Monte Carlo Rolex Masters, Monaco, ATP Masters 1000

[Carol]

Monte Carlo party

https://rafaelnadalfans.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/rafael

 

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Results Wire

(9) Richard Gasquet bt Nicolas Almagro 6/4 6/0
(10) Milos Raonic bt Marco Cecchinato 6/3 7/5
(12) Dominic Thiem bt Jan-Lennard Struff 1/6 6/3 6/4
(13) Gael Monfils bt Gilles Muller 7/5 6/0
(14) Roberto Bautista Agut bt Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6/4 7/6(4)
(15) Gilles Simon bt Viktor Troicki 6/3 6/4
(16) Benoit Paire bt Inigo Cervantes 4/6 6/2 7/6(6)
Aljaz Bedene bt Lukas Rosol 6/2 6/3
Pablo Carreno Busta bt Stephane Robert 6/3 6/1
Jeremy Chardy bt Andrey Kuznetsov 7/6(3) 7/5
Grigor Dimitrov bt Filip Krajinovic 6/3 6/2
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez bt Thomaz Bellucci 7/5 6/1
Pierre-Hugues Herbert bt Guido Pella 6/3 6/4
Lucas Pouille bt Nicolas Mahut 7/6(1) 6/3
Alexander Zverev bt Andrey Rublev 6/1 6/3

 

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Alexander Zverev bt Andrey Rublev 6/1 6/3

 

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Highlights:

 

[Moxie]

He won 1-6 6-3 6-4 against a German qualified, I think he still has a long way to win a tournament

Struff played very well...better than his out-of-top 100 ranking. But Thiem started out seeing the trainer before the match started for a foot issue. Like it was a pull in the foot, or strain in the plantar fascia. Probably accounts for the 1-6 first set, but he seemed to work through it. He didn't see the trainer again.

 

[Billie]

^^ Yeah, he did play well but Dominic was all over the place in the 1st set. Did they also mention something about Thiem having a new racquet?

 

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Tuesday Schedule in Monte Carlo

COURT RAINIER III START 11:00 AM

[15] G. Simon (FRA)
G. Dimitrov (BUL)

[Q] P. Herbert (FRA)
[2] A. Murray (GBR)

[3] R. Federer (SUI)
G. Garcia-Lopez (ESP)

P. Carreno Busta (ESP)
[8] J. Tsonga (FRA)

COURT DES PRINCES START 11:00 AM

[Q] D. Gimeno-Traver (ESP)
P. Cuevas (URU)

[11] D. Goffin (BEL)
F. Lopez (ESP)

F. Fognini (ITA)
P. Lorenzi (ITA)

J. Chardy (FRA)
[14] R. Bautista Agut (ESP)

COURT 2 START 11:00 AM

J. Vesely (CZE)
T. Gabashvili (RUS)

Not Before 1:00 pm
P. Kohlschreiber (GER)
B. Coric (CRO)

[WC] F. Verdasco (ESP)
F. Delbonis (ARG)

D. Nestor (CAN) / R. Stepanek (CZE)
[4] J. Murray (GBR) / B. Soares (BRA)

COURT 9 START 11:00 AM

I. Karlovic (CRO)
J. Sousa (POR)

R. Haase (NED)
[Q] D. Dzumhur (BIH)

A. Mannarino (FRA)
[Q] T. Daniel (JPN)

COURT 11 START 2:00 PM

O. Marach (AUT) / D. Thiem (AUT)
D. Marrero (ESP) / B. Paire (FRA)

 

[Bert]

Ferrer withdraws from MonteCarlo Open. Injury.

 

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Simon takes the first set from Dimitrov. (6-4)

 

[Bert]

Simon takes the first set from Dimitrov. (6-4)

It is a bit painful when you switch from Simon-Dimitrov to Karlovic-Sousa...

 

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It is a bit painful when you switch from Simon-Dimitrov to Karlovic-Sousa...

Yes. any match with Dr Ivo is painful

 

[Bert]

I remember having seen him against Hewitt at the French Open... no break for the first 2.5 hours... finally Hewitt won in 5

 

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Gabashvili broken when serving for the match against Jiri Veseley.

 

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Sousa sees off Dr Ivo 6-3 7-6.

 

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Veseley takes out Gabashvili 3-6 7-5 7-5.

Gabashvili must have taken close to two minutes towelling down, putting gel on his hands, wiping his face before serving when facing that match point. Don't know what the umpire was thinking in letting him take so long. It might as well have been a changeover.

 

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Murray up a set but a break down in the second against Herbert.