Argentina Open ATP 250 Clay

[El Dude]

Here's another.

Seeds
1. Kei Nishikori
2. Pablo Cuevas
3. David Ferrer
4. Pablo Carreno Busta
5. Albert Ramos Vinolas
6. Joao Sousa
7. Fabio Fognini
8. Paolo Lorenzi

Day One Results
Federico Delbonis defeated Stephane Robert
Leonardo Mayer defeated Gastao Elias

Holy clay court specialists! Should be competitive.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

What happened to the third Pablo?

 

[isabelle]

Tommy beat the Fog, great for him

 

[herios]

Tommy beat the Fog, great for him

Nice by Tommy. Another Italian next for him, Lorenzi

 

[mrzz]

Brazilian hopeful Thiago Monteiro beats comfortably Quito champion Estrella-Burgos 6x2 6x1.

 

[kskate2]

What is Samurai doing in B.A.? Shouldn't he be vying for guitar #6? uzzled

 

[herios]

Tommy beat the Fog, great for him

Nice by Tommy. Another Italian next for him, Lorenzi

Edit: I made a mistake, Tommy played against Lorenzi in doubles, in singles he will play Monteiro

 

[herios]

What is Samurai doing in B.A.? Shouldn't he be vying for guitar #6? uzzled

I think is a good move from him, he is a good clay court player

 

[kskate2]

What is Samurai doing in B.A.? Shouldn't he be vying for guitar #6? uzzled

I think is a good move from him, he is a good clay court player

You're right, he is good on the dirt. Maybe it shows a real effort to make a run at RG.

 

[isabelle]

Tommy beat Monteiro

 

[herios]

Tommy beat Monteiro

Actually the other way around, Monteiro beat Tommy.

 

[isabelle]

Tommy beat Monteiro

Actually the other way around, Monteiro beat Tommy.

oh sorry, I guess it was Tommy who beat Monteiro....

 

[mrzz]

^Yes, and it is the second quality win from Monteiro in this tournament (first round he beat Estrella-Burgos). I hope he can get past Berlocq, which is a very good clay courter, coming off from some good results and playing at home, and meet Nishikori in the semis. It would be good to assess him against a top 5 player. At least, it will be a very important experience.

 

[herios]

Nishikori will meet Dolgopolov in the final

 

[El Dude]

Who would've thought.

 

[Puppet Master]

Kei, if you're gonna play like a pusher, at least do it right. Hideous performance, but Dolgopolov was fantastic today. Kei is such a perplexing example. The spinny serves, the loopy forehand, excellent movement on the surface, you'd think the guy was built for clay. Although he is a counterpuncher (not a natural clay courter!) and counterpunchers almost always perform best on hard courts because they rely on redirecting the ball and not so much on their own power. He should really look to improve on clay. He is missing out a lot on what could be his best surface. Never made a good run at RG. Last year, if I remember right, he got stomped by Murray.

 

[mrzz]

Full credit do Dolgopolov. He played like a top 10.

 

[isabelle]

congrats to the Dog, hoep he can continue like that, his tennis is great to watch