![]() ![]() It will be especially interesting to see how Auger-Aliassime and Dimitrov fare. Fernando Verdasco, Pablo Carreno Busta, and Metz semifinalist Benoit Paire are also part of the top half. Isner should be able to win his Chengdu opener against either Egor Gerasimov or Zhe Li before potentially running into Team World teammate Denis Shapovalov. Instead, the 6’10’’ American suited up for the Laver Cup and now finds himself in Asia. Semifinal predictions: Yoshihito Nishioka over Lucas Pouille and Alex de Minaur over Roberto Bautista AgutĢ018 champion: Bernard Tomic (not playing)ĭraw analysis: Isner indicated earlier in the summer that he may shut down his season after the U.S. Hot: Gael Monfils, Alex de Minaur, Tennys Sandgren, Soonwoo Kwon, Casper Ruud, Dominik Koepfer third round and made a run to the Cincinnati quarterfinals as a qualifier. Nishioka is also coming off a summer in which he reached the Washington, D.C. 60 from Japan is basically the defending champion of this tournament, having captured his lone career ATP title last year in Shenzhen. Ramos-Vinolas may be the seeded player in this match, but Nishioka is probably the favorite in reality. The seventh-ranked Greek has not won an ATP tournament match since Washington, D.C.įirst-round upset alert: Yoshihito Nishioka over (8) Albert Ramos-Vinolas. ![]() Tsitsipas is on a collision course with Metz semifinalist Lucas Pouille for the quarterfinals. Open quarterfinalist will open with Cameron Norrie for possibly facing either Albert Ramos-Vinolas, Miomir Kecmanovic, or Casper Ruud. Following a first-round bye, the recent U.S. Monfils probably has the best draw of anyone. Murray’s path to the semis could also include Coric and Alex de Minaur, while Bautista Agut and Kyrgios are in the other section of the bottom half. The 32-year-old Scot will play a second consecutive ATP match against Tennys Sandgren, having lost to Sandgren 7-6(8), 7-5 in the Winston-Salem first round to conclude his hard-court summer. Murray can make some real noise if a lot of things go right, but his draw is a difficult one. Open semifinalist Grigor Dimitrov are among those in action.ĭraw analysis: Asian-swing tournaments are often wide open, especially at the 250-point level, and this one is no exception. In Chengdu, John Isner, Felix Auger-Aliassime, and U.S. Petersburg runner-up Borna Coric, Gael Monfils, and Roberto Bautista Agut. 413 is joined in the field by victorious Laver Cup participant Stefanos Tsitsipas, Roberto Bautista Agut, St. Murray is taking the court in Zhuhai, which is making its debut on the ATP schedule after taking over from Shenzhen. Main Photo from Getty.The Andy Murray comeback tour continues as the Asian swing begins this week in Zhuhai and Chengdu. ![]() Playing Cilic might push him to step out of his comfort zone, which could turn out well for him in the long run, especially with the support of the crowd. Karen Khachanov lost to the same opponent two rounds earlier, struggling to find the right balance between being proactive and allowing the opponent to take the initiative. Up until that point the Croat had been serving very well though and showing glimpses of his best indoor tennis. Marin Cilic made the finals in Moscow last week, getting completely dominated by Aslan Karatsev. The Spaniard doesn’t go below a certain level though and it is still a very big ask for McDonald to defeat him here, one that he might just miss out on.Įmbed from Getty Images Marin Cilic vs Karen Khachanov Meanwhile, Roberto Bautista Agut has been mostly underwhelming of late. The American can play some stellar attacking tennis indoors and he produced one of these performances that got him near the top 50 against Egor Gerasimov. Mackenzie McDonald should have a very decent shot at the upset here. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |