Budapest - 250 Clay

[herios]

Seeds:

1. L. Pouille
2. D. Dzumhur
3. R. Gasquet
4. D. Shapovalov
5. A. Bedene
6. M. Fucsovics
7. J. Struff
8. A. Seppi

 

[Moxie]

I voted for Gasquet winning it. He's been on-form of late.

 

[britbox]

The Draw for Budapest:

 

[britbox]

1st Round ..

Maximilian Marterer (GER) beat Viktor Troicki (SRB) 3-6 6-4 6-4
Yannick Maden (GER) beat 6-Marton Fucsovics (HUN) 4-6 6-3 6-2
Matteo Berrettini (ITA) beat Attila Balazs (HUN) 6-4 3-6 7-6(4)
8-Andreas Seppi (ITA) beat Thomas Fabbiano (ITA) 4-6 7-5 6-3
Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO) beat Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) 6-4 6-2
7-Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) beat Jurgen Zopp (EST) 2-6 6-4 7-5
Alexander Bublik (RUS) beat Denis Istomin (UZB) 6-7(6) 7-6(5) 7-5

 

[herios]

Gasquet upset by an Italian player Soreno.

 

[Moxie]

I picked Gasquet to win the whole thing. I never even heard of Soreno.

 

[herios]

I picked Gasquet to win the whole thing. I never even heard of Soreno.

Neither did I, although by now I have heard of most of the players ranked in the 100-200 range. Soreno completely escaped my radar.

 

[Moxie]

He's #159, but so unknown the ATP doesn't even have a height listed for him. And he's from Torino...I lived there for a while. I like him already. (Even if he did mess up my draw.)

 

[herios]

He's #159, but so unknown the ATP doesn't even have a height listed for him. And he's from Torino...I lived there for a while. I like him already. (Even if he did mess up my draw.)

I like his name too. My phone initially auto corrected it to Sorento

Jeez, his name is Sonego, I misspelled him.

 

[Moxie]

I like his name too. My phone initially auto corrected it to Sorento

I think it's "Sonego," which is unusual. I like Sorrento better.

 

[Horsa]

If you don't mind me butting in, I think the reason why you like Sorrento better is because it probably reminds you of a past holiday you had & loved. I don't know but know that sometimes when people have preferences towards a word it's caused by good memories though sometimes it's the word itself. I just put 2 & 2 together & surmised that because it's a popular holiday destination which some people love that that was the reason for your preference. (I don't personally know what it's like as I've never been).

I think it's "Sonego," which is unusual. I like Sorrento better.

 

[Moxie]

If you don't mind me butting in, I think the reason why you like Sorrento better is because it probably reminds you of a past holiday you had & loved. I don't know but know that sometimes when people have preferences towards a word it's caused by good memories though sometimes it's the word itself. I just put 2 & 2 together & surmised that because it's a popular holiday destination which some people love that that was the reason for your preference. (I don't personally know what it's like as I've never been).

It's sort of that...Sorrento is a beautiful town on the Amalfi coast. It also just sounds better in Italian. It trills, while "Sonego" plods, a bit. Nothing against the man or his ancestors, mind you.

 

[Moxie]

I looked it up. It is pretty uncommon, and is heavily concentrated in the Veneto, which is the region that includes Venice. That makes sense...they have some pretty unique surnames. It's also likely very old.

OK...sorry to diverge. He's pretty young, this Lorenzo Sonego. Turning 23 in a few weeks. Maybe we'll hear more out of him.

 

[Horsa]

It's sort of that...Sorrento is a beautiful town on the Amalfi coast. It also just sounds better in Italian. It trills, while "Sonego" plods, a bit. Nothing against the man or his ancestors, mind you.

I don't know. The only Italian I know is "Buongiorno! Un caffe latte y una pizza margherita per favore, grazie. Ciao!" I know some words just sound better than others though. :0)

 

[herios]

Shapovalov lost today to Basilashvili.
Not good.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Shapovalov lost today to Basilashvili.
Not good.

Shap does not like to get dirty much, me thinks.

 

[herios]

Shap does not like to get dirty much, me thinks.

I think so too. So far this season, he is losing on clay to lower ranked players .

 

[herios]

No top 50 ranked player left on this event

 

[isabelle]

Pouille lost too

 

[herios]

Lots of Italians in the running here .