Gerry Weber Open, Halle, Germany, ATP 500

[britbox]

Interviews with a few of the big names coming into Halle:

 

[atttomole]

Where is the Halle draw?

 

[britbox]

Where is the Halle draw?

 

[Shivashish Sarkar]

I hope Mischa wins against Lukas. He can give Roger could practice on grass tennis. Roger will need to hit passing shots to win. That'd be good for him going forward. Lukas won't help much.

Talking about match practice, this will be important.

 

[isabelle]

@isabelle or anyone know what's going on with Gilles Simon? He's been quietly sliding down the rankings and he's 10-13 this year.

I guess it's natural declin, he's not so young.... and he has a family, maybe tennis isn't his priority ??

 

[atttomole]

Thanks mate. The draw was not showing on my mobile device, but I can see it on my desktop.

 

[Moxie]

Dustin Brown and Pospisil in a great fight. Apparently Brown had MPs in the 2nd.

 

[Moxie]

Brown takes it in the 3rd set TB, with some stylish and creative shotmaking. What a character. And he shows up for the grass season, once again, right on schedule.

 

[Carol]

Question britbox, why we can't see the live scores anymore? I liked how TF had it, we could see point by point

 

[El Dude]

Nice comeback win by Rublev. I watched some of the match late last night (Hawaii time), and was struck both by Rublev's weaponry and erratic mentality. He is easily frustrated, perhaps due to his young age (19), but he's got some real game. I went do bed with him down a set and break and woke up fully expecting to see the final line be something like 7-6, 6-3, but instead he came back and won the match. Rublev is ripe for a big leap forward.

 

[Moxie]

Monday's results:

P. Kohlschreiber d. J. Sousa 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
D. Brown d. V. Pospisil 6-1, 6-7(3), 7-6(4)
R. Gasquet d. G. Monfils 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
D. Thiem d. M. Marterer 7-5, 6-3
A. Rublev d. A. Ramos-Viñolas 6-7(1), 7-5, 6-4

 

[Moxie]

 

[Moxie]

Federer starts off with Kenny Lu. Nishikori v. Verdasco, anyone?

 

[Carol]

Tomorrow Nishi vs Verdasco could be very interesting

 

[britbox]

Question britbox, why we can't see the live scores anymore? I liked how TF had it, we could see point by point

I'll get it back in before Wimbledon.

 

[Carol]

Lu has retired and LL Sugita will play vs Roger.

 

[isabelle]

Khachanov is rolling on poor Simon...

 

[Shivashish Sarkar]

I watched the first game and Zverev had started well. Playing with command and hitting winners. If he goes deep, it will be interesting to see if his game holds up. I just guess he is a better player on grass than on clay.

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

Lorenzi is Steve Buscemi's son...

 

[Moxie]

Lu has retired and LL Sugita will play vs Roger.

No one has told the guys at Tennis Channel, and they keep calling this guy Lu, I guess because he's Asian-looking. Oh...they finally figured it out.