Qatar Exxon Mobil Open - Doha - ATP 250

[Moxie]

DATE: 2-7 January, 2017
SURFACE: Hard
PRIZE MONEY: $1,334,270
FIELD SIZE: 32
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Novak Djokovic

Seeds:

1. MURRAY, Andy
2. DJOKOVIC, Novak
3. BERDYCH, Tomas
4. GOFFIN, David
5. TSONGA, Jo-Wilfried
6. KARLOVIC, Ivo
7. KOHLSCHREIBER, Philipp
8. BAGHDATIS, Marcos

The Tournament:

Founded in 1993, it is one of 2 ATP tournaments in the Middle East. Federer, Murray and Nadal have won multiple titles here.

About Doha

Doha, capital of Qatar, pop. 1.35million, is located on the coast o the Persian Gulf. Once a British protectorate, it was early-on sustained by the pearl trade. However, Qatar is now independent, and described by its oil wealth.

Tourism Guide:

 

[Mastoor]

3 more sleeps til Doha.

 

[Moxie]

3 more sleeps til Doha.

Who's excited?

 

[britbox]

The Draw:

 

[britbox]

Murray and Djoker should both make the finals here, although I think Murray has the harder draw.

 

[britbox]

 

[Mastoor]

Bloody ESPN they don't show this and it is overnight for me. They are good for nothing. We only have Auckland (wta) and Hopman Cup but both true SkySports, espn which is supposed to show atp tournaments don't show them.

 

[britbox]

Results from the Qatar Open Men's Singles Round 1 matches on Monday

Arthur De Greef (Belgium) beat Mohamed Safwat (Egypt) 6-7(8) 7-5 6-4
Fernando Verdasco (Spain) beat Vasek Pospisil (Canada) 7-5 6-0
Radek Stepanek (Czech Republic) beat 8-Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus) 6-4 5-3 (Baghdatis retired)
4-David Goffin (Belgium) beat Robin Haase (Netherlands) 7-6(4) 6-2
Horacio Zeballos (Argentina) beat Florian Mayer (Germany) 6-7(3) 6-4 7-6(9)
Nicolas Almagro (Spain) beat Paolo Lorenzi (Italy) 7-6(2) 4-6 6-3
2-Novak Djokovic (Serbia) beat Jan-Lennard Struff (Germany) 7-6(1) 6-3
Dustin Brown (Germany) beat Facundo Bagnis (Argentina) 6-1 6-7(2) 6-4
Jiri Vesely (Czech Republic) beat Anil Yueksel (Turkey) 6-2 6-3

 

[britbox]

Bloody ESPN they don't show this and it is overnight for me. They are good for nothing. We only have Auckland (wta) and Hopman Cup but both true SkySports, espn which is supposed to show atp tournaments don't show them.

Check out this http://ntv.mx

I use this site a lot - you can get all Sky Sports, BT Sports, Eurosport, ESPN, CBS, NBC, BoxNation, Tennis Channel... Costs 15 Euros a month, no contract.

 

[Mary]

Bloody ESPN they don't show this and it is overnight for me. They are good for nothing. We only have Auckland (wta) and Hopman Cup but both true SkySports, espn which is supposed to show atp tournaments don't show them.

So sorry you missed this as I know you were waiting for it. But the first few games were bad for the blood pressure! Nole is still not serving too well but looked very calm even at 1-5 down and came back really well. He played a great tie break. Struff is one of those big powerful players and started very aggressively but Nole handled it well after the first 4 games.

We have Eurosport which is very cheap, about £4 per month plus get a day pass for anything we want on NTV.

 

[Mastoor]

So sorry you missed this as I know you were waiting for it. But the first few games were bad for the blood pressure! Nole is still not serving too well but looked very calm even at 1-5 down and came back really well. He played a great tie break. Struff is one of those big powerful players and started very aggressively but Nole handled it well after the first 4 games.

We have Eurosport which is very cheap, about £4 per month plus get a day pass for anything we want on NTV.

I was told about cheap Eurosport by another fan, but it seems available only there in UK. I've checked and it is not available here for sure.

It's good at least you can watch the matches and you can tell us your impression which we will like to read. Thanks.

 

[Mastoor]

Check out this http://ntv.mx

I use this site a lot - you can get all Sky Sports, BT Sports, Eurosport, ESPN, CBS, NBC, BoxNation, Tennis Channel... Costs 15 Euros a month, no contract.

Thanks I'll check it. I've been paying Sky TV but as soon as my contract expires I'll buy this or something similar.

 

[isabelle]

Murray easily beat Chardy

 

[britbox]

Results from the Qatar Open Men's Singles Round 1 matches on Tuesday

3-Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) beat Alessandro Giannessi (Italy) 7-6(1) 6-2
1-Andy Murray (Britain) beat Jeremy Chardy (France) 6-0 7-6(2)
6-Ivo Karlovic (Croatia) beat Illya Marchenko (Ukraine) 7-6(5) 7-6(0)
5-Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) beat Andrey Kuznetsov (Russia) 6-1 4-6 6-2
Gerald Melzer (Austria) beat Paul-Henri Mathieu (France) 6-7(2) 6-3 6-2
7-Philipp Kohlschreiber (Germany) beat Malek Jaziri (Tunisia) 6-2 7-6(3)
Karen Khachanov (Russia) beat Mubarak Shannan Zayid (Qatar) 6-1 6-3

 

[Mary]

I was told about cheap Eurosport by another fan, but it seems available only there in UK. I've checked and it is not available here for sure.

It's good at least you can watch the matches and you can tell us your impression which we will like to read. Thanks.[/QUOTE)

Are you able to watch this one Mastoor? Nole looking much sharper, serve better, great fh down line and drop shots working. Also moving well. And coping well with strong wind and v heavy hitting.

 

[Tennis Fan]

Results from the Qatar Open Men's Singles Round 1 matches on Tuesday

3-Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) beat Alessandro Giannessi (Italy) 7-6(1) 6-2
1-Andy Murray (Britain) beat Jeremy Chardy (France) 6-0 7-6(2)
6-Ivo Karlovic (Croatia) beat Illya Marchenko (Ukraine) 7-6(5) 7-6(0)
5-Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) beat Andrey Kuznetsov (Russia) 6-1 4-6 6-2
Gerald Melzer (Austria) beat Paul-Henri Mathieu (France) 6-7(2) 6-3 6-2
7-Philipp Kohlschreiber (Germany) beat Malek Jaziri (Tunisia) 6-2 7-6(3)
Karen Khachanov (Russia) beat Mubarak Shannan Zayid (Qatar) 6-1 6-3

Thanks for posting this. News on this tournament is sparse. I don't think they're showing it on TTC at all.

 

[britbox]

Results from the Qatar Open Men's Singles Round 2 matches on Wednesday

5-Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) beat Dustin Brown (Germany) 6-1 6-3
1-Andy Murray (Britain) beat Gerald Melzer (Austria) 7-6(6) 7-5
6-Ivo Karlovic (Croatia) beat Karen Khachanov (Russia) 7-6(3) 7-6(3)
3-Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) beat Jiri Vesely (Czech Republic) 7-6(5) 1-6 6-1
2-Novak Djokovic (Serbia) beat Horacio Zeballos (Argentina) 6-3 6-4
Nicolas Almagro (Spain) beat 7-Philipp Kohlschreiber (Germany) 7-6(5) 7-6(6)
Fernando Verdasco (Spain) beat 4-David Goffin (Belgium) 6-1 7-6(6)
Radek Stepanek (Czech Republic) beat Arthur De Greef (Belgium) 6-3 6-2

 

[britbox]

Thanks for posting this. News on this tournament is sparse. I don't think they're showing it on TTC at all.

Yeah, coverage of this and Chennai is pretty limited.

 

[Mastoor]

No Mary, it is all middle of the night for me and for some reason I am not waking up in the middle of the night. thanks for the update. If Nole gets to the final with Murray, I may wake up for that.

 

[Mastoor]

Andy Murray Defeats Nicolas Almagro 764 75

Novak Djokovic Defeats Radek Stepanek 63 63

Tomas Berdych Defeats Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 75 63

Fernando Verdasco Defeats Ivo Karlovic 62 75


Semis will be Verdasco v Djokovic followed by Murray v Berdych.