Monday 19 July 2021

Olympics + Four 250 Weddings (Clay) & A Funeral (HC)

Plava Laguna Croatia Open, Umag Croatia ATP 250
Mifel Open, Los Cabos, Mexico ATP 250
Swiss Open Gstaad, Gstaad, Switzerland ATP 250
BNP Paribas Poland Open, Gdynia, Poland WTA 250
32nd Palermo Ladies Open, Palermo, Sicily, Italy WTA 250



For players who did not qualify for the Olympics, or who chose not to go, there are 3 ATP and 2 WTA 250 level tournaments available. The 2021 Tokyo Olympics (officially referred to as #Tokyo2020) begin Opening Ceremonies Friday, July 23, 2021.  Let's see what's happening this week:


Plava Laguna Croatia Open ATP 250 (clay)
Umag, Croatia

Croatia Open on Plava Laguna - Teniski centar Stella Maris (sweet!)

Draw: Singles 28, Doubles 16

2019 Champ: Dusan Lajovic

Seeds: (1) Ramos Vinolas, (2) Lajovic, (3) Filip Krajinovic, (4) Gasquet, (5) Aljaz Bedene, (6) Jaime Munar, (7) Carlos Alcaraz, (8) Gianluca Mager

Wildcards: Holger Rune, Nino Serdarusic, Duje Ajdukovic

They have a system for allocating a wildcard (which more tourneys should adopt). There is a series of tourneys, leading up to Umag for Croatian players only, to select one of the tournament’s wildcards.

Goran Ivanisevic is an “ambassador and friend of the tournament.” He is such a good friend that Center Court is named “ATP Stadion Goran Ivanisevic.” Goran was 1st Croat inducted into the International Hall of Fame on Saturday July 17, 2021. This is the 31st edition of the tournament. 

OOP


Swiss Open Gstaad ATP 250 (clay)
Gstaad, Switzerland

Gstaad Palace - Summer

Draw: Singles 28, Doubles 16

2019 Champ: Albert Ramos Vinolas

Seeds: (1) Shapovalov, (2) Bautista Agut, (3 ) Casper Ruud, (4) Cristian Garin, (5) Delbonis, (6) Gorilla Grumpy Paire, (7) Djere, (8) F. Lopez

Other notables: Mikael Ymer, Juan Ignacio Londero, Hugo Gaston

WCs: 3 Swiss players - Dominic Stricker, Johan Nikles, Leandro Ricdi

The first edition of this tournament was in 1915 and it is celebrating the 105th edition this year.

Fun fact – This is the tourney where Roger Federer was twice presented with a cow, in 2003 and 2013.

OOP

Mifel Open ATP 250 (hard court)
 Los Cabos, Mexico
Now This is a Trophy! Campeón Singles Trophy

Draw: Singles 28, Doubles 16

2019 Champ: Diego Schwartzman

Seeds: (1) Cam Norrie, (2) Isner, (3) Fritz, (4) Querrey, (5) Jordan Thompson, (6) Stevie  Johnson, (7) Seppi, (8) *MacKenzie McDonald

WCs: *Ivo Karlovic, Thanasi Kokkinakis and Mexican player Lopez Villasenor

**Milos Raonic pulled out last minute citing injury; McDonald got a Seed, Karlovic a WC

This tournament debuted in 2016 when Ivo Karlovic won the title.

This year the tourney will not be open to fans.

OOP


BNP Paribas Poland Open WTA 250 (clay)
Gdynia, Poland

Port of Gdynia Harbor, Western Coast of Gdansk Bay- #2 containers on Baltic Sea -  est. 1926 

Draw: Singles 32, Doubles 16

Gydnia is a port city, a conurbation (look it up!) of the more recognizable city of Gdansk - the largest city of the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Eastern Poland. If you didn't know, now you know. Also if you have a Pom, you know where your pup comes from.  T
his is the 1st Edition of this Tournament.

Seeds: (1) Little Putintseva, (2) Tamara Zidansek, (3) Irina Camelia Begu, (4) Tereza Martincova, (5) Anna Blinkova, (6) Sassy Sasnovich, (7) Varvara Gracheva, (8) Anhelina Kalinina

Other notables: Kristina Kocova, Katerina Kozlova, Viktoria Kuzmova

WCs: Weronika Baszak, Valeryia Olianovskaia, Ursula Radwanska, Katie Volynets

Special Exempt: Maryna Zanevska


32nd Palermo Ladies Open WTA 250 (clay)
Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Most important Landmark of Piazza Pretoria: Praetorian Fountain c. 1554-55 aka Fountain of Shame, Fontana della Vergogna 


Draw: Singles 32, Doubles 16

2020 Champ: Fiona Fer
ro

Seeds: (1) Dani Rose 'Thorn' Collins, (2) Ludmilla Samsonova, (3) Jil Teichmann, (4) Zhang Shuai, (5) Viktoriya Tomova, (6) Oceane Dodin, (7) Astra Sharma, (8) Kamilla Rakhimova

WCs 3 Italians: Lucrezia Stefanini, Lucia Bronzetti, Nuria Brancaccio

The tournament has been part of the WTA Tour since 1990.


***Shout out to @Shirley


Full Olympic Game Schedule
Start Sat. July 24 - NBC - Tokyo Times 13 Hours ahead of EDT
(Scroll To Tennis Icon - Medal Dates July30-Aug. 1, 2021

🎾Men's Singles seeds: (1) Djokovic, (2) Medvedev, (3) Tsitsipas, (4) Zverev, (5) Rublev, (6) Carreño, (7) Hurkacz, (8) Schwartzman, (9) Auger-Aliassime, (10) Monfils, (11) Karatsev, (12) Khachanov, (13) Sonego, (14) Humbert, (15) Basilashvili, (16) Fognini

🎾Women's Singles seeds: (1) Barty, (2) Osaka, (3) Sabalenka, (4) Elina Monfils (Svitolina), (5) Pliskova, (6) Swiatek, (7) Muguruza, (8) Krejcikova, (9) Bencic, (10) Kvitova, (11) Brady, (12) Mertens, (13) Pavlyuchenkova, (14) Sakkari, (15) Rybakina, (16) Bertens

**Subject to Change at Any Minute



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