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Sallydaisy
14-02-2021, 17:51
Montpellier ATP250, 22-28 Feb 2021. Indoor Hard court.
28 player draw, Top 4 seeds have a Bye in Round 1.

**Andy has accepted a Wild Card.**
17.30, via Open de Sud tournament website

So, if Covid allows (travel/quarantine?) Andy hopes to play here and follow on from 2 Challenger events in Italy which would, in player ranking terms, be a decent progression, as explained below.

Biella-1 (an 80k event) had Andy as #1 seed (ranked #125) but the next highest player and 2nd seed was Gaio at #157. Biella-2 (a 125k event) attracted players ranked #54 (top seed) to #250.

Montpellier will have a stronger field with 3 players in the top 20. So it will give Andy a sterner test of his mental and physical strength on his route back to the main tour following surgery and rehab.

SINGLES DRAW

1 BAUTISTA AGUT, Roberto ESP v BYE
Q Gregoire BARRERE, FRA v BASILASHVILI, Nikoloz GEO
QTallon Griekspoor, NED v GIRON, Marcos USA
GOMBOS, Norbert SVK v[6] HUMBERT, Ugo FRA[3] LAJOVIC, Dusan SRB v BYE
SIMON, Gilles FRAv NOVAK, Dennis AUT
YMER, Mikael SWE v VESELY, Jiri
Q Peter Gowalczyk, GER v [8] STRUFF, Jan-Lennard GER

[5] SINNER, Jannik ITA vBEDENE, Aljaz SLO
GERASIMOV, Egor BLR v MURRAY, Andy GBR
Q Bernabe Zapata Miralles, ESP v DAVIDOVICH FOKINA, Alejandro ESP
BYE v [4] HURKACZ, Hubert POL[7] SONEGO, Lorenzo ITA v [WC] Hugo Gaston FRA
TSONGA, Jo-Wilfried FRA v KORDA, Sebastian USA
POUILLE, Lucas FRA v [WC] BONZI, Benjamin FRA
BYE v [2] GOFFIN, David BEL

SCORING - W: 250, F: 150, SF: 90, QF: 45, R16: 20 (Seeds 1-4: 0), R32: 0

ENTRY LIST - MAIN DRAW SINGLES
#Seed
#1 1 BAUTISTA AGUT, Roberto ESP 13
#2 2 GOFFIN, David BEL 14
3 CARRENO BUSTA, Pablo ESP 16
#3 4 LAJOVIC, Dusan SRB 26
#4 5 HURKACZ, Hubert POL 29
6 KRAJINOVIC, Filip SRB 31
#6 7 HUMBERT, Ugo FRA 32
#7 8 SONEGO, Lorenzo ITA 34
#5 9 SINNER, Jannik ITA 36
#8 10 STRUFF, Jan-Lennard GER 37
11 BASILASHVILI, Nikoloz GEO 39
12 OPELKA, Reilly USA 40
13 KYRGIOS, Nick AUS 47
14 GASQUET, Richard FRA 48
15 EDMUND, Kyle GBR 49 OUT - still injured
16 DAVIDOVICH FOKINA, Alejandro ESP 54
17 BEDENE, Aljaz SLO 58
18 TSONGA, Jo-Wilfried FRA 60
19 LOPEZ, Feliciano ESP 63
20 [WC] Sir Andy Murray 125
21 [WC] Benjamin Bonzi FRA 137
22 [WC] Hugo Gaston FRA 168
23 [SE] Vesely
24 [SE] Giron
25 [Q]
26 [Q]
27 [Q]
28 [Q]

MAIN DRAW ALTERNATES
SIMON, Gilles FRA 64
VESELY, Jiri CZE 69 to SE Main Draw
GIRON, Marcos USA 73 to SE Main Draw
POUILLE, Lucas FRA 74 moved up into Draw
GERASIMOV, Egor BLR 78 moved up into Draw
MOUTET, Corentin FRA 80
HERBERT, Pierre-Hugues FRA 84 moved up into Draw - now OUT of that too
GOMBOS, Norbert SVK 88 moved up into Draw
YMER, Mikael SWE 94 moved up into Draw
NOVAK, Dennis AUT 99 moved up into Draw
KORDA, Sebastian USA 103 moved up into Draw

Sallydaisy
14-02-2021, 18:18
From Twitter, Tennis on Telly:

On Murray in Montpellier:
He doesn't technically have the wildcard yet, but no doubt he will get one if he wants.

Given travel rules change daily, probably keeping options open and avoiding a repeat of the Delray Beach situation of getting the WC only to withdraw days later.

Sallydaisy
14-02-2021, 18:25
Montpellier is likely to be played without an audience due to Covid restrictions.
Currently there are no tickets on sale for the event.

QUALIFYING DRAW = out in QR1, QR2.
4 winners (Green) go through to Main Draw
[1] Kamil Majchrzak, POL v Lukas Lacko, SVK
Maxime Janvier, FRA v [8] Peter Gowalczyk, GER

[2] Gregoire Barrere, FRA v Quentin Halys, FRA
Botic Van de Zandschulp, NED v [5] Arthur Rinderknech

[3] Antoine Hoang, FRA v WC Luca van Assche, FRA
Tallon Griekspoor, NED v [6] Carlos Alcaraz, ESP

[4] Damir Dzumhur, BIH v WC Kyrian Jacquet, FRA
Sergiy Stakhovsky, UKR v [7] Bernabe Zapata Miralles, ESP

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QUALIFYING ENTRY LIST

Seed, Name, rank for seeding, rank for entry list
1 Jiri Vesely 68 69 to SE Main Draw
2 Corentin Moutet 71 80 withdrew
3 Marcos Giron 75 73 to SE Main Draw
4 Egor Gerasimov 79 78 OUT to Main Draw
5 Pierre-Hugues Herbert 84 84OUT to Main Draw
6 Sebastian Korda 88 88 OUT to Main Draw
7 Norbert Gombos 89 89 OUT to Main Draw
8 Mikael Ymer 95 95 OUT to Main Draw
Dennis Novak 98 100 OUT to Main Draw

Kamil Majchrzak 109 109
Gregoire Barrere 111 111
Antoine Hoang 119 119
Damir Dzumhur 120 120
(WC)
(WC)

ALTERNATES, rank for seeding, rank for entry list
1 Benjamin Bonzi 137 134 WC to Main Draw
2 Arthur Rinderknech 138 135
3 Marc-Andrea Huesler 148 143
4 Ivo Karlovic 149 145 entered Singapore
5 Carlos Alcaraz 141 146
6 Peter Gojowczyk 143 151
7 Bernabe Zapata Miralles 142 153
8 Tallon Griekspoor 156 155
9 Botic Van de Zandschulp 151 159
10 Hugo Gaston 168 166 WC to Main Draw
11 Yannick Maden 175 173
12 Robin Haase 197 198
13 Lukas Lacko 186 200
14 Sergiy Stakhovsky 200 201
15 Quentin Halys 207 206
16 Illya Marchenko 212 211
17 Maxime Janvier 208 212
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18 Mathias Bourgue 213 213
Andreas Seppi 108 107
19 Thai-Son Kwiatkowski 217 217
20 Marius Copil 218 218

Sallydaisy
14-02-2021, 18:56
DOUBLES ENTRY LISTS - no British players

[1] Henri Kontinen/Edouard Roger-Vasselin v Hubert Hurkacz/Szymon Walkow
Andrey Golubev Hugo Nys v Ugo Humbert/Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
[3] Frederik Nielsen/Tim Puetz v Roman Jebavy/Jiri Vesely
PR Dusan Lajovic/Marc Lopez v Sander Arends/Andrea Vavassori

Andre Goransson/David Pel v WC David Goffin/Lucas Pouille
Jonathan Erlich/Andrei Vasilevski v [4] Divij Sharan / Igor Zelenay
Nathaniel Lammons/Jackson Withrow v WC Fabrice Martin/Gilles Simon
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina/Bernabe Zapata Miralles v [2] Marcelo Arevalo/Matwe Middelkoop

Sallydaisy
15-02-2021, 17:58
** UPDATE**
Andy has a Wildcard and will play here in Montpellier, subject always to Covid travel restrictions and to his being healthy and uninjured.

Tennis on telly@tennisontelly
(https://twitter.com/tennisontelly)
Andy Murray has the wildcard in Montpellier next week.

BREAKING NEWS @andy_murray, ancien n°1 mondial, multiple vainqueur de Grand Chelem et double médaillé d'or olympique, sera présent Ã* l'Open Sud de France 2021. Avec 46 titres ATP Ã* son palmarès, Andy est définitivement l'un des meilleurs joueurs de la dernière décennie

Sallydaisy
15-02-2021, 18:01
Sadly, there's currently no television coverage of Montpelier so we might all have to livescore Andys' matches - the good old days, eh?
;)

Stuart Fraser@stu_fraser
(https://twitter.com/stu_fraser)
Andy Murray has been given the wild card he was after for Montpellier next week but no UK television coverage as it stands. Like the cricket, perhaps an opportunity for a free-to-air channel to step in at the last minute...

Tennis on telly@tennisontelly
(https://twitter.com/tennisontelly)
Sadly ATP Montpellier next week doesn't have any TV coverage in the UK.

exislander
15-02-2021, 19:10
I am glad I still have the ATP TENNISTV - showing 20 matches from 22 Feb Montpellier.

Sallydaisy
19-02-2021, 14:42
The Montpellier Draw ceremony will be held on Sat 20th Feb, 12noon local, 11am UK.

Sallydaisy
22-02-2021, 14:30
Montpelier TV - not guaranteed - maybe 3 matches per day.

https://viaoccitanie.tv/direct-tv/

Hawkeye
22-02-2021, 17:10
Andy is on Tuesday's OOP (http://www.protennislive.com/posting/2021/375/op.pdf). Sally set up the match thread here (https://www.andymurrayfanforum.com/forums/showthread.php?4778-MONTPELLIER-2021-R1-Andy-v-Egor-Gerasimov-Day-time-tbc).

Sallydaisy
22-02-2021, 23:03
Tuesday 23rd Feb: OOP

COURT PATRICE DOMINGUEZ - STARTING 09.30 GMT
(bit of a French fest .....)

QTallon Griekspoor, NED v GIRON, Marcos USA
POUILLE, Lucas FRA v [WC] BONZI, Benjamin FRA
SIMON, Gilles FRA v NOVAK, Dennis AUT
Humbert/Tsonga v Golubev/Nys
Not Before 18.00 GMT
GERASIMOV, Egor BLR v MURRAY, Andy GBR

COURT 1 - STARTING 09.30 GMT
Fokina/Mirales v Arevalo/Middelkoop
Q Peter Gowalczyk, GER v [8] STRUFF, Jan-Lennard GER
YMER, Mikael SWE v VESELY, Jiri
Lajovic/M.Lopez v Arends/Vavassori

Sallydaisy
23-02-2021, 13:37
Seb Korda knocked out home favourite Jo-Wilfrid Tsonga yesterday ... Andy isn't the only 'over 30' player coming up against the young 'guns'.
;)

Sallydaisy
28-02-2021, 16:38
David Goffin wins the Montpelier title with a 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 win over Bautista-Agut.
It's his first title since 2017!!!
:trophy:

And he managed to co-ordinate his kit with the trophy ...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EvVAEIAXMA4KPwN?format=jpg&name=medium