BARCELONA and BELGRADE 2021, 17-25 April: Main thread.

[Sallydaisy]

Qualifying starts today 17th April (no Brits), Main draw (https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/current/barcelona/425/draws?matchType=Singles)starts Monday 19th April.

SINGLES
In R1 Cameron Norrie has drawn Salvatore Caruso. H2H here.
https://www.atptour.com/en/players/atp-head-2-head/cameron-norrie-vs-salvatore-caruso/N771/CE25
Dan Evans has a Bye in R1 and plays the winner of Koepfer v Moutet.

Separate doubles thread set up as there's 3 British players in contention.

[cazza99]

Draw for Belgrade - www.atptour.com/en/scores/current/belgrade/5053/draws

[Sallydaisy]

BARCELONA SINGLES DRAW (Qualifiers yet to be placed)
W: 500, F: 300, SF: 180, QF: 90, R16: 45, R32: 20, R64: 0

[1] Rafael Nadal v Bye
Q Ivashka v Q Griekspoor
Kei Nishikori v Guido Pella
Bye v [13] Christian Garin
[12] Karen Khachanov v Bye
Cameron Norrie v Salvatore Caruso
Q Nagal v Pierre-Hughes Herbert
Bye v [8] David Goffin

[4] Diego Schwartzmann v Bye
WC Carlos Alcaraz v Frances Tiafoe
Dominik Koepfer v Corentin Moutet
Bye v [16] Daniel Evans
[9] Fabio Fognini v Bye
Q Zapata-Miralles v Q Kuznetsov
Jordan Thompson v Richard Gasquet
Bye v [6] Pablo Carreno-Busta

[5] Roberto Bautista-Agut v Bye
Gilles Simon v Pablo Andujar
Jo-Wilfrid Tsonga v Egor Gerasimov
Bye v [11] Jannik Sinner
[17) Adrian Mannarino(Ruud) v Bye
Albert Ramos-Vinolas v Q Rune
Benoit Paire v LL Gaio
Bye v WC[3] Andrey Rublev

[7] Denis Shapovalov v Bye
Jeremy Chardy v Nikoloz Basilashvili
Feliciano Lopez v WC Lorenzo Musetti
Bye v [10] Felix Auger-Aliassime
[14] Alex De Minaur v Bye
Alexandro Davidovich-Fokina v Alexander Bublik
Thiago Monteiro v WC Jaume Munar
Bye v [2] Stefanos Tsitsipas

[cazza99]

I hope Dan won't be too exhausted. At least he has a bye to give him an extra day off.

[Sallydaisy]

Barcelona update:
OUT: Ruud
IN: Lucky Loser = one of Gojowczyk and Gaio

[cazza99]

Monday oop for Barcelona - https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/current/barcelona/425/daily-schedule?day=3

Cameron 3rd on Pista 2. Amazon Prime Video
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/storefront?contentType=tournament&contentId=amzn1.dv.icid.8d16bdf2-d264-4852-aebc-13f3cbf23e2c&linkCode=sl2&tag=uktennistv-21&linkId=12649601d43666a62298417c10387e29&language=en_GB&ref_=as_li_ss_tl


Monday oop for Belgrade - https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/current/belgrade/5053/daily-schedule

[Sallydaisy]

Brits in action in Barcelona, Tuesday 20th April:

Pista 2, starting 10am UK time
Salisbury/Ram vs Garin/Pella 2nd after 10:00
Evans/Skupski vs Kontinen/Roger-Vasselin follows

Pista Manolo Santana, starting 10am UK time
Cameron Norrie vs Karen Khachanov 5th after 4 Singles matches
Amazon Prime Video https://amzn.to/3ea61pR (https://t.co/Tq6xuMVmqE?amp=1)

FULL OOP for Barcelona: https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/current/barcelona/425/daily-schedule?day=4

FULL OOP for Belgrade: https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/current/belgrade/5053/daily-schedule?day=3
Dom/Luke have a day off so no British players in action.

[Sallydaisy]

Barcelona Doubles thread is here folks ... posts have been moved over.
https://www.andymurrayfanforum.com/forums/showthread.php?4860-BARCELONA-DOUBLES-2021-19-25-April-Main-thread


I've moved Cameron and Dans' match posts to their respective threads.

[Sallydaisy]

BARCELONA, Wednesday 21st April: Brits in action

Pista 2, starting 10am UK time
3rd Match: Dan Evans vs Corentin Moutet(anytime from 13.00-14.00?)

Pista Manolo Santana, starting 10am UK time
5th Match: Jamie Murray and Ivan Dodig vs Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez

FULL OOP: https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/current/barcelona/425/daily-schedule?day=5

[Sallydaisy]

Nadal loses the first set 3-6 to Ivashka on Pista Rafael Nadal.
:facepalm:
It's the first time Nadal has lost a set against a player ranked outside the Top 100 on clay since 2013 vs Martin Alund . Struggling with his serve, dropping the ball short. (from the Tennis Podcast on Twitter).

[Sallydaisy]

Fognini was defaulted for "unsportsmanlike behaviour", Zapata-Miralles goes through 6-0, 4-4. 10th player, since 2000, to be defaulted at ATP tour-level + Slams (MD singles only)

[Hawkeye]

Once a ****, always a ****.

[themass15]

Such a waste of his talent

[cazza99]

oop for Thursday - https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/current/barcelona/425/daily-schedule?day=6

[Sallydaisy]

shurely shome mishtake Ed ...
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EzhwTGBWYAESiCa?format=jpg&name=large

[Jan]

Had to look closely, but got there in the end!!!!
Ooops!

[Sallydaisy]

Brits in action in Barcelona today:

Pista Manolo Santana (starting 11am local, 10am UK)
3rd match: Cameron Norrie v David Goffin

Pista 2 (starting 1pm local, 12noon UK)
2nd: Evans/N.Skupski v Cabal/Farah
3rd: J.Murray/Dodig v Salisbury/Ram

Brits in action in Belgrade today:
Bambridge/Inglot v Berretini/Vavassori - has just started, 1 game all.

[Sallydaisy]

Nishikori has taken the 2nd set against Nadal so we're into a 3rd set decider.
The Spaniard leads 6'0, 2'6

Schwartzmann leads Moutet 6'4 and 3'0

[Sallydaisy]

Nadal 4-1 in the 3rd set.

[Sallydaisy]

Nadal d Nishikori 6-0, 2-6, 6-2

Schwartzmann d Moutet 6-4, 6-2

[JAMES4578]

Fairly convincing for Nadal in 3rd, whilst Moutet seemingly outplayed by Schwartzmann.

[Sallydaisy]

BARCELONA OOP for Friday 23rd April (St Georges Day)
https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/current/barcelona/425/daily-schedule

Cameron Norrie v Rafael Nadal, not before 4pm local (3pm UK) on Pista Rafael Nadal.
On Amazon Prime. Joe/Rajeev have a day off.

[Sallydaisy]

BELGRADE OOP for Friday 23rd April.
No British players

https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/current/belgrade/5053/daily-schedule

[Sallydaisy]

Sinner beat Rublev, Tsitispas beat FAA.
Rafa beat Norrie - he'll play the winner of Schwartzmann or Carreno-Busta.



Rafa wins - 6-1, 6-4. A bit too much for Cam, I'm afraid, but he kept him on court for over ninety minutes.
Shame but Rafa probably needed an easier win than the last 2 rounds.

[exislander]

Nadal defeats PCB 6-3 6-2. Plays Tsitsipas tomorrow.

[JAMES4578]

Both semis pretty straightforward, though Carreno- Busta came back a bit in the 1st. Tsitsipas was in control over Sinner 6-3,6-3. Hopefully a closer contest tomorrow but Nadal clear favourite.

[Sallydaisy]

BELGRADE : in their semi-final Karatsev took the first set 7'5 and broke Djokovic to go ahead but Djokovic managed to turn it round and levelled with 6'4 in set 2.

[exislander]

A fascinating match - so many break points saved by both players but Karatsev about to serve for the match at 5-4.

[JAMES4578]

Did not see much of it but karatsev got the upset putting out the world no1 7-5,4-6,6-4. A great win for him, particularly on Djokovic's home turf. https://www.atptour.com/en/news/djokovic-karatsev-belgrade-2021-saturday

[banskogirl]

Just watching it now :)

[JAMES4578]

From 4-2 down Nadal takes the first set 6-4, hoping Tsitsipas can challenge again but may well be tough now. Stefanos was also pegged back in 2nd after early break but takes TB 8-6, keep it going!

[Sallydaisy]

BELGRADE FINAL: Also into a 3rd set ...
Berretin 6-3, 1-6, 3-3 v Karatsev

[Sallydaisy]

3rd set updates:
Barcelona: Nadal serving at *3-4
Belgrade: 5-5, Berretini to serve

18.24
Barcelona: Nadal serving at *4-5 to stay in the match
Belgrade: 6-6, Karatsev serving to stay in the match

[Sallydaisy]

Tsitsipas with match point ...

Berretini has had 2 match points ...

[Sallydaisy]

Nadal now with a game point for 5-5.
Belgrade into a tie-break for the 3rd set.

[JAMES4578]

Nadal able to take the game for 5 all, Tsitsipas must stay strong now.

[Sallydaisy]

Berretini wins Belgrade 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (0)
:trophy:

[Sallydaisy]

Nadal had a break point at *30-40, now deuce. Ad Nadal ... deuce.
:shades:

Nadal gets the vital break and will serve for the match.

[JAMES4578]

Tight game but Nadal finally breaks, Stefanos likely to need something special now.

[Sallydaisy]

Tsitsipas had a break back point at *30-40, but back to deuce.
Match point Nadal ...

[Sallydaisy]

Nadal wins 6'4, 6'7(6), 7'5
:trophy:

Tsitsipas had his chances to win it ...

[JAMES4578]

A few errors from Nadal in that game and Tsitsipas had bp but Rafa able to step up. overall a very good effort from Stefanos but unfortunately was not quite able to produce at the crucial moment. Long match at 3 hrs 38 minutes and Nadal given real challenge but fighting spirit very much in evidence.

[themass15]

Possibly the best match this year

[banskogirl]

Great tennis :cheer:

:bravo: Rafa