Rakuten Japan Open 500

[Kirijax]

Name: Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships
Category: ATP World Tour 500
Place: Tokyo, Japan
Date: 05.10.2015-11.10.2015
Draw Size: S-32 D-16
Surface: Hard
Defending Champion: Kei Nishikori

Tournament Central

Draws: Singles / Doubles

Seeds:
No. 1 Stan Wawrinka (4) CHAMPION
No. 2 Kei Nishikori (6) (lost in semifinals)
No. 3 Gilles Simon (10) (lost in 2nd round)
No. 4 Richard Gasquet (11) (lost in 1st round)
No. 5 Kevin Anderson (12) (lost in 1st round)
No. 6 Marin Cilic (14) (lost in quarterfinals)
No. 7 Feliciano Lopez (17) (lost in 1st round)
No. 8 Grigor Dimitrov (18) (lost in 1st round)

 

[Kirijax]

Nishikori got a scare but pulled through!

Round 1
(2) K Nishikori (JPN) bt B Coric (CRO) 2-6, 6-1, 6-2
T Ito (JPN) bt Y Nishioka (JPN) 3-6, 6-0, 7-5
S Querrey (USA) bt A Dolgopolov (UKR) 7-6(5), 6-4
J Vesely (CZE) bt Y Uchiyama (JPN) 6-4, 6-4

 

[Kirijax]

Tuesday, October 06, 2015 Day 4 Match Schedule

CENTER COURT
STARTS AT 11:00 AM
1ST RD
Marcos Baghdatis VS Fernando Verdasco
FOLLOWED BY
1ST RD
(1) Stan Wawrinka VS Radek Stepanek
FOLLOWED BY
1ST RD
(8) Grigor Dimitrov VS Benoit Paire
FOLLOWED BY
1ST RD
Roberto Bautista Agut VS (4) Richard Gasquet
NOT BEFORE 6:00 PM
1ST RD
(WC) Austin Krajicek/Yasutaka Uchiyama VS (2) Pierre-Hugues Herbert/Nicolas Mahut
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SHOW COURT 1
STARTS AT 11:00 AM
1ST RD
Jeremy Chardy VS Sam Groth
FOLLOWED BY
1ST RD
Gilles Muller VS (5) Kevin Anderson
FOLLOWED BY
1ST RD
(3) Gilles Simon VS (Q) Mikhail Youzhny
FOLLOWED BY
1ST RD
Albert Ramos-Vinolas VS Nick Kyrgios

COURT 4
STARTS AT 11:00 AM
1ST RD
Bernard Tomic VS Steve Johnson
FOLLOWED BY
1ST RD
(Q) Matthew Ebden VS (Q) Austin Krajicek
FOLLOWED BY / AFTER SUITABLE REST
1ST RD
Feliciano Lopez/Max Mirnyi VS (Q) Steve Johnson/Sam Querrey

 

[kskate2]

Nishikori got a scare but pulled through!

Round 1
(2) K Nishikori (JPN) bt B Coric (CRO) 2-6, 6-1, 6-2
T Ito (JPN) bt Y Nishioka (JPN) 3-6, 6-0, 7-5
S Querrey (USA) bt A Dolgopolov (UKR) 7-6(5), 6-4
J Vesely (CZE) bt Y Uchiyama (JPN) 6-4, 6-4

Borna's the real deal. Good job for the Samurai to come through. Looking forward to seeing how Stanimal and Richie do in this tournament.

 

[kskate2]

Baghy up a set and a break on Nando

 

[kskate2]

Nando gone. 7-5, 6-1

 

[Kirijax]

Well, after two retirements in the first two matches, give some credit to Verdasco for lasting two sets? :cover

 

[kskate2]

:laydownlaughing

 

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[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpuTcMEOKE4[/video]

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntdhjvWx0EA[/video]

 

[herios]

Upset galore today in Tokyo:

Anderson bounced by Muller, Gasquet by Bauista Agut, Dimitrov by Paire and Tomic by Johnson.

 

[Kirijax]

Tuesday's Results! Three seeds are sent home!

Round 1
(1) S Wawrinka (SUI) bt R Stepanek (CZE) 7-5, 6-3
(3) G Simon (FRA) bt M Youzhny (RUS) 6-4, 6-4
R Bautista-Agut (SPA) bt (4) R Gasquet (FRA) 6-4, 6-1
G Muller (LUX) bt (5) K Anderson (RSA) 6-2, 6-3
B Paire (FRA) bt (8) G Dimitrov (BUL) 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
J Chardy (FRA) bt S Groth (AUS) 6-3, 2-0 retired
S Johnson (USA) bt B Tomic (AUS) 6-3, 2-1 retired
M Baghdatis (CYP) bt F Verdasco (ESP) 7-5, 6-1
A Krajicek (USA) bt M Ebden (AUS) 5-7, 7-6(4), 7-6(5)
N Kyrgios (AUS) bt A Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-3

 

[kskate2]

The Donald pushing Cilic to the limit. 3-3 in the decider

 

[kskate2]

Order of Play & Scores for Wednesday, October 7

CENTER COURT STARTS AT 11:00 AM

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1ST RD Joao Sousa d (7) Feliciano Lopez 6-4, 4-6, 6-1
1ST RD (6) Marin Cilic d (Q) Donald Young 7-5, 5-7, 6-4
2ND RD (2) Kei Nishikori d Sam Querrey 7-6(3), 6-3
2ND RD (1) Stan Wawrinka d (WC) Tatsuma Ito 6-3, 2-6, 6-4

NOT BEFORE 6:00 PM
1ST RD (1) Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan vs Juan Sebastian Cabal/Robert Farah


SHOW COURT 1 STARTS AT 11:00 AM

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2ND RD Gilles Muller d Jeremy Chardy 7-6(3), 7-6(5)
2ND RD (3) Gilles Simon d Jiri Vesely 6-4, 6-2
1ST RD (4) Alexander Peya/Bruno Soares d (PR) Rajeev Ram/Radek Stepanek 6-7(2), 6-4, 10-4
1ST RD Treat Huey/Henri Kontinen d (LL) Andre Begemann/Artem Sitak 5-7, 6-0, 10-8
1ST RD (3) Raven Klaasen/Marcelo Melo d Alexandr Dolgopolov/Bernard Tomic 7-6(3), 7-6(6)

 

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[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8TH0mx-zCg[/video]

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ewh4OKFWGA[/video]

 

[herios]

Top 2 seeds, Stan and Kei won.

 

[isabelle]

Stan didn't play well, he has to increase his level tomorrow

 

[kskate2]

Order of Play & Scores for Thursday, October 8

Center Court Starts at 11:00 am

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2nd Rd (Q) Austin Krajicek d Joao Sousa 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
2nd Rd (6) Marin Cilic d Steve Johnson 6-3, 6-3
2nd Rd Nick Kyrgios d Roberto Bautista Agut 6-4, 6-2
2nd Rd Benoit Paire d Marcos Baghdatis 6-3, 2-6, 7-5

Not Before 6:00 pm
QF Juan Sebastian Cabal/Robert Farah d Richard Gasquet/Fernando Verdasco 6-4, 6-7(5),10-5


Show Court 1 Starts at 12:00 noon

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QF Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi/Gilles Simon d (2) Pierre-Hugues Herbert/Nicolas Mahut 4-6, 6-3, 10-8
QF (3) Raven Klaasen/Marcelo Melo d Treat Huey/Henri Kontinen 2-6, 7-6(3), 10-7

After Suitable Rest
(Q) Steve Johnson/Sam Querrey d QF (4) Alexander Peya/Bruno Soares 7-6(3), 6-4

 

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