Aegon Open, Nottingham, UK, ATP 250

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DATE: Jun 19 - Jun 26 2016
SURFACE: Grass
PRIZE MONEY: €648,255
FIELD SIZE: 48
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Denis Istomin

Seeds:

1. K. Anderson
2. P. Cuevas
3. J. Sousa
4. A.Dolgopolov
5. S.Querrey
6. S.Johnson
7. A.Seppi
8. G.Muller
9. M.Baghdatis
10. P. Carreno Busta
11. V. Pospisil
12. P.Lorenzi
13. G.Pella
14. F.Verdasco
15. M.Kukushkin
16. R.Berankis

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The Tournament:

The Nottingham Tennis Centre is host to the Aegon Open. The event was formerly held in Eastbourne before returning to Nottingham in 2015 after a seven year interval. Alexandr Dolgopolov, Sam Querrey and Steve Johnson will be among the candidates for the title.


The Players:

Top seed Kevin Anderson heads up a large field of 48 players with just one week remaining until the Wimbledon championships.



About Nottingham

Nottingham is a city in Nottinghamshire, England, 30 miles south of Sheffield and 30 miles north of Leicester. Nottingham has links to the legend of Robin Hood and to the lace-making. Nottingham had an estimated population of 310,000 with the wider urban area, which includes many of the city's suburbs, having a population of 729,977. Its urban area is the largest in the East Midlands and the second largest in the Midlands.

In Anglo-Saxon times the area was part of the Kingdom of Mercia, and was known in the Brythonic language as Tigguo Cobauc, meaning Place of Caves (known also as "City of Caves").


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Results from the Nottingham Open Men's Singles Round 1 matches on Sunday

Daniel Evans (Britain) beat Liam Broady (Britain) 3-6 6-2 7-6(6)
Evgeny Donskoy (Russia) beat Denis Kudla (U.S.) 6-4 6-4
Adrian Mannarino (France) beat Taylor Fritz (U.S.) 6-3 6-2


Early exit for Taylor Fritz

Rain interrupted most of the day's play.
 

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Results from the Nottingham Open Men's Singles matches on Monday

Round 1
Frank Dancevic (Canada) beat Alexander Ward (Britain) 7-6(3) 6-7(3) 6-2
Ivan Dodig (Croatia) beat Julien Benneteau (France) 6-2 6-3
Kyle Edmund (Britain) beat Lukas Rosol (Czech Republic) 6-4 6-3
Victor Estrella (Dominican Republic) beat Rajeev Ram (U.S.) 7-6(7) 6-7(4) 6-2
Jiri Vesely (Czech Republic) beat Horacio Zeballos (Argentina) 6-4 6-3
Stephane Robert (France) beat Brydan Klein (Britain) 7-5 6-4
Malek Jaziri (Tunisia) beat James Ward (Britain) 6-1 3-6 6-4
John Millman (Australia) beat Thomaz Bellucci (Brazil) 7-6(4) 2-6 6-2
Dudi Sela (Israel) beat Jan Hernych (Czech Republic) 4-6 6-3 6-2
Benjamin Becker (Germany) beat Jordan Thompson (Australia) 6-2 2-6 6-4
Ernesto Escobedo (U.S.) beat Diego Schwartzman (Argentina) 6-0 6-3
Mikhail Youzhny (Russia) beat Teymuraz Gabashvili (Russia) 4-6 6-3 6-3
 

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Both the Wards out for Britain but a solid win by nextgen Kyle Edmund over Lukas Rosol in straight sets.

 

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Nice field, considering that Wimbledon is just around the corner. Good win for Edmund over a quality opponent.
 

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Querrey and Bagman won
 
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30yr old Pablo cuevas won his 3rd match ever on grass at atp tour level.
 

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Results from the Nottingham Open Men's Singles matches on Tuesday

Round 2
2-Pablo Cuevas (Uruguay) beat Stephane Robert (France) 6-4 7-6(3)
1-Kevin Anderson (South Africa) beat Ivan Dodig (Croatia) 6-3 6-7(5) 6-3
6-Steve Johnson (U.S.) beat John Millman (Australia) 6-2 6-2
Daniel Evans (Britain) beat 16-Ricardas Berankis (Lithuania) 2-6 7-6(3) 6-2
11-Vasek Pospisil (Canada) beat Damir Dzumhur (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 6-1 6-4
Frank Dancevic (Canada) beat 15-Mikhail Kukushkin (Kazakhstan) 4-6 7-6(4) 7-6(2)
4-Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukraine) beat Kyle Edmund (Britain) 6-4 7-6(5)
7-Andreas Seppi (Italy) beat Malek Jaziri (Tunisia) 7-5 6-3
14-Fernando Verdasco (Spain) beat Victor Estrella (Dominican Republic) 6-1 4-6 6-3
Mikhail Youzhny (Russia) beat 10-Pablo Carreno (Spain) 6-1 6-4
Adrian Mannarino (France) beat 12-Paolo Lorenzi (Italy) 6-2 6-2
9-Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus) beat Evgeny Donskoy (Russia) 7-5 6-2
8-Gilles Muller (Luxembourg) beat Jiri Vesely (Czech Republic) 7-6(2) 6-2
Benjamin Becker (Germany) beat 13-Guido Pella (Argentina) 3-6 6-1 6-3
Dudi Sela (Israel) beat 3-Joao Sousa (Portugal) 6-3 7-6(3)
5-Sam Querrey (U.S.) beat Ernesto Escobedo (U.S.) 6-4 6-4

Round 1
Damir Dzumhur (Bosnia and Herzegovina) beat Denis Istomin (Uzbekistan) 1-6 7-6(4) 6-4
 

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A big field too... should see some good tennis.

When do you find time for all?:-)2

So many seeded players.

3 rd to be played tomorrow:

Querrey vs Baghdatis
Evans vs Cuevas
Muller vs Youzhny
Anderson vs Verdasco
Mannarino vs Seppi
Sela vs Becker
Dancevic vs Dolgopolov
Pospisil vs Johnson
 
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I was sort of expecting dan evans to win against Pablo clayvas..I thought he was better on atp250/challenger grass than he is. unless I mixed him up with someone else.

Cuevas this week has doubled his career grass wins to 4. scarey.
 

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Results from the Nottingham Open Men's Singles Round 3 matches on Wednesday

1-Kevin Anderson (South Africa) beat 14-Fernando Verdasco (Spain) 6-3 7-6(6)
8-Gilles Muller (Luxembourg) beat Mikhail Youzhny (Russia) 6-7(4) 7-6(4) 6-3
6-Steve Johnson (U.S.) beat 11-Vasek Pospisil (Canada) 7-6(4) 7-6(1)
2-Pablo Cuevas (Uruguay) beat Daniel Evans (Britain) 6-7(4) 7-6(5) 6-4
4-Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukraine) beat Frank Dancevic (Canada) 6-3 7-5
Dudi Sela (Israel) beat Benjamin Becker (Germany) 6-3 2-6 6-4
9-Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus) beat 5-Sam Querrey (U.S.) 1-6 7-6(8) 6-4
7-Andreas Seppi (Italy) beat Adrian Mannarino (France) 6-2 6-3
 

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^^ Me too. Looks like that Superman suit helps him.:D

Most of the top seeds are through to the quarters. The schedule of play for tomorrow:

CENTRE COURT Starts at 12:00 noon
QF (8) Gilles Muller VS (4) Alexandr Dolgopolov
Followed By
QF (9) Marcos Baghdatis VS (2) Pablo Cuevas
Followed By
QF Dudi Sela VS (7) Andreas Seppi
Followed By
QF (1) Kevin Anderson VS (6) Steve Johnson

I'll go with Muller, Baghdatis, Seppi and Anderson.

 
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Hope Bagman can qualify for semis
 

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grass beast cuevas is unstoppable..career grass wins go from 2 to 5 this week

. its a quiet week atp250 so I don't think the top blokes at wimby will be quivering with fear just yet.