Turkish Airlines Open Antalya, Turkey, ATP 250, 2019

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DATE: Jun 23-29, 2019
SURFACE: Grass
PRIZE MONEY: €445,690
FIELD SIZE: 28
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Damir Dzumhur

Seeds:
1. Benoit Paire
2. Adrian Mannarino
3. Jordan Thompson
4. Pablo Carreno Busta
5. Damir Dzumhur
6. Ugo Humbert
7. Andreas Seppi
8. Joao Sousa

The Tournament:

The Turkish Airlines Open Antalya is part of the enhanced grass-court swing, staged the week before Wimbledon. Seven grass courts are located at the luxury hotel resort Kaya Palazzo Belek under the expert guidance of the All England Lawn Tennis Club, Wimbledon. Japan's Yuichi Sugita won the inaugural event in 2017, with Damir Dzumhur of Bosnia and Herzegovina triumphing in 2018.

About Antalya:

Antalya is the fifth-most populous city in Turkey and the largest Turkish city on the Mediterranean coast, with over one million people in its metropolitan area. Located on the Turkish Riviera, and bordered by the Taurus Mountains, Antalya is Turkey's biggest international sea resort, boasting a booming tourism business.

Tourism Guide:

 

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The Draw:

 

[isabelle]

Dzumhur beat Ebden

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

19yr old serb wand waver has won..he has a surname we need to remember. seems as if the kid hitz good ball.

try and sneak a viewing of him at wimbldeon on telly.

 

[herios]

Top seed Paire was eliminated by Troicki, who is really low ranked these days, at 193.
This event has one of the weakest field in an ATP event, with only one player ranked in the top 40.
That was Paire, who now is gone.
Big opportunity for those who are still standing.

 

[Moxie]

Troicki the Mysterious is still wandering around. (Speaking of Ancient Mariners, I saw that Robredo won a match in a clay challenger today.)

 

[herios]

Troicki the Mysterious is still wandering around. (Speaking of Ancient Mariners, I saw that Robredo won a match in a clay challenger today.)

More so, Tommy Robredo won a Challenger title last week, also in Italy.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

clash of the serbs as troiki plays the new guy kecmancvic or almost that name anyway.

 

[Moxie]

clash of the serbs as troiki plays the new guy kecmancvic or almost that name anyway.

I'm rooting for Kecmanovic. Troicki is basically done.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

clash of the serbs as troiki plays the new guy kecmancvic or almost that name anyway.

We need a simple name for k------------vic. I make you in charge of coming up with one despite me having no authority to do so.

 

[don_fabio]

More so, Tommy Robredo won a Challenger title last week, also in Italy.

And the week before in Poland. He is doing something that Youzny did in Asia challenger swing a year or so ago. Won 3 challengers in a row, something like that. While Youzny retired, Robredo is still alive and kicking at 37. Not bad at all considering he is doing this on clay.

 

[don_fabio]

I'm rooting for Kecmanovic. Troicki is basically done.

I watched him last week against KK in Halle. He gave russian all sorts of trouble in the first set. I was impressed with what I saw. A guy is very solid for his age and should have a bright future ahead.

 

[don_fabio]

We need a simple name for k------------vic. I make you in charge of coming up with one despite me having no authority to do so.

His official nickname written on ATP page is Misha, hm, this reminds too much of Mischa Zverev. Maybe he could be the The Catchman, just a suggestion, while looking for the meaning of it I found there is some british comics called Candy and the Catchman

 

[don_fabio]

Kecmanovic is just beating Troicki with a set and a break in the second set. There is not a single soul in the audience in this tourney.

 

[herios]

We need a simple name for k------------vic. I make you in charge of coming up with one despite me having no authority to do so.

If you are lazy to type Kecmanovic, you could use Miomir.
It is short and most importantly unique.

 

[don_fabio]

Thompson is really sweating like crazy. He got a medical timeout and the guy is checking his blood pressure. He doesn't look well and is lying on the floor now with legs up. Temperatures are too high for tennis the whole week in Turkey.

 

[herios]

I am rooting for a Kecmanovic - Sonego final .

 

[tented]

I am rooting for a Kecmanovic - Sonego final .

Are you watching? The Tennis Channel is showing Eastbourne, but I see on the live scores that Sonego is up 6-3, 5-5.

 

[herios]

Are you watching? The Tennis Channel is showing Eastbourne, but I see on the live scores that Sonego is up 6-3, 5-5.

I was not watching, just checked the result.
The match got interrupted yesterday at 5-5 in the second set.
I see that Sonego won the match when they resumed.
So the final will be the one I wanted.

 

[herios]

Intriguing final. Neither of them was there before. Two relatively unknown players on the tour.