T40: Pekin, Tokio 2018

[DUN I LOVE]

Martwił się Paweł o napięty terminarz Thiema, a tymczasem po sukcesie w Metz Dominic nie zagrał jeszcze meczu w Azji i drugi tydzień z rzędu nie ma go w drabinkach turniejowych.

[Barty]

Może to w końcu będzie ten turniej Nishikoriego po 2 latach posuchy? Własna ziemia, halowe warunki też powinny sprzyjać, drabinka korzystna - nic, tylko wygrywać.

[Lleyton]

Zverev, Del Potro On Collision Course In Beijing

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ATP World Tour's 'Asian Swing' continues at the China Open

In 2017, Juan Martin del Potro and Alexander Zverev produced a three-set classic at the Rolex Shanghai Masters. One year later, the Top 5 stars will hope history repeats itself on Chinese soil.

Del Potro and Zverev lead the pack at next week's China Open in Beijing, with plenty at stake for both players in the ATP Race To London. At third and fifth, respectively, the Argentine (4,910 points) and the German (4,365 points) are bidding to make significant statements as they continue their quests to qualify for the Nitto ATP Finals. A final encounter in Beijing could go a long way to determining their fate.

Del Potro will be competing in his first tournament as a 30-year-old when he takes to the National Tennis Centre in the Chinese capital. Fresh off a final run at the US Open, he is making his second appearance at the ATP World Tour 500 event. He opens against Spanish veteran Albert Ramos-Vinolas and could face either Karen Khachanov or Sam Querrey in the second round.

Other seeds in the Tandil native's half of the draw are fourth seed Fabio Fognini, seventh seed Borna Coric and eighth seed Marco Cecchinato. Fognini is playing the best tennis of his career and will be seeking his fourth title of the season on Sunday at the Chengdu Open. His countryman Cecchinato opens against the lone former champion in the draw - Marcos Baghdatis.

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While the ATP Race To London is heating up, the ATP Race To Milan is also nearing a thrilling conclusion. Currently in seventh place, Andrey Rublev is the only contender in the Beijing draw and could face Fognini in the second round. But first, the Next Gen ATP Finals contender will have to navigate a tough opener against Portuguese No. 1 Joao Sousa.

Meanwhile, Zverev faces an equally tricky path in the bottom half. Roberto Bautista Agut awaits in the first round in what will be their fifth FedEx ATP Head2Head encounter (tied 2-2). Chinese teen Wu Yibing is a potential second-round opponent, with third seed Grigor Dimitrov and fifth seed Kyle Edmund also looming large.

One year removed from appearing in his first ATP World Tour event at the Chengdu Open, Yibing is making his tournament debut in Beijing. He remains in search of his first tour-level match win, but will be bolstered by a strong performance against fellow teen Felix Auger-Aliassime this week in Chengdu.

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In other action, Dimitrov is hoping for a late-season surge to keep his hopes of defending his Nitto ATP Finals crown alive. The 2016 finalist in Beijing opens against Ryan Harrison.

Main draw play at the China Open kicks off on Monday.

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[DUN I LOVE]

Namiastka tenisa bez Fab4. W zasadzie cała czołówka gra w Pekinie i Tokio, poza czwórką najlepszych graczy ostatniej dekady.

[Barty]

Scouting Report: 20 Things To Watch In Beijing & Tokyo

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

Nitto ATP Finals contenders Juan Martin del Potro, Alexander Zverev, Marin Cilic, Kevin Anderson and Kei Nishikori, who are all among the Top 10 in the ATP Race To London, feature at ATP World Tour 500 tournaments this week - the China Open in Beijing or the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships 2018.

Last year's finalist Grigor Dimitrov and Chengdu Open runner-up Fabio Fognini will be among the contenders challenging Del Potro and Zverev for the Beijing crown. Diego Schwartzman, Stefanos Tsitsipas and three-time runner-up Milos Raonic compete at the Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, while the traditional venue, the Ariake Colosseum, is being renovated as part of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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10 THINGS TO WATCH IN BEIJING
1) 500 Club: The capital cities of China and Japan are hosting ATP World Tour 500 events this week. At the China Open, Nitto ATP Finals contenders Juan Martin del Potro, Alexander Zverev and Fabio Fognini play for valuable points alongside Next Gen ATP Finals contender Andrey Rublev.

2) Delpo Delivers: Del Potro is playing for the first time since his historic run to the US Open final. En route, the Argentine earned his 10th win over a World No. 1 -- most among players never ranked No. 1 themselves. Del Potro also set a pair of all-time records by reaching his second major final 21 Grand Slam appearances and 35 Grand Slam tournaments after his first at the 2009 US Open.

3) All Eyes on London: Del Potro is third and Zverev is fifth in the ATP Race to London, which means that both would qualify for the Nitto ATP Finals if the season ended today. Zverev is looking to lift the 10th title of his career. The German has until 20 April 2019 to join the likes of Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray among the players to win 10 championships before turning 22.

4) Danger Zone: Reigning Nitto ATP Finals champion and 2016 Beijing finalist Grigor Dimitrov is 17th in the ATP Race to London as of 24 September. With 3,250 points still on the line in 2018, Dimitrov needs a late-season surge to qualify and defend his title at the year-end championships.

5) Career Year: Fognini returned to a career-high No. 13 in the ATP Rankings on 10 September. He is the third Italian on record to win three titles in a season and finished runner-up at Chengdu Open to Bernard Tomic on Sunday. The top Italian is the reigning Sao Paulo, Bastad and Los Cabos champion.

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6) On the Edge: Rublev was the top seed and runner-up at the inaugural Next Gen ATP Finals in 2017. At the moment, he is seventh in the ATP Race to Milan with a 54-point lead on Jaume Munar of Spain. Rublev has lost six straight matches since reaching the Washington semi-finals.

7) Socks Don’t Match: Jack Sock is 6-16 with one quarter-final in singles and 32-10 with five titles in doubles this season. By year’s end, Sock will defend 1,545 of his 1,850 singles ranking points. As of 24 September, the American is 17th in the ATP Rankings and 160th in the ATP Race to London.

One Year Later: Wu Yibing will make his China Open debut as a wild card this week after sweeping the US Open boys’ singles and doubles titles in 2017. Still only 18 years old, Wu broke into the Top 300 of the ATP Rankings on 10 September. He is 0-4 in ATP World Tour matches.

9) The Champ is Here: Wild card Marcos Baghdatis is the only former champion in the China Open field. The Cypriot defeated Mario Ancic for the first of his four ATP World Tour championships at 2006 Beijing. Baghdatis has not played in Beijing or won a tour-level title since the 2010 season.

10) Doubles Race: Six of the Top 14 teams in the ATP Doubles Race to London are on the advance entry list for Beijing, highlighted by the top-ranked tandem of Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic. The Austrian and Croat have qualified for the Nitto ATP Finals, but are just 1-5 in their last six matches.


10 THINGS TO WATCH IN TOKYO
1) 500 Club: The capital cities of Tokyo and Beijing are hosting ATP World Tour 500 events this week. At the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships 2018, two-time champion Kei Nishikori continues his push towards the Nitto ATP Finals alongside fellow ATP Race to London contenders Marin Cilic and Kevin Anderson. Four of the Top 5 #NextGenATP players in the ATP Race to Milan are also playing in Tokyo.

2) Title Drought: Nishikori has won six of his 11 ATP World Tour titles at the 500-level, highlighted by Tokyo in 2012 and 2014. However, the highest-ranked Asian player in ATP history has played 46 tour-level events since his most recent title at 2016 Memphis. Nishikori, the former World No. 4, is 0-7 in his past seven finals, with losses at three ATP Masters 1000s and two ATP World Tour 500s.

3) Belated Birthday: Cilic, a two-time Tokyo semi-finalist, turned 30 on 28 September. His birthday means that no Grand Slam men’s singles champions are currently under the age of 30. Nishikori, who lost to Cilic in the 2014 US Open final, is one of three twenty-something Grand Slam runners-up along with Milos Raonic (2016 Wimbledon) and Dominic Thiem (2018 Roland Garros).

4) On the Edge: Anderson is eighth in the ATP Race to London and would occupy the last spot at the Nitto ATP Finals if the season ended today. The Wimbledon finalist leads No. 9 John Isner by 520 points and No. 10 Nishikori by 885 points with a maximum of 3,250 points still on the line in 2018.

5) Tight Race: Fewer than 1,000 points separate Nos. 2-5 in the ATP Race to Milan. Tokyo players Stefanos Tsitsipas, Denis Shapovalov, Alex de Minaur and Frances Tiafoe are all on pace to qualify for the Next Gen ATP Finals. Of the four, only Shapovalov competed at the inaugural event.

6) Greece Lightning: Tsitsipas broke into the Top 15 in August following a fourth-round run at Wimbledon and four Top 10 wins en route to the Rogers Cup final in Toronto. He is the first Greek to be ranked that high, reach the Round of 16 at a Grand Slam and play for an ATP Masters 1000 championship.

7) Trailblazers: Shapovalov became the youngest semi-finalist in ATP Masters 1000 Madrid history, Tiafoe won the Delray Beach Open title to become the youngest American champion since 2002 and De Minaur achieved a new career-high ranking 16 times in eight months, rising from No. 208 to No. 38.

Curious Kyrgios: Nick Kyrgios won the biggest of his four ATP World Tour titles at 2016 Tokyo. The Aussie opted to play Beijing instead in 2017, losing in the final to Rafael Nadal. Kyrgios returns to Tokyo as the 2016 champion.

9) Wawrinka Rising: Like Kyrgios, Stan Wawrinka is back in Tokyo for the first time since winning the title. The 2015 champion withdrew in 2016 due to a back injury and did not play in 2017 after two left knee surgeries. Wawrinka has risen from No. 263 on 11 June to No. 75 on 24 September.

10) Local Flavour: For the fifth straight year, all three Tokyo wild cards are Japanese. In 2018, they are Istanbul champion Taro Daniel, Shenzhen Open titlist Yoshihito Nishioka and Yuichi Sugita.

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[Damian]

China Open



Plan gier na poniedziałek:

National Tennis Stadium - start o 6:30
[7] Borna Coric (CRO) vs. [WC] Feliciano Lopez (ESP)
WTAx3

Nie przed 13:30:
[WC] Yibing Wu (CHN) vs. [ALT] Malek Jaziri (TUN)

Lotus Court - start o 6:30:
WTA

Nie przed 8:30:
Karen Chaczanow (RUS) vs. Sam Querrey (USA)
[8] Kyle Edmund (GBR) vs. Peter Gojowczyk (GER)

Brad Drewett - start o 6:30:
WTA x2
Andreas Seppi (ITA) vs. Marton Fucsovics (HUN)
[Q] Vasek Pospisil (CAN) vs. [Q] Dusan Lajovic (SRB)

[Damian]

Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships



Plan gier na poniedziałek:

Arena 1 - start o 5:
[6] Milos Raonic (CAN) vs. Adrian Mannarino (FRA)
[7] Hyeon Chung (KOR) vs. Denis Shapovalov (CAN)
[3] Kei Nishikori (JPN) vs. [WC] Yuichi Sugita (JPN)
[4] Diego Schwartzman (ARG) vs. [Q] Daniił Miedwiediew (RUS)

Arena 2 - start o 5:
1. Benoit Paire (FRA) vs. Nicolas Jarry (CHI)
2. Robin Haase (NED) vs. [Q] Yosuke Watanuki (JPN)
3. Steve Johnson vs. [Q] Martin Klizan (SVK)

[Lleyton]

ATP Pekin: Djoković nie przyjął dzikiej karty, del Potro z "jedynką". Kubot i Melo wracają do gry

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Novak Djoković nie zdecydował się na występ w turnieju ATP World Tour 500 na kortach twardych w Pekinie. W chińskiej stolicy z "jedynką" zagra Juan Martin del Potro. W deblu zaprezentują się Łukasz Kubot i Marcelo Melo.
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Judy Murray: Andy desperacko pragnie wrócić, ale nie może się spieszyć

Po rezygnacji kontuzjowanego Rafaela Nadala z obrony tytułu organizatorzy China Open zaoferowali dziką kartę Novakowi Djokoviciowi. Serb zdecydował się jednak spędzić więcej czasu z rodziną i tym samym pokazał, że nie spieszy się z przejęciem pozycji lidera rankingu ATP. "Nole" zostałby nowym numerem jeden, gdyby z powodzeniem wystartował w Pekinie i Szanghaju. Na razie potwierdził, że wybiera się tylko do tego drugiego miasta.

Najwyżej rozstawionym tenisistą w Pekinie będzie tym samym Argentyńczyk Juan Martin del Potro. "Palito" rozpocznie występ w chińskiej stolicy pojedynkiem z Hiszpanem Albertem Ramosem. W jego połówce znaleźli się jeszcze m.in. Chorwat Borna Corić oraz Włosi Fabio Fognini i Marco Cecchinato.

REKLAMA

Z "dwójką" zaprezentuje się w China Open 2018 Niemiec Alexander Zverev. Przeciwnikiem tenisisty z Hamburga będzie na początek Hiszpan Roberto Bautista. W połówce zawodnika naszych zachodnich sąsiadów nie brakuje ciekawych nazwisk. Na jego drodze do finału mogą stanąć m.in. Francuz Gael Monfils, Amerykanin Jack Sock, Bułgar Grigor Dimitrow czy Brytyjczyk Kyle Edmund.

Emocje będą także w turnieju debla, ponieważ ciągle trwa walka o przepustki do Finałów ATP World Tour. Z numerem drugim wystąpią w Pekinie Łukasz Kubot i Marcelo Melo, którzy wrócili do gry o Londyn po finale US Open 2018. Polsko-brazylijska para już w poniedziałek zmierzy się z chińskim duetem Mao-Xin Gong i Ze Zhang. W Pekinie wysoko rozstawieni zostali również Oliver Marach i Mate Pavić oraz Juan Sebastian Cabal i Robert Farah, którzy mają zapewniony występ w kończącym sezon Masters.

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[DUN I LOVE]

Shapovalov wygrał z Chungiem. Bardzo słabo gra Korea po kontuzji. Dobrze, że Chung nie dopuścił do sytuacji, gdzie Denis musiałby serwować na mecz i oddał się gem wcześniej.

[Damian]

Wcześniej dość pewna wygrana Raonica.

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Benoit pomimo, że jedynką trafiał poniżej 50%, także bez straty seta przechodzi dalej.

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Hyeon w tym sezonie chyba dużo więcej już nie zdoła wycisnąć ze swojej gry.

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Haase trochę nieoczekiwanie poległ z 20-letnim reprezentantem gospodarzy.

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[DUN I LOVE]

Ale trefny jest Corić od tego Halle. Dzisiaj przegrał z Lalo, który przypomniał światu, że wciąż jest aktywnym graczem.

[Damian]

Jeszcze Feli po drodze 3 meczbole obronił. Szacun.

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[DUN I LOVE]

Kei zaraz też powinien wyjaśnić Sugitę. 2 dobre finały tutaj obaj rozegrali, teraz obaj czekają po 2,5 roku na tytuł. Może któremuś z nich się poszczęści.

[Damian]

Karen ograł Querreya, choć w gemie na mecz nie obyło się bez nerwowych ruchów. Oby Juan ogarnął, wtedy będzie na co popatrzeć.

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Kei dociagnął, choć potrzebował prawie 1,5 h na to, więc walka pomimo takiego wyniku jednak jakaś była.

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[DUN I LOVE]

W starciu roczników 89 Klizan lepszy od Johnsona.

[Damian]

Po meczu mieli krótką wymianę zdań i chyba niezbyt przyjemną.

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[DUN I LOVE]

No ze Słowakiem, w ferworze walki, trudno o przyjemną rozmowę.

Marton rutynowo wyjaśnił weterana.

[Damian]

Andreas od Wimbledonu ledwie 2 mecze wygrał.

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Edmund pokonuje słabego Gojowczyka.

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E: Ładnie pograł w końcówce Daniił.

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[DUN I LOVE]

Ładnie pograł w końcówce Daniił.

Łady tenis, więc i ładna gra. Prawdopodobnie klepnął Top-30 tym występem Rosjanin.

[no-handed backhand]

Ładnie pograł w końcówce Daniił.

Łady tenis, więc i ładna gra. Prawdopodobnie klepnął Top-30 tym występem Rosjanin.

Bardzo zgrabne porównanie tenisa Daniiła do samochodu.