St. Petersburg - 250

[Moxie]

DATE: Sept. 18-24, 2017
SURFACE: Indoor Hard
PRIZE MONEY: $1,064,715
FIELD SIZE: 28
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Alexander Zverev
Seeds:

1. Roberto Bautista Agut
2. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
3. Fabio Fognini
4. Adrian Mannarino
5. Phillipe Kohlscreiber
6. Paolo Lorenzi
7. Viktor Troicki
8. Jan-Lennard Struff

The Tournament:

The tournament dates to 1995.

About City

Saint Petersburg is one of the modern cities of Russia, as well as its cultural capital. Founded by Peter the Great in 1703. The Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments constitute a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Saint Petersburg is home to The Hermitage, one of the largest art museums in the world. Many foreign consulates, international corporations, banks, and businesses have offices in Saint Petersburg. For it's canals and Italian marbles, it is often called the Venice of Russia.

Tourism Guide:

 

[isabelle]

what a beautiful city !!

 

[Moxie]

what a beautiful city !!

Have you been? I would so love to go.

 

[isabelle]

Have you been? I would so love to go.

not myself but some of my friends went to and were thrilled by this city

 

[Moxie]

Liam Brody beat Gulbis 3-0 for his first ever tour win.

 

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Results from the St Petersburg Open Men's Singles matches on Wednesday

Round 2
Liam Broady (Britain) beat Adrian Mannarino (France) 2-6 6-4 6-0
Damir Dzumhur (Bosnia and Herzegovina) beat Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus) 6-4 7-6(4)
Round 1
Joao Sousa (Portugal) beat Evgeny Donskoy (Russia) 7-6(2) 6-3
Thomas Fabbiano (Italy) beat Daniil Medvedev (Russia) 7-6(4) 7-5
Rogerio Dutra Silva (Brazil) beat Radu Albot (Moldova) 2-6 6-2 6-2
4-Jan-Lennard Struff (Germany) beat 8-Borna Coric (Croatia) 3-6 6-2 6-4
Guido Pella (Argentina) beat Dusan Lajovic (Serbia) 7-6(4) 6-3

 

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

2-Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) beat Joao Sousa (Portugal) 7-6(1) 3-6 6-2
3-Fabio Fognini (Italy) beat Mikhail Youzhny (Russia) 6-4 4-6 6-4
4-Jan-Lennard Struff (Germany) beat Thomas Fabbiano (Italy) 6-1 6-4
Ricardas Berankis (Lithuania) beat 5-Philipp Kohlschreiber (Germany) walkover
7-Viktor Troicki (Serbia) beat Guido Pella (Argentina) 7-6(3) 4-6 6-4
1-Roberto Bautista (Spain) beat Rogerio Dutra Silva (Brazil) 6-4 4-6 6-0

 

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Results from the St Petersburg Open Men's Singles Quarterfinal matches on Friday

3-Fabio Fognini (Italy) beat Ricardas Berankis (Lithuania) 6-3 6-0
4-Jan-Lennard Struff (Germany) beat 2-Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) 3-6 6-3 6-2
1-Roberto Bautista (Spain) beat 7-Viktor Troicki (Serbia) 6-1 6-2
Damir Dzumhur (Bosnia and Herzegovina) beat Liam Broady (Britain) 6-3 2-6 6-4

 

[Moxie]

Fabio v. Dzumhur for the title. Dzumhur has been quietly making some inroads this year.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Haha, Fog lost in supposed to be an easy title match for him.

 

[Moxie]

Another head case.

 

[herios]

Good for Damir Dzumhur to clinch his first title on tour.

 

[isabelle]

what happened to the Fog ? couldn't see the match but it's really weird

 

[Front242]

He couldn't see either. Too foggy.