European Open, Antwerp, Belgium, ATP 250

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DATE: Oct 17 - Oct 23, 2016
SURFACE: Hard
PRIZE MONEY: €566,525
FIELD SIZE: 28
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Debut Tournament

Seeds:

1 D. Goffin
2 D. Ferrer
3 R. Gasquet
4 P. Cuevas
5 G. Simon
6 J. Sousa
7 N. Mahut
8 F. Delbonis

The Tournament:

The European Open is a new ATP World Tour 250 tournament that takes place from 15 to 23 October 2016 in the Lotto Arena in Antwerp, Belgium.

David Goffin and David Ferrer head the field in the debut European Open.

About Antwerp

Antwerp is a port city on Belgium’s River Scheldt, with history dating to the Middle Ages. In its center, the centuries-old Diamond District houses thousands of diamond traders, cutters and polishers. Antwerp’s Flemish Renaissance architecture is typified by the Grote Markt, a central square in the old town. At the 17th-century Rubens House, period rooms display works by the Flemish Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens.

Tourism Guide:

 

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Draw:

 

[Moxie]

Haven't seen Tommy Robredo in a million years. Ferrer had probably better watch out for Kyle Edmund. And Paire and Sousa might meet up. I think they've run into each other a lot lately.

 

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Results from the Antwerp Open Men's Singles Round 1 matches on Monday

Robin Haase (Netherlands) beat Paul-Henri Mathieu (France) 6-4 6-2
Inigo Cervantes (Spain) beat Michael Berrer (Germany) 6-1 3-6 6-1
Andreas Seppi (Italy) beat 8-Federico Delbonis (Argentina) 7-6(7) 5-7 6-3

 

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Haven't seen Tommy Robredo in a million years. Ferrer had probably better watch out for Kyle Edmund. And Paire and Sousa might meet up. I think they've run into each other a lot lately.

Likewise, I assumed Robredo had retired.

 

[Moxie]

The evocatively named Iñigo Cervantes beats Michael Berrer. Dulce.

 

[Billie]

Round of 32
(Q) Marius Copil Defeats (6) Joao Sousa 46 63 63
Diego Schwartzman Defeats (7) Nicolas Mahut 76 75
Kyle Edmund Defeats Illya Marchenko 767 76

(Q) Jozef Kovalik Defeats Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 63 63
Florian Mayer Defeats (WC) Tommy Robredo 62 62
Jan-Lennard Struff Defeats Mikhail Youzhny 67 63 60

 

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Results from the Antwerp Open Men's Singles matches on Wednesday

Round 2
3-Richard Gasquet (France) beat Inigo Cervantes (Spain) 6-2 6-4
Andreas Seppi (Italy) beat Robin Haase (Netherlands) 7-5 7-5
4-Pablo Cuevas (Uruguay) beat Jozef Kovalik (Slovakia) 6-4 7-6(4)

Round 1
Steve Darcis (Belgium) beat Benoit Paire (France) 6-7(6) 6-1 6-4
Taylor Fritz (U.S.) beat Joris De Loore (Belgium) 3-6 6-4 6-4
5-Gilles Simon (France) beat Yannick Maden (Germany) 6-3 6-2

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

big win for kyle Edmund, bt ferrer in 3rd set tb......must be nearly top40 pretty soon.

 

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Results from the Antwerp Open Men's Singles Round 2 matches on Thursday

1-David Goffin (Belgium) beat Florian Mayer (Germany) 7-5 6-4
Kyle Edmund (Britain) beat 2-David Ferrer (Spain) 6-1 3-6 7-6(3)
Marius Copil (Romania) beat Steve Darcis (Belgium) 7-6(3) 6-2
Jan-Lennard Struff (Germany) beat 5-Gilles Simon (France) 6-4 6-4
Diego Schwartzman (Argentina) beat Taylor Fritz (U.S.) 6-4 6-4

 

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big win for kyle Edmund, bt ferrer in 3rd set tb......must be nearly top40 pretty soon.

Kyle will take Mahut's slot at #40 for sure. He's pretty close on a bunch of them and I think another win puts him around #37.

 

[Billie]

Friday, October 21, 2016

Not Before 2:00 pm
QF Jan-Lennard Struff VS (3) Richard Gasquet
Followed By
QF (4) Pablo Cuevas VS Diego Schwartzman
Not Before 6:50 pm
QF Andreas Seppi VS Kyle Edmund
Followed By
QF (1) David Goffin VS (Q) Marius Copil

 

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And the results:

(1) David Goffin Defeats (Q) Marius Copil 57 61 63
(3) Richard Gasquet Defeats Jan-Lennard Struff 62 64
Diego Schwartzman Defeats (4) Pablo Cuevas 768 63
Kyle Edmund Defeats Andreas Seppi 63 64

Gasquet vs Edmund and Goffin vs Schwartzman are the semi final match-ups.

 

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Kyle Edmund breaks the Top 40 on Monday. if he loses the semi he'll be #40, if he wins the semi, he'll be #36 and if he wins the final he could go to #33 or #34 depending on Carreno Busta's results in Moscow.

 

[Billie]

Kyle Edmund breaks the Top 40 on Monday. if he loses the semi he'll be #40, if he wins the semi, he'll be #36 and if he wins the final he could go to #33 or #34 depending on Carreno Busta's results in Moscow.

Nice rise for the young Brit.

 

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Semi-Finals
Diego Schwartzman Defeats (1) David Goffin 75 26 75
(3) Richard Gasquet Defeats Kyle Edmund 36 75 6:2

Great battles in both semi final matches. Apparently Richie came back from the brink of defeat. How about mighty Diego Schwartzman, well done!!

 

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Antwerp Final

v

Richard Gasquet (3) v Diego Schwartzman

H2H: First Meeting
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Richard Gasquet (France) d. Diego Schwartzman (Argentina) 7-6(4) 6-1

 

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