T40: Pekin, Tokio 2017

[Damian]

Pekin:
OUT Ferrer, David
OUT Kohlschreiber, Philipp
IN Mayer, Leonardo
IN Rubliow, Andriej

[DUN I LOVE]

Sypią się weterani. Coraz więcej drobniejszych kontuzji zarówno u Hiszpana jak i u Niemca.

[Damian]

Tokio:
OUT Rubliow, Andriej (wybrał Pekin)
OUT Chung, Hyeon
OUT [WC]
IN Vesely, Jiri
IN Young, Donald
IN Lu, Yen-Hsun

Pekin:
OUT Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried
OUT [WC]
IN Struff, Jan-Lennard
IN Basilaszwili, Nikołoz

[arti]

[Damian]

Denis wycofał się z Tokio z powodów osobistych.

[DUN I LOVE]

Japońskie kwale trochę lepiej wyglądają niż chińskie.

[Barty]

Ciekawe zdjęcie na profilu ATP z Pekinu 2005:

Spoiler:

[Damian]

MAIN DRAW

[1] Marin Cilic (CRO) vs [Q]
[WC] Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) vs [Q]
Ryan Harrison (USA) vs [Q]
Gilles Simon (FRA) vs [5] Kevin Anderson (RSA)

[3] Milos Raonic (CAN) vs Viktor Troicki (SRB)
Benoit Paire (FRA) vs Yuichi Sugita (JPN)
[WC] Go Soeda (JPN) vs Adrian Mannarino (FRA)
Jiri Vesely (CZE) vs [7] Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP)

[6] Sam Querrey (USA) vs Richard Gasquet (FRA)
[WC] Taro Daniel (JPN) vs Yen Hsun Lu (TPE)
Ivo Karlovic (CRO) vs [Q]
Feliciano Lopez (ESP) vs [4] David Goffin (BEL)

[8] Diego Sebastian Schwartzman (ARG) vs Donald Young (USA)
Bernard Tomic (AUS) vs Joao Sousa (POR)
[SE] Alex Dołgopołow (UKR) vs Daniił Miedwiediew (RUS)
Steve Johnson (USA) vs [2] Dominic Thiem (AUT)

[Damian]

MAIN DRAW

[1] Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs Lucas Pouille (FRA)
[WC] Di Wu (CHN) vs Karen Chaczanow (RUS)
Leonardo Mayer (ARG) vs Paolo Lorenzi (ITA)
[Q] vs [6] John Isner (USA)

[3] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) vs [SE] Damir Dzumhur (BIH)
Pablo Cuevas (URU) vs [WC] Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG)
Aljaz Bedene (GBR) vs [Q]
[WC] Ze Zhang (CHN) vs [5] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP)

[8] Nick Kyrgios (AUS) vs Nikołoz Basilaszwili (RUS)
Jan Lennard Struff (GER) vs Mischa Zverev (GER)
Fernando Verdasco (ESP) vs [Q]
[Q] vs [4] Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP)

[7] Tomas Berdych (CZE) vs Jared Donaldson (USA)
Jack Sock (USA) vs Andriej Rubliow (RUS)
Robin Haase (NED) vs Fabio Fognini (ITA)
Kyle Edmund (GBR) vs [2] Alexander Zverev (GER)

[DUN I LOVE]

Ktoś na MTF napisał, że na pewno DelPo dostanie jakiegoś Berdycha czy Dimitrova, a Busta wylosuje środowisko pełna dzikusów i kwalifikantów.

Spekulowano, że Shapovalov miał problem z otrzymaniem wizy do Japonii, ale chyba ostatecznie przyczyna tkwiła w drobnych problemach z kolanem.

Oby Tiafoe się nie wygłupiał tutaj w kwalach.

[Damian]

Spekulowano, że Shapovalov miał problem z otrzymaniem wizy do Japonii, ale chyba ostatecznie przyczyna tkwiła w drobnych problemach z kolanem.

Właśnie Denis dopiero co odbywał trening w Tokio, więc też się zastanawiam, co było tą wiarygodną przyczyną. Jeszcze inne teorie mówiły, że zrezygnował ze względu na święto żydowskie, czyli z tego samego co skreczował Dudi Sela, ale nie ma co wdawać się w teorie spiskowe.

[Lucas]

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTRq8eX ... IC&index=5[/youtube]

[Damian]

Nadal Faces Tough Road In Beijing

Spoiler:

Dimitrov, del Potro could face Rafa in SFs
Rafael Nadal faces a difficult path to the China Open final in Beijing this week as the Spaniard returns to tour-level action for the first time since winning his third US Open earlier this month.
The 31-year-old Nadal opens against Frenchman Lucas Pouille, who outlasted the Spaniard the last time they played, during the fourth round of the 2016 US Open. From there, Nadal could face #NextGenATP Russian Karen Khachanov, No. 32 in the Emirates ATP Rankings. Sixth seed John Isner of the U.S. could await in the quarter-finals.
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Third seed Grigor Dimitrov, wild card Juan Martin del Potro and fifth seed Roberto Bautista Agut are the favourites to face Nadal in the semi-finals. The Spaniard is going for his second China Open title, his first since 2005 when he beat Argentine Guillermo Coria.
Dimitrov opens against the red-hot Damir Dzumhur, who won his maiden ATP World Tour title in St. Petersburg and reached the semi-finals in Chengdu (l. to Dolgopolov) earlier this month. Del Potro faces Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay, and Bautista Agut will meet Chinese wild card Ze Zhang, who reached his first ATP World Tour quarter-final at the Shenzhen Open.
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Should Nadal make the final, he could face second seed Alexander Zverev in what would be a can't-miss title match. They have played three times in their FedEx ATP Head2Head series, with Nadal taking their trio of tangles, including a five-setter at the Australian Open earlier this year in which Zverev led two sets to one.
The #NextGenATP German will try to bounce back from his quarter-final loss against Dzhumur in Shenzhen. Zverev is going for his sixth title of the season. He opens against Brit Kyle Edmund and could face seventh seed Tomas Berdych in the quarter-finals, with a semi-final match-up against eighth seed Nick Kyrgios or fourth seed Pablo Carreno Busta looming.

http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/nad ... aw-preview

[DUN I LOVE]

Tokio niewątpliwie nie będzie przełomowym turniejem dla Francesa Tiafoe.

[Barty]

Pekin dla Borny Corica również.

[Damian]

Cilic Leads Big Field In Tokyo

Spoiler:

Anderson, Querrey among big servers in ATP World Tour 500 draw
Marin Cilic might feel like he's playing himself again and again and again this week at the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships 2017 in Tokyo. The top seed is slated to meet a number of players whom, like Cilic, prefer to serve big and dictate play immediately after the first ball.
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The 6'6” Croatian, who will be going for his second title of the season (Istanbul), opens against a qualifier but could face 6'8” Kevin Anderson in the quarter-finals. The South African is coming off his maiden Grand Slam final at the US Open earlier this month (l. to Nadal).
Anderson, like Cilic, will also be looking to strengthen his spot in the Emirates ATP Race To London, which determines the Top 8 who play at the Nitto ATP Finals, to be held 12-19 November at The O2 in London.
The 31-year-old Anderson is currently in 11th place; Cilic is in seventh place. Fifth-placed Stan Wawrinka and ninth-placed Novak Djokovic have ruled themselves out of the season-ending tournament.
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In the semi-finals, if the seeds hold, Cilic could meet 6'5” Milos Raonic, who's seeded third and is returning after a seven-week absence because of a left wrist injury. The Canadian last played at the Coupe Rogers in Montreal in mid-August. Raonic withdrew from the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 in Cincinnati and the US Open.
Six-foot-six Sam Querrey rounds out the big servers populating the Tokyo draw. The sixth seed opens against French veteran Richard Gasquet. Fourth seed David Goffin, eighth seed Diego Schwartzman and second seed Dominic Thiem are the other seeds in the bottom half.
Goffin is playing Alexandr Dolgopolov in the Shenzhen Open final on Sunday. Thiem faces Steve Johnson of the U.S. in the first round and will look to rebound after losing his Chengdu opener to Argentina's Guido Pella earlier this week.

http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/cil ... aw-preview

[Barty]

Bernard Tomic wygrał mecz tenisowy. Pierwszy od Eastbourne w czerwcu.

[DUN I LOVE]

Bernard Tomic wygrał mecz tenisowy. Pierwszy od Eastbourne w czerwcu.

Kevin Anderson wygrał mecz tenisowy. Pierwszy od US Open.

[no-handed backhand]

We wrześniu.

[DUN I LOVE]

Nie chciałem pisać, bo Barty by to wykorzystał, a musiałem zareagować na ten wpis - jakże podszyty strachem, że Bernie może wygrać ten turniej.