T25: Halle, Queen's Club 2018

[Mario]

Minęły dwa tygodnie zabawy na trawie, a Yuki Bhambri (nie sprawdzam pisowni, bo to nieistotne) zdążył już odpalić dwóch next clownów.

Zresztą, jeden z nich miał jak sprawdzałem 62 42, po 15 minutach jest 62 46...

[DUN I LOVE]

Leci Thanasi.

[Lleyton]

Jaka jest historia że Roger nigdy nie zagrał w Queen's? Coś czytałem że kiedyś nie chcieli mu dać WC jak był jeszcze nieznany i bez sukcesów a dostał ją właśnie w Halle. Prawda to?

[Damian]

Z grubej rury jutro zaczynamy w Queen's Club

Na korcie centralnym:
Shapovalov v Muller
Wawrinka v Norrie
Cilic v Verdasco
Clarke v Querrey

Na korcie nr. 1
Donaldson v Tiafoe
Sock v Miedwiediew

[DUN I LOVE]

Jaka jest historia że Roger nigdy nie zagrał w Queen's? Coś czytałem że kiedyś nie chcieli mu dać WC jak był jeszcze nieznany i bez sukcesów a dostał ją właśnie w Halle. Prawda to?

Chyba kulturowo i językowo mu bliżej do Niemiec. Nie ma tu najgorzej.

[Barty]

Damian, Tomic nie dostał SE nigdzie?

[DUN I LOVE]

Przygotowania do kwali na Wimbledonie ruszyły pełną parą.

[Kiefer]

Jaka jest historia że Roger nigdy nie zagrał w Queen's? Coś czytałem że kiedyś nie chcieli mu dać WC jak był jeszcze nieznany i bez sukcesów a dostał ją właśnie w Halle. Prawda to?

Chyba kulturowo i językowo mu bliżej do Niemiec. Nie ma tu najgorzej.

A szkoda, bardziej lubię turniej w Londynie, no i tam lepsza raczej obsada.

[Barty]

Scouting Report: 20 Things To Watch In London & Halle

Spoiler:

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

The best players on the ATP World Tour will lace up their grass-court sneakers this week at one of two ATP World Tour 500-level events. Seven of the Top 10 players in the ATP Rankings will be in action, as will several superstars on the comeback trail.

World No. 5 Marin Cilic is the top seed at the Fever-Tree Championships, held at The Queen’s Club in London, with Andy Murray making his return after missing 11 months. The past five men to lift the trophy are in the field, as are Novak Djokovic and Stan Wawrinka.

In Halle, Roger Federer seeks his 10th trophy against tough competition. The nine-time champion and, as of Monday, the World No. 1, will be tested by three-time ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titlist Alexander Zverev, Roland Garros finalist Dominic Thiem and others at the Gerry Weber Open.

View Draws: London | Halle

10 THINGS TO WATCH AT LONDON/QUEEN’S CLUB
1) Murray’s Return: Murray is set to play talented Australian Nick Kyrgios in the first round in what will be his first match since last year’s Wimbledon quarter-finals on 12 July 2017. The former World No. 1 underwent right hip surgery in January and fell outside the Top 100 of the ATP Rankings last week for the first time since 2005. Murray is 30-6 and boasts a record five titles at the Fever-Tree Championships. READ FEATURE

2) Comeback Trail: Like Murray, Djokovic ended his 2017 season in the Wimbledon quarter-finals. Back from a right elbow injury, Djokovic has shown good form of late, reaching the semi-finals in Rome and the quarter-finals at Roland Garros. He is a wild card entry at the Fever-Tree Championships.


3) Great On Grass: Cilic, the 2012 champion, is the No. 1 seed this week. Last summer, Cilic advanced to his third final at the Fever-Tree Championships and his second of three Grand Slam finals at Wimbledon.


4) London Calling: Like Cilic, 2014 Queen’s Club champion Grigor Dimitrov is seeking his first title of the season. He’s in the right place. Besides winning the Fever-Tree Championships four years ago, Dimitrov captured the Wimbledon boys’ singles title in 2008 and the Nitto ATP Finals trophy last year at The O2.


5) Potential Challengers: Defending champion Feliciano Lopez and 2010 champion Sam Querrey are also seeking their second title at the Fever-Tree Championships. Lopez saved a match point against both Cilic and Tomas Berdych to win the 2017 trophy.

6) Home Favourites: Kyle Edmund plays in England for the first time since becoming the No. 1 Brit on 5 March. He is joined by countrymen Jay Clarke, Daniel Evans and Cameron Norrie. Clarke, 19, will make his ATP World Tour main draw debut, while Evans will play his first tour-level match since 2017 Roland Garros.

7) Next is Now: #NextGenATP players Denis Shapovalov and Frances Tiafoe are also in action. Shapovalov has achieved a career-high ATP Ranking 11 times this season, peaking last week at No. 23. Tiafoe followed his first ATP World Tour title in Delray Beach with his second final in Estoril.

Dangerous Floaters: Murray, Djokovic and former World No. 3s Milos Raonic and Wawrinka are among the unseeded players in the draw. Wawrinka seeks to extend his streak of consecutive years winning a tour-level title to six, while Raonic has shown good form, reaching the final in Stuttgart.

READ DRAW PREVIEW

9) From Paris with Love: Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut are fresh off their triumph at Roland Garros, where they beat The Queen’s Club top seeds Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic. Herbert and Mahut, the No. 3 seeds in London, beat Marah and Pavic for their 12th team title, two of which came at the Fever-Tree Championships.

10) Singles Stars Playing Doubles: Djokovic and Wawrinka always attract attention for their singles play. But the Serbian and Swiss are teaming for the third time after reaching the semi-finals in Beijing five years ago and the Round of 16 in Toronto in 2014. Former No. 1 player in the ATP Rankings, Lleyton Hewitt, is playing with Kyrgios. Dimitrov is partnering Ryan Harrison.

10 THINGS TO WATCH IN HALLE
1) Who’s No. 1?: Federer guaranteed that he will climb to World No. 1 on Monday when he made the final in Stuttgart. But if he hopes to maintain the top spot heading into Wimbledon, the Swiss must triumph in Halle, where he is the defending champion. Otherwise, Rafael Nadal will become No. 1 on 25 June.

2) Grass Great: Federer holds a 168-24 record on grass, which is the surface’s best winning percentage in the Open Era (.875). The Swiss has won more titles at Halle (9) than any other event in his career. Nadal is the only player in the Open Era to reach double-digit titles at a single event with 11 championships each at Monte-Carlo, Barcelona and Roland Garros.

3) Sensational Sascha: Zverev returns to Halle following his first Grand Slam quarter-final at Roland Garros. Earlier this year, the 21-year-old German became the first player since Marin Cilic in 2014 to reach three finals in as many weeks. Zverev won his second Munich title on 6 May and third ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title at Madrid on 13 May before finishing runner-up to Nadal in Rome on 20 May.


4) Dominant Thiem: Zverev’s 34 wins this season are second only to Thiem’s 35. The Austrian ended Zverev’s Roland Garros run en route to his first Grand Slam final. Thiem is 13-11 on grass, although he won the 2016 Stuttgart title after saving two match points against Federer in the semi-finals.


5) Pouille's Push: Lucas Pouille arrives in Halle after reaching the MercedesCup semi-finals. Pouille captured the Montpellier title and reached two other finals during a four-week stretch earlier in the season.

6) German Champions: Philipp Kohlschreiber and Florian Mayer hope to win home titles in Halle for the second time. Kohlschreiber lifted the trophy in 2011, while Mayer edged Zverev for the 2016 championship. Zverev defeated Federer one day earlier in the semi-finals.


7) Kei Climbing: Former World No. 4 Kei Nishikori returns to Halle for the sixth straight year. Nishikori showed that he is returning to form as he continues his comeback from a wrist injury when he reached the final in Monte-Carlo.

Greek's Wins: It took Stefanos Tsitsipas nine tries before he earned the first ATP World Tour win of his career last October at Shanghai. The 19-year-old Greek is already up to 18 wins this season, highlighted by a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Thiem en route to his first final at Barcelona in April. He will play Pouille in the first round.

9) Grass Stalwarts: Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo are the defending champions at the Gerry Weber Open. One year ago, the pair went 14-0 on grass, also triumphing in ‘s-Hertogenbosch and at Wimbledon.

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10) Rising German: One week ago, 17-year-old German Rudolf Molleker earned his first tour-level win in Stuttgart. In May, Molleker became the third player born in the 2000s to earn a trophy on the ATP Challenger Tour, triumphing in Heilbronn, Germany.

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[DUN I LOVE]

A szkoda, bardziej lubię turniej w Londynie, no i tam lepsza raczej obsada.

Ja trochę straciłem serce po zmianie sponsora. Czerwone bandy i reklama Stella Artois to było to.

[kurcaczeudo]

Ciężka przeprawa szykuje się już na starcie dla Murray'a.

[polo90]

Jak Federer wygra z Bedene 2:0 mam 108 zł
Mecze z fergany weszły

[Damian]

Bautista-Agut bez problemów odprawia Struffa, i w następnej rundzie zmierzy się z Haase, który po blisko 2,5h gry pokonał Souse.

Spoiler:

W Queen's swój pojedynek toczy już Shapovalov, a za chwilę do gry wkroczy Nishikori.

E: Set w plecy u Denisa. Szkoda trochę, gdyż wybronił wcześniej 3 bp, ale w najważniejszej akcji wpakował fh w siatkę.

Spoiler:

[DUN I LOVE]

Falstart Shapo na trawie.

[Damian]

Podobnie jak w pierwszym tak i w drugim secie niewymuszonym błędem z fh kończy set i w konsekwencji mecz.

Mecz zacięty, jednak troszeczkę zabrakło. Lux po pierwszym serwisie prawie nie zniszczalny, inna sprawa że return Kanadyjczyka wciąż wymaga dużo poprawy.

Spoiler:

Kei przechodzi dalej.

Spoiler:

[Federasta20]

Stanimal rozpoczął przygotowania do skompletowania karierowego szlema. Wygrał pierwszego seta z Norriem 6-2. Szwajcar zagra też w deblu z... Djokoviciem, z którym toczył niezapomniane boje.

[DUN I LOVE]

Poszedł do przodu Norrie (awans do Top-80), ale widzę, że na swój temat u nas musi jeszcze popracować.

[Federasta20]

Stan pewnie wygrywa, rywalem najprawdopodobniej Querrey, a to niełatwy rywal na trawie.

[Damian]

Zobaczymy ile pociągnie tutaj Szwajcar.

Spoiler:

[polo90]

Poszedł do przodu Norrie (awans do Top-80), ale widzę, że na swój temat u nas musi jeszcze popracować.

DUN A jak Gian Marco Moroni awansuje niedługo do 100 (1Rok- 2 )to będzie miał swój temat na forum ?