Rakuten Japan Open, Tokyo, Japan ATP 500

[Billie]

DATE: 3-9 10 2016
SURFACE: Hard
PRIZE MONEY: $1,368,605
FIELD SIZE: 32
DEFENDING CHAMPION: S. Wawrinka

Seeds:

1. K. Nishikori
2. G. Monfils
3. T. Berdych
4. M. Cilic
5. D. Goffin
6. N. Kyrgios
7. I. Karlovic
8. F. Lopez

The Tournament:

The Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships is the longest-running ATP World Tour tennis tournament in Asia, first held in 1972. The ATP World Tour 500 tournament is played at Ariake Colosseum, an expansive tennis centre comprising 48 tennis courts and a stadium with one of the first retractable roofs in tennis.


About City

Tokyo is a study in contrasts. The Japanese esthetic is minimal, calming, Zen, and this you find in its Shinto temples, its gardens, and its overall decor approach. But Tokyo is also a crash of neon...like Times Square on steroids. A crush of humanity. The never-ending clank of the pachenko parlors and the smell of incense from the temples. Right in the center of town there are high-rise buildings and swank hotels, but only a few streets away, you arrive at the low buildings and houses of old Tokyo. And Tokyo is probably the most fashion-forward city after Paris.

Tourism Guide:

 

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

1-Kei Nishikori (Japan) beat Donald Young (U.S.) 4-6 6-2 6-2
Fernando Verdasco (Spain) beat Go Soeda (Japan) 6-7(2) 6-3 6-3
4-Marin Cilic (Croatia) beat Benoit Paire (France) 6-0 4-6 6-3
Joao Sousa (Portugal) beat Martin Klizan (Slovakia) 4-6 6-3 6-3

 

[Billie]

All 3 setters. I was watching Paire losing 5:0 in the first set easily. So it is a surprise for me to see that he actually won set #2. That was a good effort after effortless start to the match.

Sousa got mad after losing the first set and then he really played well.

 

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Results from the Japan Open Men's Singles Round 1 matches on Tuesday
Janko Tipsarevic (Serbia) beat Taro Daniel (Japan) 6-2 6-4
Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus) beat Marcel Granollers (Spain) 6-1 3-6 6-3
2-Gael Monfils (France) beat Yuichi Sugita (Japan) 6-3 6-1
7-Ivo Karlovic (Croatia) beat Federico Delbonis (Argentina) 7-6(6) 6-7(6) 7-6(5)
Gilles Simon (France) beat Philipp Kohlschreiber (Germany) 7-5 4-6 6-0
James Duckworth (Australia) beat 8-Feliciano Lopez (Spain) 6-7(5) 7-6(4) 4-2 (F. Lopez retired)
6-Nick Kyrgios (Australia) beat Ryan Harrison (U.S.) 7-5 6-2
Juan Monaco (Argentina) beat Taylor Fritz (U.S.) 7-6(2) 7-6(5)
Jiri Vesely (Czech Republic) beat Kevin Anderson (South Africa) 3-6 6-0 6-4
5-David Goffin (Belgium) beat Yoshihito Nishioka (Japan) 7-5 6-2
Radek Stepanek (Czech Republic) beat Stephane Robert (France) 6-2 6-1

 

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5-David Goffin (Belgium) beat Yoshihito Nishioka (Japan) 7-5 6-2

 

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6-Nick Kyrgios (Australia) beat Ryan Harrison (U.S.) 7-5 6-2

 

[Moxie]

Gilles Muller is playing Berdych like a boss. Won the first set TB.

 

[Moxie]

Berdych in a world of trouble. Down 1-5 in the 2nd. Muller to serve for it.

 

[Tennis Fan]

Verdasco and Donald Young, amongst others, need to learn how to handle their fiery temperaments. They can play match so well and once things go off kilter they forget where they are (in the heat of the moment) and pout in the middle of the match. So much talent, such inconsistent mental strength.

 

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Nishikori retired one more time

 

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Results from the Japan Open Men's Singles matches on Wednesday

Round 2
Juan Monaco (Argentina) beat James Duckworth (Australia) 7-6(3) 6-3
5-David Goffin (Belgium) beat Jiri Vesely (Czech Republic) 6-3 7-5
Joao Sousa (Portugal) beat 1-Kei Nishikori (Japan) 3-4 (Nishikori retired)
4-Marin Cilic (Croatia) beat Fernando Verdasco (Spain) 4-6 7-5 7-5

Round 1
Gilles Muller (Luxembourg) beat 3-Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) 7-6(7) 6-1

 

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Nishikori retired one more time

Made of Glass...

 

[Moxie]

Made of Glass...

I was really surprised to see that...after 7 games. And he must be loathe to retire out of his home tournament. What's wrong with him THIS time?

 

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Results from the Japan Open Men's Singles Round 2 matches on Thursday

7-Ivo Karlovic (Croatia) beat Janko Tipsarevic (Serbia) 7-6(9) 7-6(5)
2-Gael Monfils (France) beat Gilles Simon (France) 6-1 6-4
Gilles Muller (Luxembourg) beat Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus) 6-3 6-4
6-Nick Kyrgios (Australia) beat Radek Stepanek (Czech Republic) walkover

 

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[Moxie]

Monfils did rather more than "survive." He's been a man on a mission this year. I hope he can make good use of the late-stages of his career.

 

[Billie]

Sousa is up 3:0 on Goffin.