WASHINGTON 2021, ATP500, 2-8 August: Main Thread

[Sallydaisy]

Rafa Nadal is playing here for the first time and is the top seed (Wildcard), 2nd seed is Felix Auger-Aliassime. British players Dan Evans and Cameron Norrie are both seeded in the Singles and the latter is playing doubles + 1 other British doubles team. Liam Broady made it to the Final Qualifying Round but lost to Gomez. LL maybe?

Main Draw: https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/current/washington/418/draws

[Sallydaisy]

SINGLES DRAW - not the strongest field eg. compared to Queens which is also a 500!!!

[1, WC] Nadal v Bye
WC Sock v Nishioka
Sandgren v Duckworth
Bye v [12] Harris
[9] Bublik v Bye
Querrey v Nishikori
Giron v Marchenko
Bye v [7] Norrie

[4] Dimitrov v Bye
Gerasimov v Ivashka
McDonald v Kyrgios
Bye v [13] Paire
[10] Fritz v Bye
Kudla v WC Lopez
WC Nakashima v Popyrin
Bye v [6] Evans

[5] Sinner v Bye
Q Gunneswaran v Ruusuvuori
Q Gomez v Pospisil
Bye v [12] Korda
[15] Kecmanovic v Bye
Q Krueger v Berankis
Johnson v Q Ramanathan
Bye v [3] De Minaur

[8] Opelka v Bye
Paul v Galan
Q Ymer v Thompson
Bye v [11] Millman
[16] Tiafoe v Bye
Anderson v WC Brooksby
Uchiyama v Seppi
Bye v [2] Auger-Aliassime

W: 500, F: 300, SF: 180, QF: 90, R16: 45, R32: 0. Q: +20, Q8: 10, Q16: 0,

[Sallydaisy]

OOP for Monday 2nd August: https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/cu...daily-schedule

(https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/current/washington/418/daily-schedule)

[Sallydaisy]

Tuesday 3rd August
Cameron Norrie v Marcus Giron is 3rd after 19.00 start (UK)

[Jane]

Cam takes the first set 6-4 and leads 2-0 in the second. Cam serving.

[Sallydaisy]

Cam 3-2 on serve in the 2nd set. Just one little break needed ...
;)

FAA v Seppi is 1-1 after the Italian took the first and the Canadian took the 2nd
and now has an early break to lead in the 3rd set. FAA 2'6, 6'2, *3'1


Full OOP here https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/current/washington/418/daily-schedule

[Sallydaisy]

Ooh, Cameron broke to nudge ahead 4'2 and now serving.
Atta boy!

Holds for 5'2.
:thumbup:

[Sallydaisy]

GSM Cameron Norrie 6'4, 6'3 over Marcus Giron!!!
:GBflag:

Schedule not yet out for tomorrow and I need my sleep!
:sleepy:

I'm guessing that with both Singles and Doubles to play that Cameron will be on the daily OOP until and unless he loses!
:whistle:

[Jane]

Cam takes the second set 6-3 and the match. Well done.:yahoo::yahoo:

[exislander]

There were a lot of service breaks in that match. Well done Cam!

[Sallydaisy]

Wed 4th August OOP
https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/current/washington/418/daily-schedule

[6] Dan Evans v WC Brendan Nakashima USA is the first match on Grandstand.
14.00 local, 19.00 UK time (Amazon Prime)

Neal Skupski/Venus is 4th after 19.00 UK time on John Harris Court so that'll be well after Sallys' bedtime.
:sleepy:

Day off for Cameron Norrie.
Salisbury, J.Murray yet to play their R1 doubles.

[Jane]

Players on court. Best of luck, Dan :thumbup::thumbup:

[Jane]

6-6....tb time

[Jane]

Nakashima takes the set (7-1tb) :sad:

Come on Dan :thumbup:

[Sallydaisy]

:hmm:

Needs to start motoring!!!

[Sallydaisy]

And that's Dan out of Washington.
Nakashima wins.7'6(1), 6'0

:sad:

[Jane]

Oh dear!! Dan lost the second set 0-6!!! I think covid must have had an effect":crying::crying:

[Genbrit]

So sad to watch. He was really letting whoever was up at the side of the court, out of camera view but presumably his team, have it. He was not happy at all!!!

[Sallydaisy]

Busy day for Cam Norrie!!!
Cameron Norrie v Kei Nishikori 2nd after 19:00Norrie/Savile vs Skupski/Venus 4th after suitable rest
Ah well, there'll be a Brit in the Semi of the doubles.

[RosieBear]

Sad to see Dan struggle and pity he's lost momentum after very strong first half of the year, but the result/scoreline is pretty meaningless all things considered. He'll bounce back, just hope it's in time for decent showing in New York.

[Sallydaisy]

Nakashima v Kudla are into a 3rd set with Brandon 'leading' 6'3, 6'7, 4'3.

Norrie v Nishikori follows this match, maybe in 15/20mins ...
:cauldron:

Kudla won, 6'4 in the 3rd set. Time for Cameron Norrie!

[Jane]

Players warming up

[Jane]

First set to Cam....6-3 :clap:

[Sallydaisy]

Going with serve in the 2nd set. Nishikori just held for 4-3.
Cam can't afford to drop a serve at this stage.
Hold, break, hold. Simples.
;)

[Sallydaisy]

Nishikori takes the 2nd set 3-6. All square.

[Jane]

Nishikori wins ....3-6, 6-3, 6-3

[exislander]

Cam had a MTO in set 3 - the camera angle was not good but I think it was a foot problem.

[Sallydaisy]

Some "interesting" results all the R16:-

Lloyd Harris d Rafa Nadal #1
Brooksby d Auger-Aliassime #2
Sinner d Korda

[JAMES4578]

Pity for Cameron and it was also a relatively tough match up. Bit of a surprise Nadal out to LLoyd Harris but just back,another disappointment for Auger-Aliassime.

[Sallydaisy]

Cam had a MTO in set 3 - the camera angle was not good but I think it was a foot problem.
Indeed it was ... apparently he had a whopping great pad and bandage on the ball of his foot so it might have been a blister? Obviously not easy to play on whatever it was!

Hope it'll be properly healed by next week when he's in Toronto for Singles and Doubles.

[Sallydaisy]

OOP for today, sadly no Brits in action ... chance of an early night.
;)
https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/current/washington/418/daily-schedule

[Sallydaisy]

OOP today Sat 7th August: https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/current/washington/418/daily-schedule

Neal Skupski in a doubles SF at 6pm local, 11pm UK