2018 German Tennis Championships, Hamburg, Germany, ATP 500

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DATE: July 23 - 29 2018
SURFACE: Clay
PRIZE MONEY: €1,619,935
FIELD SIZE: 32
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Leonardo Mayer

Seeds:

1 THIEM, Dominic
2 SCHWARTZMAN, Diego
3 CARRENO BUSTA, Pablo
4 DZUMHUR, Damir
5 KOHLSCHREIBER, Philipp
6 CECCHINATO, Marco
7 GASQUET, Richard
8 VERDASCO, Fernando

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The Tournament:

The German Open welcomes 32 top singles players and 16 doubles teams to the summer clay-court event as one of the 13 ATP World Tour 500 stops. The tournament is held in the heart of Hamburg at the Rothenbaum Tennis Center, which features a retractable roof stadium seating 13,200 spectators making it the largest centre court in Germany.

About Hamburg

Hamburg is the second largest city in Germany and the eighth largest city in the European Union. Its population is over 1.7 million people, and the Hamburg Metropolitan Region has more than 5 million inhabitants.

The city is situated on the river Elbe. Hamburg is a transport hub, being the 2nd largest port in Europe, and is an affluent city in Europe. It has become a media and industrial centre, with plants and facilities belonging to Airbus, Blohm + Voss and Aurubis. The radio and television broadcaster Norddeutcher Rundfunk and publishers such as Gruner + Jahr and Spiegel-Verlag are pillars of the important media industry in Hamburg. Hamburg has been an important financial centre for centuries, and is the seat of the world's second oldest bank, Berenberg Bank.

The many streams, rivers and canals are crossed by some 2,500 bridges, more than London, Amsterdam and Venice put together. Hamburg has more bridges inside its city limits than any other city in the world and more canals than Amsterdam and Venice combined.

Hamburg is the birthplace of Johannes Brahms, who spent his formative early years in the city, and the birthplace and home of the famous waltz composer Oscar Fetras, who wrote the well-known "Mondnacht auf der Alster" waltz.

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Not sure why Thiem is throwing in for one more clay tournament, but he'd better not blow it, if he's looking to gain some steam. And it doesn't look like an easy draw.
 

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Not sure why Thiem is throwing in for one more clay tournament, but he'd better not blow it, if he's looking to gain some steam. And it doesn't look like an easy draw.

It makes sense for Thiem to play in this tourney due to many reasons.

1. He is good on clay.
2. He lost early in Wimbledon, might want to find his mojo again. This is a good place before life becomes hard (pun intended).
3. Less distance.
 
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Not sure why Thiem is throwing in for one more clay tournament, but he'd better not blow it, if he's looking to gain some steam. And it doesn't look like an easy draw.
He is pedestrian on HC and he knows it. This is an opportunity for him to grab some easy points to stay in the top 8.
 
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.. 1st Round ..
1-Dominic Thiem (AUT) beat Corentin Moutet (FRA) 6-4 6-2
John Millman (AUS) beat Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) 7-5 6-3
Nicolas Jarry (CHI) beat Peter Gojowczyk (GER) 6-1 6-2
7-Richard Gasquet (FRA) beat Benoit Paire (FRA) 7-5 6-3
Aljaz Bedene (SLO) beat Henri Laaksonen (SUI) 6-3 1-6 6-4
Pablo Cuevas (URU) beat Marton Fucsovics (HUN) 6-3 6-2
Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO) beat 5-Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-5 1-6 6-4
8-Fernando Verdasco (ESP) beat Dusan Lajovic (SRB) 6-3 4-6 7-6(5)
Thiago Monteiro (BRA) beat Gilles Simon (FRA) 7-6(2) 6-2
Gael Monfils (FRA) beat 6-Marco Cecchinato (ITA) 6-4 3-6 6-4
 

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.. 2nd Round ..

Thiago Monteiro (BRA) beat 8-Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 3-6 6-2 7-5
Jozef Kovalik (SVK) beat Rudolf Molleker (GER) 6-4 6-0
Leonardo Mayer (ARG) beat Gael Monfils (FRA) 6-1 7-5
2-Diego Schwartzman (ARG) beat Daniel Masur (GER) 6-2 6-2

Mayer takes out Monfils:



Monteiro takes out Verdasco



Kovalik:

 

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Thursday Order of Play


Pablo CUEVAS (URU) vs [Q] Nikoloz BASILASHVILI (GEO)
Pablo CARRENO BUSTA (ESP) vs vs Aljaz BEDENE (SLO)
Dominic THIEM (AUT) [1] vs John MILLMAN (AUS)
 

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2nd Round

1-Dominic Thiem (AUT) beat John Millman (AUS) 6-2 6-2
Nicolas Jarry (CHI) beat 7-Richard Gasquet (FRA) (Walkover)
3-Pablo Carreno Busta beat Aljaz Bedene (SLO) 6-2 (Retired)
Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO) beat Pablo Cuevas (URU) 7-6(6) 6-4







Withdrawal from Gasquet and Bedene retires.


Friday Quarter Finals:

(LL) Thiago Monteiro v (Q) Jozef Kovalik
Leonardo Mayer v (2) Diego Schwartzman
(1) Dominic Thiem v Nicolas Jarry
(3) Pablo Carreno Busta v Nikoloz Basilashvili

Mayer/Schwartzman is the match of the day for me.
 

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A little late on this, but I noticed this kid, Mollecker. He's like, 17? Is he on the radar?
 

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This week in Hamburg we can witness the break out of Jozef Kovalik from Slovakia, currently ranked 117 and never been higher than 109.
He made the SF therefore he will advance well into the top 100.
 

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N. Jarry has some monster shots.