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Entry Lists For Dubai, Acapulco, Sao Paulo LIVE

Published

6 years ago

23/02/2018

One ATP 250 and two ATP 500 events are set to bring a big week of tennis to the tour, from the 26th of February to the 4th of March.

The Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships and the Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco, both played on outdoor hard courts, will be the biggest events. Great Britain’s Andy Murray and USA’s Sam Querrey are the defending champions.

Then, the Brasil Open will be the only clay-court tournament of the week. Taking place in Sao Paulo, it has Uruguay’s Pablo Cuevas as the champion of the last three editions. The altitude of the town (1300 metres above sea) creates unusually quick conditions of play.

NEWS: Nick Kyrgios pulls out from Acapulco, Peter Gojowczyk replaces him.

NEWS: Croatia’s Marin Cilic withdraws from Acapulco, Donald Young takes his place.

ATP Dubai (UAE, Hard Outdoor), entry list:
1 Dimitrov, Grigor BUL 3
2 Pouille, Lucas FRA 18
3 Bautista-Agut, Roberto ESP 21
4 Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 29
5 Dzumhur, Damir BIH 30
6 Gasquet, Richard FRA 31
7 Krajinovic, Filip SRB 36
8 Sugita, Yuichi JPN 41
9 Paire, Benoit FRA 42
10 Haase, Robin NED 43
11 Lorenzi, Paolo ITA 44
12 Coric, Borna CRO 46
13 Khachanov, Karen RUS 47
14 Struff, Jan-Lennard GER 55
15 Istomin, Denis UZB 60
16 Haider-Maurer, Andreas AUT 63PR
17 Troicki, Viktor SRB 65
18 Nishioka, Yoshihito JPN 66PR
19 Mayer, Florian GER 68
20 Kukushkin, Mikhail KAZ 69
21 Sousa, Joao POR 70
22 Donskoy, Evgeny RUS 72
23 Fabbiano, Thomas ITA 73
24 [SE]
25 [WC]
26 [WC]
27 [WC]
OUT [WC]
29 [Q]
30 [Q]
31 [Q]
32 [Q]
Alternates:
IN Herbert, Pierre-Hugues FRA 74
1. Ebden, Matthew AUS 78
2. Fucsovics, Marton HUN 80
3. Tsitsipas, Stefanos GRE 82
4. Lacko, Lukas SVK 86
5. Albot, Radu MDA 87
6. Karlovic, Ivo CRO 89

ATP Dubai (UAE, Hard Outdoor), Qualifying:
OUT Fucsovics, Marton HUN 62
OUT Herbert, Pierre-Hugues FRA 76
OUT Tsitsipas, Stefanos GRE 78
4 Lacko, Lukas SVK 96
5 Halys, Quentin FRA 102
OUT Jaziri, Malek TUN 110
7 Kavcic, Blaz SLO 111
8 Bhambri Yuki IND 112
OUT Baghdatis, Marcos CYP 123
OUT Brown, Dustin GER 125
OUT Kuznetsov, Andrey RUS 130
12 Granollers, Marcel ESP 134
13 Travaglia, Stefano ITA 135
14 WC Popyrin, Alexei AUS 477
15 WC Dodig, Ivan CRO 402
16 WC Ram, Rajeev USA 591
Alternates:
IN Maden, Yannick GER 142
OUT De Schepper, Kenny FRA 146
OUT Vatutin, Alexey RUS 151
IN Sakharov, Gleb FRA 158
IN Bachinger, Matthias GER 160
IN Galovic, Viktor CRO 181
OUT Ivashka, Ilya BLR 189
OUT Setkic, Aldin BIH 191
OUT King, Evan USA 196
IN Gulbis, Ernests LAT 199
OUT Novak, Dennis AUT 200
OUT Oliveira, Goncalo POR 203
OUT Safranek, Vaclav CZE 213
OUT Safwat, Mohamed EGY 218
IN Nagal, Sumit IND 220
~~OUT~~ ~~Smith, John-Patrick AUS 221~~
IN Maamoun, Karim-Mohamed EGY 243
1. Trungelliti, Marco ARG 254
2. Gabashvili, Teymuraz RUS 264
3. Choinski, Jan GER 283
4. Skugor, Franko CRO 292

ATP Acapulco (MEX, Hard Outdoor), entry list:
1 Nadal, Rafael ESP 1
2 Zverev, Alexander GER 4
3 Thiem, Dominic AUT 5
OUT Cilic, Marin CRO 6
5 Del Potro, Juan Martin ARG 10
6 Anderson, Kevin RSA 12
7 Querrey, Sam USA 13
8 Isner, John USA 16
OUT Kyrgios, Nick AUS 17
10 Nishikori, Kei JPN 24
11 Schwartzman, Diego ARG 26
12 Mannarino, Adrian FRA 27
13 Rublev, Andrey RUS 32
14 Ferrer, David ESP 33
15 Zverev, Mischa GER 35
OUT Dolgopolov, Alexandr UKR
17 Lopez, Feliciano ESP 38
18 Verdasco, Fernando ESP 40
19 Harrison, Ryan USA 45
20 Johnson, Steve USA 48
21 Shapovalov, Denis CAN 50
22 Donaldson, Jared USA 54
23 Chung, Hyeon KOR 58
24 [SE]
25 [WC]
26 [WC]
27 [WC]
28 [WC]
29 [Q]
30 [Q]
31 [Q]
32 [Q]
Alternates:
IN Basilashvili, Nikoloz GEO 61
IN Gojowczyk, Peter GER 62
IN Young, Donald USA 63
1. Ebden, Matthew AUS 78
OUT Tsitsipas, Stefanos GRE 82
2. Lacko, Lukas SVK 86
3. Albot, Radu MDA 87
4. Karlovic, Ivo CRO 89

ATP Acapulco (MEX, Hard Outdoor), Qualifying:
OUT Basilashvili, Nikoloz GEO 57
OUT Gojowczyk, Peter GER 63
OUT Young, Donald USA 65
OUT Ebden, Matthew AUS 75
5 Albot, Radu MDA 89
6 Daniel, Taro JPN 100
7 Norrie, Cameron GBR 114
8 Berankis, Ricardas LTU 117
9 Bublik, Alexander KAZ 132
10 Escobedo, Ernesto USA 133
11 Ramanathan, Ramkumar IND 140
12 McDonald, Mackenzie USA 145
OUT Paul, Tommy USA 150
14 [WC]
15 [WC]
16 [WC]
Alternates:
IN Mmoh, Michael USA 163
IN Kudla, Denis USA 166
OUT King, Darian BAR 170
OUT Galovic, Viktor CRO 181
IN King, Kevin USA 184
IN Peliwo, Filip CAN 188
IN Schnur, Brayden CAN 192
2. King, Evan USA 196
3. Arevalo, Marcelo ESA 209
4. Novikov, Dennis USA 215
5. Choinski, Jan GER 283

ATP Sao Paulo (BRA, Red Clay Outdoor), entry list:
1 Ramos-Vinolas, Albert ESP 22
2 Fognini, Fabio ITA 25
3 Cuevas, Pablo URU 34
4 Monfils, Gael FRA 39
5 Mayer, Leonardo ARG 52
6 Pella, Guido ARG 56
OUT Vesely, Jiri CZE 64
8 Zeballos, Horacio ARG 66
9 Delbonis, Federico ARG 67
10 Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo ESP 71
11 Lajovic, Dusan SRB 75
12 Estrella-Burgos, Victor DOM 79
OUT Stebe, Cedrik-Marcel GER 83
14 Kicker, Nicolas ARG 93
15 Sandgren, Tennys USA 97
16 Dutra Silva, Rogerio BRA 98
17 Jarry, Nicolas CHI 101
18 Melzer, Gerald AUT 102
19 Cecchinato, Marco ITA 103
~~OUT~~ ~~[SE]~~
OUT [SE]
22 [WC]
23 [WC]
24 [WC]
25 [Q]
26 [Q]
27 [Q]
28 [Q]
Alternates:
IN Andujar, Pablo ESP 105PR
OUT Kavcic, Blaz SLO 106
IN Berlocq, Carlos ARG 108
IN Bellucci, Thomaz BRA 109
IN Carballes Baena, Roberto ESP 110
1. Elias, Gastao POR 113
2. Monteiro, Thiago BRA 116
OUT Berrettini, Matteo ITA 130

ATP Sao Paulo (BRA, Red Clay Outdoor), Qualifying:
OUT Andujar, Pablo ESP 105PR
OUT Carballes-Baena, Roberto ESP 107
3 Elias, Gastao POR 115
4 Monteiro, Thiago BRA 118
OUT Berlocq, Carlos ARG 119
OUT Ruud, Casper NOR 122
7 Ofner, Sebastian AUT 144
OUT Moutet, Corentin FRA 152
9 Olivo, Renzo ARG 153
10 Robredo, Tommy ESP 162
11 Domingues, Joao POR 193
12 Clezar, Guilherme BRA 222
13 Souza, Joao BRA 240
14 Munoz De La Nava, Daniel ESP 261
15 [WC]
16 [WC]
Alternates:
IN Cachin, Pedro ARG 272
IN Nedelko, Ivan RUS 275
IN Quiroz, Roberto ECU 282
OUT Choinski, Jan GER 283
IN Hernandez-Fernandez, Jose DOM 286
IN Gakhov, Ivan RUS 287
OUT Galan, Daniel Elahi COL 293
OUT Diez, Steven CAN 294
OUT Pavic, Ante CRO 296
1. Zekic, Miljan SRB 305
2. Casanova, Hernan ARG 315
3. Dutra Da Silva, Daniel BRA 336

ATP

Rafael Nadal To Play Laver Cup In Berlin

Published

20 hours ago

22/04/2024

Adam Addicott

Rafael Nadal has eased speculation that he might be retiring from the sport soon after signing on to play in the Laver Cup later this year.

The 22-time Grand Slam champion is the latest player to join the line-up for this year’s team competition which features Europe taking on the rest of the world over three days. It will be Nadal’s fourth appearance in the competition and his first since 2022. He competed in the inaugural edition of the event back in 2017 alongside co-founder Roger Federer.

“I am very happy to be playing Laver Cup in Berlin for Team Europe,” Nadal said in a press release. “I have some really special memories from my Laver Cup experiences, including all the emotions from London two years ago playing alongside Roger for the last time.”

Nadal’s decision to play comes amid questions about his future in the sport. The former world No.1 has previously indicated that this year could be his last on the Tour but he has stated that no decision has been made. In recent months he has been sidelined from action due to injury setbacks and has only been able to play in two tournaments so far this year.

“At this stage in my career I really want to go out there and make the most of every opportunity I am given,” he explains.
“Teaming up is always an incredible experience and I have always enjoyed it, the competition is different and exciting. I’m looking forward to going to Berlin and helping Team Europe win back the Laver Cup.”

Other European players confirmed to be playing are Carlos Alcaraz, Daniil Medvedev and Alexander Zverev. Meanwhile, Alex de Minaur, Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul have agreed to play for Team World. This year’s event will be held in Belin at the Uber Arena between September 20-22.

The Laver Cup was inspired by golf’s Ryder Cup. It was co-founded by Federer’s Team8 management company (which he formed with agent Tony Godsick), businessman Jorge Paulo Lemann and Tennis Australia. In 2019 it became an official ATP sanction event and now has a place on the official calendar.

Nadal is set to return to competitive action at the Madrid Masters which he has won on five previous occasions. He has been drawn to play teenage wild card Darwin Blanch in the first round. If he wins, Nadal will then play Alex de Minaur who knocked him out of the Barcelona Open last week.

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Carlos Alcaraz In Doubt For Madrid Open Title Defence

Published

7 days ago

16/04/2024

Adam Addicott

Carlos Alcaraz admits that he is not certain if he will be ready in time to play at next week’s Madrid Masters.

The 20-year-old is yet to play a clay tournament in Europe due to a forearm injury which ruled him out of both Monte Carlo and Barcelona. He hurt his right arm whilst training shortly before the Monte Carlo event began.

It is the latest in a series of injury issues that has affected Alcaraz throughout his young career. Since the start of 2023, he has also been derailed by issues with his abdominal, hamstring, post-traumatic arthritis in his left hand and muscular discomfort in his spine.

“My feeling isn’t right, but it is what it is. Now I’m fully focused on recovery and I have a little more time,” Alcaraz told reporters in Barcelona on Monday.
“My goal is to try and go to the Madrid Open, but at the moment nothing is certain. I was given specific recovery times and I’ve respected them, but I haven’t felt good. I don’t want to get ahead of myself.
“I can’t say I’ll be 100% in Madrid, but that’s my intention. We’ll train and do everything we can so that the feelings improve so I can play a match … It’s also a very special tournament for me.”

Alcaraz has won the past two editions of the Madrid Open, which is classed as a Masters 1000 event. In 2022 he defeated Alexander Zverev in the final and then 12 months later he beat Jan-Lennard Struff in the title match.

The setback comes after what has been a steady start to the year for Alcaraz who has reached the quarter-finals or better in four out of five tournaments played. He successfully defended his title in Indian Wells and then reached the semi-finals in Miami.

Should he not play in Madrid, it is likely that the Spaniard will lose his No.2 spot to Jannik Sinner who is just over 100 points behind him in the standings. He will still have the chance to play a clay-court event before the French Open with Rome taking place early next month.

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Olympic Qualification Is Not the Only Goal For French Veteran Gael Monfils

Published

2 weeks ago

10/04/2024

Adam Addicott

Gael Monfils (image via https://twitter.com/atptour)

Gael Monfils admits he doesn’t have too many years left on the Tour but this doesn’t mean his targets are any less ambitious.

The 37-year-old has enjoyed a rapid rise up the rankings over the past 12 months following battles with injury. At his lowest, he was ranked 394th last May but is now in 40th position. As a result, he is closing on securing a place in the Olympic Games which is being held in his home country of France for the first time since 1924. The tennis event will be staged at Roland Garros.

“When I was 400, I was thinking the Olympics would be great, but it’s going to be tough,” Monfils told reporters on Tuesday.
“There are younger players playing well. If I don’t qualify, I don’t mind. It will just mean I’m very close to the ranking I want to be. That ranking will allow me to find another goal.”

Monfils is already a three-time Olympian but has never won a medal at the event. He reached the quarter-finals of the singles tournament twice in 2008 and 2016.

Another goal of Frenchmen is the Wimbledon championships which concludes just three weeks before the Olympics begin. The proximity of these tournaments will be a challenge to all players who will be going from playing on clay to grass and then back to clay again.

“I really want to go and play Wimbledon. I don’t have so many Wimbledons to play in the future. The Olympics is one goal, not the only goal.” Monfils states.
“My dream is of course to be part of the Olympics. I played three times at the Olympics. I’d like to be there again. But I also really want to do well in Wimbledon this year. To reach my goal, it has to be including Wimbledon.” He added.

Monfils is currently playing at the Monte Carlo Masters where he beat Aleksandar Vukic in his opening match. In the next round, he will take on Daniil Medvedev in what will be their first meeting since 2022. He leads their head-to-head 2-1.

Medvedev has openly spoken about his roller-coaster relationship with playing on the clay. He admits it is not his favourite surface but how much of a factor could this be in his upcoming clash with Monfils?

“Of course, it’s not his favourite one, but he’s still Daniil Medvedev, and whatever the surface, it’s always very complicated to play him,” Monfils concludes.