European Open, Hamburg, Germany - ATP 500

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DATE: September 21 - 27, 2020
SURFACE: Clay
PRIZE MONEY: €1,062,520
FIELD SIZE: 32
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Nikoloz Basilashvili

Seeds:

1. Daniil Medvedev
2. Stefanos Tsitsipas
3. Gael Monfils
4. Roberto Bautista Agut
5. Andrey Rublev
6. Fabio Fognini
7. Diego Schwartzman
8. Karen Khachanov

The Tournament:

The European Open welcomes 32 top singles players and 16 doubles teams to the summer clay-court event as one of the 13 ATP World Tour 500 stops. The tournament is held in the heart of Hamburg at the Rothenbaum Tennis Center, which features a retractable roof stadium seating 13,200 spectators making it the largest centre court in Germany.

About Hamburg

Hamburg is the second-largest city in Germany and the eighth-largest city in the European Union. Its population is over 1.7 million people, and the Hamburg Metropolitan Region has more than 5 million inhabitants.

The city is situated on the river Elbe. Hamburg is a transport hub, being the 2nd largest port in Europe, and is an affluent city in Europe. It has become a media and industrial centre, with plants and facilities belonging to Airbus, Blohm + Voss and Aurubis. The radio and television broadcaster Norddeutcher Rundfunk and publishers such as Gruner + Jahr and Spiegel-Verlag are pillars of the important media industry in Hamburg. Hamburg has been an important financial centre for centuries, and is the seat of the world's second-oldest bank, Berenberg Bank.

The many streams, rivers and canals are crossed by some 2,500 bridges, more than London, Amsterdam and Venice put together. Hamburg has more bridges inside its city limits than any other city in the world and more canals than Amsterdam and Venice combined.

Hamburg is the birthplace of Johannes Brahms, who spent his formative early years in the city, and the birthplace and home of the famous waltz composer Oscar Fetras, who wrote the well-known "Mondnacht auf der Alster" waltz.

Tourism Guide:



TV Coverage:

Asia:
Afghanistan - Sony / MSM
Bangladesh - Sony / MSM
Bhutan - Sony / MSM
China - Iqiyi
Hong Kong - PCCW
India - Sony / MSM
Japan - WOWOW
Japan - Gaora Sports Channel
Japan - TV Asahi
Malaysia - Measat (Astro Supersport)
Maldives - Sony / MSM
Nepal - Sony / MSM
Pakistan - Sony / MSM
Philippines - Elite Sports
Singapore - Starhub (Supersports)
South Korea - Eclat
Sri Lanka - Sony / MSM
Taiwan - Sino Catch (Sportcast)
Thailand - Cineplex (Truevisions)
Vietnam - Canal+ Overseas


Middle East:
MENA - BeIn Sport
Israel - Sport5


Americas:
Brazil - Bandsport
Canada - TSN
Caribbean - ESPN
United States - Tennis Channel
South America - ESPN


Africa:
Africa - Canal+ Overseas
MENA - BeIn Sport


Australasia:
Australasia - ESPN International


Europe:
Albania - Supersport / Straightforward
Andorra - Sogecable/Telefonica/Canal+/Movistar
Austria - Sky Deutschland
Belgium - BeTV
Belgium - Telenet (Play Sports)
Bosnia & Herzegovina - United Media (IKO SportKlub)
Bulgaria - MTEL/A1
Croatia - United Media (IKO SportKlub)
Cyprus - CYTA
Czech Republic - Tolano (Digisport)
Denmark - Modern Times Group (TV3)
France - Eurosport
Finland - MTV3
Georgia - Silk Media
Georgia - Adjara
Germany - Sky Deutschland
Greece - Hellenic (OTE)
Hungary - Sport1 (Pragosport)
Italy, San Marino & Vatican City - SuperTennis
Kosovo - Supersport / Straightforward
Liechtenstein - Sky Deutschland
Luxembourg - BeTV
Luxembourg - Sky Deutschland
Montenegro - United Media (IKO SportKlub)
Netherlands - Fox Sports
North Macedonia - United Media (IKO SportKlub)
Poland - Polsat
Portugal - Sport TV
Romania - RCS & RDS (Digisport)
Russia - Eurosport
Serbia - United Media (IKO SportKlub)
Slovakia - Tolano (Digisport)
Slovenia - United Media (IKO SportKlub)
Spain - Sogecable/Telefonica/Canal+/Movistar
Switzerland - Sky Deutschland
Switzerland - SRG
Turkey - Saran (agent)
United Kingdom & ROI


Worldwide:
Worldwide - Tennis TV

 

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[Moxie]

Wondering if Ruud and/or Schwartzman might pull out. Would be wise. Not surprisingly a good field, given the year. Look at Medvedev v. Humbert as a first round, then the winner gets the winner of qualifier or LL. That's kinda funny.

 

[Fiero425]

Karen's gonna have to dig deep to overcome Struff it seems! He's down a brk in the 3rd w/ only a couple chances to hang in there; 4-3!

 

[Fiero425]

KK breaks, but immediately goes down 0-40 and eventually gets broken back so Struff will be serving for it anyway! Bad errors on Khachanov's part!

Update: There's a repeat of break-backs due to UFE; esp. at the net, but KK gets thru somehow 7-5 in the 3rd!

 

[Moxie]

Too bad about Struff...I like his game and really don't care for KK's. Medvedev v. Humbert just getting started.

 

[don_fabio]

Medvedev lost against Humbert. His clay court game is like Thiem's grass game, it sucks.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

ugo humbert is 22.2yrs old and has equal career high rank of 41..so sez live-tennis.eu.

 

[Moxie]

Medvedev lost against Humbert. His clay court game is like Thiem's grass game, it sucks.

I thought that might be an exciting match, but Meddie definitely has a long way to go to find a clay game.

 

[don_fabio]

Good quality match Tsitsipas - Cuevas, battle of one handed backhands so it is eye pleasing to watch.

 

[Jelenafan]

Karen has the heart of a lion, or maybe he just hit the seams off the ball....

 

[Fiero425]

Karen has the heart of a lion, or maybe he just hit the seams off the ball....

Well the blue-eyed hottie's gone in straights! The top players don't seem to be ready to play outside of Nole! Everyone else is scratching to find form and endurance I guess! What stopped many from training? Back in the day TV exercise gurus would put us thru our paces with a chair & a towel!

 

[Moxie]

Lajovic continues to impress. KK not so much. Ruud takes out the Fog.

 

[don_fabio]

Watched Fognini Ruud yesterday. My man Fabio is not there yet with the form, but there were moments of brilliance still. He is so talented, but never managed to achieve big results except that Monte Carlo win last year.

 

[Fiero425]

No one seems to care a warm-up tourney to a major going on! Wow! Oh well, haven't watched Garin until today! He didn't appreciate the "underhanded" serve by Bublik, but have no idea why he keeps kvetchin' about it! He was supposedly ready; the disguise was complete and he was extremely embarrassed!

Update: Now I think I have it! It's a mental FK! Bublik is a LL and in his 3rd match of this tourney taking Schwartzman's spot! Garin probably saw himself in the SF against Tsitsipas before the match started! He has an early break in the 2nd after dropping the 1st set 4-6! He can still come back I guess!

 

[Jelenafan]

Well the blue-eyed hottie's gone in straights! The top players don't seem to be ready to play outside of Nole! Everyone else is scratching to find form and endurance I guess! What stopped many from training? Back in the day TV exercise gurus would put us thru our paces with a chair & a towel!

Jack Lalanne!!

 

[Fiero425]

Jack Lalanne!!

I knew him; just didn't want to date myself even more than I already have by being the board historian! JL goes back to before I was born and kept going strong to the last; almost never changing!

 

[don_fabio]

No one seems to care a warm-up tourney to a major going on! Wow! Oh well, haven't watched Garin until today! He didn't appreciate the "underhanded" serve by Bublik, but have no idea why he keeps kvetchin' about it! He was supposedly ready; the disguise was complete and he was extremely embarrassed!

Garin with reflexes of a dead horse It's funny that he complained about the serve, suck it up buddy you were laaaaate. Not the first time that Bublik aces with underhanded serve, opponent should be ready for this sort of thing. Anyway, Garin still managed to win.

 

[isabelle]

Stef'll probably lift the trophy

 

[Andy22]

great win by Rublev really like as a player two hamburg finals in a row, ruud looked like he taking it easy in the second 2nd set with french open about to start.