Open 13 Provence, Marseille, France, 2020 - ATP 250

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DATE: February 17 - 23, 2020
SURFACE: Hard
PRIZE MONEY: €691,880
FIELD SIZE: 28
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Stefanos Tsitsipas

Seeds:

1. Daniil Medvedev
2. Stefanos Tsitsipas
3. David Goffin
4. Denis Shapovalov
5. Karen Khachanov
6. Benoit Paire
7. Felix Auger-Aliassime
8. Hubert Hurkacz

The Tournament:

The Open 13 is an annual men's tennis tournament played in Marseille, France. The tournament is an ATP World Tour 250 series event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour. It is held for one week in February. The number 13 is the INSEE code of the Bouches-du-Rhône département of which Marseille is the capital.

The tournament is played on indoor hard courts at the Palais des sports de Marseille. The Centre Court has a capacity of 5,800 seats.

About Marseille:

Marseille is the prefecture of the department of Bouches-du-Rhône and region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. It is located on the Mediterranean coast near the mouth of the Rhône. The city covers an area of 241 km2 (93 sq mi) and had a population of 870,018 in 2016. Its metropolitan area, which extends over 3,173 km2 (1,225 sq mi) is the third-largest in France after those of Paris and Lyon, with a population of 1,831,500 as of 2010.

Known to the ancient Greeks and Romans as Massalia, Marseille was an important European trading centre and remains the main commercial port of the French Republic. Marseille is now France's largest city on the Mediterranean coast and the largest port for commerce, freight and cruise ships. The city was European Capital of Culture in 2013 and European Capital of Sport in 2017; it hosted matches at the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2016. It is home to Aix-Marseille University.

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The Draw:

 

[isabelle]

Krajinovic pulled out

 

[Moxie]

Felix was up 4-1 in the first, then next I looked they were in a TB and FAA lost it to Stefano Travaglia. Now in a TB again in the 2nd.

EDIT: FAA saved 2 MPs and took the 2nd set, so on they go.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

small colin wins again.

anyone seen this jannik sinner bloke ?..is he gonna 'do a rafa' and zoom up the rank charts at 18 ?.

 

[Moxie]

small colin wins again.

anyone seen this jannik sinner bloke ?..is he gonna 'do a rafa' and zoom up the rank charts at 18 ?.

I've watched him a couple of times. Really good (obviously, I guess,) paints the lines. For a young guy, he has a really calm demeanor and he's pretty physically mature, meaning that he's already 6'2" and not especially scrawny. But who knows if he'll "zoom" or "meander." Could eventually be a top guy, though.

 

[herios]

I've watched him a couple of times. Really good (obviously, I guess,) paints the lines. For a young guy, he has a really calm demeanor and he's pretty physically mature, meaning that he's already 6'2" and not especially scrawny. But who knows if he'll "zoom" or "meander." Could eventually be a top guy, though.

A future top 10 for Sinner is a sure bet. The question is how far up in the top 10 and how quickly he will get there.

 

[Moxie]

A future top 10 for Sinner is a sure bet. The question is how far up in the top 10 and how quickly he will get there.

Yeah, but...we keep thinking some of these kids are sure bets, until they're not, or that the arc of their rise slows. Been gaming these youngsters for too long to see anyone as a 'sure bet,' but I like him. I'd buy stock in him.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

titsipas is playing popsicle again..

can the greek end up dancing like a banana. or fall flat like a souffle in a coma.

 

[isabelle]

Simon beat Bedene

 

[Moxie]

Sinner just took the first set off of Medvedev 6-1.

 

[Bonaca]

Sinner just took the first set off of Medvedev 6-1.

Wow. But lost the 2nd 6:1.

 

[the AntiPusher]

Yeah, but...we keep thinking some of these kids are sure bets, until they're not, or that the arc of their rise slows. Been gaming these youngsters for too long to see anyone as a 'sure bet,' but I like him. I'd buy stock in him.

A question for the two of you (Moxie and herios)..I think FAA's game is so much fundamentally sound than Tiafoe or Fritz. No slight at either player but I don't see either player EVER moving into the top ten even afterwards the tennis apocalypse (post Big Three).. Do you feel otherwise?

 

[Fiero425]

A question for the two of you (Moxie and herios)..I think FAA's game is so much fundamentally sound than Tiafoe or Fritz. No slight at either player but I don't see either player EVER moving into the top ten even afterwards the tennis apocalypse (post Big Three).. Do you feel otherwise?

FAA is frustrating me! He allowed a doubles' specialist to take him to the limit in a 3rd set TB and it just shouldn't have happened! He's too passive when in a dominant position and doesn't get into the net enough! He's also one of those people who allows a high lob to "play him" by hitting it in the air! It's hard to hit it with conviction which gave Hubert a chance at a pass saving a MP! You get a lot of this with all of the NG'rs really and they're hard to watch for that reason! Why in the #ell would Medvedev drop a set like that to Sinner? He ran over him after that, but what's going on inside of these players' heads?

 

[the AntiPusher]

FAA is frustrating me! He allowed a doubles' specialist to take him to the limit in a 3rd set TB and it just shouldn't have happened! He's too passive when in a dominant position and doesn't get into the net enough! He's also one of those people who allows a high lob to "play him" by hitting it in the air! It's hard to hit it with conviction which gave Hubert a chance at a pass saving a MP! You get a lot of this with all of the NG'rs really and they're hard to watch for that reason! Why in the #ell would Medvedev drop a set like that to Sinner? He ran over him after that, but what's going on inside of these players' heads?

Yes.. I agree..He let that high lob give him more difficulty than needed..I will give Herbert credit..he hustled and kept the ball in play., some djokEr like saves and passing shots. However I really admire the composure of Felix..it’s almost Sampras like..I am a FAA fan

 

[Fiero425]

Tsitsipas s/b careful tmrw vs Pospisil who's really come on of late! Canada's all over this draw w/ Milos handling business in Delray Bch!

 

[El Dude]

Yeah, but...we keep thinking some of these kids are sure bets, until they're not, or that the arc of their rise slows. Been gaming these youngsters for too long to see anyone as a 'sure bet,' but I like him. I'd buy stock in him.

Your comment reminds me of Tomas Berdych, who won the Paris Masters just after turning 20 years old, and then never won another big title. His path is telling, because while he had that great early title, it took him about five more years to be a fiture in the top 10...for those five years (2005-09) he hung out in lower half of the top 20.

The point being is that while it is impressive to reach the top 20 as a very young player, it is another big jump to get into the top 10, and another big jump to get into the top 5, and then yet another to be in the top 2-3 and winning Slams. It almost seems to have a mathematical symmetry: each tier being a half ranking range of the prior one.

All that aside, FAA and Sinner seem like good bets to be future elites. I haven't looked at Sinner's game, but FAA is the complete package. He just needs experience, confidence, and a better second serve. I suspect he's going to start upsetting really good players sometime this year and being a serious threat next year.

 

[Bonaca]

Daniil loses against the tennis neutralizer Simon. Got bageled in the 2nd

 

[Jelenafan]

Daniil loses against the tennis neutralizer Simon. Got bageled in the 2nd

I dunno, Daniil seems a bit lost these days...

 

[the AntiPusher]

Daniil loses against the tennis neutralizer Simon. Got bageled in the 2nd

What happened?...the first set had some fantastic rallies