MUNICH, ESTORIL and ISTANBUL May 1st-7th 2017

[cazza99]

tournament thread

[Bardot]

ARV has withdrawn from Estoril next week so Kyle becomes a seed again. (Unless Andy accepts Estoril's invitation to play ;))

[Bardot]

Kyrgios has withdrawn from Estoril, his grandfather died two days ago.

Aljaz has made the cut in Istanbul.

[themass15]

Pleased for Aljaz but soon he will have played a tad too much tennis I think.

[Bardot]

Kyle plays a qualifier in the first round of Estoril.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C-lgBFGXgAEb1qQ.jpg

[Bardot]

Aljaz plays wild card Fucsovics in the first round of Istanbul with the winner meeting top seed Raonic.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C-lB-ZpW0AIAEDe.jpg

[Bardot]

Munich draw.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C-khN9-W0AAzhed.jpg

[Bardot]

Kyle plays local qualifier Joao Domingues(259) in the first round in what is the biggest achievement of his career reaching his first ever ATP main draw at the age of 23. Kyle is playing doubles with Sousa and is scheduled to play tomorrow against Almagro/GGL.

[JerryD]

Some interesting background and previews ahead of these tournaments http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/scouting-report-estoril-istanbul-munich-2017

Ferrer is 4 match wins from 700 so he will be hoping for a good week. Also be interesting to see if raonic and gasguet do both return to action this week as planned.

[themass15]

Great win by Tommy Haas in Munich aged 39!

[themass15]

So pleased to see Delpo is on the schedule for Estoril tomorrow. Kyle is on 2nd on Court Cascais so about 1.30 to 2 p.m. UK time as I believe Portugal are on the time zone as UK

[Bardot]

Aljaz v Raonic 3rd on tomorrow n/b 3pm UK.

http://i66.tinypic.com/102nw4m.png

[Sallydaisy]

Ooooh, my favourite sandwich is playing!
:jitterbug:

:whistle:

[lynne]

Is andybody watching Domingues/Anderson, a really, really entertaining match, this guy Domingues is a really talented guy, one to watch out for, 5-5 all in the final set.


Not to be for Joao Domingues, Kevin won 5-7, 6-3, 7-5

[Silverdee]

Does anyone know if Tie Break Tens tonight is on television? Just been reading in Telegraph about the stars who are playing.

[Caro]

Does anyone know if Tie Break Tens tonight is on television? Just been reading in Telegraph about the stars who are playing.

Apparently it's on 'Dave' channel. It is briefly discussed on the Madrid thread.

[patlowe]

Apparently it's on 'Dave' channel. It is briefly discussed on the Madrid thread.
Also discussed on the ATP General Thread on 25-04-17.

[themass15]

Disappointing by David Ferrer against Carreno Busta. Looks like the Spanish Terrier is past his best unfortunately. Hope Diego Schwartzman can pull off the W against Cilic.

[JerryD]

Congrats to baby zverev on his first home title. He beat pella 6-4 6-3 to win the title in Munich, the third tournament he has won so far in his career.

Disappointed for raonic who lost to colic in the Istanbul final. It was his first tournie back from injury and he made it to his first clay final but admits his serve needs to improve. The 7-6 6-3 win gave Cilic his first title of the year and his second career clay title.

Was already saddened when ferrer lost in estoril so didn't pay much attention to it then but carreno busta defeated miller to win his first ever clay court title and his first title of the year.