T24: Stuttgart, 's-Hertogenbosch 2018

[DUN I LOVE]

Mój Bernie.

[Barty]

Forma rośnie, drżyjcie, tuzy trawy.

[DUN I LOVE]

170-160 jest teraz na poziomie ATP Tour/PD/WS.

[Barty]

Na Eleven Sports leci mecz Tsitsipasa, na 5 piłek Grek 4 razy zagrał serve&volley. Będzie to bardziej uniwersalny grajek czy coś w stylu Thiema?

[Rroggerr]

Przecież to już teraz bardziej uniwersalny grajek.

[Barty]

oby tak rzeczywiście było. Wiem, że rywal dziś był słaby, ale to, jak inny styl niż na cegle prezentował Grek, zrobiło na mnie wrażenie. Pewnie też przez podskórną tęsknotę za specjalistami od trawy i s&v.

[Damian]

Trening Nicka z Shapo:

[Barty]

Widzę, że pierwotny plan zachowany, Roger nie przed 15.

[Barty]

Tsitsipas Battles In Den Bosch; Seppi Falls

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Fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas edges his way past John-Patrick Smith on Tuesday at the Libema Open.
Tsitsipas Battles In Den Bosch; Seppi Falls
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Match Report

2018

Stefanos Tsitsipas
Tomic, Ebden pass first tests

#NextGenATP Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas recorded his first tour-level grass-court match win on Tuesday at the Libema Open. The fifth seed defeated lucky loser John-Patrick Smith of Australia 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in one hour and 35 minutes for a place in the second round. Smith replaced Dutch wild card Tallon Griekspoor, who withdrew due to a left leg injury.

"It feels great to be back on grass, I've been waiting for this season for a very long time," said Tsitsipas. "I have had some good memories in the past, winning [Junior] Wimbledon doubles and I am grateful that I had the opportunity to perform today in [front of] such a big crowd on Centre Court and play my best in the second and third sets."

Currently at a career-high No. 37 in the ATP Rankings, 19-year-old Tsitsipas reached his first ATP World Tour final in April at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell (l. to Nadal). He will now play Tunisia’s Malek Jaziri, who overcame Australian qualifier Max Purcell 6-2, 6-3 in 58 minutes.


American wild card Mackenzie McDonald, the winner of the 2016 NCAA Division I singles and doubles titles, caused a big upset in beating eighth seed Andreas Seppi of Italy 6-4, 6-2 over 77 minutes. Seppi won one of his three ATP World Tour trophies on grass courts in June 2011 at the Nature Valley International (d. Tipsarevic). McDonald will now prepare to face Australian qualifier Alex Bolt, a 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-2 victor over Vasek Pospisil of Canada.

Two Australians, qualifier Bernard Tomic and Matthew Ebden, also booked their spots in the second round.

Tomic, the 2011 Wimbledon quarter-finalist, moved past American lucky loser Kevin King 6-4, 6-2 in 73 minutes for his first ATP World Tour match win since October 2017 at the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships (d. Sousa, l. to Schwartzman). Tomic was previously meant to face Marcos Baghdatis, who withdrew due to a left hamstring injury. He will now play sixth-seeded Dutchman Robin Haase.

Ebden knocked out another American lucky loser Tim Smyczek 6-2, 6-3 in one hour, for a second-round clash against third seed Gilles Muller of Luxembourg. Smyczek took the spot of Pierre-Hugues Herbert, who pulled out due to a stomach issue.

Melo Records 450th Doubles Match Win
Marcelo Melo recorded the 450th victory of his career (450-272) in partnership with Lukasz Kubot as the top seeds beat Yuichi Sugita and Donald Young 6-4, 6-2 in 58 minutes. Kubot and Melo are 9-4 in tour-level doubles finals.

Two other seeded teams also advanced to the quarter-finals. Third seeds Dominic Inglot and Franko Skugor knocked out Dutchmen Haase and Wesley Koolhof 6-4, 7-6(4) in 78 minutes, while fourth seed Divij Sharan and Artem Sitak overcame Spaniards David Marrero and Fernando Verdasco 6-3, 6-3 in 57 minutes.

http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/tsi ... 18-tuesday

[Barty]

Istomin Upsets Kohlschreiber In Stuttgart

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Fucsovics, Simon also advance on rain-filled Tuesday in Stuttgart
Only three men advanced to the second round on a rain-interrupted Tuesday in Stuttgart, but that didn't stop an upset from occuring at the MercedesCup.

Denis Istomin snapped a seven-match losing streak at all levels to notch his first win at the event, defeating two-time runner-up Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-6(2), 7-6(3).

The World No. 100 won 77 per cent of service points en route to victory after one hour and 41 minutes in a match that featured no breaks of serve. The 31-year-old improves to 4-2 in his FedEx ATP Head2Head record against the German, who was bidding to record his 16th victory in 30 tour-level matches this season.

Istomin will face another German in the second round after Florian Mayer's victory over countryman Yannick Maden on Monday.


Banque Eric Sturdza Geneva Open champion Marton Fucsovics also advanced in straight sets, beating American qualifier Denis Kudla 6-3, 6-4. Fucsovics, who broke into the Top 50 of the ATP Rankings for the first time last month, dropped just two points behind his first serve throughout the 68-minute contest and saved all five break points he faced.

The Hungarian will meet No. 7 seed Milos Raonic or Diema Xtra Sofia Open champion Mirza Basic in the second round.

Gilles Simon dropped just three games to cruise past Italy's Matteo Viola 6-0, 6-3. The Frenchman converted six of eight break point opportunities to reach the second round after 70 minutes.

As a result of the poor weather in Stuttgart, Wednesday's order of play will provide fans with high-profile entertainment from the first ball to the last. Top seed Roger Federer makes his long-awaited return to the ATP World Tour, while defending champion Lucas Pouille, #NextGenATP Canadian Denis Shapovalov, 2016 Wimbledon finalist Milos Raonic and 2017 Fever-Tree Championships winner Feliciano Lopez are also in action.

Did You Know?
Philipp Kohlschreiber falls to 16-12 at the MercedesCup after his loss to Denis Istomin on Tuesday. The German was making his 13th appearance at the tournament, where he has reached the championship match on two occasions. Kohlschreiber led both finals he played, before falling in three sets to Fabio Fognini in 2013 and Dominic Thiem in 2016.

http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/koh ... 18-tuesday

[Barty]

[jarosword20]

Szapo wtopił pierwszego seta na zielonym, w taju. Oby się spiął na dwa kolejne, bo przegrana z jakimś Hindusem chwały mu nie przyniesie.

[Rroggerr]

Wiem, że czasem przejście na trawę z cegły bywa problematyczne, ale porażka z takim no namem to grubsze WTF

[jarosword20]

Napisałem wcześniejszego posta trochę dla żartu, ale widać Denis potraktował sprawę poważnie i postanowił "zatankować" przed Wimbledonem

[Lucas]

Wielka szkoda, że nie będzie tego meczu Shapo-Federer. Może bym nawet hajlajty obejrzał. Z drugiej strony jeśli Denis poległ z takim rywalem to z RF też by raczej nie zaistniał.

[no-handed backhand]

Ale ten Tomic pcha. W ogóle obaj na razie grają jak dwaj starsi panowie.

[jarosword20]

Właśnie miałem pytać czy w Stuttgarcie mają Hawk Eye, ale mają. Chyba nie każda 250tka to ma?

Naciera Roger jednak na razie Misza dobrze się trzyma i wyciąga woleje ze sznurówek

[Federasta20]

Set dla Niemca, czyżby po 17-0 miało być 0-3?

[jarosword20]

Niewykorzystane okazje się mszczą...

[Barty]

Ostatnie 10 punktów pierwszego seta zgarnął Niemiec. No nie jest to wygodny rywal, jak na pierwszy mecz po przerwie na takiej nawierzchni.