ATP250 Los Cabos’19 General Discussion

[stringertom]

No excite for this event apparently???

Field is as strong as can be expected the week of a competing ATP500 tournament and the week before a M1K some 3300 miles away. We have a 2019 M1K champion and at least four other titleists from this year.

Day 2 (or Night 2 more appropriately) is underway and already there have been a couple of upsets:

Ernests Gulbis won a match!

A slumping Taro Daniel (outside top 100) destroyed Tennys Sandgren, 2&0

Clay court specialist JI Londero, in his first ATP MD match on HCs since Bogota’14, upset #6 seed Christian Garin. This was Garin’s fifth loss in a row.

Grigor Dimitrov is on court and down early vs Steve Johnson.

Steady John Millman was shaky and lost to Prajnesh Gunneswaran 4-6 6-1 2-6.

Discuss or disgust or just plain ignore as you have been doing.

 

[stringertom]

Grigolo FTW over The Package 7-6(4) 4-6 7-6(5). Plays #2 seed Pella in 2R. Their h2h is 1-1, both on HCs.

Gotta fix the DFs...he won tonight despite 12 doublettes.

 

[Harry_Wild]

Is this televised? If so by whom?

 

[PeteD]

Anybody following this tourney? What happened to Taro Daniel, he seemed to be doing well yesterday and now he's fighting off a double breadstick.

 

[PeteD]

Looks like Daniel-Albot at Los Cabos is not on a televised court.

 

[Harry_Wild]

Looks like Daniel-Albot at Los Cabos is not on a televised court.

Might be televised on Spanish tennis channels. I do not get these channels anymore. Got cheap! LOL!

 

[Harry_Wild]

Los Cabos courts are very, very bright blue with purple background!

 

[stringertom]

Grigolo Dimitrough is toast. More time for tequila shots at Sammy Hagar’s Cabo Wabo. Pella spanked him 4&2.

 

[stringertom]

The Kokk has just a Pouille bit of trouble but rises to the occasion!

 

[Harry_Wild]

Fritz is ahead 5-0 in 1st against Foginni- defending champion!

 

[Harry_Wild]

Fritz takes 1st set 6-1! Foginni got his ankle taped and is off to the races in the second.

 

[Harry_Wild]

Fritz wins 6-1, 7-6! Takes out Foginni!

 

[Centrius]

Los Cabos courts are very, very bright blue with purple background!

Players must hate that background, bet they can barely see the ball when it crosses that thing.

 

[stringertom]

Taylor Fritz blitzed defending champion The Velvet Fog 1&6 despite serving woes (6 aces, 7 DFs, 41% 1st serves).

Dark Helmet Diego is cooking! He’s lost 8 games in 2 matches and just 3 games in the last 3 sets, bouncing Gulbis 5&0 and now Kukushkin 1&2.

Albot has been strong in R16 & QFs after a scare vs Tipsy to open his run. Daniel and The Kokk had no answers (9 games won total)

Pella routed qualifier Kwon (won 2 second serve points in the last two sets) after dropping the first set.

Guaranteed an Argentine in the final:

Pella vs Schwartzman

Fritz vs Albot

 

[Mainad]

Why is Fritz playing this Mexican 250 instead of Washington?

 

[Big_Dangerous]

Why is Fritz playing this Mexican 250 instead of Washington?

Maybe he's a taking a trip down south old South America way?

 

[Harry_Wild]

Why is Fritz playing this Mexican 250 instead of Washington?

Probably got a big appearance fee and was a change of pace in scenery too. He did the right move!

 

[stringertom]

Why is Fritz playing this Mexican 250 instead of Washington?

Cabo is very popular with Cali folks. Maybe Mother Kathy May and the Fritz clan came down the peninsula for some fun.

 

[stringertom]

Schweddy Diego goes three sets but advances over Pella.

Taylor Fritz cruises 3&2 versus Albot. He is on a tear, playing his second consecutive final (lost to AdM in Atlanta). Fritz is 12-2 with a title at Eastbourne in the last six weeks.

 

[Meles]

Schweddy Diego goes three sets but advances over Pella.

Taylor Fritz cruises 3&2 versus Albot. He is on a tear, playing his second consecutive final (lost to AdM in Atlanta). Fritz is 12-2 with a title at Eastbourne in the last six weeks.

Dozing through much of the match, but Fritz looked to be clicking like a dream. Its like what we imagined possible all those years ago in Memphis.

 

[Enceladus]

Fritz has reached his 4th career final and 3rd in the last four tournaments he has taken part in.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1157531405095776256

 

[stringertom]

Fritz has reached his 4th career final and 3rd in the last four tournaments he has taken part in.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1157531405095776256

Fritz would trade the one final he missed for the title and two finals he made but he wasn’t Struff enuff 2R Wimby.

 

[Mainad]

Congrats to Schwartzman on winning his 2nd ATP title and 1st on hardcourt. He beat Fritz in straight sets, 1st set a close breaker.

2 lost finals in a row now for Fritz. Maybe he should have chanced his luck on home soil in Washington after all?

 

[stringertom]

Congrats to Schwartzman on winning his 2nd ATP title. He beat Fritz in straight sets, 1st set a close breaker.

2 lost finals in a row now for Fritz. Maybe he should have chanced his luck on home soil in Washington after all?

He would have needed SFs to barely top the Cabo points/$$$. Also, have you ever been to D.C. in late July? Cabo FTW!