2015 St. Petersburg Open 250 (Russia)

[Kirijax]

Name: St. Petersburg Open
Category: ATP World Tour 250
Place: St. Petersburg, Russia
Date: 21.09.2015-27.09.2015
Draw Size: S-28 D-16
Surface: Indoor Hard
Defending Champion: Ernests Gulbis (2013 Champion, No tournament held in 2014)

Tournament Central
Draw: Singles / Doubles

Seeds:
1. Tomas Berdych (5) (lost in 2nd round)
2. Milos Raonic (9) CHAMPION
3. Dominic Thiem (20) (lost in semifinals)
4. Roberto Bautista Agut (22) (lost in semifinals)
5. Tommy Robredo (27) (lost in quarterfinals)
6. Benoit Paire (32) (retired in 1st round)
7. Joao Sousa (48) (lost in final)
8. Mikhail Kukushkin (49) (lost in 1st round)

 

[isabelle]

Bagman beat Gulbis

 

[bajana]

^^ something doesn't seem right with the W/UE stats though - 1 single winner for Bag and 9 for Gulbis, and about 100000 UE's between the two of them? Weird

 

[kskate2]

Order of Play & Scores for Tuesday, September 22:

CENTRE COURT STARTS AT 12:00 NOON
1ST RD

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Marcos Baghdatis d Ernests Gulbis 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
(WC) Evgeny Donskoy d (Q) Alexandre Sidorenko 6-2, 6-4
Jerzy Janowicz d (6) Benoit Paire 6-4, 3-0 (ret'd)

NOT BEFORE 6:30 PM
(5) Tommy Robredo d (WC) Mikhail Youzhny 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
Aliaksandr Bury/Denis Istomin d Andreas Haider-Maurer/Igor Zelenay 4-6, 7-6(2), 10-8

COURT 1 STARTS AT 2:00 PM
1ST RD

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(3) Mariusz Fyrstenberg/Santiago Gonzalez d Daniel Gimeno-Traver/Marcel Granollers 6-3, 3-6 10-7
Ricardas Berankis/Teymuraz Gabashvili d Marcos Baghdatis/Thanasi Kokkinakis 1-6, 7-5, 10-4

NOT BEFORE 6:00 PM / AFTER SUITABLE REST
(2) Julian Knowle/Alexander Peya d Radu Albot/Benoit Paire 6-2, 6-1

 

[kskate2]

Order of Play & Scores for Wednesday, September 23:

CENTRE COURT STARTS AT 12:00 NOON

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1ST RD Marcel Granollers d Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-3, 6-3
1ST RD Teymuraz Gabashvili d (Q) Yaraslav Shyla 6-2, 6-2
1ST RD Simone Bolelli d (WC) Andrey Rublev 4-6, 6-3, 6-1

NOT BEFORE 6:30 PM
2ND RD (3) Dominic Thiem d Andreas Haider-Maurer 6-2. 7-6(2)
1ST RD (WC) Andrey Rublev/Mikhail Youzhny d (WC) Evgeny Donskoy/Konstantin Kravchuk 6-3, 2-6, 10-5


COURT 1 STARTS AT 12:00 NOON

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1ST RD Lucas Pouille d Ricardas Berankis 7-6(9), 3-6, 7-6(4)
1ST RD (7) Joao Sousa d (Q) Radu Albot 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
1ST RD Denis Istomin d (8) Mikhail Kukushkin 7-6(4), 2-6, 6-2
1ST RD Benjamin Becker d (Q) Andrey Golubev 6-4, 1-6, 6-4

NOT BEFORE 6:00 PM
1ST RD (4) Philipp Oswald/Adil Shamasdin d Sergey Betov/Mikhail Elgin 7-6(6), 2-6, 10-5

 

[Front242]

^^ something doesn't seem right with the W/UE stats though - 1 single winner for Bag and 9 for Gulbis, and about 100000 UE's between the two of them? Weird

Bag dropped dead from hamburger overdose and Gulbis was off his head on XTC, party animal that he is.

 

[I.Haychew]

I hate to say it, but Dr. Y may want to think about retiring.

 

[Denis]

I hate to say it, but Dr. Y may want to think about retiring.

I thought that match against Robredo was part of the champions tour already. Guess I was wrong.

 

[kskate2]

Order of Play & Scores for Thursday, September 24:

CENTRE COURT STARTS AT 12:00 PM

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2ND RD (4) Roberto Bautista Agut d Teymuraz Gabashvili 6-3, 5-7, 7-5
2ND RD (5) Tommy Robredo d Marcos Baghdatis 7-6(5), 6-1
2ND RD (2) Milos Raonic d (WC) Evgeny Donskoy 6-4, 6-4

NOT BEFORE 6:30 PM
2ND RD Simone Bolelli d (1) Tomas Berdych 7-6(5), 6-4

NOT BEFORE 7:30 PM
1ST RD Rameez Junaid/Nicholas Monroe d Jonathan Erlich/Colin Fleming 4-6, 7-5, 10-8


COURT 1 STARTS AT 1:00 PM

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2ND RD Lucas Pouille d Jerzy Janowicz 7-6(8), 7-6(1)

NOT BEFORE 3:00 PM
2ND RD Denis Istomin d Benjamin Becker 2-6, 7-6(5), 6-4

NOT BEFORE 4:30 PM / POSSIBLE COURT CHANGE
QF (2) Julian Knowle/Alexander Peya d Ricardas Berankis/Teymuraz Gabashvili 7-6(1), 7-6(1)
2ND RD (7) Joao Sousa d Marcel Granollers 6-3, 6-3

 

[herios]

Simone Bolleli upset Tomas Berdych

 

[Kirijax]

Simone Bolleli upset Tomas Berdych

Berdych has pretty much disappeared since Monte Carlo. Marriage agrees with him too much maybe.

 

[kskate2]

Order of Play & Scores for QF Friday, September 25:

CENTRE COURT STARTS AT 1:00 PM

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(3) Dominic Thiem d Denis Istomin 6-2, 7-5

NOT BEFORE 3:00 PM
(7) Joao Sousa d Simone Bolelli 7-6(7), 7-6(1)
(4) Roberto Bautista Agut d Lucas Pouille 6-2, 6-3

NOT BEFORE 6:30 PM
(2) Milos Raonic d (5) Tommy Robredo 6-1, 6-2
(1) Treat Huey/Henri Kontinen vs Rameez Junaid/Nicholas Monroe 4-6, 7-6(4), 10-5

COURT 1 STARTS AT 3:00 PM / AFTER SUITABLE REST

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Aliaksandr Bury/Denis Istomin d (4) Philipp Oswald/Adil Shamasdin 3-6, 6-3, 13-11

 

[isabelle]

Thiem is in semi

 

[herios]

Thiem is in semi

So are Souza, Raonic and Bautista Agut. All winners in two sets

 

[Kirijax]

Friday's Results!

Quarterfinals
(2) M Raonic (CAN) bt (5) T Robredo (ESP) 6-1, 6-2
(3) D Thiem (AUT) bt D Istomin (UZB) 6-2, 7-5
(4) R Bautista-Agut (SPA) bt L Pouille (FRA) 6-2, 6-3
(7) J Sousa (POR) bt S Bolelli (ITA) 7-6(7), 7-6(1)

Semifinals:

Raonic vs. Bautista-Agut
Thiem vs. Sousa

A Raonic-Thiem final would be interesting to see!

 

[Carol]

I think a Bautista- Thiem final would be more interesting

 

[kskate2]

Order of Play & Scores for Saturday, September 26:

Centre Court Starts at 2:00 pm

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SF (7) Joao Sousa d (3) Dominic Thiem 6-4, 7-6(5)

Not Before 3:30 pm
SF (2) Milos Raonic d (4) Roberto Bautista Agut 6-2, 7-6(2)
SF (2) Julian Knowle/Alexander Peya d (WC) Andrey Rublev/Mikhail Youzhny 6-4, 6-2

Court 1 Starts at 4:00 pm

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SF (1) Treat Huey/Henri Kontinen d Aliaksandr Bury/Denis Istomin 6-3, 7-5

 

[Kirijax]

Sousa upsets Thiem 6-4, 7-6(5) and advances to the final! Raonic leads RBA 6-2, 4-3.

 

[Kirijax]

Raonic wins 6-2, 7-6(2) and advances to the final!

Raonic leads the H2H 2-0. The No. 53 Sousa will be going for his 2nd career title. Raonic will be trying for his 7th career title.

 

[kskate2]

Order of Play & Scores for Finals Sunday, September 27:

CENTRE COURT STARTS AT 2:00 PM

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(1) Treat Huey/Henri Kontinen vs (2) Julian Knowle/Alexander Peya

NOT BEFORE 4:00 PM
(7) Joao Sousa vs (2) Milos Raonic