Generali Open - Kitzbühel

[Kirijax]

Generali Open - Kitzbühel

Name: Generali Open
Category: ATP World Tour 250
Place: Kitzbühel, Austria
Date: 03.08.2015-08.08.2015
Draw Size: S-28 D-16
Surface: Clay
Defending Champion: David Goffin

Tournament Central
Draws: Singles / Doubles

Seeds:
No. 1 Dominic Thiem (lost in semifinals)
No. 2 Andreas Seppi (retired in the 2nd round)
No. 3 Fabio Fognini (lost in the quarterfinals)
No. 4 Martin Klizan (lost in the 2nd round)
No. 5 Juan Monaco (retired in 1st round)
No. 6 Philipp Kohlschreiber (Champion)
No. 7 Jiri Vesely (lost in 1st round)
No. 8 Albert Ramos-Vinolas (lost in 1st round)

 

[Kirijax]

RE: Generali Open - Kitzbühel

Order of Play
Monday, August 03, 2015
Day 3
CENTRE COURT STARTS AT 1:00 PM
1ST RD
Diego Schwartzman VS (8) Albert Ramos-Vinolas
FOLLOWED BY
1ST RD
(WC)Dennis Novak VS Aljaz Bedene
NOT BEFORE 4:50 PM
1ST RD
(5) Juan Monaco VS Robin Haase
FOLLOWED BY
1ST RD
Andreas Haider-Maurer-Rameez Junaid VS (2) Andre Begemann-Lukasz Kubot
-
GRAND STAND STARTS AT 11:30 AM
1ST RD
Federico Delbonis VS Pablo Carreno Busta
FOLLOWED BY
1ST RD
Joao Souza-Jiri Vesely VS (WC) Alexander Erler-Philipp Kohlschreiber
FOLLOWED BY
1ST RD
(Q) Kenny De Schepper VS (Q) Paul-Henri Mathieu
FOLLOWED BY
1ST RD
Santiago Giraldo VS (Q) Rogerio Dutra Silva

 

[Kirijax]

RE: Generali Open - Kitzbühel

Round 1
D Schwartzman (ARG) bt (8) A Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) 6-3, 6-4
F Del Bonis (ARG) bt P Carreno-Busta (ESP) 7-5, 6-4
D Novak (AUT) bt A Bedene (SLO) 6-7(2), 6-4, 6-1
R Haase (NED) bt (5) J Monaco (ARG) 2-6, 1-1 retired
P Mathieu (FRA) bt K De Schepper (FRA) 6-2, 6-2
S Giraldo (COL) bt R Dutra Da Silva (BRA) 7-5, 6-2

Two upsets today as No. 5 Monaco and No. 8 Ramos-Vinolas are knocked out.

Tuesday, August 04, 2015
Day 4 Order of Play

CENTRE COURT STARTS AT 1:00 PM
1ST RD
(Q) Jan-Lennard Struff VS (6) Philipp Kohlschreiber
FOLLOWED BY
1ST RD
(WC) Jurgen Melzer VS Daniel Gimeno-Traver
NOT BEFORE 4:50 PM
1ST RD
Andreas Haider-Maurer VS Joao Souza
FOLLOWED BY / AFTER SUITABLE REST
1ST RD
Julian Knowle-Philipp Oswald VS (4) Jurgen Melzer-Philipp Petzschner
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GRAND STAND STARTS AT 11:30 AM
1ST RD
(WC) Gerald Melzer VS (LL) Albert Montanes
FOLLOWED BY
1ST RD
(7) Jiri Vesely VS (PR) Nicolas Almagro
FOLLOWED BY
1ST RD
Mikhail Youzhny VS Dusan Lajovic
FOLLOWED BY / AFTER SUITABLE REST
1ST RD
(1) Dominic Inglot-Robert Lindstedt VS (PR) Nicolas Almagro-Carlos Berlocq
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KUCHENMEISTER STARTS AT 11:30 AM
1ST RD
Pablo Carreno Busta-Andre Sa VS Frantisek Cermak-Adil Shamasdin
FOLLOWED BY
1ST RD
(3) Mariusz Fyrstenberg-Santiago Gonzalez VS (WC) Fabio Fognini-Alberto Giraudo
FOLLOWED BY / AFTER SUITABLE REST
1ST RD
Marcus Daniell-Marcelo Demoliner VS Daniel Gimeno-Traver-Diego Schwartzman

 

[tented]

RE: Generali Open - Kitzbühel

So Thiem doesn't have to play until Wednesday. That helps.

 

[herios]

RE: Generali Open - Kitzbühel

I have a question to johnsteinbeck, I hope he is around.
Can you tell us some details about Dennis Novak, the Austrian WC ranked 272, who eliminated today Bedene ?

 

[tented]

RE: Generali Open - Kitzbühel

I have a question to johnsteinbeck, I hope he is around.
Can you tell us some details about Dennis Novak, the Austrian WC ranked 272, who eliminated today Bedene ?

You could send him a PM, and point out your post.

 

[Johnsteinbeck]

RE: Generali Open - Kitzbühel

I have a question to johnsteinbeck, I hope he is around.
Can you tell us some details about Dennis Novak, the Austrian WC ranked 272, who eliminated today Bedene ?

You could send him a PM, and point out your post.

or you're lucky and he'll check in here (originally hoping for a little more hype about Thiem! Bamos!)...

his win was a surprise around here as well. i don't know a whole lot about him - even though he's actually from my area (as in, 15 miles from my home).
he is 21. this is his first atp tour main draw win, and just the second time he's ever played on the ATP level, both times relying on WC to get into Kitzbuehel. if it were injuries or early troubles that held him back despite a strong talent, i probably should have heard of him.

i know they bloom late these days, but there's really not a lot of potential visible. so long story short: i'm almost positive that this will be a one-off win against an also-ran. don't expect to hear a lot from him again. (but of course it'd be wonderful if we did).

 

[herios]

RE: Generali Open - Kitzbühel

I have a question to johnsteinbeck, I hope he is around.
Can you tell us some details about Dennis Novak, the Austrian WC ranked 272, who eliminated today Bedene ?

You could send him a PM, and point out your post.

or you're lucky and he'll check in here (originally hoping for a little more hype about Thiem! Bamos!)...

his win was a surprise around here as well. i don't know a whole lot about him - even though he's actually from my area (as in, 15 miles from my home).
he is 21. this is his first atp tour main draw win, and just the second time he's ever played on the ATP level, both times relying on WC to get into Kitzbuehel. if it were injuries or early troubles that held him back despite a strong talent, i probably should have heard of him.

i know they bloom late these days, but there's really not a lot of potential visible. so long story short: i'm almost positive that this will be a one-off win against an also-ran. don't expect to hear a lot from him again. (but of course it'd be wonderful if we did).

Thanks. I was going to PM you today, last night I got sidetracked.
I saw that Novak is from Wiener Neustadt and assumed you might have some inside track.
You are right, is not a lot on his resume and I would be shocked to see him progress any further this week as he meets F3 next.

About Thiem, I usually stay away of hyping the new guard, but let me tell you I am really impressed of what series of wins he just put together lately.
He is knocking on the door of the top 20, and if he plays well this week he will burst into it.
I am really happy for him and you of course

 

[herios]

RE: Generali Open - Kitzbühel

On the same topic, injuries, Bolelli dropped out of the event before it started, because of appendicitis.
His place was taken by lucky loser Montanes.

 

[Kirijax]

RE: Generali Open - Kitzbühel

Tuesday's Results!

Round 1
P Kohlschreiber (GER) (6) bt J Struff (GER) 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-3
N Almagro (ESP) bt J Vesely (CZE) (7) 6-7(2), 7-5, 6-4
A Montanes (ESP) bt G Melzer (AUT) 6-4, 7-6(5)
J Melzer (AUT) bt D Gimeno-Traver (ESP) 7-6(3), 6-3
A Haider-Maurer (AUT) bt J Souza (BRA) 7-6(2), 6-4
D Lajovic (SRB) bt M Youzhny (RUS) 6-3, 6-4

One seed goes out. Alamgro, who is still trying to comeback, upsets No. 7 Vesely.

Wednesday, August 05, 2015
Day 5

CENTRE COURT STARTS AT 1:00 PM
2ND RD
Santiago Giraldo VS (6) Philipp Kohlschreiber
FOLLOWED BY
2ND RD
(3) Fabio Fognini VS (WC) Dennis Novak
NOT BEFORE 4:50 PM
2ND RD
(1) Dominic Thiem VS Andreas Haider-Maurer
FOLLOWED BY
2ND RD
(PR) Nicolas Almagro VS (WC) Jurgen Melzer

GRAND STAND STARTS AT 11:30 AM
2ND RD
Robin Haase VS Federico Delbonis
NOT BEFORE 1:30 PM
QF
(3) Mariusz Fyrstenberg-Santiago Gonzalez VS Joao Souza-Jiri Vesely
2ND RD
(LL) Albert Montanes VS Diego Schwartzman
FOLLOWED BY
2ND RD
Dusan Lajovic VS (2) Andreas Seppi

KUCHENMEISTER STARTS AT 11:30 AM
2ND RD
(Q) Paul-Henri Mathieu VS (4) Martin Klizan
NOT BEFORE 2:30 PM / AFTER SUITABLE REST
1ST RD
Oliver Marach-Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi VS Robin Haase-Henri Kontinen
FOLLOWED BY / AFTER SUITABLE REST
QF
Daniel Gimeno-Traver-Diego Schwartzman VS (2) Andre Begemann-Lukasz Kubot

 

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(1) Dominic Thiem VS Andreas Haider-Maurer

An interesting test for Thiem today: playing a countryman, in Austria, after winning two titles in as many weeks. Their h2h is 1-0, with Dominic winning their only encounter just two weeks ago in Umag.

 

[herios]

RE: Generali Open - Kitzbühel

Ouch. Thiem lost the opening set to Haider-Maurer 1-6.
Let's see what he can do now, on serve in the second.

 

[tented]

RE: Generali Open - Kitzbühel

Ouch. Thiem lost the opening set to Haider-Maurer 1-6.
Let's see what he can do now, on serve in the second.

Thiem won the second in a tiebreak. On to the third ...

 

[kskate2]

RE: Generali Open - Kitzbühel

Dominic comes through 6-4 in the decider. Seppi retired against Lajovic in the 2nd set.

 

[Kirijax]

RE: Generali Open - Kitzbühel

That was a close one. Fatigue? Pressure of playing in front of a home crowd? The pressure of being a top seed? All of the above? But he still won. Thiem is really starting to impress me.

 

[Kirijax]

RE: Generali Open - Kitzbühel

Wednesday's results!

Round 2
(1) D Thiem (AUT) bt A Haider-Maurer (AUT) 1-6, 7-6(6), 6-4
D Lajovic (SRB) bt (2) A Seppi (ITA) 7-5, 3-0 retired
(3) F Fognini (ITA) bt D Novak (AUT) 6-1, 6-2
(4) P Mathieu (FRA) bt M Klizan (SVK) 6-3, 7-5
(6) P Kohlschreiber (GER) bt S Giraldo (COL) 6-0, 6-2
F Del Bonis (ARG) bt R Haase (NED) 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
A Montanes (ESP) bt D Schwartzman (ARG) 6-1, 6-3
N Almagro (ESP) bt J Melzer (AUT) 7-6(4), 7-5

 

[tented]

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Thursday, August 06, 2015 Day 6

CENTRE COURT STARTS AT 1:00 PM

(3) Fabio Fognini VS (6) Philipp Kohlschreiber

NOT BEFORE 2:30 PM

(PR) Nicolas Almagro VS Dusan Lajovic

NOT BEFORE 4:50 PM

(1) Dominic Thiem VS (LL) Albert Montanes

Robin Haase / Henri Kontinen VS Julian Knowle / Philipp Oswald

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GRAND STAND STARTS AT 12:00 NOON

Federico Delbonis VS (Q) Paul-Henri Mathieu

NOT BEFORE 2:30 PM / POSSIBLE SUITABLE REST

(PR) Nicolas Almagro / Carlos Berlocq VS Pablo Carreno Busta / Andre Sa

 

[herios]

RE: Generali Open - Kitzbühel

Qualifier Paul Henri Mathieu makes the SF dfeating today Delbonis in 3 sets:

6-3, 0-6, 6-3.
Strange result, but good for the veteran

 

[isabelle]

RE: Generali Open - Kitzbühel

Qualifier Paul Henri Mathieu makes the SF dfeating today Delbonis in 3 sets:

6-3, 0-6, 6-3.
Strange result, but good for the veteran

Is he as old as Federer ??

 

[Kirijax]

RE: Generali Open - Kitzbühel

Kohlschreiber knocks out Fognini 7-6(0), 6-4!