2020 Rotterdam Open - ATP 500 Thread

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Defending champion: Gael Monfils

Official website:

8 t/m 16 februari 2020

De officiele website van het 47e ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament.

www.abnamrowtt.com

Link to draw:

2020 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Singles - Wikipedia

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Surface: Hard (indoor environment)
Edition: 47th
Date: 10 - 16 February
Prize money: €2,013,855 (2,204,424 US dollars)
Financial prize for the champion: €406,840 (445,339 US dollars)
Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Venue: Rotterdam Ahoy

ATP entry list:
Main draw
5 Medvedev, Daniil (RUS)
6 Tsitsipas, Stefanos (GRE)
9 Bautista Agut, Roberto (ESP)
10 Monfils, Gael (FRA)
11 Goffin, David (BEL)
12 Fognini, Fabio (ITA)
15 Shapovalov, Denis (CAN)
16 Wawrinka, Stan (SUI)
17 Khachanov, Karen (RUS)
20 Dimitrov, Grigor (BUL)
21 Auger-Aliassime, Felix (CAN)
22 Pouille, Lucas (FRA)
23 Rublev, Andrey (RUS)
24 Paire, Benoit (FRA)
26 Basilashvili, Nikoloz (GEO)
27 Carreno Busta, Pablo (ESP)
29 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried (FRA)
35 Struff, Jan-Lennard (GER)
37 Hurkacz, Hubert (POL)
40 Krajinovic, Filip (SRB)
42 Evans, Daniel (GBR)
43 Mannarino, Adrian (FRA)
46 Albot, Radu (MDA)

Alternates
48 Millman, John (AUS)
51 Chardy, Jeremy (FRA)
55 Simon, Gilles (FRA)
56 Bublik, Alexander (KAZ)
58 Bedene, Aljaz (SLO)
60 Sousa, Joao (POR)
61 Gasquet, Richard (FRA)
62 Lopez, Feliciano (ESP)
65 Herbert, Pierre-Hugues (FRA)
67 Kukushkin, Mikhail (KAZ)
70 Fucsovics, Marton (HUN)
74 Ymer, Mikael (SWE)
78 Sinner, Jannik (ITA)
79 Kohlschreiber, Philipp (GER)
82 Barrere, Gregoire (FRA)
84 Travaglia, Stefano (ITA)
97 Popyrin, Alexei (AUS)
103 Sugita, Yuichi (JPN)
108 Novak, Dennis (AUT)

Qualifying draw
47 Millman, John (AUS)
55 Bedene, Aljaz (SLO)
56 Bublik, Alexander (KAZ)
57 Lopez, Feliciano (ESP)
59 Sousa, Joao (POR)
60 Gasquet, Richard (FRA)
61 Simon, Gilles (FRA)
64 Herbert, Pierre-Hugues (FRA)
67 Fucsovics, Marton (HUN)
68 Kukushkin, Mikhail (KAZ)
73 Pospisil, Vasek (CAN) PR
78 Ymer, Mikael (SWE)
79 Kohlschreiber, Philipp (GER)

Alternates
84 Barrere, Gregoire (FRA)
96 Popyrin, Alexei (AUS)
98 Gerasimov, Egor (BLR)
99 Novak, Dennis (AUT)
102 Laaksonen, Henri (SUI)
104 Ruusuvuori, Emil (FIN)
113 Gombos, Norbert (SVK)
125 Maden, Yannick (GER)
130 Granollers, Marcel (ESP)
134 Diez, Steven (CAN)
153 Stakhovsky, Sergiy (UKR)
174 Ymer, Elias (SWE)
175 Griekspoor, Tallon (NED)
178 Lacko, Lukas (SVK)
191 Mahut, Nicolas (FRA)
193 Van de Zandschulp, Botic (NED)
233 Moroni, Gian Marco (ITA)
278 Olivo, Renzo (ARG)
318 Nedelko, Ivan (RUS)
339 Pellegrino, Andrea (ITA)

 

[James P]

Some really good first round matches.

Medvedev/Pospisil
Basilashvili/Rublev
Khachanov/Fognini
Shapovalov/Dimitrov
Hurkacz/Tsitsipas

 

[stringertom]

Some really good first round matches.

Medvedev/Pospisil
Basilashvili/Rublev
Khachanov/Fognini
Shapovalov/Dimitrov
Hurkacz/Tsitsipas

This is perhaps the most difficult draw to predict 1R survivors in a true 32-man draw. A lot of people are predicting Krajinovic to advance to 2R but he faces 1R uberperformer Tallon Griekspoor, who beat Wawrinka and Khachanov 1R in 2018 and 2019 as a WC.

 

[Paulreedsmith]

GriMUG vs Shapovalov could be good tonight. Will watch.

Edit: Eurosport player is streaming the whole tournament.

 

[3fees]

Shapovalov/Dimitrov Tough draw for Shaps unless Grigor plays poorly he is done.

Cheers
3Fees

 

[Sparlingo]

Shapovalov/Dimitrov Tough draw for Grigor unless Shaps plays poorly he is done.

Cheers
Sparlingo

 

[stringertom]

Fucsovics survives a first set, 6-4. Five breaks of serve and they both prove you’re only as good as your second serve...just 5 of 23 points won on second balls.

#BradGilbert’sSchoolOfWinningUgly

 

[Picmun]

 

[Picmun]

 

[James P]

And just like that, Shapo is out. Another all-Canadian fratricide match averted.

 

[stringertom]

And just like that, Shapo is out. Another all-Canadian fratricide match averted.

I’m thinking Struff might have aborted that mission if he were scheduled vs Félix first.

 

[I Am Finnish]

Is that Dimitrov

 

[Booger]

Is that Dimitrov

Gonna need that Nadal hair treatment soon

 

[stringertom]

A very tidy win for Dano Evans (3&5) over Kohlschreiber. He will now face the Fognini/Khachanov winner, scheduled for Tuesday so it’s a day off to rest and pray they grind for three hours.

 

[R_Federer]

FAA or Struff?

 

[stringertom]

FAA or Struff?

Struff beat Felix easily at ATP Cup.

 

[TheTennisReporter]

R1 Krajinovic
bu: Bublik

 

[I Am Finnish]

R1 Krajinovic
bu: Bublik

Wrong topic no?

 

[stringertom]

Nice third set by Felix earned him the win vs Struff.

Fognini manhandled by Khachanov 3&3 in a match not that close. Fognini won less than half his service points.

Bublik squeezes by qualifier Barrère 6-4 in the third.

 

[James P]

Some enjoyable tennis matches being played.

 

[James P]

Rublev dominates Basilashvili 2&3. 4 of 5 on break points.

 

[stringertom]

Paire don’t caire and gets paired from the draw in a paire of one-sided sets won by Bedene, a man from a paire of countries.

 

[I Am Finnish]

Paire don’t caire and gets paired from the draw in a paire of one-sided sets won by Bedene, a man from a paire of countries.

He should be fined

 

[stringertom]

Rublev dominates Basilashvili 2&3. 4 of 5 on break points.

He lost just seven points on serve.

There are many more peak Russian Money trading periods than slides so far in 2020. Could he be the first to three titles this year???

 

[stringertom]

He should be fined

You want his bank account paired???

 

[James P]

He lost just seven points on serve.

There are many more peak Russian Money trading periods than slides so far in 2020. Could he be the first to three titles this year???

He definitely looks like he's turned a corner, performance-wise. Very impressive since Moscow 2019.

 

[stringertom]

A dream draw for @Red Rick ...two tall thin gingers in a Rotterdam final...Money vs Sinner??

 

[stringertom]

He definitely looks like he's turned a corner, performance-wise. Very impressive since Moscow 2019.

The kickstart may have been The Real Slam annihilation of Stanimal and fedr, so soon after a Hamburg final loss to Basil Fawlty. He also started that Cincy run with a 1R revenge win in three sets over Fawlty.

 

[Red Rick]

A dream draw for @Red Rick ...two tall thin gingers in a Rotterdam final...Money vs Sinner??

Ill allow it for a lack of phat gingers

 

[SinnerGOAT]

Are betting threads allowed on this forum?

I just posted if there was one and my thread got deleted!

Want to make sure i don't break the rules!

 

[Deleted member 733170]

Tsit needs to really work on his return of serve if he’s going to stay/reach the upper echelons of the game.

 

[mike danny]

Tsit needs to really work on his return of serve if he’s going to stay/reach the upper echelons of the game.

It's the WTF curse again.

 

[James P]

Didn't know it, but as well as being Med's birthday today, it's also Hurkacz's. Victory over Tsitsipas would be a great way to celebrate. Up a set...

 

[Red Rick]

Is it me or does the court seem incredibly slow and gritty.

 

[Red Rick]

Some horrendous tennis now.

 

[James P]

Is it me or does the court seem incredibly slow and gritty.

That was the early assessment of it.

 

[James P]

Didn't know it, but as well as being Med's birthday today, it's also Hurkacz's. Victory over Tsitsipas would be a great way to celebrate. Up a set...

No birthday present for you!

 

[helterskelter]

Does anyone know why Wawrinka is not playing Rotterdam?

 

[stringertom]

Does anyone know why Wawrinka is not playing Rotterdam?

He tweeted before pulling out of both Montpellier and Rotterdam that it was an unspecified medical issue, perhaps caused from playing some marathon matches in Melbourne.

 

[3fees]

Congrats to Grigor blnt Denis 63 76[3] Grigor vs FAA two maple leafs in a row.

Cheers
3Fees

 

[gogo]

That was the early assessment of it.

That court speed looks brutal. Lots of effort and horrible bounce. This might end up being an ugly tournament.

 

[Larry Duff]

This ones Dan Evans

 

[Red Rick]

Sinner gets last minute walkover from Albot. Doesn't even have to play a LL?

 

[James P]

Sinner gets last minute walkover from Albot. Doesn't even have to play a LL?

Hmmm. Very strange. Must be nobody left around?

 

[OldschoolKIaus]

Gilles Simon the great master of easy power, sublime touch and chilled game plan from France will put everything on line this year's title!

 

[stringertom]

Hmmm. Very strange. Must be nobody left around?

Emil must be FINNISH and left Rotterdam in search of @I Am Finnish , no?

 

[Im(moral) Winner]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1227585286500208640

 

[Im(moral) Winner]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1227590185405370369

 

[Im(moral) Winner]

Sinner gets last minute walkover from Albot. Doesn't even have to play a LL?

Hmmm. Very strange. Must be nobody left around?

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1227563541630193667

 

[Red Rick]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1227563541630193667

And peopne wonder why Dutch tennis is on the toilet