Kremlin Cup 2019, Moscow, Russia, ATP 250

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DATE: October 14-20, 2019
SURFACE: Hard
PRIZE MONEY: $840,130
FIELD SIZE: 28
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Karen Khachanov

Seeds:


1. Daniil Medvedev
2. Karen Khachanov
3. Marin Cilic
4. Dusan Lajovic
5. Cristian Garin
6. Andrey Rublev
7. Adrian Mannarino
8. Miomir Kecmanovic

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The Tournament:

The Kremlin Cup is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour and is a Premier Tournament on the WTA Tour. It was held annually at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia, from 1990 to 2018. In 2019, the Olympic Stadium will undergo a major reconstruction which will last two years. The 2019 edition of the tournament will be held at the Ice Palace Krylatskoye.

About Moscow:

Moscow is the capital and most populous city of Russia, with 15.1 million residents within the city limits, 17 million within the urban area, and approximately 25 million within the metropolitan area. Moscow is one of Russia's federal cities.

Moscow is the major political, economic, cultural, and scientific center of Russia and Eastern Europe, as well as the largest city (both by population and by area) entirely on the European continent. By broader definitions, Moscow is among the world's largest cities, being the 14th largest metro area, the 18th largest agglomeration, the 14th largest urban area, and the 11th largest by population within city limits worldwide. According to Forbes 2013, Moscow has been ranked as the ninth most expensive city in the world by Mercer and has one of the world's largest urban economies, being ranked as an alpha global city according to the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, and is also one of the fastest growing tourist destinations in the world according to the MasterCard Global Destination Cities Index.

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Garin lost a tight one to Seppi today. Bummer. Also, Londero lost to qualifier Rosol. @mrzz likely torn about that one. :lol6:
 

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Ivo „div“ Karlović beats Aljaz in 3. Playing his country fellow Marin in the next round.
 
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I thought the Kohlschreiber/Khachanov match might be interesting. They didn't show it on TC, but KK won 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(6), so very tight.
 

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Looks like Daniil is going to play himself "out" if he decides to defend this small title after winning a Masters event today! :whistle: :rolleyes: :eek: :popcorn

Daniil wasn't defending this title, Karen is.
 

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Yeah, it's hard to tell what he is up to.
Maybe @El Dude has a category for him, but he's like several guys for me: also Chardy is one. Kohlschreiber another. Joao Sousa is another. Feli Lopez and Verdasco are kind of in this group, now, too, though they've had better careers. But you never know, now, how they're going to do. Could go either way.
 

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will tall Marin win the tourney ??
 

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Like I wrote, Marin will not win anything .
5:3 in front and loses first set 5:7 :facepalm:.
Hard to watch him like that.
 

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Like I wrote, Marin will not win anything .
5:3 in front and loses first set 5:7 :facepalm:.
Hard to watch him like that.
I didn't see any...what's up with Cilic? Anyway, Mannarino/Rublev final. I guess Rublev should be favored, but I rather hope that Mannarino pips him.
 

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I didn't see any...what's up with Cilic? Anyway, Mannarino/Rublev final. I guess Rublev should be favored, but I rather hope that Mannarino pips him.
Mannarino is the kind of guy who always seems to find a way to reach the final of 250s. Rublev in front of the home crowd has to take this title.
 
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