ATP ATP Tour - 2019

[PonsfordMagpie]

This week's tournaments (Week of February 4):

Open Sud de France (250):

Seeded players:

1. Lucas Pouille
2. David Goffin
3. Denis Shapovalov
4. Gilles Simon
5. Philipp Kohlschreiber
6. Jeremy Chardy
7. Pierre-Hugues Herbert
8. Benoit Paire

Sofia Open (250):

Seeded players:

1. Karen Khachanov
2. Stefanos Tsitsipas
3. Daniil Medvedev
4. Roberto Bautista Agut
5. Nikoloz Basilashvili
6. Fernando Verdasco
7. Gael Monfils
8. Andreas Seppi

From the Aussies, Matthew Ebden features in this tournament.

Cordoba Open (250):

Seeded players:

1. Fabio Fognini
2. Marco Cecchinato
3. Diego Schwartzman
4. Pablo Carreno Busta
5. Nicolas Jarry
6. Malek Jaziri
7. Leonardo Mayer
8. Guido Pella

 

[matt_897]

Ebden was taken to a third set tiebreak to a 17 year old wild, at least he won...

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

Ebden was taken to a third set tiebreak to a 17 year old wild, at least he won...

And now he's got Battista-Agut next for his punishment!

 

[Me Myself and I]

Kyrgios loses first round doubles at the challenger in Dallas. Two tiebreaks then a super one. Isner also playing doubles.

 

[red+black]

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[PonsfordMagpie]

Week of February 4

Open Sud de France (250) - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-4 6-2.
Sofia Open (250) - Daniil Medvedev defeated Marton Fucsovics 6-4 6-3.
Cordoba Open (250) - Juan Igancio Londero defeated Guido Pella 3-6 7-5 6-1.

This week's tournaments (Week of February 11):

Rotterdam Open (500):

Seeded players:

1. Kei Nishikori
2. Karen Khachanov
3. Stefanos Tsitsipas
4. Milos Raonic
5. Daniil Medvedev
6. Lucas Pouille (withdrawn)
7. Roberto Bautista Agut (withdrawn)
8. David Goffin
9. Nikoloz Basilashvili
10. Denis Shapovalov

From the Aussies, Matthew Ebden features in this tournament.

New York Open (250):

Seeded players:

1. John Isner
2. Frances Tiafoe
3. Steve Johnson
4. John Millman
5. Adrian Mannarino
6. Sam Querrey
7. Jordan Thompson
8. Tennys Sandgren

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

Argentina Open (250):

Seeded players:

1. Dominic Thiem
2. Fabio Fognini
3. Marco Cecchinato
4. Diego Schwartzman
5. Joao Sousa
6. Nicolas Jarry
7. Dusan Lajovic
8. Malek Jaziri

 

[matt_897]

Tomic and Thompson won their first round this morning

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

Millman has hit the big time, a bye in round 1

Tomic to play Isner in round 2.

 

[Hamingja]

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I used to have a subscription when it covered both ATP and WTA.

It's gone up in price and now you only get ATP. Bit pricey now. I can live with what's on Foxtel plus Bet365 if I'm desperate for a particular match not covered.

 

[red+black]

More info pls re Bet365

 

[Roobs321]

Londero's run last week was very impressive, interested to see how many clay runs he makes in the next few months.

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

More info pls re Bet365

If you have an account you can watch most matches live via their site. It’s what I use most of the time.

 

[red+black]

I'll check it out. I assume an account just means a login cos I'm not really into sports betting.

 

[Hamingja]

I'll check it out. I assume an account just means a login cos I'm not really into sports betting.

Needs to be funded I think but if you leave only a dollar in it works IIRC. It's not great quality though and the screen size is capped. As I said, I'd only ever use it if I was desperate to see something not on Foxtel.

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

First round loss for Ebden in Rotterdam (against Verdasco), second round win to Thompson in New York.

I'll check it out. I assume an account just means a login cos I'm not really into sports betting.

Yes, as Hamingja said, the account needs to have money in it, don't think you have to actively bet though.

 

[matt_897]

Tomic lost to Isner as well today.

I give Thompson a bit of stick for being crap but he wins the matches he should. 2nd QF this season

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

Millman loses in three

 

[matt_897]

John needs to take advantage of weeks like this, especially before the clay season. Disappointing loss

 

[red+black]

BBC - The Documentary podcast.

Can we fix it? The inside story of match fixing in tennis. (14/02/2019 - 27 mins)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p070s3n4

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

John needs to take advantage of weeks like this, especially before the clay season. Disappointing loss

Yep, definitely should have won that match. He always seems to take a while to get going after a break and maybe he was a bit flat after the DC tie I didn't see it until the first set tiebreaker which Garcia-Lopez won. Then John won the second set 6-1, I think Garcia-Lopez lost concentration after winning the TB, then Garcia-Lopez managed to get a break in the third game and John couldn't get it back before the set was done. He did save three match points though. Meh, his game was just a bit off; balls going just out, some poor decisions on shots etc.

 

[red+black]

Here is a little trivia I had posted elsewhere.

Will anyone ever catch Djokovic? Will Nadal overtake Federer one day? It's currently ~$2.9m/$1.5m USD for a slam final.

60M USD in Career Earnings (Tennis/Golf) (as of Feb 11, 2019)

$128,804,799 - Novak Djokovic
$120,702,428 - Roger Federer
$115,584,657 - Tiger Woods
$104,730,435 - Rafael Nadal
$90,141,284 - Phil Mickelson
$88,575,547 - Serena Williams
$70,971,328 - Vijay Singh
$68,766,709 - Jim Furyk
$61,109,225 - Andy Murray

 

[Hamingja]

Inflation will ensure someone will get there at some stage. I mean that would be the reason Djokovic is top anyway and he is only a few years behind Fed.

 

[pepsi]

Delray Beach next week sees del potro return to the tour, millman to play kyrgios, thompson to play granollers and tomic to play seppi.

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

Will be great to see Del Potro back

 

[matt_897]

Millman vs. Kyrgios haha.... who's counting on the Kyrgios withdrawal?