2016 ATP World Tour 250/500 Thread

[Bumpswithagrin]

Groth and Guccione beat Marray and Shamasdin 6-4 6-3 to take out the doubles final in Newport

 

[Hamingja]

What a treat for tennis fans in Newport. Groth and Guccione winning the doubles and Karlovic and Muller in the final for the singles. No doubt the crowd have witnessed some superb baseline rallies this week.

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

Peers and Kontinen win the doubles final in Germany, beating Nestor and Qureshi 7-5 6-3. Some good results for Aussies in doubles this week

 

[PonsfordMagpie]

Results:
German Open (500) - Martin Klizan defeated Pablo Cuevas 6-1 6-4.
Hall of Fame Tennis Championships (250) - Ivo Karlovic defeated Gilles Muller 6-7 7-6 7-6.
Swedish Open (250) - Albert Ramos-Vinolas defeated Fernando Verdasco 6-3 6-4.

This week's tournaments (Week of July 18):

Washington Open (ATP World Tour 500)
Seeded players:
1). John Isner
2). Gael Monfils
3). Bernard Tomic
4). Benoit Paire
5). Steve Johnson
6). Jack Sock
7). Alexander Zverev
8). Sam Querrey
9). Kevin Anderson
10). Viktor Troicki
11). Alexandr Dolgopolov
12). Grigor Dimitrov
13). Ivo Karlovic
14). Gilles Muller
15). Marcos Baghdatis
16). Borna Coric

From the Aussies, Bernard Tomic, John Millman, Jordan Thompson Sam Groth and James Duckworth feature in this tournament.

Swiss Open (ATP World Tour 250)
Seeded players:
1). Feliciano Lopez
2). Gilles Simon
3). Albert Ramos-Vinolas
4). Thomaz Bellucci
5). Guido Pella
6). Fernando Verdasco
7). Mikhail Youzhny
8). Paul-Henri Mathieu

Austrian Open Kitzbuhel (ATP World Tour 250):
Seeded players:
1). Dominic Thiem
2). Philipp Kohlschreiber
3). Marcel Granollers
4). Pablo Lorenzi
5). Lukas Rosol
6). Dusan Lajovic
7). Inigo Cervantes
8). Jan-Lennard Struff

Croatia Open (ATP World Tour 250):
Seeded players:
1). Pablo Cuevas
2). Joao Sousa
3). Jeremy Chardy
4). Fabio Fognini
5). Nicolas Almagro
6). Pablo Carreno Busta
7). Martin Klizan
8). Jiri Vesely

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

Duckworth, Millman and Thompson all through comfortably to the second round in Washington

(Hate tournaments in the US, really awkward time to try and watch any matches )

 

[matt_897]

Good wins by all, beating players they can beat. Ducky especially because he's been having issues getting back on tour after injury (although he now defends what he did last year here).

Millman vs. Baghdatis
Duckworth vs. Isner
Thompson vs. Dolgopolov

Tough 2nd rounds for all, Millman with probably the only hope as he should of beaten Baggy at Wimby last year.

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

Groth lost his first round match against Brian Baker in Washington 6-7 6-7. What is his tie-break record like? Seems like he loses a lot of matches in tie-breakers.

Thompson lost his second round match to Dolgopolov 4-6 6-1 6-7. Good effort by the look of that scoreline.

 

[Dannnnnnnnnn]

Groth lost his first round match against Brian Baker in Washington 6-7 6-7. What is his tie-break record like? Seems like he loses a lot of matches in tie-breakers.

Thompson lost his second round match to Dolgopolov 4-6 6-1 6-7. Good effort by the look of that scoreline.

ATP site's stats section is terrible but in the past 52 weeks Groth has won less than 22.2% of his tiebreakers (the last shown player in tiebreak statistics has won 22.2%). Fairly woeful record for the World's Fastest Server™.

FWIW, Kyrgios is the Aussie leader over the past 52 weeks, winning 60.7% (ranked 14th). Tomic (36.7%; 65th) and Millman (35.0%; 68th) are the only other two in the top 74.

 

[ozgamer]

No Fed or Rafa in Toronto. No surprise.

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

Tomic through in straight sets to the third round in Washington, Duckworth and Millman out in straight sets.

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

Tomic loses in straight sets to Karlovic

 

[PonsfordMagpie]

Results:
Washington Open (500) - Gael Monfils defeated Ivo Karlovic 5-7 7-6 6-4.
Swiss Open (250) - Feliciano Lopez defeated Robin Haase 6-4 7-5.
Austrian Open Kitzbuhel (250) - Paolo Lorenzi defeated Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-3 6-4.
Croatia Open (250) - Fabio Fognini defeated Andrej Martin 6-4 6-1.

 

[PonsfordMagpie]

This week's tournaments (Week of August 1):

Atlanta Tennis Championships (ATP World Tour 250):
Seeded players:
1). John Isner
2). Nick Kyrgios
3). Kevin Anderson
4). Alexandr Dolgopolov
5). Fernando Verdasco
6). Guillermo Garcia-Lopez
7). Donald Young
8). Taylor Fritz

From the Aussies, Nick Kyrgios, Sam Groth and John-Patrick Smith all feature in this tournament.

 

[ozgamer]

Groth one and done in the singles for the 3rd straight tourney (Washington, Toronto (Q), Atlanta)

10-25 for the season and is outside the top 150.

 

[Gigantic]

Kyrgios beats Donaldson 7-6, 6-3

He faces Fernando Verdasco next in the QF

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

Kyrgios beats Donaldson 7-6, 6-3

He faces Fernando Verdasco next in the QF

Can't believe how late in the week that match was!

 

[Gigantic]

And now Kyrgios is in the SF after beating Verdasco.

Must have lost interest in Pokemon Go or something.

 

[Alesana]

And now Kyrgios is in the SF after beating Verdasco.

Must have lost interest in Pokemon Go or something.

He's an emotional kid, heard something this week about Tomljanovic dumping him. Might explain his lack of interest lately

 

[JackNah_8]

i forgot there was a tournament on this week, got distracted with the Olympics.


I see Kyrgios is taking some notes from Federer's game.

FINALLY, Nick Kyrgios has taken a leaf out of Roger Federer’s book.

The 21-year-old won his first match since Wimbledon on Friday, employing a cheeky tactic to get over the top of American Jared Donaldson in straight sets at the Atlanta Open.

As Donaldson served in the second set, the Aussie launched a “sneak attack”, charging the net on the American’s second serve. It is a tactic the Swiss world No.3 made famous during last year’s US Open, bamboozling his opponents with the play dubbed the SABR — Sneak Attack By Roger.

Federer would advance right up to the service line on an opponent’s second serve in an attempt to return the ball on the half-volley. The aim being to disrupt his opponent’s rhythm and either force them into a mistake by hitting the ball deep into the court with a lack of pace, or finish the point off quickly at the net.

http://www.news.com.au/sport/tennis...n/news-story/4b1590672770bbc5ecd641572f15e723

 

[JackNah_8]

Great result for Nick, he has made the finals

Nick Kyrgios has secured his place in his third ATP Tour final by ending the remarkable run of young upstart Yoshihito Nishioka at the Atlanta Open.

Playing in humid conditions, second-seeded Kyrgios blasted 16 aces to win the semi-final match 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 over the 20-year-old Japanese rising star in 96 minutes.

Kyrgios advances to the final where he will face the winner of the other semi-final between top seed John Isner and Reilly Opelka.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-07/kyrgios-topples-nishioka-to-reach-atlanta-final/7698244

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

Kyrgios to play Isner in the final.

 

[PonsfordMagpie]

Would be great to see Kyrgios win his second ATP title in his career.

 

[Gigantic]

Kyrgios plays at 3am. Not sure if I'll stay up to watch that

 

[Alesana]

Hopefully he shows up, could win it if he does. If his mind is elsewhere like it has been it will be a quick match

 

[Warsaw]

* yeah Nick

Post game comments

On ball kids, umpires etc: "I know I give you trouble at times, but you guys did a great job this week and all year really.

On John: "he's probably one of my best friends on tour, I don't have too many friends at the moment..."