St Petersburg Open & Moselle Open

[Billie]

There are 2 250 tournaments this week. Since there are no threads for them, let's just combine them and discuss both of them on one place.

Moselle Open, held in Metz, France:

Round of 16
(1) Dominic Thiem Defeats (Q) Peter Gojowczyk 75 76
(2) David Goffin Defeats Jan-Lennard Struff 64 62
(3) Lucas Pouille Defeats Pierre-Hugues Herbert 64 67 64
(4) Gilles Simon Defeats Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 67 63 64
(6) Gilles Muller Defeats (Q) Nikoloz Basilashvili 64 62
(8) Nicolas Mahut Defeats Illya Marchenko 63 64
(WC) Julien Benneteau Defeats Dustin Brown 63 64
Malek Jaziri Defeats (Q) Vincent Millot 46 63 63


St Petersburg Open:

Round of 16
(1) Stan Wawrinka Defeats Lukas Rosol 63 61
Mikhail Youzhny Defeats (2) Milos Raonic 26 76 64
(3) Tomas Berdych Defeats Andrey Kuznetsov 63 26 76
(4) Roberto Bautista Agut Defeats Ricardas Berankis 46 61 76
(5) Alexander Zverev Defeats (Q) Daniil Medvedev 63 75
(7) Viktor Troicki Defeats Dusan Lajovic 64 64
(8) Joao Sousa Defeats (WC) Andrey Rublev 763 36 63
Paolo Lorenzi Defeats (Q) Alexandre Sidorenko 76 64

 

[Billie]

Looks like no big surprises in Metz, but #2 Raonic losing to Dr Y is a big surprise.

 

[britbox]

Thought Stan might have sat St. Petersburg out. No rest for the wicked.

 

[isabelle]

Birdie won

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

the zed is in a semi..as is the thiem machine. and marty mcfly.......tennis is going on, oh yes indeed.

 

[Billie]

Thought Stan might have sat St. Petersburg out. No rest for the wicked.

Stan probably committed to the tournament long ago so it was nice of him to still go after all the excitement in NYC

 

[Billie]

Today's results in St. Petersburg:

Quarter-Finals
(1) Stan Wawrinka Defeats (7) Viktor Troicki 75 62
(3) Tomas Berdych Defeats Paolo Lorenzi 64 63
(4) Roberto Bautista Agut Defeats (8) Joao Sousa 46 61 62
(5) Alexander Zverev Defeats Mikhail Youzhny 62 62

4 of top 5 seeds advanced to the semi final, that's a good showing.

We have these semis:

Saturday, September 24, 2016
Day 7
Centre Court 2:00 pm
SF (3) Tomas Berdych VS (5) Alexander Zverev
Not Before 3:30 pm
SF (1) Stan Wawrinka VS (4) Roberto Bautista Agut

Berdych vs Wawrinka final?

 

[Billie]

Today's results from Metz:

Quarter-Finals
(1) Dominic Thiem Defeats (6) Gilles Muller 64 76
(2) David Goffin Defeats (8) Nicolas Mahut 63 67 64
(3) Lucas Pouille Defeats (WC) Julien Benneteau 76 46 63
(4) Gilles Simon Defeats Malek Jaziri 76 60

Semi finals lineup:

Saturday, September 24, 2016
Day 7
Court Patrice Dominguez 12:00
2:00 pm
SF (1) Dominic Thiem VS (4) Gilles Simon
Not Before 4:00 pm
SF (3) Lucas Pouille VS (2) David Goffin

Dominator vs Goffin or maybe two French favourites can find their way to the final?

 

[britbox]

Hopefully Thiem is getting back to full fitness. Would be nice to see him have a strong finish. I guess he'll figure out a smarter schedule next year.

 

[britbox]

 

[Moxie]

Thiem v. Pouille it is tomorrow in Metz. Zverev v. Wawrinka in St. Petersburg. Both would be worth watching.

 

[Billie]

Nice two finals we have tomorrow. Who wants to bet against Stan?

 

[Moxie]

Nice two finals we have tomorrow. Who wants to bet against Stan?

Probably everyone.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

is zed serving for the title..just checked scores and was serving at 6-5 up in 3rd ?.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

nadal botherer pouille wins a (1st ?) title over thiem..7-6 (5), 6-2.

 

[Moxie]

I'm watching. MP Zverev 40-0.

 

[Moxie]

He did it! First world tour title. Youngest guy ever to win this title. Great job, Zed! He was down about 0-3 in the 3rd. And Stan was looking good, until he kind of gifted his last serve.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

eek. zed won 7-5 in the third set. 6-2, 3-6, 7-5.

September 25th 2016. the day the future of tennis started to create his own history to add to the past history of global tennis history.

 

[Tennis Fan]

So happy for the new titlists. Great composure and tennis skills on display today.

 

[Moxie]

Wonder if anyone saw Pouille v. Thiem. Is Thiem tired, or was he overwhelmed? Pouille has a big game. I was a bit surprised it was in straights.