WTA&ATP Moscow; WTA Luxembourg;
ATP Antwerp, Stockholm
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| The perfect time zone! Right? Right? |
It's the men's turn to take the back seat, having three ATP 250s while the women have a Premier and an International.
VTB Kremlin Cup, Moscow
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| Tsaritsyno Palace in gorgeous autumn sun |
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| But this will happen in a few weeks (If you ask me that umbrella is completely pointless!) |
This is a mixed affair. The women have a WTA Premier and the men an ATP 250. Ladies first!
After a lot of shenanigans (Moscow is used to this)
Bencic secured a MDWC so she can make a last hurrah effort to get into Shenzhen. She just has to pass
Bertens, who's also in Moscow and they're both in the same half, so we can get a SF that decides all! Both looked already pooped in Linz though... So that covers seeds [2] and [3]. The other 6 are
Svitolina, Vekic, Yastremska, Sevastova, Sakkari, Alexandrova.
Svitolina is qualified to Shenzhen already, and she "loves" playing in Russia, so we might still get another late withdrawal. Top 4 seeds have byes. So who else is there?
Jabeur, Tomljanovic, Pavlyuchenkova, Kuznetsova v Muchova, Kasatkina, Sasnovich, Hercog v Siniakova, Mladenovic v Putintseva. Seriously stacked draw for a Premier! Not many are in tip top shape though so I expect retirements. At least three.
DRAW
DOUBLES DRAW
OOP
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| Belinda Bencic and her trophy (not a bad one!) |
And now the gents!
Weirdly enough the draw for this ATP 250 is the same with the women's Premier: eight seeds, first four have byes. Here they are:
Medvedev (still in China, the poor man),
The Khach, Cilic, Lajovic, Garin, Rublev, Mannarino, Kecmanovic. So last seed is #50. That means the other notables are let's say... meh:
Karlovic, Chardy, Kukushkin, Kohlschreiber v Herbert.
DRAW
DOUBLES DRAW
OOP
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| Andrey Rublev - not the happiest guy... |
BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open
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| The Philharmonie - so that you know there is new stuff in Luxembourg |
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| A castle - one of the umpteen! Not that it ain't gorgeous, but this is like the skyscrapers in Asia! |
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Weirdly enough we got Russians here too! Ha! 32 players in the draw, no byes, no nonsense! The eight seeds: Mertens, Goerges, Rybakina, AVU, Kuzmova, Giorgi, Ferro, Blinkova. Others in here: Ostapenko, Petkovic, Gasparyan, Gauff, Pliskova The Lesser, Cirstea.
DRAW
DOUBLES DRAW
OOP
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| "Hi guys! Check out this UFO I just caught!" - Jelena Ostapenko |
European Open, Antwerp
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| That is called a flower carpet! |
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| You might remember this from last year! Port Authority House, I think it's fabulous. |
28 players draw which means from the eight seeds, four have byes. Here they are:
Monfils, Goffin, Schwartzman, The Man!, Pella, Tsonga, Struff, Cuevas. Who else is there? These guys:
The Tiaf, Lopez v Norrie, Simon, Sir Scot Guy, Gasquet.
DRAW
DOUBLES DRAW
OOP
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| Andy Murray and "Headless tennis player holding a basketball" (©The Independent) |
Intrum Stockholm Open
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| Remember that subway station in Tashkent? Well, Swedes can do it too! |
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| Stadshus (The City Hall) - I love that tower, the bulky sturdiness ended suddenly by that delicate thing at the top. |
Same deal as with the other two: eight seeds, four have byes: Fognini, Dimitrov, Fritz, The Shap, PCB, Opelka, Verdasco, Evans. Jesus, the others list is dire in this one (well... remember, of course, that me + ATP = blah) Fucsovics, Ruud, Albot v Nishioka, Querrey and two Ymers (both WC).
OOP
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| Denis Shapovalov. If you squint you can see your reflection in that trophy. (©LaPresse.ca) |
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