs Reilly Opelka
Corentin Moutet vs [Q] Lloyd Harris
[WC] Kimmer Coppejans vs Ugo Humbert
[2] Pablo Carreño Busta wolna runda

[Alan]

Btw. Sabalenka na insta story pokazała, że oglądała wyśmienitą grę rodaka w Eurosporcie. Ta, fajnie, że i w naszym dają transmisje z Köln.

Jutro Dan Evans wreszcie zwycięski.

[Kamileki]

Dziś jasny przykład, skąd się bierze ranking Altmaiera. Po super ostatnich tygodniach nagle jeden gem ugrany w hali od Gerasimowa.

Białorusina to Ty szanuj, ugrał w Paryżu więcej gemów niż finalista

Dobrze naparzał nawet, pewnie gdyby nie uraz kostki to w każdym secie 4 gemy by urwał Nadalowi.

Marin Cilic się ostatecznie i definitywnie skończył. Mario się pewnie cieszy, ja również. Zrównywanie go z Del Potro zawsze uważałem za s-f.

[Damian]

[Damian]

[Damian]

Scouting Report: 10 Things To Watch In Antwerp & Cologne

Spoiler:

An executive summary of what every fan should know about the coming week on the ATP Tour
The ATP Tour will be fully indoors this week, with ATP 250 events in Antwerp and Cologne.

The European Open will feature home favourite David Goffin trying to become the tournament’s first Belgian champion. Former World No. 3s Grigor Dimitrov and Milos Raonic, second seed Pablo Carreno Busta and third seed Karen Khachanov also seek glory in Antwerp.

Alexander Zverev will try to win his second Cologne title in as many weeks as the top seed at the bett1HULKS Championship. Last week’s finalist at the same venue, Felix Auger-Aliassime, is in the field. Second seed Diego Schwartzman and third seed Denis Shapovalov will try to make their mark in Germany.

View Draws: Antwerp | Cologne

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FIVE THINGS TO WATCH IN ANTWERP
1) Goffin In Belgium: Longtime Belgian No. 1 David Goffin reached the semi-finals in the first edition of the European Open in 2016, but he has not achieved better in his two appearances since. Will this be the year that Goffin triumphs on home soil? The four-time ATP Tour champion seeks his first title since 2017 Tokyo. He will begin his run against Italian wild card Luca Nardi or a qualifier.

2) Carreno Busta Shining: Pablo Carreno Busta is playing some of his best tennis, recently reaching the semi-finals at the US Open and the quarter-finals at Roland Garros. The Spaniard, who is making his Antwerp debut, will face Ugo Humbert or Kimmer Coppejans in the second round.

3) Grigor's Debut: Former World No. 3 Grigor Dimitrov, the 2017 Nitto ATP Finals champion, is competing in Antwerp for the first time. The fourth seed will play former World No. 4 Kei Nishikori or Spaniard Pablo Andujar in his opening match. Dimitrov is pursuing his first ATP Tour title since 2017.

4) Ugo Back For More: Last year in Antwerp, Humbert reached his third ATP Tour semi-final. The French lefty pushed eventual champion Andy Murray to the brink in an exciting three-setter. Humbert was World No. 70 at the time. Now, the 22-year-old is at a career-high World No. 38 and seeking his second tour-level title after lifting the trophy in Auckland this January.


5) Doubles Teams Vying For London: Two teams in the hunt for a spot at the Nitto ATP Finals lead the way in the European Open doubles draw. Second seeds John Peers/Michael Venus and fourth seeds Jamie Murray/Neal Skupski are pursuing their first appearances at The O2 as a team.

FIVE THINGS TO WATCH IN COLOGNE
1) Will Zverev Repeat? Alexander Zverev won his third title on home soil on Sunday and he will go for the Cologne double this week. The German, who beat Felix Auger-Aliassime in the bett1HULKS Indoors final, will play Fernando Verdasco or John Millman in his opener. Last week, he defeated Verdasco in straight sets in the second round.

2) Top 10 Diego: Argentine Diego Schwartzman will be playing his first tournament as a member of the world’s Top 10. The second seed, who reached his first ATP Masters 1000 final in Rome and his maiden Grand Slam semi-final at Roland Garros, will play qualifier Dennis Novak or Serbian Danilo Petrovic in the second round.

3) Charging Canadians: Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov, both of whom had big weeks last week, will try to make their mark in Germany. Auger-Aliassime has already enjoyed success in Cologne, reaching his sixth ATP Tour final at the ATP 250. Shapovalov, who made his first major quarter-final at the US Open, reached the semi-finals at last week’s St. Petersburg Open.


4) Sinner's Surge: Reigning Next Gen ATP Finals champion Jannik Sinner will try to continue his rise in Cologne. The Italian is appearing for the first time since making his maiden Grand Slam quarter-final at Roland Garros. Sinner faces a tough test in the first round against sixth seed Hubert Hurkacz.

5) Three Major-Winning Teams: Three doubles teams set to compete in Cologne have won Grand Slam titles together: top seeds Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo, second seeds Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic, and two-time Roland Garros champions Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies. Marach and Pavic are no longer partners — Marach competes with Raven Klaasen and Pavic plays with Bruno Soares — but they are reuniting for this event. Fourth seeds Jurgen Melzer and Edouard Roger-Vasselin are fresh off their victory at the St. Petersburg Open.

https://www.atptour.com/en/news/antwerp ... eport-2020

[Damian]

Stockholm: Where Tennis Royalty Has Found Regular Success

Spoiler:

Learn more about the Stockholm Open, an ATP 250 event

Alongside the Nordea Open in Båstad, the Stockholm Open is one of two Swedish ATP Tour events.

The ATP 250, first held in 1969, would have been played this week if not for the COVID-19 pandemic.

ATPTour.com looks at five things to know about the tournament.

1) Tennis Royalty In Stockholm: The Stockholm Open has welcomed the biggest stars in the sport to the Kungliga Tennishallen (Royal Tennis Hall) since its inaugural edition in 1969. Seven former World No. 1s have lifted the trophy at the two-time ATP 250 Tournament of the Year, including John McEnroe and Boris Becker.

McEnroe and Becker both triumphed on a record four occasions at the tournament. McEnroe won back-to-back trophies in 1978 and 1979 and repeated that feat with tournament victories in 1984 and 1985.

After winning his maiden trophy at the Kungliga Tennishallen in 1988, Becker claimed his remaining three trophies at the Ericsson Globe in 1990, 1991 and 1994. The tournament was held at that venue between 1989 and 1994, before returning north to the Kungliga Tennishallen in 1995.


2) Swedish Success: Swedish players have enjoyed consistent success in Stockholm. Home players have won 10 editions of the singles event and nine versions of the doubles tournament. Bjorn Borg (1980), Mats Wilander (1983), Stefan Edberg (1986-87), Thomas Enqvist (1995-96, ’99), Jonas Bjorkman (1997) and Thomas Johansson (2000, ’04) have all lifted the trophy in the Swedish capital.

Edberg (1987) and Bjorkman (2003, ’07-08) have also delighted home crowds with runs to the doubles trophy. The most recent home doubles champions were Elias Ymer and Mikael Ymer in 2016.

3) Borg, McEnroe Collide: Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe only met on 14 occasions throughout their careers, but two of those matches were held in Stockholm. They contested the first match of their ATP Head2Head rivalry in the 1978 semi-finals, with McEnroe earning a 6-3, 6-4 victory.

After contesting five-set finals at Wimbledon and the US Open in 1980, Borg and McEnroe met in their third final of the year in Stockholm. Borg gained revenge for his 1978 semi-final defeat, beating McEnroe by the same score to lift his only title at the event.

<a href='/en/players/bjorn-borg/b058/overview'>Bjorn Borg</a> defeated <a href='/en/players/john-mcenroe/m047/overview'>John McEnroe</a> to win the 1980 <a href='/en/tournaments/stockholm/429/overview'>Stockholm Open</a>.

4) Federer’s 2010 Run: Ten years after making his tournament debut in 2000, Roger Federer returned to Sweden in 2010 to capture the Stockholm crown. The Swiss earned wins against Taylor Dent, Stan Wawrinka and future coach Ivan Ljubicic to reach the championship match. With a final victory against Florian Mayer, Federer equalled Pete Sampras’ mark of 64 tour-level titles.

5) Creating New Stars: The honour roll in Stockholm is packed with past legends of the game, but it also features two of the brightest talents on the ATP Tour. Stefanos Tsitsipas (2018) and Denis Shapovalov (2019) both claimed their maiden ATP Tour trophies at the event and have since cracked the Top 10 in the FedEx ATP Rankings for the first time.

https://www.atptour.com/en/news/tournam ... -stockholm

[Damian]

Moscow: An Event Dominated By Russian Stars

Spoiler:

Learn more about the VTB Kremlin Cup, an ATP 250 event

When the VTB Kremlin Cup held its inaugural edition in 1990, it became the first professional international tennis tournament in Russia.

Alongside the St. Petersburg Open, the ATP 250 is one of two tour-level events held in the country. The tournament would have been held this week if not for the COVID-19 pandemic.

ATPTour.com looks at five things to know about the event.

1) Regular Russian Success: Russian players have won 16 of the previous 30 singles editions of the VTB Kremlin Cup. Andrei Cherkasov claimed the opening two titles in the Russian capital and is one of nine Russian stars to win the ATP 250. Yevgeny Kafelnikov owns a tournament record five crowns (1997-2001) and Nikolay Davydenko lifted three trophies in Moscow (2004, 2006-07).

Alexander Volkov (1994), Igor Andreev (2005), Igor Kunitsyn (2008), Mikhail Youzhny (2009), Karen Khachanov (2018) and Andrey Rublev (2019) have all emerged victorious at the event. In doubles, Dmitry Tursunov won the trophy on three occasions (2007, ’10, ’15).

<a href='/en/players/nikolay-davydenko/d402/overview'>Nikolay Davydenko</a> captured the <a href='/en/tournaments/moscow/438/overview'>VTB Kremlin Cup</a> trophy on three occasions (2004, '06-'07).

2) Kafelnikov’s Five-Year Reign: No player has dominated the VTB Kremlin Cup quite like Yevgeny Kafelnikov. After falling to Goran Ivanisevic in the 1996 final, the former World No. 1 compiled 28 consecutive victories at the tournament.

Across five consecutive title runs between 1997 and 2001, the Sochi native dropped just four sets. His reign came to an end in the 2002 semi-finals, in which he was beaten by Dutchman Sjeng Schalken in straight sets. Kafelnikov made 12 consecutive appearances in Moscow from 1992 to 2003 and ended his career with a 40-7 tournament record.

3) Dzumhur Completes Russian Double: Four weeks after capturing his maiden ATP Tour trophy at the 2017 St. Petersburg Open, Damir Dzumhur returned to Russia to complete a memorable tournament double. The first player from Bosnia and Herzegovina to win an ATP Tour crown was forced to battle his way to his second trophy, winning four of his five matches in deciding sets.

After improving his 2017 record in Russia to 10-0 with a final victory against Ricardas Berankis, Dzumhur shared his thoughts on why his greatest weeks on the ATP Tour had come in the same country.

"I really don't know, but there is something special here in Russia. Maybe the crowd," said Dzumhur during the trophy ceremony, eliciting a roar from the fans.

Dzumhur

4) Khachanov Realises Dream: After eight years without a Russian singles titlist, a record at the event, Karen Khachanov claimed the 2018 trophy to become the eighth Russian to win the Moscow event. After beating countryman Daniil Medvedev in the semi-finals, Khachanov charged past Adrian Mannarino to win the championship match in just 54 minutes.

"[Winning in Russia] was one of the dreams I had when I was a kid," said Khachanov. "Coming here [as a kid] I was asking top Russian players for autographs and dreaming one day to become a champion here. Today is the day and I am really happy. These are memories I will always keep in my head."


5) Rublev’s Moscow Double: At the age of 18, Andrey Rublev joined forces with Tursunov to earn his maiden ATP Tour trophy in doubles at his home event.

They required Match Tie-breaks in each of their three matches, but held their nerves to claim the 2015 title. Rublev and Tursunov became the fourth all-Russian team to capture the trophy, following in the footsteps of Andreev/Davydenko (2004), Marat Safin/Tursunov (2007) and Kunitsyn/Tursunov (2010).

Four years after his doubles triumph alongside Tursunov, Rublev entered the singles event with an 0-6 record across qualifying and main draw matches in Moscow. As the sixth seed, Rublev dropped just four games in the final against Mannarino — as Khachanov had done the previous year — to win his hometown event on his 22nd birthday.

“I can’t find the right words for what it means to me to win here,” said Rublev. “I grew up with this tournament. I spent my whole childhood at the VTB Kremlin Cup. I will remember this tournament and this win for many years.”

https://www.atptour.com/en/news/tournam ... age-moscow

[Damian]

European Open



Antwerpia - plan gier na wtorek:

Kort centralny - start o 12:30:
[Q] Salvatore Caruso vs Daniel Evans
Kei Nishikori vs Pablo Andujar

Nie przed 16:30:
Frederik Nielsen / Tim Puetz vs Simone Bolelli / Maximo Gonzalez

Nie przed 18:30:
Richard Gasquet vs [8] Alex De Minaur
[WC] Zizou Bergs vs Albert Ramos-Vinolas

Kort 1 – start o 12:30:
[Q] Emil Ruusuvuori vs Cameron Norrie
[Q] Marcos Giron vs [WC] Luca Nardi
Corentin Moutet vs [Q] Lloyd Harris

[Damian]

bett1HULKS Championships



Kolonia - plan gier na wtorek:

bett1 Center Court - start o 14:
[Q] Damir Dzumhur vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
Tennys Sandgren vs [Q] Pierre-Hugues Herbert

Nie przed 18:
[WC] Jannik Sinner vs [LL] James Duckworth
Fernando Verdasco vs John Millman

Kort 1 – start o 14:
Dominic Inglot / Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi vs [WC] Alexander Zverev / Mischa Zverev
Felix Auger-Aliassime / Robert Lindstedt vs Max Purcell / Luke Saville
Tomislav Brkic / Franko Skugor vs Raven Klaasen / Ben Mclachlan

Nie przed 18:
[SE] Danilo Petrovic vs [Q] Dennis Novak

[DUN I LOVE]

Sinner dziś godny uwagi. Ten dzieciak w Antwerpii być może też.