Stockholm Open, Sweden, ATP 250

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DATE: Oct 17 - 23, 2016
SURFACE: Hard / Indoor
PRIZE MONEY: €566,525
FIELD SIZE: 28
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Tomas Berdych

Seeds:

1 G. Monfils
2 G. Dimitrov
3 I. Karlovic
4 A. Zverev
5 S. Johnson
6 J. Sock
7 J. Isner
8 M. Baghdatis

The Tournament:

The If Stockholm Open was first held in 1969 and has been held at the Kungliga Tennishallen except for 1989-1994, when it was held at the Globe Arena. There have been six different Swedish titlists in the tournament's history. Thomas Johansson was the last home-grown titlist in 2004. Src: ATP

Gael Monfils heads the field as the top seed. Rising star Alexander Zverev will also be in attendance.

About Stockholm

Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, encompasses 14 islands and more than 50 bridges on an extensive Baltic Sea archipelago. The cobblestone streets and ochre-colored buildings of Gamla Stan (the old town) are home to the 13th-century Storkyrkan Cathedral, the Kungliga Slottet Royal Palace and the Nobel Museum, which focuses on the Nobel Prize. Ferries and sightseeing boats shuttle passengers between the islands.

Tourism Guide:

 

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The Draw:

 

[Moxie]

By far the most competitive field of the tournaments this week.

 

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

Kevin Anderson (South Africa) beat 8-Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus) 2-6 6-4 6-2
Radu Albot (Moldova) beat 5-Steve Johnson (U.S.) 6-3 6-4
Adrian Mannarino (France) beat Donald Young (U.S.) 7-5 6-4
Ryan Harrison (U.S.) beat Adam Pavlasek (Czech Republic) 6-3 7-5

 

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Barely 18, local boy Mikael Ymer kicked Verdasco's butt: 2 and 1, making good on his wild card. Another youngster to watch.

 

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Round of 32
Nicolas Almagro Defeats Yuichi Sugita 36 76 63
Dustin Brown Defeats Gilles Muller 46 63 63
Gastao Elias Defeats Ivan Dodig 62 61
(Q) Tobias Kamke Defeats (WC) Elias Ymer 64 60
(WC) Mikael Ymer Defeats Fernando Verdasco 6:2 61

 

[Billie]

Barely 18, local boy Mikael Ymer kicked Verdasco's butt: 2 and 1, making good on his wild card. Another youngster to watch.

And he did really well. He apparently played only 2 ATP matches before this one, so it is mightily impressive. His older and better ranked brother lost, though. We should keep an eye on them. I think they have a 3rd Ymer in the family, who also plays tennis.

 

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And he did really well. He apparently played only 2 ATP matches before this one, so it is mightily impressive. His older and better ranked brother lost, though. We should keep an eye on them. I think they have a 3rd Ymer in the family, who also plays tennis.

About time we had another Swede coming through.

 

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And he did really well. He apparently played only 2 ATP matches before this one, so it is mightily impressive. His older and better ranked brother lost, though. We should keep an eye on them. I think they have a 3rd Ymer in the family, who also plays tennis.

Feature on Ymer here:

 

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

Round 2
4-Alexander Zverev (Germany) beat Adrian Mannarino (France) 7-5 6-4
3-Ivo Karlovic (Croatia) beat Mikael Ymer (Sweden) 4-6 6-4 6-4

Round 1
Juan Martin Del Potro (Argentina) beat 7-John Isner (U.S.) 6-4 7-6(6)
6-Jack Sock (U.S.) beat Malek Jaziri (Tunisia) 3-6 6-3 7-6(5)
Juergen Zopp (Estonia) beat Benjamin Becker (Germany) 6-3 6-4

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

the del potro balloon is in full flight. as he floats into the qf and a match vs dr ivo.

 

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

6-Jack Sock (U.S.) beat Dustin Brown (Germany) 7-6(5) 4-6 6-4
Gastao Elias (Portugal) beat 1-Gael Monfils (France) 7-6(4) 6-1
Juan Martin Del Potro (Argentina) beat Nicolas Almagro (Spain) 6-4 6-3
2-Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) beat Juergen Zopp (Estonia) 6-3 6-2
Tobias Kamke (Germany) beat Radu Albot (Moldova) 7-6(8) 6-3
Kevin Anderson (South Africa) beat Ryan Harrison (U.S.) 7-6(8) 6-4

 

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the del potro balloon is in full flight. as he floats into the qf and a match vs dr ivo.

Delpo seems to be managing his schedule pretty well - not overplaying.

 

[Billie]

Delpo seems to be managing his schedule pretty well - not overplaying.

Yep, it seems that Delpo has learned his lessons.

And the youngster went to 3 sets with Dr Ivo. Great job.

 

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Friday, October 21, 2016
Day 7
Centre Court 12:00 noon
QF Kevin Anderson VS (2) Grigor Dimitrov
Followed By
QF (WC) Juan Martin del Potro VS (3) Ivo Karlovic
Not Before 6:30 pm
QF Gastao Elias VS (6) Jack Sock
Followed By
QF (4) Alexander Zverev VS (Q) Tobias Kamke

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

this Stockholm if tourney was bjorn borg's tour debut on nov 1st 1971 aged 15y 5m. (I know I have mentioned it before but..hey ho)

he only won it once though, in 1980, beating McEnroe in straights on a lightning fast deck where one stoke rallies were almost impossible.

 

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but enough of the greats of the olden days....sf is looking top notch,

sir grigor vs del potro, and a slowly improving jack sock v a fast improving zed.

 

[Billie]

Great semi final matches here. Dimitrov looks in good form and Delpo is always dangerous, if healthy. Could go either way, the same with Sock and Sasha.

 

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

4-Alexander Zverev (Germany) beat Tobias Kamke (Germany) 6-3 7-6(5)
6-Jack Sock (U.S.) beat Gastao Elias (Portugal) 6-4 6-4
Juan Martin Del Potro (Argentina) beat 3-Ivo Karlovic (Croatia) 6-3 6-4
2-Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) beat Kevin Anderson (South Africa) 7-6(3) 5-7 6-2

 

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Great semi final matches here. Dimitrov looks in good form and Delpo is always dangerous, if healthy. Could go either way, the same with Sock and Sasha.

Hoping for a Zed/Delpo final.