Rakuten Japan Open, Tokyo, Japan ATP 500

[Moxie]

DATE: 2-8 Oct., 2017
SURFACE: Hard
PRIZE MONEY: $1,563,795
FIELD SIZE: 32
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Nick Kyrgios

Seeds:

1. Marin Cilic
2. Dominic Thiem
3. Milos Raonic
4. David Goffin
5. Kevin Anderson
6. Sam Querrey
7. Albert Ramos-Viñolas
8. Diego Schwartzman

The Draw:


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 video:

 

[britbox]

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

5-Kevin Anderson (South Africa) beat Gilles Simon (France) 6-2 7-6(6)
Ryan Harrison (U.S.) beat Yusuke Takahashi (Japan) 6-4 4-6 6-4
1-Marin Cilic (Croatia) beat Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) 6-3 6-2
Bernard Tomic (Australia) beat Joao Sousa (Portugal) 6-3 3-6 6-3
Adrian Mannarino (France) beat Go Soeda (Japan) 7-5 7-6(3)

 

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Yasutaka Uchiyama (Japan) beat Franko Skugor (Croatia) 6-3 3-6 6-1
Jiri Vesely (Czech Republic) beat 7-Albert Ramos (Spain) 6-2 2-6 6-3
Ryan Harrison (U.S.) beat Yusuke Takahashi (Japan) 6-4 4-6 6-4
1-Marin Cilic (Croatia) beat Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) 6-3 6-2

 

[isabelle]

Thiem lost

 

[britbox]

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

Steve Johnson (U.S.) beat 2-Dominic Thiem (Austria) 4-6 7-6(5) 6-4
Lu Yen-Hsun (Taiwan) beat Taro Daniel (Japan) 6-1 6-3
Matthew Ebden (Australia) beat Ivo Karlovic (Croatia) 6-4 6-3
8-Diego Schwartzman (Argentina) beat Donald Young (U.S.) 6-2 7-5
Yuichi Sugita (Japan) beat Benoit Paire (France) 6-4 0-0 (Paire retired)
Richard Gasquet (France) beat 6-Sam Querrey (U.S.) 6-4 7-6(2)
3-Milos Raonic (Canada) beat Viktor Troicki (Serbia) 6-3 6-4

 

[Moxie]

Great win for Stevie Johnson, as #2 seed Thiem goes out.

 

[britbox]

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

Round 2
1-Marin Cilic (Croatia) beat Yasutaka Uchiyama (Japan) 6-3 6-4
Ryan Harrison (U.S.) beat 5-Kevin Anderson (South Africa) 6-3 1-6 7-6(2)
8-Diego Schwartzman (Argentina) beat Bernard Tomic (Australia) 6-3 6-1
Adrian Mannarino (France) beat Jiri Vesely (Czech Republic) 6-3 6-2

Round 1
4-David Goffin (Belgium) beat Feliciano Lopez (Spain) 7-5 6-1
Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukraine) beat Daniil Medvedev (Russia) 6-1 6-2

Good win for Ryan Harrison surprising Kevin Anderson.



Cilic moves into the third round.



Days Highlights

 

[10isfan]

Dolgopolov hit jaw-dropping shots. Such a fun player to watch when in form. Poor Medvedev got rolled over.

 

[isabelle]

Richie / Goffin : a rehearsal of DC's final

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

Great...Milos is hurt again. Calf this time. Him and Kei should play doubles. If they manage to finish a tournament without pulling out with an injury, they should be awarded the trophy anyways. Jeez...

 

[isabelle]

Mannarino in semi, great result for him

 

[kskate2]

McFly is hitting his stride after the injury. He could win this thing.

 

[Tennisproguru.com]

Mannarino in Final. Cilic absolutely collapsed after 2nd set. It should not happen to top ten player

 

[isabelle]

original final between Adrien and David, wish froggy good luck (another DC's final rehearsal)

 

[britbox]

Back to back titles for Goffin.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

This is the first 500 title for Goffin. Interestingly, after winning couple of titles in 2014, Goffin cooled off. Did not win another title until a week ago after that.

 

[Moxie]

What I saw of the final he definitely played like a real top-10 guy. I rather like him more than Davydenko, but he's similar in the pound-for-pound effect.