250 Millenium Estoril Open

[herios]

Draw:

http://www.atpworldtour.com/share/event-draws.aspx?year=2015&eventid=7290

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

borna coric is victorious..slapping away seasoned old warrior Jeremy chardy in straights.

 

[isabelle]

Gasquet and De Schepper won

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNeS6mINr9I[/video]

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPUGXzRRIe4[/video]

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

big nick k gets a much needed victory..

lets hope he can be injury free for more than half a match this time round.

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEMEZvusTlI[/video]

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI6RjammjCA[/video]

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akMUT3fMnmM[/video]

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqI2Bsmw0i0[/video]

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

^^tough match..2hr 27m..borna coric into the quarterfinals. top 50 hoving into view.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

big nick k has an odd looking forehand..
but its going to help nudge him into the top10 in a bit so that's ok.

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMTEm5GNLAk[/video]

 

[kskate2]

Reeshard/Nico going at it under the lights in Estoril.

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPbhfj3i_Gk[/video]

 

[herios]

Poor Nico lost in straights. He will need to get his sleeves rolled up big time if he wants to get back on track. He has now fallen to 174 in the rankings.
This was a rough draw for him, to meet Gasquet in the QF in such an event, while in Robredo's bracket who pulled out a player I have never heard about in my life was put as a LL and got a bye in the second round.
Still scratching my head why a player ranked 440 is getting the LL spot, when that is usually given to the highest ranked loser in the qualifications.
Perhaps the Estoril organizers have their own rules.

 

[tented]

Saturday, May 02, 2015

Estadio Millennium Start 1:00 pm

[1] Marc Lopez (ESP) / David Marrero (ESP) v [3] Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL) / Max Mirnyi (BLR)

Not Before 2:50 pm

[7] Nick Kyrgios (AUS) v Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP)

[5] Richard Gasquet (FRA) v Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)

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Court 2 Start 2:00 pm

[2] Treat Huey (PHI) / Scott Lipsky (USA) v Gilles Muller (LUX) / Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Poor Nico lost in straights. He will need to get his sleeves rolled up big time if he wants to get back on track. He has now fallen to 174 in the rankings.
This was a rough draw for him, to meet Gasquet in the QF in such an event, while in Robredo's bracket who pulled out a player I have never heard about in my life was put as a LL and got a bye in the second round.
Still scratching my head why a player ranked 440 is getting the LL spot, when that is usually given to the highest ranked loser in the qualifications.
Perhaps the Estoril organizers have their own rules.

If it is known that LL's services are needed AFTER the quals are over, then the spot goes to
highest ranked loser in the qualifications. If it is know after the quals starts and before the quals ends,
they randomly select one of the losers in the final round. That is why the name is "lucky loser".

This is done to prevent match fixing. The highest ranked guy in the final round of quals has
no longer an incentive (if he is already guaranteed a spot due to somebody pulling out) and
may actually voluntarily lose, especially if by doing so he can make his friend qualify. The
random draw prevents that.

Nico got a freebie (wild card) in Madrid and so he can get some more practice on clay before RG.
But, the Italians won't give him WC and so I expect Nico to play in the week before RG as well
(unless he qualifies in Rome).

 

[herios]

Poor Nico lost in straights. He will need to get his sleeves rolled up big time if he wants to get back on track. He has now fallen to 174 in the rankings.
This was a rough draw for him, to meet Gasquet in the QF in such an event, while in Robredo's bracket who pulled out a player I have never heard about in my life was put as a LL and got a bye in the second round.
Still scratching my head why a player ranked 440 is getting the LL spot, when that is usually given to the highest ranked loser in the qualifications.
Perhaps the Estoril organizers have their own rules.

If it is known that LL's services are needed AFTER the quals are over, then the spot goes to
highest ranked loser in the qualifications. If it is know after the quals starts and before the quals ends,
they randomly select one of the losers in the final round. That is why the name is "lucky loser".

This is done to prevent match fixing. The highest ranked guy in the final round of quals has
no longer an incentive (if he is already guaranteed a spot due to somebody pulling out) and
may actually voluntarily lose, especially if by doing so he can make his friend qualify. The
random draw prevents that.

Thanks GSM for clarifying this to me. Did not know.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

nick kyrgios could storm through the draw and claim his first atp title.

go on tennis gods..let it happen.

..................................................................................so mote it be.