Sunday, 11 April 2021

Monte Carlo and BJKC and Charleston again

 ATP Monte Carlo; WTA Charleston 2; ITF BJKC playoffs



Here comes the first big one on clay for the men. The Monte Carlo Masters. The women have a Fed Cup Billie Jean King Cup appointment - the World Group playoffs (I think), and Charleston was nice enough to warrant another week there, but this time just a WTA 250. I'm gonna start with the grand!

Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters


Monte Carlo Country Club

First ATP Masters 1000 of the year on clay. Out of the top 20 Thiem, Federer, The Shap and Raonic chose to pass on this one. It's a 56 players draw, with the top 8 seeds having byes. Here they are: Djokovic, Medvedev, Nadal, The Tsi, Zverev, Rublev, Schwartzman and Berrettini. The other eight byeless seeds are RBA, Monfils, Goffin, PCB, Hurkacz, Dimitrov, Fognini and Garin. Let's check out the draw (projected R16).


One to five, four missing


1st Quarter
Djokovic[1] v Hurkacz[13]
Goffin[11] v Zverev[5]
Also in here ARV v Sinner, Evans, Cilic, Fucsovic.

2nd Quarter
The Tsi[4] v Garin[16]
Monfils[10] v Berrettini[8]
Other notables: Musetti v Karatsev, FAA, De Minaur.

3rd Quarter
Rublev[6] v RBA[9]
Dimitrov[14] v Nadal[3]
Fritz, Struff, Chardy and Mannarino are also in this section

4th Quarter
Schwartzman[7] v PCB[12]
Fognini[15] v Medvedev[2]
Who else? We have a Norse battle! Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune v Ruud. Also The Khach, Paire and Basilashvili.

OOP
Stefanos Tsitsipas and hist 1st ATP Masters 1000 trophy


Onto the women.

MUSC Health Women's Open, Charleston


Complex at Daniel Island

If you are wondering, MUSC is Medical University of South Carolina. For some reason MUSC Health threw me off and towards some fitness supplements... OK, this one is an offshoot of C19. It's a one and only deal, just for this year. WTA 250 with 32 players in the draw. No byes. The eight seeds are Jabeur, Linette, Rogers, Cornet, Doi, Tomljanovic, Davis and Brengle. Brengle is #81, just sayin'... Let's still try for a "who else?"... Hibino, McNally, Kovinic, Vandeweghe, Wang (Y) and McHale v Errani. We did it!

OOP
Astra Sharma and her 1st trophy (I kinda feel sorry for her...)


Billie Jean King Cup playoffs


Reading on this gave me a headache. So I'm gonna do a copypasta! 
The Billie Jean King Cup by BNP Paribas Play-offs will take place on 16-17 April 2021 and will feature the eight losing nations from the Qualifiers and the eight promoted teams from the regional Group I events – four teams from Europe/Africa Group I, two teams from Americas Group I, two teams from Asia/Oceania Group I.
Winning nations will compete in the Billie Jean King Cup Qualifiers in 2022. Losing nations will compete in Group I events.
OK? Good?
Good.
Here are the 8 ties with locations.


Cordoba and Chornomorsk are on clay outdoor, while s-Hertogenbosch is on clay indoor, fitting well with the season. The other five are all on HC indoors.

Here are the teams:
Poland
Players: Linette, Kawa, Frech, Ula Radwanska, Kania-Chodun
Captain: Dawid Celt.
Brazil
Players: Ce, Pigossi, Rodrigues Alves, Stefani
Captain: Roberta Burzagli.
Great Britain
Players: Watson, Dart, Swan, Burrage, Boulter
Captain: Anne Keothavong.
Mexico
Players: Zacarias, Olmos, Contreras Gomez, Garcia (not that one)
Captain: Agustin Moreno.

Serbia
Players: Stojanovic, Danilovic, Krunic, Jorovic, Radivojevic
Captain: Dusan Vemic.
Canada
Players: Fernandez, Marino, Zhao, Fichman
Captain: Heidi El Tabakh.

Latvia
Players: Sevastova, Ostapenko, Marcinkevica, Vismane, Spaka
Captain: Adrians Zguns.
India
Players: Raina, Bhosale, Desai, Thandi, Mirza
Captain: Vishal Uppal.

Ukraine
Players: Svitolina, Kostyuk, Zavatska, 2 x Kichenok
Captain: Mikhail Filima.
Japan
Players: Naito, Muramatsu, Akita, Sato
Captain: Toshihisa Tsuchihashi.
Romania
Players: Țig, Bara, Buzărnescu, Ruse, Niculescu
Captain: Monica Niculescu.
Italy
Players: Trevisan, Paolini, Cocciaretto, Gatto-Monticone, Turati
Captain: Tathiana Garbin.
Argentina
Players: Podoroska, Carle, Bosio, Naya, Ortenzi
Captain: Mercedes Paz.
Kazakhstan
Players: Rybakina, Putintseva, Diyas, Danilina, Shvedova
Captain: Yaroslava Shvedova.
Netherlands
Players: Bertens, Rus, Pattinama Kerkhove, Schuurs
Captain: Paul Haarhuis.
China
Players: Zhang, Zheng, 2 x Wang(X), XU
Captain: Wei-Guang Yang.




C19 still is a thing, awful and shit so the coda will stay:
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