Kremlin Cup 250

[Kirijax]

Name: Kremlin Cup
Category: ATP World Tour 250
Place: Moscow, Russia
Date: 19.10.2015-25.10.2015
Draw Size: S-28 D-16
Surface: Indoor Hard
Defending Champion: Marin Cilic

Tournament Central

Draws: Singles / Doubles

Seeds:
No. 1 Marin Cilic (12)
No. 2 Roberto Bautista-Agut (27)
No. 3 Victor Troicki (24) Lost to Gabashvili in the 2nd round.
No. 4 Philip Kohlschreiber (34) Lost to Bautista-Agut in the semifinals.
No. 5 Pablo Cuevas (38) Lost to Cuevas in the 2nd round.
No. 6 Borna Coric (39) Lost to Donskoy in the 1st round.
No. 7 Joao Sousa (45) Lost to Gimeno-Traver in the 1st round.
No. 8 Mikhail Kukushkin (61) Lost to Kuznetsov in the 2nd round.

 

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Monday's Results!

Round 1
A Kuznetsov (RUS) bt R Albot (MOL) 6-4, 6-2
D Gimeno-Traver (ESP) bt J Sousa (POR) (7) 7-6(2), 4-6, 7-5
T Gabashvili (RUS) bt C Ilkel (TUR) 6-2, 6-1

 

[isabelle]

Cuevas, Donskoy, Haase all won

 

[herios]

Cuevas, Donskoy, Haase all won

Donskoy defeated Coric in straight sets. Looks like Borna hit a wall in the recent events.

 

[isabelle]

Cuevas, Donskoy, Haase all won

Donskoy defeated Coric in straight sets. Looks like Borna hit a wall in the recent events.

When I think he beat Nadal in Basel last year....

 

[tented]

Tuesday's scores:

(5) Pablo Cuevas DEFEATS (Q) Pere Riba — 6-1, 0-0 (RET)
(WC) Evgeny Donskoy DEFEATS (6) Borna Coric — 6-4, 6-4
Robin Haase DEFEATS (Q) Dusan Lajovic — 6-4, 7-5
Marsel Ilhan DEFEATS (Q) Tatsuma Ito — 6-3, 6-4
Andrey Kuznetsov DEFEATS Radu Albot — 6-4, 6-2

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rtq8hV9pgWQ[/video]

 

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Wednesday's Results:

(Q) Aslan Karatsev DEFEATS Mikhail Youzhny — 6-4, 6-4
Teymuraz Gabashvili DEFEATS (3) Viktor Troicki — 6-2, 6-3
(2) Roberto Bautista Agut DEFEATS Marsel Ilhan — 6-2, 7-5
Denis Istomin DEFEATS Aljaz Bedene — 6-3, 6-3
Ricardas Berankis DEFEATS Malek Jaziri — 6-4, 6-4
Lucas Pouille DEFEATS Simone Bolelli — 7-5, 4-1
Robin Haase DEFEATS (5) Pablo Cuevas — 6-2, 5-7, 6-1

 

[Kirijax]

Troicki is still trying to get over that Wimby disaster where he melted before Popsicle did.

 

[isabelle]

Pouille in quarter

 

[Kirijax]

Round 2 / Thursday's Results!

Round 2
(1) M Cilic (CRO) bt D Istomin (UZB) ---7-6(3), 3-6, 6-3
(2) R Bautista-Agut (SPA) bt M Ilhan (TUR) ---6-2, 7-5
T Gabashvili (RUS) bt (3) V Troicki ---(SRB) 6-2, 6-3
(4) P Kohlschreiber (GER) bt A Karatsev (RUS) ---7-6(3), 2-6, 6-4
A Kuznetsov (RUS) bt (8) M Kukushkin (KAZ) ---6-1, 7-5
L Pouille (FRA) bt D Gimeno-Traver (ESP) ---6-1, 7-6(5)
E Donskoy (RUS) bt R Berankis (LIT) ---6-4, 7-5
R Haase (NED) bt P Cuevas (URU) ---6-2, 5-7, 6-1

Quarterfinals:
Cilic vs. Kuznetsov
RBA vs. Pouille
Gabashvili vs. Donskoy
Kohlschreiber vs. Haase

 

[isabelle]

Pouille lost in quarter

 

[Kirijax]

Friday's Results!

Quarterfinals
(1) M Cilic (CRO) bt A Kuznetsov (RUS)---6-2, 6-1
(2) R Bautista-Agut (SPA) bt L Pouille (FRA)---6-4, 6-2
(4) P Kohlschreiber (GER) bt R Haase (NED)---6-2, 6-4
E Donskoy (RUS) bt T Gabashvili (RUS)---6-3, 6-2

Cilic might actually make a final this season. RBA and Kohly are looking good too so might be tough in the final.

Semifinals:
Cilic vs. Donskoy
Bautista-Agut vs. Kohlschreiber

 

[tented]

^ Donskoy continuing to show he deserved his wildcard. Good for him. Hopefully he'll beat Cilic, too.

And come on, Kohlschreiber! I've always liked him.

 

[Kirijax]

^ Donskoy continuing to show he deserved his wildcard. Good for him. Hopefully he'll beat Cilic, too.

And come on, Kohlschreiber! I've always liked him.

Me, too. I think it's a man-crush. But I'm not sure. lol :snicker

 

[herios]

Cilic - Donskoy 6-3, 6-1.

 

[Kirijax]

Cilic - Donskoy 6-3, 6-1.

Cilic finally makes his first final of the year

 

[Kirijax]

It's No. 1 Cilic vs. No. 2 Bautista-Agut for the men's title!

 

[herios]

Marin Cilic clinches Moscow with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over R. Bautista Agut.

 

[Kirijax]

Well, Cilic finally makes a final and wins a title this year, beating Bautista-Agut 6-4, 6-4 for his 14th career title. He will move up to No. 13 tomorrow. RBA will move up to No. 24. Andrey Rublev and Dmitry Tursunov took the doubles title.

Brackets
Singles / Doubles

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