Winston-Salem Open

[Kirijax]

Winston-Salem Open
Category: ATP World Tour 250
Place: Winston-Salem, U.S.A.
Date: 23.08.2015-29.08.2015
Draw Size: S-48 D-16
Surface: Hard
Defending Champion: Lukas Rosol

Tournament Central
Draws: Singles / Doubles

Seeds:
No. 1 Gilles Simon (lost in 2nd round)
No. 2 Kevin Anderson (Champion)
No. 3 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (lost in 3rd round)
No. 4 Viktor Troicki (lost in 2nd round)
No. 5 Guillermo Garcia Lopez (lost in 2nd round)
No. 6 Thomaz Bellucci (lost in quarterfinals)
No. 7 Sam Querrey (lost in 2nd round)
No. 8 Boma Coric (lost in quarterfinals)
No. 9 Benoit Paire (lost in 2nd round)
No. 10 Joao Sousa (lost in 2nd round)
No. 11 Jiri Vesely (lost in 3rd round)
No. 12 Pablo Andujar (Lost in 2nd round)
No. 13 Steve Johnson (lost in semifinals)
No. 14 Marcos Baghdatis (lost in second round)
No. 15 Teymuraz Gabashvili (lost in 3rd round)
No. 16 Jerzy Janowicz (lost in 3rd round)

 

[GameSetAndMath]

No Isner? :cry

 

[Kirijax]

A few surprises with the seeds. Isner has a bad ankle and dropped out of the tournament yesterday. Gilles Simon and Kevin Anderson were late additions and are the top two seeds. Defending champ Lukas Rosol is there as well as Tommy Haas who got a wildcard. Borna Coric gets a seed for the first time in his career at No. 8.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Given his wise decision of not playing in Winston-Salem, I think Isner may actually reach the second week of USO (assuming, of course, that he did not run into Kohly).

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Surprisingly, only five US Players in a 48 player draw in US.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

francis tiafoe bt ryan Harrison in last qualifying round.

 

[Kirijax]

francis tiafoe bt ryan Harrison in last qualifying round.

This is worse for Harrison than it is good for Tiafoe. Harrison looked like he might be on the comeback trail earlier in the year but no longer.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

This tourney always has some implications for USO Series. This year #1 spot is already clinched by Andy and #2 spot is already clinched by Novak. Fed gets #3 spot, unless Marcos Baghdatis wins this tourney, in which case Marcos gets it.

So, Go anyone other than Marcos!

 

[Fiero425]

Surprisingly, only five US Players in a 48 player draw in US.

Why? The US stinks on the men's side! :lolz::snicker :laydownlaughing - It's been pathetic since Roddick was our standard bearer! He's no world beater and the men haven't been relevant since the days of Sampras, Agassi, Courier, Chang, Washington, and Martin OTTH! WE had so many top players, one who had a Russian mom went to play for their team! :cover :nono :angel: :dodgy:

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Surprisingly, only five US Players in a 48 player draw in US.

Why? The US stinks on the men's side! :lolz::snicker :laydownlaughing - It's been pathetic since Roddick was our standard bearer! He's no world beater and the men haven't been relevant since the days of Sampras, Agassi, Courier, Chang, Washington, and Martin OTTH! WE had so many top players, one who had a Russian mom went to play for their team! :cover :nono :angel: :dodgy:

That is the reason. Generally speaking good players will not be playing in the week before GS.
Given that US players suck and that this is a tourney in US Soil, one would expect more of them
to play in this.

 

[Kirijax]

Sunday's Results!

Round 1
Y Lu (TPE) bt R Haase (NED) 7-6(4), 6-2
D Schwartzman (ARG) bt D Gimeno-Traver (ESP) 6-4, 7-6(8)
S Giraldo (COL) bt S Darcis (BEL) 2-0 retired
S Groth (AUS) bt J Donaldson (USA )6-7(4), 7-6(8), 7-6(5)
H Chung (KOR) bt J Ward (GBR) 6-7(7), 6-4, 6-3
M Kukushkin (KAZ) bt N Mahut (FRA) 6-4, 6-7(4), 6-0

 

[Kirijax]

Monday's Schedule!

Monday, August 24, 2015
Day 3

STADIUM STARTS AT 3:00 PM
1ST RD
Lukas Rosol VS Ernests Gulbis
FOLLOWED BY
1ST RD
Alexandr Dolgopolov VS Thanasi Kokkinakis
NOT BEFORE 7:00 PM
Pablo Carreno Busta VS Tommy Haas
FOLLOWED BY
2ND RD
Sam Groth VS (13) Steve Johnson

COURT 2 STARTS AT 3:00 PM
1ST RD
Martin Klizan VS Marsel Ilhan
FOLLOWED BY
1ST RD
Frances Tiafoe VS James Duckworth
FOLLOWED BY
2ND RD
(8) Borna Coric VS Santiago Giraldo
FOLLOWED BY
2ND RD
(9) Benoit Paire VS Hyeon Chung

COURT 3 STARTS AT 3:00 PM
1ST RD
Federico Delbonis VS Simone Bolelli
FOLLOWED BY
1ST RD
Joao Souza VS Malek Jaziri
FOLLOWED BY
1ST RD
Donald Young VS Denis Istomin
FOLLOWED BY
2ND RD
Diego Schwartzman VS (12) Pablo Andujar

COURT 4 STARTS AT 3:00 PM
1ST RD
Pierre-Hugues Herbert VS Sergiy Stakhovsky
FOLLOWED BY
1ST RD
Marco Cecchinato VS Aljaz Bedene
FOLLOWED BY
1ST RD
Teymuraz Gabashvili/Joao Sousa VS (4)Dominic Inglot/Robert Lindstedt
FOLLOWED BY
1ST RD
(3) Eric Butorac/Scott Lipsky VS Martin Klizan/Lukas Rosol

 

[kskate2]

A few surprises with the seeds. Isner has a bad ankle and dropped out of the tournament yesterday. Gilles Simon and Kevin Anderson were late additions and are the top two seeds. Defending champ Lukas Rosol is there as well as Tommy Haas who got a wildcard. Borna Coric gets a seed for the first time in his career at No. 8.

How much money do you want to put on a Rosol title defense? :snicker

 

[Kirijax]

A few surprises with the seeds. Isner has a bad ankle and dropped out of the tournament yesterday. Gilles Simon and Kevin Anderson were late additions and are the top two seeds. Defending champ Lukas Rosol is there as well as Tommy Haas who got a wildcard. Borna Coric gets a seed for the first time in his career at No. 8.

How much money do you want to put on a Rosol title defense? :snicker

LOL I've got a few Singapore dollars in the back of a drawer somewhere. But that's all I'm betting on that horse. :snicker

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

francis tiafoe wins 1st rd match after 3rd set tb, kokkinakis defeats the dog 7-6, 7-6.

 

[Fiero425]

A few surprises with the seeds. Isner has a bad ankle and dropped out of the tournament yesterday. Gilles Simon and Kevin Anderson were late additions and are the top two seeds. Defending champ Lukas Rosol is there as well as Tommy Haas who got a wildcard. Borna Coric gets a seed for the first time in his career at No. 8.

How much money do you want to put on a Rosol title defense? :snicker

LOL I've got a few Singapore dollars in the back of a drawer somewhere. But that's all I'm betting on that horse. :snicker

Since you brought up int'l money; I wonder about the many Guilders I still have from Amsterdam? It was before they went to the Euro; was there in 2001! I'll probably just hold onto it and give them to my nieces and nephew as collector items! :angel: :dodgy:

 

[Kirijax]

Kokkinakis beats Cincinnati semifinalist Dolgopolov 7-6(1), 7-6(5).

 

[Fiero425]

Kokkinakis beats Cincinnati semifinalist Dolgopolov 7-6(1), 7-6(5).

Amazing! Last week it didn't look like Kok was even a pro! Alex almost beat Nole; how things change in days! :cover :eyepop uzzled :nono :angel: :dodgy:

 

[Kirijax]

Corna wins his first two matches as a seeded player, defeating Giraldo 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 today! :clap

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

the borna coric show is on the road.