EASTBOURNE 2021, ATP/WTA. 21-26 June: Main thread

[Sallydaisy]

Cameron Norrie has signed up for Eastbourne.

More information and full Entry List to follow.
From the LTA:

Two Grand Slam champions, Switzerland’s Stan Wawrinka and Croatian Marin Cilic will be heading for the grass courts of Devonshire Park from 21st - 26th June to compete with a talented men’s field for the LTA’s Viking International Eastbourne title. Also in the field will be flamboyant Frenchman Gael Monfils and rising stars Casper Ruud from Norway and Australian Alex de Minaur.

British hopes will be led by in-form Cameron Norrie who has recently reached the singles finals of two ATP 250 events in Lyon and Estoril on the clay, having previously been a quarterfinalist at his last visit to Devonshire Park in 2018.

EASTBOURNE SINGLES ENTRY LIST



Seed

Name

Current
Ranking

Entry
Ranking



1

Gael Monfils

15
15


2
Alex de Minaur
22
22


3
Stan Wawrinka
24
24


4
Aslan Karatsev
26
26


5
Lorenzo Sonego
28
28


6
Nikoloz Basilashvili
31
31


7
Taylor Fritz
33
33


8
Reilly Opelka
35
35



Alexander Bublik
37
37



Albert Ramos-Vinolas
38
38



Benoit Paire
40
40



Filip Krajinovic
41
41



John Millman
43
43



Marton Fucsovics
44
44



Cameron Norrie

45
45



Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
46
46



Marin Cilic
47
47



Richard Gasquet
51
51



Laslo Djere
53
53



(WC)





(WC)





(WC)





(SE)





(SE)





(Q)





(Q)





(Q)





(Q)

[themass15]

Stan playing in Eastbourne but no mention of Andy

https://www.lta.org.uk/major-tennis-events/british-major-events/viking-international-eastbourne/news-and-media/2021/grand-slam-champions-wawrinka-cilic-and-brit-star-norrie-headline-mens-field-at-ltas-viking-international-eastbourne/#

[Sallydaisy]

Entry List now in the first post.

[Sallydaisy]

ORDER OF PLAY for Monday 21st June
https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/current/eastbourne/741/daily-schedule

Brits in action include:
Centre Court - N/B 3pm: Jay Clarke v John Millman
Court 1 - 11am start: Harriet Dart v Elena Rybakina
Court 2 - 4th after 11am start: J.Murray/Bambridge v Martin/ERV
Court 5 - 1.30pm start: Gray/Johnson v Bopanna/Sharan

[Sallydaisy]

No play before 2pm in Eastbourne (rain).

[themass15]

Put back to 3 p.m. on ATP website.

[cazza99]

Revised oop. Harriet on at 3.00 pm on court 1

https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/current/eastbourne/741/daily-schedule

[Jane]

Play has been suspended for the day.

[JAMES4578]

Frustrating, hopefully better day tomorrow!

[cazza99]

oop for Tuesday.

Lots of brits. https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/current/eastbourne/741/daily-schedule

[Sallydaisy]

Further rain in Eastbourne this morning means play will be delayed with the
aim to start at noon on centre court, No.1 & No.2 and 1:30pm on all other courts

Heather Watson v Iga Swiatek!!! That'll be tough ...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E4eRNJEXMAANiYe?format=jpg&name=900x900

[themass15]

No play until 12 noon

[Jane]

Not before 12.30

[JAMES4578]

Unfortunately Tsonga went down to Gerasimov 6-3,6-4. Camila Giorgi has put out defending champion Karolina Pliskova 2-6,6-2,6-2. Jay Clarke is currently a set and a break down to John Millman at 3-6,1-3. May be tough to stay in contention. Harriet Dart battled back against Elena Rybakina but lost 6-2,6-7,6-4.

[themass15]

Also v good match between Paula Badosa and Elena Svitolina which Svitolina scraped through on a final set tie-break

[JAMES4578]

yes was tough for Svitolina, Ostapenko eased past French runner up Pavlyuchenkova 6-1,6-3. Millman has just beaten Clarke 6-3,6-2 and Bulik also through 6-1,6-4 over Kukushkin.

[themass15]

Heather was playing well but put in several doubles faults and, as a result, lost the first set

[JAMES4578]

Good fight in the 2nd and Heather was up 4-2, however now going into the breaker which Watson takes 7-4!

[exislander]

She is up 3-1 in decider!

[JAMES4578]

Heather controlling matters now, in good position with double break at 4-1! Broken back though 4-2.

[themass15]

Unfortunately back on equal terms

[JAMES4578]

Heather might be letting this slip and Swiatek stepping up as she leads 5-4. Good game from Heather though as she makes it 5 all.

Swiatek takes it in the end 7-5. some disappointing errors from Heather at crucial times, however still showing better form on the grass though will be a bit gutting.

[themass15]

Reminded me of her match against Serena at Wimbledon

[exislander]

Liam Broady doing really well taking first set 6-3 from Tiafoe.

[JAMES4578]

Broady gets the win 6-3,7-6 (7-4) well done! Tiafoe maybe not in the best frame of mind, unhappy with the light fairly early on, he did have 6bps in the 2nd but Liam held on and was fairly impressive. Coco Gauff came back from being bagelled in the first to get the better of 7th seed Elise Mertens 0-6,7-6(7-4), 7-5. Fucsovics has put out Bedene in a 3rd set breaker (7-3)

[patlowe]

Impressive win from Liam this evening. Such a broad (no pun intended!) grin on his face during his post match interview. Delighted for him.

[Sallydaisy]

Lots more Brits in action at Eastbourne tomorrow, shown on BBC or Prime but doubles are NOT televised.

Centre: Broady v de Minaur 4th

Court 2:
Salisbury/Ram v Nielsen/Skugor
Bambridge/Murray v Martin/Roger-V. 3rd
Skupskis v Nys/O'Mara 5th

Court 5:
Dart/Watson v Gauff/Ostapenko

Court 12:
Glasspool/Heliovaara v Purcell/Saville
Gray/Johnson v Bopanna/Sharan 11:00

[JAMES4578]

Top seeds Gael Monfils unfirtunately went down to Lucky loser Max Purcell 6-4,5-7,6-4 but not having the best of times, Seppi was another lucky loser who progressed along with 3rd seed Sonego and 8th seed Bublik. Coco Gauff was on the verge of victory at 5-2 in 2nd but faltered and Sevastova turned it right round taking 2nd 7-5 and 3rd 6-2. 2nd seed Elina Svitolina had a tough time with Elena Rybakina and whilst recovered break in 2nd went down 6-4,7-6. Camila Giorgi through to the quarters over Shelby Rogers 6-2 in 3rd and Ostapenko ended the run of Ons Jabeur 5-7,6-4,6-3.

[Sallydaisy]

Bambridge/Murray take the 1st set 6'4

[exislander]

Although doubles not televised some are streaming on bet365. Currently, Bamb/Murr are a set and break up.

[JAMES4578]

Jamie/Luke still going well at 3-1 up in 2nd, keep going! Wondered why Bruno was not playing this week though.

[Jane]

Jamie and Luke win 6-4, 6-4. Well done, lads. :thumbup: :cheer: :clap:

[JAMES4578]

A good win against the 4th seeds, well done Jamie/Luke!:clap::clap: 3rd seed Bianca Andreescu also out going down 6-3,6-3 to Anett Konteveit. Liam on now against De Minaur.

[exislander]

De Minaur had to work to beat Liam 6-3 6-4

Ram/Salisbury won 7-5 6-3 but Skupskis went out to Nys/O'Mara in 10-8 tie-break.

[JAMES4578]

Yes Liam gave a pretty good account of himself but Di Minaur was stronger on most of the crucial points. Good for Ram/Salisbury, pity about tough loss for Skupskis. Daria Kasatkina storms back to put out Iga Swiatek 4-6,6-0,6-1.

[themass15]

Was at Eastbourne yesterday with Linda and I was very impressed with how well Liam played.

[Sallydaisy]

Lloyd/Harri 'win' their QF over Jamie/Bambo via a walkover.
No further information just yet as to why Jambo withdrew.

[suttontennis]

Lloyd/Harri 'win' their QF over Jamie/Bambo via a walkover.
No further information just yet as to why Jambo withdrew.

pain in the neck

[JAMES4578]

No seeds left in the wonen's event after top seed Arnya Sabalenka went down to Italian qualifier Camilia Giorgi (though she had previous big wins on grass) 7-6,0-6,6-4. Sabalenka seems more affected by the conditions but did lead 3-1 in 3rd after storming through 2nd. Earlier another Italian Lorenzo Sonego the 3rd seed in the Men's for the most part was in control against Alexander Bublik comung through 6-1,7-5.

[JAMES4578]

Women's Final will be between Jelena Ostapenko and Anett Kontaveit, unfortunately Camila Giorgi had to retire at 4-5 down v Kontaveit in 1st whilst Ostapenko won 6-4,6-1 over Elena Rybakina . Rybakina also had injury timeout but was able to continue. The Men's final will be between 2nd seed Alex Di Minaur and 3rd seed Lorenzo Sonego. De Minaur has just beaten lucky loser Soonwoo Kwan 6-3,7-6 whilst Sonego put out another licky loser Max Purcell 6-1,3-6,6-1. Due to weather delay the Men played on Court 1, whilst the Women were on centre.

[themass15]

They lucked out there, probably because the BBC only show the WTA event.

[JAMES4578]

Good contest between de Minaur and Sonego with Alex De Minaur taking the title 4-6,6-4,7-6 (7-5) . Whilst thought De Minaur would win very tight in the end. It was pretty straiightforward for Jelena Ostapenko as he took the crown 6-3,6-3 over Anett Kontaveit. The Latvian though who was a wild card showing good form this week and was strong on return even if the Estonian did not have best day.

[themass15]

Much better match by the men than the women!