Marseille Open, Marseille, France, ATP 250

[Mastoor]

Mox, I visited half of Italy in 2 weeks, anything is possible.

On a side note, today marks my 20 years living in Canada. An old Canadian, eh?B-)

Today is exactly 21 years since I got a mug as a gift, but when I poured coffee this morning it was leaking.

But speaking of this tournament, who is that Spanish sensation, Inigo Serbantes?

 

[britbox]

Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, def. Feliciano Lopez, Spain, 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (5).

Mischa Zverev, Germany, def. Ramkumar Ramanathan, India, 6-2, 7-5.

Andrey Kuznetsov, Russia, def. Lucas Pouille, France, 7-6 (1), 6-4.

Ernests Gulbis, Latvia, def. Kenny de Schepper, France, 6-4, 6-7 (6), 7-6 (2).

Teymuraz Gabashvili, Russia, def. Gilles Simon (5), France, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7).

Nick Kyrgios, Australia, def. Vasek Pospisil, Canada, 6-4, 6-4.

Alexander Zverev, Germany, def. Julien Benneteau, France, 7-6 (4), 7-5.

 

[Billie]

Mastoor, I don't know who that is, perhaps our resident expert for everything Spanish, Mox, can tell you more about him.

Thanks for the results BB, it's Tuesday and I missed all the action. I feel for Simon, another tough loss for him.

Look at Zverev bros, even the older one seems to be invigorated by the youngster.

 

[Moxie]

Today is exactly 21 years since I got a mug as a gift, but when I poured coffee this morning it was leaking.

But speaking of this tournament, who is that Spanish sensation, Inigo Serbantes?

Oh, please, Mastoor, don't misspell his name, as it is so lovely, and elegant: Iñigo Cervantes. As in Cervantes of Don Quixote, the actual first novel, ever. He's a journeyman. Not young. A Basque. I don't think he has a great future, but he has an excellent name.http://giphy.com/gifs/the-princess-bride-mandy-patinkin-inigo-montoya-6Li7bayxlT9g4

 

[britbox]

Another good win for Zverev. Benneteau can be a tricky customer.

 

[isabelle]

Bennet is out, Monfils pulled out (injury again)...nice effort from French forces !!

 

[Mastoor]

Oh, please, Mastoor, don't misspell his name, as it is so lovely, and elegant: Iñigo Cervantes. As in Cervantes of Don Quixote, the actual first novel, ever. He's a journeyman. Not young. A Basque. I don't think he has a great future, but he has an excellent name.http://giphy.com/gifs/the-princess-bride-mandy-patinkin-inigo-montoya-6Li7bayxlT9g4

I am looking forward to see him playing to see if he is a true warrior poet like his ancestor Miguel and us Serbs.

 

[britbox]

Vincent Millot, France, def. Nicolas Mahut, France, 6-7 (1), 6-2, 6-3.

Quentin Halys, France, def. David Guez, France, 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-3.

Second Round
David Goffin (6), Belgium, def. Mischa Zverev, Germany, 6-1, 2-0, retired.

Stan Wawrinka (1), Switzerland, def. Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (8).

Marin Cilic (4), Croatia, def. Robin Haase, Netherlands, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5.

 

[britbox]

 

[Billie]

Nice win for young Halys. Stan had to work hard in his first match.

 

[britbox]

Thursdays Matches in Marseille

Andrey Kuznetsov beat Quentin Halys 6-0 6-4

Following matches:

Vincent Millot v Benoit Paire (8)
Teymuraz Gabashvili v Nick Kyrgios
Ernests Gulbis v Richard Gasquet
Alexander Zverev v Tomas Berdych (2)

Some interesting matches... particularly looking out Zverev v Berdych. I think Tomas takes this at this stage of the German's development... but all good experience going forward. Gulbis v Gasquet could be interesting, depending on which Gulbis shows up, but I think Richard takes it.

 

[isabelle]

Stan wasn't too good, he has to increase his level if he wants to win the tourney

 

[britbox]

Hey @isabelle - Hasn't Gasquet just come back from injury?

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

lol,,,,,,,good old skeletor berdy, serving for match vs zverev and chokes it away with some zany ufe's

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

bomas turdych held off the z in the end *huff*

 

[britbox]

2016 Marseille R16 Hard W Alexander Zverev 6-3 3-6 7-5



Another stepping stone on Zverev's progression despite tight loss.

 

[britbox]

Richard Gasquet beat Ernests Gulbis 7-6 6-3

 

[britbox]

Nick Kyrgios bt Teymuraz Gabashvili 6-4, 6-4

 

[Billie]

Here we go, quarter finals tomorrow:

Not Before 2:00 pm
QF (4) Marin Cilic VS Andrey Kuznetsov

Not Before 4:00 pm
QF Nick Kyrgios VS (3) Richard Gasquet

Not Before 6:30 pm
QF (1) Stan Wawrinka VS (8) Benoit Paire

Not Before 8:30 pm
QF (6) David Goffin VS (2) Tomas Berdych

All 4 matches look interesting to me.

 

[isabelle]

Hey @isabelle - Hasn't Gasquet just come back from injury?

Yes it's true, hope he can beat Krygios and bang his gf ...