CAGLIARI Singles & Doubles, MARBELLA Singles 2021, ATP250s, 5-11 April

[Sallydaisy]

CAGLIARI, Sardinia - new tournament
replaces Morocco (postponed) in the ATP Calendar
ATP 250,Outdoor Clay, 32 draw, Byes for seeds 1-4,

Dan Evans is the 3rd seed!

COVID ALERT: This event starts immediately after the Miami Masters 1000 which is played on Hard Courts in Florida. Any player making it past R4 there might struggle with Covid restrictions/testing requirements as they'd only have a few days to travel across to Europe.

ENTRY LIST



Seed*
Name
Current
Ranking
Entry
Ranking


1
Cristian Garin

20
22


2

Aslan Karatsev

27




3

Daniel Evans

29

28


4

Taylor Fritz

32



5

Lorenzo Sonego

34

42


6

Nikoloz Basilashvili

38

35


7

Jan-Lennard Struff
39
37


8

John Millman
40
41



Guido Pella
48
48



Tommy Paul
51
51



Jeremy Chardy
53
54



Laslo Djere
54
57



Aljaz Bedene
59
62



Gilles Simon
67
69



Stefano Travaglia
68
65



Jiri Vesely
69
68



Fernando Verdasco
70
70



Thiago Monteiro
75
74



Egor Gerasimov
77
76



(WC) x 3





(SE) x 2





(Q) x 4

[Sallydaisy]

This thread might be split at a later date to reflect early exits from Miami
and Wildcards being granted to some of those players.

[Sallydaisy]

Cameron Norrie has withdrawn from Marbella.
Dom Inglot is the only Doubles entrant, already here in the Marbella 80k Challenger event and into the Final with Matt Reid.

Liam Broady has made it into Qualifying for Cagliari.
Currently Dan Evans is still down to play in Cagliari, albeit now as 3rd seed.
Much depends on how much further Dan/Neal progress in the Miami doubles.
:shades:

Update = Dan is now 1st Seed following the withdrawals (see below) of Karatsev and Garin.

[Sallydaisy]

So many withdrawals!!! Here are the latest Entry Lists:

Cagliari


Seed
Name
Seeding
Ranking
Entry
Ranking


1
Daniel Evans
29
28


2
Taylor Fritz
32
33


3
Lorenzo Sonego
34
35


4
Nikoloz Basilashvili
38
42


5
Jan-Lennard Struff
42
37


6
John Millman
43
41


7
Guido Pella
48
48


8
Tommy Paul
53
51



Laslo Djere
57
57



Aljaz Bedene
59
62



Gilles Simon
69
69



Stefano Travaglia
70
65



Jiri Vesely
71
68



Egor Gerasimov
78
76



Federico Coria
84
85



Marco Cecchinato
90
89



Lorenzo Musetti
94
119



Dennis Novak
100
98



Joao Sousa
103
100



Andrej Martin
107
104



Yannick Hanfmann
108
105



(WC) Federico Gaio
142




(WC) Thomas Fabbiano
178




(WC) Giulio Zeppieri
321




(Q)





(Q)





(Q)





(Q)






Marbella



Seed

Name

Seeding
Ranking

Entry
Ranking



1
(WC) Alexander Zverev

7



2
Pablo Carreno Busta
15
16


3
(WC) Fabio Fognini
17



4
Casper Ruud
25
25


5
Albert Ramos-Vinolas
47
47


6
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
55
52


7
Feliciano Lopez
64
61


8
Soonwoo Kwon
79
77



Federico Delbonis
80
86



Lucas Pouille
81
81



Ricardas Berankis
89
78



Juan Ignacio Londero
92
90



Pedro Martinez
93
91



Roberto Carballes Baena
96
97



Norbert Gombos
98
95



Jaume Munar
99
102



Gianluca Mager
102
101



Mikhail Kukushkin
105
96



Facundo Bagnis
106
118



Francisco Cerundolo
115
112



Ilya Ivashka
116
113



Taro Daniel
118
117



Damir Dzumhur
126
125



(WC) Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune
317




(Q)





(Q)





(Q)





(Q)

[Sallydaisy]

Dan Evans is now the Top seed in Cagliari!

The Cagliari main draw ceremony will be made on Saturday, April 3 at 1pm local time.
12noon UK ...

With a Bye in R1 (for the top 4 seeds) Dan will have 3 days to get over the jet lag and acclimatise to the Clay before his R2 match. Great chance to pick up on much needed points and move on up the rankings.

CAGLIARI DOUBLES
Salisbury/Ram will be the top seeds.
O'Mara teaming up with Glasspool (this is a repairing since Ken Skupski is ill).
Dan Evans is teaming up with Federico Coria.

[Sallydaisy]

CAGLIARI DRAWS - British Players

Singles
Dan Evans has a Bye in R1, in R2 will meet either Dennis Novak or Lorenzo Musetti.
Draw: http://www.protennislive.com/posting/2021/9481/mds.pdf

Doubles R1:
Lloyd Glasspool and Jonny O'Mara will play Marco Cecchinato and Stefano Travaglia
Dan Evans and Federico Coria face Harri Heliovaara and Denys Molchanov.
Draw: http://www.protennislive.com/posting/2021/9481/mdd.pdf

Salisbury/Ram (originally top seeds) withdrew before the draw was made.
As noted earlier Glasspool/O'Mara are a 'repairing' allowed under ATP temporary Covid rules. More can be found on Harri Heliovaaras' blog - it's in Finnish so use Google translate! In brief, he explains in his blog how Lloyd ended up playing with Jonny after Ken Skupski withdrew, found a new partner in Molchanov, could've replaced Norrie to partner Matt Reid, and was only guaranteed in once Salisbury & Ram withdrew.
https://www.harriheliovaara.fi/2021/04/03/cagliari-atp250-viime-hetkella-sisaan-ja-kohti-italiaa/

[Sallydaisy]

This thread has now been split and is now only for:-
Cagliari - Singles and Doubles
Marbella - Singles narrative

Cagliari, Sicily. No Murrays but a few British Doubles players.

Names Seeding Ranking Entry Ranking
Rajeev Ram / Joe Salisbury 27 27
Marcelo Melo / Jean-Julien Rojer 43 43
Jonny O'Mara / Ken Skupski 110 110 replaced by Lloyd Glasspool
Simone Bolelli / Andres Molteni 133 133
Matthew Ebden / Divij Sharan 138 138
Nathaniel Lammons / Jackson Withrow 173 173
Guillermo Duran / Guido Pella 179 148
Treat Huey / Frederik Nielsen 181 181
Roman Jebavy / Igor Zelenay 193 173
Lorenzo Sonego / Andrea Vavassori 262 120
Taylor Fritz / Tommy Paul 278 85
Nikoloz Basilashvili / Andre Begemann 350 142
Federico Coria / Daniel Evans 460 113
Marco Cecchinato / Stefano Travaglia - 160
(WC) -
(WC) -

Marbella (doubles only) is here: https://www.andymurrayfanforum.com/forums/showthread.php?4837-MARBELLA-ATP-250-Doubles-Thread-Dom-Inglot-is-the-only-British-player&p=294338#post294338

[Sallydaisy]

Cagliari QR1: Liam Broady d Jacopo Berrettini 6-4 6-1.
In QR2: he'll play either [4] Rodionov.

[Sallydaisy]

CAGLIARI OOP, Mon 5th April
https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/current/cagliari/9481/daily-schedule?day=3
QR2: Liam Broady vs Jurij Rodionov at 10:00
DR1: Lloyd Glasspool/Jonny O'Mara vs Marco Cecchinato/Stefano Travaglia 3rd

Main draw centre court singles at this tournament are on Tennis TV only.

[Sallydaisy]

MARBELLA OOP, Mon 5th April.
No Brits in action.
https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/current/marbella/9462/daily-schedule?day=2

[cazza99]

The tounament in Houston Texas which should have been this week has been cancelled this year.

https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/houston/717/overview

[exislander]

Liam has qualified beating Rodionov 7-5 4-6 6-0. Rodionov had treatment early in set 2 so may have had an injury?

[Sallydaisy]

Liam has qualified beating Rodionov 7-5 4-6 6-0. Rodionov had treatment early in set 2 so may have had an injury?
And Liam faces another Qualifier in R1, all the qualifiers drew other qualifiers!

[Sallydaisy]

Glasspool/O'Mara v Cecchinato/Travaglia about to start.
Livescores only.

[exislander]

Glasspool/O'Mara v Cecchinato/Travaglia about to start.
Livescores only.

It is possible to watch on bet365.

[exislander]

From a good lead in the tie break they lost 12-14!

[Jane]

It is possible to watch on bet365.

Thanks - just missed it. A really tight match it seems.

[Sallydaisy]

From a good lead in the tie break they lost 12-14!
Ouch, that must have hurt, especially after leading 9-5 in the CTB.
:sad:

[Sallydaisy]

Liam Broady vs Marc-Andrea Huesler starts shortly in Cagliari, not televised.

[Jane]

Liam leads 5 - 1 in the first set. Available on Bet 365

[exislander]

Liam leading 5-1 about to serve for the set. He stands very far back when receiving 1st serves but moves in a lot to receive second serves.

[Hawkeye]

If it's on Bet 365, then it must be getting televised somewhere...

[Sallydaisy]

If it's on Bet 365, then it must be getting televised somewhere...
Tennis on telly says it isn't televised ... maybe you can find it?

https://www.tennisontelly.uk/#h.7wnywny2wiqb
That gives a weekly summary. Apparently TennisTV is covering Centre Court matches only.

[Hawkeye]

Liam up 5-3* in the second set. He had an early break in the set but lost it, before breaking again at 3-3.

[Hawkeye]

2 match points...

[Hawkeye]

Liam wins 6-1 6-3.

[exislander]

Well done Liam!

[Jane]

Well done Liam!!:GBflag::cheer::cheer:

[Sallydaisy]

Liam wins 6-1 6-3.
Liam will play Jan-Lennard Struff in the second round in Cagliari.

[cazza99]

Liam first on campo centrale tomorrow.

Dan second up on campo 14 in doubles.

oop Cagliari - https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/current/cagliari/9481/daily-schedule?day=5

oop for Marbella- https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/current/marbella/9462/daily-schedule

[Hawkeye]

Liam on serve so far, 3-2*.

[Hawkeye]

Liam was broken at 4-4 and it was pretty much downhill from there, he lost 6-4 6-2.

[Jane]

Dan and Coria won the first set 6 - 4:cheer:

[Jane]

Lost the second set 2 - 6 :sad:

[Jane]

Won the mtb 10-6 and therefore the match,:cheer::cheer::cheer:

[exislander]

Dan's singles match tomorrow is second on Campo Centrale with his doubles last on Campo 14.

[cazza99]

oop Thursday Cagliari - https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/current/cagliari/9481/daily-schedule

oop Thursday Marbella - https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/current/marbella/9462/daily-schedule

[exislander]

I have missed the first few games but Dan not doing well yet serving at 0-5.

[Jane]

He lost the first set 1-6:crying: I didn't see much of it either, but now I will watch and encourage him all I can!!:thumbup::thumbup:

[exislander]

2-0 Dan now getting the hang of this!

[Jane]

Indeed - 3-0 now

[Jane]

4-1 Dan just lost his serve!

[exislander]

6-1 set 2.

[Jane]

Wey-hey - Dan takes the second set 6-1:GBflag:

[Jane]

3-3 in the third set. Come on Dan!!:thumbup:

[Hawkeye]

Dan had a break point for *5-4 but couldn't take it...

He has another... Nope...

[Jane]

4-5

[Hawkeye]

Musetti holds, Dan has to hold serve to stay in the match.

[Jane]

:sofa::nailbiter:

[Hawkeye]

Dan saves a match point.

[Hawkeye]

TB.

[Jane]

tb time

[Hawkeye]

*4-2 at the change of ends, but Dan was 4-0 up...

A lucky net cord gives Dan 3 match points...

Mo-Ley gives Dan a time violation, one MP saved...

Second MP saved, 1 more but Musetti to serve.

6-6.

Dan will be kicking himself.

Match point Musetti.

Saved.

Another match point for Dan, 8-7*.

Saved...

Match point Musetti...

Musetti wins.

[Jane]

Dan lost a very close match 8-10 in the tb :crying:

I hope he has better luck in the doubles later today

[Jan]

Oh so close :crying:

[Jane]

Dan and Coria lead 3-0 in the first set

[exislander]

6-2 Evans/Coria.

[Jane]

:thumbup:

[exislander]

And 6-2 again. Dan looking good in doubles.

[Jane]

Dan and Coria get the win 6-2, 6-2 Well done :cheer::cheer::cheer:

[Sallydaisy]

Dan and Coria get the win 6-2, 6-2 Well done :cheer::cheer::cheer:
Well, he'll be getting in some clay court practice, even if it isn't in Singles ...
;)

[JAMES4578]

Pity about the singles but at least Dan through with Coria in the Doubles!

[Sallydaisy]

Pity about the singles but at least Dan through with Coria in the Doubles!
erm, actually they're not. they've withdrawn and given a W/O to the Italians.
Per Steven on Twitter:

Evo and Coria now appear to have withdrawn, giving Song/Vavassori ITA a walkover into the final in Cagliari

And link to the draw on the ATP website:
https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/current/cagliari/9481/draws?matchType=Doubles

[Nessie]

Dan and Coria have given a walkover! Not sure why.:sad:

[Sallydaisy]

Dan and Coria have given a walkover! Not sure why.:sad:
The Doubles drawsheet shows that the withdrawal was on the grounds of
an "abdominal strain" sustained by Dan Evans.