Tata Open Maharashtra, Pune, India, ATP 250

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DATE: December 31 2018 - January 5, 2019
SURFACE: Hard
PRIZE MONEY: $527,880
FIELD SIZE: 28
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Gilles Simon

Seeds:

1 ANDERSON, Kevin
2 CHUNG, Hyeon
3 SIMON, Gilles
4 JAZIRI, Malek
5 PAIRE, Benoit
6 CARBALLES BAENA, Roberto
7 MUNAR, Jaume
8 ANDUJAR, Pablo

The Tournament:

The Tata Open Maharashtra, India’s only ATP World Tour stop, is one of three tournaments held in the opening week of the season and will be held in Pune for the second time in 2019. Former champions of the ATP World Tour 250 event, which used to be held in Chennai, include former World No. 1s Pat Rafter and Carlos Moya.

About Pune

Pune is a sprawling city in the western Indian state of Maharashtra with a population of just over 3 million.

It was once the base of the Peshwas (prime ministers) of the Maratha Empire, which lasted from 1674 to 1818. It's known for the grand Aga Khan Palace, built in 1892 and now a memorial to Mahatma Gandhi, whose ashes are preserved in the garden. The 8th-century Pataleshwar Cave Temple is dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva.

Tourism Guide:



5 Fun Facts about Pune

Pune is the second largest city of Maharashtra, next to Mumbai in population and the eighth largest city in India.

The city has the highest number of software companies in India after Bangalore and Hyderabad.

Pune is surrounded by hills and forts on almost all sides.

Pune has the largest number of 2 wheelers in the world.

The city boasts of more than 100 institutes of higher learning and nine universities.

 

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The bigger names rolling into Pune include Kevin Anderson, Marin Cilic, Hyeon Chung, Gilles Simon, Malek Jaziri, Benoit Paire and Pablo Andujar.

 

[El Dude]

Bit of a drop-off from the Brisbane and Qatar talent pools.

 

[herios]

Bit of a drop-off from the Brisbane and Qatar talent pools.

Not surprising. That has always been the case.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Not surprising. That has always been the case.

I think this is directly related to the amount of money involved and nothing else.

 

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Draw for Pune

 

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[GameSetAndMath]

Due to the ATP cup team event that is being held before AO, this event is getting moved to February (in the Post AO, Golden swing period). As a result expect this tournament to lose heavily in stature, which it does not have much to begin with.

 

[herios]

I was disappointed today by Felix AA. He came through the qualifiers and met another qualifier Karlovic. Dr. Ivo is ranked 100, just slightly better than Felix who is ranked 109.
Dr. Ivo will turn 40 next month and I am not expecting anything anymore from him at this stage.
I would have not been upset if Felix would have lost in tiebreaks, knowingly Ivo, but he was broken in each set and that is very dissapointing.

 

[Moxie]

I was disappointed today by Felix AA. He came through the qualifiers and met another qualifier Karlovic. Dr. Ivo is ranked 100, just slightly better than Felix who is ranked 109.
Dr. Ivo will turn 40 next month and I am not expecting anything anymore from him at this stage.
I would have not been upset if Felix would have lost in tiebreaks, knowingly Ivo, but he was broken in each set and that is very dissapointing.

That's too bad. I was hoping to see him come through that one, too.

 

[mrzz]

That's why I like Dr. Evil. He always finds a way to break some hearts.

 

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1st Round ..
Laslo Djere (SRB) beat Arjun Kadhe (IND) 7-5 7-6(6)
Simone Bolelli (ITA) beat Denis Istomin (UZB) 6-4 6-4
Ilya Ivashka (BLR) beat Hubert Hurkacz (POL) 6-7(9) 6-2 6-3
Jiri Vesely (CZE) beat Antoine Hoang (FRA) 4-6 6-4 6-4
5-Benoit Paire (FRA) beat Thiago Monteiro (BRA) 7-6(5) 6-3
Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) beat Marcel Granollers (ESP) 4-6 6-4 6-3
Ivo Karlovic (CRO) beat Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-4 7-5

 

[mrzz]

Gu, Golbis!!!!

 

[isabelle]

The bigger names rolling into Pune include Kevin Anderson, Marin Cilic, Hyeon Chung, Gilles Simon, Malek Jaziri, Benoit Paire and Pablo Andujar.

where is Cilic ????

 

[GameSetAndMath]

where is Cilic ????

He dropped out at the last moment. Still recovering from some injuries.

 

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2nd Round ..

1-Kevin Anderson (RSA) beat Laslo Djere (SRB) 7-6(3) 7-6(6)
7-Jaume Munar (ESP) beat Simone Bolelli (ITA) 7-5 6-0
3-Gilles Simon (FRA) beat Ilya Ivashka (BLR) 6-7(3) 6-2 6-1
5-Benoit Paire (FRA) beat Jiri Vesely (CZE) 6-4 6-2
Steve Darcis (BEL) beat Michael Mmoh (USA) 4-6 7-6(4) 6-2
4-Malek Jaziri (TUN) beat Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) 6-7(6) 7-6 6-3
Ivo Karlovic (CRO) beat Evgeny Donskoy (RUS) 6-4 7-5
Ernests Gulbis (LAT) beat 2-Hyeon Chung (KOR) 7-6(2) 6-2

 

[britbox]

Gu, Golbis!!!!

There's an enigma if ever there was one.

 

[herios]

There's an enigma if ever there was one.

Not really. If you read more about him, everything makes sense.
Initially a spoiled young man, later he became serious, when he reached top 10. Then his downfall came due to injuries.
Now he seems healthy again thus getting better results. That is in a nutshell his career storyline .

 

[britbox]

Not really. If you read more about him, everything makes sense.
JnitiallI a spoiled young man, later he became serious, when he reached top 10. Then his downfall came due to injuries.
Now he seems healthy again thus getting better results. That is in a nutshell his career storyline .

That's a very simplistic view of him... he's been wildly erratic throughout his career - serious or not.

 

[Moxie]

That's a very simplistic view of him... he's been wildly erratic throughout his career - serious or not.

I agree with you on this. He committed briefly, and injuries don't explain the rest.