Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, UAE, ATP 500

[Billie]

DATE: 22 Feb 2016 - 27 Feb 2016
SURFACE: HARD
PRIZE MONEY: $2,249,215
FIELD SIZE: 32
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Roger Federer

Seeds:

1 Novak Djokovic
2 Stan Wawrinka
3 Tomas Berdych
4 Roberto Bautista Agut
5 Viktor Troicki
6 Feliciano Lopez
7 Martin Klizan
8 Philipp Kohlschreiber



Verghese_20120303__VER7578 by Charles Verghese, on Flickr

About Dubai:

Dubai is a city in the United Arab Emirates known for luxury shopping, ultramodern architecture and a lively nightlife scene. Burj Khalifa, an 830m-tall tower, dominates the skyscraper-filled skyline. At its foot lies Dubai Fountain, with jets and lights choreographed to music. On man-made islands just offshore is Atlantis, the Palm, a resort with water and marine-animal parks.

 

[britbox]

The Draw:

 

[Mastoor]

The draw is easy for No1e. Kyrgios, Berdych and Wawrinka are all in the same half.

 

[britbox]

Tie of the first round must be Nick Kyrgios v Martin Klizan... both in good form.

 

[britbox]

Who's going to topple Nole here? Stan?

 

[masterclass]

Almost half way through his 34th year, Feliciano Lopez has a small chance if they reach each other.
He must blitz Nole with backhand slices, a solid first serve and a strong forehand and win in 2 sets. Nole won't tire.
I give Feli about a 10% chance to win, and a 40% chance to take a set on this surface if it is still medium-fast.

Respectfully,
masterclass

 

[Denis]

Lol @britbox for the little map of the Middle East. Cousy surroundings for Nole and friends.

 

[Denis]

Chung beats Seppi. Good win, faces Batista or bollelli next.

 

[britbox]

Lol @britbox for the little map of the Middle East. Cousy surroundings for Nole and friends.

Lol, you have @Billie to thank for that.

 

[Billie]

The map is too big?:whistle:

Good job by Nole. Here are the rest of the results for day 1:

Round of 32
(1) Novak Djokovic Defeats Tommy Robredo 61 62
Marcos Baghdatis Defeats (5) Viktor Troicki 762 62
(6) Feliciano Lopez Defeats Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 61 46 64
Hyeon Chung Defeats Andreas Seppi 63 64
(WC) Malek Jaziri Defeats (Q) Mikhail Youzhny 64 61
Vasek Pospisil Defeats (Q) Lucas Pouille 63 57 64

Too bad for Seppi, but good for Chung!!

 

[britbox]

Coric navigates his first rounder... looked like he was going to choke it up at one stage..



I've got a few doubts about Coric and Chung developing into elite players- largely because I believe Kyrgios and Zverev have higher ceilings... quite a bit higher from what I've seen.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

borna wins..didn't see it, but good news anyway,

 

[isabelle]

Who's going to topple Nole here? Stan?

Not Tommy R for sure !!

 

[herios]

Very good results by two qualifiers:
Thomas Fabbiano (ITA) def. Leonardo Mayer 6-3, 6-4
Franko Skugor (CRO) def. Gabashvilli 6-2, 6-3.

 

[EdbergsGhost]

Klizan up a break 3-0. I have to wonder if Kyrgios doesn't mail this in, and head out to enjoy the Dubai nightlife. I would like to be wrong.

 

[Tennisproguru.com]

old bad Klizan is back in 3rd set ... fighter from Rotterdam did not come to Dubai ...

 

[Denis]

Coric navigates his first rounder... looked like he was going to choke it up at one stage..



I've got a few doubts about Coric and Chung developing into elite players- largely because I believe Kyrgios and Zverev have higher ceilings... quite a bit higher from what I've seen.

You might be right but I hope you're wrong. I'd like to see Chung do well, and can't warm up to zverev and Kyrgios.

 

[britbox]

 

[britbox]

Chung just got *walloped* by Bautista Agut 6-0 6-1

 

[isabelle]

Bagman beat Pospisil