Queen's Club / Fever-Tree Championships, London, UK, ATP 500, 2019

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DATE: June 17- 23, 2019
SURFACE: Grass
PRIZE MONEY: €2,081,830
FIELD SIZE: 32
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Marin Cilic

Seeds:

1. Stefanos Tsitsipas
2. Kevin Anderson
3. Juan Martin del Potro
4. Daniil Medvedev
5. Marin Cilic
6. Milos Raonic
7. Stan Wawrinka
8. Felix Auger-Aliassime

The Tournament:

The Queen's Club venue is in West Kensington, London, England. The club hosts the prestigious annual Queen's Club Championships grass court men's lawn tennis tournament. It has 28 outdoor courts and eight indoor. It is one of the oldest Tennis tournaments in the world, and annually serves as a warm-up for Wimbledon. The tournament began in 1890.

Andy Roddick has called the courts at the Queen's Club "arguably the best in the world".

It is currently sponsored by Fever-Tree.

About London

London is the capital and most populous city in England, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. Standing on the River Thames in the southeastern part of the island of Great Britain it has a population of 8.5 million with a wider metro of nearly 14 million inhabitants.

London is a leading global city, with strengths in the arts, commerce, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcare, media, professional services, research and development, tourism, and transport all contributing to its prominence.[It is one of the world's leading financial centres.

Photo: David Iliff

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The Draw:

 

[El Dude]

Now that's what I call a wide open draw.

 

[tented]

Now that's what I call a wide open draw.

FAA has a potentially difficult route: Dimitrov, then probably Kygrios, followed by Tsitsipas.

 

[don_fabio]

DImitrov could beat FAA if he shows some signs of life as he did in RG. He won this tournament before, it's just that his form is questionable for so long already. But yeah, this tournament's draw is really open and hard to predict. I can see Kyrgios winning the tournament, but also going down in R1 or R2. Cilic is another candidate for R1 loss or going deep. He played some charity tennis this week in Croatia. He better be ready by now, because Garin is not an easy opponent. There are some interesting matches like Verdasco-Medvedev, Stan-Evans, Del Potro-Shapo. I wonder if Denis can finally show something good and beat a top quality opponent.

 

[herios]

This is the last week when players can make up some deficits and position themselves as seeds in Wimbledon.
If Kyrgios does not make the final, he will be unseeded at SW19.

 

[mrzz]

Really hard to find time to post lately but just dropping by to say why the fuck this retarded tournament organizers (here and Halle as well) did not give D Brown a wild card? He produces more highlights in one grass match than those two over hyped blokes Monfils and Kyrgios did in their whole lives.

 

[isabelle]

Medvedev beat Tabasco in 2

 

[don_fabio]

Medvedev beat Tabasco in 2

Finally a much needed win for Medvedev.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

This is the last week when players can make up some deficits and position themselves as seeds in Wimbledon.
If Kyrgios does not make the final, he will be unseeded at SW19.

At RG, I put him as a dangerous floater and he did take out himself.

Hope this time he takes out someone other than himself at Wimby.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Really hard to find time to post lately but just dropping by to say why the fuck this retarded tournament organizers (here and Halle as well) did not give D Brown a wild card? He produces more highlights in one grass match than those two over hyped blokes Monfils and Kyrgios did in their whole lives.

With Brown being from Germany, it is Halle who need to support him. They had three wild cards. They gave one to a young new German, one to a much higher ranked German (gojowczyk) and one to Tsonga. Halle has given him a wild card into main draw of doubles event.

Also, I believe Halle gave Dustin a wild card into the quals at Halle, but Dustin could not make it in time as he just lost a match the previous day in Stuttgart.

p.s. Visit my Dreddy thread.

 

[isabelle]

rain falls, matchs delayed

 

[don_fabio]

Washout day, all matches moved for tomorrow.

 

[Moxie]

I notice Raonic is playing...I thought he had a back problem. Is this wise?

Interesting matches tomorrow:

Dimitrov v. FAA
JMDP v. Shapo
Kyrgios v. Mannarino (if Kyrgios can be arsed)

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

a bit of driz denied the universe of shapo v towerface. ho hum.

 

[don_fabio]

Delpo sealed the opener 7:5. Shapo played a terrible game at 5:5. Delpo's best result in Queens is only QF.

 

[isabelle]

Delpo beat overrated Shapo in 2

 

[don_fabio]

Delpo beat overrated Shapo in 2

Routine win by Delpo. He was too strong on the serve and didn't allow a single BP. Shapo needs to learn how the game is played on grass. Too low first serve percentage and some easy mistakes in rallies by Shapo allowed Delpo to cruise through.

 

[don_fabio]

Wow, Stan and Evans both came out dressed in full white from top to bottom. We all know who prefers white more, but I didn't see this coming. They could be reminded that this is Queens, not Wimbledon. I like how the white looks on grass though.

 

[herios]

Damn, Stan and Evans both came out dressed in full white from top to bottom. We all know who prefers white more, but I didn't see this coming. They could be reminded that this is Queens, not Wimbledon. I like how the white looks on grass though.

Good for them to be in all white. Lopez is also dressed similar