ATP Geneva, Lyon; WTA Belgrade, Parma
Four little ones. Two ATP 250 and two WTA 250. All on clay. All four fit in
a 1200km diameter circle. Rome just ends today, and kinda strangely the
situation is pretty much split. For the women the big guns (top 20) will
have some rest (unless you're named Serena). The lower ranked will
battle for the scraps. For the men it seems they're more antsy and we get
ten of the top 20 showing up, including four from the top 10.
Let's start with the gals.
Serbia Ladies Open, Belgrade
|
| Belgrade Fortress |
WTA 250, clay outdoor. Full 32 players draw. The eight seeds are from #30 to
#62 and last direct MD entry is #117. Yeah. Here they are:
Pavlyuchenkova, Putintseva, Zhang, Badosa, Podoroska, Mladenovic,
Peterson
and Kovinic. Who else is there? Well...
LAF v Hercog, Petkovic, Țig v Buzărnescu, Tomljanovic, Sasnovich, The
Lesser Pliskova, AVU.
Emilia-Romagna Open, Parma
|
| Torrechiara Castle |
Again WTA 250 on clay and a full 32 players draw. Serena felt that she
really needs some clay matches after the Rome early exit, so she lifts the
whole thing a couple of notches. Last MD acceptance is #103. Here are the
eight seeds:
Serena, Martic, Gauff, Kasatkina, Anisimova, Wang(Q), SST and
Garcia. Other notables:
Siniakova, Kanepi, Giorgi v McHale, Venus, Bogdan v Errani, Hsieh, Doi
and Hibino.
Onto the lads.
Gonet Geneva Open
|
| Tour de Champel |
ATP 250 on clay outdoor. The ATP way for these is a draw of 28 players with
the top four seeds having byes: Federer, The Shap, Ruud and
Dimitrov. The other four are Garin, Fognini, Paire and
Mannarino. Other notables: Cilic, Fucsovic, Opelka, and
Verdasco.
Open Parc d'Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes-Lyon
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| Fort Saint-Jean |
Same deal as before. This seems a bit higher level, but barely. The top four
seeds with byes are Thiem, The Tsi, Schwartzman, Goffin. The bye-less
seeds are Monfils, Sinner, FAA and The Khach. And the also
here's are
Norrie, ARV, Karatsev, Gasquet, Herbert, Simon, Nishioka, Tsonga.
C19 still is a thing, awful and shit so the coda will stay:
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