2016 Citi Open (ATP 500) July 18-14, 2016

[Eco]

Main Draw Men's Singles Attached


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Some of the notable players include:
Isner (1)
Monfils (2)
Bernard (3)
Paire (4)
Steve Johnson (5)
Jack Sock (6)
Querrey (8)

Coric (16)

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[Eco]

Here is today's Order of Play (ATP Singles Only)

STADIUM
Donald Young (USA) vs Ernesto Escobedo (USA)
(12) Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) vs Daniel Evans (GBR)
(8) Sam Querry (USA) vs Bjorn Fratangelo (USA)
Adrian Mannarino (FRA) vs (5) Steve Johnson (USA)

GRANDSTAND 1
(Q) Ryan Harrison (USA) vs Stephane Robert (FRA)
(WC) Reilly Opelka (USA) vs Malek Jaziri (TUN)
(Q) Jared Donaldson (USA) vs (4) Benoit Paire (FRA)

GRANDSTAND 2
Sam Groth (AUS) vs Brian Baker (USA)
Jordan Thompson (AUS) vs (11) Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR)

COURT 1
Austin Krajicek (USA) vs Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE)
Lukas Lacko (SVK) vs (WC) Denis Shapovalov (CAN)

COURT 2
Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) vs Ivan Dodig (CRO)

COURT 3
none​

 

[nuraman00]

Thanks for the thread, and the matches for today.

 

[Eco]

2nd Round Order of Play
ATP Gentlemen Only​

STADIUM
Adrian Mannarino (FRA) vs (5) Steve Johnson (USA)
(7) Alexander Zverev vs Taylor Fritz (USA)
Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) vs (2) Gael Monfils (FRA)
(1) John Isner (USA) vs James Duckworth (AUS)
(3) Tomic (AUS) vs Donald Young (USA)

GRANDSTAND 1
Malek Jaziri (TUR) vs (9) Kevin Anderson (RSA)
Lukas Lacko (SRB) vs (6) Jack Sock (USA)
John Millman (AUS) vs (15) Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)

GRANDSTAND 2
(10) Viktor Troicki (SVK) vs Ryan Harrison (USA)
Brian Baker (USA) vs (13) Ivo Karlovic (CRO)
(16) Borna Coric (CRO) vs Yuicki Sugita (JPN)

COURT 1
(14) Giles Muller (LUX) vs Yoshihito Nichioka (JPN)

COURT 2
none

COURT 3
none

 

[nuraman00]

Zverev vs. Fritz, and Tomic vs. Young, might be fun.

 

[Old Lion]

Sock does not like Lascko. He was so aggravated the last time they played because Lucas came out like a house of fire and pressed Sock the whole time.

 

[nuraman00]

Sock does not like Lascko. He was so aggravated the last time they played because Lucas came out like a house of fire and pressed Sock the whole time.

So you're saying Sock doesn't like aggressive players?

 

[Old Lion]

So you're saying Sock doesn't like aggressive players?

Actually, its more like he does not like when players play better than usual against him.

 

[Eco]

3rd Round Order of Play
ATP Gentlemen Only
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STADIUM​

Ryan Harrison (USA) vs (5) Steve Johnson (USA)
(1) John Isner (USA) vs (15) Marco Baghdatis (CYP)
(16) Borna Coric (CRO) vs (2) Gael Monfils (FRA)
(8) Sam Querrey (USA) vs (11) Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR)
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GRANDSTAND 1​

(3) Bernard Tomic (AUS) vs (13) Ivo Karlovic (CRO)
Daniel Evans (GBR) vs (6) Jack Sock (USA)
(7) Alexander Zverev (GER) vs Malek Jaziri (TUR)
(14) Giles Muller (LUX) vs (4) Benoit Paire (FRA)
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GRANDSTAND 2​

none
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COURT 1 ​

none
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COURT 2​

none
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COURT 3​

none​

 

[Eco]

Some really intriguing match ups today.

Isner/Baghdatis & Coric/Monfils are the ones that I'm most looking forward to.

 

[nuraman00]

Some really intriguing match ups today.

Isner/Baghdatis & Coric/Monfils are the ones that I'm most looking forward to.

Those are the ones I was thinking of too!

What time in PST will those be on?

 

[bksballer89]

Some really intriguing match ups today.

Isner/Baghdatis & Coric/Monfils are the ones that I'm most looking forward to.

They ended up not being as intriguing as they looked on paper

 

[nuraman00]

Muller vs. Paire is the only one left, live.

I'll try watching this tourney another day.

 

[Eco]

Sorry - I was MIA for the second half of yesterday. Wasn't able to watch the Monfils match, but watched Isner and Sock, both had very comfortable wins.

 

[Eco]

Quarterfinals
ATP Gentlemen Only


STADIUM
(13) Ivo Karlovic (CRO) vs (6) Jack Sock (USA)
(1) John Isner (USA) vs (5) Steve Johnson (USA)
(8) Sam Querrey (USA) vs (2) Gael Monfils (FRA)
(7) Alexnader Zverev (GER) vs (4) Benoit Paire (FRA)

GRANDSTAND 1

none
GRANDSTAND 2

none
COURT 1

none
COURT 2

none
COURT 3

none​

 

[nuraman00]

As of now, given that Isner's only career titles have been in ATP 250 level events, and that he's been a 3 time finalist in Washington (2007 - Roddick; 2013 - Nadal; 2015 - Nishikori), the only interesting outcome for this tourney would be for Isner to play in the Finals, and hopefully win it.

This would be his biggest title, since it's a 500 level event.

 

[bksballer89]

As of now, given that Isner's only career titles have been in ATP 250 level events, and that he's been a 3 time finalist in Washington (2007 - Roddick; 2013 - Nadal; 2015 - Nishikori), the only interesting outcome for this tourney would be for Isner to play in the Finals, and hopefully win it.

This would be his biggest title, since it's a 500 level event.

Well there goes that opportunity lol

 

[nuraman00]

Well there goes that opportunity lol

Holy crap, a 17 - 15 2nd set tiebreaker? Great for fans.

Bad for what I wanted to see.

 

[nuraman00]

It would be cool to see Steve Johnson win a 500 event, but he's not likely to, given the remaining players left, IMO.

 

[nuraman00]

Monfils vs. Karlovic Finals.

Monfils only has 5 ATP titles. All have been at the 250 level.

He has 3 500 level Finals (Japan 2010 to Nadal; Washington 2011 to Stephanek; Rotterdam 2016 to Klizan).

He has 3 Masters 1000 Finals (Paris 2009 to Djokovic; Paris 2010 to Soderling; Monte Carlo 2016 to Nadal).

IMO, wishing he gets his first 500 title would still be less than what he's expected to do. He should have gotten a 500 title by now. It's just too late in his career to be special, as he should have already done this.

Karlovic has 7 250 titles.

He's never played for a 500 title.

I'll root for him, given his age (37), and more limited game. It's a bigger achievement for him.