T40: Astana, Tokio 2022

[DUN I LOVE]

Tak, z Lavera przywiózł.

[no-handed backhand]

Wreszcie się pokazał Nardi na poważnym poziomie. Wyrzucił Goffina z kwali Astany

Szczerze mówiąc, myślałem że już Jewsejew to zrobi.

[Damian]

Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships



Tokio - plan gier na poniedziałek:

Ariake Colosseum - start o godz. 04:
Alexei Popyrin vs. Pedro Martinez
Brandon Nakashima vs. [WC] Shintaro Mochizuki
Taro Daniel vs. Bernabe Zapata Miralles

Nie przed godz. 11:
[4] Frances Tiafoe vs. [WC] Yasutaka Uchiyama
[Q] Sander Gille / Joran Vliegen vs. [WC] Toshihide Matsui / Kaito Uesugi

Rakuten Mobile Arena - start o godz. 09:
[4] Daniel Evans / John Peers vs. Andre Goransson / Ben McLachlan

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The Astana Open



Astana - plan gier na poniedziałek:

Center Court - start o godz. 08:
[WC] Stan Wawrinka vs. Adrian Mannarino
[7] Hubert Hurkacz vs. Francisco Cerundolo

Nie przed godz. 14:
[8] Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
[5] Andrey Rublev vs. [Q] Laslo Djere

Court 1 - start o godz. 08:
Botic van de Zandschulp vs. [WC] Beibit Zhukayev
Aslan Karatsev vs. [Q] Zhizhen Zhang

Nie przed godz. 11:
Ivan Dodig / Austin Krajicek vs. [WC] Grigoriy Lomakin / Denis Yevseyev

[balech]

Dobra koniec złudzeń - z Popyrina nic nie będzie, nie wiem gdzie w nim potencjał widziałem

[Damian]

Astana:
Rune
Goffin

[DUN I LOVE]

Ten sezon to prawdziwa katastrofa.

[Damian]

Mannarino Doesn't Check Draws; His Next Surprise? A Wawrinka Showdown

Spoiler:

Auger-Aliassime to face stiff test against Bautista Agut
Adrian Mannarino will sleep well Sunday night on the eve of the Astana Open. He’s one of those tennis players who chooses not to dwell on what lies directly ahead.

“I don’t want to talk about the draw or who I’m facing or whatever because I’m not looking,” the 34-year-old said at the beginning of a Sunday interview. “The quality of the tournament? I don’t know anything.”

Given the formidable ATP 500 field gathered in Kazakhstan, it’s probably just as well Mannarino doesn’t know that he’ll be facing three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka in the tournament’s very first match (12 noon, local time) on centre court at the National Tennis Centre.

Yes, at the moment, you actually know more than he does. Mannarino is coming off a first-round loss in Tel Aviv, where he was the seventh seed, to fellow Frenchman Constant Lestienne. The good news? He beat Wawrinka in the only match they ever played in the second round of the 2015 Miami Open presented by Itau – prevailing in a pair of taut tie-breaks.

This is one of six first-round singles matches, featuring three seeded players, that will unfold Monday.

Following the opening match, seventh seed Hubert Hurkacz faces Francisco Cerundolo. The night session (6 p.m. local) kicks off with eighth seed Felix Auger-Aliassime versus Roberto Bautista Agut – perhaps the finest quality matchup in the first round. The nightcap is fifth seed Andrey Rublev against qualifier Laslo Djere.

The only doubles match: Ivan Dodig and Austin Krajicek against the Kazakhstani wild-card team of Grigoriy Lomakin and Denis Yevseyev.

The first match of the day on Court 1 has Botic Van de Zandschulp opposite Kazakhstan wild card Beibit Zhukayev.

Van de Zandschulp has a fascinating backstory. He’s played 58 matches so far this year at the tour-level – previously, he had only played 27.

The 26-year-old from the Netherlands is ranked No. 35, but a year ago he had to qualify for all four Grand Slam events. He went a searing 11-1 in those qualifying matches, reaching the main draw at the Australian Open, Roland Garros and the US Open. As it turned out, he got into the Wimbledon field as a lucky loser.

At last year’s US Open, the Dutchman became only the third male qualifier to reach the quarter-finals. There, he faced Daniil Medvedev – and was the only player to take a set from the eventual champion. He finished the season as the Netherlands’ No. 1 and has been adapting to this, his first full season on the ATP Tour.

“Yeah, I think I did quite all right,” Van de Zandschulp said in an interview. “It was pretty tough, actually, playing first time Cincinnati and Montreal, four matches in total. I was not ashamed to lose to [Cam] Norrie or [Daniil] Medvedev.

“Winston-Salem [semi-finals] was good. It’s still figuring out what the best schedule is for me. There’s ups and downs, and hopefully I can manage things to the end of the year.”

The Dutchman will play Astana and is scheduled for Antwerp, Basel and Paris. And then – after “a small vacation” – there is some unfinished business in Australia, where the Netherlands will play in the November Davis Cup quarter-finals. Van de Zandschulp was a big part of the victory in Glasgow, Scotland, where he and his team defeated Kazakhstan, Great Britain and the United States to win Group D.

This season, he said, has involved a steep learning curve. With access to so many tournaments, it’s been difficult to keep his schedule manageable. Previously, when he was playing Challengers, his travel was generally restricted to Europe, with two major trips to Australia and the United States. Traveling more and playing fewer matches – against better opponents – has been challenging.

“You learn a lot from the experience,” Van de Zandschulp. I want to finish the season strong and be in the Top 30 at the end of the year – seeded in Australia. That’s the end goal for the year.”

Unlike Mannarino, he fully understands what is at stake here in Astana. If he manages to defeat Zhukayev, 21-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic could await in the second round.

“On paper, Novak’s the toughest one in the draw,” said the Netherlands star. “Never played him before, and hopefully I can if I win my first match and he wins his. So, yeah, really looking forward to it.

“It’s always nice to play someone for the first time, especially him.”

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[robpal]

[DUN I LOVE]

Stan, chyba planowo, przegrał po walce. Pewnie trochę czasu mu zajmie dojście do siebie po Metz. Hurkacz bardo spokojnie.

W Tokio udanie zaczał Tiafoe. Na fali jest Frances, po meczu powiedział, że jego cel na końcówkę sezonu to miejce w Top-15, możliwie najbliżej Top-10.

[Federasta20]

FAA vs. RBA, grubo jak na pierwszą rundę. Ma spore problemy Kanadyjczyk, walczy o życie w tym TB.

[Damian]

[Kiefer]

Tym razem Agut okazał się przeszkodą nie do przejścia dla Felixa, smuteczek.

[Federasta20]

Niespodzianka mimo wszystko, choć Agut dobrze sobie radzi w tej części świata.

[Kiefer]

Imo nic zaskakującego, widzisz Aguta i Next Żena po drugiej stronie, to możesz być niemal pewny, że będą kłopoty.

[Kamileki]

Co ograł Novaka w LC to jego.

[DUN I LOVE]

Dramatyczny jest Felix po Wimby. Wygrał śmieciowe mecze, ale w poważnych turniejach jest brutalnie wyjaśniany.

[Kamileki]

Dramatyczny jest Felix po Wimby. Wygrał śmieciowe mecze, ale w poważnych turniejach jest brutalnie wyjaśniany.

Jak rozumiem 1 runda Wimbla to był dobry wynik ? xD

Rafa go ostatecznie wykończył po epickim boju w RG. Podobnie jak potem Zvereva, a wcześniej Mieda.

[DUN I LOVE]

Od Wimby miało być.

[Kiefer]

Ale pokonał Novaka w najważniejszym turnieju na świecie!

[Damian]