Winston-Salem 250 HC

[herios]

Seeds:
1. P. Carreno-Busta
2. K. Edmund
3. M. Cecchinato
4 H. Chung
5. D. Dzumhur
6. F. Krajinovic
7. S. Johnson
8. S. Querrey

 

[isabelle]

who's the defending champ ?

 

[herios]

Bautista-Agut is the title holder here, but he is out this year with injury.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Isner is a Greensboro native and hence this is his home tourney. He usually plays in this tourney. What happened to him. Perhaps injured seriously?

 

[isabelle]

Simon also out with back injury

 

[britbox]

3rd Round
Ryan Harrison (USA) beat 7-Filip Krajinovic (SRB) 6-3 7-6(4)
Taro Daniel (JPN) beat Dominik Koepfer (GER) 7-6(4) 7-6(3)

Quarter-final
Daniil Medvedev (RUS) beat Ryan Harrison (USA) 7-6(4) 6-4
8-Steve Johnson (USA) beat 3-Kyle Edmund (GBR) 6-1 6-2
2-Pablo Carreno Busta beat 6-Hyeon Chung (KOR) 6-3 6-4

 

[herios]

And in the last QF, Daniel defeated Jarry in 3 sets.

 

[isabelle]

Johnson could win that uh ?

 

[herios]

Good job by Medvedev. He won his second title.

 

[Moxie]

Isner is a Greensboro native and hence this is his home tourney. He usually plays in this tourney. What happened to him. Perhaps injured seriously?

Isner has been criticized for playing W-S, since he became a contender for the USO. You can't criticize him for NOT playing it. I think he skips in favor of USO.

 

[Moxie]

Medvedev v. Steve Johnson in the final. Go, Stevie!

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Isner has been criticized for playing W-S, since he became a contender for the USO. You can't criticize him for NOT playing it. I think he skips in favor of USO.

1. No, Isner is never a contender for USO; get real.
2. I am not criticizing him for not playing here. In fact, if it is a choice, I hail him.
3. But, my guess is that he is hampered and that is why he is not playing.

 

[Moxie]

1. No, Isner is never a contender for USO; get real.
2. I am not criticizing him for not playing here. In fact, if it is a choice, I hail him.
3. But, my guess is that he is hampered and that is why he is not playing.

Like it or not, he's been criticized in the past for playing it, for that reason. I don't know if that's why this year.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Like it or not, he's been criticized in the past for playing it, for that reason. I don't know if that's why this year.

One of his motivation is to stay high up in the Bonus challenge by playing lots of tourneys, to increase his chances. However, given that they have got rid of that, he probably does not feel the name of the

 

[britbox]

Medvedev d. Johnson 6/4 6/4

 

[isabelle]

congrats to Danil