T18: Estoril, Monachium, Stambuł 2018

[Damian]

Stambuł:
OUT [SE]
IN Dutra Silva Rogerio

[Damian]

Estoril:
OUT [SE]
IN Fratangelo Bjorn

[Damian]

Estoril:
WC Pedro Sousa
WC Frederico Silva

Czyli bez Nole w Portugalii.

[Damian]

BMW OPEN BY FWU AG



MAIN DRAW

[1] Alexander Zverev (GER) wolna runda
[WC] Yannick Hanfmann (GER) vs Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)
[Q] vs Jan-Lennarad Struff (GER)
[SE] Yannick Maden (GER) vs [8] Yuichi Sugita (JPN)

[4] Hyeon Chung (KOR) wolna runda
Michaił Kukuszkin (KAZ) vs [WC] Matthias Bachinger (GER)
Florian Mayer (GER) vs [Q]
Mirza Basic (BIH) vs [7] Gael Monfils (FRA)

[5] Fabio Fognini (ITA) vs [SE] Marco Cecchinato (ITA)
Marton Fucsovics (HUN) vs Guido Pella (ARG)
Maximilian Marterer (GER) vs [Q]
[3] Diego Schwartzman (ARG) wolna runda

[6] Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) vs Ivo Karlovic (CRO)
Mischa Zverev (GER) vs Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT)
[WC] Casper Ruud (NOR) vs [Q]
[2] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) wolna runda

[Damian]

Los nie był łaskawy dla Hewitta i De Minaura, gdyż w I rundzie zmierzą się już z dwójką turnieju Klaasen/Venus.

[Damian]

TEB BNP PARIBAS ISTANBUL OPEN



MAIN DRAW

[1] Marin Cilic (CRO) wolna runda
Malek Jaziri (TUN) vs [WC] Marsel Ilhan (TUR)
Gerald Melzer (AUT) vs [Q]
[Q] vs [7] Jiri Vesely (CZE)

[3] Andreas Seppi (ITA) wolna runda
Laslo Djere (SRB) vs Denis Istomin (UZB)
[Q] vs [Q]
[WC] Cem Ilkel (TUR) vs [5] Paolo Lorenzi (ITA)

[6] Viktor Troicki (SRB) vs [WC] Bernard Tomic (AUS)
Radu Albot (MDA) vs Rogerio Dutra Silva (BRA)
Taro Daniel (JPN) vs Matteo Berrettini (ITA)
[4] Aljaz Bedene (GBR) wolna runda

[8] Nikołoz Basilaszwili (RUS) vs Jeremy Chardy (FRA)
John Millman (AUS) vs Dusan Lajovic (SRB)
Thomas Fabbiano (ITA) vs Michaił Jużny (RUS)
[2] Damir Dzumhur (BIH) wolna runda

[Damian]

MILLENNIUM ESTORIL OPEN



MAIN DRAW

[1] Kevin Anderson (RSA) wolna runda
[PR] Pablo Andujar (ESP) vs Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE)
Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP) vs Bjorn Fratangelo (USA)
Cameron Norrie (GBR) vs [6] Robin Haase (NED)

[3] Kyle Edmund (GBR) wolna runda
Gastao Elias (POR) vs [WC] Alex De Minaur (AUS)
Gilles Simon (FRA) vs [WC] Pedro Sousa (POR)
Joao Sousa (POR) vs [8] Daniił Miedwiediew (RUS)

[5] Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) vs Federico Delbonis (ARG)
[Q] vs [Q]
Tennys Sandgren (USA) vs Frances Tiafoe (USA)
[4] Gilles Muller (LUX) wolna runda

[7] Leonardo Mayer (ARG) vs Nicolas Jarry (CHI)
[Q] vs [WC] Frederico Ferreira Silva (POR)
[Q] vs Nicolas Kicker (ARG)
[2] Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) wolna runda

[yellowball1992]

Mayer - Klizan w Monachium o 17:00. Dla mnie ciekawie zapowiadajacy sie mecz. Eleven prawie wszystkie mecze z tego turnieju pokaze. Jestem ciekaw czy zobaczymy Klizana z Barcelony, czy tez kolejny raz po dobrym turnieju pojdzie w dol. Jakby nie patrzec Florian u siebie to wymagajacy rywal. Jak to widzicie??

[Barty]

Skoro Klizanowi się chciało przejść eliminacje, to będzie raczej faworytem meczu z Mayerem.

[Damian]

30 Things To Watch In Munich, Istanbul & Estoril

Spoiler:

An executive summary of what every fan should know about the coming week on the ATP World Tour

With the clay-court season well underway, there are three ATP World Tour 250-level events next week. At the BMW Open by FWU, World No. 3 Alexander Zverev will attempt to retain his title and earn the seventh tour-level trophy of his career. The German leads a strong field, with Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut, Argentine Diego Schwartzman and South Korean Hyeon Chung striving for success.

Like Zverev, World No. 4 Marin Cilic is also trying to defend a title, as the top seed leads the field at the TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Open. The Millennium Estoril Open also boasts an impressive line-up with World No. 8 Kevin Anderson and Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta competing as the top two seeds.

View Draw: Munich | Istanbul | Estoril

10 THINGS TO WATCH IN MUNICH

1) The Champ is Here: Alexander Zverev, who turned 21 on 20 April, is already making his fifth appearance in Munich. He’s improved his results each year, from the first round in 2014 and second round in 2015 to the semi-finals in 2016 and the title last year. Zverev has been ranked in the Top 5 each week since 11 September 2017. After winning five ATP World Tour titles last season, he’s seeking his first of 2018.

2) Right at Home: German Philipp Kohlschreiber has earned 30 or more wins and enjoyed Top 50 finishes in the year-end ATP Rankings in each of the past 11 seasons. Kohlschreiber has been especially successful in Germany, where he is 116-61 (.655). The 34-year-old is making his 10th straight showing and 14th appearance overall in Munich. The three-time titlist (2007, 2012, 2016) has reached the final a total of five times.

3) Other Germans: Yannick Hanfmann, Yannick Maden, Maximilian Marterer, Florian Mayer, Jan-Lennard Struff and Mischa Zverev will also represent Germany in their native country. Marterer has had an especially strong season, winning the first seven tour-level matches of his career in 2018, not including his sixth ATP Challenger Tour title at Cherbourg, France.

4) Steady Spaniard: Like Kohlschreiber, No. 2 seed Roberto Bautista Agut is one of the ATP World Tour’s most consistent players. He has earned 40 or more wins and enjoyed Top 25 finishes in the year-end ATP Rankings in each of the past four seasons. Bautista Agut, 30, won the biggest of his eight tour-level titles at Dubai on 3 March.

5) On the Rise: No. 3 seed Diego Schwartzman has achieved a new career-high ATP Ranking 15 times since the start of 2017, peaking at No. 15 on 2 April. Schwartzman did not drop a set en route to his first ATP World Tour 500-level title at Rio de Janeiro on 25 February.

6) Asian Sensation: Hyeon Chung of South Korea is 18-7 this season after ending 2017 by winning the Next Gen ATP Finals title. Chung’s ATP Rankings rise began at 2017 Munich, where he reached his first ATP World Tour semi-final as the World No. 78. He returns to Munich this week as the No. 4 seed.

7) 300 Wins: No. 5 seed Fabio Fognini is one win from 300 at the tour-level for his career. The 2014 Munich finalist bids to become the fourth Italian player to win 300 matches. Retired players Corrado Barazzutti and Adriano Panatta reached the milestone, while Andreas Seppi earned his tour-level victory in 2016.

Monfils in Munich: No. 7 seed Gael Monfils comes back to the ATP World Tour this week. The Frenchman returned from a right knee injury to win his seventh ATP World Tour title at Doha in January. But Monfils, who hurt his back at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event in Indian Wells, has not played since 13 March.

9) Doubles Details: Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo are co-No. 1s in the ATP Doubles Rankings. They are joined in the field by Max Mirnyi and Philipp Oswald, who are 20-8 with three ATP World Tour titles since debuting as a team last August.

10) 39 & Counting: Kohlschreiber faces a stern test in the opening round against 39-year-old Croatian Ivo Karlovic. In Houston, the 6'11" right-hander became the oldest player to advance to an ATP World Tour semi-final since Jimmy Connors at San Francisco in 1993. Kohlschreiber leads their FedEx ATP Head2Head series 3-2.

10 THINGS TO WATCH IN ISTANBUL

1) The Champ is Here: World No. 4 Marin Cilic returns to Istanbul as the No. 1 seed. He took a wild card in 2017 and did not drop a set en route to the title, including victories over this year’s No. 2 seed Damir Dzumhur, last year’s No. 1 seed Milos Raonic and 2016 champion Diego Schwartzman. The Croat has won an ATP World Tour title in 10 straight seasons and is seeking his first championship of 2018.

2) Three’s a Crowd: After reaching finals at Wimbledon and the Australian Open, Cilic achieved a career-high No. 3 in the ATP Rankings on 29 January. Cilic became the 16th World No. 3 since 25 July 2005. Only four players have been in the Top 2 since that date 13 years ago: Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray. Alexander Zverev, who is competing in Munich, is the current World No. 3.

3) Determined Damir: Dzumhur ended 2017 on a 24-7 run, highlighted by his first two ATP World Tour titles at St. Petersburg and Moscow. The Bosnia & Herzegovina native reached the quarter-finals this year in Montpellier and Marseille.

4) Bernie’s Back: Tomic accepted a wild card into Istanbul and is playing at the event for the third straight season. Still only 25 years old, Tomic failed to qualify at the Australian Open and has played only one ATP Challenger Tour match since then. But Tomic has captured three ATP World Tour titles in his career and finished runner-up twice.

5) Italians in Istanbul: Four Italians are competing in Istanbul this week: No. 3 seed Andreas Seppi, No. 5 seed Paolo Lorenzi, 22-year-old Matteo Berrettini and Thomas Fabbiano. Seppi lost to another Italian, Cecchinato, in the Budapest semi-finals on Saturday, his second semi-final of the season.

6) Feet of Clay: No. 4 seed Aljaz Bedene won 16 straight clay-court matches overall in April 2017. He’s back to his best on clay in 2018 with runs to the Buenos Aires final, Rio de Janeiro quarter-finals and Budapest semi-finals. Bedene, who will resume that semi-final against Aussie John Millman on Sunday, is seeking his first ATP World Tour title in Budapest this weekend.

7) 500 Wins Club: Russian veteran Mikhail Youzhny is three tour-level wins from 500 for his career. Youzhny is hoping to join former World No. 1 Yevgeny Kafelnikov (609 victories) as the second Russian player to win at least 500 matches. Youzhny, who turns 36 in June, has captured 10 ATP World Tour titles.

Two Turks: Wild cards Marsel Ilhan and Cem Ilkel will represent Turkey at the TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Open this week. While Ilhan is a former Top 100 player, Ilkel is seeking his first ATP World Tour victory. Ilkel is 0-7 overall at this level, including Istanbul losses in 2015, 2016 and 2017.

9) International Flair: Top seeds Ben McLachlan and Nicholas Monroe lead the doubles field in Istanbul. Born in New Zealand and educated in California, McLachlan represents Japan. The 25-year-old won his first ATP World Tour title at Tokyo last October with countryman Yasutaka Uchiyama.

10) Millman Rising: Millman managed to win just three tour-level matches in 2017 after spending the beginning of the season battling injury. But the Aussie is off to a strong start in 2018, claiming eight tour-level victories thus far as well as triumphing at the ATP Challenger Tour event in Kyoto, Japan. He is tied at a set apiece in the Budapest semi-finals, which will be completed Sunday ahead of the championship match.

10 THINGS TO WATCH IN ESTORIL

1) The Champ is Here: The second-seeded Pablo Carreno Busta is 11-2 at the Millennium Estoril Open and will have appeared at all four editions of the event. He reached the semi-finals in 2015 and the final in 2016 before winning the 2017 title without dropping a set. Following a run to the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami semi-finals, Carreno Busta reached the Barcelona semi-finals before losing to #NextGenATP Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas on Saturday.

2) Greece's #NextGenATP Star: Stefanos Tsitsipas is only 19, but he’s already the highest-ranked Greek in ATP World Tour history. This Monday, the former World No. 1 junior will achieve a new career-high ATP Ranking for the seventh time in 2018. He beat No. 7 Dominic Thiem on Friday for the biggest win of his career before ousting Carreno Busta to advance to his maiden tour-level final, in which he will play World No. 1 Rafael Nadal.

3) Big Foe on the Come Up: #NextGenATP American FrancesTiafoe is 11-6 this season after starting his career 9-29. Tiafoe followed his first semi-final and final with his first title at Delray Beach on 25 February, becoming the youngest American champion on the ATP World Tour since 19-year-old Andy Roddick won at Houston in 2002. Tiafoe earned the first clay-court tour-level win of his career in Houston on 9 April.

4) De Minaur Delivers: #NextGenATP Aussie Alex de Minaur made history on home soil in January with runs to the Brisbane semi-finals and Sydney final. The Aussie, now 19, became the youngest semi-finalist in Brisbane history and the youngest player to reach semi-finals in consecutive weeks since 18-year-old Rafael Nadal in 2005.

5) Elite Eight: No. 1 seed Kevin Anderson is ranked a career-high No. 8 after starting the year 17-5. Anderson has reached three finals in 2018, highlighted by his triumph at the New York Open. He beat Carreno Busta in a third-set tie-break at Indian Wells before losing to him in a third-set tie-break at Miami.

6) Pride of Portugal: Joao Sousa reached a career-high No. 28 in the ATP Rankings in 2016 and is the highest-ranked Portuguese player in ATP World Tour history. The 29-year-old Sousa seeks his maiden victory at the Millennium Estoril Open (0-3).

7) Career Year: No. 3 seed Kyle Edmund reached his first Grand Slam semi-final at the Australian Open, ended Andy Murray’s 12-year reign as the No. 1 Brit in the ATP Rankings on 5 March, then advanced to his first ATP World Tour final at Marrakech earlier this month.

Remarkable Comeback: Andujar used a protected ranking to enter both Marrakech and Estoril after undergoing three right elbow surgeries. As the World No. 355, Andujar won the Marrakech title to become the lowest-ranked champion on the ATP World Tour since No. 550 Lleyton Hewitt triumphed at Adelaide in 1998.

9) Speaking of Hewitt: De Minaur grew up idolizing Hewitt, who is travelling with the teen this season and will play doubles with him this week. Hewitt last played singles at the 2016 Australian Open, but has played doubles with countrymen John Peers, Jordan Thompson and Sam Groth since then.

10) In-Form Chilean: One of the most dangerous unseeded players in the field is Chilean Nicolas Jarry. The 22-year-old had just five tour-level wins prior to this season, but he has earned 14 already in 2018, making his first quarter-final in Quito, semi-final in Rio de Janeiro and final in Sao Paulo.

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[Damian]

Read & Watch: Surf's Up For Sousa & Edmund In Estoril

Spoiler:

Players enjoy lesson with professional surfer
Players competing at the Millennium Estoril Open this week will be sliding on the red clay, battling for a coveted ATP World Tour title. But before the main draw begins, some competitors were sliding around something else — a surfboard.

Portugal’s own Joao Sousa and British No. 1 Kyle Edmund took time out to learn how to catch some waves with a special instructor — world-class surfer Frederico 'Kikas' Morais, ranked No. 14 in the World Surf League.

“It’s not easy to get the time to do this kind of thing normally. It’s a great activity and to be with Frederico, it’s nice,” said Sousa. “He’s one of the greatest in the world. It’s a bit windy, which makes it difficult. But hopefully we’ll have some fun. It’s gonna be tough, but we’ll give our best.”

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The players certainly enjoyed the experience at Carcavelos Beach, even if they might not be joining a professional surfing circuit any time soon.

“He gave us some tips to make it a little bit easier,” Sousa said. “But I’m not sure our physical condition is perfect for this kind of sport.”

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Edmund, who advanced to the Australian Open semi-finals before reaching the championship match in Marrakech, enjoyed his time on the water as well, saying that Morais had the pair practising getting up on the surfboard and settling into their stance.

“I’ve never surfed before, only done stuff like jet skis in the water before. So it’s my first time, but I’ve got no excuses because I’ve got a pretty good instructor,” Edmund said. “I’m pretty good with adventure sports. I like motorbiking, and loved the jet skiing. It’s a bit cold, that’s my only excuse! But I’m excited to give it a go and to try something out of my comfort zone.”

Edmund

To start the day, the pair also played mini tennis at the brand new Nova School of Business and Economics. But after some pre-tournament fun, Edmund is excited to head back to the tennis court, where he looks to maintain the momentum he gained in Marrakech.

“It’s one of my aims, to get my first title. So it was great to reach a first final,” Edmund said of his run in Morocco. “I obviously wanted to go one step further, but the experience will serve me well. The next time I’m in a final, I’ll hopefully be able to use that loss to my benefit.”

It’s an especially important week for Sousa, who is playing in his home country of Portugal.

“It’s always a special week for me, playing at my home and in front of my people,” said Sousa, who made the semi-finals of Marrakech. “It’s been a good season so far and hopefully I can play a good level and play good matches.”

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[yellowball1992]

Tsitsipasa wrabali w plan juz na jutro. To sobie chlop wypoczal po Barcelonie. Andujar dla mnie z tego wzgledu jest faworytem tego meczu.

[Barty]

Raczej nie dają pierwszych rund w 250-tkach w środy, także dzień odpoczynku to max., na co mógł liczyć Grek. I rzeczywiście nie będzie faworytem meczu.

Jutro w Monachium na kortach pojawią się m.in. Kohlschreiber, Fognini i Monfils. Natomiast w Portugalii przełamać na europejskich kortach próbować będzie Nick Jarry.

[no-handed backhand]

Chyba w formie jest Bolelli. Gładko wygrane kwale z dość poważnymi grajkami.

[yellowball1992]

Chyba w formie jest Bolelli. Gładko wygrane kwale z dość poważnymi grajkami.

Zobaczymt jak mu pojdzie z Portugalczykiem, ktory takze dosc pewnie przedzedl kwale. Portugalczyk w zeszlym roku pokonal w Estroil Edmunda i urwal seta Andersonowi.

[no-handed backhand]

Zlałby też pewnie i Gulbisa, gdyby tamten się nie poddał.

[yellowball1992]

Zaimponował mi dziś Tsitsipas. Andujar nie rozegrał wcale złego spotkania, a musiał uznać wyższość Greka w 2 setach. Nie dość, że fizycznie bez najmniejszych problemów, to także mentalnie dobrze wyglądał. Wielu po finale w Barcelonie mogłoby "przygwiazdorzyć", a on przyłożył się do tego spotkania i zaprezentował porównywalny poziom co w Barcelonie. Brawo Stefano! W następnej rundzie czeka "1" turniejowa Kevin Anderson. Ciekawe spotkanie się zapowiada.

A i jeszcze słowo o Casprze Ruud. Podobno Norweg z włoskiego Francavilla do Monachium jechał samochodem po finale challengera. To jest w granicach 1000km. Dziś pewnie pokonał Copila Młode organizmy widocznie szybko regenerują się.

[no-handed backhand]

Nie no, przyjeżdża Tsitsipas po laniu od Rafy i od razu wygrywa z Andujarem w dwóch.
Oj, rozgoni Nadal to całe towarzystwo w Paryżu ze swoją torbą ze sprzętem na ramieniu. Serio, mógłby tak zagrać z rundkę, z jakimś Dutra Da Silvą albo innym Gimeno Traverem.

[no-handed backhand]

A i jeszcze słowo o Casprze Ruud. Podobno Norweg z włoskiego Francavilla do Monachium jechał samochodem po finale challengera.

Prowadził może?

[robpal]

Z takich kursów między turniejami, to mi w pamięć najbardziej zapadł Gilles Muller, który kilka lat temu rano wygrał Rzymie finał Challengera, po czym wsiadł w taksówkę i pojechał na Foro Italico grać kwalifikacje do zaczynającego się dzień później Mastersa